“Well here goes nothing” I sighed out before slowly turning the knob.

The sight before me had me smiling. There was my amazing girlfriend sprawled out on her bed, out like a light. I stood there taking in all her beauty and just admired the way she slept. Even though she was messily wrapped up in a thin sheet, I could still make out that she had on baby blue boy shorts and a white tank top.

‘Damn this girl looks hot without even trying.’ I thought as I took a seat at the foot of the bed.

Luckily the shift in weight didn’t bother her and I continued to watch as the covers slowly rose and fell in time with her breathing. I crawled up and filled the empty space behind Spencer. The warmth radiating from her body was so comforting that I felt myself relax, for just her presence alone could melt away my stress.

I ran the back of my hand along the length of the smooth skin of her arm. I then trailed light, tender kisses from the top of her shoulder to the base of her neck. The faint scent of her vanilla body mist was intoxicating in a way that drove me crazy. The blonde eventually began to slowly stir in front of me.

“Ashley?” Spencer asked, her voice thick with sleep.

“Right here” I replied softly, placing another kiss right below her ear.

“Oh hey” She said in a raspy voice as she rolled over to face me.

She gazed at me with so much love and the dim light from the lamp behind me caused her blue eyes to sparkle stunningly. I just had to kiss her, so wasting no time I leaned in and captured her lips in mine. I held the back of her head tightly in a death grip as if trying to express how I felt about her in that one kiss.

“Wow. What was that about?” She asked, wearing a shocked expression. “I mean that was great, it’s just you kinda took me by surprise.” She chuckled then cupped my cheek in her hand. “Is everything okay Ash?”

Her question really threw me a curve ball. Both of what I had expected when I entered this apartment hadn’t happened. I thought she’d either be a worried mess or pissed at me for lying to her, but shockingly she was neither.

“You’re telling me you haven’t been watching the news at all today Spence?”

“No I had a full day of classes then came straight home and passed out. Why?” She sounded a little confused.

“Oh no reason” I just smiled at her tiredly and raked my fingers through her hair.

“Ashley I know you’re bullshitting me right now and we’re going to talk about this later.” She said all mother like.

“Sure baby, anything you want”

And I couldn’t hold it in anymore. Tears began to burn within so I just let them stream down my face. Spencer instantly pulled me into her arms and I continued to cry, letting out all my bottled up stress of the day. Spencer traced soothing circles along the small of my back and whispered calming words in my ear as I trembled in her tight hold.

Pulling away from her shoulder I looked up into my girlfriend’s concerned eyes.

“Ashley my heart breaks to see you like this, please tell me what’s wrong.” She begged in desperation.

“Spencer I need to tell you something, because life is too short and I never know when I’ll get the chance to tell you again.” I told her in between sobs and I could see her confusion building. “I wouldn’t expect you to understand, but I almost lost my life today and all I could think about was you! I love you Spencer Carlin!” I finally confessed and it felt as though a twenty ton brick had been lifted from my chest.

Before I could give her a chance to react, I crashed my lips into hers and let the energy of my mixed fear and emotions transpire into one fiery, heated kiss.