“Ashley I’m so glad you’re here.” Arthur hugged her, he looked warn down and older some how.

“Me too.” Paula spoke coming out from the living room.

“What’s she doing here?” Glen came barreling down the stairs.

”Cool it Glen, your mother and I asked her to come. Spencer’s up in her room.” Arthur smiled and pulled his son into the kitchen. Paula nodded then followed her husband. Breathing out and gaining courage Ashley walked up the stairs, time seemed to slow down. What if she doesn’t want to see me? She kept thinking the closer she got to Spencer’s door.

“Going in?” Clay asked when he came out and saw Ashley standing outside his sister’s door. He could see she was terrified.

“What if…”

“Don’t,” Clay cut her off, “I try not to play the ‘what if’ game anymore. Trust me, she wants to see you even if she doesn’t act like it.”

“How do you know?” She asked him.

Clay walked over and placed a hand on her shoulder, “I live in the same house and can here her say your name at night.” He opened the door and pushed her in before walking away.

Ashley’s throat caught, Spencer sat on the bed in her pajamas. Her hair unbrushed and her eyes red and puff from crying, she had her head in her hands and if she heard Ashley come in she wasn’t letting on. Pushing all fear away she approached the blonde.

“Spencer?”

“Go away!” Spencer said without looking up. Ashley shook her head and bent down so she could try to see the blonde’s eyes.

“Spence…” Ashley tried to pull Spencer’s hand away so she could see her face.

“Don’t…”

“What?” Ashley asked, she could see how tired her girlfriend was. Spencer only shook her head ‘no’, Ashley slowly took Spencer’s socks off. She tried to pull away a couple times but she didn’t want to look at Ashley so it made it harder, “You need to talk to me?”

“I said no!” Spencer shot up now staring fully at Ashley, “You’re not here!”

“Yes I’am…what has you so freaked?”

“Prom…”

“Prom has you freaked, I thought we weren’t going?” Ashley furrowed her brows in concentration.

“We weren’t…but we did…you asked, didn’t you?”