Rushing downstairs, I quickly grab an apple out of the fridge and slip on my shoes. From an upstairs window, I saw that Ashton is already here and waiting in the driveway. Not wanting to be rude and make him wait for a long time, I rush out of the already opened garage.

I walk calmly to Ashton's car and hop in, "Good morning." I say when I close the door.

"Good morning to you too." Ashton responds and he starts driving.

A comfortable silence settles over us. It allows me time to think about bringing up an unconfortable topic. I bite the inside of my cheek as I mull over my options. I want to explain, but I'm worried of what it could do. To me, it's a concern that could affect us and I don't want it to hang over us and whatever happens between us. My mind goes back and forth, debating to bring it up.

"Hey Ashton?"

"What's up?"

"I wanted to tell you, well explain to you that," I become tongue tied as I try to explain, "that I just want to forget about that kiss. I just want to put it fully in the past and forget about it."

"Oh," Ashton looks shocked that I brought it up, "of course. I mean, if that's what you want. I'm fine with putting it in the past."

"Okay," Relief washes through me, "and thank you. I overreacted about it, well, I mean a little bit. You didn't deserve that slap, and I'm sorry for that, but I do have boundaries," I start becoming tongue tied again, "never mind. We're not together enough to be talking about boundaries."

Ashton smiles but it almost looks disapointed, "I should be the one apologizing. I shouldn't have done that, gone that far."

I smile, "I think it would be best to keep that in the past then."

"Agreed."

The rest of the day passed with a content feeling that seemed to surround everyone. Ashton was in the best mood I had ever seen him in and it seemed to affect everyone around him, including me. I never seemed to see him without a smile, and everytime I did see him, my stomach seemed to do a flip.

The mood never seemed to diminish as the week went on. Ashton continued to surprise me and he would usually have a gift of some sort in the morning for me. Usually it was some type of flower such as a tulip or daisy, but mainly it would be a rose. I had finally told him that my favorite flower are roses.

Everyone at school seemed to be in a better mood, especially Josh. I had tried asking him about his sudden mood change but he would usually answer vaguely. I had gained more friends in that week than I had ever in my first month at school. Students were the nicest they've ever been, including that girl who called me a bitch on the first day.

The week passed quickly with everyone in a good mood. On Friday, instead of driving me home, Ashton drove me to his house. I had already told my parents about the detour and they had told me to be safe.

Ashton and I spent the time watching The Avengers, at the request of me, in the living room. We didn't really spend the time watching the movie and instead talked about the things we never got to talk about on our date. Ashton answered any and every question I had, even the kind of silly ones. He returned the favor by asking me a ton of questions.

Eventually, I somehow ended up sitting on Ashton's lap with my head against his chest and him stroking my hair. We stopped talking and decided to sit confortably with the movie playing in the background. I found myself suddenly feeling very content and calm, and found it hard to keep my eyes open. I decided to close my eyes just for a moment.

I wake up with the feeling that I'm being swayed. Cracking my eyes open, the first thing I see is Ashton's shoulder and neck. Glancing around, I see I'm curled up in Ashton's arms while he carries somewhere bridal style.

"You don't have to carry me." I mumble, actually hoping that he doesn't put me down.

"You were asleep." He responds quietly.

"You could of woken me up." I respond trying to stay awake so I can continue talking to him.

"Maybe I wanted to carry you." I hear the smile in his quiet voice.

"Why would you want to carry me?" I ask, but I never hear his answer. My eyes fall close and I fall back asleep.

I wake up again and feel the softness of my mattress beneath me. Looking around, I almost expect Ashton to be here somewhere, before I realize that this is my room and I would probably scream bloody murder if he was in here.

Spotting my phone, which I swear was in my back pocket, I grab it to check the time and see if I have any messages. Looking down at my arm, I realize I'm no longer wearing my clothes from yesterday. My heart stutters as the idea of Ashton undressing me flashes through my brain.

The phone buzzes in my hand, shocking me out of my worries, and I look down to see a number I don't know saying 'Good morning'. Before I can decide not to respond back because I don't know the number, the number buzzes again and puts a name to the number 'It's Ashton'.

Deciding to get my worries out of the way, I quickly text him back and ask if he undressed me. I didn't really expect that he undressed me, my parents were the most likely bet, but I needed to calm my mind.

Ashton responds quickly and assures me that he did not undress me. He gives me a play by play of what happened when I fell asleep, which included our little conversation, and the fact that he met my parents when he carried a sleeping me to my room. Ashton was happy to inform me that my parents had taken a liking to him.

I playfully warn him that I could tell my parents about when we first met. It didn't seem to come out as playfully through the text because Ashton calls me about a minute after I sent the text message.

"Hello." I say into the phone.

"Evie, I understand that you want to tell your parents. But please don't tell them yet. I mean, just let me be there when you do. Please." Ashton's worried voice comes through the phone.

"Ashton," I say softly, "calm down. I wasn't going to mention it them, at least not yet. We might not even work out."

There's a pause, "Yeah, maybe not." Ashton's voice sounds strained.

"That doesn't mean I don't want to try being together," I assure him quickly and as an after thought I add, "again."

"You do?" Ashton's voice immediately turns hopeful.

I laugh, "Well why do you think I came over to your house?"

"Friends?" Ashton sounds unsure again.

My voice turns quieter, "I think we both know that we don't want to be friends."

Another pause, "Go on a date with me."

"Another one, you mean?" I laugh.

Ashton chuckles, "Yes, I mean another one."

"When and where?" I ask.

"The same place we went on our first date." Ashton sounds excited.

I smile, "Okay. When?"

"Tonight."

"Okay, tonight. What time?"

"Is six okay with you?"

"Yeah. Hey, how did you get my number?"

Ashton laughs, "I kind of took it from you while you were napping."

"So you searched through my phone while I was sleeping." I was teasing him and he knew it.

"Yep. I saw all those texts about how you find me incredibly hot and how there's no other guy for you and how you want to go out with me." He teases me back.

"I never said any of that!" I exclaim.

"You were thinking it." Ashton counters.

"You can't read my mind." I accuse.

"So you admit you were thinking it?" Ashton laughs.

"No I didn't. I didn't admit anything." I retort through my own laughter.

"Keep telling yourself that sweetheart." He says as his laughter dies down.

My stomach flips at his nickname for me, "So, six tonight."

"I'll see you at six, sweetheart." I can hear Ashton's smirk through the phone.

"Get that smirk off your face, playboy." I come up with my own nickname.

Ashton's deep laugh fills my ear, "Playboy? Really?"

I scoff, "Yes really."

"Alright sweetheart, we'll talk about that later. I'll see you at six." Ashton chuckles.

"See you." I respond and end our call. A sigh leaves my mouth, what is happening to me?

A/N: Hi everyone! I am happy to report that I have started on my summer break so I will have more time to write! I can guarentee you guys no one is more happy about that fact than me. Anyways, thank you for sticking with me and with the book. I am super excited to, well, I can't tell you, can I? Until next time!