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Ashley arrived at home after her little date with Jay. Today seemed a bit off and Ashley couldn’t seem to brush it off. Before she had exited Jay’s car, she asked him if he was free to have one of those late-night calls they used to have but he quickly said that he was busy tonight, but the way he said it made Ashley a bit suspicious but she left it alone and exited the car. 

As she entered the house, she was greeted with silence. “Hello, is anyone home?” She called out, but there was no reply. Ashley made her way upstairs as she stood in front of Jake’s bedroom door. “Jake, are you in there?” She asked while knocking on his door until he finally opened it with an annoyed look on his face. “What?” He asked, sounding as though he just woke up. 

“Oh, sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you up, I thought the house was empty,” she said as Jake stood there with a blank look. “Okay, is that all?” He asked as Ashley stood there awkwardly not knowing what to do. “Uh, yeah,” she replied, earning a door in her face, leaving her dumbfounded. 

Ashley silently walked towards her room, where she entered, and immediately plop down on her bed. She stared at the ceiling wondering if Jake was still mad at what happened earlier, she didn’t understand why Jake hated Jay so much, but what she didn’t understand was Anna’s sudden change of attitude. 

The last time she remembered Anna saying that she couldn’t stand her cousin and know she literally following her around like a lost puppy and not to mention, what had happened when she showed up this morning, she was drooling over Jake, which confused the hell out of Ashley because the last time Anna was over to her house, she looked like she could’ve killed Jake.

Ashley found herself overthinking to the point where she had fallen asleep. 

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Jake lay back down in his bed as his peaceful slumber was interrupted by Ashley. Just seeing her face made him remembered what happened when she left with Jay and that just pissed him off all over again. After Jay drove off, Jake went back into the house to release some stress by smoking. After almost covering his entire room with smoke, he fell asleep until Ashley came and ruined it. 

Jake sighed loudly before a familiar ping caught his attention. He reached for his phone that was underneath the covers. It seems that Tatiana had sent him a text. 

Jake, are you coming to my party tonight, I hope to see you,” she texted as Jake rolled his eyes, “Hey, Tati, yeah I’m ma swing by your party,” he replied as the bubbles on

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One of her friends asked, “Well, both of them think they can get what’s mine and that’s not the case,” she said as the same friend frowned, “But that Ashley girl, doesn’t even like Jake,” she said as Tatiana scoffed, “Duh, I know that but she’s trying to take Jay and I’m having it,” she said as all of her rolled their eyes with

do you care anyway, all you guys have to do is host this dump party and make

she wasted no time in entering through her door to find Anna pacing nervously. “Woah, whats’s wrong with you?” She asked followed by a chuckle, “I can’t do this, Tatiana,” Anna said as Tatiana furrowed, “What do you mean, you can’t, you want Jake, don’t you?” She asked as Anna sighed, “Yeah, but this is my best friend,” she said as Tatiana rolled her eyes, “F**k her!” She exclaimed, “She’ll never forgive me,” Anna mumbled before taking a seat beside Tatiana on the bed, “Who cares, you’ll have me, we’re blood-related and blood is much thicker,” she said before pulling Anna into a hug, but behind her back Tatiana was

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party, but before he did so, he went to check on Ashley, who was sound

place, he was stunned to see so many people. As Jake entered the party, he caught the eyes of many girls, who winked, seductively waved, and sweetly smiled at him. Jake walked further into the party until he saw Jay surrounded by a group of other girls, which

smirking, “That’s funny because you’re no better than me, Jake,” Jay said as Jake chuckled, “Well,

that you were playing with her?” He asked as Jay’s eyebrows raised and a smirk stained his lips, “She would never find

here to party not fight,” she said before turning to face Jake, “Hey, Jakey, thanks for coming,” she said pulling him into a hug, “You invited this asshole, Tati?” Jay asked, still very pissed,

were, “Hey, guys, look who I found,” she announced while smirking at Anna, who blushed, “Hey, ladies, I’m off to get a

drink before she sat down next to her cousin. “Here, drink this, it will calm your nerves,” she said handing her the cup, “What’s in here?” Anna asked while glimpsing inside the cup, “Orange juice and vodka,” she said as Anna nodded before gulping down on the drink, “You good?” Tatiana asked with a grin on her face as Anna nodded, “Yeah, I’m great.”

this drink, Tati?” Anna asked feeling a bit dizzy, “Nothing, but look, Anna, there’s Jake, go shoot your hop,” she said as Anna tried to focus on where Tatiana was pointing, “Where?” She asked, “Dance floor,” she said before Anna nodded, “Okay, wish me luck,” she said before heading to the dance floor, “Good luck!” Tatiana mumbled before turning to her friends, “You know the plan, I’m going to look for Jake,” she said before

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did I slept?” She questioned until her ringing phone caught her attention. She picked up the

female asked as the sound of music was blasting in the background, “Yes, who’s this?” She asked, “Look, you need to come get your step-brother, he drunk and causing a scene,” she said as Ashley’s eyes widened,