So...hello :) I rarely give author's notes for this story but I just wanted to say that I really appreciate all the love you guys have shown me. For this story and my others...It means a lot *tear* Just letting you guys know there are only a few more chapters left for this story. I hope you enjoy them.
"And you guys haven't talked since then?" Emily asks me and I shake my head.
"Wow." She breathes out as she lays back on my bed.
Sorry you came in on the middle of our conversation. You probably wanna know what the hell we're talking about.
Well for like three days straight Spencer and I haven't talked on the phone for more than ten minutes total. And that's including FaceTime and the ten minutes is for all three days together.
"What's the point in having those fancy gadgets if you're not gonna use them?" Katie asks me as she fucks around on her MacBook.
"She's been really busy, you know...actually trying to do school work. Unlike us." I tell my friends. We barely do our work...hell, we barely go to class and we're all passing with A averages.
"Well, she could at least make time to talk to you for more than two minutes a day." Emily says shaking her head.
I get that Spencer's got a lot of shit going on right now with school and all but...Emily's right! We need to talk more, especially with the whole million mile distance in between us.
"I'm gonna call her right now." I tell my friends and excuse myself from the room. I take out my iPhone and FaceTime Spencer. She doesn't answer on the first time so I try again.
Ugh!
Still no answer.
Sigh.
I miss talking to her.
She's probably writing and essay with her headphones on so she can't hear the phone ringing.
"Stop making excuses for her." Emily says coming up behind me.
"Ah!" I say and grab my chest. "Could you not sneak up on me like that?" I turn around and say to my friend who has a very serious look on her face.
I don't think I've ever seen the serious side of Emily.
"I'm not making excuses. I'm just...wait what the fuck? Are you like reading my mind right now?" I ask my friend, raising a brow.
"Bitch you know you're always saying shit out loud that you think you're saying in your head." She tells me, this time letting a smile play at her lips as we both take a seat on the steps.
"I miss her." I sigh out.
"I know." Emily says rubbing my back.
"I know she's busy but like, ten minutes a day. I can deal with that. We literally haven't talked at all since she told me she had a bunch of extra credit stuff to do and she needed to prepare for her finals." I say and Emily just nods. "I just wanna see her face, hell I'll settle for just a text."
"Christmas break is in a week, have you talked to your parents about going back there?" She asks me and I shake my head. I really don't want to push it. I know this phone must have cost an arm and a leg, I just don't want them to think that I'm being greedy. "I think you should ask." She adds.
"Maybe." I shrug and lay my head down on her shoulder.
"Why the fuck are you two bitches always going off and leaving me? Like what the fuck?" Katie asks as Emily and I turn and face her. "Emily I recall meeting your ass in second grade." She says with a hand on her hip. "We just met this hoe." She adds pointing to me. Anyone else would have taken that as an insult, not me. I know Katie well enough to get what she's saying.
Emily and I continue to laugh at her as we get up and walk back to my room.
"I never took you for the jealous type." I hear Emily say behind me to Katie.
"Ain't nobody fuckin' with my clique... clique.. clique..." Katie raps loudly.
"As I look around, they don't do it like my clique, clique, clique," Emily says back without missing a beat.
"And all these bad bitches, man, they want the.. they want the..." Katie picks up where Emily ends.
"..dick.. dick.. dick.." They say at the same time.
It's time like this when you really see how close they really are.
It makes you wonder what they do when I'm not around.
They probably rehearse and make up little routines.
I tune them out as I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket.
Oh my God!
Yay!
It's Spencer.
"Hello?" I answer in the happiest tone I've had all week.
"Hey baby." She replies.
Ugh! I missed her voice.
"I missed you." I tell her honestly.
"I missed you too." She says and I can tell that she really means it.
"I really hate your school for giving you all that work." I say in a pout-y tone.
"Me too baby."
"How much more do you have before you're done?"
"I haven't even made a dent. I really wish I hadn't skipped school cause I have to do make up work plus extra credit and study for all my finals on top of my regular work." She says and I can tell that she's frustrated and exhausted. If I was there I could help her.
Blah.
We'd be so cute doing all her homework together.
Sigh.
I'm sad again.
"Baby, I gotta go." She tells me, snapping me back to reality.
"No." I whine out.
"I'm sorry baby. I just wanted to call you back and hear your voice." She tells me.
"Fine. I love you." I tell her.
"I love you more." She says before we hang up.
"Ugh!" I groan out as I flop down on my bed.
"Teaser." Emily says.
"I know right!" I agree.
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"Ashley come on this isn't the end of the world, so you haven't talked to Spencer in a few days. That doesn't mean I'm going to let you mope around the house all day." My mom tells me as I lay lifelessly on the couch flipping the channels.
It's Saturday and I've decided that I'm not leaving the house. I haven't had a decent conversation with Spencer in five days. Five whole freaking days and my mom wants me to go to hang out with her, my dad and brother as some military thing.
Yeah...no thanks.
"Ash stop being such a debbie downer." Ashton says, flopping down on me.
"Get off." I say and push him to the floor.
"Get uuuuuuup." He whines, trying to pull me up by my arm.
"Ashton if you don't stop I swear I'm gonna beat the sh..." I pause mid-sentence realizing my mom was still in the room. "Get off!" I say again and use the foot closest to him to kick him away.
"Ashley, get up and go get dressed or I'm taking away that iPhone." My mother says and starts to leave the living room.
"Here take it." I say grabbing it off the table and holding it out to her. "It's no good to me if I can't talk to my girlfriend on it." I tell her and she stares at me intently to see if I'm bluffing.
"Can I have it?" Ashton asks and I hand it to him, no questions asked.
"Give your sister back her phone." My mother says coming back into the living room. Ashton whines out and 'aw man' and hands me back the phone. I place it on the coffee table and turn my attention back to the T.V. Flipping through the channels to find something good.
"Ashley, this has got to stop." My mother says taking a seat next to me on the couch.
"Mom, I really just want to be left alone." I tell her and she sighs.
"You make me feel like I'm not doing something right, Ashley." She says and I turn my attention to her.
"Mom you know-"
"Let me finish." She says holding her hand up. "Your father and I love you more than words could ever express, Ashley." She pauses and it looks like she's about to cry.
Ugh!
I didn't mean to make her cry.
I just don't want to go to this stupid military barbeque.
"Mom, I'm sorry I just don't wanna go." I say and she shakes her head.
"This isn't about today." She says and I scrunch my eyebrows in confusion. "We see how unhappy you are here, Ashley. We see it." She nods. "You think we don't but we do. And then you've told us how you want to go back to California." She sighs and looks away for a moment before turning her attention back to me. "Your father and I have discussed this vigorously, we've gone back and forth about it for some time now. We're gonna allow you to go back to California after Christmas for New Years." She tells me and I can't help the smile that appears on my face.
"Mom!" I scream and wrap my arms around her neck.
"And stay until graduation." She adds after a moment.
"What?" I asks, pulling back.
I don't think I heard her right cause in my happiness I could have sworn I just heard her say until graduation.
"Your dad and I, and Paula of course, have discussed you going back to California to live with the Carlin's until graduation." She says again, and I can tell this isn't something she really wants but she's just that type of mother.
What type of mother you ask?
The type that will do anything to insure their child's happiness.
The BEST type.
"Mom." I say again, this time as the tears run freely down my cheeks.
I can't believe this is happening right now.
Excuse me while I be a girl for a moment...
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"We really just want to see you happy, Ashley." My mother says as I hug her tightly.
"I love you mom." I tell her honestly, because I think this is the greatest gift I have ever gotten.
Oh my God!
I wonder if Spencer knows.
"Spencer doesn't know yet." My mom says answering my thoughts. "We thought it'd be best if you told her yourself." She says forcing a smile. I know this has to be the hardest thing she's ever had to do.
Letting a child move across the country.
"Mom, I don't know what to say." I shake my head, still in disbelief of everything.
"Your father and I love you very much." She says as she gets up. She places a kiss on my forehead and starts to exit the living room.
"Mom." I stop her.
"Yeah?" She turns around to face me.
"Could you guys wait up? I'm gonna go get dressed." I tell her and she smiles a genuine smile this time.
"Of course." She nods.
I seriously love my parents.
Spencer is gonna be so surprised!