“All I wanted was yooouuu…”

            “Ashley?”

            I slammed my palm flat against my guitar strings and looked up. “GOTDAMNIT JESSICA!  WHAT?!”

            Jessica’s hazel eyes narrowed, as she straightened up in her seat.  “What the fuck is your problem?”

            “Right now?  You.”  I stand up from her bed and begin to pack my guitar away.  “You see me trying to practice but you just want to go on and on about Spencer and her cunt girlfriend.”

            “I was just saying…”

            “What?  Professing your love for Spencer and Taylor.  Why don’t you go fuck them then?”

            That was obviously the wrong thing to say to Jessica.  I could see her face twist and she was no longer on the defensive.  “How dare you?  You’re such a fucking hypocrite.”

            Hoping that she wasn’t talking about what I thought she was, I pressed my luck and held my ground, “What are you talking about?”

            “You’ve been all ‘goo-goo’ eyes for Spencer since the moment you stepped foot into your dorm.  You think I’m blind Ashley?  I know you better than anyone.  I can see the way you look at her, even while you’re wrapped up in my arms.”

            My words died in my throat.  This was defiantly not something I thought I’d be called out on so soon.

            “What?  No smart ass comeback?” Jessica taunted, “Yeah, because the shit’s true.”

            “I don’t know what you’re talking about Jess.”

            “Let’s not bullshit Ashley.  It is what it is.  And I wasn’t going to say anything until you came at me with this projecting shit.  I like Spencer, please.”

            “I’m sorry, I just…”

            “Did you fuck her?”

            “No.”

            “Did you kiss her?”

            I didn’t answer, but the fact that I took even a second to answer gave it away.  Jessica closed her eyes and shook her head slowly. 

            “It’s not going to happen again, Jessica,” I said, walking over to her.  “That’s why I’ve been avoiding her.”

            “Do you hear yourself?” she asked, her hazel eyes burning through mine.

            I was confused.  Didn’t she understand that I was doing this for her?

            “The only reason, you haven’t kissed Spencer again is because you haven’t seen her.  You’re avoiding her like the plague, so you won’t cheat on me.”