Spencer had been a wreck for the next month but being the type of person she was, she buried her feelings and moved on. She had decided to go to the University of Stockholm since there was now no reason for her not too. Ashley had also kept up an unaffected façade but would go home everyday and collapse from the exhaustion of pretending not to love Spencer . The two never talked while Katie, Jason, and Aiden talked to each other frequently, confused about the abrupt breakup.
Aiden tried to get Spencer to find out the reasons behind the breakup but Spencer was firm in her resolve not to beg. To her, Ashley had ended it and there was nothing she could do but try to move on with her life. After that, Spencer did not want to hear any mention of her ex-girlfriend. The situation was similar to Ashley's . Ashley did not want to hear anything about Spencer and would immediately change the subject if the blonde was brought up in conversation.
And that was it for the two girls. Their relatively short relationship had ended abruptly. Not long after, graduation came and went. Spencer got ready to go to Stockholm for the summer since she had signed up for a summer program at the school. She said her goodbyes to Aiden but the two kept in contact.
Ashley , Katie, and Jason returned to school for there senior year. Life went on for everybody. Katie and Jason both went to BU while Ashley stayed relatively close to home and went to NYU. She had decided to study medicine and was excited to start her premed.
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Ashley rushed out the door to head to her class. She was already running late and had a paper to hand in. As she was running along the street she rounded a corner and slammed into someone. She fell on her butt and her papers went flying everywhere. Ashley looked up and felt a sense of deja vu as a hand reached through the curtain of papers and a familiar voice said, "I'm sorry. Are you ok?"
Ashley took the hand and was pulled up to a standing position to be met with the same blue eyes that she knew all too well. "Spencer ?"
Spencer stood there in stock silence as she felt all of her repressed feelings rushing back to the surface. The beautiful brunette was the last person she had expected to see but there she was looking a little older and even more beautiful than Spencer remembered.
"Ashley ! Hi…what are you doing here?"
Ashley cocked her hip and raised an eyebrow. "I could ask you the same thing. Aren't you supposed to be in Stockholm?"
Spencer ran a nervous hand through her hair. "Yeah, I am but I wanted to study music business so I'm spending a year studying at NYU. So yeah, here I am but…wait…how did you know about Stockholm? I never told you."
Ashley looked down at the ground and managed to stutter out, "Ummm, well…Katie told me." Spencer nodded but was still suspicious but waved it off. "Listen, I'm late to class but we should meet up later or something. Get coffee."
Spencer managed a small smile. "You don't like coffee."
"Yeah, well people change." The statement hung in the air between the two girls as they realized the truth in the statement. "Anyway, here's my number. Give me a call."
Spencer took the piece of paper and tucked it into her pocket. "Ok, well I'll see you later then."
The two girls went off in their separate directions, both glad that the awkward confrontation was over and thinking what an interesting year this would be.