I quickly turned heading up the stairs trying to be as quite as possible. As I got close to Ashley’s bedroom door I heard a groaning sound. I got to the door and turned the door knob, as I peeked my head inside I saw Ashley lying in bed with the sheets covering her legs. She was laying on her side with her back facing toward me with her legs tuck up in a fetal position. She was rocking slightly from side to side with her arms wrapped around herself, and I quickly figured out the groaning noise was coming from her. My heart ached at seeing her like this she appeared to be in a lot of pain, my stomach felt like it was twisted in a knot from the rush of taking in the sight of Ashley. All I could think about was getting in there and fixing whatever was wrong. As I stepped to push the door open to go in I felt a strong hand on my shoulder which pulled me back away from the door and closing it in the same process.
“What do you think you are doing” I look up into the face of Mr. Davies
“God you scared me” I said after taking a step back away from him.
“That’s funny seeing how you’re the one walking around my house without my knowledge” he stare at me with such intensity. I took a hard swallow before responding
“I’m sorry Mr. Davies it just that Aiden told me at school about Ashley being sick so I just... wanted to see if she was ok.”’ I nervously wrung my hands together
“She’s fine and next time call ahead to insure that the visit is ok “he stated with a stern voice
“Ok well could I maybe just go in and say hello real quick she seemed to be in pain when I took a peek inside.” I asked as I took a step forward to grab the door knob, but Mr. Davies put his arm out blocking my path to the door.
“No I don’t think that is necessary she needs her rest, she is just a little restless right now but she will settle. Besides we don’t want you to get sick now do we.”
“I promise I won’t bother her I just want to check that’s she is ok”
“Does Aiden know that you are here?” He asked quickly. The question kind of caught me off guard.
“No sir he doesn’t”
“Well I will talk to him about being more aware of his girlfriends wear a bouts then” he commented “It’s time for you to go now Spencer, I’ll will let Ashley and Aiden both know that you stopped by”
Mr. Davies shuffled me quickly down the stair, out the front door and shut the door rather hard behind me.
“What the hell Spencer I told you to make it quick I have a date with Madison in like 30mins now come on” Glen yelled through the open passenger side window.
I got back into the car and closed the door as glen started to pull off down the street. With one last glance up at the house I noticed that one of the upstairs windows had the curtain drawn back. Standing in that window was the figure of someone with their hand pressed up against the glass.