I need you.
It rings so true, bouncing off the walls she has built up and torn down and rebuilt again and again.
It is clear as water slipping over her hands, spilling onto the floor at her feet – dropped and lamented.
She doesn't want to cry anymore. She doesn't want to pay for her mistakes anymore.
I need you.
It should be enough, this phrase from every valentine and from every store-bought card, it should be enough to finally put those words to tongue and let them pass the lips, it should be enough for anyone who knows her well enough…
She doesn't want to cry anymore. She doesn't want to pay for her mistakes anymore.
I need you.
Air and water, that's what you need and food and shelter, that is what you need and you don't need her, but… but… but… you want her and you desire her and you crave her and you dream of her and you demand of her and you long for her and you chase her and you hunt her and you haunt her and you reach out for her when all the world goes dark.
She doesn't want to cry anymore. She doesn't want to pay for her mistakes anymore.
I need you.
Ashley has said it all before and she'll say it all again and again.
Spencer has to hear it, one day soon, Spencer has to hear it.
As Spencer walks away… I need you.
As Spencer hangs up the phone… I need you.
As Spencer kisses another… I need you.
As Spencer disappears… I need you.
Ashley doesn't want to cry anymore. Ashley doesn't want to pay for her mistakes anymore.
But it is everything she must do, at the end of all her days… you do the crime, you do the time and Ashley is sentenced forever to loving a girl that you just can't walk away from.
I need you. I love you. Say you need me, too. Don't do this. Please, Spencer, don't go.