"Snap out of it Ash! Let's go!" "Dammit Kyla!" Ashley was sitting in her foyer trying to think of anything but Spencer. Right now she was thinking of ways to kill that ass Aiden, she'd heard about the kiss in passing, it didn't sound serious but she wanted to kill him. Kyla wasn't helping wanting to go to some party Ash was still in grieving mode and she didn't think this was just gonna pass. "I'm not going Kyla." "Quit the moping Ash, why are you being like that? You dumped her." Kyla said matter of factly. "Just go without me ok? I'm not in the mood to get hammered tonight." With that said Ashley walked inside not allowing further argument. She trudged to her room and locked the door. She picked up her phone from the floor and flipped it open, she found Spencer's status on her screen "So you can find a safe place, Brace yourself they call kids like us vicious and carved out if stone, But from what we've become we just feel more alone, Always weigh what I lost, Against what I've left, So progress report: I am missing you to death..." Ashley thought about what this could mean, was this directed at her? Was it just Spencer quoting her favorite song? She wasn't sure but she couldn't help but think about it. She started thinking out loud "You ended it because she needed a clean break, she needs to be herself and be able to leave without feeling obligated to stay. You ended it because you're 16! She's 18 it was too serious for you!" She paused she was warring with herself about what to say next when it came out suddenly "you ended it because you were scared..." There it was, out there and threatening to make Ashley crack and text Spencer, "Ignore her! What are you doing to yourself? It was a month get a grip Davies! Get a grip! So what if she looked amazing today, there are other girls, control yourself." Her phone buzzed, another Spencer Carlin status update. These were going to kill her, she gulped and opened the text " 'Don't give them no more chances, Oh girl they had their turn, Everything's for a reason.' I guess you turned into your favorite Drake song Practice" What was Spencer trying to do? She'd kissed Aiden dammit! Why make the snide comments, she was obviously handling this better then Ashley was. Her phone started going off she saw her cousin's name and picture pop up on the screen, she clicked answer "What the hell Ash!? She extended her trip! Have you lost your damn mind do you want her to leave? What are you thinking? She trusted you! Hell I trusted you! How could you hurt her like that?" Ashley was holding in angry tears here she was miserable and of course her cousin blamed her, she had, had it! "My fault? This is my fault? This is better for her! I ended it so she could leave and not feel obligated to stay. This is not my fault Sarah!" Ashley was getting angry and Sarah refused to let her feel like the victim. "Don't give me that bull Ash! She'd have stayed for you! She wanted to even. Now it's all she can do to get away. It's like I heard the hope drain out of her voice as she talked about you." "She kissed Aiden!" Ashley yelled into the phone "You broke up with her! She's acting Ashley like she doesn't care! Nick and her made a bet and Aiden kissed her when he heard about it, can you blame him? Did you see her today? Aside from the obvious fact that you broke up with her, there's also the fact that he's a guy! And Spencer's gay, clearly not her type." The way Sarah phrased those last few words made Ashley question what she thought she knew. "What are you talking about?" Ashley was intrigued. "You weren't here when Petra left her Ash. I've never seen her like that. It was like someone killed her and this dead body with my best friends name was walking around. She did some really stupid things for that entire year." Sarah sounded distant as she recalled her friends painful past. "Like what?" Ashley asked curiously. "Like hardcore drugs... She was never fat but when Petra left she just started working out. Then the Doucotti her Grampa bought her. I mean she's settled but she still boxes every afternoon, rides the bike when she's lost, she quit the drugs but she made some enemies when she quit." "That doesn't sound like Spencer." "I'm heading over there's things you need to hear." And Sarah hung up again.