After having a breakfast with jenny at her place. Ashton takes a leave to his house as his mom in was angry on him and hung up call on him. Jenny came to drop him near the gate of her apartments, waving him bye with a lit-up face.
Ashton's house was pretty far from Jenny's but for some reason he chose to walk to his house and not take a bus or cab. He walks past a park looking at little children playing 'Finally the monster in my pants became silent, I am not forgiving aunt for this'
Ashton finally relieved, from the trouble but it's not over yet it has just begun.
'It is pretty fucked up; I can't even tell my mom about what aunt is doing to me.' He puts both of his hands in his pocket. His untied long hair still a little wet. 'Anyways, Congrats Ashton you are not a virgin anymore.' He had a proud smirk as he says that to himself in his mind.
He waits at the cross walk waiting for the signal to turn red 'I am lucky that I got to have sex with Jenny at the right time not too bad I guess, it was amazing, she's so fine' Jenny's thought gets him turned on. Ashton pictures her smooth skin, her curves again in his mind. 'She's so hot, no wonder all the guys from school wants her.'
'Anyways, it was fine.' The signal turns red he starts to walk the zebra-crossing to cross the road along the crowd. 'I should try to stay away from aunt and what else could go wrong.' Just as he thinks this, he sees a group of teenagers walking towards him. Most of them were guys, and among them there was a very familiar face.
Freya.
Just when he thought 'what else could go wrong.' Shit went down.
Ashton shifts his sight towards the road pretending not to see her coming, but he knew she won't let this one slide so easily 'Oh god! why do you test me so much? Her? Now? Really?'
Freya notices him walking alone with hands in his pocket and hair let loose wiggling from the wind. They both got close. Ashton was ready to completely ignore her and walk past her, but he was one-hundred percent sure she'd stop him.
He walks past her just like strangers, her group babbling and cracking as they passed by. Ashton was surprised. 'How did she ignored me ? she didn't saw me or what? Whatever I should think about it' just when Ashton sighs in relief. He heard a voice from behind.
"So now you won't even look at me, Ash?"
Ashton stops and turns around; Freya was walking towards him. She walks a few steps and stops just In front of him.
"Oh! Sorry I didn't notice you." He replied with an unimpressed, straight face.
Freya looks away, closes her eyes and sighs. "Anyways…" She looks up and smiles. "What are you doing here?"
"Nothing was at a friend's house and now going back to my place."
"Friend? who Jenny? I know she lives here" She asked arrogantly folding her arms.
"Yeah, I was with Jenny 'ALONE' in her room, any problem with that?" Ashton replied, his voice strong and confident.
Freya's jaw clenched. "Yes, I have a problem," she snapped. "I don't like her, and you shouldn't be hanging around girls like that."
He scoffed. "Who are you to decide that? My girlfriend?"
"No, but I-"
"Then why do you even care, who I hang out with?" Ashton cuts in between before she finished.
She froze. Her face fell, and for a second, Ashton swore she looked like she was about to break down. Her eyes glistened.
"That's not fair." She said weeping, a tear went down her cheeks.
"Look Freya, let me get this straight. We had conversation about this in the first week when we became friends, around three weeks ago. You do know I don't like the fact that you had many male friends, yet you ignored that. And let me say this straight to you, 'I AM NOT INTERESTED IN YOU.' So please stop."
Freya, she sobs "but…you approached me first." She says as tears run down both her cheeks.
"I approached you casually just to be friends. I never said I liked you or anything like that. I am sorry but I never liked you in that way." Ashton lied, he did liked her but after he got to know about her male friends and her over-friendly, Attention-seeking behaviour, He pulled back.
Freya's lip trembled. "But I love you, Ash." Her voice cracked. "I love you more than anyone ever could."
Ashton exhaled. "I'm sorry Freya. I don't feel the same."
She shook her head, tears streaming down her face. "What should I do? What should I change? I only stayed close to other guys because I wanted you to be jealous—so you'd come back to me." Her voice was desperate. "That day, I asked Liam to stand close to me at the lockers…"
Ashton clenched his jaw. Totally unimpressed. He was very uncomfortable having a conversation like that, his face clearly say he want's to run away.
Freya let out a sob, rubbing her eyes. "Please, Ash. I'll change everything, I swear—"
"Calm down, Freya Please don't cry, I am sorry." Ashton trying to console her. But she was uncontrollably crying.
"Freya please stop.. people are looking at us." Ashton trying his best but she wasn't even listening.
'Oh god what should I do?' Ashton thought to himself. 'If Jenny sees me like this, my relation would be over before it even began with Her.'
He ran a hand through his hair. "Alright, come with me. Let's talk about this somewhere else."
Without waiting for a response, he grabbed her wrist and started walking toward the park he saw earlier.
"Stop crying ! stop crying like a baby." Ashton yelling to get her quiet as he was walking towards the park's gate holding her hand.
The gate of the park was huge, with people pacing in. Everyone they encountered were eyeing them only because she was crying.
Ashton's patience was wearing thin. He spotted an empty bench and pointed at it. "Sit."
Freya sniffled, hesitating before dropping onto the bench. Her shoulders shook as she buried her face in her hands.
"Alright." He sat beside her, rubbing his temples. "Listen to me…."