Aiden: “It wouldn’t have mattered.”

Ashley: “Oh, no?”

Aiden: “I’m breaking up with her.”

Ashley: “What?!”

Aiden: “I got into USC, I got a basketball scholarship!”

Ashley: “Aid, that’s awesome!”

Shit…I wasn’t supposed to react that way

Ashley: “You’re an asshole!”

Better

Aiden: (Laughing)” I know, I know! Come on, let’s go sit and talk or something.”

I start to following Aiden out of the kitchen and then I notice Shelly motioning me to follow her upstairs. I really must be growing up…I just shrug my shoulders at her and following Aiden. It feels good to have a friend. It’s been awhile, I’ve missed it.

Aiden: “So, tell me about everything. How’s having a sister!!!?”

Ashley: “Can’t we start with the easier questions? Like after all this time, why are you finally breaking up with Madison?”

Aiden: “Um, because she’s a bitch!”

Ashley: “Wow, finally picked up on that, did ya?”

Aiden: “After I got into USC she started saying all this shit about how she was gonna quit her job and move in with me there. And how as soon as a NBA team drafts me we’ll get married…I saw right through her.”

Ashley: “Well it took ya long enough!”

Aiden: “I know. It’s something I’ve been thinking about for awhile. So come on, I want to hear about you. How’s Kyla?”

Ashley: “You would know better than I would.”

Aiden: “I barley know the girl, I had like one class with her.”

Ashley: “See, I didn’t even know she went to our school!”

Aiden: “Ash…”

Ashley: “Look, after my father’s death, I was a mess. I did some pretty fucked up things to her and mostly myself. Who am I kidding, I did some pretty fucked up things before he died too.”

Aiden: “What changed?”

Ashley: “I saw him the night he died. We had dinner and he told me he changed his will. He said that I wouldn’t be getting anything until my twenty-first birthday because I was still too “immature.” He said a lot of stuff about how I was throwing my life away and how he wanted more for me. After he died I lost it. I was worse than I was before because I was just so angry at him. But then…”