She stands up and pulls me up after her. “Yeah Ash I’m really here. I know it’s been a while.” She sounds sad and I feel a tad guilty.

“Well tell me everything, how was it?” Her smile reaches her eyes and she lets out a giggle.

“Hey Ash you know today is Wednesday, right?”

“Shit what time is it Hayley?”

I start scavenging around my room finding my favorite pair of Lucky 7 jeans and some cleaning smelling t-shirt. I pull off my pajamas only to put on the clean clothes and start running down the stairs with Hayley in tow.

“It’s like ten o’clock Ash.”

“Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. I’m late.” There is a poptart I grab that dad must have left out for me and I shove a big ole’ bite into my mouth.

She giggles hysterically. “Oh you’re still in school?”

“Yeah not all of us can home school to tour the world.”

At this point I was slipping on my vans and grabbing my keys while being half way out the door already. I run out to my car and yank open the door of my trusty little old VeeDub Bug while I yell towards the front door. “Hey you know how to lock up. I love you and we will talk later, it’s my last day and I’m late and just so you know I’m blaming you!”

I see her laugh as she stands in the doorway and gives me a small wave as I start to fly in the direction of school.

~~~

Now honestly I cannot believe Hayley came back into town and did not tell me but frankly I’m more appalled she made me late for my last day of school ever. Okay so truthfully she is the one that woke me up and it’s my own fault for being late.

This is nothing like her being on tour though this was just press stuff with the label. At least this time it only took about three weeks.

Three weeks of suffering without my best friends and three weeks I had nothing to do after school let out. Three weeks that made me really interested in the Internet but three weeks I spend writing music instead.