that she was half-naked, because her sleeping clothes only consisted of a shirt, which was a bit too long for her, and hot pants. She blushed and wanted to sink into the ground.
"Are you okay?" Matt asked, slightly worried.
Ash just nodded slightly and then disappeared back into the room as quickly as she could.
Matt scratched his head in confusion and watched her go.
'She's always running away from me. If she doesn't like me, at least tell me.'he thought to himself and sighed.
Back in the safe room, she saw that Rachel was awake too.
"What's going on now?", She asked her friend tilting her head.
"Nothing .." she said in a slightly squeaky voice.
"Well .. it doesn't matter .." Rachel waved her off.
"But .." she started again.
"... why did my Ashley suddenly become Anna, huh?"
She looked at Ashley with her arms crossed and a slightly sour expression on her face.
"Do you think as soon as you say your name is Ashley, he'll click and he'll immediately say that you have to be his pen pal? Do you know how many Ashleys there are in the world out there?"
"Yeah .. already .. but .. I .. still didn't dare .." Ashley replied shyly.
'Although I'm a little sorry now ...' she sighed.
"But please ..", looked up at her friend almost pleadingly and took her hand.
"..please please don't tell him anything!"
Rachel eyed her friend and then smiled.
"No .. I promise."A stone fell from Ash's heart and she hugged Rachel.
"Thanks .." she whispered.
"What am I your best friend for?" Rachel said softly and gave her a squeeze.
Rachel held her friend in her arms for a long time until she heard someone calling from outside.
"Hey! Girls !!"
Rachel went out on the balcony first, Ash in the back, but a bit hidden, she was pretty embarrassed that she had just run away from Matt.
"What's up?" She looked at Ryan questioningly.
"Would you like to go down to the pool with us afterwards?" He grinned.
She raised an eyebrow.
"You just want to see us in bikinis.", She grinned cheekily.
"Yes .. that too.", He laughed.
Rachel looked briefly at Ashley, who nodded slightly.
"Ok I agree."
"Great .." he grinned and disappeared back into the room.

After all 4 had had breakfast, they went back to their rooms to change for the pool.
"I'll go ahead, okay? It's enough for me if I run into Matt the whole time down by the pool, and I can secure a couple of loungers that way, okay?"Ashley smiled slightly.
Rachel nodded.
"Fine, but don't you swear a few words with him when we come downstairs."
Ash blushed a little again and went straight downstairs.
After about a quarter of an hour there was a knock on Rachel and Ashley's room door.
Not really moved yet, Rachel opened the door and looked at Ryan.
Her gaze wandered to either side of him.
"Where's Matt?"
Ryan just waved it off.
"He wanted to go downstairs.", He grinned.
'Like Ashley, the two seem really alike. ', she thought and had to grin slightly.
"Ok, come in. I'm just going to get changed quickly.", She said and then disappeared into the bathroom.
Ryan entered and closed the door behind him. Curiously, he looked around the room, which didn't look any different from hers.
On Ashley's bed he saw an open bag and he couldn't help but take a look inside. He opened it a crack wider and was slightly surprised what he saw.Slowly he took out the small photo and examined it more closely.
'How can she have a photo of Matt? 'he mused.
Before Rachel came out, he quickly put the photo back and pretended that he had just been looking around the whole time.
Rachel had wrapped her towel around her body and was still packing sunscreen in a small bag that she wanted to take down with her.
"Tell me ... who owns the bed?" Ryan asked casually, pointing to Ashley's.
"Ashl ..." she paused.
"I meant ... Anna, why?", She smiled sheepishly.
He stepped closer to her.
"What did you want to say first? Ashley?" He grinned nastily.
"No no .. I .. I wanted to say 'Esch is pretty warm today'", she said quickly.
"Come on .. don't lie to me.", He said still with the grin on his face and took another step towards her.
"But if so, can you please explain to me why she has a photo of Matt, huh?"
Rachel swallowed.Now she was really in a bind. How was she supposed to know that Ashley took the photo with her ?!
She was about to answer when she looked at him indignantly.
"Who allowed you to just rummage through strange things?" She said sternly.
"The bag was open.", He replied calmly and pointed to the open bag.
"Shit .." she swallowed again.
Then she put on a determined expression again and pushed past him.
"And if you do, you don't care, right?" She grumbled.
"Yeah ... right. Hmm ... I should tell Matt about it as soon as possible," he thought out loud.
Rachel winced. She remembered Ashley trying to tell him herself.
Slowly she turned to him.
"OK.."
Her hand clenched into a fist.
"What do you want to keep your mouth shut?"
"Hmm .. I would be satisfied with a kiss for the time being.", He grinned cheekily and emphasized that 'first of all' quite a bit.
"Ok, if you have to .."
When it came to Ashley, Rachel would do almost anything to keep her from harm.She was like a little sister to them and she always tried to protect Ashley as best she could.
"Good .." Ryan smiled and stepped up to her.
"Well then.."
He put his forefinger to her chin, lifted it gently, and leaned over her.
Ryan moved closer and closer to her lips and Rachel began to shiver slightly.
"Take it easy, honey .. I won't hurt you," he breathed.
She just wanted to get it over with and closed her eyes.
A tingling sensation ran through her body as she felt his lips on hers.
He hugged her a little closer and kisses her more tenderly.
She didn't really know why, but she returned the kiss slowly.
After a few seconds, which seemed like minutes to her, he released the kiss and looked at her with a grin.
Rachel, however, kept her eyes closed for a brief moment and then slowly opened them.
"Apparently you liked it too," he grinned cheekily.
"N-no.", She stammered and blushed."Anyway. I won't say anything to Matt for now, but she has to tell him.", He looked more serious.
"Yeah .. I know. The only problem is that she's totally shy in that regard.", She sighed, because she knew her friend too well.
"Hmm .. well .. they'll rock it.", He winked.
"Let's finally go swimming."
He took her hand and led her down to the pool.

Meanwhile, Ash and Matt sat in silence and stared at the pool. They were both happy when Ryan and Rachel broke the silence.
"Ash? Can I speak to you for a minute.", Rachel smiled forcedly.
With her head tilted, Ashley looked at her and then nodded.
"Let's talk about it while swimming.", She said and removed the towel from her body.
Ashley was a little embarrassed to show herself half-naked, but she too pulled the towel off of her.
They didn't see how they attracted the looks of the two boys and how they had to swallow them quite a bit.Rachel and Ashley jumped into the water together and swam to the opposite edge of the pool.
"What's going on?" Ash asked Rachel, confused.
"Ryan knows." Rachel replied tersely.
"Um .. what does he know?"
"That .. you are not Anna."
"W-what?" Stuttered Ash.
"But from where?"
"He found the photo in your bag and then asked me who the bag belonged to. Since I didn't know that he had seen the photo, I of course said it was yours."
"Oh .." Ash swallowed.
"Don't worry .. Ryan promised not to say anything."
"Just like that?" Asked Ashley suspiciously.
There was a short pause.
"No .." Rachel replied, looking away.
"What does he want?"
"That doesn't matter. I'll take care of it, you'd better see that you finally talk to Matt before it slips out to any of us.", She said seriously.
"Yes but.."
"No buts, after all, he has a right to know, don't you think?"
"Yes ..", she said softly and looked into the water."Don't be shy. He likes you and it certainly won't change if you tell him who you actually are."
Rachel gave her friend an encouraging look and smiled.
"I'm going out again, are you coming with me?"
Ash shook his head.
"No .. I .. stay here a little longer.", She smiled weakly.
She swam a few laps while Rachel swam back and pulled herself out of the pool.
The boys finally decided to go swimming and jumped into the pool.
The two looked at each other challengingly and then scratched each other. Before they reached their destination, however, they heard some people start screaming. They stopped and looked around.
Ash swam dreamily a little by the poolside and didn't notice all the screeching.
"ASH !!!" Rachel yelled.
"Hmm?"
She looked up at her friend, confused.
She pointed with wild gestures behind Ash, who then turned around and saw a long metal rod falling towards her.
Her eyes widened and at that moment she couldn't think of anything better than to go into hiding as quickly as possible.The metal rod fell into the water with a loud splash and the people around the pool looked startled at the water, which turned watery red in one place.
Rachel clapped her hands over her mouth and was frozen with shock.
Meanwhile Ryan and Matt had also got out of the pool and looked startled at the water.
A hand slowly came out of the water and grabbed the ladder to leave the pool.
The second hand followed and Ash slowly climbed out of the water.
Tears ran down Rachel's cheeks and she ran into her friend's arms and gave her a squeeze.
Only slowly did she let go of her again and looked at her worriedly.
"Are you okay too?" She asked, still trembling.
Matt and Rachel also came up to her and looked at her in disbelief.
"Yeah .. everything is fine with me.", She waved him off, but then slowly tipped backwards.
Matt caught her in time and lifted her in his arms.
Only now could you see that her head was bleeding and must