Ashley Tisdale hangs on tight to her blue Balenciaga bag as she heads back to her car after a meeting on Thursday afternoon (May 5) in Brentwood, Calif.

Thanks to our friends at MissTisdale, we’re happy to show off the 25-year-old actress on the cover of Hardly Magazine.

Ashley dishes inside the issue, “I would have liked to have been a cheerleader. I often booked acting jobs when I was in high school so I would miss a few days of school here and there. Since I couldn’t guarantee I would be at every game I wasn’t able to be a part of the cheerleading squad, but I still loved going to all the games.”

FYI: Ashley is wearing Genetic Denim’s “The Shane” in Love.

15+ pics inside…