Bestfriends Shouldn’t Know How You Taste Chapter 24


    Dad’s back stiffen before he swiftly turns around to  face me. His brows almost to his hairline as he


    regards me in shock. I couldn’t me him, I never  got into trouble, never caused it either.


    But now hearing that his well mannered daughter  was the cause of a fight that involved her brother


    was definitely not something he heard everyday.  Mom leaves the boys and walks over to me. Her


    eyes portray worry as she brings me to her side.


    The tears I blinked away a second ago now flowed  freely, coating my cheeks with moisture. I sniffled


    as mom pulled me more into her embrace. “I’m so  sorry daddy, I’m so sorry.” I cried as mom


    shushed me, brushing her hand down my lengthy  tresses.


    “It’s all my fault, I did something stupid at the  party and I’m now paying for it. It’s not Arden’s  fault, it’s


    mine, he was just protecting me like he  usually does.” I said hoarsely. Dad’s eyes soften  drastically


    before walking over to me.


    “Mind telling us what you did Ashley?” Dad asked  gauging for a reaction from his question.


    Arden groans loudly, gaining everyone’s attention.  “Dad leave her be, it’s not like she murdered


    anyone.” He rolled his eyes, crossing his arms and  leaned back on the wall.


    “Yeah like you almost had done?!” Dad retorts, not  at all pleased. He then brings his attention back to


    me. “What did you do to cause a fight between  Arden and his *smate?”


    Arden snorts, yet again disturbing the conversation  with his blunt indifference. “Dad you really need to


    rx the guy’s not dead.” He says boredly blowing  out a fake yawn.


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    “Arden enough of your nonsense, you need to  understand that what you did was wrong, stop


    acting like you did a good thing!” Dad hissed  turning to re at him.


    “I was protecting my sister, I was protecting  Ashley!” Arden roars, his blue eyes red into  Dad’s. “So


    I think it does count as a good thing.”


    “From what? I need to know what you were  protecting her from!”He turns to me, his  expression a


    mixture of fear, fear from hearing  what Arden was protecting me from. “Did anyone  try to do anything


    to you, babygirl?” He says  softly.” Did anyone touch you wrongly-“


    My eyes widened in understanding at what he  meant. He thought someone tried to sexually  a*sault


    me.I could already see the gears in his  head shifting as he nned to murder whoever  tried to rape


    his babygirl.


    “Oh God no dad, it’s not that, I swear!” I rushed  out to put his mind at ease.


    He visibly sags with relief. All the while mom is  silent beside me, rubbing my back soothingly. I  sighed


    and got ready to tell him exactly why I was  the reason for the fight.


    “ke was dared to kiss me and went through  with it.” I said hastily, almost incoherent but the


    shocked look on their faces made me know that  they heard me perfectly clear.


    “You kissed ke!” Mom gasped pulling away to  stare at me more clearly.


    I nodded and tear my eyes away from them and  stared at the wall. Too afraid to see the judgement  in


    their eyes. “Everyone got to know about it and  there are now rumors circting the entire school  that


    I’m a whore for kissing my best friend that is  taken. The boy was saying nasty things to me and  Arden


    went to fight him to shut him up. ” I finished  off. Well was taken.


    “Well I couldn’t say that I hadn’t seen thising.  We all knew this would happen sooner orter.


    Though I never bargained for it to be this soon. I  would’ve really liked it if you were at least thirty.”


    Dad says in a surprising calm tone.


    “Ohe on Asher, we weren’t thirty when we  had Ashley, I say she should’ve done it sooner.”  Mom


    giggles. My brows furrowed in confusion at  their calm voices.


    I don’t understand, aren’t dad supposed to argue  with me for kissing a boy, even though it was  ke?


    And shouldn’t mom be on his side, agreeing


    with him that what I did was wrong? Why are they  so calm about this?


    “Why aren’t you guys arguing with me? Telling me  I’m wrong and that you’re disappointed?” I voiced


    out my thoughts. Dad brows furrowed and mom  looks utterly confused, like my question didn’t  make


    sense at all.


    “Why would we be disappointed? We could never  be disappointed in you Ashley.” He says softly and


    turns to face Arden. “Neither can we ever be  disappointed in your reckless brother.”


    Arden smiles at his words. “Although tonight I’m  making an exception.” Dad smirks. Arden’s smile


    falters, he rolls his eyes and starts walking away.


    “Dad, we’ll continue this bickering tomorrow, right  now I’m going to sleep. I’m tired .” Arden says  over


    his shoulder.


    “You’re tired? I’m the one who had to defend their  son a few minutes ago!” Dad yells after him.


    “Potato patato.” Arden waves off disappearing up  the stairs.


    “Like I said baby, he takes after you.” Mom giggles  as she sees dad’s frustration.


    Dad turns to her and winks. “Should we try for  another that will take after you? “


    I cringe knowing where the conversation would  lead up to. And that would be with me in  mortification


    at their flirting while they took it up a  notch and start to make use of dad’s words.


    “So you guys aren’t mad?” I mumble softly.


    “Why would we be mad? Ryn and I have been  nning y’all wedding for years. Your dad’s paying  by


    the way.” Mom says in honesty.


    Dad’s eyes widen. “When did I agree to that? I  don’t think Ace would even let me have the chance  to


    anyway. The brute is too proud to let me do it  alone. I think he’ll either agree to split it in half.  He’ll


    definitely want to contribute-“


    “Are you guys seriously nning my wedding right  now? ke and I aren’t even together! Like I said


    it was just a dare and I don’t think it’ll lead up to  anything serious.” My voice grew soft at the end of


    my sentence.


    “Wait what, y’all aren’t together yet?” Mom  whispers sadly. I shake my head and stared at the  floor. I


    couldn’t believe how this conversation


    turned from bickering about the fight to my  rtionship with ke. Rtionship?


    “No we aren’t.” I breathed out on a shaky voice. “I  told him we should not pursue anything-” My voice


    cracked at the end, not being able to finish from  the emotion logged up in my throat, preventing me


    to.


    “But isn’t this what you wanted baby? You’ve loved  him for years. And I’ve seen the way that boy


    looks at you Ashley and he definitely loves you. ”  Mom says softly, running her fingers through my


    loose inky ck tresses.


    Love me? Yeah right. If that were true he would’ve  been with me a long time ago, instead he slept


    around with different girls until Stacy. The only  reason he’s now interested was because we kissed.


    What would’ve happened if we hadn’t?


    “It’s just that I’m scared.” I told her. It was partly  true. I was scared but not what they think. I was


    scared that I’d lose him. What if we failed to make  it work? What if it ruins our friendship? I rather


    have ke as a friend and not have him at all.


    “If it’s about those rumors, I’ve already nned to e to your school tomorrow to put an end to it.  I’ll


    talk to the principal-” Dad says.


    My eyes widen as I cut him off. “Please no dad,  leave it be. They are just words, I can handle it. ” I


    rushed out.


    “There’s no going around this Ashley, I’m speaking  to that principal one way or the other.” He stated.