These past few days or should I say weeks, maybe even months have been hectic. I ran from here to there, picking up kids, and dropping them off. It has been crazy. I haven't had anytime for Ashley. I feel horrible. I have been neglecting her. She doesn't seem to let that be an excuse though.

I am sitting here in, a five-star resturant, with her. Holding her hands. Chatting about nothing, yet everything. We've had this little agreement called love going for so long that, we seem to talk with our eyes.

"Don't you love this?" she askes

"Love what?"

"Love this." She says lifting my hands off of the table as they are clasped in hers.

"More than anything." I say streching my head across the table to meet hers in the middle, for a kiss.

"I glad."

"Me too." I smile, she smiles back her nose slightly crinkling.

"Sorry to interupt this love-fest, but I am here to take your order." I turn to look up

"Kyla?" I screech excitedly, Ashley rolls her eyes.

"Hey" she say leaning down to hug me and then Ashley.

"Hey, now go away, Kyla. Me and Spence are kinda, having dinner…..alone."

"Okay, okay I get it. Just thought I would say 'hey' on my way out."

"Well, 'hey' now can we get back to what we were doing?"Ashley scoffs

You'd think she would grow up, maybe a little bit, but not at all. She and Kyla still fight like they did when they were seventeen and twenty-one and twenty-five, I guess it will never stop. At least it's harmless.

"Bye, Kyla it was nice seeing you!" I shout with a smile plastered on my face as she walks out.

"Ugg, thank you! She is gone." Ashley says rolling her eyes.

"Back to dinner?" I say as she grobles.

"Yes, back to dinner. So we can have desert!"she says smirking

We finish up eating, and conversation goes on with it. The minute the waitress walked by, Ash throws cash on the table and grabs my hand, motioning me to my feet.

"Where are we going?" I question as I am being pulled out of the resturant giggling like crazy.



"You'll see." She says focusing on the road.

"Come on….I hate suprises." I whine

"Nah-uhh" she says shaking her head, holding in her laughter.

"Hmmmph."I pouted

We buckle ourselves into the car and I begin to question even more, but no answers besides giggles.

We pull up to the boardwalk, I knew where we were going. Back to the beach. We always went here when we were younger. It just stopped. But, Here we are again.

"Here we are."

"The beach!"

"It's our spot."

"Yea, it's just….god we haven't been hear since Caleb was born, I mean alone."

I stopped amazed. In front of me was a table, candles and rose petals and chocolate cheesecake.

"You did all of this!" I exclaimed

"Just for you."she whispered looking off into the deep dark ocean.

The moon shone, perfectly onto the gleaming blue water, her face deep in concentration, her smile shining into her eyes. This night couldn't get more perfect. I finally felt like I was care-free, even if a mere half-hour away my worries lay sleeping in three beds. I was going to enjoy this, because it might not last.

"Beautiful isn't it?" she says into the quiet night air.

"From where, I'm standing it's gorgous." I say softly walking closer to her and grabbing onto her hand to turn her attention toward me. She looks into my eyes, as I stare back into her deep brown orbs. Her nose crinkles with the slightest smile as she steps closer to me.

"Really? I was just thinking the same thing." She says leaning over to the table and pressing play on the stereo, as she puts her hands on my hips, I snake mine around her neck. I sway back and forth to the slow melody. The lights are shining down onto the beach, making it look like a surreal dream; one I'd stay in forever. I leaned my head into the crook of her neck, and lightly kissed her shoulder.

"I love you." I whisper and then, "everything will work out babe, it always has."



She simply smiles, knowing that every word spoken tonight was complete truth. She knew, and so did I. So with the bright lights cascading down on us, as we slow dance to the melody letting our problems drift away, for just that short three hours, we were 17 again. Carefree with our love carrying us instead of responsiblities.