Chapter Two

I tried to keep my eyes open as Mr. Delaney continued to lecture the class on the wonders of the time sheet. Having to hear about the many ways that a business could efficiently keep their employee’s records was the equivalent of someone sticking a pencil in my ear and twisting…hard. It was painful.

“Now once the time sheets are completely filled out they are normally taken to the finance department to be processed…”

*RING*

Thank you! I have to get out of here…I stood up and headed out to my locker. I walked down the hallway and reached in my bag to find my cell phone to call to see how Ashley was holding up.

A hand grabbed my arm and pulled me into a vacant classroom and I was about to scream when I felt the familiar touch of my girlfriend cover my mouth.

“Shhh…” Ashley said pulling her hand back. “It’s just me…”

I hit her on the arm and scowled. “You scared the shit out of me Ash…”

She can’t help but laugh as I pout and I shake my head.

“Why are you here? And why did you drag me into an empty classroom?”

 “Whoa Spence…enough with the Spanish Inquisition…”

“I am not torturing you so this is nothing compared to the Spanish Inquisition…if you had actually gone to history class you would know that…” I said still upset with her for scaring me.

“Hey I watched History of the World Part One…” She said shrugging.

“Ashley…why…”

“Ok…I found out some bad news…” She said lowering her head.

“What’s the matter?” I asked now very concerned that something bad had happened.

“You know that little trust fund that I was supposed to get on my 18^th birthday?” I nodded my head and she took a deep breath. “Well…my father put a clause on it that makes my graduating from high school a condition to get the money then.”

“What?” I couldn’t believe that Ashley’s dad would do that when he never really cared about whether she got her diploma before. Obviously he had a change of heart before he died in that unexpected car crash.