"Yeah, you probably will," Kyla said laughing. "Just don’t expect to come home to a home cook meal okay kiddo."

"It would probably be better for my health if I did—"

"Hey now! No need to make fun of my awesome cooking skills," she interrupted.

"Alright, alright. Well I better get started on homework. Apparently there’s quizzes coming up that I should study for," I said getting up and heading to my room.

"You better bring home A’s missy," Kyla said pretending to act like a strict parent.

"Yes sir" I saluted. "I mean ma’am."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go study smartass."

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The next morning, I was actually excited to go to school. It’s probably because of a certain beautiful blonde.  I drove up to the parking lot, and walked to the entrance.

"Hey Ashley!" someone shouted from behind. I turned around, and saw Spencer coming out from her car. She was in skinny jeans, and a light blue polo shirt with her collar popped. She looked amazing. "So do you like music?" she asked as she swung her back over her shoulder.

"Yeah I love music. Why do you ask?"

"Well, I’m sure you heard of the young artist Mandy Monroe yes." I suddenly stopped walking, and Spencer took a few more steps before realizing I wasn’t by her side anymore. "Hey, are you okay?"

"Uhmm…yeah. Sorry. What were you saying?" I said catching up to her.

"Oh okay, anyways, you must have heard Mandy died a couple days ago in a car crash," I nodded my head in silence. "Well Alex’s boyfriend, Aiden, has connections with the music business or something, so they were going to have a tribute to her. I have an extra ticket so I was uhmm wondering if you wanted to go," she said in a nervous voice. "It’s in New York."

Thoughts of declining the offer kept popping up, because I wasn’t sure if I would be able to see Alyssa and everyone else again because they thought I was dead. "Uhmm yeah, sure. When is it?" I stuttered

"This weekend. We’re catching a jet to New York after school on Friday, and coming back Sunday night. Don’t worry about the cost because apparently Aiden already took care of it," she said with a smile.

"Thanks," I said still feeling a little down. "So were you a fan of Mandy Monroe?" I asked.

"Oh my god, hell yeah! She was absolutely gorgeous and had an amazing voice. Her voice was so powerful and beautiful. I would kill to have a voice like that," she said jumping up and down, and walking backwards so she was facing me.

The bell rang, which meant Spencer and I had to go to our different classes. "So I’ll see you at lunch?" Spencer asked.

"Yeah, I’ll see you at lunch. Thanks again for the invite," I said as we started walking away from each other.

"Anything for you," she said with a smile before turning around, and heading to her class.