A/N: Hey here is the first chapter. Thanks to all the people that reviewed the prologue. It really means a lot to me. I did not think that I would get that many. So thanks again and please keep them coming. As usual I do not own South of Nowhere or any of the characters.
Spencer slowly walked down the hall of her school. Her hands in her pockets, her face looking at the ground in front of her. Her face had a sad look on it. Three months have passed since the night on the beach. As hard as she tried to she could not forget. She wanted to, but she couldn't.
The past three months have not been the best for Spencer. She has been having problems sleeping. When ever she does manage to get to sleep, it is ridden with dreams of Ashley. Her grades have be slipping, she just dose not have the heart for school anymore. To make matters worse her parents are still fighting. It has not gotten better since she and Ashley stopped seeing each other, it has only gotten worse.
Ashley was never around anymore. She has not come to school since that night. Spencer looked in her locker to see if her stuff was still there. It was, but that did not mean much. School was never her favorite place to be.
Spencer stopped walking when she heard her phone ring. She took it out of her pocket and checked to see who it was.
"Hey Aiden," she said trying to sound happy. She waited for a couple of seconds for a response. "Hey are you there?" Nothing. "Aiden stop it. I can hear you breathing. Say something already."
"Hi," a voice said on the other end.
"Ashley!" Spencer said stunned "What..." She could not think of what to say, "What are you doing with Aiden's phone?" She finally said, it was not what she wanted to say, but it was the only thing that would come out.
"I thought you would not pick up if you knew it was me," Ashley said in a timid voice. "And before you hang up on me let me say one thing, Please!"
Spencer did not say anything.
"Meet me at the beach tonight. At eight o'clock. Please come." Ashley said before the line went dead
Hanging up the phone, Ashley gave it back to Aiden. "You really think that she'll come?" She asked.
Ashley looked down at her scrap book, which laid open on her bed. It was opened to a page that was dedicated to just pictures of her and Spencer. There were pictures of them at the beach, at school, the mall, anywhere that they went together there were pictures of them.
There was one that Ashley loved the most. It was taken on the day that she and Spencer skipped school. The day that Spencer confessed that she might like girls. The picture was taken under the pier. Ashley said that she wanted something to remember this day. So she came up behind Spencer and put the camera out in front of them and took it. Spencer was looking back at Ashley with a surprised look on her face, but Ashley was staring right into the camera smiling.
A smile came to Ashley's face wail she looked at the picture, but with that smile also came tears. "Well?" She said looking up at Aiden.
"I don't know," Aiden said running his hand through his hair. "I mean, she never talks about you. When any one else mentions your name she freezes up. I just don't know what to say."
Ashley slammed shut the scrapbook. Tears rolled down her face. She pick up the book and tossed it across the room. It hit the wall and fell on the ground opening up to the page that she had it on.
"I can't do it anymore. I need her. I can't go on with out her. What did I do, Aiden, what?" She said throwing her arms up in the air. "Tell me and I will change."
Aiden got up and grabbed Ashley and gave he a hug. Running his hands over her hair. Not knowing what to say, he just stood there.
"Thats something you are going to have to ask her. I can't answer that," he said finally.
"But what if I can't? What if when I see her I freeze up and don't know what to say.?"
"Well," Aiden said, "You will just have to be strong for both of you. Look I know that you love Spencer, and that you will do anything for her. You just have to let her know that. And let her decided what she wants you to do."
Ashley thought about this
for a couple seconds. Smiling she gave Aiden a hug.
"Have I
ever told you that you would make a good girl?" She said into
Aiden's ear.
Aiden reached behind and grabbed Ashley's arms bringing them in front of them. "But you have to be ready to do anything for her. Even if that means forgetting her."
Ashely didn't say anything, but instead she just stood there. Looking down at the floor, the tears began again
Spencer sat the the end of her bed looking at her clock. It was seven-ten. Her eyes went from the clock to her hands, which held Clay's keys. She had asked to borrow his car when they got home from school. He just gave them to her with out asking why. Though Spence was pretty sure he knew why.
Seven-fifteen. Time inched along. A minute seemed like an hour to Spencer. 'Why am I even going?I know how it will end up' She thought to her self. 'But I really want to see her again. I miss her. But if I do I don't thank that I could bear to leave her again. One time was hard enough.
Seven-twenty.
"Screw it, I'm not going," Spencer said out loud.
She took the keys and placed them on top of her dresser, grabbed her headphones and laid down on her bed.
Seven-twenty-five. Spencer looked back at the clock again.
"Fuck!" She screamed out loud, thankful that no one else was home.
Spencer jumped out of her bed and ripped off her headphones. She grabbed the keys and ran out of the room.
Ashley kept walking back and forth. She was nerves, so she could not stop. When ever she saw head lights she looked up to see if they were Spence. They never were. She just went back to walking back and forth.
"She is going to come. She is going to come," She kept telling her self. She took out her cell phone about to call her, but thought better of it and put it back. She went back to walking back and forth.
Ashely looked up when she saw more headlights. Unlike the others ones these ones pulled into the parking lot. She could not see the car, but some how she knew it was Spencer.
She waited until the car got closer. Finlay she could see the car. It was Clay's. She let out a sight of relief when she saw that is was in fact Spencer.
The care stopped but no one got out for a couple of minutes. Spencer just sat there looking at Ashley. Not sure if she really wanted to do this. Ashley began walking closer to the car. 'Well, I'm already here, right?' Spencer said to her self. She opened the door and steeped out
Well there you go. The second chapter in on its way. Almost done writing it. Please keep the reviews coming, I can never get to many of them.
