Chapter 2

Ashley's POV

Man, that was such a long day. Thank god I'm home. I've never been away from Josh for this long before. I walk into our apartment and toss my keys and briefcase on the floor. The T.V. is blaring, 'Go Diego, Go!' God I hate that show.

"Hello?" I yell and then I'm knocked over by a very energetic 3 year old. I pick him up and swing him around. "Oh baby, I missed you so much," I kiss him and he giggles. "How was your first day?"

"Mommy, I had so much fun. I pwayed with the bwocks and dwew a piture of you. Miss Spencew said it was the best in the class." Spencew? I mean Spencer?

"Did you just say Miss Spencer?

"Uh huh, she looks just like the lady in your piture," I put him down just as Kyla walked in from the kitchen. I gave her a questioning, confused look.

"Ash... I meant to call you earlier but I got stuck at a meeting and..."

"You knew?!"

"No... I didn't know she worked there. I chose the school because they came highly recommended. Is this weird? Should I look for a new place for Josh?

"No!" I snap back. Okay that kind of just scared Ky a little bit. I calm down. "I mean if they come highly recommended then we'll stay. I want my Joshua to have the best."

"Okay," Kyla turns back around to go back into the kitchen.

"Kyla?" I yell out.

"Yeah?"

"Don't worry, I'll bring Josh to day care tomorrow," I walk over to the living room, pick Josh up, and place him on my lap. Spencer... my Spencer. Am I ready to face her and apologize?

The Next Day

Spencer's POV

Uhhhhh! I'm so friggin' tired. I couldn't sleep last night. My mind was going crazy, Ash is back in L.A. What does this mean? Am I ready to forgive her and forget about these last five years? Are we just going to forget about what happened and go back to the way we were before she left? Wait! This is crazy, Ash has a son. She's moved on. She obviously has a husband or at the very least a boyfriend.

I started setting up the materials for our morning activity. Fuck! I'm so tired I keep dropping everything.

"Spencer?" It's her. I pick my head up. SMACK!

"Ouch," I hit my head on the table, just great.

"Oh my god... Spencer... I'm so sorry, are you okay?" She rushes up to me and puts her hands on my shoulder. I melt and my heart begins to race. I look up into her beautiful brown eyes. My legs feel like Jello. Struggling not to fall, I smile and she grabs me and draws me into a giant hug. God this feels so amazing. Wait!!!! Control yourself Spence. I regain my composer and rise to my feet.

"Ash, when did you get back?" I ask her in an emotionless voice.

"Two weeks ago... Spence I'm so sorry I..." we were interrupted by a large amount of laughing. The kids are all filing in.

"I can't talk about this right now, I have to work," she looks defeated. Aww... Don't give me those sad Davies eyes. "But... maybe we can discuss this later?" she flashes me her perfect smile. Damn! Joshua really does look just like his mom.

"Sure, yeah! That would be awesome! Come to my new place tonight," she starts scribbling her address on the back of her business card. "I'm usually home by six... so how about seven?"

"Sure, sounds good," I say without trying to sound too excited. I smile and she winks at me.

"Bye baby," she kisses Josh and straightens his collar. "I'll see you later," she turns and walks out of the class and back into my life.