Disclaimer: I do not any of the South of Nowhere characters, they are Tom Lynch's.

Notes: clearwatergurl99, dfyant1, and sp0rtigirl thank you for your comments and support…it's a little bit longer, (that's always good right?) but here's the update:

Chapter 2

Spencer jumps into the car while Ashley puts hers suitcase in the back. Ashley then hops in the drivers seat and looks at Spencer.

"So what now?" Ashley asks her sighing girlfriend.

"I'm moving in with you." She replies instantly.

"That's a good thing right?" Ashley jokingly says but Spencer just keeps staring out the window.

"Can we just leave? I can't look at this place anymore." (Guess the jokes aren't working)

"Sure thing." Ashley leans over and kisses Spencer on the cheek and says, "Everything's gonna be okay, I promise."

Ashley drives off. The car ride is quiet, Ashley wants to break the silence but she doesn't know what to say, so she doesn't, she just reaches over and grabs Spencer's hand squeezing it a little. Spencer looks over at her and slides her fingers between Ashley's, holding hands the whole ride. They get to Ashley's house and Spencer gets out without hesitation. She knows where she wants to be.

"Spencer, baby, talk to me." Ashley says as they're walking inside.

Spencer looks at her with tear filled eyes and falls into Ashley's arms. She wraps her arms around Ashley and Ashley puts her arms around the crying blonde's waist and holds her tighter, letting her know she'll never leave her side.

"I jus- I just don't understand." Spencer starts, "Why won't she accept me for who I really am?"

"I don't know sweetie, she loves you, so she will eventually, but wait, why is she at the house anyway?" Ashley questions.

"She kicked dad out, and since he left, my life has been hell." Spencer cries.

"Come on, lets go upstairs." Ashley inquires.

She grabs Spencer's hand and leads her upstairs. They walk into Ashley's room and Spencer sits on the bed. Ashley sits down beside her.

"Look, no matter what, you're always welcome to stay here as long as you want, nothing in this world can stop us from being together. I love you Spence, and that's never gonna change." Ashley says open-heartedly.

"I've never heard you open up like that before." Spencer says as she's drying her eyes.

"People change for the better."

Spencer leans in and kisses Ashley, what felt like two minutes, seemed like an eternity to them. Ashley slides her hand through those golden locks and pulls Spencer closer. Spencer cups Ashley's face with her hand and deepens the kiss, laying Ashley down on her back. Spencer slides her hand up Ashley's shirt but then Ashley pulls back.

"Geez, can I have some air?" Ashley teases Spencer.

"Only if you can go for another five minutes." Spencer replies.

Ashley laughs, "I'll take my chances."

Back at the Carlin household, Paula is looking in the mirror at the scratch mark Spencer left on her face. She knew she was rough on her but she didn't need to slap her, or maybe she did. She walks out of the downstairs bathroom and heads up to Spencer's room. She knew Spencer was going out that night, but she didn't know she had moved out. She gets to Spencer's room and knocks lightly, no answer, she opens the door a little and all she sees is a pink piece of stationary paper on Spencer's bed. She grabs the note and reads it, it reads:

To whoever that finds this, I went away for awhile. I'm sick and tired of trying to be the perfect daughter; I can't take this drama anymore. Mom, I know you're reading this, and I knew one day you were going to have to accept me for who I am and today is the day. I'm not coming back until you can figure out your life, and I can figure out mine, so let me be. Oh and yeah, don't even bother calling my cell, I probably won't answer it.

Spencer

"Oh my God, Glen, Clay!" Paula screams.

Both of the boys come rushing up the stairs to find out why their mother was screaming.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Glen panics, "Where's Spencer?"

"She moved out, she's gone." Paula panics more not thinking straight.

"Moved out? How?" Clay questions.

"I don't know but we got to-" Paula stops, "Ashley…"

After realizing who Spencer's with she runs downstairs and grabs her cell.

"Mom what are you doing?" Glen asks and Clay follows.

"Calling the police." Paula states.

"You can't call the police, Spencer decided to leave." Clay implies trying to help Spencer as much as he can.

"Well she's my daughter, she doesn't have a say in anything. And don't even think abput warning her." Paula chops back at him.

"Whatever happened to freedom of speech?" Clay mumbles as his mom panics all around the house.

Clay runs back upstairs and goes into his room and grabs his cell phone. 'Spence please pick up this once' he thinks to himself. He dials his little sis's number.

Ashley is now on top of Spencer, both of them shirts off going further. Ashley is kissing Spencer's neck when her phone vibrates.

"Oh shit!" Spencer yells.

"What? Did I do something wrong?" Ashley says. (Innuendo alert)

"No my phone is vibrating you perv!" Spencer jokes.

She answers her phone clearly forgetting what she said in the note. "Hello?"

"Spence, it's Clay."

"Hey big bro what's up?" Spencer says acting like she didn't just move out.

"There's a problem." Clay sighs.

Spencer's expression turned from a smile to a quick frown, "What happened?"

"Mom's calling the police on Ashley." He answers.

"What?" Spencer yells.

"What's the problem?" Ashley asks the horrified blonde.

Spencer just looks over to Ashley and says, "According to my mom, you."

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Candace