Spencer woke to find herself in strange surroundings. It took several minutes for her eyes to adjust before she realized she was still at Ashley’s… but where was Ashley?

Spencer pulled the blanket up around herself, covering her exposed skin and let herself fall back onto the bed. Her hair spread out around her and a smile formed on her lips when she thought about the night before.

It was then she realized that no one knew where she had been all night. She jumped from the bed and began to search the room for her cell phone. Spencer vaguely remembered tossing it towards the computer desk at some point the evening prior.

Finally she located the phone in a pile of clothes. She picked it up to discover three missed calls.

"Oh, no. I’m in so much trouble." Spencer started to gather her belongings, still not sure what had happened to Ashley, but more concerned about getting home.

What was she going to tell her parents? It wasn’t like she could run home and tell them she spent the night with Ashley. Spencer knew that would lead to a lot of questions, many that she wasn’t ready to answer for her family, some that she was only just coming to terms with herself.

The bedroom door creeped open just as Spencer finished dressing.

"Oh, no, Spence, you’re up already." Spencer turned to see Ashley standing in the doorway, almost glowing and looking even more beautiful than Spencer could ever remember seeing her.

She walked over to Spencer, grabbed her around the waist and kissed her lightly. "Sorry, I wasn’t there when you woke up. I thought you were dead to the world when you didn’t hear the gate buzzer."

Spencer was still searching the floor of the room for her shoes as Ashley spoke. "Ash, help me find the other one, I have to get home, why did you let me go to sleep?"

"Oh, Spence, just crawl back into bed with me… why all the rush?"

Spencer shook her cell phone in Ashley’s direction. "Three missed calls on my phone, do you even remember it ringing? Mom and dad must be worried sick, I was supposed to be home by 1, it is now 9:30 the next morning."