Heart of Fire

"A-Ashley?" I asked shocked, did he follow me?

He didn't say anything, just grunted and grabbed my arm, pulling me outside. "What do you want?" I asked without look at him.

"I want you to stay away from us." He replied.

I looked in his eyes for the first time and they were cold and serious. But his answer only made me more confused. "What are you talking about?" I said in a hushed voice so my friends wouldn't hear, this was already embarrassing.

He looked frustrated and upset, "Just stay away from me and the band." Then he started to leave.

"Wait! Did I do something?" I yelled after him, so much for being quiet. He just kept walking, leaving me confused and a little scared.

*A few days later...*

I was getting ready for the next show, helping Nicki with the equipment, when I heard yelling but I just ignored it because I didn't want to be nosy. Ashley walked in, he was the last person I wanted to see. His eyes connected with mine and widened. He turned to leave but was interrupted by Nicki, "Hey wait, can you help us with this real quick?" She asked.

I quickly looked at her shaking my head a bit. She just smiled at me and mouthed "it's okay."

"Oh, uh, yeah sure what do you need?" He responded avoiding my eyes.

She flashed him a flirty smile and he seemed to melt under it and smiled back. I couldn't help but be jealous, she should take her own advice and "be careful." She was so much more beautiful than me and always had an effect on men. She had long black hair that fell in waves down her back and big, bright, green eyes. She was tall and had a very narrow frame and long legs. Which didn't have any trouble beating my freckles and red hair. I glared at her, but she didn't notice.

"I can think of a few things..." she said starting to walk towards him, his eyes following her every move.

My face was burning from anger, so I cleared my throat as loud as I could. She looked back at me, annoyed, I'll hear from her later but I didn't care. He tore his eyes from her and looked at me. He was blushing. What??? It didn't seem to me that a guy like him would get embarrassed about checking out Nicki.

"W-what did you need help with?" He said looking me in the eye.

Why do I always have a complicated relationship with everyone?

Notes

This is getting strange. And by the way I like red heads I just had to add that in there to make Skylar jealous hehe