"Okay, Spence, calm down. I understand if you don’t want to push this anymore right now."

"Ash, are you sure?"

Ashley sat down next to Spencer, throwing her arm around her shoulders. "There’s lot of time, Spence, and things are going a little fast."

"So, you’re not mad at me?"

Ashley cocked her head to the side a little, looking into Spencer’s eyes as she spoke. "Of course not." She pulled Spencer in and quickly kissed her in reassurance.

"Why don’t we call it a night. I’ll take you home."

"That’s probably best. It’s getting close to my curfew anyway."

Ashley rose from the bed and began to gather herself together while Spencer scravelled to get presentable.

Spencer erupted into a fit of laughter, causing Ashley to come running back into the room.

"What’s so funny?"

Spencer surveyed the mess of clothes around her. "I don’t suppose you know where my shirt went?"

"Umm, why don’t you just borrow one of mine?"

"That would be cute, show up at home in clothes I didn’t leave in and try to explain where they came from?… nevermind, here it is."

The drive home was quiet. Ashley reached over and held tightly to Spencer’s hand as they made their way to the Carlin’s. They pulled up in front of the house just as Clay and Clen were arriving home from Gray.

Kissing Ashley quickly, Spencer got out of the car and headed to meet her brothers at the door.

"Hey Spence, I thought Aiden told me and Glen you were gone home already. You just getting here now?"

"Yeah, um, me and Ashley decided to take a drive."

"Look at little sis, making friends already. Not bad Spence, glad to see you will have someone to talk to on Monday."

Spencer’s eyes drifted from Clay. She couldn’t help thinking about where she had been just a couple of hours before and longing to be back there. Snapping out of her daze, she looked back to Clay.

"I think I’m going to like it here after all."

"Something wrong Spencer?"

"No, does it seem like there’s something wrong?"

"Noo, just…. different. You seem to have more confidence about you tonight or something. That must be a product of dating a stud like Aiden!" Clay chuckled. He loved to tease his sister.