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without further ado,Chapter 10 !"You're in love?" Kyla looks at us, a quizzical expression on her face. "With each other?"
"Yes Kyla, but you have to know we didn't do this to hurt you." Ashley tries to explain but Kyla isn't listening. She's too upset. It's going in one ear and out the other.
"Ashley, you wouldn't know what love looked like if it was tattooed on your face." Kyla crosses her arm.
"Well if it was tattooed on my face I wouldn't be able to see it, would I?" Ashley has a smug look on her face and the sisters are staring each other down. I mentally kick myself not realizing they were related earlier, but things are always obvious after the fact.
"Ashley!" I take her hand and squeeze it lightly. Even if it is a valid argument right now is not the time.
"You lied to me, both of you. Especially you, Spencer. I was so worried about Ashley last night and she was with you the whole time."
"I'm sorry, Kyla. I wanted to tell you, I really did. It made me sick to my stomach lying to you."
"Did you two have sex last night?" Kyla asks with squinted eyes as if she already knows the answer.
'What, no!" Ashley jumps up.
"Almost." I say quietly avoiding eye contact with the two sisters.
"Spencer..." Ashley screams in a whisper.
"We agreed to tell her the truth. The whole truth." And so help me god, I'm not going to lie to her anymore. Kyla's been so sweet with me. Even if we can never be friends, I don't want her to hate me.
"Ashley stopped it before things got too far." I say honestly.
"Thank you for being honest, Spencer. The hickey on Ashley's neck gave you guys away." Kyla glares at her sister. "I'm not a complete fool."
None of us move or say anything for the next few moments. Its up to Kyla what happens next. The ball is in her court. She knows everything now.
We're all pulled out of our thoughts by a new voice in the room.
"They're meant to be, Kyla. You can't change that." Madison is at Kyla's side. Where the hell did she come from?
"They put you in the middle of their little game and didn't care about your feelings or if you got hurt. Its wrong." Carmen protests.
"Hey, sleepy. Wake up, we're here." Ashley pushes a few strands of hair out of my face and I wake up to see I'm still in her car. Parked outside of her house.
"It was just a dream." I sigh.
"What was just a dream?" Ashley kills the engine and looks over at me, confused.
"We told Kyla about everything and she didn't take it well. She wouldn't listen. Carmen was there too. It was horrible, Ashley."
"Kyla does have the Davies temper." Ashley laughs but I don't find any of this funny, maybe in a few years but not at this moment. "Spencer, if you're really afraid of how she'll take it. We don't have to tell her today, or I can tell her alone."
I think over it for a few seconds but I already know it's not an option. "No. I don't want to keep lying, and I don't want us to be a secret either."
"I love you." Ashley reaches over and cups my face.
"I love you too, Ash." I put my hand over hers. "Now lets go in there before I lose my nerve."
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"You're in love?" Kyla looks at us, a quizzical expression on her face. "With each other?"
I see Ashley opening her mouth to respond but I don't let her. I'm not going to let them turn this into an argument. "Kyla, I know you're pissed at us right now, and you have every right to be. We lied to you, we kept things from you, and I'm really sorry about all of it. I know, Ashley is sorry too." I take a pause and she seems receptive so I continue, "I don't think it matters which mistake or who's mistake got us here, the fact is we're here now."
"Why didn't you tell me you and Ashley had history, Spencer? I would've understood, or at least tried to." Kyla takes a seat on the couch across from us. "And last night, when I called you, Ashley was with you the whole time and you didn't tell me, why? Do you know how worried I was?"
"I didn't tell you about Ashley because I didn't know she was your sister and I didn't want you to think any less of me for following the Ashley Davies around for a year to be rejected. As for last night, I should have told you Ashley was with me when you called, you deserved to know she was safe." Kyla seems content with my answer. She's a lot easier to read then her sister.
"Ashley you could've talked to me about what you were going through with Spencer. You were so sad in New York, I spent the whole summer trying to distract, it would have been easier had I known what I was distracting you from."
"I know, Kyla, but-" Ashley starts but is cut off.
"But nothing, Ashley. I'm your sister." Kyla sighs, "I don't appreciate being caught in the middle of all of this…. but love is never simple so I guess I can understand."
"So this is the lovely Spencer. I can definitely see what all the fuss is about." An older man, I instantly recognize as Ashley's father strolls into the room. "Dinner is ready if you girls are finished in here."
"Dinner?" Ashley looks at her father confused. I check my phone for the time, its only five o'clock I'm confused too.
"Yes, dinner. You still have a rehearsal to get to so I sped things up a bit." Oh, Right. Ashley is performing tomorrow at Quest. With everything going on she probably forgot. "There's more than enough food if you'd like to stay, Spencer." He offers.
"She's staying." Kyla answers for me. "Come on, dad. I'll help you set the table." Kyla drags her father off into the kitchen leaving Ashley and I alone. See, she is the sweet one.
They're not out of the living room for a full second before Ashley pulls me into her lap. "I think she took that well."
"She did." I lean in halfway and Ashley meets me in the middle for a kiss. There's no guilt or heaviness. Things couldn't feel more right. Well… other than the fact that her sister and father are in the next room.
So Kyla finally knows the truth, What do you all think will happen next?
Not sure if the story will end here or not, we shall see.
Check out my other story 'I thought she knew' ; I'll be updating that one pretty soon.