Ashley wakes up with a good feeling. She feels that she's alive again, thanks to Spencer. She takes a shower and gets prepared for school, all way whistling. She even sings loudly in her car. When she gets out of the car, her new friend's brother parks next to her. The blondie jumps out of the car and greets Ashley with a wide smile.

'Good morning, Ashley!'

'Hi, Spencer!'

'Woah, the hottie I saw yesterday! I feel it's gonna be a wonderful day!' the blonde guy Ashley saw yesterday playing basketball, Spencer's brother, but what was his name again?

'He's my brother, Glen. Basketball player, a stable D student, and a jerk.'

'Hey, what was that for?' the guy grins, and disappears without saying anything else.

'And this is Clay, my older brother.' Spencer places her hand on the guy's shoulder.

'Nice to meet you, Ashley' he smiles and waves goodbye, running to school, not to be late.

'How are you today, Ashley?' asks Spencer while they're heading inside.

'Great! At least I could have some good sleep I couldn't get for a long time. And you?'

'Tired a little bit.'

As they continue their way, a certain guy smiles at them. Ashley's stomach in knots, she feels so sick she would throw up right now.

'Do you know him?' Spencer smiles.

'I knew him.'

'Do you mean…'

'Hey, Spencer!' Madison Duarte, the leader of the cheerleader squat interrupts them 'Training at four! Don't be late, I wanna show you the new steps. Ugh, you know her?' she rolls her eyes when it meets Ashley's.

'Yeah, why?'

'Hello there, girls!' the boy who smiled at them joins, hugging Madison.

'Oh, do you know my boyfriend Aiden? He's the captain of the basketball team, and the hottest guy in school. Don't even dream about him! See you at four, and don't be late, otherwise, you're out of the squat! Bye-bye!' she turns around pulling Aiden with her, but he looks back one more time.

Ashley goes on rolling her eyes.

'Hey, what was that?' asks Spencer.

'What was what?'

'You and Madison and… Aiden'

'Nothing'

'You lie very bad. Don't you want to talk about it?'

'Look…' she would just find a good reason why she doesn't want to talk about them when the school bell saves her 'Sorry, I need to go. Talk to you later?'

'Sure.'

They wave goodbye and get to their classes. Fortunately, Ashley doesn't have to talk about what happened with the three of them, and seemingly, Spencer forgot about the whole thing, because she hasn't asked about it for two weeks.

But all is not lost that is delayed. Two weeks later while they're having their lunch and talk about some ridiculous TV show, Madison walks up to them.

'Spencer, we're having a ball this Friday. You may come with someone but her' she points at Ashley 'Lesbos are not welcome there.' She smirks and walks away.

'Okay' Spencer sighs 'You don't wanna talk about it, right?'

'Yeah, you're right! I don't wanna!' she stands up and rushing through the yard.

She's upset because she doesn't want to lose Spencer. All these gossips about her… People don't even know her; they don't have the right to judge without knowing her story.

She avoids Spencer all week long. She would bet Spencer doesn't want to talk to her anymore. To her biggest surprise, her phone rings, and her friend's calling her. Waiting a second, Ashley receives the call.

'Yeah?'

'Ash, is everything alright?'

'Sure, what wouldn't be?'

'Well, you avoided and ignored me all week long'

'Yeah, sorry for that. I thought you should be at the ball'

'I am. But missing my best friend. Don't you wanna come?'

'To have some kind of party with those cheerbitches? No, thanks.'

'Well, I'm one of those cheerbitches, and I need my BF. So?'

'Alright' she sighs 'I'll be there in half an hour'

'I'll be waiting'

Ashley breaths a deep sigh takes a shower immediately and washes her hair. She knows that she has to hurry. After choosing the perfect, black dress she does her hair in record time and applies some make-up. Actually, she arrives fifteen minutes late.

Spencer's standing on the stairway. She's wearing a beautiful, turquoise dress that highlights her wonderful eyes. She wears a bun, and as soon as she notices Ashley, she smiles. Ashley's pretty nervous. She hasn't thought about the contingent circumstances yet.

'Hey' she waves at Spencer.

'Hey. You're beautiful. And nervous?'

'Kinda.'

'So, shall we go in?'

'I don't know Spence, maybe I should go home.'

'Oh, come on! Let's go already!' she reaches out a hand.

'Fine' the brunette agrees at last and accepts her friend's hand.

Madison can't let this happen of course. She walks up to the pair, and immediately starts acting bossy.

'What is this, Spencer? I thought you understood. She's not welcome here.'

'Oh yeah, I did' she replies 'Simply, I just don't care, Madison.'

'You're so out of the squat!' she yells 'You're gonna regret this! Both of you!'

The girls burst out laughing then Ashley looks at Spencer contritely.

'Sorry I got you kicked out of the squat.'

'It's better this way. I care more about friends than the squat anyways.'

'Thanks'

'So, don't you want to talk about what happened?'

'No, not really. Why don't we just go away?'

'Fine.'

Ashley turns around and bumps into Madison who spills her drink all over herself.

'Get out of here! Now!' she rages.

Seemingly, Ashley started a chain reaction. The Latina turns around and bumps into Glen, who accidentally shoves Aiden who hit another guy while falling. And the chain reaction end up in a scuffle.

'Get out of here!' Ashley grabs Spencer's arm laughing.

They leave the building laughing and get into Ashley's car. They just can't stop laughing. A few minutes later Aiden leaves the building either.

'Girls!' he shouts 'Would you give me a ride?'

'Maybe another time' Ashley replies coldly and drives away.

The girls end up at a spectators' terrace. The lights of Los Angeles are magnificent from here.

'It's beautiful' Spencer leans forward the rail.

'It's my secret place. I hide here when I feel completely lost.'

'So… Will we talk about what happened between the three of you? Actually, who are you into? Boys, girls, both, none?'

'I'm not into labels.' she smiles 'About what happened between us…' she sits on the hood 'Aiden and I went out for a while, and with Madison we were best friends. When she realized we're together she went on a rage and that was the end of our friendship. With Aiden that's… We had sex only once and… I got pregnant 'she continues the confession 'We were about to keep it, but I had a miscarriage. I was broken, and that meant the end of our relationship. And then Madison got him. That's the story of us.'

'I'm so sorry, Ash.' Spencer hugs the brunette.

'I'm fine, Spence' she whispers 'So, do you want me to take you home?'

'Can't we just stay here a little bit more? This side of L.A. is so beautiful.'

'Fine' she smiles.

They stay there for another hour, then Ashley drives Spencer home. Surprisingly, she feels much better now. She talked about her past and somehow she feels relieved. Her secret is out but she trusts Spencer. She found a true friend and she doesn't mind that she actually told the truth about what happened to her. She feels really happy, and she haven't felt this for a long time.