“she rubbed her for head lightly”

“It’s ok I can put everything on hold honey” Arthur said.

“no, no dad I’ll be there in a few an hour and a half”

 She rushed to the bathroom. Showered, refusing ot dwell on the night before.

She parked in the shade of the old oak tree, walked up and hugged her father.

“I’m sorry” she began”

 “nonsense” he said dismissing her appolgy.

Aurther had thick white hair, which he wore way to much for an old man. He looked fit. He swam the lake behind his condo every morning. Only his eyes showed the years and the sadness that had been there since his wife past away. Paula died 6 good years ago and the pain hit him everyday.

Spencer had been going to brunch with him since the week of her death.

“Have a late night?” he asked

“I went to a basketball game and a sports bar” she lied but only a little.

“oh!”

“With Courtney?” she asked

“Yes” she answered

“… I worry about you know Spencer” he said looking up at her

“I know dad, but I’m fine as can be, you have nothing to worry about”

“I know but you need someone more than just me” he said with love

“oh dad I’m fine you know that”

She finished the conversation and cleaned the dishes after. They shared a great dinner together.  She  left her fathers place at ten o’clock.

When she got home she saw her answering machine blinking. She walked over and pressed the play button and she expected it to be Ashley, but it wasn’t it was Courtney. She decided to call back.

“Hey spencer!, I’ve been calling all day”

“Ya well I was out early this morning” she answered

“You didn’t make pratice”

“ I tell you I was coming today” she said dryly

“Oh well I just assumed… after last night”

Spencer just rolled her eyes

“How was the day?” she asked changing the subject.

“We did good, we got the mount and the stands perfect, and Katherine was the star to light the show” ‘Ewwww Katherine’

“OK” she said in a annoyed tone.

She wanted to know how Ashley played but she shouldn’t even care.

“Listen we’re going to Tropical Island tonight and we want you to come with us again, last night was good, and it seemed you were having fun”

”…Oh I don’t know” she was to scared to see Ashley again.

“Come on spencerrr!! Just wear anything and get your little but there.”

 Spencer finally agreed against her judgment. She wanted to see Ashley but prayed she wasn’t going to be there tonight.

Tropical Island was crowed even for a Sunday. It had a great reputation for the hottest club in town. Spencer sat in the back of courtney’s car and on the passenger was Julie. They entered the club and looked for familiar faces. Spencer hadn’t asked if Ashley was coming and they didn’t say anything and maybe things were looking up.

Heidi saw them and waved them over. Spencer had liked her when they started cheering… not like that but she liked the girl. She was very calm, and easy to talk to.

“Spencer you missed one hell of a day, we landed the triple jump and —-“ Spencer tuned her out while she looked around for her other girls.

Spencer looked all over the place. Her eyes stopped when she spotted Ashley talking to a very attractive blond.

She looked away quickly letting the sting she felt in her heart, when she saw that scene.

“Man Ashley was so close to score that last shot” Julie came around the table with Sky and everyone looked at them suspiciously.

“What?” sky asked

None of them said a thing just smiled. The conversation went back to the practice and the scrimmage.

“Who’s the girl with Ashley?” Courtney asked and Spencer paid more attention to them talking now.

“Oh that’s probably her girlfriend, she was there for the scrimmage today and she comes every now and then to the games” Sky said.

Spencer felt her stomach sinking; she grabbed her beer and drank it.

 ‘GIRLFRIEND? GIRLFRIEND!! Dog she had a girlfriend!’

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