"Oh okay.  So where were you tonight, I was looking for you at the club but you never came?" inquired Spencer, trying not to sound upset or desperate or anything.

   "I’m sorry Spence, Kyla wanted to go play basketball with some guys that asked her, and I had to go with her," explained Ashley.  Her excuse sounded valid enough.

   "Oh it’s cool.  Actually you should probably be glad you weren’t there so and din’t have to see Glen mauling some nasty blonde girl,"

   "Ew, yeah you’re right.  But I feel bad about standing you up," responded Ashley sincerely.

Spencer knew there was no way she could stay mad at Ashley, especially when she really did sound sorry.

   "Oh it’s cool, no worries.  So you here to play tag?"

   "Yeah, I wonder when we’re gonna start though?"

As if on cue a boy spoke up to all of the kids who had gathered.  "Hey..guys!  Hey listen up, shut up! Alright well we’re gonna split up into teams and get going, so just try and make them as even as possible so it’s fair."

The kids began to form two teams and Spencer and Ashley just stood there for a few moments, not sure which on to join.

Out of nowhere Spencer felt Ashley reach down and grab her hand, interlacing their fingers and smiling over at her.  "Here, you can be on my team,"

Spencer was taken completely off guard, but smiled back at her and nodded.  Ashley just grinned at her and then led her towards one of the groups, still clutching her hand.  The fluttering feeling in Spencer’s stomach was going full force, making her a little bit dizzy, but in a good way.

The kids were pretty unorganized, and the girls just stood together and talked a little about their nights as they waited for things to get going.  Some younger boys were already running around and yelling loudly, drawing the attention of some security guards.  As the guards made their way towards the huge group of kids, they all began to scatter into seperate directions.