“I want to,” she said walking into the bathroom. “It is my fault this happened so it’s the least I can do.”

            I reached out and cupped her cheek in my hand. “It’s not your fault,” I said. “Josh deserved it. He’s an ass.”

            “But if I would have just ignored him or talked to him privately, none of this would have happened,” she said with tears falling heavily from her eyes.

            “If you would have gone off with him he would have hit you,” I said wiping away her tears. “Then he would have gotten it worse than he did. I probably would have killed him if he touched you again. And if you would have ignored him he would just keep bothering you.”

            “I guess so,” she said. “Are you going to let me clean you up?”

            “Do I have a choice?” I said laughing.

            “No,” she smiled. The tears had finally subsided. She grabbed a wet rag and started cleaning the cuts on my face.

            “How bad do I look?” I asked.

            “Let’s just say it’s a good thing I’m not with you for your looks,” Spencer said trying not to laugh.

            “Spence,” I said with mock hurt, “that hurt.”

            “You know I’m just kidding,” she said leaning forward to kiss me.

            I pulled back. “Nope,” I smiled. “Not until you tell me the truth.”

            “You don’t look too bad,” she said sincerely. “You have a black eye and a few cuts and a split lip. But you don’t look horrible.”

            “I’m not going back to school until I get healed up,” I said.

            “Yes you are,” she said. She finished cleaning me up and we walked back to my room.

            “No I’m not,” I said.

            “Yes you are,” she said.

            “Are you gonna make me?” I smirked.

            “No,” she said, “but if you don’t come to school, I’m not going to come over here.”

            “Well,” I said, “I’ll just go to your house then.”

            “Nope,” she said. “That won’t work.”

            “Fine,” I said giving in to her. “I’ll go to school, but not today. Today is out of the question. We’re already gone.”

            “So what are we gonna do today?” she asked.

            “I have a few ideas,” I smile seductively.