“Are you fucking serious right now Spencer?” I scream as I stop and turn to look at her. I can tell both of us have instantly sobered up on this walk.

“Is it what happened with Brian?”

“Do you even have to ask?” I say more gently now, hardly even trusting my own voice.

“I was drunk Ash, he was there.”

“Oh, well how convenient.”

“His face is already starting to bruise.”

“Good for him.” I say as I turn and continue to walk home. Spencer trails a few steps behind me all the way.

When we get in my house my mother does nothing to make me feel any better, coming at me as soon as I step through the door shouting all sorts of shit at me. I just brush her off and head to my room and get changed for bed and jump right in. Spencer follows me into my room and gets changed and sits next to me on the bed.

“I heard what your mum said.” She says softly as she puts her hand on my arm.

“Yeah, whatever, it doesn’t matter.” I say as I sit up in my bed and move over to give her space.

“It does. You don’t deserve to be spoken to like that.” Spencer looks at me square in the eye for what seems forever, and then everything seems to stop; my heart, my breathing, time. I lean in towards Spencer and softly press my lips against hers. I pull back to look at her to see if she’s okay with this. We’ve kissed before, but not like this, this feels different somehow. When I look at her I can see she’s looking from my eyes and down to my lips repeatedly. This time she’s the one to lean in and capture my lips with her own. I am a bit caught off guard by this but slowly begin to move my lips against hers, we kiss like this for a short while until I feel her tongue on my bottom lip and I open my mouth to let her in. I bring my hand up to cup her cheek as she puts one of hers on the neck of my tank top to pull me closer. When we finally pull apart I keep my eyes closed with a lazy smile on my face and eventually open them to see she’s the exact same way. Spencer then lies down on the bed and looks up at me with a smile, that’s all the invitation I need. I hover over Spencer and brush some hair out of her face while the other holds me up, I then move my hand to her lips where I brush my finger tips over them gently. I smile down at her and slowly start to lower my head, I don’t connect my lips with hers straight away; instead I softly rub my nose against hers and I know she’s smiling, I then do the same with my lips, barely touching them with hers. After a few seconds of teasing I give in to my temptation and kiss her fully. This time her mouth is ready and waiting as I glide my tongue in, and sparks fly through me as I feel her tongue silently talk to mine. I can’t help but moan into the kiss as Spencer drapes one of her arms around my neck and I use the hand that isn’t supporting me to link my fingers with hers. I gently nibble on Spencer’s bottom lip and smile into the kiss as I hear the soft moan that escapes her lips. I don’t know how long we kiss for and I don’t care. I never want to stop, oxygen be damned, I don’t need it right now, all I need is to keep kissing the beautiful girl below me. I’ve never felt anything like this kiss; every part of me is on fire craving her touch. She has the softest and most delicate lips I’ve ever felt and she tastes better than anything I’ve ever tasted, and her tongue, fuck me, it’s so warm and I think it actually possesses magical powers. Eventually, our lips do part and I run my fingers over Spencer’s flushed cheek and lean down for one last slow kiss on the lips. With that I remove myself from hovering over Spencer and take my spot next to her on the bed and pull her into me as I place a kiss on her bare shoulder and whisper goodnight as I begin to fall to sleep with a smile on my face. Tonight has changed everything and I can’t wait to wake up to the beautiful girl lying in my arms.