Ashley drives me home after we finish our dinner. I love spending time with her and it makes me sad that I have to go home. I don’t know if it’s normal to be this attached to someone,  I mean I’ve only had one other relationship aside from this one and I don’t recall ever wanting to spend this much time with her. But then again she wasn’t that great of a girlfriend to begin with.     

            “Spence”, Ashley says interrupting my thoughts. I guess I zoned out. We’re in front of my house and that feeling of not wanting to leave resurfaces.

            “Yeah”, I say turning my attention to her.

            “You okay? I lost you for a while there”, she says softly, her deep brown orbs searching my eyes.

            “I’m okay. I just got lost in my thoughts is all”, I tell her.

            “You know sharing is caring”, she says with a smile on her face.

            “I was just wondering if it was normal for me to be so attached to you in such a short amount of time, because I’ve only had one relationship to compare to and she was a crappy girlfriend”, I tell her while blushing.

            “I don’t know if it’s normal”, she begins pausing to look down at her hands before meeting my eyes again, “but I feel the exact same way”.

            My stomach instantly filled with butterflies at her declaration. This girl is amazing.

            “Wow, Spence , you’re turning me into a real sap”, she says shaking her head.

            “Well, you’re my sap and I think it’s cute”, I tell her. Her face breaks out in another smile and she leans in and kisses me. It’s just a slow, gentle kiss relaying emotions. She slowly pulls back keeping her eyes closed. Neither of us says anything for a few minutes.          

            “Well, I guess this is the part where I say goodnight”, she says quietly while stroking my cheek.

            “Yeah”, I say leaning into her touch.

            “Can I call you when I get home”, she asks finally opening her eyes.

            “Absolutely”, I respond. I feel her nod and she pulls away from me.

            “Bye babe”, she says softly.

            “See you later”, I tell her, opening the door. I exit her vehicle and make my way up to my front door, turning to look back at her car before heading inside. I turn and lock the door before heading into the kitchen to look for my dad.

            “Spencer”, I hear from the living room. I enter to find my mother.

            “Yes mom”, I say taking a seat across from her.

            “Who was that and why are the windows on that car black and why didn’t I know you were going out”, she asks all in one breath.

            “That was my friend Ashley, she’s a celebrity, she picked me up from school and didn’t want another swarm of fans attacking her, and I told Dad that I was staying out after school”, I tell her.

            “You’re brother told me you just left after school”, she says.

            “Yes, I went with Ashley, we hung out at a skate park”, I say smiling at the memory.

            “Who is this Ashley that couldn’t even come in and say hello”, she asks.

            “She’s the singer Mom, Ashley Davies, you know. You and Dad got me her CD last year”, I tell her.

            “Oh, and how did you meet her”, she asks looking genuinely interested.

            “My friend from school, she’s Ashley’s sister and I met her when I was over their house working on my science project with Kyla.”

            “Oh, well I would like to meet her”, she says.

            “Um, well she’s leaving to go on a tour at the end of the week”, I tell her quickly.

            “I don’t care, she seems to have time to hang out with you. I’m off of work tomorrow, tell her I want her to come to dinner tomorrow”, she says.

            “Um”, I start.