It had been a long week. After two tests and five endless band practices, Ashley was ready for a relaxing weekend but she was far from relaxed. Every bone in her body felt nervous. She was so nervous that every time she looked at the clock her heart jumped. It was a two hour drive to Spencer’s house and they were supposed to be leaving at 3. Ashley checked the clock again, 2:45. Her bag had been packed since last night, funny how you could own more than enough clothes but when the time came to pick out the right ones it was always so hard. She’d agonized over what to pack while Spencer had just sat quietly doing their English homework. Ashley had to admit that her girlfriend was awesome. In just the past week she’d managed to get to know part of her personality and not just her body. Not that she’d neglected her body. They were falling into a nice routine and Ashley felt happy for the first time in a long time. Even when she was with Sam she hadn’t felt this happy but before she had a chance to drift off into memory land, Ashley heard a sharp knock at her door.

She opened the door to find nothing except a card taped to the door. Ashley peeled it off and smiled when she recognized Spencer’s loopy handwriting. Look behind you.  Ashley whipped around and looked into Spencer’s smiling face.

“Hey how did you get in here? That was like some crazy Houdini move right there,” Spencer smiled and stepped closer into Ashley’s waiting arms.

“Well if you thought that was magical, wait until you see this…” She closed the gap between them and planted a soft kiss on Ashley’s lips. “Are you ready to go?”

“If ready means packed, then yes, I am ready to go.”

“What’s that mean?”

“Nothing, I just I’m a little nervous about meeting your family I don’t really know what to do with the whole meeting… I’m just nervous.” This time it was Ashley’s turn to bite her bottom lip. Spencer tightened her arms around her and looked down into her eyes.