She was definitely not sober yet, but she felt manageable. She was, at least, able to divert her eyes from Spencer's cleavage a little more effectively than she could before. But just barely. But the blonde's focus was now on the computer screen in front of her as she typed in the password.
"Saw Florence put it there one time. Her memory is so bad I'm not surprised she needs a cheat-sheet." Ashley scoffed as she read the password.
"Sassy pants?! What kind of stupid nickname is that?"
"Oh I know." Spencer said as she rolled her eyes. But she quickly smiled brightly when the screen changed to the school's home page.
Ashley watched, transfixed, as Spencer's nimble fingers raced across the keyboard like she'd done it a thousand times. A sense of pride came over Ashley as her gaze danced from the blonde's concentrated expression, to her fingers, to her body, and back to her intense eyes. This girl is magnificent, Ashley thought with a soft stare that Spencer felt like an intimate caress.
"Okay, I'm in." The blonde navigated the school's database easily and was now scanning the P's for who was absent earlier that day. Her heart raced as she waited for the news, waiting for confirmation that Jonica, Sherry, and maybe others had lost their lives.
"Shit." Spencer breathed out once she got her answer.
"What?" Ashley asked with panic as her eyes left her ex best friend to look at the screen.
"Jonica and Sherry were definitely out today, along with Cholo Paul and David Perry." Spencer answered as her shoulders slumped and she fell back against her chair. Ashley tried to catch up as she watched the blonde cover her face with her hands.
"What does that mean...who...what's going on?" Ashley asked hastily. She was a little preoccupied earlier when Spencer was explaining all of this to her, mostly by the blonde's appearance and the alcohol.
"It means," Spencer said as she dropped her hands to the arm rests of the chair as she sat up a little straighter, her face sheet white, and her eyes blank. "That most likely, Jonica Pace, Cholo Paul, Sherry Pena, and David Perry were murdered last night." Ashley watched in horror as Spencer suddenly collapsed into sobs. Her hands were back covering her face and her shoulders shook as she unleashed the most heartbreaking sounds the brunette had ever heard.
Ashley watched the blonde crack as her mind reeled. David Perry was an out student in charge of the gay/straight alliance at the school. What Ashley knew of Cholo, was that he was trouble. He was frequently seen with a group of guys that were understood to be a gang. The brunette never liked Jonica or Sherry, but hearing about the four deaths left her paralyzed inside. A chill radiated throughout her as she watched Spencer's pain. And then it hit her; Spencer was friends with Sherry.
"Oh my, God, Spence." Ashley breathed out in anguish. Immediately the brunette's arms were around Spencer, wrapped around the taller girl's neck as she ran her fingers through the blonde hair. "I'm so sorry, so, so sorry." She whispered as Spencer sobbed harder.
Ashley was surprised when she felt Spencer's arms enfold around her, glad that her ex best friend indeed wanted her comfort. But when the blonde pulled her even closer, and in fact, bringing Ashley down onto her lap, she was shocked.
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