Ashley came out of her class yawning, she was so tired and it had taken all her strength not to fall asleep during her lesson. Her whole body was craving sleep and she was counting the hours until she could go home and simply crash out. Aiden followed her out of the room and was soon beside her as they made their way to the quad.

“Every time I looked at you I thought you were asleep.” He said with a smile. “Late night?” he asked with a wink.

“You could say that.” She tried to hide the yawn that wanted to escape.

“Hey, I tried to call you last night. I didn’t have the notes for English, why I was phoning you I don’t know.” He shrugged his shoulders.

“Yeah I left my phone at home.” She said as they sat down at their usual table, her head was soon upon the table and her eyes were closed.

“Then why didn’t you call me when you got in?” He asked taking an apple out of his bag.

“um…I didn’t go home.” Ashley didn’t lift her head up from the table, she knew that his eyes were burrowing into her but she refused to meet them.

“Ash…if you didn’t go home where did you go?” Aiden couldn’t help the smile that crept to his lips.

“I was at Soph’s.” Her voice was barely a whisper but he heard, she lifted her head up and looked at him with a sad face.

“So you spent the night round Sophia’s? You sly dog.” He said as he patted her on the back causing her to jolt forward and he let out a low laugh.

“What?” The new voice that burst into their conversation belonged to Spencer who was standing behind her. “You slept with her Ash?” The look on the blonde’s face broke Ashley’s heart, she opened her mouth to speak but was cut off by Spencer. “You know what I don’t want to hear your explanation. Stay away from me.” The last four words were spoken with such venom, Ash thought they might leave visible wounds. Spencer granted Ashley with one more hurt look before turning on her heals and left because her eyes were beginning to water.

Ashley watched her speedy retreat and thought for a second to just leave the blonde alone, but as quickly as that thought entered her heard it was gone.