Chapter Six

Ashley had a hard time sleeping all night long. She still couldn’t understand how things between her and Spencer could change so quickly. ‘How can someone who is sending all the signals of how much they like you and totally kissing you just throw you aside so quickly? And for Madison of all people?’

She left her room and stopped briefly at the blonde’s door. She raised her hand to knock but she wasn’t sure if she could control her temper if Spencer was actually there. And if Madison were to open the door she might actually have to kill the Latina. ‘Later…I will talk to her later…talk to her now! No…later.’

She let a deep sigh leave her body as she turned and headed down the stairs. The leaves blowing across the campus had all her focus as she solemnly walked to her first class. She saw the other girls walking the halls with wide smiles on their faces and she just wanted to scream out. ‘How can they be so damn happy? This school is fucked up.’

Entering the classroom she saw that the blonde was sitting with her head in her hands. The glow that had radiated just a day before was gone. Ashley felt her heart go out to Spencer but her anger took over and she slammed her books down causing the blonde to jump. Spencer looked over at Ashley with tired and bloodshot eyes clearly indicating the blonde had just as much trouble sleeping as Ashley did.

Spencer saw Ashley’s angry expression and returned her head back to rest in her hands. Ashley wanted to reach out and comfort the girl but she wasn’t sure what she would say. She opted for just focusing straight ahead and leaving the blonde to her own thoughts.

The class began and Ashley tried to concentrate on the lesson for that day but would find herself looking over at the blonde on occasion. She would also notice how Spencer would be looking at her at times as well but her head would quickly turn back when Ashley’s head looked her way. ‘You need to talk to her…shut up.’

After the lesson had ended and the class was instructed to begin work on the assigned problems Ashley couldn’t resist the urge any longer to talk to the blonde. She leaned towards Spencer. “What’s going on with you?” She whispered.