This is a collaborative project of a guest reviewer of my other story Best friends you say and me.


She hops and bounces as she walks to her best friend's trailer. "What's up bitches?" she says as an insult for a greeting to the girls when she came in.

"Hey there dumb blonde" Troian greets her back in the same manner

"She's not dumb" Shay defends her immediately and Troian grins devilishly.

She sits beside Shay and wraps her on her embrace. The taller girl wiggles inside the tight encircling arms on her. The blonde doesn't let go and tickles the brunette she's hugging.

"And there goes the invisible bubble" the smallest of the group, Lucy, whispered to Troian. They both make fake coughs in an attempt to call the two buddies' attention. The two girls that were sitting on the floor looked for the nearest object they could throw at the two other girls on the couch.

"Way to pop the bubble!" Troian exclaims praising Lucy for throwing a stuffed animal on Shay and Ashley.

"Was that necessary?" both Shay and Ashley said in unison. The other duo high fived and laughed at them.

"So you want to come over tonight?" Shay's face lit up like the fourth of July with Ashley's offer.

"Do I get to choose the movies?" the brunette showed her best friend her best puppy face.

"And we're totally shut out" Lucy rolls her eyes at the sight of the two best friends in front of her

"I gotta get going. I'm meeting Pat in 30 you heading out with me little goose?" Troian stood up and offered her hand to Lucy.

"I'll probably feel more left out here. I'm going with you" The taller girl pulled the little one and headed for the door turning to see their two friends totally didn't notice them leaving.

"Hey!" They screamed unsurprisingly startling the two girls

"Sorry we were just talking. Are you guys leaving already?" Shay says still with the residual smile Ashley had caused.

"Yeah we are besides it's like we haven't been here in the first place." Both girls left and closed the door behind them but within a few seconds it opened up again with Troian's head poking out. "Should I lock this so no one could disturb you girls making out?"

"Bye Troiaaan!" Shay and Ashley dismissed her.


An hour later the buttah & benzo duo arrived at Ashley's house carrying bunch of take outs enough to feed an army. Their love for food was never a secret to keep to anyone. Devouring from one Chinese paper box to another to a box of half pepperoni and half plain cheese pizza they stuffed themselves with calories they would burn the next days at workouts.

"I feel so bloated" Ashley complained lowering herself to the couch.

"Why wouldn't you be? You finished my box of Chinese!" Shay patted her thighs and she moved over to give space for Shay to lay herself down too.

"t`was just fair enough! You took my last slice of pizza" Ashley reasoned herself

"Do you want to watch a movie now?" Shay asked her

"I guess so. But please no zombie movies or anything gruesome just in case you forget I'm way beyond full right now." Ashley said and Shay got up to look for some movies on her best friend's stash.

"How about all time favorite classic movie So Close?" Shay waved the DVD she's holding

"I like that! Get it in I'll just get us some wine coolers and popcorn" It had always been Ashley's thinking that the wine coolers help her take in more food. She came back few minutes later with pop corn and coolers on hand.

The telephone ring woke them up at midnight. They slept halfway through the movie cuddled with each other even if they were not watching a horror movie. They were just accustomed to cuddles every movie time. Who could be calling at this hour of the night? The blonde thought as she lazily got up to pick up her telephone. She would've let it go to voicemail but something in her told her to pick it up. Shay stirred as Ashley left her side. She opened one eye peeking at her best friend answering the call.

"Hello. A sleepy Ashley right here how may I help you?" she said sleepily but her drowsiness vanished once the person whoever it was on the other line spoke up. Ashley's face went pale as white and she almost dropped the phone. All she said was "okay" and "yeah" before hanging up.

"Who was that?" Shay asked her setting herself to a sitting position.

"It was my mom" Ashley sat down beside Shay slowly processing everything

"Oh what did she say?" Shay followed up knowing that whatever her mom told her it hit Ashley like hard rock.

"She…she said that Shaylene…had an accident." Ashley breathe deeply and irregularly "She didn't make. She's dead. Oh my God. Oh my God." Her face was indescribable when the truth slowly started to sink in. The brunette knew telling her its okay would be a lie because it will never be okay so she did the single most effective thing she could do, wrap her arms around her best friend. She knew that even if the Benson Siblings haven't seen each other for 2 years since the older Benson left their home to go with her boyfriend Ashley had never stopped caring and loving for her sister.

"I should go to Anaheim" Ashley stood up and grabbed her coat and looked for her keys.

"Wait. At this time of the night? You're nowhere in right state of mind to drive." Ashley continued searching for her keys.

"It's quarter of an hour drive or an hour max. I need to get there. I should be there" Shay stood up and grabbed her coat too. She picked up the car key resting on top of the table. If Ashley couldn't even find the thing she's looking for in front of her how could she drive? Shay said in her mind.

"I'll take you there. You're not going to get through this alone." They got together for a short tight hug before leaving for Ashley's parent's house.


Shay watches Ashley and her mom sob on each other's chest. It was the most painful sight of a mother and daughter.

"Where's dad?" Ashley was wondering where his dad was at this point of grief in their life

"He's at the hospital" Her mom responded

"Hospital? Here in L.A.? I thought Shay was at Texas" It's a mere serendipity that her sister Shaylene has the same nickname as her best friend Shannon which is also the name of her mother.

"They were here on their way here to surprise us when their cab was hit by a drunk driver." The Benson cried even more and Shay couldn't help herself to go near them and wrap them in one big hug, afterall they were like her family as well.

"If you want I could drive you to the hospital" Shay offers wiping her own tears on her face. The two other ladies nodded and gave her a grateful smile.

The lady Bensons decided not to see Shaylene's dead body before she is prepared for the funeral reasoning that they would want to remember her as the beautiful jolly fellow and not a cold lifeless body.

"Ma`am sorry to disturb you. May I have a word with you?" an officer approached Mrs. Benson.

"We're all family here you could speak to all of us" She said gesturing to her husband, Ashley and Shay.

"I would just like to inform you that your grandchild is with family services right now. Miraculously he didn't get any cut or bruise from the fatal accident." The family was shocked with the news

"Grandchild? My sister has a kid? And you said he, so he's a boy." Ashley clarified

"Yes ma`am." The police officer confirmed

"When could we see him?" the Benson patriarch asked

"The family services are on their way with him. They could arrive any minute now" Two big waves of news hit the Benson family on one midnight.

"Thank you officer" Mrs. Benson said and the officer left them.

15 minutes later the police officer came back with two other people and a baby with him. They all stood in awe of the little guy sleeping who just looked like Shaylene.

"Is this our grandson?" Mrs. Benson approached the baby and took him from the woman who was carrying him.

"Yes he is." Mr. & Mrs. Benson cooed their sleeping grandchild as Ashley sobbed on Shay's chest.

"He'll never get to see his parents again." Ashley said in between sobs.

"You're Ms. Ashley Benson right?" Ashley nodded and the woman from family services continued talking "You've been named as the legal guardian of your sister's daughter. She has signed a paper that says that in case something like this happens she wants you to take care of his son. We would like to know if you agree with it." It was the third wave of news that night.

"Of course it is. I mean technically we have the custody of him right? Since we're his living relative" The woman nodded.

"When could we take him home?" Mr. Benson inquired

"You could take him home now. We just need you to sign some papers and he's good to go" The Benson's immediately signed the papers they needed and headed home.


The baby, who they found out to be named Josh Benson Hendrick, stayed with Ashley and Shay on Ashley's room. The bed was large enough to fit their small statures and little Josh in between.

"I can't believe I have a child to take care now. Back at the hospital it just some kind of rational thing to do but now…I don't know. With PLL and all the other commitments my schedule would be so loaded and I'm not sure if I have the time and energy to take care of him but I don't want to disappoint my sister." Ashley said in a volumed voice.

"I'm sure your sister would understand if you couldn't grant her wish." Shay tried to assure her best friend.

"Are you sure?" She asked her

"Yeah. But you don't have to go through this alone Ash. You could keep Josh and I'm willing to help you" Shay says truthfully

"That's so nice of you Shannon but you don't have to do that." Ashley politely declined.

"We're a family remember? I'm with you on this Ashley. I'll stand by you" Her friend reassured her and they both drift off to sleep after the longest midnight they ever had.