“oh Paula…” she said laughing

“but I’ll let you get back to your family dinner…”

“can I call you later?” she asked me

“well yeah…” I said

“ok…bye spence”

“bye ash” I replied hanging up the phone then I just chilled up in my room looking through the scrap book that Ashley put together for me on our 6 month anniversary, and on the cover she wrote [6 more to go]

On one of the pages there was a mix CD that she made me and I put it in my CD player and the first song that came on was “Best Days” by Matt White, and I always smiled whenever I heard this song because the thought of Ashley singing popped into my head

I don’t know what it was…we’ve gone six months, without having sex once and without saying I love you…but that’s because I want it to be real, and I mean I’m sixteen, I don’t know anything about being in love…

Then my phone rang and a picture of Ashley popped up, and I didn’t see it before so I picked it up laughing “I mean, when did you change your picture on my phone?”

“I thought you would have caught that sooner! Come on Carlin…looks like you gotta step up your game” she said laughing “what are you up to?” she asked

“just thinking about you…” I told her

“well you’re not the only one…” she replied

“you mean you’re thinking about you too? Or you’re thinking about me?”

“well…I’ve pretty much come to terms with the fact I’m totally sexy, so I’m basically thinking about you…” she said and I laughed at her

“I was looking at the scrap book you made me…”

“yeah? And what’s the verdict?” she asked

“it’s ok…” I told her

“just ok? do I need to remind you of the paper cuts on my hands?”

“I’m kidding…I love it…” I told her “…I’m listening to the CD you made me now…”

“the one on the second page? Or the one towards the end?”

“there’s another one?”

“you’ve had that thing a week…you haven’t read through it yet?” she asked shocked

“I need to take my time…I don’t want to flip through it and miss anything…” I told her laughing