Paula comes back with her purse and jacket, "This. I can't ever pretend like this is okay." She walks to the front door.

Arthur nods his head sadly, "Then maybe Spencer and Ashley were right. If you can't accept them then maybe you shouldn't be in their lives, you'd bring them down." Paula just shakes her head then walks out the door.


Spencer and Ashley lie side-by-side with their hands touching. Spencer stares at Ashley while she looks straight up at the one A.M sky, "What are you thinking?" Spencer inquires.

Ashley still stares up, "I wonder if someone else is going through exactly what we are."

Spencer smiles and moves Ashley's bangs away from her face, "Maybe. But they can't be going through exactly what we are."

Ashley looks at Spencer, "And why's that?"

Spencer simply smiles, "Because they're not us. They may have the same situation but they're not us."

Ashley stares into Spencer's eyes, "Damn right."

Spencer scoots closer to Ashley; "Can I ask you a question?"

"Last time someone said that, they wound up hating me." Ashley jokes.

Spencer smiles, "Well, I told you I could never hate you. I may think you're a pain in the ass sometimes and I may think you could handle things differently but I could never hate you. I don't know how people do it."

Ashley smiles, "I don't know how they do it either. But I don't really give a damn about them; just you."

"So I can ask you a question?"

Ashley sighs playfully, "I guess so but only if you must."

Spencer remains silent for a few seconds; "Do you regret any of this?"

"Any of what?"

"Us. Well, not us. Just everything that has happened to us since I moved here. It seems like your life went to hell when I came into town. I mean you and Aiden are weird now and my parents hate you. And Kyla and… you're dad…" Spencer trials off. "I feel like we'd be better off if we never met."

Ashley shakes her head, "No. Aiden and me were already weird and only one half of your parents hate me; the other loves me. And I'm thankful for Kyla… now, after I got to know her. And don't blame my dad dying on you. He was a rock star; he lived a fast life. I don't blame myself so don't blame yourself."

"Yeah." Spencer says in a tiny voice.

"Hey. There are no regrets on my part. If I hadn't met you I never would've fallen in love." Ashley says.

Spencer looks up at Ashley, "I love you." Ashley kisses Spencer and they snuggle up together for the next two hours. After the two hours, they go back to Ashley's house to "lay in sin" together.


Around twelve AM Kyla comes into the room and hops on the bed, "Wake up, loves."

Ashley doesn't move. Spencer opens her eyes and sits up, "The whole point in Spring Break is to sleep forever."

Kyla keeps bouncing up and down, "No, the whole point in Spring Break is to party. So let's go it's like 12:30."

Ashley pops up and grabs Kyla's arm, "How old are you? Wait, do you get into my mom's drug cabinet? I know it's like a pharmacy in there but don't do it; drugs are bad."

Kyla laughs, "No, I just want to have fun."

Ashley sighs and releases Kyla's arm, "We already had hours of fun last night."

Spencer smiles and lies back down, "Too much information; I really didn't care to know that." Kyla says.

Spencer says snuggled up from beneath the covers, "That's not what she means."

Ashley smiles, "Okay, sure." Spencer hits Ashley lightly, "Just kidding."

"So… what about your mom, Spencer? How'd that go?" Kyla asks changing the mood.

Ashley speaks for her, "How it always goes. She thinks I'm Satan and she never wants Spencer to see me. You know, the usual."

Spencer shakes her head, "No, she just doesn't understand our love."

"I bet I can make her understand my fist in her face." Ashley says.

Spencer smiles and places her hands over Ashley's mouth, "Calm down."

Kyla laughs, "You're so intimidating, Ashley."

Spencer takes her hand off of Ashley's mouth, "Hell yeah."

Spencer, Ashley and Kyla sit and talk on the bed for the next ten minutes, then Kyla's cell phone rings. She answers on speaker while still laughing, "Hello?"

"Hey, Ky." The manly voice says.

Spencer and Ashley listen closely, "Uh, yeah. Who's this?"

"Aiden."

Spencer and Ashley roll their eyes then Kyla does the same, "What do you want?"

"I wanna talk to you."

Spencer takes her index finger and puts it in her mouth like she's gonna make herself barf. Kyla laughs, "What's there to talk about?"

Aiden sighs on the other end, "C'mon, Kyla. I haven't talked to you in forever. This is weird, you're like my best friend."

Kyla sighs tiredly, "Well, people change; they drift away."

"Well, I don't wanna drift away from you."

"We don't decide that."

"Yes, we can. Look how it worked out between me and Ashley." Ashley opens her eyes really wide. I really didn't expect him to use me as an example; and plus we're not even a good one. Ashley thinks.

"Um… probably not the best example, Aiden. I mean my sister…" Kyla says a little iffy with that idea.

Aiden sighs, "Look, I just wanna hang out with you. Face to face so we can atleast talk it out. That's all I want." Kyla doesn't say anything, "Please?"

Kyla sighs, "Yeah, I guess."

"Okay, good. I'll borrow the car and I'll come pick you up around seven. We'll go wherever you want."

"Okay. Whatever, bye." Kyla closes her phone; "I probably just made the biggest mistake in my life… again."

Spencer agrees, "Yeah, I think we've all made that mistake."

Ashley smiles, "It's not that bad, guys. I mean it's not like he's the scum of the earth."

Spencer directs her attention at Ashley; "He tried to take you away from me… not once but twice. I don't know how I'm suppose to feel about that but I'm sure it's not good."

Kyla agrees with Spencer, "Yeah, and he betrayed me. I mean he broke up with me because he was in love with my sister."

"And would you have been okay with it if he would've told you he was in love with me?" Ashley says defending Aiden.

Kyla looks at Ashley, "Yeah, I atleast would've respected him more. All he told me when we broke up was 'This isn't gonna work.' Don't I deserve more than that as an explanation."

"Well, you can't help who you love." Ashley says.

Spencer looks at Ashley, "Are you taking up for him?"

Ashley shakes her head then places her hand on Spencer's, "No. I just know how he feels. And you should, too."

Spencer smiles and nods, "I guess so."

Kyla looks down and Spencer and Ashley's hands then gets up from the bed, "I think I'm gonna go for a run."