Usually the mornings kicked Ashley’s ass but today, on the second day of school no less, she was up five minutes before her alarm went off, and three minutes before her father started banging on her door, she smiled at the yelling from Kyla’s room at how annoyed the other teen was at being woke up like that, than it was replaced by a frown, sure it wasn’t an ideal way to wake up but it could have been her having Raife bang on the door every day and greeted with a smiling face when she swung it open annoyed but it wasn’t. She’d been shaken softly and lovingly by her mother when she chose to ignore the alarm clock, she was met by tired brown eyes when she rolled over in the covers to glare and rush out a fuck off before closing her eyes and listening to her mother’s heartbreaking whimper as she shuffled out the door.

She made it to the bus stop before Kyla even finished her cereal, she bounced from foot to foot dying to talk to Spencer, “Hey pretty lady,” Aiden smirked leaning against the tree that shield the stop from the sun that would be beating down its heat later on, “What’s got you so excited…waiting for me?” She laughed at his face and remark, thinking it was sexy, tears streamed down her face and she held her aching belly, “What’s so funny?” he asked folding his arms and grinding his teeth.

Holding a finger up she got her breathing under control, “Does that really work?”

“Well…yeah,” he said unsure while scrunching his eye brows together in thought.

“Don’t hurt yourself pretty boy,” she remarked, “Besides aren’t you dating my sister?”

“Open relationship,” Aiden shrugged taking a step closer, “So I can….do anything I want,” he emphasized the word ‘do’ and she was sure that anything meant anyone.

Backing up she pushed him away, “Yeah well I don’t do anything in a relationship…open or not,” before Aiden could respond Ashley’s eyes caught sight of two sets of blonde hair walking toward them.

Aiden turned to see who she was staring at, “Hey Mrs. Carlin,” his smarmy voice making the brunette want to barf, “How are you this fine day?”