third person pov

the two teenagers heard a knock at the door, ashtrays head whipped around and he stood up fast. valerie wasn't sure how he didn't get dizzy, but followed him. he went to his room, where he checked the cameras she didn't notice were there, and quickly turned to her. "ight, stay here and be quiet." he told her sternly, and she nodded. he walked out, closing the door and soon she heard a voice she didn't recognize.

"wheres he at?" she heard, and looked around the room to try and cure her boredom.

"he's out doin something, he should be back any minute." ashtray responded to the man that just talked.

"mm.. ight." was the last thing she heard before the only noise was the tv. she was curious on what these guys looked like, but didn't want to risk getting herself or ashtray in danger.

and finally, she heard the front door open and close, followed by "you're late."

"got caught up dealin with some bullshit." fezco replied.

"i heard you got raided." the man said, and valerie's eyebrows furrowed, why'd ashtray not tell her about that? she thought.

"they ain't find nothin though. i don't got shit on me." fezco spoke.

"i hope not." the unfamiliar man to valerie, spoke.

the two adults continued talking, and valerie stood, peeking through the window that was in ashtrays room. she had this gut feeling, and wanted to make sure nothing bad was about to happen to fezco. she saw them standing there talking, but didn't see ashtray. she wondered if her gut feeling was about him, where is he? she thought to herself. that was until she saw him go past, in the hallway. this confused her, but she continued to just look.

"we good?" she heard, and her eyes traveled from the three men in the living room, to ashtray.. who was running in from the kitchen. she heard him let out a loud grunt, and he jumped on the couch, confusing her again.. until the hammer in his hand connected with the bald man's head. she covered her mouth, as he went to the other man sitting, and fezco, shocked, said "oh shit!"

ashtray only hit the guy sitting, in the nose. so he grabbed it, and started screaming. however, the bald man dropped and valerie knew he was dead. it happened so fast, out of shock, she felt tears come out of her eyes. she didn't know if she was being dramatic, but that scared her.. she just watched the guy she like kill someone.

the guys continued screaming, and fezco put his hand on his hand, as ashtray just stood there. how he had no reaction to what he just did, scared valerie more.

"yo.. bro, what the fuck?!" fezco shouted, and she slowly backed away, still seeing into the living room but not everything.

time passed, her hand was still over her mouth and surprisingly, tears were still coming. ashtrays door opened, and ashtray walked in. his heart dropped at the sight of valerie, he saw she was scared and hated the fact that she might be scared of him.

valerie didn't back away from him or anything, if she was being honest.. she wasn't scared of him. more of what he could do, now that she saw that.

her hand dropped from her mouth, and ashtray slowly walked up to her. ashtray wasn't one for affection, and definitely didn't like giving affection to anyone. but he still quickly wrapped his arms around her. she didn't flinch or anything, just let him.. and after a couple seconds, she hugged him back.

"i'll meet you at the party." he spoke softly, his grip never leaving her.

she nodded, her head on his chest. they both pulled away, and she looked up at him, not knowing what to say to him now. ashtray didn't know what to say either, it was clear she saw what he did, so he couldn't lie to her. instead, the first thing that came to mind was to kiss her. and he did.

valerie felt him put his hands on her waist, and quickly closed the gap between them. it shocked her, but she wasted no time to kiss him back. it was soft, and quick. but she enjoyed it, her first kiss.

"i'll see you later, okay?" he said to her, more telling her she needed to leave incase anything else happened.

"okay." she finally said something, and made her way out of his house.

she wiped her face, and took a deep breathe before she started to walk home. the walk seemed slower than it had ever been before, maybe her thought were weighing her down.

once she arrived home, she didn't say a word to anyone. she just made her way to shower, stripping and quickly getting under the warm water.

she thought about everything that had just happened, between her and chris hanging out, ashtray not liking it, and then watching him commit a murder. she didn't know what to think, and it made her feel shitty and stupid, she still liked him.

once she was out of the shower, she made her way to her room and change into the green dress maddy helped her pick out earlier that day. she turned on music to hopefully tune out her thoughts and the scene of the bald guy she didn't know, dying.

she started doing her makeup, and eventually maddy came in to help her, adding whatever little details she thought looked good on her little sister. maddy was wearing a black dress, and valerie thought her sister looked amazing.. per-usual.

with only an hour to spare, the two sisters were finally done getting ready. maddy smiled at her sister, and quickly pulled her to take pictures. valerie turned to grab her phone, and heard maddys go off. she thought it was one of her friends, or nate. but maddy got silent, and turned to her sister. "what the fuck?"

valerie turned around, confused. "what?"

"you're not a virgin?"