text: Upon getting home, Ashley got in her usual corner, though she was much more upset looking than usual which could be easily understood why. Nick went over and started talking to her quietly, while Veronica and Owen got onto your computer in which you now could almost never use. Baron sat himself down in one of your spare desk chairs and just placed it by one of your windows, and just stared outside which was his usual activity.
  
  "Ashley please, I guarantee you she means it this time, trus-."
  
  "No! It's not about that. The stupid bitch brought up my suicide again. Don't you think I regret it Nick, each day I'm stuck here I keep on thinking about it. If I knew this was waiting for me instead of what I dreamed of then I would have stayed alive for as long as I could, at least I had the freedom to do what I wanted." Ashley interrupted him with tearful cries.
  
  Man Ashley's reasoning's were pretty annoying, you hated when she got loud like this because of the stuff she said hardly made any common sense.
  
  Sitting down on your bed, which was probably the last refugee you had in your room, you started going through your phone as you had already completed classwork at school. In fact you got a lot done now ever since Nick first joined, turns out he was really good at math, and would instantly remember the lessons that were taught to you as he reheard them, during your free-time for homework, he would kneel beside you and help you with problems as you whispered any questions to him.
  
  Baron might have had some knowledge too, as he was only the only other one who actually paid attention to your classes, although he never spoke up and you've never been bothered to ask.
  
  Going through messages, you saw a notification from Ruby for a message that had been sent twenty or so minutes ago that you forgot to open.
  
  'Hey don't tell those dweebs, but I might end up pushing the ascension up even earlier,I really want to get it out of the way for some reason, reminds me the fuck out how much Ashley bitches about it. So just get ready to do it on a Thursday or Wednesday in the next two weeks if need be. I'll give you the rides as usual.'
  
  Thank fucking Christ, though you were a little irritated that she only bothered doing this because of someone else. Besides that the quicker you got these guys to ascension the better, while you were still on good enough terms with most of them.
  
  Though you don't know why she didn't want any of them to know, the news itself would probably calm down Ashley enough for her to stop moping so hard. Unless of course, Ruby was bullshitting you again and what she just told you was a load of crap.
  
  Man you really felt so negative for the past couple of weeks, you needed something to blow off steam before you really went over the edge and snapped or something. Getting these guys out of the house too would also probably raise their spirits. Though you hadn't really gone out and did something since you watched that movie three weeks ago, in which Veronica and Owen ruined when they started making shadows near the projector, to which no one could tell where it came from except for you. You felt really bad for the couple that was sitting in the back that got the blame for it.
  
  When everyone seemed to look very bored in your room, was the time you gave them the news.
  
  "Alright, since this is the last month we'll all be together, I've decided that we should all go out and do something fun. Any suggestions?" You ask them all.
  
  "Oh let's go see a movie!" Owen immediately suggested.
  
  "No suggestions from you or Veronica." You immediately sternly reply.
  
  "What why? She was the one who did that stuff at the theater it wasn't even me!"
  
  "You're such a liar!" Veronica replies while pushing Owen.
  
  "Cunt!"
  
  Once again they start to go at it.
  
  You try your best to ignore them though as you continue taking suggestions from everyone else.
  
  "I'd like to go hiking," Nick says.
  
  "Baseball game..."Baron says next, which surprises you a bit.
  
  Looking over at Ashley, she doesn't seem to be paying attention all that much.
  
  "I don't care what you guys do..."
  
  Well that was it then, you had your two suggestions.
  > baseball game
  Going to a baseball game probably would be a nice distraction, hiking seemed a bit too boring anyway.
  
  "Alright we're going to a baseball game then." you decide.
  
  "Awww, why don't we go to a football, baseball is boring," Owen complains.
  
  Continuing to ignore him, Nick nods at the pick and so does Baron. Now with that out of the way you had to find out how to pay for this.
  
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  Turns out the tickets for the midsection were pretty cheap, and the nearest game was only about five days away from when you decided. You had told your mom that you were going to the game with friends and if she could buy your ticket. She agreed to it without much hesitation to your relief, getting to the stadium was also pretty easy since there was a bus stop right by it.
  
  Your mom was able to get you middle sears with a good enough view that none of the spirits would be able to complain. It also seemed to be a slow enough day that your row was pretty much empty, allowing the spirits to grab empty seats by you.
  
  Baron and Nick sat together and immediately got invested into watching the game and discussing it together in the row right below you. You made Owen and Veronica sit right next to you so you could make sure that they weren't up to any antics that would ruin the day, though they just started talking about random things, not really paying attention to the game. As long as they were occupied with something though, then you really didn't mind it all that much.
  
  Ashley sat a row above you, she wanted to sit an extra row higher but the boundary didn't allow it since there were hardly any seats up there with how full that row was.
  
  You looked behind you to check on her every now and then, though she was just hugging herself and looking down at her lap. You always think that she sleeps or just daydreams off in her head for most of the time, which maybe is best for her to just enjoy herself with her own thoughts.
  
  The game continued on in peace as you decided that you were to stay for all of the innings. Since people started to leave in the rows around you towards the end of the game, Veronica and Owen couldn't really mess with anyone, so you let them run around in the rows near you when they started getting bored. Since they were ghosts, you didn't really find it to worry about them wrestling amongst themselves and jumping around in the chairs.
  
  When the game finally ended, you looked up at the sky to see that it was pretty dark out already, with the gaming lasting longer than it supposed to.
  
  "I told you they were going to win didn't I?" Baron says to Nick with a laugh. The first one you think you've ever heard.
  
  "Please, they just got lucky, if they would have done better in the second inning than it would have been an easy win for them no doubt."
  
  Baron and Nick walked ahead of the rest of you to the bus stop while they continued to talk about the events of the game.
  
  Veronica and Owen continued to play tag around all of you, using you primarily as a fence to stop one another from getting each other.
  
  This whole entire time you really were trying to just leave Ashley alone to herself. But something kept on bugging you to just try to talk to her and ask her what the fuck was up. Something had to be eating at her, or maybe this is just how she was.
  > talk to her
  You would probably be annoyed by this for the rest of the week, you best to just get this out of the way and try to talk to her about it.
  
  Lagging behind everyone else a bit, you started to match your pace to Ashley who immediately noticed this.
  
  "What do you want?" She asks rudely and a bit loudly.
  
  "Just wanted to talk is all." You simply respond.
  
  "I don't want to to talk, thank you."
  
  "It looks like you do."
  
  When you say this, she immediately gives you one of her usual dirty looks. She attempts to start walking ahead, but you hold her back by her bicep.
  
  "Let go of me!" She yells twisting away from.
  
  This causes everyone else to look at the two of you.
  
  "Could you calm down a little?"
  
  "Why do you want to talk with me?"
  
  "Because you're someone I'm supposed to help. Besides your whole attitude lately has been absolute shit. I'm not going to stop bugging you about it until you tell me what fuck is so wrong."
  
  Ashley sees everyone staring at her now as she backs up a little. You weren't planning on that happening, but since she decided to start yelling now all the attention was drawn on her.
  
  "Can we talk about this later..." She says to you, with her voice turning extremely soft. You think you also heard a quiver.
  
  You sigh, nodding your head in agreement.
  
  "Alright shows over everyone, let's just go home." You say to everyone else watching.
  
  You're pretty sure this little event pretty much negated all the fun that everyone had today, maybe you should have just kept your mouth shut about it.
  > later that night
  Everyone had been doing their own thing in your room that night as you got ready for bed after your shower. You had actually forgotten about your little fight with Ashley for awhile, deciding to bring it up anymore since there was really no point if she was just going to get confrontational every single time.
  
  Though right before you were about to call it a night and get into bed, she stopped you while standing up.
  
  "Can we talk now?"
  
  You were a little surprised that she wanted to go through with her earlier offer, with you just slowly nodding in agreement.
  
  "I don't want to talk like this though, can I....." she doesn't finish her sentence, instead raising up her arm towards you. If this was about to be a deep talk then it would make sense that she wouldn't want anyone else to hear. Raising up your own hand, you twist her forearm as she disappears in front of you.
  
  'A- Whoa, I've never been inside here, it's weird....'
  
  'Yeah, it is.'
  
  You try to block off any other unrelated thoughts as she continues.
  
  'A- Look, I want to apologize for what I did earlier, I've been thinking about it, and thinking about how I just act in general around everyone. It's just....I don't know I'm still upset for what I did. I've had so many regrets since I went through with it that it just got to the point in which it was all I could think about. What I could of done differently, the help I could of gotten that would have made me get better, it killed me inside as I thought about it every second, every day.'
  
  'Yeah, I get what you mean, but you really have to let it go. I know it was a really shitty thing that happened, but there's some things you just have to stop worrying about if you have no way in changing the outcome. If you keep on worrying about the past, then it'll just fuck up your present, which will cause even more unhappiness with you. Look, I'm sorry for how I acted too. It's just ever since I've had to take everyone in, it's been bugging me every other day. Though honestly it isn't even that bad, and I'm probably just overreacting about it. It's just.....seeing you unhappy makes me unhappy, so I want to stop that.'
  
  You hear her laugh a little.
  
  'A- Thanks for caring about me.'
  
  You feel your face warm up a little as embarrassing thoughts start rushing through your head, which in turn makes her laugh even more.
  
  'Well anyway, if you ever feel like you're down or anything like that. Please just talk to me about it. If not me then Baron or Nick. I want you to pass on happy, it's going be really shitty if you leave behind any regrets.'
  
  'A- Yeah....Thanks for the talk, I really appreciate it.'
  
  'Alright let's see if I remember how to pop you out of here.'
  
  'A- Wait!......Would it be alright if I stayed inside her for the night...'
  
  'Huh?'
  
  'A-Well....I mean we can't sleep. So i was wondering if I was inside your mind while you slept, I could sleep too...'
  
  'Well.....I mean if it doesn't work out then you realize you're going to be self aware in total darkness right?'
  
  'A- I'll take the risk.'
  
  'Well if you want...'