Loving You / Paul Lahote - [EDITED]

33 - [EDITED]

Leah imprinted. 

That was hard to believe. Most of Ashley's disbelief came from Leah herself because she never believed it. 

So, the girls came up with a plan. Ashley already liked Brad as a friend, so, in the next couple of days, she'd get close to him, as a friend and then introduce him to Leah, properly.

How it would go from that point on was none of her business but as a friend, she could and would do this much.

Right now, she was in that process. It had been a week. Of course, her seeming overly interested in him would cause a misunderstanding so she was playing it low and cool. And so far, he seemed like a good person. Against her restrain, she could picture him and Leah together.

Ashley started sitting closer to Brad in their shared class. Just as the teacher ended the class, they started talking. While they were walking out of the class, Ashley spotted the two familiar faces.

Jasper and Alice. 

Jasper had his arm around Alice's waist and they were standing close to the walls. Ashley let out a surprised gasp. She turned to Brad. "So, I'll catch you later?"

He nodded. They had plans, later on, to revise for the quiz that was coming up.

Ashley rushed to her uncle and aunt and hugged them. Alice smirked. So, who was that?" 

Ashley rolled her eyes. "It's not what you think," 

"Should've known," Alice pouted.

"What are you guys doing here?" Ashley asked. 

"What? We can't visit you?" Jasper shot back. 

She smiled. "You can! Just a heads up would've been nice,"

They went to a cafe inside the campus. "So, how's everything at home?" Ashley asked. 

Alice and Jasper shared a look. "Good," he answered. 

"That didn't sound so assuring,"

Alice rolled her eyes and paid for Ashley's coffee and water. "It's good. Bella's good. She has impressive control. Reneesme is good too. She's growing up pretty fast, that's all," she quickly explained.

"What do you mean?" Ashley furrowed her brows. 

Alice showed her a couple of pictures on her phone. A little girl with the family. "That's Reneesme?" she asked in shock. 

Jasper nodded. That was impossible. The girl in the picture looked like she was five or six. Reneesme was a few weeks old.

Alice sighed. "Everyone's worried that she's growing up too fast and that she won't stop," she said. 

"Which means..." Ashley murmured but she didn't complete the sentence. "Damn,"

"How about you?" Jasper asked, changing the topic. 

Ashley shrugged. "It's good, I'm really adapting. It's weird having people around who go to sleep though," she said and they chuckled.

Alice and Jasper told Ashley about home a bit more. They told her about Jacob, how he practically moved in and was always around Reneesme. Ashley told them a bit more about university life and all.

The only time where the topic of the pack, and subsequently Paul, was brought up was when Alice and Jasper told her that the pack was staying away and wasn't causing them any problems.

Ashley still felt like there was something that they were keeping out but she didn't pressure them much. She knew they could tell whether she was suspicious or not.