Hey lovely readers and Reviewers. Could use a couple reviews people, just to let me know that people are still reading. I appriciate any sort of feedback. So here's chapter 9. Cliffy at the end. Probably sending another update later.

Disclaimer: Don't own SON, just Alex, Lucy, Arden, and Wiley.

Music Used: Changed by You-Between the Trees


The Aftermath of Departure

Ashley's POV

God, a week ago was a fucking tornado…and the only one partially left in the wake is Arden. Alex, Spence and I spent the week strolling around town and catching up. God, she's still pretty much the same and I luffs it. Arden is still acting funny around her, ducking out of rooms and speaking a few words to be polite, but I know that they talk because Alex always goes and finds her, wonder what's going on in the bountiful cornucopia that is my sister's mind.

Spencer is coming over later to move all her stuff into the Davies house. Oh, right I neglected to tell you that…well yeah, I thought it was the next step in the relationship, so I took it. I mean I was a mess when I asked her tripping over my words and everything but she said yes and I honestly can't be happier.

'Cause I am changed by you

The more I get to know you

The more I want you close to me

And I'll take care of you

Please just say you'll let me

Forever be whatever you need

And so if you're supposed to get what you deserve in life

And you came just in the nick of time

God's grace has overtaken me

My love, needless to say, I am blessed by you

'Cause you are the one, you are the one that I've been waiting for

I've been waiting for

And I am changed by you

The more I get to know you

The more I want you close to me

And I'll take care of you

Please just say you'll let me

Forever be whatever you need

You melt my fears away

And reach inside me with your eyes

And light a burning fire

And I cannot stop staring

And I am changed by you

The more I get to know you

The more I want you close to me

And I'll take care of you

Please just say you'll let me

Forever be whatever you need

Alright, enough of this wallowing shit music. What has happened to the bad ass Davies name here? We're a bunch of mushballs…Not saying being a mushball is bad, cause I mean I have Spence and she definitely likes the mushy. But Arden? Come on. This sappy music is enough to make me depressed.

I burst into her door and look at her sitting on her bed, typing away at her computer with her speakers blaring, she grins and giggles, reading something on the computer. Alright…she's obviously out of her funk…but what is making her laugh so much?

"Hey Ard!" I yell at her. "TURN THE MUSIC DOWN!" She jumps and looks up, muting her computer.

"Alright, alright Ash, crisis averted, music off, you can leave now." She seems pretty eager to get me away. Is she watching porn? Is she doing something illegal? Now I'm curious.

"Hey Ard? Can I see your computer for a sec? I wanna check my e-mail and your computer is already up so…"

"Uh, no sorry, working on something important…maybe even a new song…I'm feeling inspired…" She smirks and continues typing away. Ok, now its just weird…I've gotta see what's going on. I lunge for the laptop and snatch it up, Ard jumps up and screams, "Give it, back Ash! Come on, its mine!" She jumps onto my back and snatches it away, but not before I see the screen name on the computer that had just logged off from the chat. Laxxychick10. Alex's screen name.

"Ard…how did you get Alex's screen name?" She shifts nervously.

"Uh…she texted me it…from the number I got on your phone…" She runs out of the room with me chasing after her almost knocking over Kyla.

"YOU WENT THROUGH MY FUCKING PHONE!" I tackle her and wrestle her to the ground, sitting ontop of her.

"Come on, Ash. Let me up." She squirms trying to get away.

"Nope…say it."

"Fine…Ashley's personal belongings are not mine and I should not go through them without her permission under penalty of humiliation, being tackled, and/or the severance of limbs... Happy now?" I grin and let her up. You know I did say humiliation.

"So…you don't like Alex…and yet you try to kiss her and you get her screen name by sneaking through my room…well then I guess I could show her some lovely pictures of you, Ard." I give her a pointed look and her eyes go wide.

"Ash…no…not the ballerina ones…" Oh yes, little bad ass, converse and black wearing Arden used to jump around in a frilly, pink, tutu.

"Ohhh yes…those ones…" I smirk deviously before running into my room and locking the door. Arden bangs on the door screaming for me to not show them. Just as I pick up my phone it buzzes. It's a number I don't know.

"Hey is this Ashley Davies?" A mysterious girl asks.

"Uh, yeah, who's this?"

"Don't know if you remember me, but its Lucy Reed." My heart drops, it doesn't feel right.

"Yeah, I remember…is Alex ok?"

"That's why I'm calling. I'm at the hospital…there's been an accident."