Sorry for the extreme delay!!! But… OMFG y'all!! Life is such a BITCH! Sometimes I marvel at how fucked up things can be. I have had some serious shit going on and…. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Thanks for the reviews!!!!! DatSoNfan I'm glad u liked Billy T!!! He was fun to write! Anyway, here's chapter seven. R&R!

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Spencer Carlin paced her room back and forth waiting for her phone to ring. She stopped at the foot of her bed and looked at her cell laying silently on the edge. I hate you. When it didn't make a sound she turned around and began pacing even more.

It was only Saturday morning and already her hopes had been shot sky high. She was thinking another week at least, but she was told TODAY! She stopped in the middle of her room, closing her eyes. She might get to go home. It's only been two days and she could be released! Spencer was partially happy for Ashley. She could tell how much the other girl hated it in there, but the prospect of unsupervised alone time was more than she could handle.

She started her rapid walk through her room once more. She paced from left to right, backwards, forwards, in diagonal lines across her room, and in circles. She stopped and shot her phone a death stare and it still sat there refusing to make a peep. If she paced another minute she would get an even ten, so she plopped down on her bed tired of waiting.

Spencer needed to know now. For a second she thought she heard a phone ringing but she put it off as officially going crazy. A few seconds later she heard Glen calling her name. Spencer completely ignored him. There was no way she was taking her attention off of her cell at such a crucial time.

Her name was yelled a few more times when Clay finally came into her bedroom. "Glen wants you."

She sighed. Damn YOU! "What for?"

He shrugged and left.

She snatched her cell phone of the bed and jogged downstairs. "What is it GLEN?!?"

The older boy pointed to the table beside the couch. "Phone."

Annoyed Spencer took the receiver. "Hello?"

"Hey Spence."

"Aiden?" She could hear him laughing with Kyla in the background. "What's up? Why are you calling the house?"

"Umm… I tried your cell, like a million times but it kept going straight to voice mail."

She looked at the cell phone's blank screen in her other hand. "Oh. The battery died."

"Yeah, well anyway, all the doctors gave the ok and Ash is being discharged at 1:30."

"Oh my God? Really?!?"

"Yep…. Hold on." There was silence on the other line before he came back. "Me and Kyla are gonna go to the house to make sure everything is in order and then you can meet us at the hospital. Around 12:00?"

"Perfect!"

"Cool. See ya then." Aiden hung up.

Glen was stretched out on the couch trying not to show any interest. Still he asked in a flat voice. "What was that all about?"

Clay pushed his brother's legs of the sofa so he could have a place to sit. "Good news?"

Spencer smiled at her brother. "Ashley is going to be discharged today!"

"That's great. And so soon."

"Yep. I'm meeting them at the hospital at 12:00 to help get her ready." Excitedly she headed for the stairs.

"Where are you going?" Clay called after her.

"To get ready!"

Glen yelled up the stairs, "It's 8:45!!"

Spencer was already in her closet, his logic of time lost on her.

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Aiden stood next to the door of the hospital room. He was pleased to know that Ashley was going to be on her way home but not at the fact that he had to help clean it first.

"You don't have to go now ya know. Its just 9:00."

He sighed and gave her a smile. "If Kyla says I do. Then I do." He leaned against the wall heavily. "As soon as she gets back from the car with your present we're gonna go. Sorry."

She perked up at the mention of the present. "Soooooooo," She said in a not so subtle voice. "What is it?"

"I don't know. They don't tell me anything anymore." He laughed at her small frown. "Kyla will be back in like a minute. You'll find out then."

"Yeah….ok." Ashley looked out the door into the hallway. "I know…. I'm just… impatient."

Seeing she was obviously distracted he turned around in curiosity. "What? Does she need help?" His eyes searched the hall until they landed on a tall girl standing by the nurses' station.

She was slightly tanned and slender but with excellent muscle tone. Her blonde hair had bold streaks of black and it was cut short just above her shoulders. She looked into the room briefly with intense eyes.

Aiden's jaw dropped. "Damn! Who's the hottie?!?" He faced his best friend for some enlightenment.

Ashley turned her attention back to him. "She passed by here a lot yesterday. Do I know her?"

"Maybe. I haven't seen her around though." She stared shocked at his vast and growing knowledge. "I CAN tell you that she definitely doesn't go to King."

She looked out in the hall only filled with doctors and nurses now. Ashley smiled at the tall boy's head craning out the doorway for a better look. "Hey Aiden! You have a girlfriend."

He faced her. "Hey Ashley! You do too."

She paused, thinking of her girl, the other one completely forgotten. "Yeah, I do." And she's an Angel.

A minute later Kyla came scrambling into the room trying to hide a large case behind her.

Aiden stepped forward, bracing the large object. "Do you need any help?"

Kyla gave him a sarcastic exasperated chuckle. "Sure, 'cause ya know, getting it out of the car and through this building filled with doctors and sick people was the easy part. But this last FOOT is gonna be where the big problems set in."

"Right…." He took a step back in fear.

Kyla laid the guitar case on the floor in front of her sister. "Spencer and I thought this would be a good idea. We were hoping that as soon as you got one of these your memory might start to come back." She leaned down to open it mumbling to herself. "Even though you're so much nicer without it."

Ashley and Aiden laughed at her comment but then Ashley shot him a look, not happy that he found that much humor in her statement.

His face fell. "She's not that much nicer."

Ashley watched Kyla move to her boyfriend's side and squeeze his arm in anticipation. Her eyes wandered down to the guitar at her feet. She let out a small gasp. Reaching down, she grasped the instrument by the neck, and slowly pulled it out of its velvet case.

She held it gently in her hands. "Wow it's… it's… wow." Kyla smiled watching Ashley turn it over in her hands. She placed the acoustic guitar on her lap running her fingers lightly over the strings. The guitar had an ivory top with a burgundy pickguard. She smiled when she saw her name written above the bridge. Ashley D. "I can't believe this." Ashley kept her eyes on her hands, watching them move instinctually along the fingerboard.

Leaning close to his girlfriend's ear Aiden whispered, "I can't believe it either. How much did that thing cost?"

She whispered back to him keeping her smile. "I have no idea. She bought it for herself right before the accident. Pray she doesn't remember."

Aiden suppressed a laugh.

"I don't know what to say." Ashley looked from the instrument to her sister.

"Don't say anything. Please. I just hope it helps." Kyla felt a pang of guilt.

With the pick in her hand she said in a quiet voice. "I'm sure it will."

After a couple of minutes they said their goodbyes and Ashley was taken away for her final tests.

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Spencer got out of the car and went straight through the hospital to the third floor. She entered Ashley's room to find that no one else was there.

She sighed. All she wanted was to be with Ashley without any distractions. For two weeks, Spencer had done nothing but sit by her side, and wait for her to wake up. She carried such fear and worry in those days that she couldn't think of anything else. Now Ashley was awake and she still couldn't think of anything else. Just her girl.

Spencer walked across the room over to the guitar case. She laughed a little, thinking of Kyla's plan. There was a knock at the door and she turned around facing Ashley.

Ashley walked in with bright eyes and open arms. She took Spencer and hugged her tightly. "Thanks for that. It was sweet even though I can't seem to play it." She nodded at the guitar.

"It'll come back to you." She took the brunette's face in her hands and brought her lips closer. This was the moment she wanted. To be so close she could feel the heat from Ashley's body like it was her own. They kissed and Spencer's heart stopped. Her heart paused from pure pleasure.

Ashley smiled moving forward for more contact. Her hands went around the blonde's back and stopped at her waist. She guided Spencer's body with her touch and sat her down on the bed.

With her heart beating again, this time more rapidly, Spencer smiled into the kiss. Her hands found warm smooth skin under the other girl's shirt. Ashley pulled back and Spencer froze afraid she had been too eager, not worrying about Ashley.

The brunette smiled, already flustered from the way Spencer felt against her. She tucked a small lock of blond hair behind Spencer's ear so she could fully see her eyes. Immediately she was lost in a sea of passionate blue. She attacked soft lips with her own, surprised at how badly her body wanted this. Her breathing grew heavy at the feel of the other girl's hand in her hair. Spencer's lips were sweet and made the world around them melt away.

She gasped when she felt Ashley's tongue begin to explore her mouth. A small moan escaped her lips witch only excited the brunette more and Spencer was happy to do it again.

"OK YOU TWO!!! Break it up!" Aiden entered the room clapping loudly with his large hands.

They moved apart disappointed and angry at the interruption.

Kyla came in behind him and hit him on the head apologizing for him. "I'm sorry guys. He obviously lacks basic human etiquette.

Ashley looked at Spencer. "Was his timing always this great?"

"From the moment I met him." She ran her hands through her hair still trying to control her heartbeat.

"Everything is all packed up in the car. We got your medicine from downstairs and the doctors said you can go now if you want."

Ashley looked at her sister. "You all have been great to me. How can I ever thank you?"

"Stay this nice forever."

They laughed. Aiden took the guitar case and the teens left the hospital room. Down the hallway Kyla took Spencer up ahead to talk about something else they had planned for Ashley.

Aiden looked down at his best friend whose face still held an annoyed expression. "Sorry about that just now. I figured you'd want me to though"

She stared at him disbelievingly. "Why the hell would I want you to stop THAT?"

He gazed behind them and she followed his eyes to a girl walking in the opposite direction. She was the same one from earlier that morning and the day before. "She was walking by your room. Who is she?"

Ashley could no longer see her in the crowd of people. "I don't know but thanks."

"No problem."

They caught up to the other two teenagers and walked to the elevators. Ashley took Spencer's hand in hers and was pleased to find their hands had such a perfect fit. They were made for each other.

There ya go!

This chapter is dedicated to Q.M. My best friend's brother died in a car accident a few weeks ago. Surely goodness and mercy followed him in all the days of his life and he will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. RIP. Thanks again for waiting patiently for this chapter, or not so patiently…. It's not like I would know! Hope y'all liked it. Review Please!

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