Thank you guys for all of the reviews! This is a much longer chapter then the last and I would love lots of reviews on this one. Don't think this is a close ending to the story, I still have some few tricks up my sleeve before any ending on this story! Lol

I stood next to Riley frozen in my spot, pain and anger shooting through my body. Alyssa came into the room and let out a gasp. I'm not sure if she spoke to me or Riley but I can't hear a thing. That asshole has gotten into my head once before and put me in a very dark place. I wasn't about to let him put me there for a second time. I stared down at my sketches. A lot of these drawings were made because of my emotions at the time or a memory, all of them had some type of memory.

I picked a piece up, I could only see half of the picture but I knew exactly which one it was and the memory behind this one. It was two flowers bloomed intertwining each other with their vines. There were thorns falling off of the vines and the sun shining down on them. This represented Riley and me, it was how our friendship bloomed and our friendship became intertwined, like we could never fall apart. The thorns are her bad times of not having a family, but they are falling off because she had me. The sun shining on us was her family watching over her. I smiled when I remembered when I showed her this, how she cried and told me I was her bestfriend and we held each other for the longest time. A tear ran down my face and Riley noticed at what picture I was looking at.

The next thing I remember she is walking out of the room mumbling something about really going to jail this time…and then I realized what she said and I ran after her. Jake is by the pool laughing with Ashley when Riley pokes him on the shoulder and he turns around, and then she punched him in the face. I've never seen such a hard hit in my life but it was the crack that made the punch more intense. I wasn't sure if it was her knuckles or his face.

"How the fuck could you do that to her! She worked so hard on those and you fucking destroyed them! You asshole, if no one else is going to stop you I will." Riley screamed, going at him again and pushing him hard which made him trip over a chair. He then got up and went straight for her.

He went to go punch her but Ashley pushed him away…"Jake stop! Don't do this!" She yelled. And then I walked outside and stood there, the ripped picture in my hand. Ashley looked down at it, confused as to what happened.

"All I ever did was be a nice sister to you. Since you were born we were the best of friends. What the hell is your problem Jake? There obviously is something else that is bothering you! You can't make someone gay Jake! I didn't turn our sister gay, but that didn't stop you right? You just had to destroy the one thing that I love, the one thing I work so hard on! You fucking had to rip every single piece of my work I brought here! Does that make you feel like a man Jake? Does it?" I screamed, tears spilling out of my eyes. Alyssa came up to me to stop me but I shrugged her off, not letting him get away with this again. "I fucking let you get your way when mom came to get me. When she took me back I just left without saying goodbye because honestly I couldn't deal with the pain anymore! I said nothing! I went back to New Jersey and heard mom say everything she could to stop me from being gay. I listened and then told her that I never changed who I was, I was born being gay and there is no changing that. But I backed off so you could be happy again and I did it mostly for daddy because god knows the trouble you were putting him through too! You're a sick bastard and a selfish ass and I can't believe my own brother turned on his family. I hate you." With that I slapped him so hard in the face he almost fell back. I turned around to go inside when someone spoke.

"Wait…"

I turned around to see Ashley staring at me.

"You didn't say anything to your mother about me?" She asked, wonder in her eyes.

I looked at her and then spoke. "All I told her was I loved you and that I would never regret that." With that I walked away back inside to clean up my room. It took me about a hour to put all my pictures in a pile and throw out all my supplies that were ruined. When I was about finished my dad walked in. He looked worn out and just upset.

"Spence, I'm sorry I didn't do anything sooner to stop Jake from doing this. I really thought he would change back to himself but it seems to not be happening. Riley broke her finger so she went with Alyssa to get that fixed. I will fix this Spencer, I promise." He then walked out of my room and into Jake's. I heard them screaming for a while and then Jake's door slamming. Whatever happened it didn't end well.

I decided to text Riley to see if she was okay. "U ok Ri?"

"I feel grt!" I chuckled at her response.

"I need u."

"I will b there soon." She answered.

I took a shower and then walked downstairs to grab a snack. The tv was on in the den so I took a peak to see who it was. My dad was on the couch looking at baby videos of Jake, Alyssa and I playing in our old house backyard. Dad was drinking a glass of whiskey. I went to go sit next to him.

"What did I do wrong Spence?" He asked, sadness in his eyes.

It hurt me to hear him say this when all he ever was, was a great father. "Dad you are the best father in the world and honestly there isn't much you can do with Jake. Punishing him would just make him more angry, it's our fight that we have to work through."

"I don't know Spence. I just want this family to be okay, I feel like because I opened this restaurant and I have another one coming I'm never home."

"Dad, you love this job and you have been a dedicated father since we were born. Remember that." I said. I then kissed his cheek and went upstairs to lie down and relax. Riley came home an hour and half later and crawled into bed with me.

"You okay Spence?" She whispered while playing with my hair.

I know we always seem affectionate sometimes but that's just how our friendship is. "Yeah I'm okay, how's my knight in shining armor feeling?" I asked laughing at my own joke.

"Let's just say that was the biggest relief punching that asshole in the face! So worth me breaking a finger. Did you see his face? It's like papa smurf on a bad day." We laughed together and just laid there for a while in silence.

"On a good note I asked your sister to be my girlfriend." She said with a huge grin on her face.

"Wow you really are some tough girl today aren't you? Did she freak?" I asked with a smile also on my face.

"She said yes, and then we had a moment." I could tell Riley was really falling hard for my sister and it really made me happy for her.

"Congratulations Ri. Do you want to go be with her?"

"Right now I want to be with my bestfriend. This girl comes first in my heart." She kissed my forehead and we eventually fell asleep watching a show on TV.

The next morning Riley and I went downstairs to grab breakfast. We decided to go on a run after and just have a bestfriend bonding day. I took her to the mall so she could get something for Alyssa. She decided to get her a bracelet and a teddy bear from Build-a-Bear. We had lunch together and it honestly was a day well needed. We went home and wrapped all the gifts including mine and put them all in my closet. Riley and I decided to go for a swim and just lay out by the pool. When it got dark out we relaxed in the den and watched a movie when my phone started ringing. I looked at the caller ID and it read Jake cell. I was debating on whether or not to pick it up but I decided to answer it…

"I really don't want to speak to you Jake." I said bluntly.

"Spence? It's Ashley." The person on the other line said.

"Oh, why are you calling?" I asked. I was unsure as to where this conversation was going.

"I need help Spence." She said. I could tell she was crying and really upset. How I missed her calling me Spence.

"What do you mean?"

"Can you please pick me up at Jake's friend's house, and I will tell you everything in the car?" She pleaded. I couldn't say no so I told her I was coming and to give me the address. Riley wanted to come but I told her to stay and sit this one out.

When I got to the house there were teenagers everywhere! This party was definitely getting out of control and it was only a matter of time till the cops showed up to stop this house party. Ashley ran in the my truck and told me to drive. I drove as she started crying. I stopped and parked my truck to calm her down.

"Ashley what's going on? Why are you crying? What were you doing with those high school kids?" I was filled with questions.

"Jake and I had a fight last night because of what you said about me. I was so pissed at you because Jake told me that you basically blamed everything on me and that I was brainwashing you to be gay. I know I should have asked but I was already upset that you didn't say goodbye. So he told me he needed to talk to me and that he would be at this party. So I just came here to talk to him quickly when he started getting rough with me, so angry that his plan didn't go through and that he got man handled by a bunch of "lesbians" and he grabbed my arm so hard that he bruised it." She then showed me her arm. But she soon continued. "So I started to walk away when he began to say I would regret not being his friend anymore and so on. Honestly I'm just sick of him and the psycho he became."

"That explains why you were acting that way towards me. You really need to stay away from him Ash, he's bad news and dangerous." I said beginning to drive again. It became silent for a minute till Ashley spoke again.

"Why didn't you say goodbye to me Spence?" Her voice quiet and hurt.

"Ashley I really don't want to talk about this okay?"

"I have a right to know!" She shouted. She seemed more frustrated than angry. We finally got to her house and I went through the gates to her driveway. I parked and she stepped out of the car and started walking to the house. I jumped out of the car.

"Stop." But she kept walking. "Ashley stop!" She finally stopped but didn't turn around. I walked around her to face her.

"I loved you more than words could explain, I thought my life was complete living here with you and just being together. When I wasn't around you I felt sick to my stomach and missed you every second. When Jake called my mom and she pulled me away it was like I was dying slowly and a nightmare I just couldn't get out of. Saying goodbye to you was like saying goodbye to my life, it hurt me to not say anything to you but I thought at the time it was best. I know now that it wasn't and it was the most selfish thing I could have done! I'm sorry okay? I tried to stop these feelings I had for you when I was there but they never seemed to go away! I still love you Ashley and honestly I can't stand being away…" And then I was cut off by her lips on mine… the kiss I missed so much.

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