“Hey Spencer,” Ashley called as she crawled out of John’s car.

“Did you skip again; you know my mom is going to ground you.” I replied like the geek I’ am, god why can’t I learn to keep my mouth shut.

”Yeah I did you going to tell?” she raised an eyebrow as we walked over to her car.

“No,”

“Than why bring it up?” I shrugged not knowing what to say because truly me bringing it up did sound like I was going to tattle on her and I could never do that to Ashley. We hopped in her car, she seemed distant than this morning, she kept her eyes on the road but unlike usual she kept side glancing me making my whole body tense.

In the mirror I saw John’s SUV following, “Why is John following us?”

Ashley breathed deeply, her voice almost shaky and hesitant, “He’s…um…I’m having a slumber party.”

”With a guy?” I’m sure she heard the chuckle I was trying to hide.

“Yes with a guy, and his boyfriend and Lucy.”

“Wait no, please no…How long like just for tonight?” she laughed nervously earning her my most famous spill know looks which oddly always made her tell me things.

“More like…theentireweektheparentsaregone…” she said in one whole breath.

“Huh, could you slow down and breathe like normal people?”

“I said,” she started threw gritted teeth, “The entire time the parents are gone.”

Ashley cringed as I screamed, it I wasn’t pissed I would have been laughing, “No, that’s not fair Ashley.”

“What’s not fair?”

“I have to deal with them at school and now home,”

“No one is going to mess with you okay?” the tone in her voice made me relax, I believed her but I didn’t want her to know that.

“Yeah right, you’re going to help,” I seethed staring out the window. Ashley sighed sadly beside me but I ignored all her attempts to talk. She pulled up to the driveway and I yet again jump out heading inside listening to her call my name.

“Spencer is that you?” my dad called from the kitchen. Dropping my backpack on the floor I headed to the kitchen, “Hey how was school?” he asked as he shoved some pudding cups and chips in a lunch bag.