Spencer, still sitting, grabbed Ashley’s hand and pulled her back to her full attention. “You know you can tell me anything, right?” Spencer asked, flashing her bright blue eyes to Ashley in hopes that she would open up.

Ashley let out a large sigh as she knelt down on the floor to get eye level with Spencer. She placed her hand over their joined hands and smiled. It looked real, but so did any lie Ashley would force out into the open. “I’m Okay.” She said in a matter-of-fact tone. “Trust me?” Ashley knitted her eyebrows together forming a long curve that Spencer never could resist.

“Of course I do.” Spencer said bringing Ashley’s hand to her lips and kissing it lightly. She received a smile and a slow blink from Ashley’s brown eyes.

The brunette stood up and began to walk away letting words slip out behind her. “Get some sleep so that you can pass your year-end exams okay?” With that, Ashley was in the kitchen and away from the world. It was such a large kitchen. Beautiful, but it gave Ashley a feeling of being small and she didn’t like that. She felt small enough as it was. She placed her hands far apart on the side of the sink and leaned against them taking in a sharp breath, the kind of breath that quivers when you are on the verge of tears.

A quiet thump on the door as it swung open sent Ashley into a rush. She grabbed a glass from the rack and began getting water from the faucet. The blonde looked at her like she was a book. The cover of it looked amazing and beautiful, but the content inside was some other language. She shrugged it off and grabbed a similar glass and walked to the refrigerator. She opened the black and chrome colored door as she let light pour out into the kitchen. She (try changing this to Spencer to break up the ‘she’s) grabbed the cold bottle of thick, red liquid and set it out on the counter behind her as she shut the door. She twisted off the cap and began pouring her V8 juice into her glass. “I can’t wait until next year.” She said trying to get some kind of response from her lover.