Chapter 2

"Get out of my room glen" Spencer said not looking up from her guitar at her twin brother as he came in and sat at her desk.

"Who peed in your cereal?" Glen Carlin said with a frown as he looked at his baby sister. Okay so he was only ten minutes older but he was very protective of Spencer and there was something going on with her.

"No one. What do you want ass eyes? Last I heard you had your own room." Spencer said finally looking up at her blonde brother.

"I do but yours is bigger. I still can't believe that you convinced mum and dad to turn the attic into your bedroom. I mean your room is three times as big as anyone's AND you have your own bathroom." Glen said just a little jealous

"Well I used my inheritance from grandpa Carlin to pay for the renovations and my room is being turned into a nursery for Junior." Spencer said with a serious expression. "Come on Glen you are just jealous that you didn't think of it."

Junior is her brother Clay and his fiancée Chelsea's two month old son. The most gorgeous and happy baby you had ever seen. Chelsea's parents had kicked her out when the found out that there seventeen year old daughter was pregnant and keeping the baby and having nowhere else to go she moved in with the Carlin family and everything was going smoothly. They all loved Chelsea as soon as Spencer had brought her home to work on an art project two years before but no one more the Clay.

"Damn right I am jealous." Glen said with a grin as it appeared his sister was cheering up slightly.

"Glen Eugene Carlin, watch your mouth." Both Spencer and Glen spun around as there mother Paula stood in the doorway fuming.

Uh oh they both looked at each other mouth what did you do. As it was usually one of the two of them that incurred Paula's wrath as Clay was the golden child and no one could get mad a Chelsea because she was just too sweet. Spencer searched her memory for anything she might have done to make her mother so mad. Coming up blank apart for the tongue piecing that she was currently being punished for Spencer assumed that it must be Glen. That's right there mother hadn't found the tattoo that Glen got at the same time Spencer got her piecing. Poor Glen if Paula found out about that than Glen would be on bread and water and never to leave the house again.

"Sorry mom but whatever it is, I didn't do it. I have been at Sean's all day." Glen said holding his hands up in front of him. "What did you do this time Spence?"

"Me? Why me? I haven't done anything. It must have been Clay. I'm completely innocent." Spencer said as all three Carlin's looked at each other and burst out laughing not only at the implication the Clay could do something out of line but also that Spencer was innocent in any way. Five times out of ten it was Spencer that incurred her mothers wrath as they were so much alike and both would refuse to back down.

"Very funny Spencer." Paula said with a scowl. She hated it when they made her laugh when she was angry. It was so frustrating. "When were you going to tell me your news and why the he..eck are you laughing I thought you would be up here playing your angry music." Paula said in confusion when her daughter was mad or upset about something she didn't hide it. And this was something she should be mad about.

"I'm guessing Ann already told you?" Spencer said peering at her mother from under her lashes.

"Yes she did and she also said that you yelled at Kyla and Carmen." Paula said wondering how Spencer was taking this all so well. "Spence how are you being so calm about this now?"

"I just am mom. Remember you were the one that told me not to judge her on a split second response." Spencer said as she got up and put her guitar back on its stand I the corner.

"Yes and I also remember you telling me where I could stick my split second response." Paula smiled at the memory. Spencer was a little spite fire when cornered. She could snap you like a twig but had never raised a hand to her friends or family in anger.

"True. I am taking your advice mom. Giving her benefit of the doubt. She is going through a hard time in her life and I understand that. So I am moving forward and moving on from the past." Spencer said with her back to them. Paula was surprised at how this conversation was going considering she had been screaming at her two best friends barely four hours ago on the same subject.

"That's great honey. Show you are the bigger person and…" Paula said as Spencer spun around to look at her mother with a fierce glare.

"But that means in no way will she get into that position to hurt me again I will be nice to her for the sake of Kyla and Ann but that is it. We are not going to be all buddy buddy and that is final." Spencer said through her teeth.

"Oh there's my girl. I thought that you were taking that too well." Glen said. He had just been sitting back soaking in all the new information. He remembered how hurt Spencer had been last summer when Ashley had shattered her. Spence had been falling for the other girl. Hard. Glen had wanted to find the girl and kick her ass but when he had found her on the beach crying all he could do was listen to her sob her apology and tell her to stay away from his sister.

Everyone thought that Spencer was over it, but Glen knew better. He had watched his sister from the last six months and although she appeared to be the same flirtatious bubbly person she had always been he knew that there was still deep hurt lying there and that she still had feelings for the brunette that broke her heart even though her knew that she would never admit it

"I am fine Glen in fact I was wondering if mom would let me off grounding for a while so we could go for a run." Spencer said as she tilted her head towards her mother in a way that no one could resist

"Spence I already told you that I wouldn't mind if you still exercised as long as Glen was with you. I know you missed your run this for the past two mornings already. Can't have you getting Lazy now can we." Paula said with a small smile. She knew how important exercise was to both of them as they were both captain of there respective sports teams and needed to stay in shape." And it might help you to blow off a little steam"

"Cool thanks mom. I'm ready Glen why don't you get change and we can go." Spencer said as she pushed her brother out of her room. And turned back to her mother.

"On it Spence. Meet you on the deck in 5." Glen shout as he ran down the stairs.

"Okay Spence. Tell me the truth. How are you?" Paula said as she walked out of the room with her daughter.

"I'm fine mom. Really" Spencer replied at her mother's sceptical look.

"Okay, not happy about it, but I will deal. Okay. She gets to me you know. And now that she has come out I just don't want to set myself up again." Spencer said as she looped her arm with her mothers and continued to walk.

"Spencer I know it will be hard. But I think she genuinely cared about you and was really scared how her parents would react. I mean I didn't exactly have the best reaction when you told me and Christine is worse than I ever was. "Paula said with a frown

Paula had held a shattered Ashley in her arms when she come to apologised and explained her situation with Christine. The poor girl had been so scared of her mothers reaction that she was amazed the girl had ever come out

Ashley really was a sweet girl and obviously had feelings for Spencer or she would never had made a move on her. Breaking out of her reverie Paula realize that they had made it to the deck and Glen was waiting from them.

"So Spence, ready to get your sweat on?" Glen said as he raised his eyebrows

"Glen that is disgusting, dude that is sister." Chelsea said with a grimace as she and Clay walked hand in hand up from the beach.

"Ew Chels, we are going for a run. I wasn't being dirty. Gutter brain. "Glen said as he tapped her shoulder as she walked past.

"Sure you weren't." Chelsea said with a grin as she wiped her shoulder. "So Spence being let out for good behaviour."

"Yup." Spencer said with a small smile at her friend.

"We heard yelling earlier. Thought for sure you had made a run for it."Clay said

"Nope. Not me." Spencer said looking at the beach

"So mom found out about the tattoo Glen huh." Clay said with a grin at the look on his mothers face when she heard this and just as she was bout to explode Glen threw Spencer over his shoulder and ran for the beach.

"Bye mom love you." Glen said running as fast as he could with Spencer beating on his back.

"Glen Eugene Carlin!" Paula Yelled when she realized what was going on and ran after them.

"Kids Today." Chelsea said as they watch Paula chase Glen and Spencer into the water and they turned to the house hand in hand.

"Wow. Wonder what they did now." Thought the figure next door as she watched Spencer blocking her mother so that Glen could get away. Those two were always the first to defend or rat each other out.

Hey are you coming in? Mom said that dinner is almost ready."Kyla said as she put her arm around the other girls waist

" Yeah just a second. What's that about?"

" Ahh by the looks of that, I'm guessing that Paula found out about Glens Tattoo." Carmen said as she moved to stand beside the two to watch Paula finally get hold of glen and hold him down as she lifted his shirt to look at his back.

" Really. What did he get? Said the other brunette

"A tramp stamp of an angel." Carmen said with a grin. " He was drunk and wanted to one up Spencer. Only problem is he let Spencer pick the design. "

"Oh My God. That's hilarious." Said Ashley as she was bent over laughing.

"Yeah those two are so competitive." Kyla said once they had calmed down and watched as Paula dragged Glen back to the house by his ear leaving a giggling Spencer on the beach only to stop short as she looked up at her friends house and saw the three girls standing o the deck watching her.

"This is going to be hard isn't it?" Ashley said as she watched Spencer give them a curt nod and make her way home.

"Oh yeah." Carmen said "You really hurt her last summer Davies and she doesn't forgive lightly."

"Yeah that's what I figured." Ashley said with a sigh

"Hey chin up Ash, she can't resist the Davies charm." Kyla said as she put her hand on Ashley's back.

"Yeah and if you hurt her, I will back those lovely little legs of yours." Carmen said with a menacing scowl as she walked away.

"Oh yeah, it's good to be back." Ashley said as she and Kyla turned to follow.