It's A Wonderful Life
Disclaimer: If I owned them, you
would be seeing it on TV, not reading it on this board.
Pairing:
S/A all the way!
Spoilers: After 'Friends With Benefits'.
Summary: Like the movie. One of our favorite S.o.N. characters wishes she was never born and has to face the repercussions of having her wish granted.
Chapter One
Intro
Today is a pretty
special day. No, not because it is the 'holiday season' or anything
quite so ordinary.
No, today a teenager, just like you or me, will
get to experience the holidays in a way many of us could never dream
of. She is going to experience it as if she had never been born.
Now,
I'm sure that you must be wondering why anyone would wish that upon
themselves. There are several reasons and, if you would quit asking
so many damn questions, I will get to hers.
First off, let me
introduce myself. My name is Megan and I am a guide of sorts. I deal
with this kind of shit all of the time and it is my job to show
people what life would be like without them. Trust me, we're better
off without most of them.
However, some people just greatly under
appreciate themselves and their worth. This is one such account.
Now, sit down and shut up so that I can get to the story.
Ahem...
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Morning
Two
best friends are driving on their way to school, the dark-haired girl
behind the wheel as per usual. They are smiling and singing along to
the radio. Both are in good spirits as today is the last day of
school before their winter break. However, what they don't know, is
that today is the last day their friendship would remain as it
is.
Once they pull up to the school, the brunette reaches into the
backseat and pulls a blue backpack into the front before handing it
to her friend with a smile.
"Thanks Ash," she smiles
warmly at her friend as they begin to get out of the car.
"No
problem Spence," Ashley replies with equal warmth as she grabs
her bag and they begin to walk towards the school.
"You
know," Spencer begins conspiratorially. "I hear there is a
new girl starting today," she informs the other girl.
"Really?"
Ashley asks and the other girl simply nods. "What kind of sicko
would start their kid at a new school the day before Christmas
break?" She asks rhetorically, making a disgusted face.
"Who
knows," Spencer responds noncommittally with a shrug.
"Oh
look! Hottie alert!" Ashley nudges her friend into following her
line of sight. "Let's go say hi," she instructs as she
grabs Spencer's hand and drags her across the quad.
"You and
new girls," Spencer grumbles as she allows herself to be led to
where the new girl is sitting.
Ashley pointedly ignores her as
they reach the aforementioned hottie. "Hi, I'm Ashley and this
is Spencer," she greets the new arrival.
"I'm Chrissy,"
the new girl replies, smiling at the two as she takes in the
brunette's warm smile and the blonde's eye roll. "So, are you
guys, like, a couple?" Chrissy asks, looking at their hands
still entwined together.
They both immediately drop the other's
hand and share a perplexed expression. "No, but we are both kind
of into girls," Ashley replies, reserving the 'kind of' part for
Spencer.
"Just not each other," Chrissy points out.
"No,
not each other," Spencer says, not sounding absolutely sure.
Chrissy eyes Ashley seductively, causing the blonde to move closer to
her friend protectively. "But we're still very close," she
points out as she wraps a protective arm around her friend's
waist.
"Yeah," Ashley agrees obliviously as she puts her
own arm around Spencer's neck. "You look lost," she points
out after a moment. "How about Spencer and I show you around?"
She offers with a winning smile, causing Spencer to curse under her
breath.
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Lunch
"Hey
Spence," Ashley greets her friend as she excitedly plops herself
down in front of her friend at their usual table.
"Oh, so you
remember my name?" Spencer snarks out bitterly, obviously
jealous.
"Please, don't even go there," Ashley rolls her
eyes. "Chrissy and I are going to skip the rest of the day. Did
you want to come?" She invites the blonde after a moment.
"You
know I have a test next class," Spencer whines, motioning
towards her books spread out on the table.
"That's never
stopped you before," Ashley sing-songs.
"Last time we
got lucky. I am not going to take my chances again," Spencer
points out.
"Whatever," Ashley breathes out in mild
disappointment. "I'll see you later thought right?" She
asks hopefully.
Spencer takes a moment to reflect on the way her
friend was looking at the new girl this morning. "No, I'll let
you guys be alone," she responds suggestively.
Finally,
Ashley decides that she's had enough of Spencer being so cold to her.
"What is your problem?" She nearly shouts, flailing her
arms around for emphasis of her exasperation.
"God, it's like
you hook up with people for no reason!" Spencer shouts back,
frustrated at the other girl's overly flirtatious behavior with
anything that moves.
"What do you care?" Ashley asks
angrily, getting into Spencer face. "It's not like you're my
girlfriend," she taunts before turning around and leaving.
Spencer stares after the other girl wide-eyed and tears beginning to
form.
Madison approaches the blonde with a smirk. "Lover's
quarrel?" She questions teasingly with her hands on her hips and
her minions chuckling behind her.
"Fuck off Madison,"
Spencer growls before she gathers her stuff and goes over to where
Aiden is talking to some of the other basketball players. She tugs on
his sleeve to get his attention.
"Hey, what's up?" He
asks with a bright smile on his face. "Are you okay?" He
wonders, noticing how the younger girl looks about ready to cry.
"Can
you take me home?" She asks to dark-haired boy.
"Yeah
sure," Aiden replies as he picks up his gym bag and leads the
girl to his car.
Ten minutes later shows the two of them pulling
up in front of Spencer's house. As Aiden puts the car into park, he
turns to face the blonde girl beside him only to have her lean across
and begin to make out with him desperately. He is happy to oblige, at
least until he feels something warm and wet on his face. He pulls
away and sees that Spencer is crying.
"Is this about Ashley?"
Aiden asks as he tries to look into her eyes.
"She's seeing
some girl now," Spencer tells him as she tries to move in on him
again.
Aiden gently pushes her away. "I don't want to be your
backup," he informs the girl. "Just, get out of my car,"
he orders, shaking his head at the other girl.
Spencer sadly exits
his vehicle before pulling out her house key and making her way
upstairs to her room. She climbs into her bed and starts to cry.
What a nightmare! Now everybody hates me. Madison, Aiden and
Ashley. "I wish I had never been born," she sobs
dramatically into her pillow.
"Okay," comes a feminine
voice behind her. Spencer turns around to face the girl behind her.
"Huh?" She questions, dumbstruck.
"You wished
that you had never been born so, wish granted: You never existed,"
the other girl shrugs.
"Oh," Spencer replies in shock.
