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Chapter 2 - You're A Rebel
"Wow, your room is huge! I've never seen anything like it, it's great," said Spencer. "Thanks. It gets pretty lonely here though. Mom is always out with step dad number 4 and I get stuck here all the time. That's part of the reason why they gave me a car. I guess she felt like she owed it to me to at least give me some method of being able to get away from it all..." Ashley said as her voice trailed off and she plopped down on her bed. "So what do you want to do until we have to go back? Watch TV, play truth or dare... just hang out?" she asked.
"I'm up for a little truth or dare," Spencer said as she awkwardly stood by the bed not knowing whether or not she should lay on it or if she'd be invading Ashley's territory. As if Ashley had been in tune with her innermost thoughts, she laughed and motioned for Spencer to come lay down next to her while she started tossing a pillow up in the air. Spencer complied with her new friend's request and threw herself on the bed careful not to get too close to Ashley. "Truth or dare, I haven't played that in a long time. Are you sure you want to play? We can just talk if you want to. It doesn't really matter to me," said Spencer. "Sure, it's a good way to get to know one another! So I'll go first. Spencer, truth... or dare?" Ashley asked.
"I'll go with truth first. Don't worry, I'm not that boring," Spencer reassured her. "Fine fine. Wait, no I don't want to play. How about question or dare instead? I don't like asking 'Is it true...' it's just so stupid. So I'm going to ask you a question like now, okay?" Spencer offered the shake of her head as opposed to a verbal response. "Did you leave a boy back home?" she asked the blonde. "No one special..." she replied nonchalantly. Ashley simply smiled at the response. "What about you? Any boys in your life?" Spencer asked, catching Ashley off guard. "Not exactly," she glanced over at one of her framed pictures before looking back at Spencer who was oblivious to it all.
"Look... Spence... there's something I should probably tell you before you hear it from anyone else. Just promise me you'll still stick around?" she asked, her voice obviously full of pain. "Hey, listen, I know we just met and all, but I would never turn my back on you no matter what. What is it?" Spencer asked while taking Ashley's hands into her own. "It's just that... it's so complicated and there are a few people, mainly the cheerleaders, that don't like me because of it," she said. "You can tell me anything Ash..." Spencer replied. "That's what I'm afraid of," she quietly whispered to herself.
"Ok, well, I used to date Aiden," she began. "He's the star basketball player here. I'm sure you'll meet him later on at school today. He's with Madison Duarte now, Queen cheerleader," she said as she threw up her hands to emphasize the Queen part. "This was last year. We kind of slept together and I ended up pregnant. Aiden was there for the most part, but the rumors started spreading that I was a slut and that I had gotten knocked up and a lot of people gave me shit for it, especially Madison." Spencer listened carefully as she leaned on her hand and faced Ashley, making sure to give her her full attention. "Well anyway to make a long story short, I ended up having a miscarriage and Aiden and I called it quits. Then he started dating Madison shortly after and it's been weird ever since," she finished.
Spencer didn't know what to say in response to hearing all of that. Things like this never happened in Ohio. There, they never would've considered pre-marital sex. It just wasn't considered tolerable in such a small town. She had a lot to learn and for that she was thankful that she'd found Ashley. "Ash... I'm sorry, I'm just so shocked. I don't know what to say to you hun..." she replied truthfully. "It's cool Spence, don't worry about it. The past is the past huh?" she said as she shrugged her shoulders. "Yeah..." "FUCK! Spencer, it's half past 2, we're late for last period!" Ashley exclaimed. "Oh wow, did we really spend all that time talking?" she asked. Ashley then loosened up and replied with a simple, "Yep."
Just then, Spencer shocked Ashley with her next suggestion. "Well since we're already late, we might as well just stay here then!" she stated. "What? I didn't think you'd have it in you to skip out on school, Ohio," Ashley said with a giggle. "Hey shut up, I'm not that naive and uptight just because I come from a small place," Spencer laughed as she hit Ashley with one of the pillows. "OH IT'S SO ON NOW BITCH" Ashley yelled as she tried to recover from the blow.