A talk

"I've given it some thought and," she shrugs, "I think I'm being a bad sister. I don't want to get in Charlie's way anymore."

Ethan stares at Ashley for a moment, his brain refusing to compute what she just said. "Huh?"

Ashley sighs, changing gears. "I just want to be friends... You and me, I mean."

That Ethan understands. "Oh..." he rubs the back of his neck, "Okay. I can do that..." he does feel a slight tinge of rejection, but nothing his ego can't handle.

"Great." Ashley smiles. {if Ashley Sex=true}"Obviously, I know we were... intimate. But we can put that behind us yeah?" She gives Ethan a small disarming shrug. "I mean, it was great! You were great, I mean..."{endif}

Ethan chuckles slightly. "Right. Well, uh... is that all?"

"Um... Yup," Ashley puckers her lips then smacks them. "Okay, that was much more painless than I thought." She chuckles, shaking her head.

"Well, glad I can go down easy for you..." Ethan pauses, realizing the potential double entendre.

Ashley smirks, noticing but not taking the opening. "Just do me a favor and give Charlie a fair shake, yeah?"

Ethan nods, his brain still not fully computing the notion.