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ASHLEY

I was completely speechless. Stefan? Love ME? It was mental. I could have sworn
the look on my face when Stefan said that probably killed him, but I didn't know
what to say. My mind went blank. Luckily I sputtered a few words that may have
broken the extremely awkward situation we were in. "Well.... thank you." was all
I could come up with. Pathetic, I know, but what else could I say? I sincerely
had to get away. "Oh, Dru wants something. Be right back." I said. I got up
uneasily, and stumbled out the door.


STEFAN

I was as speechless as Ashley, admitting to me loving him. It was the most
embarrassing thing I had ever said in my life, let alone to Ashley. And now he
was off to probably tweet about it or tell Dru. I was too weak to cry about it
though.

That night, I slept at Ashley's again. He never did come back from helped Dru
with something like he said he would. But I assumed he made it up to escape. I
don't exactly blame him for it, I probably would have done the same if a guy
told me that. But all night, one question reigned freely in my head. Does he
love me back?


ASHLEY

I couldn't look at Stefan without feeling uncomfortable after that day. I wasn't
sure what to think. I mean, he knows I have a girlfriend, she was coming over to
visit today! Knowing that Stefan loved me now was still new to me and a concept
I couldn't grasp onto.

Later that day, Jemma came over for lunch. Stefan must've gone back to sleep,
cause he hadn't been up since breakfast. Jemma and I had a lovely meal, with
chicken, salads, and cokes. Later Stefan came down dressed nicely and greeted us
normally, as if nothing had happened. I decided to play along his lines and go
with it.


STEFAN

I had to act normally. As normal as I had been earlier. Ashley played along, so
that worked out fine. When we had all finished lunch, Jemma went out to her car
to get presents. Ashley and I silently cleared the table, not daring to lock
gazes. Afterwards, Ashley sat in a chair in a corner, waiting for Jemma and I
couldn't think straight. The only thing on my mind was Ashley. I entered another
daydream. I dreamt I walked over to Ashley, asked him to stand up, and gave him
a sweet kiss. Then I woke up. Jemma had walked through the door, wide eyed and
jaw dropped. Ashley nearly gave me the same look, but he couldn't because his
lips were on mine.