“So what are you up to tonight?”  Spencer asked me as I coiled the microphone leads and put them away in the equipment cupboard.  She passed me a couple of stands before leaning seductively against the open door frame.  Seductively in my eyes anyway, due to the fact I was somewhat ‘slightly’ sexually minded at all times.  She probably thought nothing of it as my eyes caressed her from head to toe before I answered.

“I’m meeting a friend,” I frowned, knowing I would much rather hang out with Spencer for a few more hours than rush home and play host.

We had finally finished the recording of her playing, having laid down several additional tracks to give her piece a more rounded sound, as though there were a number of pianists playing together.  It sounded good… very good, and I was looking forward to spending another day with her in the studio recording her vocals.  In the back of my mind I couldn’t help but feel apprehensive about returning the keys to Nikki, and wished it was still lunch time so that I could repeat the great afternoon I‘d had with Spence.

“That’s a shame,” she frowned in response, sounding really disappointed.  I smiled.  “I mean, it’s not shame you’re seeing a friend, just that we can’t spend more time together – in the studio, I mean,” she rambled.

“Well, we have a whole other day to do that,” I beamed, finally swinging the cupboard door closed and standing directly in front of her.

“Yeah, I know… it’s cool,” she smiled, soon averting her eyes from mine as a silence fell between us.  The school bell suddenly rang outside the studio.  It was the end of the first week back at school.

“Well, I’ve had a totally above average day, Spence,” I informed her.  “I can call you Spence, right?”

“Course – it’s what all my friends call me.”

She called me her friend!  I grinned.

“And I’ve had a great day too,” she told me.  “I look forward to Monday.”

With that she smiled and walked away, grabbing her bag and looking back at me one last time before venturing out through the studio door.

“Bye Ashley.”

“Bye,” I called after her, sighing once the door had swung completely closed.  Man, I love how she says my name, I said to myself.  I leaned back against the cupboard behind me and closed my eyes, thinking back over my day.  Totally above average!? I thought.  More like fucking awesome!