“I said….this week’s been interesting.”, she repeated.

”What do you mean?”, I asked bringing my face back to met her glaze.

“A lot has happened.”, she added with a smile chuckle.

She laughed again this time a little louder, “I met you, it the craziest way possible. Then I find out you’re my sister’s roommate, I thought I’d never see you again. And, you have no idea how happy I was to see you again, never been so happy to have Kyla as a sister before in my life!”, she said laughing. God, I loved her laugh.

“You surprised me..”, she said making me look at her worried, “….no, not in a bad way.”, she quickly added touching my arm as if to assure me. “When we first met you seemed so reserved. Then you answered the door in your barely there clothes, paint-splattered skin…I mean WOW..”, she smiled. I blushed, ducking my head a bit.

“It’s just the tattoos..I never would have expected that.” I smiled… okay I guess I can see where she was coming from, the few times she has been around me I mostly wore long sleeves covering my tattoos and I was a blubbering idiot thanks to her so, I guess she took that as me being shy. Hell, she still makes me do the blubbering thing. Oh well, baby steps I guess.

“Well, if memory serves me, Ash..”, Ashley smiled at my use of the nickname. “The first time I met you, you stripped down completely naked.”, I finished and she looked down blushing a bit. Though in her true form she recovered and now a small smirk was planted on her lips, ”Hey don’t be so cocky Ms. Carlin, I didn’t strip for you. I posed naked for your whole class. Aren’t artists suppose to be all professional and stuff with the people that pose for them?”

“I believe you’re thinking about doctors Ash, staying professional with their patients. It is not uncommon for artists to have heated love affairs with those that sit for them.”, I suddenly regretted saying that because a smirk landed plainly on Ashley’s face again.

“Is that what is going to happen with us, Spence?”, she said leaning in closer and tucking a loose strand of hair behind the my ear making the me gulp nervously.