T H I R T Y - S I X

ASHLEY. 

"You should have fun, Ashley. Loosen up. " Lucy says as I walk beside her, and I chuckle, my eyes moving across the room, and taking in both the familiar faces, and the non-familiar ones. 

There appears to be a game at the end of the room, and at the other side are girls giggling with the guys surrounding them, and not far from that is the school's basketball team. 

My eyes easily find Dave who's holding Quinn by the hips, and as if he could sense my gaze on him; he turns, and give me a soft smile. 

I move my eyes to the other side of the room; heat flooding my cheeks at the thought that he caught me staring. For an entirely different incentive, but I hate that he had to. 

"Hey. Ashley, right?" I jump at the sound of my name, and the girl with the redhead standing next to me chuckles at my reaction, flipping her hair. 

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