Chapter 14 – London?!
About thirty minutes later Spencer walked into the house and instructed Ares to go lay down in his room. She told Ashley and Aphrodite to come into the study so they could talk. Spencer paced and was extremely angry at her daughter, "I can't believe you would do something like that. You're grounded." Ashley spoke up a little, "I covered that part already." Spencer looked at Ashley and sighed not knowing what else to do with her out of control daughter, "I think Oceanic Prep is our best option right now." Ashley looked somewhere other than the people in the room and thought for a moment before nodding, "I think so too."
Aphrodite sat up straighter in her chair and looked concerned, "What's Oceanic Prep?" Spencer looked at her and spoke calmly so she wouldn't get up on another rampage, "A private school in London. You would be the only student in the school with her own room and on the weekends you'll attend anger management and therapy." Aphrodite immediately became even more angry, "Oh this is bull shit." Ashley pointed a finger at her, "You watch your mouth."
Spencer remained calm so Aphrodite didn't do anything rash, "We've been talking to the school a lot recently and I think we should take you as soon as possible." Aphrodite had stood up when she began yelling profanity at her mothers, she soon sat down in utter disbelief, "You're sending me away?" Ashley nodded a little, "For a year. You'll come home on holidays or if you choose to stay then you can…you'll be going alone. We'll e-mail and call you all the time. They have the best anger management coach there and a very good therapist for you." Aphrodite was still confused as to why she had to go across the globe for something like this, "I can't go to anger management here? Mama can't be my therapist? What about BB? You can't make me go without him. He's my best friend…what about everyone else? They all get to stay, but I have to leave?" Ashley sighed and covered her eyes as painful memories flashed across her vision as she spoke some all too familiar words, "We've made up our minds Dite. You're going to London."
Ashley Flashback
A young Ashley sat in the living room with her mother and step-father number eight. He didn't like kids and Ashley was beginning to lash out quite a bit. Her mother sipped the wine in her hand as Ashley sat there being told why she was a terrible child and how her father never loved her and that it was time for her to grow up. "You're sending me away," questioned Ashley. "You need this. I can't deal with you anymore, you've gotten out of control. It's this or military school," said her mother. "I'm not going anywhere just because you want to impress this jackass over here by being an actual mother for once," anger covered up the utter hurt inside her. "We've made up our minds Ashley. You're going to Ohio," said her mother.
Back in the Study
Aphrodite began to yell, "Fine! You want me gone?! I'm packing tonight and I want to be on a plane tomorrow at the latest. Get me one tonight even! It'll be great! Get rid of the problem child!"
She stormed out the room cursing at them under breath, but still loud enough for them to hear her. She stomped up the stairs and began throwing all her belongings into suitcases and boxes. She was throwing things in different places and stood there looking at her half empty room. Aphrodite flung her door open and Apollo stood with his fist up about to knock, "The rents just informed us all. Dude you can't go."
She just shrugged and walked down the stairs standing there waiting for her mothers to acknowledge her presence. Once they did she began to speak, "I'm packed. I have a suitcase with stuff I'll need for a couple days then I want the rest of my stuff shipped to me. I want to go alone. Say bye to me at the airport and adios."
Her moms just nodded and she walked towards the door. Spencer stood up, "Get back inside, you're not going anywhere." Aphrodite was angry and her mother didn't scare her, "I have a girlfriend to break up with; I'll be home tomorrow morning." She walked out the door and closed it hearing hr mother scream after her, "Aphrodite!" Aphrodite stopped with the door not closed all the way and yelled back quickly, "Fuck off!" She slammed the door behind her and they heard her truck start up and take off.