Not wanting to have any more encounters, the whole gang left to Kelsey's apartment. On the way there, they decided that Spencer will tell Ashley the old history with Amy and then the gang will tell about Kelsey. They arrived at the apartment and it was empty. For the moment that was a good thing. Everyone gathers around the living room and takes a seat on the couch or on the kitchen chair. Spencer stays standing and starts to pace in front of everyone. Ashley, who is seated in the reclining chair by herself, waits patiently for Spencer to start. Spencer stops pacing and turns to Ashley. Here it goes.

Spencer: "Okay. I met this boy Travis in 8th grade. He was always nice to me but not many kids liked him. He was kind of a bad boy."

Ashley: "Is it just me or is Spencer attracted to bad kids?"

Spencer glares at Ashley for interrupting her. It was hard enough that she had to think about this part of the past, let alone say it out load.

Ashley: "Sorry."

Spencer: "Okay. Freshman year. We start talking a little bit more. Kelsey didn't really like him. When I asked her why she doesn't like him she just told me 'I don't know. Just don't.' I had a boyfriend that year but we broke up. He had feeling for Kelsey. Suddenly once the break up, Travis was always around. Just being a good friend. Soon we became a couple. Two months later, I have dinner with his family and that was when I met Amy officially. Sure I seen her around school but we never talked. We started hanging out more after that. She accepted me as her brother's girlfriend and she liked me with her brother."

Ashley: "So wait, there used to be a nicer version of Amy than what I saw earlier today?"

Spencer: "Yes."

Ashley: "And now she is an evil b!tch. Sounds oddly like Madison."

Spencer: "Oddly yes. Okay. Fast forward to Sophomore year. Spring Break. Remember when I told you about my first time?"

Ashley: "Of course."

Spencer: "Well it was also during a party and I was pretty drunk. The thing I didn't tell you was that I said 'no' but it still happened."

Ashley's mouth drops but keeps her eyes on Spencer. Spencer wraps her arms around herself.

Spencer: "Kelsey found me out back and took me home. Later I find out she went back, caught him making out with another girl…"

Ashley shuts her mouth. She could not believe this happened. She can see the sadness in the blue eyes that she loves. The blue eyes can see the anger growing in the brown ones.

Spencer: "Kelsey got in a fight with Travis but back then Kelsey wasn't as good as a fighter as she is now. She was pretty banged up. Well next day, I broke up with Travis. Okay, Kelsey and I always had a suspicion that Travis did some drugs and Kelsey came up with a plan. See lately then, Travis was spinning to the dark side. He always loved the sense of power. Well once we broke up he had no reason to try and stay good. His drug usage wasn't kept much of a secret anymore. Soon we found out he was also giving drugs. Like being the in between man. Guy tells him he wants some, gives him money, he would go to whoever he was going to, they give him the drugs, he gives them the money, he gives the guy who gave him money the drugs. Who ever gave him the drugs would give him a tip. Travis was like a salesman of the drug. Tries to sell you the drug by using it, letting you know he knew where to get some and he would go to the dealer for the stock when the customer was wanting to buy it. Now, his family is very anti drug extremely religious. Well, Kelsey wanted revenge. For me and herself. She did some following and took a picture with him doing drugs and another one of him giving someone drugs. I left the pictures at their doorstep and rang the doorbell. Two days later, he was sent off to boarding school. The thing was Amy saw me and Kelsey driving away from their street. She was walking home. Ever since the break up she has been trying to talk me into talking to Travis, help him, and try to make it work between us. The day after he was sent away, she figured out that we gave the pictures. She hated me ever since. Her family I guess started to fall apart."

Spencer lets out a sigh and leans against the wall a couple feet behind her.

Ashley: "What happened after that?"

Spencer: "She started being a bully towards me. Whenever she say me at school, she would try to push me or something. My friends started to protect me. Everyone knew tension was running high and something could happen. So in response, they never left my side. I always had someone walking with me in the halls in school and outside school."

The 4 girls on the couch nod in agreement. They remember this piece of time very clearly.

Spencer: "We were at this party. School was over and it was night. Kelsey couldn't come because her mom was actually home and wanted to spend time with her family while all of them were in one roof. Well, Amy's boys started to get in the faces of Jasmine and Brittany's boyfriends in the backyard. Jasmine, Brittany, Briana, and Hayley went out back to stop them from fighting. That means I was alone. Before I could get to the backyard, Amy and her two friends stopped me and started pushing violently through the front door."

Spencer who was looking at a spot on the wall while she was talking, looks into Ashley's eyes. They told everything on what the brunette was feeling about where this story was going. Anger. Even though Ashley didn't know her then, Ashley still felt the need to protect her from anything. From Amy back then.

The blonde turns her attention to the floor and continues her story.

Spencer: "I ran. They caught me at the park and started punching me, kicking me, and hurting me. I tried to fight back but I am not much of a fighter and there were 3 of them. Before I knew it I was on the ground, curled up into a ball being viciously kicked. Kelsey shows up and starts defending me and the girls run away. They never really got another shot to really hurt me like they did that night. Kelsey made sure of it. Three months later, I moved. The end of that ordeal, until now."

Ashley who has been relatively quiet during the story, not wanting to interrupt Spencer again with her comments, stands up and walks up to Spencer. She didn't know what to say. She hated that all that happened to Spencer. Ashley lifts up Spencer's chin so she can see the blonde's eyes. What she saw was pain. The brunette pulls the blonde into a hug that was much needed by both of them. Spencer wraps her arms around Ashley's neck and Ashley wraps her arms around her waist and rested her chin on Spencer's shoulder. Feeling absolutely safe in Ashley's arms, Spencer buries her head in Ashley's neck.

The girls give Spencer and Ashley their moment before breaking it.

Briana: "What about us?"

Brittany: "We protected Spencer."

Jasmine: "You heard the story."

Hayley: "Where is our hug."

Spencer smiles, pulls away from Ashley and opens one arm wide towards the group while keeping one arm around Ashley's shoulder. The girls get up and join the hug to create a giant group hug.

The girls immediately start to smile and giggle. Only one person didn't join in, Ashley. The brunette did not giggle or even smile. She couldn't. She couldn't believe that happened to Spencer. Her Spencer. Her sweet and innocent Spencer. She was mad. Mad at Amy and those girls who attacked her. Mad that Amy wanted to inflict more pain to Spencer. Mad at herself because she wasn't there to protect her. Even though, she shouldn't be mad at herself because she hasn't even met Spencer then, but she still felt the need to protect. If Ashley could, she would go back in time and defend Spencer from those girls. Mad that she really didn't know this past of Spencer's. The blonde is her best friend/girlfriend and she didn't know really anything about Spencer's past, only present. There was this whole other life that Spencer had and she knew nothing about. Spencer knows practically anything worth knowing in the brunette's life but she couldn't say the same thing. How much does Ashley really know about Spencer? Now, she was mad at herself for being so oblivious to Spencer's past.

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so wat ya'll think?