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Originally Posted by jessicadanielle

That's really not quite true. Even if they both stopped liking her at the same time, doesn't mean one of them followed the other. Helen could have just pissed them off at the same time

Ash has just confirmed that Helen's stories cause him to have bad feelings against Ashleigh where he otherwise wouldn't have any

Yes, he said he thought Ashleigh was a really nice girl. He obviously didn't see anything that bothered him, apart from what Helen told him. That is a VERY telling statement.
I have noticed for some time that Ash likes Ashleigh and has no problem with her, and vice versa. I think Ashleigh thinks differently about him than she did six weeks ago, when he was laughing along with Helen as she called people names. She couldn't touch Helen with her free pass, so she went for her bestie Ash who seemed to encourage her nastiness.
But as she has gotten to know Ash better, she likes him. And he likes her, and it seems he now realizes Helen has been poisoning him against Ashleigh, which is understandable in a way as she wanted him on her side.
Nice to see him being honest, as he has been with Helen the last few days, sometimes in a jokey way - but still letting her know the score.