“Hello.” Ashley smiled. This Madison girl was a pretty human, but not as pretty as Spencer.

“Anyways, girl have you heard, Carmen’s back?” Madison asked Spencer ready to get her gossip on.

“Yeah she called me last night.” Spencer answered bashfully.

“I heard she’s single.”

“So …”

“You still love her don’t you?”

The Martian’s ears perked up at the mention of the word love. Spencer loves this Carmen person?

“Maybe a little,” Spencer shrugged.

“Maybe a lot,” Madison laughed.

Ashley frowned, whoever this Carmen girl was she didn’t like her.

“Who is Carmen?” The Martian asked.

“My ex girlfriend,” Spencer supplied.

“Spencer and Carmen broke up with each other because Carmen had moved to Washington last year.” Madison added. “Speak of the devil; she’s coming over here now?”

Ashley and Spencer turned to see Carmen waling over to them.

“Hey guys.” Carmen greeted.

“We are females not males.” The Martian corrected.

“What?” Carmen asked confused.

“You said we were …”

“Don’t mind her.” Spencer interrupted putting on a fake smile. “She’s a foreign exchange student. She’s still getting use to our customs and … words.”

“Oh.” Carmen nodded briefly letting her eyes wonder over the blonde’s figure. “You look nice today Spencer.”

Ashley glared at Carmen; she really really really didn’t like this girl.

“Thanks Carmen.” Spencer replied shyly.

The Maritain studied the blonde’s face. Something weird was happening to Spencer’s cheeks. They were turning this pink … no reddish color.

“Spencer, your face is turning red, are you okay?” Ashley asked with worry.

“Shut up.” Spencer muttered embarrassed.

“She’s just blushing Ashley.” Carmen stated with a smirk. “I have that kind of affect on her, don’t I Spence.”

“Yes you do.” Spencer answered as she stared at her ex with a dreamy smile.

Ashley looked from Carmen to Spencer. The stares the two were giving each other were way beyond regular human friendly interaction; it looked almost as if they were trying to have what earthlings call … sexual intercourse just by gazing at one another.

“Well, I’ll see you guys … I mean ladies, later.” Carmen said as she flashed Spencer one last smile before walking away.

“Oh my God, she is so hot!” Spencer shrieked once she was sure her ex was out of ear shot. “Every time she’s around me, I turn into a ball of freaking mush!”

“I think she’s gonna ask you out,” Madison predicted with a smirk.

“I hope so.” Spencer replied with a wistful smile.

“We’ll see. I’ve got to head to my locker, before class, bye Spencer.” Then in a much more sultry voice the Latino addressed Ashley. “Bye sexy.”

The Martian waved to the retreating girl with a smile but then her face contorted with confusion. “Is sexy, a nick name for Ashley?” She asked Spencer.

Suddenly a loud ringing noise sounded throughout the campus. Frightened Ashley quickly dropped to ground and covered her head.

Spencer looked at the teen bewildered. Mortified the blonde looked around to see if anyone saw this ridiculous display and to her displeasure a hand full of students did.

“Ashley get up, what are you doing,” the blonde hissed pulling the shaken brunette up from the ground.

“What was that loud noise?” The Martian asked terrified as her brown eyes darted everywhere trying to find the source of the ring.

“That was the bell telling us to get to class.” Spencer answered with a frown. “What, do they not have school bells at where you come from?”

“No. Why do you need a bell to tell you when to get to class?”

“You just do okay. It’s been like that forever.”

“But, why? You go to school everyday right?”

“Yeah.” The blonde shrugged. “So?”

“Do you know what time class starts?”

“Yeah, at eight.”

“Well, if you already know what time you’re supposed to get to class then why must a bell sound telling you when to get to class if you already know when to?” The Martian asked.

The blonde gave Ashley a baffled look. This girl was so … out of this world. “Whatever.” She sighed in frustration. “Let’s just get to class.”