As the song progressed Spencer found herself scanning the faces in the crowd for Ashley, hoping that she had come back by now.  But by the time the song ended the brunette had yet to make an appearance, and the blonde gave up waiting for the girl to come back.

After a few more songs Spencer excused herself from Ryan to get another soda from the bar.  She wasn’t paying too much attention to the people around her as she made her way up the plexiglass stairs, so she was certainly surprised when she bumped into none other than Ashley. 

The brunette stumbled a little bit after the collision before meeting Spencer’s questioning eyes.  The blonde could tell that something was a little off with her by the way her beautiful brown eyes seemed hazy and unfocused.

     “Oh man, sorry Spence,” spoke the brunette, finally breaking the awkward silence.

     “It’s alright Ash.  Where have you been?” Spencer asked, gazing intently into the girl’s deep, chocolate eyes that seemed to be even darker than usual.

    “Oh…uh…I was, I was jus…just out there with some people t…talking and stuff,” slurred the brunette.

    “Ash are you okay? You’re acting kind of weird,” inquired Spencer concerned.

    “Oh yeah I’m totally f…fine.  It’s all good Spence.  Are you okay?”

      “Yeah Ashley, I’m just fine,” replied the blonde, shaking her head in confusion over Ashley’s sudden behavior.

    “Good, well I’m gonna head b…back out, so you just take good care of yourself alright? I’ll talk to y…ya later,” stated the brunette, gesturing sluggishly with her hands.

Ashley was out the double doors before Spencer could even fathom what was going on.  It only took her a few moments to realize that the girl was most likely drunk which would definitely explain her strange behavior and impaired speaking abilities.

Spencer was instantly filled with what could only be described as disappointment.  Not necessarily about the fact that Ashley had been drinking, but because they had seemed to really have something going on earlier and now it all seemed ruined, at least for the night.