A/N: song by the Carpenters called A song for You

The windshield shattered allowing water to surround our bodies, Ashley and Aiden quickly climbed over the dashboard with Sean between them, the three of them smashed together trying to not lose the unconscious one in the current. Nodding I told Chelsea to go first she smiled at me than started going forward, she made it out as I felt the car slid further down into the small creek we'd been left in.

I sat there in the water, feeling it swirl around me, I'm not crazy I know I should be swimming as fast as possible to the surface but at this moment...in this situation I actually felt peaceful. No one was around, the water cooling off my heated body, sounds no longer existing; life halting yet continuing at break neck speeds. In this moment I wanted to stay, I would always have the happy times, the thoughts of my parents, of Ashley and the others getting along, the way Ashley's lips felt on mine...all my memories would get washed away in this creek forever to flow threw the forest, the world, making me live forever though the body I live in riots...okay screw that...

XXX

Breathing out all the water that seemed to make it's way into my mouth as Aiden and I crashed thru the surface, swinging are arms we made it safely to the shore. Laying Sean down Aiden went to work to make sure he was still breathing while I turned around to check on the other two. Chelsea popped up and started swimming toward us, I rushed forward as best I could in my wet clothes, "Where's Spencer?" I asked helping her out as my eyes scanned the rushing creek.

"She was right behind me," Chelsea breathed hard as she too began to look around.

"Are you sure?"

"I mean, she let me go before her so I assumed she..."

"Shit!" I cut her off as my feet started back into the water.

Chelsea grabbed my arm, "You don't think she would..." before she finished Spencer's head bobbed into view and we both let out a sigh we didn't know we were holding in.

She pulled herself out of the water giving us a lop-sided grin as she yanked down on her soaking wet shirt, we smiled back, "Ladies can we hurry it up!" Aiden broke us out of the yea we survived mode.

Aiden and I picked Sean up again and stared at our surroundings, trees in every direction "Pick a way?" Chelsea said hopelessly.

Spencer all of a sudden made a weird screech sound we all looked at her, she started walking away and we knew we had to follow.

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Okay so I'm not positive but I'm almost sure I heard a truck horn, so I started walking that way, I only heard it once and nothing after so maybe it was a trick of my brain since it was used to hearing things, it could have made me think I heard it.

Chelsea came up to me trying to grab my arm and stop me but I couldn't let her I'm sure it was a horn and I had to get to it, in the corner of my eye I saw her raise her hands in defeat at the others and disappear behind me.

A minute later Ashley was next to me trying the same thing, grabbing at my arms to slow me down but if I wanted to save Sean we had to keep going, she rushed ahead and stood in my way. Taking a step to the side she followed with her arms up, hands still inching toward my arms.

Stomping my legs and throwing my arms around I tried to get her to move, I didn't care how much of a child I looked like throwing a tantrum, she shook her head no, rolling my eyes I rushed her and spun as I faked her out, a great football move I'll have to thank all the men in my family for thanksgiving football games. I started running this time but Ashley was right behind me, damn she's fast...I dodged tree after tree toward where I heard the sound.

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"Spencer slow down," Chelsea said again trying in vein to grab her arms.

"Where is she going?" Aiden wondered shifting Sean's arm around his shoulder. Finally Chelsea gave up and walked toward us.

"Here take Sean," I slipped Sean's arm around her and walked faster to Spencer who seemed dead set to go where ever she was going.

I did the same as Chelsea but got no where, when she wants something she gets it...I wonder if that goes for in the bedroom too...okay Ash get your head out of the gutter. I jumped in front of her causing her to stop. She stepped right and so did I, reaching my hands out to her. She started stomping and throwing her hands around, God she's so cute when she doesn't get what she wants...whoa well the hell did she learn that...I thought as she spun around me and took off.

I ran after her, legs pumping, hearing Aiden and Chelsea shouting behind us. The forest was passing by in a blur as the only thing in focus was the blond in front of me, zoning everything else out I had to make her stop. A few feet away I threw my self hard and fast slamming into her, arms wrapping safely around her waist as we tumbled to the ground. Squirming as best she could to get out from underneath me, I let up enough for her to turn around, our eyes locked...

HONK...HONK...

My eyes widened and she smiled knowing I heard what she had, which made my eyes widen that much more, "Spencer?" she just stared at me, Damn I really thought she was going to hear me.

"What the hell?" Aiden growled coming up from behind, him and Chelsea out of breath cause they were both dragging dead weight seeing as how Sean was completely out.

"Didn't you hear that?" they shook there head no, this time I rushed forward and pushed past some bushes, "Oh my God it's the highway!" I shouted.

The five of us climbed through and were now standing on the side have route 12 near the LA entrance but it was the back way so not a lot of cars. We flagged down a car and used the man's cell phone.

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Soon the high way was surround with police cars, ambulances, helicopters and news vans. It was a mad house, spot lights lit everything up, cops started separating us, Sean was put in the back of an ambulance with Chelsea crawling in for a ride. Aiden was wrapped in a blanket with news cameras flashing in his face and Ashley was talking to a police officer, I sat on the back of an ambulance watching the scene, a paramedic wrapped a blanket around my wet soaking body.

XXX

"Can you tell us what happened?"

"What the kidnappers do to you?"

Question after question was being shot at me and Aiden as we talked to a police officer, "I just want to go home," Aiden whispered to me, I nodded in agreement ready for a long bubble bath and nice cat nap, "Hey leave her alone!"

Looking over I saw he was yelling at a news man trying to ask Spencer some questions, she shrank so far into the blanket pulling away, "Stop it!" I yelled as me and Aiden made our way to her.

"I'm just doing my jobs kids, what to say a few words?" he asked thrusting the microphone in our face.

"Get away,"

"Or what, and what's up with her...cat got her tongue?" he snickered, he hated rich kids and nothing seemed wrong with them so why play the sympathy card.

"Fuck off!" Aiden pushed him.

"Watch it kid!"

"He bothering you son?" a police officer bounded up.

"Yea..."

"Sir I'm going to ask you to step away..."

"Whatever," the reporter pointed a finger at Aiden before running back to behind the police line.

"When can we get out of here?" I asked as Spencer snuggled into my arms, she fit so perfectly, not an inch of space between us, her back was on my front and her head rested on my shoulder under my chin as her tired eyes watched Aiden and the police officer.

"Now miss, this ambulance is going to take the three of you away to get looked at," he glanced down at Spencer's lower region than back at me, "Make sure everything's in order," he said sympathetically to us. I don't know how he knew but he did.

"Climb up!" a paramedic said and closed the door behind us once we were loaded and ready to go.

XXX

The ambulance parked in front of the hospital, the minute the doors opened flashing cameras and news reporters rushed toward us. My hand tightened on Ashley's hand, she squeezed back as Aiden placed a protective arm around both of us, ushering us inside quickly.

Several doctors came at us; one group took Aiden away checking out every burn on his body. A nurse grabbed my wrist pulling me toward an examining room, it was getting hard to breath as I yanked away and started to walk back to Ashley but the nurse wouldn't have it.

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"Can I go with her?" I asked watching Spencer fight with the nurse to get back to me.

"I'm sorry," the doctor said, "You need to get checked out as well."

"I'm fine, they didn't touch me, please she's scared..." I searched over his shoulder than looking at him.

"We'll take good care of her, your safe now,"

"I know we're safe but please she needs me,"

The doctor stopped me from walking to her again, "I'm sorry..."

"I need some help!" the nurse called out making the doctor turn around, "Someone get a sedative!"

"She doesn't need it, leave her alone!"

"Miss please just go back to the waiting room," The doctor nodded like it was the end of this discussion, man adults suck.

"Don't hurt her; she's just scared she can't hear anything..."

"Ashley!" her voice chocked on sobs as she was crying wanting to get back to me, the sound coming out loud, scared and shaky as she hadn't used it in awhile, "Ashley!" she was pinned to the ground which made her freak out more.

"Stop she doesn't like that!" I rushed forward only to have a guard grab me around my waist holding me back, "Leave her alone...your suppose to be helping, your scaring her!"

"You need to calm down miss," the guard told me.

"Piss off and let me go," I kneed him in the balls, he released his grip and fell to the ground, wasting no time I made my way to the struggling doctors and nurses, pushing the one with a needle away, "Stop!" I shouted forcing my self into the tangle of bodies, finding the one I was searching for. She fought me; I saw her blue eyes clouded with fear.

"Stop, please," she begged the doctors, "Don't your hurting me!" I stopped, no one was really touching her in anyway to hurt her...than it hit me, she thinks he's touching her, she's reliving the rape, my heart pounded and my arms reacted wrapping around her, the minute she was inside my safe arms away from the doctors and nurses, unpinned from the ground and allowed to move she relaxed and cuddled on my lap.

"Miss?"

"I'm not leaving her!" I growled at the doctor, who held his hands up.

"Fine, follow me..." I helped her up and we walked to a door, he led us in, "A female doctor was assigned to this room, she'll be in here in a minute to go over Spencer."

"Thank you," he smiled and left.

"Ashley?" her small voice brought me back inside the room, away from my thoughts. Smiling I crawled up on the bed opening my arms for her to join, confusion danced on her face for a second which I thought was odd because she never had any hesitation to slip into my arms when we were in the truck.

"It's okay baby," I encouraged.

"I'm not a baby," she insisted a sly smile crossing her soft lips.

"Spencer...wait you heard me?" I sat up a bit on my elbows, "Since when?"

"A few minutes ago," she whispered coming onto the bed with me, I let my arms secure her against my body holding her so close so she wouldn't leave or fall off, "Ash?"

"Mmm?"

"I...I'm gay,"

"What?"

"I've been gay for like ever and I've had a crush on you and I know that I'm just some loser geek to you or what ever..." I didn't need to hear the rest as I took possession of her lips silencing her rant.

"Spence your not a loser geek, uncoordinated at times but not a geek and...I've actually have had a crush on you too."

She sat up a bit staring at me, "Than why have you been mocking me? Do you know how much that hurt...?"

"Yes," she raised an eyebrow as if saying yeah right, "Every day I saw it on your face...I knew I just couldn't seem to stop." Silence took over the room, we both knew we'd have to talk about it more but right now we were content to just be, us, no one else around to judge or comment.

"Ash?"

"Yeah?"

"I was wondering...I never really got to hear you sing so um can I hear you now?" she pleaded quietly afraid to break the moment.

"I guess," I said making her giggle as I pulled her closer making sure her head was on my chest like the first time...

I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my love in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you

I know your image of me is what I hope to be
I've treated you unkindly but darlin' can't you see
There's no one more important to me
Darlin' can't you please see through me
Cause we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you

You taught me precious secrets of the truth witholding nothing
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding

I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for in my life you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing this song for you

You taught me precious secrets of the truth witholding nothing
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding

I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for in my life you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing this song for you
We were alone and I was singing this song for you

As I finished I heard Spencer's soft baby snore coming thru her mouth the air hitting the skin of my flesh, the sound and feeling a thing I probably could never sleep with out now that'd I'd felt it for these past couple of days or weeks I'm not sure, "I'll always sing for you now Spence, just you..." I whispered following her lead and falling asleep with her in my arms, a thing I hope never changes.

TBC.