Chapter Five: The Conclusion
Cemetary...Still
At the young girl's question, Megan moves closer to the girl and looks her square in the eye. "This was to show you what would happen if you'd never been born. This is merely a glimpse of what would happen," she explains slowly.
"So, none of this is real?" Spencer questions, furrowing her brow in confusion.
"Oh, it's real all right...but it doesn't have to be," Megan scoffs.
"What are you saying?" The blonde asks in frustration.
"I'm saying that you have to choose between the life you tried to leave behind and the life you see around you," Megan tells the other girl, getting directly to the point.
Spencer releases a relieved sob. "I don't want this life. I want everything to be exactly like it was, I never wanted any of this. I wish things were back the way I left them," she cries out through her tears.
"That is the right answer," Megan smirks. "Enjoy your life Spencer," she smiles warmly before snapping her fingers once more.
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Room
Spencer sits up with a jolt as she takes in her surroundings. She's back in her room, in her bed. She looks down and finds herself wearing the same clothes she was wearing earlier, if not slightly crumpled looking.
Looking around, she finds everything as it should be. Getting up, she approaches the mirror of her dresser. "Was this all a dream?" She mumbles to herself as she goes up to the smooth surface and looks at reflection.
She is startled to find Megan in the reflection as well, her hands on her leather clad hips. "Don't even..." the guide warns, allowing her threat to hang silently in the air.
Spencer turns around quickly to find the other girl gone once again, removed from the reflection as well. Before she could get down with any further soul searching, she hears the front door open and close downstairs. The blonde grins before opening her room and tearing down the steps to greet her brothers as they enter the house.
"Hey guys!" Spencer greets the two boys with a big grin before enveloping them each in a giant bear hug. "i'm glad you guys are back," she smiles warmly at them.
"Yeah, you too Spence," Clay replies, bewildered.
"You feeling okay?" Glen questions as he places a hand on the younger girl's forehead to test for a fever.
She playfully bats his hand away. "I just missed you is all," she smiles, happy to be back to her life.
Glen folds his arms across his chest. "What do you want?" He asks suspiciously.
Spencer rolls her eyes. "Nothing...Well, actually...Can I borrow your car?" She asks after taking a moment to think about his question.
The older boy tries to glare sternly at his sister before sighing at her pout. "Be carefully," he warns half-heartedly as he caves into her request and tosses her the keys.
Spencer bounds purposefully towards the door before pausing and going back to the boys. "I love you guys," she tells them sincerely before kissing them each on the cheek and leaving, not even waiting for a response.
"That was weird...even for Spencer," Clay notes after a moment. All a shocked Glen can do is nod dumbly in agreement.
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Ashley's House
The blonde pulls up in front of the familiar mansion and parks the car next to the silver BMW already in the driveway. With a sigh, she steps out of the vehicle and walks up to the house, making sure to keep her breathing even.
However, before she reaches the front door, Spencer walks around to the north side of the house and pulls out her cell phone. She can honestly say that she doesn't want to barge in and 'interrupt' anything with that 'Chissy' bitch. She dials and waits patiently.
"Hello?" Ashley greets when she picks up after the third ring.
"Hello yourself," Spencer grins at the other girl's voice.
"Spencer! What's up?" The brunette exclaims, happy to hear from the younger girl, afraid that she'd messed things up by snapping at her friend at lunchtime.
"Nothing much, I just wanted to see if you were busy," Spencer informs the older girl.
"No, not really," the older girl responds with a slight shrug, that Spencer can't see through the phone. This response, however, causes the girl on lounging on her bed to glare, knowing exactly what the question was. "Why do you ask?" Ashley questions, more out of curiosity than suspicion.
"Look out your window," Spencer instructs. She hears the older girl chuckle knowingly into the line and hang up. Moments later, Ashley is sticking her head out of the aforementioned window and waves at a grinning Spencer.
"Hey girl, what's up?" Ashley asks from her place in the window.
"I just wanted to come by and see you," Spencer replies honestly.
"Well, come on up," the older girl instructs, only bringing her head back inside as Spencer dissappears out of sight. "Spencer's here," she smiles at the other girl in the room.
"Yeah, I kind of got that. I thought you and I were hanging out," Chrissy bitches about the girl now coming up the stairs.
"Well, we were. Now Spencer's here and we can all hang out together," Ashley explains, beginning to fear that the other girl is kind of slow.
"Right," Chrissy breathes out in mild disappointment as the bedroom door opens to reveal the blonde girl.
For her part, Spencer seems mildly disappointed herself when she sees the new girl that Ashley took in a few long hours ago. "Hey Chrissy," she unenthusiastically greets the other girl.
"Spencer," the other girl acknowledges her with a slight nod. The three stay there for a few awkward moments before Chrissy stands up. "Well, I'm going to head out," she sighs, knowing that Ashley would choose to keep Spencer there over her hands down. "I'll see you guys later," she smiles, mostly at Ashley.
"Did you need a ride?" The brunette offers, knowing that she was the other girl's ride to her house.
"No, I'm close enough that I could walk it, but thanks," Chrissy brushes off before dejectedly letting herself out of the house.
"Huh, that was weird," Ashley notes to herself before turning back to her friend. "So, what brings you here after school? Oh, how'd your test go?" She questions the younger girl with a slight smile.
"Actually," Spencer smirks. "I had Aiden take me home after you and Chrissy left," she informs her friend.
"Oh," Ashley responds simply, trying not to look hurt. "So...You and Aiden then, huh?" She asks neutrally, thinking that she pushed the other girl into his arms.
"No. I was actually thinking more along the lines of you and me," Spencer responds as she nervously bites her lip.
Ashley's jaw kind of hangs open slightly as she takes a moment to process what the other girl just told her. "What?" She asks, the only coherent thought passing through her mind.
Spencer sighs as she turns away and runs her fingers nervously through her hair. "When I got back, I did some thinking and I kind of had an moment where I was just like, 'Okay, I get it now'," she begins to rant at the brunette.
"What did you 'get'?" Ashley asks, her mouth going dry.
"I got that I want to be more than just your friend and I don't think I could take it if I ever lost you," Spencer explains, tearing up at all of the images she'd seen regarding the girl in front of her.
At the tone the conversation has taken, Ashley jumps into action as she approaches the blonde and envelops her in a tight embrace. Spencer rests her head on her shoulder as the older girl begins to rub her back soothingly. "I'm not going anywhere Spence. You're stuck with me," she smiles softly, beginning to get a little misty herself.
Spencer lifts her head up and looks into the other girl's eyes. "Ash, I'm in love with you," she admits in a voice barely above a whisper.
"Really?" Ashley asks, her eyes brightening, especially as Spencer nods slightly. "I'm in love with you too," she smiles back. Spencer feels all of the tension of her very excruciating day fall away at the declaration.
Ashley reaches her hand up and brushes the tears off of the younger girl's cheek before tucking back some stray blonde locks behind her ears. Spencer's eyes flutter closed at the warm, gentle touch. They lean in towards one another and their lips meet softly as they begin to really explore one another's mouth.
Looking back, neither could say who made the first move, but neither could really care less. They find themselves beginning to pull at the other's clothing as it all seems to melt off their bodies at the amount of heat they are generating. In their flurry of moments, they fall onto the bed, still wrapped up in the other's arms. Their kisses become more and more hungry as they do their best to devour the oter and soak up every sensation, every moan and sigh. Their touches becoming more daring and more pleasurable than the last.
They come together, screaming out each other's name and falling into the other's arms. Both know that it was the thing to do and it was the next natural step that their relationship could possibly take. After this, it doesn't matter what happens because they know that they will always have each other.
Their lives may not always be easy or full of unconditional understanding, but they will be happy. And, as Spencer watches the peacefully sleeping profile of the girl she loves, all she knows is that it truly is a wonderful life.

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