For The Love of Ash by Taylor Lavati

Author:Taylor Lavati [Lavati, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Luke

Lindsay and I walked into Prime Time Burger and grabbed the largest booth that they had. I wasn't sure if Maggie was working or not, but when Lil said she wanted to go to Prime Time, I completely agreed without question. I took any chance to see Maggie.

I saw a dark little boy's head at the bar, and I excused myself to go say hi to Asher. I knew if he was here that Maggie was probably close by. I had been keeping myself at a respectable distance, catapulting myself into the friend zone. But just talking to her made it worth my while.

"Boo," I said as I jumped onto the stool next to him.

"Mr. Wilson! What are you doing here?"

"I'm having some dinner with my sisters. What are you doing here?" I looked behind the counter into the kitchen but didn't see Maggie. She had to be close.

"Math and homework. It's boring."

"Do you want to come sit with us?" I asked him. I was hesitant to ask, knowing the offer bordered on crossing her invisible line, but my mouth worked too fast to take it back. When Asher's face lit up, I couldn't backtrack.

"Sure." He hopped down from the stool.

"Don't forget your work. I'll help you," I told him as I grabbed the stack of papers from the bar and handed them to him. I took the pencil and walked behind him towards the table.

"And who is this?" Linds asked when Asher sat beside me.

"I'm Asher." He blushed and averted his eyes to the table. I wrapped my arm around his shoulders and shook him a little, hoping he'd come out of his shell.

"What do you have there?" Lindsay reached forward and glanced at his math homework. "Oh my gosh. I'm terrible at math. Want to know a secret?" she asked, wiggling her eyebrows.

"What?" he asked back.

"Luke is my baby brother. But when we were in high school together, he actually helped me with my homework all of the time. He's so smart."

"Really?" Asher turned and looked up at me with curious green eyes. They matched Maggie's almost like a clone. Their similarities were jarring—both so innocent and shy.

"I like math." I shrugged.

"I'm kind of stuck on this multiply table. Can you help me?"

"Of course. Let's take a look."

Asher pulled out the worksheet, and I looked it over front and back to see what else they were teaching him and how he was being taught to do the multiplication.

"Hey, hey, hey," Lilly sang as she entered the restaurant. Liam was following close behind, already tapping away on his DS. They had come straight from school.

Both scooted into the bench with Lindsay, making her scoot all the way into the corner. It was a big booth so there was plenty of room, though. Lilly frowned at me, her brows squishing.

"Who's that?" Liam asked the one second he looked up from Pokemon. He didn't even wait for my answer, just went back to catching them all.

"This is Asher. He's my friend.

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