Ashley's quite mad indeed...

Meanwhile, the real Ashley had just finished her quick shower, and almost collided with Zack as she found him waiting just outside of the bathroom door. There was a look of surprise in his blue eyes as they met her own, though it was quickly replaced by a certain curiosity while they traveled further down across her half-naked figure.

"Oh, hi...!" They both started at once, and then let out a quick laughter as they only interrupted each other. It was a bit strange to meet him like this - as if it was the first time they ever talked to one another -, and she found herself blushing slightly at the idea of him undressing her with his eyes, just like she found herself doing with him.

"I'm... sorry...!" She was the first one to break the silence, and managed to somehow shake herself out of her stupor as she side-stepped away from the door. Even if she'd loved to have a long nice talk to him in the nearby future, she felt that this wasn't quite the right time or place for it, and she could tell that he was probably thinking the same. "I'll have to get dressed, you know..."

"Yeah, sure!" The guy smiled at her, and pretended like he'd merely been waiting for the bathroom to get empty, so that he could use it for himself. It was fairly obvious that he'd actually been waiting for someone however, and it struck her with a pang of envy that he just might have believed it was Vicky who was occupying the shower.

She wouldn't let it bother her for long though, as the mere thought of her sexy blonde friend had her hurrying back towards their room again. After all they'd been doing together during the night she could hardly wait to get back into her arms once again, even it probably meant that she'd be **** to shower again before eating her breakfast...

Thus it was the quite the shock for her of course, as she opened the door to the room they'd been sharing with Gavin, and found herself staring at the two people occupying one of the beds together.

"Oh, shit...?" She could barely hear Brandon groaning to himself, as he turned his eyes from the green-eyed beauty underneath him, to the other blonde who was staring back at him from the doorway. The fact that Ashley's towel was slowly dropping to the floor around her feet might have added a more comical or sensual aspect to the scene - as it caused both of the others to stare for a second at her naked body -, although the glowering heat in her eyes overshadowed any of those possibilities.

"Ash, I'm sorry..." The guy seemed truly honest with his apology at least, which gained him a slight advantage in the upcoming conflict, and he was also surprisingly quick to get off and out of the girl underneath him - who winced ever so slightly as his cockhead came free of her ass with an audible plopping sound.

"You're damn right you are!" Ashley stood up to him, like the great difference in height between them didn't matter at all, and her eyes darted angrily from his and back to the girl he'd been mounting on top of the bed. Worst of all, she wasn't even sure what she was so flared up about - the fact that her boyfriend had taken himself liberties with yet another of her female friends, or that the girl in question was the one she wanted for herself.

With those mixed feelings welling up inside of her, she really didn't know what to say at all, and all she could do was sputter and hiss in frustration as both Brandon and Vicky was trying to calm her down. Ashley's reaction at least made the others forget that the situation had been quite messed up already before she got there, and Victoria was quick to take Brandon's defense - even as her own feelings had been just as varied when she woke up to his **** of her ass.

"Ashley, please!" She told her friend, while trying to get herself back out of bed. "Just listen to him!"

"Yeah, I'm sorry!" Brandon continued, thankful for Vicky's support - even as he knew that he certainly wasn't deserving of it. "It was just a mistake! I thought it was you, Ashley!"

"So, you can't even tell the difference?!" His girlfriend was quick to turn his words against him of course, which again was something he definitively deserved. "And so what...? You think I'd enjoyed it, if you were sneaking up on me while I was asleep...?!"

"No, I..." The poor guy started, but then cut himself off as he knew that this battle wasn't one he could possibly win. Instead he just hung his head and swallowed his pride, then finally told her what he'd actually came there to say in the first place. "I'm really sorry, Ash... I think... maybe we should take a break, you know...?"

"Yeah, you're sure right about that!" Ashley was just about to keep yelling at him again, but then suddenly managed to see through the situation at hand, to the picture as a whole. With that realization she also became aware of what he was actually trying to tell her, and all of a sudden the anger just seeped right out of her. "I... what...?"

"A break..." He repeated softly, and then leaned down to give her a long hug, before finally stepping around her to head for the door. "I'm sorry... I just think it's best for both of us."

"Y-yeah..." The blonde nodded slowly in agreement, even as her head was completely empty, and a moment later she was left alone - even with Vicky's arms gently wrapping themselves around her, and holding her tight. It would take a while for her to fully realize what it meant, but she did understand that feeling of sudden emptiness as she was left on her own. Not entirely alone, but no longer in the same steady relationship that she'd been in for the last few years...