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Ashley pulled up to the driveway of her Beverly Hills estate,a large grin still plastered on her face. She felt unbelievable. She stepped out of her SUV in wobbly legs, her body still shaking from the events of the night. She leaned against the driver side door and closed her eyes, remembering the feeling of Spencer’s lips on her own. The way the contact shook her to the very core. It was amazing how something so innocent could make her feel so amazing… so….alive. They lay for hours on Spencer’s hospital bed, not really speaking, just enjoying the feel of each other in their arms. She could have stayed in that position the entire night, but unfortunatley the hospital staff had a different position when it came to guests after visiting hours.

She opened her eyes and looked at her watch. 10:30 PM, only 9 more hours till I get to see her again, she thought to herself. She walked to her front door and began feeling around her purse, trying to remember where she put her house keys. Reaching into her pockets she cursed at herself for never remembering to put them on a key chain. After empting out the contents of her purse and pockets she was still unable to locate them. She reached for her phone and flipped it open, praying that for once her mom would be home, because although she loved her Porche, she really didn’t fel like sleeping in it. She was just about to start dialing, when her phone began to ring.

"Hello"

" Ash? " A familiar voice said on the other line.

" Hey you," Ashley said smiling, recognizing the husky voice. "What are you still doing up?"

" I couldn’t sleep. Nancy, the nurse on call tonight gets a little carried away with her show tunes. She just finished Aida, which means that she’ll start singing songs from Wicked any second now"

Ashley laughed, " Wow, I thought I had it bad. My mom belts out ABBA songs when she’s drunk, which is every night, so I have their whole ABBA Gold album memorized"