A/N: Sorry for the short chapters, but this is a re-post, so most of these are going to be pretty short, sorry!

With intense concentration, Ashley stared at her TV screen, her fingers moved nimbly as her character on the screen moved from tunnel to tunnel. Picking up a shield she went on a search to kill. Bingo. Right up ahead there was a big gunfight breaking out.

Brrrrrrrvvvvvvv, Ashley immediately stopped and took her phone out of her pocket, looking at the caller id, her heart couldn't help but sink a little.

You were assassinated by UrSuchamoron.

"Damn."

"Good to hear from you too honey," the other voice laughed.

"No sorry, I'm just playing some Halo."

"Have you heard from Spencer yet?"

"No, still nothing." Ashley told Rachel about Spencer coming over that night they all went out to dinner, and that she was upset, but of course she did not say anything about the kiss.

"Hmm, well I hope you catch her soon, I just want to make sure she's ok…anyway, should I bring some Thai over after I get out of here?"

"Sounds good," she replied, while absent-mindedly picking up her controller again.

"Great, see you around eight then."

Ashley stared at her phone after she hung up with Rachel. "Come on Spence, I need to talk to you," she said, hoping in vain that maybe Spencer heard her and is calling her right at that moment. Exasperated, she decided to call for the umpteenth time. Not surprisingly, it went right to voicemail.

"Hey, it's Spencer, I'm busy, leave a message and I'll call you back."

"Hey Spence, it's Ashley again. You know, you're best friend who really wants to hear from you. I just want to at least make sure you're doing ok. I can't get a hold of Aiden either. If neither of you get back to me, I'm going to have to come over there. We need to sort through things, talk about what happened… alright, I'll talk to you later, you can't avoid me forever. Bye."

Ever since two nights ago when Spencer came over, Ashley kept replaying what happened over and over again in her mind.

Ashley sat on her couch trying frantically to call Spencer after she had hung up on her. 'She must be coming over,' she thought to herself, hoping nothing was wrong. After seeing lights shine through the living room window, Ashley raced to the front door. "Thank god, I was so worr-," she was about to reprimand Spencer, but instead was pulled into a deep kiss by her best friend. Stunned, Ashley stiffened and tried to pull back, but Spencer just pushed harder, with a hunger and neediness that she had never seen before. Spencer had her pinned up against the door and she couldn't help but give in. The aggressive one moved her hands up to Ashley's hair and tangled up the brown curls as the other grazed her fingers on her waist. It was only because of a lack of air that the two broke apart. Ashley looked into Spencer's steely blue eyes as she took a step back – they were tearing up, "I-I'm sorry, I couldn't hold back anymore". And before Ashley could say any more, Spencer ran off to her car and drove away.

It had finally clicked. Ashley finally understood why Spencer had been stand-offish to Rachel, their fights. How dense could she be? Enough was enough, Ashley got up and checked herself in the mirror. She got into her car and cursed the garage door for being so damn slow. Soon enough though, she was in front of Spencer's and buzzing her apartment.

"Hello?"

"Hey Aiden, is Spencer there?"

"No, she went out, I think she was doing some shopping," Aiden's voice crackled through the old intercom speaker.

"Ok, thanks. Oh and hey, why haven't you been answering my phone calls?"

"Didn't Spencer tell you? I lost my phone yesterday."

He has no idea? She hasn't said anything to him? "See ya later Aiden." Ashley knew better, she knew Spencer wouldn't be shopping if she was upset. She jumped back into her car and drove until she hit the beach. Not knowing what exactly she would say when she found her, Ashley made her way to their spot, the spot under the pier. When they were younger, they went here to share their secrets. As they got older, it was a nice place to relax when they were stressed.

Her instincts were right. With her back towards her, Spencer was sitting in the sand going through her phone. Walking slowly, Ashley made her way towards the woman and sat next to her. Spencer turned to look, but quickly looked back down once she saw who it was.

"There you are, I've missed you," Ashley whispered softly. At least five minutes of silence had passed after that, with only the movement of waves back and forth.

"I'm cleaning out my inbox…some crazy woman has been filling it up with messages," Spencer chuckled lightly, but quickly stopped when she put her phone away.

"I'm sorry Ash. I'm sorry for coming over like that, that night. I know you're with Rachel."

"And you're with Aiden," she reminded her.

"And I'm with Aiden."

"Do you regret it happened?" Ashley looked at Spencer hesitantly.

"No." Silence covered them again as the women retreated back to their thoughts.

"Do you?"

"Do I what."

"Do you regret what happened?" It was Spencer's turn to look over at Ashley.

"I don't regret it either." They both looked out over the ocean.

"Can I tell you a secret Ash?"

"Of course, that's what this place is for," she replied grinning. Spencer looked like she was about to cry.

"Just don't say anything 'til I get this all out ok?" Nodding in agreement, Ashley let her continue. "I like you Ash….a lot. All those feelings you get with Rachel? I get them too, with you. I mean, I get them with Aiden too, but with you…I don't know, they're heightened or something. You've been my best friend for ages, and I guess, ever since we became friends my feelings have grown. I guess I just did a good job of hiding them" Spencer stopped there and looked at Ashley for the first time since she professed her love. "I don't want this to ruin our friendship, and you probably don't even feel the same way, but if I don't get this out I would hate myself forever. And I know this is the worst timing ever, and I'm a terrible person for putting you through this," Spencer couldn't help but start to cry.

"Shhh, it's ok babe," Ashley said soothingly as she let Spencer collapse in her arms. After a good twenty minutes like that, Spencer's sniffles started to die down, looking up with a tear-stained face, she looked deep into those brown eyes. She moved her hands up and ran her fingers along Ashley's lips, and then down to her jawline. In that instant, the world around Ashley melted away, she pulled Spencer's head up to her own and kissed her with the same ferocity as the kiss two nights prior. This time it didn't stop there, soon Spencer was on her lap as they were attacking each other's lips. This was definitely much hotter than with Rachel.

Rachel! Oh shit.

"Rachel was supposed to meet me at my house tonight. Let me call her." Spencer whimpered as Ashley pulled her mouth away and reached for her phone.

"Hey, it's me. Yeah, can we not hang out tonight?....Yeah, I'm with Spencer….. Yeah, we're good now………ok I will………ok, bye."

All Spencer bothered to hear was Ashley's part of the conversation as she kissed the length of her earlobe down to her collarbone.

With a fleeting twinge of guilt, Ashley put down her phone and continued to kiss Spencer.

"Let's get out of here."