I didn't sleep very well last night. Probably because I had bundles of nerves in my stomach from the conversation I had with Demon last night.

'Could this be any worse?' I thought.

When I woke up I lied in bed for what had seemed like hours. I tried getting more sleep but I for some odd reason I couldn't. After a while, my stomach had reminded me that I haven't eaten anything yet so I went downstairs and I found Ashton laying upside down on the couch with blankets and open snacks in his surroundings.

"Ash, did you even go to bed last night?" I asked. He was still asleep so my question was left unanswered. I went over and grabbed a pillow that was resting under his head and chucked it on top of him.

"Why..? Just why?" He said sleepily. 

"Because I can." I laughed. "Did you even go to bed last night?"
"Huh.....I guess not." He laughed, realizing he was upside down. I rolled my eyes and went to the fridge to grab raw cookie dough.

Yes, sometimes I eat raw cookie dough for breakfast.

"Spence you okay?" He asked me.

"Yeah, just didn't sleep well last night. What time is it?" I asked, a mouthful of dough and chocolate chips.
"9:17." He said.
"Oh okay."
"Why?"
"Oh, I just have to go to the Buy n' Leave later today and pick up stuff for mom."
"Can I come?" He asked.
"No."
"Why not? We can go on a road trip after that!" Ash said enthused, forgetting that I don't have my license....and not thinking about gas money. 

I couldn't tell Ashton why he couldn't go with me, and that it wasn't mom who wanted me to get supplies.

"Because she asked me to do it."
Ashton just grunted and went back into the living room.

As the day went on, my phone rang and I had Ashton answer it because I had left it in the kitchen while I was doing my normal chores around the house.

"Yeah he's here. You wanna talk to your boyfriend?" Ashton started making kissing noises into a phone. 

"Is that Angie?"
"Oh you mean your girlfriend?" Ashton teased.
"She's not my girlfriend!"
He continued to make kissing noises. I lunged at him and chased him in the living room. I eventually caught up to him and jumped on him, landing on the couch. Then tumbling down on the floor.

"Gimme the phone you dipshit" I said. He threw it at me as soon as I had him pinned down on the floor. I took the phone and ran up to my room, making sure the close the door. 
"Sorry Angie. Ashton's being a tool like always."
"That's okay! Hey, so about the project." she said.

"What's up?"
"So I was thinking we could go over to each other's place sometime to work on it. You know, do it in person?" she asked sweetly.

Here come those butterflies again.

"Yeah that'd be great!"
"Okay sounds great!"
"I'll see ya Angie!" I said about to hang up so I could do my little happy dance.
"Oh, wait! That wasn't the only thing I called about."
"Oh sorry. What's up?" I said.
"I was wondering if you wanted to hang out this weekend. Like go to the movies with Riley, Seth and I....and possibly Jack."

Those butterflies were wanting out of my system.

"Yeah I'd love to! When?"
"I was thinking later tonight? At ten? That's when the best showing is."
"That seems late but okay."
"You sure? You don't have nothing planned do you?"
"No no I'm free!"
"Okay. We'll come get you at 9:30 then." Angie concluded.
"Okay. See you then!" I said.
"See ya!"

Then we hung up. I tossed the phone on my bed and ran my fingers through my hair with a huge grin on my face.

"YEESS! HAHA!"
"What're you going on about?" My mom came upstairs to see what me and Ashton were fighting about.
"Angela just asked me to hang out with her later tonight!"
"Aww that's great honey! Who's Angela again?"
"Angie's the blonde girl who you met at my middle school graduation."
"Oh right! She's such a pretty little thing!"
"Yeah she is."
"She your girlfriend?" My mom winked.
"No!... I wish."
"Well ask her out! I don't see why she wouldn't want to."
"I would."
"Oh stop it! You're a handsome young man, Spencer." She kissed me on my temple as she pinched my cheek. "Trust me, any girl that can't see what a genuine and kind-hearted guy is not the girl for you. I mean look at you, you're talented, smart, sweet and dedicated to pretty much anything except the dishes"

I laughed through my nose. "Thanks ma." I said, smiling at her.

A few seconds later, Ashton came up the stairs and saw me talking to mom.

"I thought you left." Ashton said confused.
"Left? Where you going?" Mom asked.
"He said he had to get stuff for you. And I'm not allowed to go because you asked him and not me."He explained.

Shit! I forgot about Demon! He's meeting me back here tonight at 10 o'clock tonight! I'm meeting Angie at 10! What am I gonna do?!

"I didn't ask you to do anything."
"OH! Did I say mom?! I meant Angela! Sorry, I'm not awake today. I wasn't paying attention to what I was saying. It was Angela. She asked me to get stuff for our project and I was just about to head out." I said a little panicked.

"Well since it wasn't mom who asked you can I come?"
"No."
"Oh come on Spencer take your brother with you."
"Mom-"
"Honey, just take him with you. It can't be that bad."

Yes it can.

"Fine. Come on, Ash." I grabbed the keys from my dresser and ran downstairs, put my dirty converse on, and went to the car.

"Don't get caught please!" Mom shouted on our way out.

On the drive up to the Buy n' Leave, I was desperately hoping Ashton wouldn't play twenty questions with me and ask why I'm getting all of this weird stuff. Well since I said it was Angie I could say it's for our project. But he's in biology too. I'll say it's just for our class.

I pulled out my phone once we got to the parking lot and I texted Demon to know what to get. There were at least six things I don't remember.

Hey what were those things you needed from the Buy n' Leave?

A pair of sunglasses, a metal box with keys, a car freshener, a lighter, snacks and find some of my underwear and socks-I'm dirty.

I really didn't need to know that.

You asked.

Ashton and I got out of the car and he grabbed one of the baskets by the door. I started hastily pacing up and down isles and grabbing what I could find.
I found a car air freshener that  smelled like sandy beaches. I found a metal box but the keys were missing, and it was the only one they seemed to have. So I decided to improvise; duct tape. I found the sunglasses and lighter up at the register.

"Hello. How are you today?" The man who seemed to be in his early twenties asked me.
"Not too bad. Yourself?" I said politely as I could.
"Pretty good. In eight minutes I get my soul back for the night." He smiled as I returned the favor.
"All of this for some stupid little school project?" Ashton asked.
"Yup."
"Angie asked for all of this? What's she doing with it?"
"Look it's for our biology project don't worry about it." I said.
"We have a biology project?"
"It's just for my class only. It's due in two weeks. This is all the supplies we need." I explained as the man scanned the items across the counter.
"What project involves a safe box and a lighter? Are you doing an experiment on crack heads?"
"No, and it's none of your business." I poked his chest.
"$37.50." The man behind the counter said.

I handed him the wad of cash that Demon gave me.

"Holy crap where'd you get that wad?!?"

"It's my weeks pay at the Double Dutch."
"But you started working there like not even a month ago."

Now I was getting annoyed.

"Just my boss's way of saying a job well done I guess." I gritted my teeth together.
"Have a nice night." The man said, handing me my bag of many wonders.
"You too."

We headed back to the car with Ashton asking a million more questions until I finally snapped and told him to stop questioning everything I do before I pounce on him like a lion.

He shut up right away and I was pretty glad to hear silence.