Spencer was amazed as she watched both Ashley and Kyla doing the dishes, even though there was a dishwasher right below the sink. It reminded her of when she and Glen stood washing, so domestic.

“Are you going to just stand there or help out?” Ashley smiled back at her, eyes twinkling with the contentment she felt just having the blonde around.

Nodding Spencer walked into the kitchen joining the two already in progress. Kyla handed her a plate to dry, soon a routine worked itself out. Ashley scraped food off plates then washed them while Kyla rinsed and handed to Spencer who dried and stacked everything in neat little organized piles.

“Wow that was fast,” Christine spoke as she entered the kitchen, “Usually it takes you guys forever. We might have to have you over more often,” her words aimed at Spencer who shifted and smiled shyly.

“Did you really organize that stuff?” Kyla laughed as her eyes racked over all the dried dishes. Large plates with large plates, small ones with small ones, glasses, spoons everything was with its matching partner.

Spencer shrugged, “I like things where they should be. I would have put it away after I dried them but I don’t know where they go.”

“I’ll show you,” Ashley stepped forward picking up some plates, Spencer following til no dish was left out of a cupboard, “Now you’ll know where the dishes are when you come over.”

Spencer nodded but it seemed distant to the brunette who furrowed her brows in confusion,  they’d been having fun and now Spencer was looking like she wanted to run far far away.

“Well we better finish up our homework,”

“Yeah,” agreeing with an uneasy nod had the two of them walking slowly up the stairs.

Inside the room was quiet as each sat writing or reading. Papers filling up like the room with tension. Ashley tried to focus on the words in her book but her mind mainly ran through scenarios of how to bring the subject up.

“You should just ask?” Spencer sighed without looking up from her book, flipping a page and scribbling some information down, “Pretending to do your homework is just idiotic.”