Chapter 3
Cathys POV:
Today was the dreaded day that I had to do my project with Ashton but me who was trying to be more positive thought of it as a day closer to meet Noah, since today was Wednesday I'd have 2 more days till I could fly to Boston.
I picked my bag up from the other seat of moms car as she drove me today and walked into school.
All the classes go by quickly till lunch time Luke approached my as I bought my lunch from the vending machine
"Hey do you uh want to join the boys and I for lunch? Calum wanted me to ask you" he said shyly the thing I noticed about Luke was that he different from the others boys in the sense that he was a little shy but that made him cute. Even through I never thought of any of the boys as friends except for Michael a part of me wanted to go and have lunch with them but what came out of my mouth was
"And sit with my enemy no way"
"Come'on please, you're friends with Michael and Calum, Ashton is not that bad" he asked pleadingly
"First I'm not friends with Calum we only sit together in English and second I already have to spend time with Mr.Perfect over there after school for an assignment so it's not going to happen"
"Pleaseeeeee!" I wonder why Luke insisted on this but he looked sincere and I think I might change my mind
"Ok fine but you owe me big time" I said grabbing my things and walking with him to their table
"Hey guys" I said which was meant in the response of heys and hellos
Ashton stayed quiet and so did I, the science was broken when Michael said
"Cathy did you do the Math homework assigned to us yesterday"
"Fuck! There was math homework?" I asked
"Yeah it's of 10 marks" he added
"Have you done it?" I asked
"Lucky for you I have" he said handing me his book from his bag as I struggled to write it into mine before the bell rung
"By the way Cathy meet me at your locker after school"
"Yeah" I said dryly that annoyed him more
I put my math work away as I finished and gave Michael his book back thanking him
"You saved my ass today Clifford" I added
"Don't worry about it" he said smiling
The bell rung as all of us walked back to our classes
*after school*
I waited at my locker looking for Ashton as I saw a tall shadow walk toward me
"Like I said I'm here" he said proudly
"Let's just go" I said a little pissed off
I sat in the passengers seat and got on my phone trying to avoid any conversation with Ashton at all
"Seriously? Can you just talk to me?"
"Why?" I asked keeping my eyes in the screen
"BECAUSE!"
"Because what Ashton?" I asked looking at him as he drove frustrated
"Because I want us to be friends" he admitted and sighed
"Why though isn't your perfect hair and perfect band happy by itself?" I asked
"Tell me one thing, why are you like this just toward me? It's not like I'm very rude to you and you're nice with literally everyone else"
"Because you! You just piss me off!"
"What about me pisses you off?"
"Your perfect hair! Your drumming! You and your leather jackets! Just all of it"
"I'm never going to understand you" he said huffing
"I haven't even figured myself out yet there's no way you're going to" I said looking back down at my phone
"We're here" he said as he parked his car and I got out with my bag
His living room had a couch, coffee table and a TV which all of the furniture was pointed at all in all his mom decorated it well
I sat on the couch as Ashton sat with me I didn't know what to say and I could tell neither did he
"Let's just start the assignment" I said
"Should we order a pizza?" He asked
"I want to what bout you?'
"I wouldn't ask if I didn't want one myself" he said rolling his hazel eyes
"Fine then just order one!" I said taking my book out of the bag with a pen
I could hear him order a pizza as I noted down in my book
Ashton and I have a certain hate for each other and I don't know how to explain it, we're both Passover aggressive and the day has not been the easiest so far. He asked me why I didn't like him or wanted to be friends with him. My feelings toward his behavior so far have been mixed, sometimes angry and sometimes calm. {3:34pm}
I noted with the time stamp, if I was going to do this I would do it properly.
"What're you noting down?" He asked
"The assignment we're here doing, this is my perspective and you better start getting done on yours" I said to him
"Can I read it?" He asked
"No"
"Ugh fine" he said
"Does my drumming really piss you off?" He asked randomly
"Why're you asking this?"
"I just want to know!"
"Well yeah it does, it sounds so ugh I can't describe it" I said as he chuckled
"Perfect?" He said trying to complete my sentence
"Yeah! Like too perfect" I said with a face on as I heard the doorbell ring I decided to answer it knowing it was the pizza delivery guy
"How much?" Ashton asked as he walked behind me
"18 dollars" he said as I handed the money before Ashton cold
"I could've gotten that!" He said with their pizza in his hands as he kept it on the coffee table
"You were too slow" I said as I opened the pizza box smelling the pizza goodness
Ashton noted down what he had to in his book, I knew I shouldn't be so curious but I want to know what he was writing in it
Ashton's POV:
I don't know why but a part of me liked her but the other part of me hated her, I don't understand what I could do to show her that I am not who she thinks I am but I'm too late, she's already with some American guy who obviously made her more happy than I ever could. I hated that I liked her, I hated that I found her sarcastic and rude comebacks cute, I hated even falling for her but I couldn't stop myself from doing it, no matter how much I pretend to hate her no matter how much I distance myself from her something just makes me talk to her and be with her and I don't get it.
I noted some stuff into my book so we'd have something to submit but I wanted to write my real feelings not what I make myself think I am
I saw Cathy now nothing down something in her book as well while I just appreciated her hair falling behind her bandana that I know she wears everyday.
Cathy's POV:
After an hour of hanging out with Ashton I noted every bit of what happened which I knew would be enough for this assignment. Nothing had changed between Ashton and I I still hates him and he still kinda hated me I guess. The thing is he has been nice to be but I know it's on my because we're stuck together or was it because he is a genuinely nice person? Whatever it was I still hates him.
I walked home, washed my hands, changed into comfortable PJs and sat infront of the TV only to be greeted by my annoying younger sister Kaylee, as soon as I saw her step through the door I walked upstairs
"Wait Cathy! I need to ask you something" she said
"What's it?" I looked at her annoyed
"I need advice..."
"About what?!" I asked annoyed at the time she was taking to get to the point
"Iwanttoaskaguyout" she mumbled
"What?"
"I want to ask a guy out and you've don't that a lot of times before can you help please"
"I'm the best person you could find?" I said rolling my eyes
"Fuck this" she said almost walking away
"No wait I'll tell you"
"Fine what's it?"
"Try to hang out with him alone and then play it cool and ask him out, it's not that hard"
Thanks"
"Don't worry about it" I said
"What's going on with you and Ashton anyway?" She asked trying to maintain conversation for some reason
"How do you know about that?" I asked curiously sitting on the couch again as she joined me
"Everyone in school is talking about it"
"We're just partners is psychology class"
"I heard there'd more than that, come on tell me!"
"You want to know what's happening? Fr?"
"Yeah I want us to be close" she said
"Well I hate him and he hates me"
"Why though?" She asked curiously
"No reason, just hate his guts but the thing is he tries and I push him away" I said guiltily
"Why?"
"Not sure he just pisses me off, and everyone says he's hot who I think he is but I can't believe them"
"Do you like him?" She asked
"No what the fuck! I love Noah"
"Okok you excited to meet him soon?"
"Yeah I mean I haven't seen him in a month!
"You really love him huh?"
"Of course and by the way us getting along is weird" I stated
"I know!" She agreed
"Let's never speak of this again" I said walking upstairs into my room
"Yeah" she agreed