So its been a while. I haven't had a decent internet connection. But I'm here to regail you all with lots of new stuff. I hope you'll like how Skye's storyline ends up.
After a while, Arthur decided it was time for him to leave, "Well it was great to meet you Skye," he gave her a hug, "Ash, Spence, hang in there," he hugged both of them as well, "Its all going to be alright eventually. Glen isn't as bad as he seems sometimes."
"Sure Dad," Spencer rolled her eyes.
"Spencer, I love you," he said it sincerely, but was saying it for effect. He kissed her forehead. "You too Ash," he hugged her again.
"Thanks Mr. C," Ashley smiled.
"Please Ashley, whats with this 'Mr.' stuff?" Arthur smiled at her, "And Skye?" Arthur came to her last, "I'm glad to have you in our family. Regardless of the circumstances."
"Thanks," Skye smiled at you, "Its good to know that my grandfather is so open minded."
"I'm just gonna have to pay Glen a little visit tomorrow. See what I can do about him."
"Alright. Good night."
"Sleep well Skye," he smiled at her
"Thanks."
The phone rang at 3:30 the next day. Spencer had a rare Saturday work day. She left Parker at the day care so Ashley could have some time with Skye.
Ashley answered the phone, "Hello?"
"Okay. I got the point," Glen said without a greeting, "When do you want me over there?"
"Whenever, but be nice!"
"I'm nice."
Ashley laughed, "Riiight."
"I can be a nice guy!"
"Then do it when you meet her. This isn't easy for any one of us you know."
"Yeah but you--"
"Dude," Ashley cut him off, "No excuses. We will all be civil, regardless of the circumstances."
"Fine. I'll be over around six. Maybe earlier."
"We'll be here."
There was a knock on the door. Skye got up and answered it as Ashley continued to argue with Glen on the phone.
"Hi, I'm Aiden Dennison. You must be Ash's daughter Skye."
"Yeah. Hi," she extended her hand so they could shake.
"Well I just came by to give you this," he handed her a key, "For the apartment four doors down," he pointed.
"Thank you."
Ashley had finally finished her conversation with Glen as she came to see who was at the door.
"Hey Ash. How are you?"
"Fine you?"
When did it become like this again? "Alright."
"How's your family?"
"Fine, Fine," he paused, "You know what? Thats a lie. "
Ashley stifled a laugh at his delivery, "How so? I hope no one is hurt or sick."
"No, nothing like that. My wife had an affair on me. She decided that she could no longer keep up the mascaraed, and that she needed to divorce me."
"Another convert over to my team?" Ashley asked jokingly.
Aiden blushed, "Yes."
Ashley laughed hysterically, "That is too priceless!"
"Wait, what?" Skye asked.
"Girl number 4 that Aiden has been with that has decided she's a lesbian," Ashley said, still laughing.
"Spencer doesn't count! I never did any more than kiss her."
"Okay, I'll rephrase," Ashley regained her composure for a moment, "Four girls, that I know of, who Aiden has kissed, have decided that they're lesbians, after kissing Aiden."
Skye laughed a little.
"Correlation?" Ashley asked Skye, "Maybe."
"Anyways," Aiden tried to get them to stop talking about him, "Skye, if there is anything you ever need, just let me know. I'm living on site now up on the third floor 301."
"Alright. I'll keep that in mind," she smiled at him.
"I'm gonna go now, before I get even more humiliated," he said quietly to Skye, "Nice to meet you."
"Yeah, you too," he walked out the door, and Skye closed it behind him.
Ashley was still laughing about Aiden's track record with lesbians, "I can't wait until I can tell Spencer about that!" she exclaimed.
"You and Spence had good taste in guys."
"You think?" Ashley finally regained herself.
"Yeah. Aiden's cute... I mean for an old guy."
"Wait, did you just call me old?"
"No, I called him old."
"We're the same age."
"Oh. Sorry," Skye replied. She didn't sound totally sincere, "Wait, 4? I know about you two and his wife. Who was number 4?"
"Number 3," Ashley corrected, "His wife was number 4. Number 3 was just some random chick. She went out with me for a while after she came out. Her name was Ginger, she was sweet. Part of the reason I had to break it off with her was because she reminded me a bit of Spencer. I've always been sort of still into Spencer. I went out with Ginger a bit after you were born, before I moved to New York."
Skye nodded at Ashley.
"So Glen is coming over in a couple of hours."
"Really? He is?"
"Yeah. Mr. C paid him a visit today," Ashley chuckled, "I guess you can figure that Mr. C knocked some sense into Glen," she paused, then felt like she had to add, "Not physically."
"Yeah. I got that," Skye replied.
"Good."
"So after I meet Glen, I'm gonna move over there," she shook the key.
"You don't have to," Ashley replied, "You know you can stay here as long as you want."
"Yeah, but one night on that couch was enough for me."
"Understood. I'll give you a hand."
"Thanks."
"No problem," Ash replied, walking into the kitchen, "Want something to eat?"
"I'm okay," Skye replied, "I can get something if I'm not."
"Thats right. You're family, not a guest," Ashley said with her head in the refrigerator. She emerged with a beer. She popped it open and started drinking it, "I can't believe I'm so nervous about you meeting Glen," she said to Skye taking a sip, "I guess its because the shit is going to hit the fan... all of it,"
"It going to be an interesting night."
"Twenty-one years worth of shit," Ashley said to herself, "Fun."
Skye came up behind her and opened the fridge getting out a sparkling water, "Fun?" she asked.
"I was being sarcastic."
"I got that too. Still talking about the 'shit'?"
"Yeah. Aside from the dinner I had with Spencer's folks a few months back, I haven't seen Glen since that night that he... well we, I mean, you were,"
"Conceived?" Skye finished.
"Yeah, that," Ashley laughed at herself, "He was gone by the time I came to. I had to call a cab to get me back to my car. I was lucky it was still there in one piece."
Skye didn't know what to say to that, so she didn't say anything.
"I'm going to go get ready. You can have the bathroom second."
"Okay."