The next morning Spencer awoke around 10 am. She wasn’t sure how she was going to deal with getting up at 6am during the school year. Slowly stretching, she relished the feeling of not having to rush to get ready. It seemed that she rarely thought about it much during the middle of the summer, but she always tended to notice it as it slipped away. With only a week left till the semester began, she wanted to get as much sleep as humanly possible. The thought of school irked her. Her mother insisted on keeping a strong schedule her senior year to impress colleges. As far as Spencer was concerned, senior year was a slacking year and she doubted that colleges would care what A.P. courses she was taking that year.

As she rolled back over and snuggled up with her blanket she heard the familiar chime from her phone. Groaning audibly, she blindly reached for her cell on the night stand, knocking off spare change in the process. Flipping it open, she immediately sat up in her bed.

*Hey so I was wondering if u wanted to go for a run w/ me?*

Wide awake, Spencer sprang from her bed and raced to the bathroom to make herself presentable. In her excitement she forgot to text Ashley back and sprinted back to her room.

*Yeah just let me get dressed. I just woke up.*

*Oh I didn’t mean to wake u up. We can wait till later?*

*No you didn’t wake me. I woke up just before you texted.*

*Great! So where should we meet?*

Spencer thought for a moment before sending her reply.

*how about the community center?*

*Mk see ya in 10 : )*

Spencer brushed her teeth and threw on some shorts and a tank. She didn’t want to make it seem like she was trying too hard so she kept it simple, pulling her hair back into a ponytail and slipping on her running shoes.

“Well hey there. Long time no see.” Ashley smiled at Spencer from the bench she was stretching on. Although she wasn’t wearing anything extra special, the way she was stretching had Spencer salivating at the mouth.

“Yeah.” Lamely, it was the only word that Spencer could muster. “So you ready to go?”