"Hey Ashley. I’m so glad you can make it," she said putting down the newspaper.

"Yeah, not a problem. I’m glad you called," I said. My cheeks felt like they were heating up, and my hands were fidgeting. "So, what’s happening at 8?" I asked looking down at my watch, then back towards her.

"Well, I know you’re on break from your tour and everything, but I wanted you to meet someone. A flyer said she was singing here tonight for open mic and I wanted to surprise her," she said shyly.

"Oh really now," I said slightly sarcastic. "So who is the lucky girl that gets to me moi," my celebrity part of me asked. Usually I wouldn’t be this risky with my ‘celebrity cockiness’ when talking to Spencer, but I felt I needed to break the ice.

"Ahh, see that’s the humorous Ashley I know," she laughed. I mentally high fived myself when she said this. Mission accomplished. "And, well she’s one of my best students actually. Her name is Samantha, and she’s the girl that nearly fainted when she met Kyla the other day," she chuckled. Yup, she chuckled. It was the cutest thing ever. "I know it may sound weird that I called you over to meet a student of mines, but a faculty member mentioned she’s doing a paper on you because the assignment was to write about someone inspirational. She loves you, so I wanted to surprise her," she mumbled. "Sorry if that’s weird," she said once again.

"No don’t worry about it," I tried to lighten the mood. "I would love to meet her. Do you know what song she’s singing?" I asked. Just as she was about to reply, the lights went dim, and the stage light came on.

"Hey, guys. I’m Samantha, and I’m going to sing ‘Speechless.’" She straightened her posture and her fingers ran over the ivory keys of the piano. I gave Spencer a smirk. Yup, Speechless is one of my songs. It was one of the first songs I wrote, and it was about Spencer. Of course she doesn’t know that though.

I can’t believe what you said to me

Last night when we were alone