5~ More of the Haywood Boys

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It's Saturday and I have to go to the Haywood's for the project. That and I think I'm hanging out with Alex after. I don't really know. He heft me a weird message.

I rang the doorbell and the same lady that told us about the cookies answered the door.

She smiled when she saw my face. "It's nice to see you again Aspen" she said, standing to the side to let me in.

"You too"

I smiled and made my way through their house.

I've never been anywhere besides the living room and the kitchen. So I decided to wander around the house. Probably not my best idea but it worked.

I walked into a hallway upstairs. There were so many doors and all of them were closed. I opened the first one on my right and it was a bathroom. The next door I opened was on the left and it was an empty bedroom. It didn't look like a teenager's bedroom so I assumed it was a guest room.

I thought about accidentally walking in on someone unannounced and unexpectedly. That situation would definitely be awkward.

I went to the next room and as I went to knock on the door the door opened and Ashton stood in front of me.

"What are you doing here?" He said bitterly.

"Alex said you wanted to work on the project, I was quite surprised since it's Saturday."

He laughed and smirked to himself. He whispered something to himself but I didn't catch it.

"Well I don't. His room is two doors down."

I walked two doors down and knocked. After hearing a faint come in I opened the door. Alex was sitting on his bed and Parker was on a beanbag.

They both stood up quickly and both of them were shirtless. For not playing any sports these boys are incredibly fit. They must like working out.

"Why'd you call me here?" I asked with a hand on my hip.

"I wanted to hang out with you" he said sheepishly.

"I would've came if you just asked me"

"Really?" He asked with hope filled eyes.

I laughed at him. It was kinda cute.

"Yes, now I want coffee let's go to Starbucks" 

They put shirts on and Alex grabbed his keys.

"Let's go to Starbucks" Alex groaned.

"We're going to Starbucks who wants to come with us!" Parker yelled and heads popped out of every room.

"I'll come" Jasper walked out of his room. The other boys went back into their rooms.

All four of us got in Alex's car and drove to Starbucks.

Alex parked the car and we all got out. I basically skipped into the store while the boys moped behind me.

"Hi" I said cheerily to the cashier.

"Hello, how may I help you?" He answered with the same energy.

"Can I get a venti iced chai latte with two shots of blonde expresso, four pumps of cinnamon dolce, four pumps of white mocha, four pumps of Irish cream, vanilla sweet cream cold foam, caramel drizzle, and cinnamon powder?"

I could feel the boys' staring I to the back of my head. I would guess they were shocked.

"Anything else for you?"

"You boys want anything?" I looked back at the dropped jaws.

"I don't know what to get" Jasper said.

"Three grande chocolate chip crème frappés" I answered for them. "Trust me you'll like it"

"Is that's all?" She smiled at me.

The sound of my stomach growling kept me from not ordering food.

"A cookie dough cake pop and some almonds. That's it" I smiled at her.

"$24.56, can I get a name for the order?"

"Aspen" I said as I pulled out my credit card but the boys stopped me. Jasper put his card in the machine and she gave me my cake pop and almonds.

"I could've paid for that" I pouted as we waited for our drinks to come out.

"Yeah but we did, think of it as our treat to you" Parker said with a smile.

"Thank you I appreciate but you really didn't have to"

"Half of the stuff you ordered was ours anyway" Alex said.

I sighed and dropped the conversation but I still didn't think it was necessary.

"Order for Aspen!" Another employee called as he set our drinks on the counter.

"Thank you" I smiled at him as the boys and I picked up our drinks.

"We should go to the park" Jasper suggested. "You know, a mini picnic kinda thing"

"I have a blanket in my trunk" Alex shrugged.

"Okay then let's go to the park" I agreed. Parker never said anything but he silently agreed.

I wondered why he was so closed off from everyone except his brothers.

I don't know but I was so lost in thought to notice we were there.

We all hopped out of his car and Jasper, being the responsible one, got the blanket from the trunk.

There were two parts of the park. One was the playground, where all the kids ran around and had fun. The other was an open grass field, dogs running around with owners and kids playing soccer and football.

Jasper set the blanket down and I happily enjoyed my coffee and the sunshine, but mainly my coffee.

The boys loved their chocolate frappés, maybe a bit too much.

We talked for a little bit. I ate my food. I was happy. I felt like I knew these boys longer than I had and honestly it felt a little weird to have guy friends. I've only ever had girl friends.

Parker seemed much more at ease and more comfortable around me the more we talked. The smile on his face made me happy.

"So...how's your love life?" I asked no one in particular.

"I have a girlfriend, her name is Savannah." Jasper answered with a shy smile.

"Can I see a picture?" I asked, excitedly.

He pulled out his phone and showed me a few pictures of her and him together.

He looked like he was head over heels in love with her in every picture. You could see it by the way he looks at her.

"Aww! So cute" I squealed.

I looked at Alex expectingly.

"I uh I-I have a crush on a girl" he stuttered nervously while scratching the back of his head.

I felt a small pang in my heart and I had no idea why.

"Does she go to our school? Do I know her?"

"Yeah I think so" he smiled sheepishly.

"What's her name?" I asked wanting to know this girl.

"H-her name? Oh it's um it's Haley." He said.

The pang in my heart returned for a second time.

"Haley Clemons? I think I sit by her in biology. She's nice"

Haley seems like a nice girl and she's really pretty. No wonder he likes her.

"Y-yeah she is. Please don't tell her or anyone for that matter." He begged.

"Don't worry my lips are sealed. Parker? What about you? Love life?"

Parker just froze. I could sense the other boys tense up a little bit too.

"What about you Aspen?" Jasper turned the conversation into me.

"I've been here for a week, you guys already expect me to have a boyfriend? Or even a crush?" I teased.

"I was talking about back in Kansas, that is where you're from isn't it?" Jasper rolled his eyes at me but it easily turned into a smile.

"Just me and my paint brushes " I answered. They all looked at me quizzically. "I love painting and drawing but I painting is my first love"

"Is it at least a good kisser?" Alex joked and we all laughed.

"Who's older? You or Ashton?" I asked Alex.

"I am by three minutes" he answered.

We talked for a little bit longer.

I had started throwing my almonds in the air and catching them in my mouth.

Parker and Alex whispered to each other before stealing my bag of almonds and running.

I popped up and chased after them.

"Parker! Alex! Give me my precious almonds back!" I whined as they ran around passing them to each other.

Parker had them and I jumped in his back. I tried my hardest to grab them from his hands. It didn't work.

As soon as I was about to grab them he gave them to Alex. I was going to jump off and chase Alex, but Parker lost his balance and we fell to the ground. I was under him as we fell backwards.

I was laughing, it honestly didn't hurt that much.

"Oh my gosh, Aspen are you okay?" Parker popped up and frantically looked all over me, checking if I was hurt.

Alex and Jasper came up to me worried.

"I'm fine" I laughed. Their worried faces showed that they were still concerned. "Guys I promise" I smiled at them.

"Now help me up and give me back my almonds" I ordered as I held out both of my hands.

Parker took one and Jasper took the other as they hoisted me up. Alex gave me my almonds and we raced back to the blanket.

I won.
***
Hey do you want to come over?

Delilah texted me.

Yeah leaving Haywood's now be there in ten

The Haywoods?! Um explanation?

I laughed at her from the other side of the phone.

When I get to your house just wait

I'm definitely getting interrogated.

I drove to my house first to freshen up a bit before heading to her house.

"Bye dad I'm going to Del's!" I called as I ran out of the front door.

Before I even made it to her front door, she grabbed my wrist and dragged me upstairs to her room.

It was a nice looking room. A little messy but let's be honest I expected a little worse.

She pushed me into her desk chair.

"Details. Now." She squealed.

"Alex texted me about Ashton wanting to work on the project. I went over and it was all a ruse to get me to come over. Jasper, Parker, Alex and I went to Starbucks then the park. We talked, laughed, and had fun. Parker broke down his walls around me."

"It sounds like you had fun" She winked at me. "But I want juicy details, what exactly happened?" She scooted closer to my face.

I chuckled at her and gave her as much details as I could remember. I've never seen anyone squeal so much.

"Ok you're spending the night" She stated. Not a question. She told me I was spending the night.

"But my dad" I started but she snatched my phone and sent a text.

Hey Mr. P it's Delilah Aspen spending the night I hope you don't mind :)

"Del, you can't just tell him I'm spending the night. You have to ask" I went to text him and actually ask, but to my surprise he actually answered.

Okay have fun

Aspen be home by noon tomorrow

I was shocked he answered the way he did.

"What do you do other than art? Any other hobbies?"

"Not really, back home my friends and I would break into teams and have scavenger hunts in the mall. I really liked handing out with them."

"What we're their names?" She asked out of curiosity.

"Samantha Boyle, Mya Philips, Larissa Clifford. Our initials were slam. They got me a necklace with our initials engraved on them as a going away present."

My phone buzzed and I looked at it. It was an Instagram notification. I got a follow request from Parker Haywood.

My eyes went wide eyed as I saw the notification.

"What is it?" She got up from her bed and walked over to me.

She grabbed my phone and squealed.

"What do should you do? What should you do?" She paced around the room.

I grabbed her shoulders and held her close to my face.

"I'm going to accept it and follow him back" I answered for her and took my phone back.

My dad texted me.

I stared at my phone with a pout.

"What's wrong? Did he unfollow you?" Del asked worriedly.

"No my dad's just leaving on business tonight and he won't be here until Tuesday."

"Well then I know the perfect cure" she said before running downstairs. She came back a few minutes later with a bucket of ice cream and two spoons.

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