take my hand.

“Ashley honey come on!” my mom yelled from downstairs as I grabbed my bag and sprinted down my stairs

“I know!” I told her

“good luck!” she said as I was going out the door and my dad was in the driveway

“hey…relax out there” he told me smiling at me as I opened my car door

“I always do” I told him getting into my car and pulling quickly out of the driveway and driving to school. I was ten minutes late from when the rest of the team was supposed to be there and I ran in out of breath and Spencer was there and of course she’s the first one I saw

“you forget to set your alarm?” she asked laughing

“shut up” I told her sitting down on the bench in the locker room and putting on my knee pads then my shoes “you should see how I parked…” I told her laughing “…but I’m in the lines”

“impressive” she replied making me laugh

“actually…I’m on the line, but either way”

“same thing?” she said laughing and I laughed too then she sat down in front of me and helped me stretch my calves “so how was last night?”

“awesome, I locked myself in my room” I told her putting on a fake smile

“you could have come over”

“spence I can’t always stay at your house…” I said “…don’t get me wrong, I would love to” I added quieter “but I need to learn to live at my own”

“what about your dad?”

“he stayed the whole night” I told her

“that’s good” she said simply then I stood up

“yeah, hey you want to go into Annie’s with me? I need to tape my arms” I told her

“uh yeah” she replied following me, and we walked through the doors and Annie was in her little office

“hi Annie!” I exclaimed just to see her glare at me “you miss me?”

“sure” she replied and Spencer laughed then I went into her drawer and grabbed pre-wrap and tape “so then you come in and use all my stuff?” she snapped

“annie why are you always in a bad mood?” I asked her