Chapter 10

I was walking down the hall, taking my time to get to my class. I actually have time to do that now that I know where they all are. So here I am placing one foot in front of the other not really thinking about anything… okay that's a lie, I'm thinking about her. That wonderful girl who seems to occupy my thoughts 24/7. I even had a dream about her the other night, it definitely had a happy ending, but not one of those happy endings you find in fairy tales. It was more of the happy ending you find in a porno, if you know what I mean.

Anyways, back to walking and thinking. Ashley. She's beautiful, funny, obviously well read and she's just someone who makes me feel good. All of a sudden a see a brunette come up beside me. I thought it was her but it turned out to be her sister.

"hey Ky" I say, yeah, we're on that phase of our friendship where we call each other by the first syllable of our name.

"hey Spence, what's up?"

"nothing, just enjoying a nice walk to class" I say casually looking around.

"you're thinking about her aren't you?" she knows me too well.

"okay, yeah, I just can't get her out of my head" I say with a goofy grin, and she can see the grin.

"be careful with her"

"Kyla, I've known her for weeks, none of this 'she's bad news' stuff has come true." Well that's not exactly true. "I mean, we're friends or a little more than friends or something… I don't know. All I know is that everyone is just judging her."

We're walking passed the quad and just as I say all of these nice things about the girl I like, we just happen to see her sitting on the same picnic table talking with some girl. Correction: flirting with some girl. So much for nice.

By this time Kyla and I have stopped walking and now we're staring, at the same thing. I still can't believe my eyes. Ashley's sitting on top of the table and smiling and giggling with some other brunette standing in front of her. Ashley's holding her hand swinging it back and forth. I see the other brunette throw her head back in laughter, I bet Ashley said something sexual again. Wait, what's this? Ashley just kissed the back of the other girl's hand. This is ridiculous. I knew I shouldn't have fallen for this girl. Is that what it is now? I've fallen for her? I've got to get this out of my head.

Ashley finally looks up at sees me staring at her. Apparently I must be a book because she can read me and knows I am not happy. She drops the hand of the girl in front of her and feels guilty for what she's done. She starts to get up off the table but I quickly turn to Kyla.

"I don't feel like going to class. I think I'm just going to skip and go home" I say quickly, I don't want to face Ashley right now.

"Spencer, don't let her get to you"

"let who get to me? Ashley?" I play it off as if I don't care. "no, I'm just not… not feeling well. I'll call you later for the homework" I take one last glance at Ashley who's trying to come towards me through the crowd, but I turn in the opposite direction and get away.

I'm lying on my bed at home already, both of my parents are at work and my brothers are at school so I'm in the clear. I turn my head to see the clock. School got out about 10 minutes ago. I know Ashley's going to be looking for me, wondering where I am, but I don't really feel like talking to her. I'm expecting my phone to ring, but instead the door bell goes off. I look out my window expecting to see an expensive car, but I don't, I don't see any cars at all. I know this means it's not Ashley. She never goes anywhere without one of her highly over priced leather interior cars. I head down stairs and open the door to see Kyla. But she's a little battered up, her hair is a little messy, her eye is a little red, probably a shiner, and she has a scratch on her left cheek. It's obvious there was a cat fight.

"oh my god Kyla! What the hell happened!?" I ask as I pull her into my house. She looks kind of sad and angry at the same time, but she's not going to cry. I can see it in her eyes.

"there was a little fight at school…"

"a fight!? Who pissed you off enough to get in a fight?!"

"… Ashley" I think I just blanked out, did she say Ashley?

"Ashley?!"

"don't worry, she looks just as bad as I do" she says trying to lighten the mood.

"what happened? I mean did you two get into your sisterly fights or something?"

"no, it's nothing like that… I just talked to her after you left."

"about what?"

"well, it kind of happened like this…"

Flashback

"no, I'm just not… not feeling well. I'll call you later for the homework" Spencer says and walks away. Kyla looks back at Spencer and can tell she's really hurt. Kyla turns back around and realizes this is all Ashley's fault. She sees Ashley walking over towards her, obviously trying to chase Spencer, but Kyla instantly steps in front of her.

"what the hell is wrong with you?!" Kyla yells catching everyone's attention in the quad.

"excuse me?" Ashley says as she turns and faces Kyla..

"she likes you! She really likes you and here you are flirting with some whore!" Kyla yells, some people start to gather in a circle around them.

"what did you just call me?" the brunette girl asks as she steps up beside Ashley.

"shut up" Kyla snaps back, earning an 'ooooh' from the newly formed audience.

"why don't you stay out of my business and out of my life" Ashley says taking a step closer to Kyla.

"why are you doing this to her?"

"this is none of your business!" Ashley yells.

"yes it is! She's my friend!"

"friend? You don't have any friends… you're just a wanna be version of me, and everyone knows it"

"this isn't about us!" Kyla yells. "for once, can't you just own up to your problems?! You've been chasing her weeks and she finally gives you a chance and here you are trying to pick up another girl right in front of her, EVEN after I helped you get her back!"

"we're not even serious, even ask her, that's what she keeps telling me"

"really? If you're not serious then why did Spencer pretend to go home sick after seeing you with this skank?"

"s-she skipped because she saw me flirting with another girl?" Ashley asked, her tone became a whole lot softer.

"yeah and she's obviously upset over it. If you had a HEART you wouldn't do this!"

"okay, that's it!" Ashley says as she pushes Kyla. She takes a few steps and loses her balance quickly. "I'm tired of you horning in on my life"

Kyla gets up and dusts her self off just to walk back up to Ashley. "well I'm tired of using girls that like you, especially when they're my friends!" Kyla says as she pushed Ashley even harder. She stumbles back and one of the spectators catches her before she can fall. She gets up and fast walks over to Kyla and they start going at it. A few slaps and scratches are made, and not to mention some hair pulling. Stacey being the friend she was tried to pull the two girls off of each other but in the end they all end up falling and Stacey quickly gets out before she gets too hurt. But Kyla and Ashley are still rolling on the ground kicking the shit out of each other.

A couple minutes later the fight is broken up by the school principal. The two girls were practically dragged to the office, and everyone else was sent to their class rooms. They spent last period in the office with a couple of ice packs, but not talking to each other. As soon as the final bell rang Kyla left the office not even caring about anything. She doesn't want to go home and deal with Ashley's mom, who is her current guardian, so she goes somewhere else. She goes to Spencer's house.

End of Flashback

"you and Ashley got into a fight?" Spencer asks.

"look I'm sorry, I just was tired of her hurting everyone. I saw how you reacted."

"no, look we're not girlfriends, we've only been out on like one date, so technically I have no control over her" It's true. Technically I did not say that we're exclusive, which I'm starting to regret.

"but she has control over you"

"what are you talking about?"

"you're so infatuated with her that you don't even care about dating other girls. She doesn't stop dating other girls"

"Kyla, you still shouldn't have gone all 'cat fight' on her"

"meh" she shrugs. "it was kind of fun, well not fun, but it's something I've wanted to do for a while" she says cracking a smile. It makes me smile to. But I still can't believe it.

"I thought you two were finally getting along" I say.

"no, not really. I mean she still gives me rides in the morning because I have to, but she usually just uses me to help you when she screws up"

"I'm sorry, I thought she as being nice to you"

"don't worry about it. I finally got some of my anger out"

"so where is she anyways?"

"I don't know… I left when the bell rang, I just left her in the office. But I should probably get home, Ashley's mom is probably going to have a bitch fit." She says making me laugh. I walk her up to the door to say goodbye.

"listen, Kyla, thanks for being a great friend, but you didn't have to get into a fight for me… maybe we're just not meant to work out"

"look, but it wasn't just for you, it was for all of those girls she's hurt in the past" She really is a good friend. I give her a quick hug good bye and I'm about to head up the stairs to my bedroom when the doorbell goes off. I turn around thinking Kyla just forgot something but when I opened the door I found another beat up brunette.

"Ashley?"

"hey, mind if I come in?" she asks quietly as she steps in my door way, I move out of the way and let her in without a word. "so I take it Kyla was here?"

"yeah, how'd you know?"

"I saw her walking out" of course she did.

"right…"

"look, about earlier-"

"no, don't worry about it. I'm not your girlfriend you can do what ever you want" I say, and not with attitude. This really,technically isn't her fault.

"you know, before today, I've never really had a problem with doing what I did. You know… the whole flirting with another girl, when I kissed someone else a few days before. Usually I wouldn't care. But Spencer, when I saw that look on your face, something just happened. If it were anyone else I would have just continued flirting, but that hurt in your eyes… it did something to me. Spencer, you have to understand it's a little scary for me. I've never really cared for someone as much as you, and I don't know why, it's just the way it is."

"so what are you trying to say Ash?"

She takes my hand in hers and takes off one of her bracelets, the ones that mean more to her than anything. "what I'm trying to say is… Spencer Carlin, will you be my girlfriend?"

I don't answer; I'm still a little taken back, because she takes on of her precious rubber bracelets and puts it on my wrist. One of her bracelets that she has nevertaken off.

Step 1: Swoon. Step 2: Collect thoughts. Step 3: Speak.

I open my mouth but I have a little trouble getting words out. "I…"

Step 3 isn't as easy as it seems.