Any chapter that is in Ashley's POV will say so... otherwise it's gonna be Spencer. :) Hope you enjoy this chapter.


Chapter 7

"Spencer! Spencer, wake up!" I open my eyes to see Madison standing over me.

"Hmm..." I say, sleepily.

"I'm going down to breakfast, you wanna come?" She asks as I sit up and glance over at Rachael and Stacy—who are having sex. I quickly avert my gaze up to Ashley's bed to see she's already gone, then look back to Madison. "They've been going at it for about twenty minutes now so they should be done soon." I nod but don't dare look in their direction. "You coming?" She asks me again. I nod my head and get up from the bed.

"I'm just gonna go brush my teeth really quickly." I say grabbing my toothbrush and toothpaste off my dresser.

"Okay, I'm gonna wait downstairs and um..." she pauses and looks back at her friends. "Let them finish." I whisper an 'okay.' As we make our way to the door I hear Stacy's moaning out that she's about to cum. Is it wrong to think that two of my friends having sex is hot?

Madison and I, part ways as she makes her way downstairs and I head to the bathroom. After brushing my teeth, I quietly sneak back into the room, being sure not to look in their direction. On my way out this time I hear Rachael saying she's about to cum. Wow, that was fast. They're probably gonna go shower and have sex again anyways.

After grabbing my tray I find Madison at our normal table. "How is it that they can wake up the next morning and have sex after having sex for most of the night last night?" I ask Madison as I take a seat across from her.

"They're a couple of horny teenagers. They're just making sure they live up to the stereo-type." She tells me with a shrug, taking a bite out of her muffin. I nod and focus my attention on my food.

"Hey bitches." Rachael says coming and sitting down next to me about ten minutes later.

"Good morning you guys." Stacy opts for the politer greeting.

I smile and wave, not wanting to talk with food in my mouth but Madison says, "Good morning in deed." With a smirk plastered on her face.

"As a matter-of-fact, Madison." Rachael starts, glancing at her girlfriend—kissing her cheek before continuing, "It is a good morning. I've came three times already." She fakes a smile at Madison who flips her off. I love the banter between them, it always makes me smile.

"Behave you two." Stacy says looking back and forth between them.

"She started it." Rachael mumbles. Madison just rolls her eyes and smiles, then goes back to eating her food.

"Have either of you seen Ashley?" Stacy asks, suddenly.

"I haven't seen her since last night." Rachael informs her girlfriend.

"Me either." Madison agrees.

"Has she been extra weird lately to you guys?" Stacy asks Madison and Rachael. I just continue to eat my food—not knowing anything about the subject and all.

"Not really." Rachael says.

"No." Madison shakes her head.

"I don't know, I just feel like the whole Sarah thing is finally catching up to her." Stacy says and before I can't stop the words from leaving my lips I ask,

"Who's Sarah?" Everyone's face contorts in discomfort. It seems like a subject that no one really likes to talk about. I'm not sure why though.

"Um..." Rachael starts, getting a look from her girlfriend. "You probably should just ask Ash about this." Rachael tells me through a sigh.

"Yeah, Spence. It's a pretty touchy subject." Madison adds.

"Yeah, sure." I say nodding my head. "It's just that, I've seen Ashley crying and I was wondering if it was about this Sarah girl." I say and gets looks of disbelief from everyone at the table.

"Ashley's been crying?" Stacy asks and I nod my head. I guess they didn't know. I've caught her crying, a few times.

"Maybe it's worse than we thought." Rachael tells her friends.

"You talk to her, Mads. She'll listen to you." Stacy suggests, and Madison nods in agreement.

"I'll talk to her tonight."

"Yeah, okay." Rachael and Stacy nod.

"I'm gonna go visit Kyla for a little while." I tell the table, standing up. I feel a little out of place, not knowing anything about Ashley or this mysterious Sarah person.

"Okay." They say in unison and I can hear the name Sarah being mentioned as I walk to toss out my tray. I make my way out of the dining hall down to Kyla's room. I knock and get a 'come in.'

"Hey Kyla, I..." I stop dead in my tracks when I see Ashley sitting on Kyla's bed, but Kyla isn't in the room. She turns and looks at me, catching my eyes before quickly turning away.

"She went to the bathroom." She says with her head down.

"Okay." I start walking towards her. "Is it okay if I wait?"

"Yeah." She nods and stands up. "I was just leaving anyways."

"You don't have to go, Ashley." I say in a voice I barely recognize as my own.

"I really do. Could you tell Kyla I'll be back in a little while." She tells me before making her way hastily to the door and leaving—without even glancing back at me.

"Okay, that wasn't weird." I say out loud to myself.

A few minutes later, Kyla comes back into the room. "Where's Ashley?" She asks making her way over to the bed.

"Um.. she said to tell you that she'll be back in a minute then she just left." I tell her and she lets a small smile play at her lips.

"Oh." Is all she says.

"I just came by to check and make sure you were okay." I tell her as she sits down. I take a seat next to her.

"Yeah, I am." She smiles. "I was told that I have you to thank for that."

I shrug, "No need to thank me."

"Spencer, you saved my life. I have every reason to thank you... So thank you." She says then pulls me into a hug.

"You're welcome." I warp my arms around her and she pulls me tighter into the hug. "Kyla." I whisper.

"Hmm?" She says not letting me go from her grasp.

"I...can't...breathe." I choke out—air becoming an issue.

"Oh. Sorry." She says releasing me. "I guess I'm just really grateful." She giggles then lays back on her bed.

"Well, you're really welcome."

"Can I ask you something, Spencer?"

"Sure."

"Do you like my sister?" She asks with no trepidation.

"Um...I don't really know her that well." I point out.

"But do you like her though, right? Like you know, you think she's attractive?" Kyla asks with a smile.

"Yeah." I blurt out quickly. "I mean, who wouldn't?" I try and correct myself but I can tell Kyla isn't buying it.

"You should talk to her... you two have a lot more in common then you think." She says and I'm not sure what she means.

"What does that even mean, Kyla?" I ask and her smile grows wider.

"Maybe you should just talk to her. You know..." She pauses dramatically. "Get to know each other better." She says slowly.

"Ooooookay." I say standing up from the bed. "I'm gonna go, I'll talk to you later. Maybe you can come up to the room later?" She smiles and nods. "Kay, cool." I turn and make my way towards the door, when I'm about to open it Ashley walks in.

"Hey." She says stopping abruptly so she doesn't run into me.

"Hi." I breathe out. We stare at each other for a moment before I speak up. "I was just leaving." I tell her and she nods.

"Yeah, okay sorry." She says stepping aside so I can get by.

"Thank you." I smile at her then yell a 'bye Kyla' over my shoulder before shutting the door to Kyla's room behind me. As I'm walking up the stairs to the room my phone rings, I look down and see that it's Mrs. Carroll. I let a small smile escape my lips as I press the green button...

"Hello.." I answer.

"Hey Spencer, it's Mrs. Carroll." She tells me like I didn't already know. I take a deep breath and wait for her to tell me the news. "I got bad news kiddo." She starts and I don't need to hear the rest of her sentence to know what she's about to tell me. "I couldn't find anyone to take you in right now, so it looks like you'll have to stay at the Heart House for a while." I release the breath I was holding and try and will myself not to cry. I guess my silence was a clue that I wasn't happy about the news. "I promise that I'm gonna try really hard, Spencer. I'm gonna get you with a family as soon as I can." She tries to convince me, but I know that the longer you stay in a place like this... the less you have a chance of getting out.

Look at my roommates.

Perfect examples.

"It's fine." I tell her, trying not to choke on my words. I wanted nothing more than to be given another chance with another family. I know I've screwed up in the past but, I told myself this time would be different. This time I was gonna try and be a good daughter. But there is no this time.

"Spencer-"

"It's fine, Mrs. Carroll." I cut her off and make my way up the steps to my room. "My roommates and I were just on our way out the door, so I'll talk to you later." I lie. She sighs, probably realizing that I'm lying to her. That deep down I am truly heartbroken. She probably feels like she's let me down but she hasn't. I thank her for all the stuff she's done for me. She's never given up on me, even when everyone told her she should.

"Please do call me later, Spencer." She says and I can hear the incertitude in her voice. She knows that I probably wont.

"Okay." I lie again. We hang up as I reach the door to the room. I open it hoping for it to be empty and luckily it is. I trudge over to my bed and flop down on it as the tears begin the fall freely.

You know it's funny how when you have something you take it for granted but when there's a chance that you'll never get it back, that's when it becomes of importance to you.

I never thought that my actions would lead me to be in a place like this. Don't get me wrong, there are far worse places I could be, the street being one of them, but I just always assumed that if I fucked up with one family Mrs. Carroll would just find me another.

I know she tried, she probably tried harder than she ever has, but foster parents talk to other foster parents and I know that the way I treated some of those families has probably hindered the process of finding me another family to go live with.

"Spencer, are you okay?" I look up with red, puffy eyes to Stacy, Rachael and Madison standing over me. I didn't even hear them come in the room.

"What's wrong?" Madison asks, taking a seat at the foot of my bed. The looks of anguish on their faces surprises me.

"I um..." I start, sitting up on my bed—throwing my feet over the side to let them dangle over the edge.

"What is it?" Stacy bends down in front of me and asks.

"Mrs. Carroll called me..." I trail off and look at each of their confused faces, then remember that they don't know who that is. "She's my social worker." I say and they all nod and mouth an 'oh.' "She called and said that I'm gonna have to stay here for a while." I sniffle out.

"Wait!" Stacy says standing up abruptly. "That's it?" She asks with a smile on her face. I nod my head as she gives her girlfriend and Madison a look.

"Do you hate us that much, Spence?" Rachael quips.

"No!" I reply immediately. "It's not that. It's just... I've never not had Mrs. Carroll come through for me." I drop my head down. "I've never stayed in a foster home before." I admit timidly.

Madison laughs, "Spencer, everything is gonna be fine." she assures me. An assurance that she is not capable of making.

"Seriously Spence." Stacy says bending down in front of me again. "Is it a family that you want? Cause I mean, we can be your family." She tells me thumbing in both Madison and Rachael's direction. "We're not going anywhere. We'll always be here for you." She adds and it sends a fresh wave of tears down my face.

"Shit! See what you did, Stacy." Madison says moving closer to me, rubbing circles in my back.

"What'd I say?" Stacy ask, confused.

"I'm not crying cause I'm sad." I say wiping at the tears that are falling. "I'm crying because besides Aiden, no one has ever called me family." I tell them through sobs.

"Aw." They all three say in unison.

"Well, you don't have to worry about that anymore cause we love you, Spence. And we'll always be your family." Rachael says with a smile plastered on her face. "I think this is group hug time." Her face turns serious. Madison and Stacy both agree before that all engulf me into a massive group hug.

"You guys I can't breathe." I choke out as air became a problem from how tightly everyone was griping me.

"Sorry." They all pull back and say before smiling.

"How about we all go down and visit Kyla. I'm sure Ashley's down there already." Madison says standing up from the bed.

"Sounds good." Stacy agrees, as Rachael helps her off the floor. She holds out a hand for me, I take it and she helps me up from the bed with a smile. We all make our way to the door when Rachael turns to me and asks,

"Seriously Spence, I wanna know. We're not that bad, are we?" She asks with a smile but I know she's dead serious.

"No." I shake my head and smile. "You guys are awesome." I reply truthfully.

"Way to feed her ego, Spence." Stacy jokes as we exit out the door.

"I thought you loved my big ego, baby." Rachael says to her girlfriend as she wraps her arms around her waist from behind.

"Didn't I just thank Spencer for it?" She turns around in her girlfriends arms and kisses her.

"It never stops." Madison shakes her head and I run to catch up with her as Rachael throws Stacy into the wall and they make out heavily.

"They wouldn't have sex right here in the hallway would they?" I asks as Madison and I reach the stairs. We both turn back and look at our friends who are touching and kissing on each other like they're in the privacy of their own bedroom. Madison gives me a look then smirks, not having to say a word for me to get what she's saying. I laugh and shake my head at Stacy and Rachael before making my way down the stairs with Madison.

They're totally gonna have sex in the hallway.


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