Hello everyone, apologies for the long absence :(

I recently reread a lot of my stories and I'm still struggling for ideas for most, but one day I will finish them all.

This is a new story, but it's also a continuation of two of my favourite stories I've written. The very first story I posted was 'Don't Fight It', then I did a sequel 'Don't Fight Us'... This is part three to that story.

I often reread those two stories and I'll admit I got a little carried away with the drama back then, but overall I loved the stories.

Anyway hopefully you'll all enjoy the final part, I've already written a fair bit so updates should be fairly regular.

Enjoy :)

Amateurhour87

ASHLEY'S P.O.V

"Big night Ash?"

"Huge night... I got to help organise seating and place cards..."

"I'm so jealous Ashley that sounds so much more exciting than what we were doing"

"Maddy do I need to get the couch cleaned?"

They're laughing, I'm going to take that as a yes.

"Ash maybe just give the shower a quick clean as well"

I don't care if the whole place needs to be cleaned, I'm just happy they've sorted their shit out.

"I'm happy for you guys"

"Ashley that's cute..."

"Shut up Maddy"

I don't do cute.

"How's Kyla trekking?"

"She's good, everything that needed to be organised is organised now..."

"Now all the fun stuff can start"

We leave for her hens trip tomorrow.

"Who wants a coffee?"

"I'm okay Maddy..."

"Kirsten?"

"Yes please"

When she walks away I smile at Kirsten.

"Was it good?"

"Ash it was amazing"

Make up sex is the best.

"How are you feeling Ash?"

"About you and Maddy having amazing sex?"

I really wish this wasn't still a thing.

"Okay Kirsten I'm just going to skip the bit where I play dumb and pretend I don't know what you're talking about..."

This happens every time, it's been nearly five years, but we still talk about it every time she comes to town.

"She just signed with the Sparks"

I'm confused, I know very little about basketball.

"They're the LA based WNBA side..."

Okay.

"She's moving back to LA Ash"

I did not know that.

"Kirsten I'm not really sure what you're expecting me to say?"

"I'm not expecting you to say anything, I'm just letting you know"

"Okay well I know now and you two are annoying..."

Maddy's back.

"There's no great love story here, we don't need to talk about her every time she comes back to LA..."

"Ash it's awkward when she's here right?"

It's really awkward.

"So?"

"Have you ever wondered why that is?"

"Kirsten let's swap roles for a second..."

It's not a normal situation.

"So you and Maddy break up, but your parents live next door to each other and they're best friends, so every time there's a holiday or a big get together Maddy's there... Would it be awkward?"

"Of course it would be..."

"Exactly"

"Ash you didn't let me finish"

Here we go.

"It would be awkward because I'm madly in love with Maddy and I wouldn't want to be in the same place as her if we weren't together"

"It wasn't meant to be Kirsten..."

"Do you honestly believe that?"

Great now I'm getting tag teamed.

"Welcome to the conversation Maddy"

She's laughing.

"And to answer your question, yeah I do, we've both moved on"

"So why's it awkward?"

"It's awkward because we spent our senior year sleeping together and now we're stuck pretending we're friends, when we sucked at being friends a long time before we sucked at being more than friends"

"So you want nothing to do with her?"

"No..."

They know that's not what I want.

"I want a normal friendship with her and you two idiots know that already"

This isn't the first time we've had this conversation.

"Because we have this exact same conversation every time she comes back to LA"

"Okay we'll drop it"

"No you won't..."

I really need to get ready.

"We'll have the exact same conversation next time she comes to town"

"Ash she's going to be living here again..."

"Okay well I was meant to be at mums an hour ago"

This conversation's getting old.

"Are you two still coming?"

We need to organise the last few details for Ky's hens trip.

"We're definitely coming"

If you had of asked me five years ago, I never would have picked this.

I didn't expect everything to turn out the way it did.

We were madly in love and I know how it looks. We were seventeen and everyone falls hard in high school, but it was different with us.

We grew up together and she was the girl next door, but like so many couples before us, high school got in the way and our lives pulled us in opposite directions.

"Hey sweetie"

"Hey..."

When I get to where she's standing I pull her in for a hug.

"Are you two already drinking?"

"It's a lovely day outside sweetie and we're making the most of it"

When I get to Paula I lean down and kiss her cheek.

"Looking good Paula"

I was always worried that my relationship with Spencer would effect my relationship with the rest of the Carlins, but it hasn't.

We broke up and life carried on like it always does.

"Where's Maddy?"

"She's probably inside fooling around with Kirsten"

"So the breaks over?"

"It is"

I'm happy for them.

Kirsten and Maddy are my two closest friends.

"Ashley did you confirm the bus and the accommodation?"

"I did, the bus will be here at eleven and the same bus driver will be bringing us back on Tuesday"

"Does Ky have any idea what's happening?"

"No I just told her to pack enough clothes for three days..."

She's going to love every second of it.