Friday came and went. The teachers were busy running around getting their classrooms and the school set up for the parents and the students were busy cleaning their dorms or just lounging around. Ashley had spent most of her day with Chelsea, Clay, Aiden, Kyla, and Erica, this cute brunette that Ashley has decided will be her new toy until Spencer comes around. They had lied around all day watching movies and eating junk food. None of them bothered cleaning as most were neat freaks or in Aiden's case, his mom would clean it again anyways.

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Spencer stood at the front table shaking hands with parents as her students introduced them to her in the dining hall. The school had a breakfast planned for those who arrived early. It was during this breakfast that Spencer spotted a familiar blond woman and dark haired man walk into the dining hall. They were familiar because they shared the same features as Spencer.

"Mom? Dad? What are you two doing here?!" She asks excitedly as she makes her way over to them, immediately being engulfed in a hug from both parents.

"Oh honey, we just wanted to see the place that's keeping our baby girl away from home," her father, Arthur, replies in a thick southern accent.

"I've missed you guys! Mom, your hair looks amazing!"

Her mother chuckles at this, "Thanks darling, I had Rafael fix it before the trip. And look at you! All skin and bones, where's that sister on mine? She is supposed to be keeping you well fed, is this how she runs the whole school, kids barely eating?" Her mother scans the hall in search of someone, with her hands on her hips.

Meanwhile, Spencer and Arthur share an amused look as they watch Paula. That look vanishes as Paula spots who she is looking for and flags her over. As they see the woman head over, they both put on fake smiles and prepare themselves.

Paula on the other hand, lets out a scream and pulls the woman into a hug, "Susanna it has been way too long!" The two woman talk for a few minutes taking each other in and catching up a bit before Spencer or Arthur are even acknowledged.

The older blond turns toward Arthur and glares, "Ah yes, my good for nothing brother-in-law… Are you still working with those brats off the streets and making my baby sister support the family?"

Arthur bites the inside of his cheeks and puts on the fake smile once again, "Susanne it's always a real treat to see you. I've missed you too, how's Willy?"

"William is just fine; he gets back from France on Wednesday." To show she's done making small talk with him, she turns her attention to Spencer, "Spencer you should have told me your parents were coming, I would have had something planned..."

Spencer is about to tell her that she didn't even know they were, but is interrupted by the school's secretary, "Sorry to interrupt Mrs. Keaton, but Mrs. Davies has just arrived and she's demanding to speak with you at once."

Mrs. Keaton nods and turns back towards them, "Right well, sorry to cut this short, but duty calls. I will see ya'll later and Spencer prepare yourself for this one, she's a real piece of work."

Spencer nods and watches her aunt walk away, slightly intrigued to meet the person responsible for making Ashley how she is. She turns back towards her parents once Mrs. Keaton is out of sight, "So! Let me show you around!"

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Ashley straddles the brunette girl sucking on the pulse of her neck as the girl begs for more. Smiling to herself, she makes her way down Erica's topless torso and continuously teases the girl as she plays with the button of her jeans. "Ashley, please..." the girl pleads.

As she's about to finally take the pants off, her door flings open. "Really Ashley, I was hoping this would just be a phase."

Ashley almost falls off of her bed as she realizes who it is. Quickly regaining her composure, she smirks not budging from her position of straddling Erica, "Sorry ma, some are just too damn hot for it to be a phase."

Her mother just rolls her eyes and walks into the room, "Please tell your new toy to leave now, we have appearances to keep up."

Letting out a groan, Ashley gets off of Erica and fixes her hair, "What are you even doing here mother? And where is dad?" She watches Erica scramble out of the room looking terrified.

"He had a meeting with some clients, now come on, get changed. The Dennison's have just arrived and they brought their nephew Andrew, I'm sure he will be just thrilled to see you."

"They did what?!"

"You heard me, now how about you wear a pretty sundress or something. Maybe you and Andrew will hit it off again."

"I am not going near that piece of garbage mother! You can not make me!" Ashley shudders as she says this, an image of him creeping into her mind once again.

"You will go near and be nice. His father is buying into one of your father's companies and plans on letting Andrew run it once he graduates from Yale next year."

"So what does this have to do with me?"

"You know he has always fancied you, you two would make the perfect couple."

Ashley looks at her mother disgusted, "You forgot two little details mother! One being that I don't want to spend any time with that creep! And two being that I like girls!" Frustrated beyond belief she storms out of her room to find her sister or Chelsea. On her way out of her room she runs into something that feels like a wall, but last time Ashley checked there aren't random walls placed in the middle of the hallways.

Stumbling back a bit, she lets out a few swear words. When she looks up however, her scowl turns into a smile. "TOBY! I didn't know you were coming!" She leaps into the large mans arms and hugs him tightly.

Toby smiles and swings the girl around before setting her down, "Hello Miss Davies, how are you?"

"Great now that you are here. Mother just informed me that Andrew is here," Ashley replies weakly.

Toby's face quickly changes into a scowl and his fists clench, "Does your father know?"

Ashley shrugs, "I doubt it. I guarantee my mother set this whole thing up. Toby, I don't think I could handle seeing him. Daddy said I never would have to again if I agreed."

He nods and pulls Ashley into a one armed embrace, "Don't worry baby girl, I'll take care of this my way, and your father will never know."

Ashley smiles and thanks him, their little moment however is cut short, "Toby, did you find my other ungrateful daughter?"

Toby rolls his eyes and turns toward Christine, "Yes Mrs. Davies, Kyla is already at breakfast with the Dennison's."

Christine nods and walks down the hall with Toby and Ashley reluctantly following behind her.

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Breakfast came and went uneventfully, Ashley sat with the Dennison's but ignored Andrew who whenever tried to talk to Ashley got interrupted by Toby, who sat protectively next to Ashley.

It was at the picnic that it finally happened. Ashley found herself alone with Andrew because her mother sent Toby off to get something. Ashley knew she did it on purpose, she was thinking of ways to get back at her when she felt an arm makes its way around her shoulders, "Hey there gorgeous. How are you? I've missed you."

Disgusted, Ashley shoves his arm off of her and steps away, "DO NOT FUCKING TOUCH ME!" she says through gritted teeth.

He smirks and takes a step forward, grabbing her arm rather hard, "Come on baby, you know you loved it last time. Let me show you what I've learned since then, it will be fun."

She tries to yank her arm away, but his grip is too tight. "Let me go Andrew!"

"Why? You know you want to. Come on, it will be just like last time…" He moves closer to her so he's right in her face. "I promise I'll make you scream…"

"I said to let me go!" She once again fails as she tries to yank herself away, no longer able to hold back the tears. Even more mad now that he once again is causing her to cry, she lets out a yell and kicks him between the legs, hard. He lets out a groan and falls to the ground. Letting her anger get the better of her, she starts to repeatedly kick him while he is down, "Stay the hell…" she kicks him again between the legs, "away from me. My father may have let you get away with it, but I'm telling you, if I ever have to see you again, I'll kill you." She kicks him once more before someone is grabbing her around the waist, pulling her off of him.

"Ashley, come on stop. It's ok now."

Ashley finally stops kicking and breaks down sobbing as Toby pulls her into a tight hug, "You left me Toby, you weren't supposed to."

"I'm sorry; you know how your mother is." He lets go of her and gives her a weak smile, "now why don't you go clean yourself up. I'll take care of this ass clown and get your mother out of here. Don't worry."

Ashley nods and heads back towards the dorm building, wiping away her tears. The last person she wanted to bump into at that moment was Spencer, but she wasn't that lucky. "Ashley is everything ok? What's wrong?"

She looks up to see Spencer standing there looking concerned with two people standing behind her that she immediately recognizes as her parents from the photo in her office. "Nothing, sorry I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." Taking a deep breath she attempts to compose herself and puts on a fake smile, one that Spencer sees right through. She holds out her hand to Paula and Arthur, "Hello, I'm Ashley Davies; one of Spe… I mean one of Miss Carlin's students."

Paula takes her hand and smiles brightly, "It's a pleasure to meet you dear."

Arthur also shakes her hand but has a concerned look on his face rather than a smile, "It's nice to meet you young lady," he pulls out a card and hands it to her, "if you ever need someone to talk to call me."

Ashley looks at the card and is about to respond but is interrupted by an evil voice, "Ashley dear, there you are. You must not go wandering off like that. Some kids jumped Andrew when you left him and now the Dennisons have to leave."

Ashley looks to the ground to hide her smirk, "Sorry mother, I was just meeting Miss Carlin's parents."

"Carlin?" Christine's eyes light up as she asks this and turns towards the older blond, "as in Paula Carlin, world renowned plastic surgeon?"

Paula smiles brightly, "Guilty." She holds out her hand to Christine and shakes it, "Paula Carlin, this is my husband Arthur, and this lovely girl is my daughter and Ashley's teacher, Spencer."

Mrs. Davies shakes hands with both of them and then focuses on Paula again, "We must talk, I've wanted a new nose job for ages and I can never find anyone that I trust."

Paula nods and puts up a fake smile, "Yeah, sure. Let me give you my card."

She takes the card and turns back to Ashley, "Well sorry to cut this visit short dear, but Toby just informed me there is a crisis back home dealing with the opening of my new store. I will see you in a few months. And do behave; I have given Andrew your e-mail so he can get in touch." She pats Ashley's arm lightly and then turns towards everyone else so Ashley can not respond, "it was nice to meet you all, and Paula I will be contacting you soon." She spins on her designer heel and strides off in search of Kyla.

Ashley rolls her eyes as she watches her mom saunter off and then turns toward the Carlin's, "Sorry about that. It was nice meeting you all, but I have some things to attend to. See you around." She avoids eye contact with Spencer who is trying very hard to make it, and heads towards her room heading straight for her closet where a new filled flask lies.

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Spencer spent the rest of the day mingling with the parents and her students while her parents caught up with Mrs. Keaton. When Sunday morning came, Spencer woke early to have breakfast with her parents before their flight.

"So how are you really honey? We haven't heard from you in a while and Glenn says he hasn't either."

"I'm great ma. Aunt Susanne and I have been bumping heads lately, but other than that I love my job."

Arthur clears his throat and looks at Spencer, "So tell me about that Ashley, she seems troubled."

"She's not troubled dad, she just has difficult parents. And besides, I really haven't gotten her to open up too much to me."

He nods, "You should really try dear, she's going to explode one day and it won't be good for anyone."

They finish their meal, catching up on everything and discussing Ashley further.

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When they finish eating, they head back to campus and drop Spencer off. Standing at the gate they all hug and say their good byes. Spencer notices her parents are looking nervous, "Now honey, we didn't want this to ruin your weekend so we decided to wait to give this to you." Her father pulls out an envelope and hands it to her.

"We're sorry dear. We had no idea it was this serious."

Spencer takes the envelope and opens it, immediately tearing up as she reads it. "When… when did this happen? And to whom?"

Paula sighs and begins to rub her daughters back, "We only met him once, his name is name is Braxton, he's a gym teacher at your old high school. Honey, he really is a nice boy."

"Of course, there isn't that spark between the two of them like there was with you and her. Not as cute either, right honey?"

"Right Arthur. Honey, I'm sorry to cut this short, but we have to get going. Are you going to be ok?"

Spencer nods and hugs them once again, holding back her tears until they leave. "I'll see ya'll at Christmas. I love you."

"We love you too honey."

Spencer watches them pull away and then stares at the wedding invitation again. Enraged and sad, she starts crying and starts walking towards the lake; not aware that Ashley just witnessed the whole interaction from up above on the balcony.

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Spencer sits at the edge of the lake just staring into it with the invitation lying next to her. Her face is streaked with tears, but she has finally stopped crying and just feels numb now. So numb that she doesn't notice or hear someone making their way toward her.

"Hey you. What are you doing out here?" Ashley sits down next to Spencer rather closely; their shoulders bump into each as she gets settled. Spencer doesn't say anything, instead just wipes her face and hands Ashley the invitation. She reads it over, a puzzled look forming, "who is Jackie and Braxton?"

Spencer sighs and lays down into the grass, "Jackie is my ex and Braxton is apparently the guy she's pretending to love."

"Pretending?"

Spencer nods, "Yes pretending. She doesn't love him, she doesn't even like guys, and I guarantee she is just doing this for her ignorant mother." She rolls her eyes and lets out a frustrated groan.

"Is that why you two broke up, because of her mother?" Spencer only nods. "And is that why you need this job? To get away from all of it?"

She nods again. "I can not believe she actually sent me this."

Ashley eyes the invitation and then Spencer, "So are you going to go?"

Spencer shrugs, "Most likely. My mother wouldn't have it any other way."

Ashley nods and lies down next to Spencer. "It'll be ok Spence, I promise." She takes Spencer's hand in hers, squeezing it lightly. Spencer returns the hand squeeze and laces their fingers together as they lay just staring up at the sky talking quietly about nothing in particular for a few hours until both drift off to sleep.

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About an hour later Spencer wakes up getting chilly from a slight breeze. When she attempts to move she feels someone's grip tighten on her and feels herself being pulled closer to someone. Realizing it is Ashley lying on her and cuddling with her she can't help but smile. "Hey Ash, wake up…"

She slightly stirs as she mumbles something into Spencer's neck. Spencer shakes her lightly, this time successfully waking her. "Hey…" She remains slightly on top of Spencer but props herself up by her elbow, "how are you?"

Smiling weakly, Spencer looks at Ashley, "I'm better."

Ashley smiles a genuine smile, causing her nose to crinkle up, "Good, I'm glad," she replies quietly. Spencer nods in agreement as Ashley brushes a piece of hair out of her face, letting her hand pause on Spencer's cheek. "Spencer, I know I'm not supposed to… but I kind of really like you," Ashley whispers as she stares into her eyes.

Spencer blushes, but does not break the eye contact, "I kind of really like you too Ash."

Ashley smiles at this "See that's very good to know because I really want to kiss you right now." Ashley hovers over Spencer waiting for her to stop her, but she doesn't. Moving ever so slowly, she leans down and their lips finally meet. She presses softly, keeping the kiss innocent. They deepen the kiss ever so slightly, but Ashley soon pulls away due to her freaking out as her stomach did flip flops when their lips made contact; that had never happened to her before.

Spencer looks up at her puzzled, "Are you ok?"

She only nods, smiling now, "Yeah everything is great."

Just as Ashley starts to inch closer to Spencer's lips again she interrupts her, "Ashley why were you crying today?"

This causes Ashley to halt and Spencer feels her body stiffen as she moves her head back, "You were serious when you said you have a short attention span, huh?" Spencer only nods, looking up at her expectantly, "It was nothing, just my mother being ridiculous."

"Nothing makes you cry huh? It doesn't have anything to do with those nightmares you've been having lately does it? Because you were crying then too and after seeing you today I was thinking maybe you should talk to someone and my father agrees…"

"Spencer I have no idea what you are talking about, nightmares normally scare everyone." Frustrated how she turned the tables on her, Ashley sits up and stares out at the lake.

"Right. I get it. I tell you by big problem, but when it is your turn you shut down. Awesome." Ashley stands now, getting mad at Spencer's prying and a little upset with herself that she wants to tell her. "Ashley, where are you going?"

"Away from you! Just because you willingly told me something does not mean I have to share all of my secrets with you nor does it give you the right to try and send me to some shrink or discuss me with your father."

Spencer stands also, "I'm not asking you to share all of your secrets with me, I asked you why you were crying! You are so infuriating!"

"I'm infuriating?! I tell you I like you and you think you can get everything out of me… it doesn't work like that! If anyone is infuriating it is you! One second you're telling me you like me back and you kiss me back and I think we are actually getting somewhere and then the next second I find out it's all just to get me to open up and share my feelings. News flash for you, I don't do feelings!"

Spencer watches the girl pace back and forth as she rants on and on, not even attempting to keep up with the arms that are flailing everywhere. "It was not all just to get you to open up Ashley! God, grow up! I want to know about you, I want to know what is bothering you, is that so wrong?"

Ashley stops pacing and turns to face Spencer looking disgusted, "If my own parents don't even care then why the hell should I believe that you do? You are just like everyone else, trying to help the poor damaged girl. I don't need you or some shrinks help, so just stay the hell away from me and tell your father to do the same. The only reason I said I liked you and pretended to care was so I could get you in bed and win my bet with Chelsea!" She stares at Spencer for a few moments watching her face change from hurt to disgust. When she glances into Spencer's eyes she sees nothing but coldness in them. Not knowing what else to do, she smirks and walks away; heading back to the dorms in search of her trusty flask and possibly Erica.