The Drive Home

Ashly sat in the back of Jack's car as the two men loaded her bags in the trunk. She was still a little concerned that her cousin had sent two men instead of coming herself. She felt like nothing had gone right since Darren had been arrested. Now she was three States away from home for the summer, her boyfriend was in jail, she couldn't see any of her friends for advice or comfort, and now her cousin wasn't even the one picking her up.

The trunk slammed shut behind her and the two men climbed in the front seat with Jack driving. He turned to look at her and flashed a big smile at her.

"Cheer up Ash, we're going to have a fun summer."

"Don' call me Ash. Darren called me that." She fought back tears as she looked away from him. He was good looking, she had to admit, but she wasn't in the mood for good looking men at the moment.

Danial looked at her throught he rear view mirror. He couldn't quite see down to her long silky smooth legs but her cute little belly was in view and he found himself wondering why a good girl dressed like a slut. He noticed she didn't have a belly piercing and decided that he would have to fix that before the summer ended. Jack was still trying to cheer the girl up, but it was clear she wasn't interested.

"Don't worry girl, once we get back to the house you can relax for a while. I bet you would love a hot shower and to put your feet up for a while."

She looked up at the mirror and met his gaze. He noticed her face soften a bit as she **** a small smile.

"Yeah I think that would be nice. I'm a little tired and havent' slept good these last few days. I could use some time to relax"

Danial did his best to hide his smile. Score one for him.

Jack had given up when Danial stepped in with the shower idea and was now pulling out of the airport's baggage claim area. Their house was about a twenty minute drive from there, so he used the time taking turns with Danial making small talk with the girl. He had mentally kicked himself over his first mistake with calling her Ash. He thought getting a nickname for her going would make them more familiar with each other and hadn't counted on it upsetting her.

After a few minutes of talking, Ashly began to relax a little more. The constant stream of conversation from the two men got her mind off her troubles enough that she was soon smiling and laughing as they both talked and tried to casually flirt with her. She was almost disappointed when Jack turned into a really expensive looking housing area and called back to her "We're home!"

"Home" was a large, two story house with a fenced in back yard that Danial explained at an in ground pool, bar set-up, and refridgerator. Danial had also recently installed a killer sound system so that they could host a block party later in the summer. Ashly had expected her cousin to live in a small apartment building or a much smaller house.

"How do you afford all this?"

Jack glanced in the mirror as he pulled into the drive way and used a small remote to open up the garage door.

"Lots of hard work honey. It takes all three of us to keep up the place, but we all have enough left over that way to spend on ourselves."

The garage was big enough for two cars, but one was missing. A motorcycle, belonging to Danial, was up against the wall near the door leading into the house. There are some tools along one wall and at the back she sees some old instruments sitting beside two freezers and a fridge.

The guys get out and Jack opens the door for her. Danial was already at the trunk getting her things. Ashly was starting to feel a little overwhelmed, having not expected to be living in such a nice place.

Letting herself hope that this wouldn't be such a bad summer after all, she lets the men show her into the house.