"Hello, Is Spencer in?" the voice says.

Spencer looks confused; "This is her."

"Hey, how come you're not answering your cell?"

"Who's this?"

The person scoffs, "Carmen, forgot me already?"

Spencer laughs, "Oh, no. I forgot your voice though, I'm dying without my cell."

"Why don't you have your cell?"

Oh, yeah, Carmen knows nothing, Spencer thinks. "Hold on. Let me go downstairs, I don't wanna wake Ashley." Spencer says as she walks out of her room door; she closes it behind her.

"Ashley's there? Sleeping?" Carmen says confused.

Spencer smiles, "Yeah," Spencer looks in Glen's room; he's not there. She walks down the stairs; he's not there. "My mom's not here." He must've gone to Madison's or something, Spencer thinks.

Spencer makes herself comfortable on the couch, "Where is she? Work?"

"Nope. She left."

"Huh?"

"She really doesn't like Ashley, remember?" Spencer says sounding nonchalant.

"So she just left? As in she doesn't live there anymore?" Carmen says even more confused.

Spencer nods her head, "Yep. That's what my dad told me after he came from bailing Ashley out."

Carmen's mouth drops, "Wow, I missed a lot in a day."

"Technically, two days."

"Whatever, fill me in."

Spencer tells Carmen the important stuff that happened since she's been gone for the next hour. She tells her about Ashley almost punching her mom, Ashley and Glen, what happened that morning at Aiden's, Ashley going to jail and how her mom left. "And that's about it."

Carmen doesn't speak for a few moments, "So let me see if I got everything right."

"Okay."

"After I left school Ashley talked to you about still wanting you and then she kissed you. And your mom came up to the school, you don't know why, but she saw y'all kiss. Ashley and Paula got into a heated argument and Ashley almost laid the smack down on your mom but Glen and Aiden broke it up. Your mom took you to some gas station and Ashley picked you up. Am I on the right path so far?"

"Yep." Spencer nods her head.

"Then you and Ashley got caught in another lip lock but the cops interrupted and took Ashley to jail. Your dad and Kyla went to go bail her out. Your dad let you spend the night with Ashley and that's the night your mom left. Then today, a few hours ago your brother and Ashley got into a fight." Carmen sighs, "Right?"

Spencer smiles, "When you say it like that it sounds so bad."

Carmen laughs, "Sorry because none of that stuff is just bad."

Spencer laughs, "Okay, it is bad."

Ashley lingers at the top of the stairs and decides to just stay up there and listen in on Spencer and Carmen's conversation.

"Yeah." Carmen says, "So does this mean you and Ashley are together?"

"Um, I don't know. We haven't really made it official. I mean, she didn't ask me out and I didn't ask her out."

"Psh, y'all are pretty much going out."

"Mm, I guess you can say that. I just wanted us to have something sweet to remember." Spencer says.

"Well, do something sweet for her." Carmen says simply.

"With what? I mean I can't do anything at the house, Glen would blow up and call one of us a—"

"Yeah. Maybe you can do something at Gray's?" Carmen asks.

"With my invisible money? Sure, why not?"

"Why don't you ask your dad?"

Spencer sighs, "He's trying to get me a car. He's so sick of me being late to school because Glen likes to stare at himself in the mirror." Spencer smiles.

Carmen laughs, "Well, maybe she'll do it. Maybe she'll pick up on this and do all the sweet stuff."

Spencer crosses her fingers, "Hopefully."

"But you let her know that if she ever hurts you, again, I'm going to take off her head. With a very dull axe."

Spencer laughs, "If she ever hurts me, again, I'll beat you to the punch. She won't hurt me again. I just have a feeling." Spencer says smiling.

Ashley walks downstairs, "Of course I won't hurt you ever again." She sits down next to Ashley, "Talking to Carmen?"

Spencer nods, "Yeah. How'd you know?"

"Because you're not talking to me." Ashley says in the 'duh' way.

Spencer smiles, "Ashley up?" Carmen asks.

"Yeah and apparently I don't have anymore friends other than you and her."

Ashley laughs, "I never said that."

"You pretty much did." Spencer says.

Ashley nods her head, "Okay, maybe I did. You can't take me."

"That's what you said last night and I proved you wrong." Spencer says making fun of Ashley from what she said earlier to Glen.

Ashley rolls her eyes and nods, "Whoa, talk about XXX-rated. Should I talk to you later?" Carmen says.

"No, no. I was just kidding. It's something Ashley had the audacity to tell Glen earlier."

Carmen laughs, "I don't even wanna know but I think I'm gonna call you when I get back in town."

"So you're gonna call me in a week?" Spencer says as Ashley lies down on Spencer's legs and turns on the tube.

"Nope, I'm coming home early, I forgot to tell you."

"Why?"

Carmen sighs, "My mom wants to register my sister at King so she wants to do it early."

"Your sister? The crazy one that lives with your mom in NY?" Spencer asks stroking Ashley's hair.

"Yep, that devil. My mom's moving here with her. She was only staying in NY so Brooke could go to the very luxurious private school but she got kicked out so here she comes."

"Is your mom and dad married? I always forgot to ask that." Ashley looks up at Spencer to try and listen in on the conversation.

"Yeah, they are. They're going on their twenty-five year anniversary. And I don't understand how they could be married for so long when they are always like a thousand miles apart." Carmen laughs.

Spencer laughs; too, "So your sister is gonna go to King with us after Spring Break?"

Carmen sighs and nods, "Yep. Her and mother get to come and live with us. She is gonna make my life miserable."

"I'm sorry. She can't be that bad."

Carmen laughs, "Oh yeah she's the best. I mean I enjoyed her going out with my ex-girlfriend."

Spencer scratches her head, "So both of you are lesbian?"

"Nope. My sister is bisexual. She gets the best of both worlds. Thank you, Hannah Montana." Carmen jokes.

Spencer smiles and laughs, 'That's our show. So when are y'all coming back?"

Carmen thinks, "Probably tomorrow. My dad's getting irritated with New York. That's the reason why we moved."

"You're coming back to town tomorrow? Good, maybe you can hang out with me and Ash, hmm?"

Ashley narrows her eyes at Spencer, "No." Ashley whispers.

Spencer places her hand over Spencer's mouth, "It'll be nice. Maybe you guys can become best friends."

Carmen shakes her head, "Ha! She hates me because she thinks I want you. There's no way we're gonna be friends."