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Chapter Seven:


"Where have you two been this entire time?" Nikki questioned, as Ashley and Kyle come down the stairs still holding hands. She raised her eyebrow in curiousity.

"Looking at CDs." Ashley answered, while shrugging her shoulders. She suddenly saw a really tall guy who looks to be about 6'0. Hes got dark brown, almost black hair and really light brown eyes. Hes muscular, but not big time muscular. Hes sitting on the couch next to Nikki. Nikki noticed Ashley looking at him, and suddenly remembered hes there.

"Ashley this is my best friend Matt--You've met him over the internet so he shouldn't be too much of a stranger. Matt thats Ashley--Do you really need an introduction?"

"Ha, no. Everyone has heard of the famous Ashley around here." Ashley smiled a bit.

"Famous huh?" Ashley asked in disbelief.

"Well as much as Nik talked about you, you'd think so."

"Heh, I'm not that special." Ashley replied, as she shrugged her shoulders.

"Yes you're!" Kyle and Nikki both said at the sametime.

"Very special." Kyle repeated. "Low self esteems are unexceptable in this house for now on, I forbid it." He demanded lightly.

"Heh, guess I better leave then huh?"

"No, because we offer rehabilitation." He answered with a small smile on his face, and Ashley couldn't help but giggle. Nikki smiled and shook her head. Ashley subconciously kept a hold of Kyle's hand as she went and sat on a couch, and he sat next to her.

"So what CD did you two decide on?" Greg asked.

"Hoobastank," Kyle answered and since Seth isn't watching his movie anymore Kyle got up and went and put the CD in.

"Ashley picked it out actaully." He corrected, as he comes back and sits next to Ashley again. Without thinking he again took her hand into his, and he laced his fingers with his.

"Ashee." Seth suddenly said, as hes sitting in Greg's lap drawing on a piece of paper.

"Yeah buddy?" Ashley asked, as she smiles sweetly at him.

"How do you spell 'Ashee'?"

"A-s-h-e-e," Ashley answered, spelling it out to him slowly as he wrote it down on paper the best that he could. He then continued to draw.

"What are you drawing Seth?" Nikki asked curiously.

"A picture for Ashee-its a surprise."

"Awww," Nikki replied, while looking at Ashley and smiling. they sat around talking for awhile, than Seth crawled down from Greg's lap and went and crawled into Ashley's lap instead.

"Look at what I made you Ashee." He said, while holding his drawing out to her. She took the drawing and turned it over to see a very colorful picture of him and Ashley standing together holding hands. To her surprise they actually weren't stick figures, and Greg had helped him write To Ashee, Love Seth on it.

"Awww Seth thats a very beautiful drawing. Thank you." Seth smiled proudly, and Ashley pulled him into a hug.

"You're very sweet."

"I wanna see! Ashley can I see?" Nikki asked, as she was extremely hyper now. Ashley passed the drawing over to Nikki having to reach over Matt to do so.

"Awww Seth, this is very nice of you." Seth beamed proudly at his mothers compliment. Suddenly Nikki's cell phone rang and she turned it on.

"Hey Steph where are you?"

"We just arrived at the airport."

"Okay Ash and I, and possibly some others will come pick you up so just hang out for awhile."

"Okay cool."

"Bye Stephee."

"Bye." Nikki hung up the phone and looked at everyone.

"Who all is coming with me?"

"Me!" I answered.

"Well yeah I figured." Nikki answered, as she smiled and rolled her eyes. Ashley giggled.

"Who else is going besides my giggling friend over there?"

"I love it when she giggles, and yeah I'm coming." Kyle replied, as he wraps Ash in his arms and hugs her tight.

"Why don't we all just go?" Matt asked.

"Not all is going to fit hon," Nikki answered. "One more person is all we can fit."

"I'll go," Greg replied.

"We can't leave Matt and Nathan here alone, they'll kill each other." Nikki laughed.

"Nah, I'll just go home and come back when you guys come back." Matt replied.

"All right sounds good to me." Nikki replied, as she got up and picked Seth up.

"You're coming with baby." Seth smiled and rested his head against her shoulder.

"Ash come with me to get my keys upstairs." Nikki said.

"Okay," Ashley replied, knowing Nikki wants to talk to her about something in private. She followd her upstairs to her room.

"So whats going on with you and Ky, are you a couple now or something?"

"No so far just friends."

"Doesn't look like it," Nikki laughed. "Whats with you two always holding hands?" Ashley shrugged.

"Sometimes I dont even realize I'm holding his hand. Its okay with you right? I mean he is your little brother and all."

"yeah I'm okay with it. You're in love I wouldn't ruin that for you. You're a cute couple. Besides, its not like you're having sex or anything." Nikki replied, as she grabs her keys and follows Ashley back downstairs as she still has Seth in her arms. Once downstairs they found Greg and Kyle waiting outside by the car. The two guys immediatly grew quiet when Nikki and Ashley walked out the door, which means they were talking about either Ashley or Nikki. Most likely Ashley and Kyle, considering thats everybodys favorite topic lately. Nikki handed Seth to Greg.

"Buckle Seth up for me please." Greg did as she requested and sat Seth in the middle seat and helped him with his seat belt. As soon as he did that he sat next to him, and kyle and Ashley sat in the front seat with Nikki.

"Nikki, Nikki, Nikki!" Ashley suddenly said in excitement. Nikki laughed, as did Kyle.

"Too much Dr Pepper Ash." Kyle said.

"Ashee, Ashee, Ashee!" Nikki replied, mocking her best friends excitement.

"Can we blast some music pleeeeeeeease its so QUIET in here." Nikki laughed and turned on the stereo, causing Good Charlotte to come out of the speakers, and she turned it up loud.

"Yay!" Ashley exclaimed, while excitedly bouncing around in her seat, and Seth laughed in the backseat. Kyle shook his head smiling.

"Okay, who put WHAT in her Dr Pepper?"

"Well you never know with Nathan man, he could've done some sweet little revenge when no one was looking." Greg answered in the back seat.

"Oh man," Kyle laughed.

"Nah, I dont think he did. Shes naturally like this. She can often get REALLY hyper when shes around people that she knows she can be herself with." Nikki explained. Everyone was silent as they listened to Good Charlotte, and Ashley quietly head banged to the music every now and then, really enjoying herself. Suddenly they got backed up in traffic, and people next to them began to stare. Kyle laughed.

"Ash, people are staring at you."

"Oh really?" She asked, while stopping what shes doing. Nikki laughed.

"Uh-Oh....this aint good." Ashley looked out the window and saw an old lady giving her weird looks.

"Haha," Ashley laughed, than she crawled into Kyle's lap as hes sitting next to the window.

"Uh-Oh," Nikki said again. Ashley suddenly pressed her nose to the window and made a goofy face, and the lady next to them scowled in disgust.

"Hehe YEAH! How does it feel to have someone giving you dirty looks!" Ashley laughed. She stuck her tongue out at the old lady, and the old lady rolled down her window in disgust.

"You Stupid Punk!" She yelled out the window, sending Nikki, Greg, Kyle, and Ashley into a fit of laughter. Ashley gave her the finger, and suddenly Nikki got to move up one.

"Bout time we got rid of that up-tight lady, Geez." Ashley said, and Kyle laughed.

"You're crazy Ash." Ashley smiled sweetly at him.

"Thank you, I take that as a compliment." She then looked out the window again as she remains sitting in Kyle's lap and noticed they're now next to a really hot guy around his 20's.

"Oohhh now this is what I'm talking about--Try to stay next to him the entire time, Nik hes gorgous!" Nikki laughed.

"I'll see what I can do hon."

"He looks more like a pretty-boy to me--He looks like he should be in one of those boy-bands." Kyle replied in disgust.

"You've got a problem with boy bands mister?" Ashley asked, while looking at Kyle with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes I do." He answered, while bravely looking into the eyes of the one he loves.

"Don't go dissing my Backstreet Boys, sir, or you'll be in the dogee house." Kyle laughed.

"I'll never understand how you and Nik can like all these rock bands, and dress all hardcore punk/gothic, and still manage to like the Backstreet Boys."

"Well let me explain, if you're so confused--You shouldn't diss something unless you understand what you're dissing." Kyle chuckled a bit.

"Okay, Go ahead, explain it to me."

"I've loved and adored the Backstreet Boys for six years. They've been a big impact on my life, and have helped me get through MANY things, and you know what some of those MANY things are, so I dont feel that I should repeat it. They've also been a big inspiration on my writing--without them, I dont think I would be the writer that I am today. When I'm hurt, sad, or upset or all of the above or whatever I turn their music on and it immediatly washes away all of my pain. The Backstreet Boys have been there for me when no one else was. Yeah, I'm a really hardcore punk/gothic person, and I love the Backstreet Boys. I dont care. I dont care what people think. Because I feel that being punk or gothic isn't just about the music you listen to. You don't have to listen to JUST punk rock to be a punk, I listen to all different kinds of music--I love music. Its a big part of my life. I'll listen to Rock, Punk Rock, Some heavy metal stuff, Pop, country, hell I even listen to Jazz when i'm bored enough! to me, Punk isn't just about the music. Its about whats in YOUR heart, what YOU believe in. Not caring what other people think of you, and not caring about what the trends are, or being popular. All you care about is being YOURSELF, dressing the way YOU want to dress, having YOUR OWN style and fighting for what you believe in. Thats what punk really is. To me, no one is a poser. If you have the ability to love music, to fight for what you believe in, than you're a punk." Kyle didnt reply, he only stared into Ashley's light brown eyes with so much love in his own.

"Now go ahead. Make fun of me for liking boy bands--lets see what you've got--i'm waiting. Lets hear it. Because in the end I REALLY don't care." Kyle still didnt say anything.

"Thats what I thought."

"Damn Ash...You should be on a debate team with that topic--you'd kick ass." Greg said from the back seat. Ashley smiled.

"Yeah I agree." Kyle nodded. "And no, I'm not going to make fun of you. Why anyone would make fun of you is beyond me." Kyle added, his voice being real gentle and soft when he did. He placed his hand to Ashley's cheek and gently caressed it, as he looks into her light brown eyes. Ashley stared back into his dark blue eyes for a couple of minutes, than she looked out the window again as she remained in his lap. He wrapped his arms around her waist as shes now sitting with her back turned on him, and he rested his chin on her shoulder.

"Anyway, I thought you got really quiet and shy around the guys you have a crush on." Kyle spoke after a few minutes of silence.

"I do," Ashley replied, while looking back at him, once again looking into his eyes that she finds herself getting lost in, ever so easily.

"You didnt act like it earlier--you announced pretty boldy that the dude in the car next to us was gorgous."

"Just because I think hes gorgous, doesn't mean I had a crush on him--I don't even know the guy. I was messing around."

"Oh," Kyle replied, and everyone in the car can now tell he was extremely jealous earlier, and that is why he made fun of him. Inculding Ashley could tell. Ashley leaned back against his chest as shes sitting in his lap still, and she rested the back of her head against his shoulder. She took his arms and wrapped them more around her waist, and she looked up at him. She again stared into his beautiful eyes for a few minutes, and as she did she found the jealousy in them. She looked back out the window, and couldn't help but smile to herself. Shes never had anyone be jealous over her before and it felt good. She now knew for sure that Kyle likes her and thats all shes wanted to know all day.