The blistering heat was rising off of the pavement in the student parking lot of King High. It distorted the scenery in waves, making people and objects off in the distance look like a mirage in the desert. When Ashley first caught a glimpse of the person standing at the side of her car, she thought it was just that, a mirage. But the more she stared, the more in focus it became and therefore, the more real it was… and it made her smile outrageously.

Spencer, on the other hand, was confused as to why this someone would be standing by the Porsche Cayenne. She had never seen the person in school before and the surprised reaction from her girlfriend had definitely made her curious. ‘Someone from her past I guess.’ A past that the younger girl knew little about. She didn’t want to push Ashley into divulging everything at once but she desperately wished to know what it was that happened to her girlfriend. Those life changing events that shaped her into the person she was now. A girl with issues but who had the biggest heart she had ever seen.

‘But what if she’s one of her old girlfriends?’ The thought popped into her mind and caused her chest to become uncomfortably tight. She knew Ashley loved her even if the rockstar couldn’t say those three words yet. The look in her eyes told her so. Since she had met her, Spencer had felt the look that made her skin tingle in excitement. It haunted her in her sleep when her dreams were filled with chocolate colored eyes and strawberry kisses. Ashley never looked at anyone the same way she looked at her.

Before anyone realized it, brown curls were bouncing wildly in the sweltering heat as the Latina rushed towards the figure, a huge smile on her face. “Dano?!”

“Ashy!” The cigarette the girl was holding was quickly tossed to the side as she picked up the much shorter girl in her arms and twirled her about.

‘Well at least they seem to be just friendly.’ Spencer thought to herself as she took note of the actions of the two girls. She started to close the distance between them and herself.