Yet another day of rain... means a new chapter for you guys. Weathermen... I'm just going to assume the opposite of what they say, which means tomorrow will be sunny!

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R & R.

Chapter 25 – It's Not Like That

Ashley's POV

I was brought back to my room after I was put through more tests on my head, each one seeming longer than the one before. Spencer was still there waiting for me, but Kyla had left. She probably had to leave for work, and I got it, there was no real reason for her to stay if everything was alright.

"Hey, you're finally back!" Spencer screamed as I was brought back into the room by the nurses.

I waved the nurses away, gesturing that I was fine on my own before glancing back at Spencer. "Sorry that I wasn't here when you got back. Did Kyla tell you that I was going for more tests?"

"Yes, she did. She told me to tell you that she--"

"Had to work?" I cut her off and she nodded. "Yeah, I figured. I can only expect her to take so long off from acting..."

"So how did the tests go?" Spencer asked, pulling my wheelchair closer to her so our knees where touching and placing her hands lightly on my thighs.

"They were so long..." I pouted at the blonde, and took her face in my hands. "I didn't realize they would keep me so long away from you."

"Ashley..." She smiled and kissed me. "So we'll know in a bit if you still have the tumour or not?" She asked, stroking my hair and cupping the back of my neck as I nodded and smiled at her.

She didn't return my smile, but instead lowered her head and dropped eye contact with me. "Can I ask you about it?" She whispered so I could barely hear her as she kept her face down.

"You want to know how long I've known don't you?" I mumbled as the blonde raised her head and looked me in eyes as I found sadness behind them. "Honestly, I couldn't tell you... I can't separate between what was real and what wasn't, but I'm assuming about six months ago."

"Your hallucinations were that bad?" She asked concerned, slowly bringing her hand up to mine and taking it.

"Bad as in how many I had, yes... bad as the hallucinations themselves, never... I didn't even realize they were hallucinations at first."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I know this is going to sound a little insane, well really insane... but I thought I was time travelling, you know, jumping back and forth in time. Each time I went back and changed something, when I jumped back to the future, it would be different. I guess it was my mind's way of telling me that I should've come back to you sooner..."

Spencer didn't say anything back, she just looked at me with confused eyes as she raised her eyebrow at me and scrunched her forehead.

"All my hallucinations were about you... going back to prom and changing what happened. It was kind of like my second chance to make things right. And although it wasn't real, it kind of gave me a picture of what would've happened if I hadn't left though..."

"Oh yeah, and what was that picture?"

"We were happy..."

"We are happy, Ash." She assured me, placing two fingers under my chin, lightly lifting my chin as she smiled at me. "Well I mean, I am..."

"You know I am too, Spence." I replied quickly, pulling her out of the seat and into my lap as I brushed a stray hair behind her ear and leaned in and kissed her. I couldn't help but smile into the kiss, as she cupped the back of my neck and found her other hand on my jaw line.

Spencer softly blew on my ear, and started nibbling on it as she played with the peach fuzz on the back of my neck. After all these years, she still knew me weakness and I was powerless from it, letting out moan after moan as she continued nibbling and sucking.

"O-okay... wow, uh... sorry, I-I...er, totally did not mean to... er, um...interrupt." A voice stuttered, scaring both Spencer and I as she jumped out my lap and brushed off herself, lowering her shirt that had been unconscious raised.

"Good timing as always Becks..." I shook my head as the tiny brunette shrugged and mouthed sorry to me as she slightly chuckled.

"So you're the infamous Spencer, I presume?" Becks asked, holding her hand out to the blonde as she walked closer to the both of us.

Spencer threw her hand forward, catching Becks in a polite handshake. "Does my reputation precede me that much?"

"Only a little..." Becks joked, glancing down at me and nudging me softly. "It's not every day you read a love letter like yours. I almost jumped a plane myself after reading it and I don't even know you!"

Spencer stared at me and shook her head playfully, "Has everyone read the letter?"

"Sorry... that's probably my fault. I'm Ashley's best friend, Rebekah... Becks. Best friend privileges and everything... Ashley can never keep anything from me." Becks responded as Spencer continued glaring at me, lovingly of course.

"I promise, just those two..." I smiled at the blonde. "Sister and best friend, I have to tell them..."

"So I got a call from Kyla telling me you were back in the hospital... what's up Ash?" Becks asked as she peered at the open seat beside Spencer and then looked back at the bed behind us and popped up on it.

"Just a minor blimp in the radar, Becks. I fainted last night over at Spencer's and they just want to make sure that it wasn't because of the tumour."

"So you're going to be okay?" Becks asked, starting to swing her legs and glance around the room aimlessly.

"As worried as you seem to be right now... yes, I am going to be fine Becks. We are just waiting for my test results."

"Yes, I see that... we... so does this mean Kyla won the bet?"

"Becks..." I whispered to her, as I quickly glanced over up at Spencer who was sitting on my wheelchair arm looking rather confused.

"What bet?"

"Becks... no." I hissed as she opened her mouth, and immediately closed it once I shot her a glare. I looked up at Spencer whose face had grown even more confused and smiled at her. "Kyla and Becks thought that I wouldn't last a week before I jumped your bones..."

"...and we were right. You lasted less than one day, well done... both of you." Becks smugly grinned at us as I rolled my eyes and Spencer chuckled as she rubbed my back. "My hat's off to you."

"I wanted to take things slow... but I didn't think it'd be so hard." I pouted, gazing into her blue eyes as she smiled down on me and shook her head lightly.

"I'm just that irresistible huh?"

"And cocky..." I nodded, sticking out my tongue as the blonde gives me a playfully glare. "Good thing I find cockiness extremely sexy."

"Okay..." Becks said, jumping down from the bed and smiling at me. "As much as I enjoy hearing what you two find sexy, how about I leave you two alone so you can get back to what I walked in on... uh, I'll give you a few days Ash before we go looking for a new location for the label. It was nice to finally meet you, Spencer. Sorry it had to be in such awkward circumstances..."

"Bye Becks..." I waved as my best friend made a rather quick exit from the room.

"So a bet huh?" Spencer asked, falling back into my lap and wrapping her arms loosely around my neck as she smiled at me.

"I'm sorry... it's not like that at all." I apologized, cupping her face gently with my hand and caressing her cheek with my thumb.

"I would've made the same bet." Spencer whispered into my ear, nibbling on it as she lingered there afterwards, before moving down to my neck.

We heard a cough and both pulled back as we saw Dr. Johnson standing just a bit in from the doorway. Spencer got up from my lap and stood once again, blushing as it was the second time being found in a more than compromising position.

"Ms. Davies, you're final test results are in..." The doctor said, clearing his throat and glancing at both of us before he proceeded again. "Everything seems to be fine, so you're able to be released."

"That's great news!" Spencer jumped up and screamed, grabbing my arm out of excitement and planting a hard kiss on me before pulling back and smiling. "Ashley you're okay!"

"I told you that everything would be fine." I reassured her with my smile, crinkling my nose and closing my eyes as she kissed me again, this time more passionately and longer, obviously not caring that Dr. Johnson was still in the room.

"Well, clearly you are in a rush, so I'll get you those release papers..." He said, as Spencer and I both ignored him and continued to gaze into each other eyes. When we both looked up, he was gone from the room.

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"So are you sure you're going to be okay alone?" Spencer asked again for about the fifth time on our drive back to my apartment.

"Spence, I'll be fine..." I replied, smiling at the blonde who still had a worried look on her face. "Listen, I'll call you later tonight before I go to bed, alright? Just so you can know that I'm completely alright before you rest your beautiful blue eyes."

"Mmk." She agreed, kissing me on the cheek quickly as I got out of her car and waved to her as she backed out of my driveway and drove off slowly.

Making my way up to the apartment, I found Becks in the kitchen.

"Hey bestie." I yelled, closing the door behind me as she looked up and gave me a strange glare. "Well it's nice to see you too... geez, that was a very warming welcome, Becks." I laughed, knowing she was probably not expecting to see me released this early.

"You're out already?"

"Yeah, they released me a little while ago. Spence just dropped me off." I replied, grabbing a seat at one of the barstools positioned in front of the kitchen island.

"Ah yes, Spencer... you two seem to be good." Becks grinned at me, and dropped her gaze back to the vegetables she was cutting up. "Did you guys manage to do the dance between the sheets last night or did you faint before you could get to the good stuff?" She looked up again and chuckled.

"You are so not funny..." I scolded her lightly, "No, we did NOT do the dance between the sheets... and that's one thing I promise you will not happen within a week of me getting back."

"Yeah," Becks laughed loudly and shook her head. "I'm sure that's what you told Kyla too before she made that bet..."

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A/N: Sort of a smaller update, but I wanted to get it out before I go golfing tomorrow morning.

I'm beginning to work on my sequel for You Always Have Been, so progression with this story will be a bit slower as I have three stories on the go. This story is my first priority though over the rest of them. I have posted the first chapter to the sequel, All You Did Was Save My Life, so check it out!

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