"Ashton-"
"What's his name? Is he nice to you? How old? Is he fast? I swear if you end up pregnant I will kick his a-"
"Okay, Ashton! Let's not pressure her with question!"
He waited on her to answer.
"Well?"
"His name is Dylan and he's 13. He's not fast. And he treats me like I wanna be treated."
He loosened up.
"Alright."
She smiled.
"He's gonna be here this Friday at 4:30 so he can take me to the dance. Is that okay?"
Ashton was about to object with his babbling again but I interrupted him.
"Of course you can go! I'll get you a dress and everything!"
"Great! Thanks Skylar!"
She ran upstairs.
"What's your deal?" He asked me.
"You are not her father. What does it matter if she has a boyfriend or not?"
"Oh so not just because I'm not her father doesn't mean I can't care about her!?"
"Well..."
"Exactly. I'm right and you know it....I just don't want her getting hurt.."
I wrapped my arms around his waist and hugged him.
"Thank you for caring. You're actually a really good father figure to her. You make her so happy."
"I try."
"You gonna go lay down now?"
"Yeah if nobody tries to snap pictures of me through my window."
I giggled.
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~Bella~
"You're ready to go."
She spun me around so I could see my reflection.
"Wow. I look amazing! Thank you so much!"
I jumped up and hugged her.
"Awe. You're welcome. Wait until you see your dress."
She took me into her room and I gasped.
"It's so beautiful! I love it!"
"I'm glad. It cost like $80."
I stopped.
"What? No. You didn't have to buy an expensive dress-"
"Ashton got it. He's got good taste. It will make your eyes pop. You'll look great."
I smiled and hugged hugged her.
"You guys are the best."
"We try."
"Stop trying. Cause you guys are awesome."
She smiled.
There was a knock at the door.
"Dylan!?"
I ran up and answered the door.
"Dyl-oh..Ashton one of your friends are here!"
He came down stairs.
"Luke. Thank God you're here."
"What's going on?"
"They've caught us."
"Guys. Could you bring this upstairs?"
"Who's this?"
"That's Bella. I guess you guys never met."
"She's yours?"
"Oh, no. She's Skylar's sister."
"Oh, well, she's cute. You going to a dance?"
I nodded.
"Boy?"
I nodded again.
"Gonna kiss him?"
"No. Why does everybody ask that?"
I couldn't hold in my smile.
"Ooh! She smiling! She gonna be kissing little boys!"
Ashton elbowed him.
"Ow."
"Shut up. They got together like 4 days ago."
"Oh. Well have fun." He smiled.
I smiled back and they left.
Skylar came down stairs.
"I thought he was gonna be here at 4:30. It's almost 10 minutes after."
"Maybe he just forgot."
"Okay. He'll show up."
"Yeah.."
She sighed.
Just then there was a knock.
"Look a there. He's here."
I answered the door.
"Wow. You look great."
"Thanks. You do too."
"Ready?"
"Yeah."
He grabbed my hand and lead me out to the car..
