send TRICKED for a scene from my muse's past in which they misled, tricked, or lied to someone
GLIMPSES OF THE PAST
//int. roses apartment #301 - day. november 2022
āYeah, I know, I know,āĀ Ash sunk into the couch at the Roses apartment, hand over half his face as the other held the phone up while his mother continued to nag before they ended their weekly face time calls. By now they all know the drill where she'd often ask him to pop by to say hi to the friends she knew - Ruth, Mal, Beau, Ria, always lastly ending up at the Roses for her to greet the siblings before they ended their calls.
He glanced over to Charlie chosen amongst her, Jeremiah and JP as if pleading her for help release him from the nagging reminders before thanksgiving. His mother was driving down this time for a week for Dawn to swing by without problems. Just that lovely time of the year again that he genuinely looked over to having family reunited again, but sometimes, his mom does go overboard with the celebrations, her and Charlie a pair in feeding into each other's enthusiasm. He was still trying to have a silent conversation with Charlie through their looks, half listening to his mother's questions, "yes." Not even sure what he said yes to until his attention was pulled back by a panic, "--yes, I'm.. seeing.. someone.." He didn't even comprehend the lie he just said that everyone in the room knew was a lie. He simply continued to placate her excitement and request to invite this "someone" for thanksgiving.
It was maybe another five more minutes before she said her final goodbyes to everyone and Ashton sighed, plopping his phone down on the couch he sat on. Grumbling over the brothers' amusement, "hey don't laugh." He was caught too off guard and by the time he realized it was too late the back track it right now without prolonging the call for twice the length. ..Whatever, he'll tell her the truth sooner or later, later being when she arrives next week. "I'll figure it out, and no, I'm not bringing a fake date," Ashton said pointedly towards Charlie, before her and JP took the opportunity to joke about him and Jeremiah again.
