Finding Ashlynn by Zoe Lynne Page B

didn’t want to spend an evening away from Jenna, especially now that she considered Jenna her girlfriend. “What if I got Robbie to go out and you get Stella to go out? We could all hang together. Then I could still see you and you could still see your friend.”
    “I really like that idea. You think Robbie would do it?”
    “For a chick as hot as Stella? Hells yes!”
    Jenna laughed. “I guess I can call her.”
    “You do that. I’ll holla at Robbie.” She stole a quick kiss before tearing off into the band room.
    Funny, she didn’t think about it until she no longer had Jenna beside her, but this whole kissing when they first saw each other and kissing before parting ways business seemed like it was starting to become a little routine. It was weird. Ash never saw herself being that kind of girlfriend. She never thought she would be the clingy type who always wanted to kiss and hug and hold hands, the type who had to be up her partner’s ass twenty-four seven. Sure as she lived and breathed, though, she could see herself turning into that kind of girl… and she liked it. She just hoped Jenna liked it too.
    Inside the garage, Ash found Robbie on her cell phone. She didn’t look happy at all. Her singer always worried with her eyebrow ring whenever she got in a mood and was trying to contain herself. Whoever she had on the phone didn’t sound happy either and loudly expressed just how displeased she was with whatever they’d been talking about before Ash walked through the door.
    “I gotta go,” Robbie said and immediately hung up the phone. She looked over at Ash and said, “What’s up?”
    “I, um… was gonna ask if you wanted to go out with Jenna and her friend, but—”
    “Yes,” Robbie blurted, yanking her leather jacket off the amp it had been slung over.
    Robbie started to storm out of the room when Ash grabbed her wrist and all but wrenched her back. Robbie gave her a bone-chilling glare, and Ash promptly let go of her.
    “What’s wrong with you?” Ash asked.
    “Nothin’,” Robbie bit back.
    “Don’t tell me nothing’s wrong. Clearly, something is.”
    “Well, let’s just say I’m single again and leave it at that.”
    She let Robbie walk out of the garage without saying anything else. With that little blast of news, the night could turn volatile, and that’s the last thing Ash wanted. She wanted Jenna to like her friends as much as she liked Jenna’s. So, if everything worked out the way Ash hoped, Robbie and Stella would hit it off, and Ash could spend time with her new girlfriend.
    She looked up at the ceiling, clamped her hands together, and said a silent prayer to whoever or whatever might be listening.
    When Ash left the band room, she found Robbie and Jenna in the driveway. They were talking like they’d been friends forever. From the sound of it, they were talking about Stella, but the moment Jenna’s eyes met hers, the conversation stopped. The grin on Jenna’s face softened into an adoring smile, and the sight elicited the same loving smile in Ash.
    She took her rightful place next to her girlfriend and immediately reached down and wrapped her hand around Jenna’s. “So what’s happening?” she asked, gaze shifting back and forth between her singer and the girl of her dreams.
    “Stella is meeting us at Riley’s Diner on Park. Since we’re too young to go clubbing, she’s going to stop and do the food and coffee thing with us.”
    “Hmm… might have to get her to go dancing with me after,” Robbie said, and the most wicked expression Ash had ever seen from her washed over her face.
    “You don’t even know her,” Ash said.
    Robbie shrugged. “So, isn’t that why people go out… to get to know each other?”
    “Dude,” Ash said. “Just be cool, ’kay?”
    “There’s a place we could go dancing,” Jenna said. “It’s all-ages until midnight on Saturday. You guys wanna go?”
    Robbie and Ash exchanged a quick glance, and in perfect unison, they both