The Saved Become The Saviors

Alex’s POV

So Juliet arrived a week early, Jenn is freaking out, well sort of, because Jenn and Andy kissed. I have to get really close to Ashley and keep Juliet off of Jenn’s back, and I HAVE TO GET SUPER CLOSE TO ASHLEY!!!! How close is super close? How am I supposed to do that? Oh my god! What if he doesn’t like me. What am I gonna do!?!

“Alex. Alex, hey Alex.” Jenn snaps me out of my mental breakdown. I quickly jump out of my bunk pacing back and forth.

“Jenn I can’t do this. It’s too much, what if I fail and everyone finds out, what if he doesn’t like me, what if-”

“Alex! Breath, jesus you’ll do just fine. Besides I happen to know that Ashley has taken quite a liking to you. But remember no fucking any of the bands” Jenn sarcastically shakes her finger at me. I look at her shocked.

“How can you say such a thing right now. Can’t you see I’m freaking out!?!”

“Hey if I can’t sleep with them, then neither can you.”

“Well then you're already at a bad start,” I grin at her “so tell me what happened with you and Andyyy…”

“There’s nothing to talk about...” she said defensively, crossing her arms and trying to walking away. Trying...

“Oh I don’t thinks so. Tell me what happened right now.” I grabbed her arm, stopping her from leaving.

“I swear there’s nothing to talk about. I just wanted to know how good of a kisser he was. I’ve heard rumors that he was a damn good one, and you know how I get when I’m curious. I had to know!”

“How many times did you kiss?” I can so tell she’s lying. There is more than just wanting to know how good of a kisser he is. If that were the case then every time we were alone she would have said something. And the way Andy gets whenever they're in the same room. Something happened and I want to know, god damn it!

“Three.” She tried getting away from me. I held on to her arm and gave her a questioning look “What he was a really good kisser…” I can tell that she doesn’t want to talk about it. I sit there trying to read her face to figure out what she’s thinking.

We sat there staring at each other when Ashley came running on the bus. We both quickly looked his way. He stopped the second he noticed us “Um, what’s going on here?” He gave us a questionable look, tilting his head slightly to the left. Jenn looked at me for a quick second before ripping her arms away from me and swiftly making her way off the bus.

“Nothing.” she stop in front of Ashley and gave him a hug “Good luck out there, make sure your not late to stage okay...Oh and tell everyone else I wish them luck. And that i’m sorry I won’t be able to cheer you guys on I have something I need to do.” She kissed him on the cheek before walking off the bus and out of sight.

“What does she mean she won’t be there to cheer us on, is she okay?” Ashley asked me.

“Oh yeah, she just has a couple things she needs to do before Ronnie gets back. You know how she gets.”

“Hey do you know what happened between her and Andy when they went out. It was two days ago since and everytime he see’s her he acts weird. It’s almost like he really wants to talk to her but also sad at the same time” He’s sad? I wonder if that’s how Jenn feels, even if it is she would only show it for a split second. And that’s not even enough time to know how she truly feels.

“They kissed. And my guess is that, the fact that Juliet is here they got quite a shock. You know him being married, the two of them kissing, Jenn never staying with one guy more than a couple of nights…” Ashley stood there with his jaw on the floor.

“Oh, you're gonna be late! What did you need?” shit I completely forgot
got he had a show today.

“Shit! your right. I can’t find my mic, I figured it might be on the bus,” he started to frantically look around the bus. When he turned around to look in the couch cushions, I could see his mic hinging of the back of his shirt. I let out a laugh and quickly covered my mouth with my hand trying to hold the laughter in.

Ashley heard me laugh and looked at me “What are you laughing at? Now is not the time to be laughing, I need to find it!” He went back to frantically looking. Every time he moved, the mic would swing back and forth hitting him on the back. I couldn’t hold the laughter in anymore. I started to bust up laughing. He looked at me with puppy dog eyes.

“Stop laughing. Please help me find it?!?” I walked over to him trying to hold in any more laughs I still had. I swear sometimes, it’s like taking care of a child with him. Once I reached him, I slowly reached my arm around the back of his neck grabbing the mic and bringing it out where he could see it. The second he saw the Mic in my hand, his face instantly went pale with embarrassment.

He quickly averted his gaze, slowly grabbing the mic from me “Thank you…” his face turned fifty shades of red. He started to struggle to put it back onto his ear.

“Here let me help you with that,” I took the mic out of his hands and situate it on his ear. I could feel his gaze on me. I slowly backed away from him, our eyes never breaking away from one another. We sat there staring at each other, both not daring to break the connection we had with our eyes.

“Alex, I-I have to tell you something...” Ashley slowly took his eyes off me. Confused I tilted my head. He has to tell me something? I quickly remember what Jenn told me earlier “Besides I happen to know that Ashley has taken quite a liking to you.” My heart began to rapidly beat against my chest, and I could feel heat begin to rise to my cheeks. I quickly hid my face out of reflects, even though Ashley was already looking away.

Ashley cleared his throat, straightening his back, and turned towards me “Jenn…and you are not-”

Well that wasn’t going where I thought it would. Confused, I became serious and gave Ashley my full undivided attention. However, Ashley was cut short of finishing his sentence as Andy came bursting through the door. “Ashley! We're about to go on! Come on!” he grabbed Ashley’s hand and began to drag him away before he saw me. The second Andy noticed me he stopped mid step, looking back and forth between Ashley and I.

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