Okie dokie artichokie's. I have an update here. A littlel longer than the last, and I'm not sure how I feel about this one. Feels a bit forced to me.
Anyways, read it and let me know what you think. Or read it and don't let me know what you think. Whatever makes you happy.
Oh and I just wanted to say that I'm not sure how often I'll be updating, between school and work my free time is limited, but I'll try my hardest.
Anyways, here goes nothing.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, no Spashely, no South, no Kyla, no Jack's Mannequin, not even stupid Aiden. Just my crazy cool checkered glasses. So please don't sue. I'd probably cry.
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A week had gone by since that day that she had walked to the beach. The day that she had let herself remember all of the hurt she currently stored inside of her.
A week of sitting around doing nothing, like usual, and a week of wondering if the heartache that she had worked so hard to get rid of, would go away.
It was as if that Monday, that fateful day, had woken up her heart. It had told her what she wanted; the only problem was that she wasn't ready for what it was trying to tell her. She wasn't ready to take action, action that very well would end with nothing of importance for her.
She sat on her couch staring at her phone; she knew what she needed to do. She knew she had been being selfish this last year by not having contact with anybody. So she picked up her phone and began to dial the familiar number, a number that she had tried to dial so many times and failed.
As she listened to the empty ringing her heart began to race. She was afraid of what was to come with this stunt. What she did know was that she needed to do this, not for herself, but for them.
'Ashley?..Hello? Ashley I know it's you, please just say something.' Kyla's voice rang through the other line.
'I-I. Um, hi? God this was a mistake.' Came Ashley's gravelly voice. It had been so long since she had uttered a single word, she wasn't sure if Kyla could even understand her.
'No, Ashley! Wait! It wasn't a mistake. It's so good to hear your voice. It's been too long.' She had sounded relieved.
'I'm sorry.' It was the only thing that Ashley could think to say at that point in time.
The conversation had proceeded and by the time that Ashley had hit the end button on her phone she had somehow been roped into meeting her younger sister for dinner. She hadn't been out in so long, she even went far enough as to have the local grocery store deliver her food for her so she wouldn't have to go out and have the chance of seeing a familiar face.
She was supposed to meet Kyla at seven at the small diner by her house. She had been to that diner on several occasions, usually at the early hours of the morning when she couldn't sleep. It had been a great place to go to think, and she knew she would not see anybody she had once known in there.
She had several hours until she had to get ready to meet Kyla. She hadn't seen her sister in 14 months, if you didn't count the short meeting outside of her house that warm night seven months ago. To say she was nervous was an understatement.
She and Kyla had a weird relationship. It had all started when the younger version of her showed up at her father's wake. She had claimed to be Raife Davies daughter too, and insisted that she had a right to be there. Ashley had taken it very hard, claiming that she never wanted to get to know this girl; she refused to even call her a sister. She was positive that Kyla was only there for the money.
However, as the months went by she had learned that Kyla had wanted nothing more than to meet her sister, to be around her, and be there for her. It had been a rocky couple of months until eventually the two became inseparable. Always there for each other, no matter what had happened. At high school they were known as the 'Davies Duo'.
The next couple of years Kyla and Ashley had overcome many obstacles, and in the end Kyla had ended up being the one person that Ashley could talk to about everything and the one person that constantly surprised Ashley.
Ashley tugged her skinny jeans on and laced up her Chuck Taylors and began to scurry around her apartment making sure that she had everything. It was a nervous habit of hers, one she hadn't practiced in a little over a year.
She stepped out onto the sidewalk and immediately lit up a cigarette, taking a deep drag and exhaling slowly. It was only going to take her about five minutes to get to the diner, and she was running a little early. She couldn't help it, she was nervous, and it made her restless. So she'd take her sweet time in getting to the diner, hoping not to seem too eager to see her sister.
She wouldn't admit it out loud, but she had missed Kyla, she had missed her almost as much as she missed her heart. It would be good to see her; at least she hoped it would be.
She had arrived at the diner with two minutes to spare, and yet as she peered into the small establishment, she saw the familiar brown hair and simple clothing. It made her stop and smile, just knowing that there was still somebody that cared enough about her to actually keep their promises.
She took a deep breath and pushed her way into the diner, slowly walking towards the table. Kyla's head snapped up from the table and an instant smile was spread across her face. Ashley was pretty sure that if she smiled any bigger than her face would be stuck that way permanently, but she couldn't stop the small, shy, smile that broke out onto her face at the sight of her only family member.
In a flurry of movement, she was caught into a deep hug. It was all that she had wanted for months, to be able to talk to her best friend, to be able to hug her, and apologize for the way she had been.
When the two pulled back they both had tears in their eyes. They giggled simultaneously and looked at each other.
Ashley had looked Kyla up and down and took in all that she had missed, until her eyes landed on one thing that could not be mistaken.
'You're, you, you're pregnant?' Ashley stuttered out.
'Yeah, I am. I wanted to tell you, but not over the phone. I wanted to tell you that you're going to be an auntie!' Kyla smiled nervously at Ashley. She had wanted to tell Ashley so many times, but she wanted to see the look on her older sisters face when she told her that she was going to have a niece or nephew.
A large smile overtook Ashley's face as she pulled her younger sister in for a hug.
'I'm so happy for you! I see Glen finally grew the balls to do something right.' Ashley smiled warmly at her sister.
'I guess you could say that.' Kyla laughed as they both sat down at their table.
A silence overtook the table as neither girl knew what to say. Well, actually, Kyla had a few things on her mind, but she didn't want to drive Ashley away, it had taken this long to get her to call and agree to meet somewhere. She didn't want to ruin it by pushing too much.
'So, how're you doing?' Kyla broke the silence that Ashley seemed all too comfortable to stay in.
'I've been okay.' Ashley answered simply.
'Oh, well that's good.'
The waitress came and broke the now awkward silence and took their orders. And after a few minutes she came back and placed their plates in front of them. Kyla smiled slightly at Ashley's plate.
'What?' Ashley asked as she took a bite of her veggie burger.
'Nothing, it's just that you still eat like an animal. The only difference is now you don't actually eat animals. How long has that been going on for?' Kyla asked curiously.
'Uh, about a year now. I just felt like it was time for a change.' Ashley stated shyly. She had gotten this question a lot, and if she was being completely honest, her reasoning for not eating animals had nothing to do with global warming or the poor animals, it simply was something she did for herself, a nice change.
'A lot has changed in a year.' Kyla stated as she picked at her salad.
'Yeah, and then some things haven't, like us.' Ashley smiled at her best friend.
'And we never will Ashley. I told you, I'm always here for you. No matter what happens.' Kyla locked eyes with Ashley, hoping that she had gotten the point through to her.
'I know Ky. Thank you.' Ashley ducked her head down.
Kyla just simply nodded and the two went on to eat their lunch and converse with each other. They only made small talk, basically catching up on things in each other's lives without delving into unwelcome topics.
As the two made their way from the diner to Kyla's car, Ashley grabbed Kyla's hand and stopped her.
'I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything I put you through. It had nothing to do with you. I just needed to get away and you didn't deserve how I treated you and what I did.' Ashley said as she looked Kyla in the eyes. She needed the younger girl to believe everything that was coming from her mouth, because it was all true.
'I'm sorry too.' Kyla said. She truly was sorry for everything that had caused Ashley to leave, and sorry for the fact that it had been over a year since they had even had a real conversation.
The two hugged and Kyla got in her car and slowly drove away into the evening traffic of L.A.
Ashley walked slowly back to her apartment with a small smile on her face. Maybe this wasn't such a bad thing, maybe it was time for change, time to move on.
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