“Spencer who is this?” Carmen’s words echo in my head as I try relentlessly to grasp everything going on right now.

I stare at the floor and I realize I can’t bring myself to look at either one of them at this moment. I can’t stand to see the hurt and confusion in Carmen’s eyes and the surprise and anticipation in Ashley’s. Tears are welling in my eyes and I fight the urge to let them fall, however with one blink they fall to the floor.

“Spencer are you going to answer me?” Carmen asks, her voice getting louder.

“Uhh, hi Spencer.” I hear Ashley say. I look up at her and see her eyes sparkling with tears.

“Hey Ashley.” I hear myself say, ignoring Carmen’s questions.

“How have you been?” Ashley says very hesitantly. I see Carmen out of my peripherals flailing her arms and walking in circles, muttering things under her breath.

“Alright I guess. How have you been?” I say eyeing the girl who is attached to Ashley’s hand, looking more than impatient. After eyeing her up and down a few times I recognize her as the girl in her bed the night Ashley and I almost slept together and I feel as if an 18-wheel truck just ran over me twice.

“Oh, you know, just being me.” Ashley says looking over at Carmen in disgust.

After a few seconds of an awkward silence, Carmen stopped her childish rave and stepped in front of me, shielding my view of Ashley. “Spencer, can you please tell me who this is?” Her eyes are desperate to know.

“This is Ashley.” I say waving my hand in Ashley’s direction.

“Okay, I caught that. You obviously have something, or had something, with her so what was it?” Carmen’s voice began to show anger again as she took a step to turn and look, or more glare, at Ashley and I look to the floor and start to feel flustered.

“She’s just a friend that’s in one of my classes. You know, that history class you and I have.”

“Okay.” She sounds more confused than ever. Silence falls over us again and I can feel the fire shooting from Carmen’s eyes. I look up to Ashley to see she’s mimicking Carmen’s look. The girl Ashley’s with is looking aimlessly around the room and not paying any attention to the confrontation taking place in front of her face. I almost laugh at the sight.