I heard Addison’s horn peep in the driveway. I was ready so grabbed my trusty duffel and was out the door before she’d managed to turn her car around.

She reached over and popped the passenger door for me and I climbed in. She had both hands on the wheel and was looking straight through the windshield. We sat in silence for a moment.

‘Spence,’ she began. She turned to face me and put her hand on my bare leg just below my cut-off shorts. I jumped slightly at the contact. She made to remove her hand but I covered hers with mine and held it in place.

‘I’m sorry,’ her tone was sincere and heartfelt. Her eyes soft and full of genuine concern.

‘After what you did for me on Saturday the least I could do is be there for you.’ she finished looking me in the eyes. I briefly met her gaze and shrugged.

‘S’OK. I over reacted.’ I played with the cord on my duffel as I continued.

‘It’s not like we’d talked about it.’ I finished, shrugging once more.

‘I know,’ she sighed and squeezed my leg. ‘But it still wasn’t right.’ I nodded and steeled myself for my next words.

‘You need to tell Kate about what happened,’ I blurted out, glad to confront the elephant in the room.

‘Not tonight.’ she said removing her hand and starting the car.

‘Soon?’ I questioned.

‘Soon.’ she replied.

We drove the short distance in silence. I didn’t even bother to put any music on. I wasn’t in the mood.

As we pulled through the gates and up into Kyla’s driveway I couldn’t help but smile. Over the large double front doors a banner had been placed. It read ‘We’re sorry Spencer’, all around the doorway were red and white balloons. Standing in the doorway I saw Kyla and Madison waving madly at us. Kyla looked like she was about to orbit she was leaping that high in her excitement

I looked at Addison who smirked.

‘We all felt so bad.’ she explained. I grinned like a loon. Awwww! They’d really made an effort to apologise.