A/N Oh how I miss writing for the other story! Haha. Im just super glad that everyone wanted a sequel:)
So, I never really got say thanks to everyone who reviewed The End Is Only The Beginning. So, thanks! I loved reading them. I didn't really think that the last chapter would make some people tear up. Haha. That means a lot to a writer. :)
Anyways, im still trying to think of a name for this story. So, hopefully by the time im done with this chapter, I'll know of one.
Oh, and before I do actually start to write, I want to tell everyone that I'll be doing it mainly from everyone's POV. I different change than from the last story. But, some parts will be from other peoples. You know, like from Spencer and Ashley. Hehe. It's going to start off in senior year at King High.
Disclaimer: South of Nowhere does not belong to me. Belongs to Tom. I wish it did though. Haha. But, the plot and everything else belongs to me. :)
Enjoy the first chapter!
It's been exactly two years since Ashley and Spencer said their goodbyes to each other at the concert. The time when they both didn't want to lose each other but knew that Ashley had to leave. It wasn't like they were both counting the days. Which they really weren't. They kind of lost touch after a couple of weeks after Ashley left Ohio.
And Ashley really seemed to become jealous when she found out that Spencer had started to date Renee once again. They started to date about 3 weeks after Ashley left. Spencer only started to date her because she didn't want to feel that feeling of being alone and abandoned. She wanted to feel that feeling that Ashley gave her, but never felt it again.
It wasn't because they wanted to lose touch either; it was because they were both always busy. They kept themselves too busy for each other and that was probably the wrong choice on both of their hands. Spencer was always with Renee, and Ashley was keeping herself busy with trying to sing. But, all her inspiration disappeared when she left that night in Ohio.
But, Ashley walked into King High today sadly with her ex- boyfriend. The boyfriend she had before Ohio but broke up with him the day she left. His name was Aiden Dennison. They're both seniors this year. Both 18 years old. One happy, the other not. Ashley of course, remembered what today was.
They both sat down at their usual table at lunch with the usual people. Kyla Woods who is Ashley's half-sister and Chelsea Lewis, a good friend of theirs and an amazing artist. Madison Duarte, head cheer-leader of King High, usually sat with them, but today the school was having a pep-rally.
Everyone was talking to each other, besides Ashley. She wasn't talking to anyone. She was in thought. She was in thought of a certain blue eyed blonde girl that changed her life two years ago. That girl lived in that small town back in Ohio. The town that everyone knew who Spencer Carlin was. The town that flipped out when they heard that Ashley's dad was in town for two weeks.
Ashley sat there at the lunch table. Tuning everyone out as she was remembered the next day at King High when Ashley came back from Ohio.
She walked into her school. The one that everyone knew her name. The one that every other guy wanted to date her. The one that doesn't give a shit about what's going on in you life. California for you. Ashley walked away from her car, purse on her shoulder, and cell phone in her hand. She was greeted by her friends and her half-sister. They hugged her and they could all tell that something happened back in Ohio. Something that would change everyone's lives.
"How was Ohio?" Aiden asked the beautiful brunette girl. He slipped his hands into his pockets. A familiar place for his hands.
Ashley's smiled beamed as she told them, "It was… amazing." She didn't lie. It really was. She never would have thought that someone could change someone's life that quickly.
Madison smiled at her friends enjoyment about Ohio, "Meet anyone hot?" She said bluntly
A smile came across Ashley's face again as she remembered all the memories she had with Spencer. "Yeah," She told them
"What'd he look like?" Kyla asked as Aiden rolled his eyes
The smile was still there and without hesitation she told them, "She had blonde hair, ocean blue eyes that you could just get lost in. She had better basketball skills than Aiden." Everyone laughed. They never caught on when she said 'she', "And her personality is indescribable. Everything about her," She remembered some moments she had with Spencer, "Was something I'll never forget." The smile was still there, but there was a hint of sadness
"Wait…" They all said in unison
Ashley knew that it was coming. "Did you say 'her'?" Aiden said taking his hands out of his pockets and placing them on his backpack straps. He stared at her, shocked.
Madison's jaw dropped a little, "Are you gay?" She added with Aiden's remark
Kyla didn't say anything. She always kind of figured that her sister was gay. She always caught her staring at some really hot girl's ass. But she never said anything. She didn't want to embarrass Ashley. Ashley just nodded. She pulled out a picture of Spencer and herself in Spencer's car. She handed it to them to see for themselves. To see just what she fell in love with.
Aiden grabbed the picture from his ex-girlfriends hands, "Wow, Ash, you got some good taste in girls." Aiden said staring at the blue eyed blonde in the picture
"I can't believe you're gay!" Madison exclaimed not even looking at the picture.
"Shut up, Mads." Kyla said hitting her arm and continued to look at the picture
Aiden, Kyla, and Chelsea all stopped talking and looked at Ashley. They looked at their friend that was clearly depressed about something. But, none of them remembered what happened exactly two years ago. "What is she thinking about?" Aiden asked taking another bit from his chili cheese burrito
Kyla shrugged, "I don't know." She said taking a bite of her green salad
Ashley looked over at her friends, "What?" She asked not hearing anything they were saying
They all kind of laughed at her, "What were you thinking about?" Chelsea asked taking a sip of her water, but still stared at one of her closest friends she had. She was concerned.
A smile crept up on her face. That smile that Spencer couldn't stand. That smile that would break Spencer's heart. That really sad smile that she never wanted to see but came out way too often. "Nothing." Ashley lied to her friends. She missed Spencer and always had. She cursed her dad every night before she fell asleep for taking her to Ohio. She always looked at that same exact picture of the two of them in Spencer's car before she fell asleep.
Now it's back in Ohio!
Spencer sat in her English class. The last class of the day. She sighed as she looked at the board and the directions written across it. It said "Write a paper about the best memory you had in the past two years. Due Friday" She sighed as she realized that Friday was tomorrow and that her best memory in two years was a certain brunette girl that came from California. Ashley Davies.
She pulled out her notebook and a pen slowly. She was ready to write about the two weeks that Ashley was here in Ohio. But she couldn't. All she could think of was the memories she had with her. All she could think about was how she was so stupid to not be able to see that Ashley would only be here for a short amount of time.
There they were, sitting in Spencer's 2007 Sliver Mustang. It was during the first week she was here. Spencer believed it was a Friday and Spencer was eating a cupcake with white frosting on it. It was after practice and it was a girl on the team's birthday so she brought cup cakes. Her favorite sweet food.
Ashley was very amused to see Spencer really enjoy her cupcake. And she really wanted to ruin that moment. She knew that they both would get a good laugh out of it. So she pushed the cupcake into Spencer's face and started to laugh.
Spencer jumped at Ashley's actions, "Ah! Ashley!" She laughed as she looked over at her. Her mouth was slightly open still in shock.
Ashley just sat there and smiled away. She didn't say anything to the beautiful blonde that sat before her. But she did pull out of expensive camera that she got for Christmas this year. She pulled Spencer close to her and snapped a picture of the two of them together.
Spencer slightly laughed, "I hate you." She said with a smile wiping off the white frosting from her face with her hands
Ashley giggled, "No you don't." She told her still smiling
Spencer turned to Ashley and gave her a playful glare. She knew exactly what she wanted too do. And just then wiped the white frosting that was on her hands on Ashley's face. "Now I don't." Spencer laughed
Ashley started to laugh, "Jerk." She said with a smile and started to wipe it off
"Wait wait!" Spencer grabbed Ashley's camera from her lap and snapped a picture of the two of them. The same picture that Ashley looks at before she falls asleep at night. The picture that Renee made Spencer put away because she was afraid of something.
Soon after they broke up, which wasn't too long ago, Spencer forgot about that picture till just now.
Spencer chuckled as she remembered that memory of the two of them. Just then, she heard a familiar annoying voice, "What are you laughing at?" The guy that sat next to asked her
The teacher heard him talking, "Brian! No talking!" He exclaimed
Spencer smirked at him and then the bell rang. "Damn it." She said packing up her stuff. Now she has homework tonight.
Spencer went to basketball practice. She ran harder today. She sweated more than usual. She didn't want to remember Ashley right now. She wanted to focus on what she loved to do. Basketball.
After a hard day practicing, Spencer went straight home to work on her homework. She drove with the music blasting. She wanted to drown out the thoughts that she was having about Ashley. The thoughts that she hasn't thought of exactly one year ago.
She opened her front door to her parents fighting again. She was getting really tried of them fighting. She didn't want to listen to them pick fights with each other anymore. She wanted to run away. She sighed and started to make her way up the stairs and into her room but her mom called for her and her two brothers.
They all sat down in the living room on the couch. The kids that is. Paula and Arthur stared at them, "Kids, your mother and I," He started "We're getting a divorce." He told them, uncrossing his arms.
Spencer hid her smile and her joy for maybe happiness in her life now. It's about time. She thought to herself.
Her mother piped in, "It's just that your father and I fight way too much," Paula told them. That's true mom, but why don't you tell us the whole truth? Spencer had enough of her mother's lies. "And you're not in love with him anymore. We know the story mom." Spencer said out loud. She didn't mean for that to come out. She was only supposed to think that.
Paula stared at her in shock from her daughter's actions. The daughter that she hated, "Excuse me?" She said coldly
Spencer crossed her arms, "We all know that you're cheating on him with some dude at your work. It's not that hard to see!" She was already pissed off from earlier today when she and Daniele got into a fight. She just wished that her life was a whole lot easier right now. Today was not the day for anything.
Paula had enough, "Go to your room, Spencer." Her mom told her coldly
Spencer did as she was told. She walked away and over to the set of stairs happily. She was glad that her parents were getting a divorce. She couldn't stand her mom and all of her lies. She was happy that she would get the choice of living with which ever parent she wanted to live with. Her dad was the obvious choice.
Clay was here visiting everyone from college. He attended UCLA. So, basically, he lived out there and Spencer was completely jealous of him. She told him about the whole Ashley thing and he understood. She was really proud of her brother.
Glen was a different story. He never went to college. He never even applied. He was working as the manager at the Pet Shop in town. Of course he's going to stay with their mom because he couldn't afford to lose his job.
But for Clay, he probably wouldn't choose. He probably was going to get his own house and start his own family. Probably in California knowing him.
But, who knows. Maybe something incredible might happen to the Carlin family in the next couple of days. Something that no one would have ever thought would have happened.
A/N Ok, there was the first chapter! Hope you liked it! When I was doing everyone's POV when I was talking about Spencer and them, I forgot that I wasn't just doing hers. Haha. That'll be hard to break. Haha. Ok, well I hope that everyone reviews!
