Together We'll Set The World On Fire

“Yeah I am.” Andy answered.
“Marcus,” He offered his hand “So you are my girlfriend’s boyfriend.”
“Yeah I guess so…” Andy looked so unsure of himself.
“And you brought back up?” Marcus laughed. He was a middle-aged man probably about 40 or something.
“I’m Ashley,” Ashley said. “I’m his best friend.”
Marcus nodded and then looked at me. “Is this your girlfriend Ashley?”
“Uh no. This is my sister Harper.” Andy interrupted angrily.
“My apologies.” Marcus looked unabashed. “Come sit down.”
We all sat down at a booth in the back.
Andy explained to Marcus what happened with Carolyn.
“So it’s not your baby then…” Marcus sighed.
“Nope not mine. I’m glad.” Andy said.
“Well what a bitch. Seems to be every girl in L.A.” Marcus sighed.
“Well good luck my friend. I’m breaking up with her since I have no ties to her.” Andy said looking broken.
“I’ll have to think of a way to make up for my mistakes. I’m sorry kid.” Marcus sighed.
“I think next time I’ll date someone my own age.” Andy laughed.
“Good idea.” Marcus laughed along with him. “Well thank you for explaining our situation. And Goodbye Ms. Harper and Mr. Ashley.”
“Thank you for talking to us.” I said politely.
We all walked out.
“So you’re going to break up with her?” I asked.
“Fuck yeah.” Andy growled looking terrifyingly angry.
“Want us to come with you?” Ashley offered.
“No I have to do this alone. But thank you.” Andy said firmly.
We walked up to our apartments and split off with me and Ashley going to ours and Andy to his to break up with Carolyn.
As soon as the door shut behind me and Ashley he came behind me and put his arms around me.
“I love you.” He whispered in my ear.
I was stunned.
“I I think I might be in love with you…” He said shakily.
“Want to know a secret?” I asked him. He stayed silently waiting.
“I think I’ve loved you from the moment I met you.” I said breathily.
“What about Andy? He ‘s single now.” Ashley sounded so small and insecure.
“Andy thinks of me as his sister and I didn’t realize who the right person really was for me. It was a school girl crush, I imprinted with him because he was the first person to be nice to me, but I’ve come to realize that that’s not a valid reason to be in love with someone. I love everything about you Ashley, your earrings, your tattoos, your entire personality.” I turned around in his arms so that we were face to face. “You’ve always been there for me especially when Andy made me cry and I cannot tell you enough how many times I’ve wanted to kiss you for it. I’ve never had anyone like you in my life. But I’m glad I have you, I don’t need anyone else. Thanks to you the scars are fading and the wounds in my heart are healing.”
I leaned up to chastely press my lips to Ashley’s.
Ashley leaned down into the kiss and deepened it by shoving his tongue into my mouth.
Ashley suddenly broke off our kiss by hugging me instead.
“You know, I’ve never had anyone tell me they love me.” Ashley whispered.
I could barely believe that.
“No one? What about your family?” I asked not thinking.
“My parents are dead, I lived with my grandparents for most of my life.” Ashley said flatly.
“Oh my god… I didn’t know that… I’m s-sorry.” I stuttered unsure of what to say.
“It’s okay, love.” Ashley said. “We both come from broken families making us torn but together we make one.”
I liked when he said that.
It made me feel whole.

Notes

This is a really short chapter but i felt obligated to update :)
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