Taylor Gentry

How’s the non single life

Taylor whacked the back of his head with a rolled up newspaper.

Y-ow!!

You sleep on the couch sometimes because you’re a total doofus.

And I’m sorry, baby!

Taylor rolled her eyes but started to smile.

ASH

Ash grinned when he pulled away after a moment. He was... very tall next to her.

Taylor leaned her head back to look up at him, smiling.

His hand ended up cupping her cheek, which was pretty affectionate for him.

Taylor rolled her eyes, playfully. She put her hand against his.

Am I?

Taylor waited for a moment for his response to see if he was actually joking or not. Then, she gently sighed with a smile.

Ash raised his eyebrows. Oh shit. She was right.

Taylor started to laugh. She reached her hands up and stood on her toes, to wrap her arms around his neck and embrace him.

Hope nothing happens to your car

Ash sucked in his teeth, in reply to the comment. And then, his face sort of turned to a smile. His good hand reached over, which he hand to lean over the console to get there, and grabbed her thigh.

Taylor flinched. Her brow furrowed, then raised up in realization. She nervously looked away with a slightly forced laugh. Her face was turning redder by the second, her hand hesitantly resting on his.

What?

A-Are you, uh, sure…?

Yeah, I’m sure.

Ow—! Hey!

He kept his hand on his head. Ouch.

Don’t baby me, Ashley…

His arm went around her shoulders. Okay, new approach to this, then. Ash leaned over slightly, kissing her cheek.

Taylor flinched. She kept her arms crossed over her chest with that furrowed look on her face like she was still pissed off by his stupid behavior. Her eyes kept nervously darting up to Ash like she wanted to do or say something. Quickly, she kissed his cheek in return.

Ash’s eyebrows lifted, a big grin crossing his face. He squeezed her shoulder. He kissed her again, twice this time.

Taylor tried to turn her head away to avoid his kisses, trying to unsuccessfully hold back her laughter. She placed her hand against Ash’s cheek and tried to push his face away, jokingly.

Ash kept planting kissed on her cheek when he got the chance. He was laughing a bit, too.

You-

Dork

He eyes practically lit up when he heard her.

Ash.

Ash reached down, gripping her hand with his good one.

Yep.

Ash squeezed her hand once more, before letting go and running to the passenger side of his broken-down car. He opened it for her, chuckling a little.

Taylor put her hands on her hips and jokingly raised her eyebrow at Ash, as if to say ‘Really?’. But she started to laugh before getting in the passenger side of the car.

Ring ring.

Hi..

Hi, Ash.

Damn, I was gonna come and visit..

Well…

We can go to a library, if you want.

You? A library? You don’t seem like the type, Ash.

How much left of your shift?

Oh-

After a second, Ash took his arm down. Maybe he’d finally had the thought that she may not have liked that much. He let out a slight huff from his noise.

Taylor cringed. Okay, yeah, that was weird. She let out another nervous awkward laugh. She cleared her throat before making her way with him out of the diner and out into the harsh winds of the outside. She scrunched her shoulders up to bury her face in her coat for a moment.

There’s a boy looking at you

Ash went over, leaning on the wall next to her. He smiled again. He definitely was trying to flirt, but it was a bit awkward, and clumsy, despite his looks.

Taylor looked him up and down with a raised eyebrow. He was handsome, she would admit that. She didn’t look all that impressed by his clumsy advances, though. She put the stacked dishes down and put her hands on her hips, the corners of her lips slightly tugging up.

Well, I was going to ask you for your number..

Taylor’s smile grew in slight amusement. She crossed her arms over her chest, shifting her weight onto her hip, her shoulders shaking with a silent giggle. She didn’t seem to be secretly a deadite. More like just a normal, tired waitress.

Ash’s eyes widened slightly, looking down at his shirt, and he brushed off whatever was there. Then he returned to his former position, pretending like it never happened.

Taylor giggled. Okay, maybe Ash was kinda cute. A little dorky, maybe, but still cute nonetheless. She glanced behind herself and back at the area behind the counter, then back up at him.