As their family and friends were starting to arrive, Jordyn was organizing the food tables and putting plates, napkins, and silverware out and Spencer was finishing up the tossed salad to go with the chicken cacciatore and meatball paninis she had made.
Spencer's Dad, Arthur, came up behind her and kissed her cheek, as he dipped his finger in the chicken cacciatore. "Hey honey, this tastes great."
"Hi Dad thanks, you should like it, it's your recipe." Spencer smiled and winked at her Dad before he headed into the living room with the others. Spencer picked up the serving bowls and placed them on the food tables in the dining room.
"Aunt Spencer, Aunt Spencer!" Spencer's 5 year old nephew Colton and 4 year old niece Jadyn came running up to her. Spencer knelt down and hugged both of them. "Hey munchkins, I missed you!"
Everyone started to fill their plates with the wonderful food and took a place either at the dining room table or throughout the living room. Spencer smiled as she looked around the room to see the mix of family and friends. Her Mom, Paula and her Dad sat in the living room helping their Grandkids eat at the smaller kids table as Glen and his wife Madison were at the dining room table talking to Jordyn, her boyfriend Chase, her brother Matt and his wife Kelly, and Jordyn's parents Jack and Samantha. On the couches a few of her high school and college friends were talking and laughing.
She loved her friends and was glad they had remained so close, but sometimes seeing Stacy and Jill would cause her to have flashbacks to high school, not that she really needed anything to remind her of what happened, she had a constant reminder from the scar above her left eyebrow and the one on the left side of her chest, ironically where her heart would lie beneath/
After several hours of everyone eating and hanging out, Spencer and Jordyn were finishing cleaning everything up. Glen and Matt had stayed behind to help them clean up and they were now hugging them and saying their goodbyes. Chase had also stayed and helped clean up and was now waiting for Jordyn in her room.
The women got ready for bed and said goodnight to each other, retiring to their bedrooms for the night.
Spencer was having trouble falling asleep, her mind was racing, wonder how much she should tell Jordyn tomorrow about her high school past. As she sighed she made up her mind that she would be completely honest to her, maybe she would have some closure if she finally talked about, she knew she wasn't going to get it any other way.