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Author's Note: Welcome to my story! I am so happy with all of your comments and I would love if they could keep coming! Even a quick good or really bad would be appreciated. This update is a little short and I'm sorry but I haven't been feeling very well lately... Anyway thanks for reading!

Chapter 2

Ashley lay in Spencer's bed watching the small television in the corner of the blonde's private room. She was twirling Spencer's blonde locks in her fingers and staring absent mindedly at the bright screen. After awhile of staring at the screen Ashley looked away, afraid of having a seizure. Her eyes fell lazily on the sleeping figure of the eleven year old in the bed.

She felt extremely connected to the girl lying in the bed next to her. She was, however, concerned that the blonde still wasn't being completely honest with her. Ashley remembered the first time they had talked, several weeks ago, and remembered the girl's answer to why she was in there.

"Accident. Freak accident…"

Ashley didn't believe it and knew the blonde didn't believe it either. Frustrated the brunette began to flip through the channels furiously.

"Ash…stop!" Spencer groaned from beside her and flipped over on her side covering her eyes' with her pillow. Ashley huffed in annoyance with the girl's obviously hostile tone of voice.

"Stop what?"

Spencer sat up quickly and threw the pillow she had thrown over her head across the room, "flipping through the channels so much!" Ashley ducked, the pillow barely missing her head.

"I don't understand what the problem is!" Ashley retorted not stopping her flipping campaign. She completely ignored the death glares that the blonde was sending her; because they hurt her heart to much, "I am just trying to find something interesting to watch on this stupid television."

"How are you going to tell what is on the channel if you keep changing them so fast?" Spencer inquired.

"Why are you being so pissy?" the brunette asked now curious at Spencer's abrupt mood change answering the blonde's question with a question.

"Nothing," the blonde mumbled, laying back down, "it's just how are you going to get to know the channel?"

Ashley snorted at the ridiculousness of the statement, "get to know the channel? What the hell does that mean?"

"Do you do that with people?" Spencer asked and Ashley was taken aback by the analogy, "Do you judge them within seconds of meeting them whether they are worth watching or not? Do you try to change them?" Spencer asked incredulously closing her blue eyes.

Ashley's eyes widened in surprise, not expecting the attack that she was receiving from the younger girl. "Spencer seriously what's wrong?"

"Nothing," the blonde mumbled her eyes still closed, "the flipping was just getting annoying is all. Not to mention it was starting to bother my eyes. I already have a headache…"

Ashley turned off the television and twisted in the bed to stare at the blonde, "that is not what is wrong; you and I both know it."

Spencer opened her eyes and looked over at Ashley, "I got some tests done the other day." Ashley's eyebrows rose.

"Really? How did they go?" Ashley decided to let the fact that Spencer hadn't told her about this in the first place drop.

"I have to be in here for another month…" Spencer said through held back tears, "God, Ash, I can't stand it in here. It isn't me and I'm scared it's changing me and," Spencer stopped herself and her ramblings, "and I don't even know where I am going with this…" she sighed.

"It can't be all bad Spence…" Ashley said lowering her head.

The blonde snorted, "Yes Ashley it really is."

The brunette began to twiddle her thumbs, "than how do you think I feel? I have to be in this hell hole for the rest of my life which, admittedly, isn't going to be very long and…I don't know, you were kind of like a break in the depression for me, but obviously you don't feel the same way…"

Spencer sat up startled that she would ever think that, "You don't know what you are talking about! These past couple of weeks you have become my best friend and I love you."

Ashley smiled, "yeah well who wouldn't?"

"Shut up!" Spencer retorted, "You know what I mean…"

"Yeah I do," the brunette replied and kissed the blonde softly on the cheek. The two stared at each other smile's on both of their faces. The fact that they had found such a friendship in such a dismal place astounded both of them. A knock came from the door and Ashley, who was not allowed to leave her room, shot up from the bed; looking around quickly for a place to hide.

The blonde looked up and felt her heart sink as her Aunt Joan walked into the hospital room.

"Hello Spencer dear!" Joan said cheerfully and then turned her attention to Ashley, "Who is your friend?"

Spencer's mood lifted when it became apparent that her Aunt hadn't seen how close they were because her Aunt was a severe Christian and couldn't stand that much affection in one room.

"Hey, Auntie Joan…this is uh…this is Ashley," Spencer replied roughly glancing over at the brunette who was obviously uncomfortable with the situation.

"Hello Ashley," Joan addressed the girl and then quickly turned back to her niece, "I heard about your tests honey I am sorry but I would like you to know that I am here for you." The woman smiled.

Spencer smiled back but it didn't mean a thing to her.

"It's okay Auntie," Spencer turned to look at Ashley, "I don't think staying here is going to be so bad anymore…"

The girls' beamed at each other.

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