“Ash,” she tried again reaching out and grabbing my arm. This time I pulled away successfully.

“Tell me Spencer,” I begged.

“Ash,” she sighed before looking defeated. Noticing she wasn’t going to say anything, I knew this conversation was over. It should have never even happened at all.

“Never again,” was the last thing I said before walking away to go find Aiden. I thought he’d like to know, my Cinderella story was cut short.

When I did find him, my face must have reflected my emotions because he was immediately there to pick up the pieces.

“What was her excuse?” he asked.

“Didn’t give her time to give me one.” I replied smirking. This was the first time I was proud of myself in awhile. Or at least I wanted to be proud of myself but it hurt too damn much to feel much of anything besides pain. And even though it hurt, the only thing I wanted was my best friend. All I wanted was Spencer. I love how when I’m crying she used to wrap me in her arms and never let go. Why do I have to be depressed for her to care?

“That’s my girl,” he laughed half heartedly.

“Are we still on for Gray’s tonight?”

“Isn’t Spencer still going to be there?” he asked concerned

“I hope she is,” I spat at no one in particular.

He just shrugged his shoulders, “Then we’ll go…”

When we arrived at Gray’s, Spencer was already all over Casey. His hands seared her skin. It took everything I had to get my mind off of it. But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get my mind off of her. Luckily, she was too busy to even notice I was there. But that’s how I wanted it, for now at least. I took a seat with Aiden and he made sure to get me the strongest liquor he could find. Taking a shot of the burning liquid, I swallowed a lot more than alcohol. I was going to swallow her, if I could help it.

Soon people were out on the dance floor as the DJ played with the music. Looking over, Spencer went to the bathroom. Part of me couldn’t help but grin, even though my face seemed to forbid the motion at the moment. This was going to be interesting.