” Hello, earth to Ashley?” I snapped out of my daze, my eyes darting to the door. Kyla, a senior executive in the company, was standing in my doorway, holding up a copy of the latest Rolling Stone magazine.

“Just wanted to congratulate you on signing what Rolling Stone magazine calls the voice of a new generation!!!” She said triumphantly walking over to my desk. ” You’ve truly got a gift for knowing great music.”

She placed the magazine on my desk, before walking over to me. She noticed the picture I held in my hands, and eyed me suspiciously. Feeling slightly embarrassed, I placed the frame back on the wall, before taking a seat at my desk.

“That’s what you pay me for.” I replied, trying to mask the redness in my face.

Janet observed the picture of Spencer and I before turning and saying ” So who’s this? An old flame?”

” No, no quite the opposite. That’s my best friend, Spencer Carlin.” It comes out softer than I intended.

“Oh, the wandering doctor.” She walks towards me and pulls up a seat. ” I didn’t know you two had a past.”

My gaze sharpens ” What?”

” Don’t kid me Davies, I saw the look in your eyes.” She said quite sure of herself.

I shake my head, amazed at how obvious I could be.

” Sophomore year in High School, we had this one hot month. Nothing serious, just a lot of moments and missed opportunities” I look at her as her eyes tell me to continue. ” Well anyway you know me I got restless.”

Kyla nods her head as if to say, yes I do.

” So I try to stir the pot a little, telling her that there’s this hot little blonde,who wants to, you know….” I state implying the obvious. ” Then she get’s this…….look. She says I knew I couldn’t hold your interest. But instead of trying to win her back, I just stood there , like an idiot, kicking my self for even opening my big mouth!” I exclaim throwing my hands in the air. “Then she says But what makes me want to cry, is that i’m going to loose the best friend friend I ever had. And when she said that I knew I felt the same“