“I’ll put it out,” I sighed, getting up and crossing over into the bathroom. The walls in there were brick so I snuffed it out against one and sighed, running my fingers through my hair. I wondered vaguely if she was going to invite me to Glen’s birthday as I walked back out to find her sitting on my bed, pulling on her shoes. I sighed and sat down Indian style, not bothering with clothes as I looked at her.

            “I’ll call you later when I get home,” She said, pushing her hair back and leaning down to kiss me quickly. I felt shock flood through me.

            “Oh, okay. Well…tell Glen that I said ‘Happy Birthday,’” I said, feeling a bit dejected. Was she going to hide me from her family again? She must’ve seen the dejection because she sighed and looked at me.

            “Ashley, I just don’t think that it would be the best idea to tell them that I broke up with Hugh and got back together with you all at once.”

            “Yeah, I understand.” I answered, swallowing the lump in my throat. Here we go again; hiding Ashley Davies from the Carlin family was never a fun game for me. She sighed but pretended not to notice that I was feeling horrible as she walked out. I hated our little fights like that. They seemed insignificant in the long run but it always sucked when we got frustrated with one another. When I was sure that she was gone I grabbed the pack of cigarettes again and went out onto the balcony to smoke. I smoked three in quick succession before I realized what I was doing and threw the still half full pack down at the street. In truth I felt petty smoking only because Spencer didn’t like it.

            I felt lost since Spencer was no longer with me so I got a shower and ate and tried to do a million other things to take my mind off of her but none of them worked so I finally just turned the lights off and crawled under my heavy blankets. I felt miserable for feeling miserable when I knew that I was just being dumb but it still felt horrible that Spencer didn’t want to tell her family yet. I was just starting to drift off when the door opened, letting a sliver of light into my dark bedroom and I just barely got a glimpse of Spencer before she shut the door, cutting off the light source.