When I woke up I spotted Ashley on the couch watching t.v. I looked at the clock on the night stand. It read 7:30, wow early.

‘hey sleepy head.’ She looked at me with a smile.

‘hi.’

‘thanks for driving me home and staying and everything.’

‘no problem.’

‘you can stay in bed and watch t.v. I have some food on the stove already.’

‘you really don’t need to cook for me.’

‘no it’s okay I want to.’ She winked at me and kissed me on the cheek as she headed out.

Five minutes into Good Morning America my phone rang. Caller ID: My babe <3

Shannon…should I answer it? Yeah I think I should.

‘hey.’

‘hey baby!’ she said happily. ‘I miss you’

‘I miss you too. What’s up’

‘everything is a disaster..’ her tone of voice changed and I heard her sniffling in the background.

‘shannon?’

‘yeah…’ her voice cracked.

‘are  you okay? What’s wrong’

‘nothing…’

‘come on you can tell me.’

‘I need you…I need you here for the winter break. I can’t I can’t deal my family….their their.. it’s not doing good’ she cried.

‘shannon..no no don’t cry. Spencer’s here it’s okay.’ I cooed trying to make her feel better.

‘I….i need you.’

‘okay okay I’ll fly over there. My winter break started already. I’ll try to get a flight okay. Don’t worry spencers here. Don’t cry’

‘thank….thank you spencer..i really need you here.’ She cried and then hung up.

Spencer! Ugh what are you going to do now. Okay think think. Tell Ashley your visting your friends back home. Yeah yeah okay friends stick to it spencer. Friends back home. Okay breathe breathe. I need to call dad. Need to call him. okay breathe.

I quickly dialed my house and my dad picked up.

‘dad!’

‘hey Spence we need you home pretty soon you still need to unpack.’

‘yeah I’ll come home now. Dad, shannon’s not doing so well back home. She needs me right now. Her family something’s wrong with her family. she can’t handle it without me.’

‘spencer you know you can’t go over-‘