We arrived at Yo Burrito and ate our lunch together feeling renewed and happy.  We gossiped and laughed through the entire meal.  It felt like nothing and happened and everything had changed all at the same time.  I stole sideways glances of her flowing, curly hair and sparkling brown eyes every chance I got.  I could feel my own heart smile at the sound of her laugh.  Every time our hands grazed reaching in for the chips, I felt a tingle down my spine.

God, I love that feeling.

We took our time eating, and by the time we were ready to leave, school was almost out.  We decided to go wait in the parking lot, hoping I could trick Glen and Clay into thinking I had been there the whole time.  But, once we got there, I got lost in conversation with Ashley again, and completely missed seeing Glen storm over to her car and reach in the window to grab me.

“Where the hell have you been, Spencer?  Mom and Dad are going to kill you for skipping!”

“Not if you acted like a good brother and kept your trap shut!” shot Ashley.

I couldn’t help but laugh on the inside at the way she got so angry at him, but she had a point.

“Yeah, Glen.  You could decide to ‘put a sock in it’ for once and not intentionally get me grounded.”

“And why should I? I went to my classes; I learned today.  Why should you get out of it and, by the amount of sand in Ashley’s car, get to spend the day at the beach?!?”

“Good point.  But, since we’re at it, I guess there’s no good reason Mom and Dad shouldn’t know about you bringing Madison into their bedroom last weekend.”

“Uh… ohh… mmm… you know about that?  Shit…”

“Yeah, maybe next time, try and put some music on or something.  I threw up in my mouth about four times that night.”

“Fine, whatever.  You suck!  And, find your own ride home, bitch!”  He finally said as he stormed back off.

As he huffed away, Ashley and I broke out into a fit of laughter.

“That was awesome, Spence!  You totally put him in his place!”

“Yeah, well, you helped!  Thanks for sticking up for me!”  It seemed I couldn’t help but look at her with a goofy smile plastered across my face.