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Summary: Ashley has the time of her life with an unknown blonde while on vacation. But, when things get complicated and a strange encounter occurs, Ashley will have to fight for what she wants.

Staci's POV

"Go check on your fiancé!" I shout as I push Lindsey off the stool and towards the bathroom.

I order another shot and gulp it down like it was water. I wave to the bartender again for another round.

"Why the long face?" I ask Lindsey as she walks back towards me looking disappointed just minutes latter.

"Is there a sign on my back that says 'break my heart,'" she asks as she sits down next to me and drinks my drink.

I lean back and check her back to see if there is anything. "Nope. What's wrong hun?" I ask.

She doesn't reply. I guess this means I'm going to have to guess. "Does it involve Spencer?" she nods. "Ok. Uhmm…." I stop as a sudden realization occurs. "She didn't…she didn't turn you down did she?" I asked

"Worse," was all she said. I could see hurt in her eyes as she just stared out to the open. She didn't move a muscle when she talked, or while I talked to her. I really don't get how someone could not love someone as sweet, amazing, and beautiful as Lindsey.

"How could anything be worse than that?"

She swiveled her chair towards me and looked straight into my eyes. "She's willing to live a lie just because it would make me happy. The reason I proposed was because I wanted BOTH of us to be happy. I thought BOTH of us were madly in love with each other. I thought BOTH of us wanted to spend the rest of our lives with each other," she paused. "I guess I was wrong."

I didn't know what to say. Everything she said was still processing in my brain, and I don't think there was anything helpful for me to say to that.

"Linds…" I say as I reach out and bring her to a hug. She doesn't back away. We stay in that position for what seems like a lifetime, but she pulls away when she sees Spencer come out from the bathroom.

"Can you do me a favor," she asks as she checks herself in the reflection of the bar table.

"Anything."

"Can you take Spencer back to the hotel and tell her I had to go back to the room cause I wasn't feeling well and couldn't find her," she says as she finds her keys in her bag.

"Of course," I say with a nod.

"I'll text her too, but you need to tell her I couldn't find her," she said.

"I will," I said as she pushes through the crowd of people.

I watch Lindsey until she is no longer in view, and just seconds later, Spencer comes into view with Ashley by her side. Even though I am not part of Lindsey or Spencer's relationship, my heart broke once I saw Spencer and Ashley together. Lindsey deserves so much better. She deserves to be loved by someone who promises to be faithful to her. Someone like me. Ever since I saw her hazel eyes and breathtaking smile, I was a goner.

"Have you seen Lindsey?" Spencer asked taking me out of my trance of a gorgeous brunette.

"Huh. Oh, she said she had to leave immediately because she wasn't feeling well. She was looking for you, but couldn't find you," I said making sure I said everything Lindsey wanted me to say.

"Oh. She should have at least tex—" she said until reached into her bag and flipped her phone open.

"Did she just text you?" I asked.

"Yeah. She said she asked you to take me back to the hotel because she wasn't feeling well and couldn't find me," she said while looking at her phone.

"Yup, that's what I just said."

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Spencer's POV

"I'm sorry Ash. I just…I just didn—"

She placed a finger over my lips and brought me into a hug.

"I'm so sorry Ash," I repeated over and over again into her shoulder.

"It's ok, I just want you to be happy with her."

We pulled away from our hug and she pushed away some hair that was in my face. "You are so beautiful Spence. I would give up everything to be with you. I love you," she said. We stood there in silence. I didn't know what to do or say. I'm the type of person who only says 'I love you' when I truly mean it. I don't just throw around that four-letter word like it's no big deal. The thing is, I think I do love Ashley. I just feel like I can't say it because of Lindsey.

"I don't expect you to say it back Spence. I just want you to know that before I don't get a chance to tell you," she whispers.

A small smile forms and instead of saying 'I love you,' I do the next best thing. I wrap my arm around her neck and pull her towards me and bring her in for a passionate kiss. We kiss like there is no tomorrow. To me, this kiss feels like a final goodbye to all hopes we have with being with each other.

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Lindsey's POV

I just arrived back at the room and my mascara is already running down my cheek. I could tell people were staring while I was in the lobby and in the elevator, but I didn't care. I immediately changed my clothes to boxers and a wife beater. I crawled into our king size bed and pulled the sheets over my head. I turned to my side so my back was facing the inside of the bed and just stared off into the distance, contemplating how everything fell apart.

Around an hour later, I felt a warm body push up against mines. I could smell her perfume, and that was just one of the many things I loved about her; she always smelled amazing.

"Hey babe, you feeling ok?" she whispered in my ear. I nodded, not wanting to talk right now.

"Get some rest. Love you," she said as she placed a soft kiss on my cheek.

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Ashley's POV

I got back to my room and threw my stuff on the floor. While on my way back, I was trying to think of ways to dedicate something to Spencer, to express my love for her. My hands ran through my hair, and then it hit me. I immediately pulled out my cell phone and scrolled down to the letter "E" in my phonebook.

I pressed call, and the phone rang three times before someone finally picked up. "Hello?" the groggy voice from the other side said.

"Ethan, this is Ashley."

"Wh—What do you want Ash? It's 3am." He said clearly tired.

"Well its midnight here. Anyways, did you turn in the final copy of the CD?"

"No. I am going to turn it in when I meet with the company for lunch tomo—today I mean," he said a little upset since I woke him up.

"Ok, perfect. I wanna make a few changes to the album cover."

"What? Why? It's perfect the way it is."

"No, it's missing something. I want you to ask some professional dude or whatever to make it look like the initials S.C. is carved into the guitar on the cover, and make sure it's clearly visible."

"Whose S.C.? And why would I do that?" he asked sounding a little irritated.

"Because I said so, ok Ethan," I kinda yelled into the phone.

"Alright, alright. Anything else you want, your highness?" he said with attitude.

"Yeah, I'm writing a song, and I want it to be a single."

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So here's the next chapter!! WHOO!! So I'm thinking two-three chapters left. I don't know yet though since I didn't write it yet :O Sorry if the way I wrote it made it a little confusing. I just wanted to make sure I get in everyone's thoughts.

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