Hopefully this one isn't too confusing. lol. I pretty much think it's common sense, but you never know, I'm crazy and have an ADD mind.
Anyways, here's the third chapter. Enjoy. And review please. :)
Disclaimer: I own nothing, no Spashely, no South, no Kyla, no Athlete, not even stupid Aiden. Just my crazy cool checkered glasses. So please don't sue. I'd probably cry.
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'Ashley come on. Come back inside. It's not that bad, I promise.' Kyla begged.
'I can't Ky. You know that. I can't go back in there and just pretend that nothing happened. That it's not killing me to see that.' Ashley mumbled.
'Ashley, when are you going to let it go? It's been almost two years now. You have got to move on with your life.' Kyla said.
'It's not that easy for me Kyla, and you know that. Look, I'll call you tomorrow.' Ashley said as she stepped towards Kyla giving her a kiss on the cheek and rubbing her stomach. 'You better be good to your mamma little girl!'
As she stepped from the front steps and into the night air, she inhaled deeply, fighting back the tears that threatened to spill.
2 hours earlier
'Ashley, seriously, it's gonna be two hours of your life at the most. I've been looking forward to this forever. You can't miss you baby sisters baby shower.' Kyla complained and stuck out her bottom lip.
It was that bottom lip that had always gotten Ashley to cave. That lip that had gotten Ashley to buy Kyla the puppy, the puppy that subsequently ate Ashley's pillow cases and peed all over her carpet. And it was that exact lip that had gotten Ashley to where she was now.
Kyla's house, decorating for the baby shower. She had been planning it for Kyla for about a month now, and since the girl was so close to popping, she figured this was as good a time as any to get it over with. She had planned it out, all the invitations, the cake, the presents, the date, and time. However, while doing so she had effectively managed to block out the fact that there was going to be a hundred girls at this part. At least 30 that she knew, and at least 5 that she knew on a personal level. The ones she used to call her friends.
At this very moment Ashley Davies had a dilemma. She could stay at the party and suffer through it, hoping that nobody would ask her a million questions and risk seeing the one person who still held her heart captive, or she could skip out on the festivities and risk upsetting her 8 ½ month pregnant sister.
She knew that the first option would never happen. She'd be there and everybody would ask her questions. Where have you been? How have you been? Do you work? Do you have a girlfriend? Have you talked to her? Why'd you leave? Blah blah blah. Ashley didn't think she could take it, but she didn't want to risk sending Kyla into early delivery, so she had to suck it up.
'Fine, fine. I'll stay, but only for an hour. That's it, no more.' Ashley said sternly to Kyla.
A half an hour had passed and the guests had started to arrive at Kyla's house. Ashley had decided to hide out in the kitchen under the false pretense that she was arranging the appetizers on the trays and making sure that all the drinks were in order. Of course everything had been in order a half an hour before the party even started, but Kyla seemed to sense her need to get away from everybody.
Ashley had exhausted all of her time in the kitchen and reluctantly made her way into the living room where the baby was currently taking place. There were so many women she didn't know where to start, so she decided to lean against the wall and just watch her younger sister interact with her friends. It had been so long since Ashley had seen these people, she was sure most of them hadn't even realized that she would be attending this party. She had been in hiding for almost a half of a year; she certainly didn't expect that people would even think about her at this point in time.
The party was well on its way now, with several of the women more than a bit tipsy, and Kyla began opening her presents. She had just picked up a large wrapped gift and began to unwrap it, when she suddenly gasped and took in the gift.
Underneath the wrapping paper was a large, beautifully framed black and white picture of her and Glen on the beach when they were just teenagers. Around the picture there were several others bordering it, some of Kyla and Ashley, some of Glen and Ashley, and some of Glen and his family. There were two sonograms on each side of the picture, one of Kyla and one of Glen.
Kyla's eyes began to water as she searched around the room for her older sister. She had known as soon as she saw the frame that Ashley had done this, she was a softy deep down. She got out of her chair and walked to her sister and gave her a big hug. The two stood there in an embrace for what seemed like an eternity until they were interrupted by a door opening and closing and two voices laughing.
The voices in question soon walked in on the scene and suddenly froze. Ashley and Kyla broke apart and turned around, only to be faced by the two people that Ashley had desperately wanted to avoid during this whole party.
Her heart was now in the room with her, the only problem was that it wasn't in her chest; it was standing right in front of her, in the form of none other than Spencer Carlin, the blond haired, blue eyed beauty that had captured Ashley's heart at the young age of 16, and had yet to give it back. Unfortunately for Ashley, she no longer held Spencer's heart, and that was made perfectly clear by the presence of the young brunette at the side of her heart, holding her hand tightly.
'Did we interrupt?' Spencer asked shyly, with a slight tint of red on her cheeks.
'Oh no, no, it's okay. I was just thanking Ashley for the gift she got me.' Kyla explained quickly.
Throughout this whole conversation Ashley couldn't help but stare at their hands entwined with each others. It was the most interesting, and heartbreaking thing that she had seen in over seven months. She hadn't seen Spencer, or the girl, since that fateful night that she had mistakenly ended up outside the Carlin residence.
'…yeah, it's really beautiful. She's the best big sister in the world.' Kyla finished off her speech. The one that Ashley had conveniently zoned out on. 'Right Ashley?' Kyla asked, nudging Ashley in the ribs with her elbow.
'Oh yeah, right. What am I if not the best big sister in the world?' Ashley joked awkwardly.
This felt like some alternate universe. The only reason she knew that it was real was the fact that she could feel her chest aching, as if it was breaking open slowly.
The three continued to stand awkwardly as all of the guests at the party watched on.
'Right, well we should sit down, right?' Kyla said as she ushered the three other girls into the party, latching onto Ashley's arm and dragging her to sit on the couch right next to her. She leaned into Ashley and asked if she was okay, all Ashley could do was nod. The party had picked up after that, Kyla continued to open her gifts, and the crowd had continued to drink themselves into oblivion.
It had been another agonizing thirty minutes and all Ashley could do was stare at Spencer. She hoped that she wasn't being so obvious, but she hadn't been this close to Spencer for close to two years, and it was killing her. She had to sit and watch as her heart laughed and smiled with this other girl. She had to watch as her Spencer kissed this other girl, and held hands with this other girl, and whispered secrets to this other girl.
It was all too much for her, so she leaned into Kyla and mumbled something about going outside as she quietly excused herself from the party and onto the back patio. She had been staring at the cigarette in her hand for the past five minutes when she finally began to light it up and smoke it. She took a deep drag on it and sat thinking about what she was going to do. She couldn't keep doing this to herself; this is what she had been avoiding when she went into hiding.
The party hadn't been that bad, until they showed up, and now it was just unbearable. She had to get out of there before she made a fool of herself. She finished off her cigarette just as Kyla stepped out onto the back patio and sat down next to her on the steps.
'Ashley come on. Come back inside. It's not that bad, I promise.' Kyla begged.
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