A/N: No Ashley in this chapter... Anyway, hope you like it. As always, appreciate the feedback and I will try to update a little more regularly but the workload I have kinda takes priority over that, so sometimes I don't have much free time to update. Anyway, I'll try to do better.

Part 5 – Columbus, Ohio , 2 weeks later

"Hey, do you want ice with your soda?" Glen asked, his head peering out of the kitchen.

"Yep, thanks. So when is Amy coming back ?"

"She'll be back in two days."

"So how you doing with all that wedding stuff ?" Spencer asked laughing while holding up a book about ways to make your wedding perfect.

"Hey, don't laugh! It's not easy organizing a wedding. I'm fine with it, it's just Mom who drives me crazy. Well, to be honest, I think she drives Amy crazy too. "

"I bet, she does." Spencer laughed.

"I don't know how Amy does it, honestly. I'm the guy so they tend to let me be most of the time, so I'm kind of lucky in that way. The other day, Mom and Amy argued for hours about flower arrangements. Plus, since Mom and Dad and Amy's parents are splitting the cost of this wedding, they're all putting in their two cents, so sometimes it's a little bit much."

"I can imagine." Answered Spencer.

"Well, stop smiling like an idiot, because Mom is going to be on your case pretty soon."*

Spencer stopped smiling for a second. "What... Why?"

"Your dress! You're my best man..."

"Best Woman!" Spencer interrupted.

"Whatever! Anyway, Mom already has some ideas about your dress and man! they're ugly dresses!"

"Ugh!" just sighed Spencer knowing her mother was about to wreck havoc on her life for the next month. "I hate you, you know that!"

Glen laughed "Yeah, I know!"

2 hours later, Spencer and Glen were sitting in a restaurant sharing lunch and enjoying each other's company. After Clay's death, the two siblings had become closer than ever and made a point in seeing each other regularly when their respective schedules allowed it.

"So, how's the job doing ?" Glen asked, a glass of wine in his hand.

"Well, it couldn't be better. Just got back from Australia and David, the journalist I told you about wrote a great article. So, the editor wants to do a whole series of articles on natives all around the world. So, it means that David and I will be gone often over the next months."

"Hey, no bailing on my wedding, you hear me!" Glen smiled.

"Glen, come on, I would never do that!" Spencer said a little offended."

"I know, I was just joking. Anyway, met anyone lately."

"Lots of people, I meet new people every day." Spencer said seriously.

"Stop it, smartass. I meant girl wise and you know it."

"Nope, no one." She said.

"I'm asking because Amy knows this girl and..."

"Whoa, stop right there Mister! I don't need Amy to set me up on dates."

"No, she was just saying that maybe since you're single, this girl could be your date for the wedding."

"Forget it, Glen. I'm not going to your wedding with some girl I don't know. Besides, I don't need a date for your wedding. I can perfectly go by myself."

"Ok, ok, don't bite my head off, I was just relaying the message." Glen said.

"Right. Then tell her thank you but no thank you!" Spencer said as their food arrived.

"Anyway, speaking of the wedding, I just wanted to warn you about something." Glen said looking very serious all of a sudden.

"What ?" Spencer said.

"Well, I kinda invited Ashley and Kyla." Glen said so fast that Spencer could barely understand what he said.

"I know." Spencer simply said.

Glen arched an eyebrow in confusion.

"How do you know ? Mom told me that they didn't tell you anything because they didn't know how you were going to react and they wanted me to tell you. "

Spencer took a deep breath because she knew that the news she was about to share was going to shock her brother in some way."

"Ashley told me." She said looking in her brother's eyes.

Glen almost choked on his chicken. "What do you mean Ashley told you ? Since when you and Ashley are in speaking terms?"

"Well, Ashley and I have been in speaking terms, as you say, for about two months now."

"Whaaat ?" Glen asked, his voice sudenly becoming high pitched. "Why didn't you tell me ?"

"I'm telling you now." Spencer said, playing with her fork suddenly finding her food very interesting.

"Well, yeah, because I brought the subject of Ashley."

"I ran into Kyla, Ashley and Madison a couple months back and we started reconnecting, I just wanted to keep it to myself for a while and see where this was going. You know how I was after she broke up with me and I was so angry at her for such a long time, I just wanted to wait."

"I understand but still you could have told me. But now it makes sense!" He smiled.

"What makes sense ?" Spencer asked arching an eyebrow.

"You. I don't know, you seem different and I'm guessing Ashley has something to do with that." He shrugged.

"Well, to be completely honest with you, Ashley and I kinda had a moment."

"A moment of what ?" Glen asked causing Spencer to roll her eyes and shake her head at her brother.

"A moment, moment, you know. I was in london for her first concert and I'm pretty sure if Ethan hadn't interrupted us, we would have kissed."

"Ah, that kind of moment. And Did you want to kiss her ?"

"So badly, you don't even know. I really thought I was over her, but after those two months I'm even more confused than ever. She definitely changed and for the better. And even with all her faults, I always found her almost irresistible. I just can't help myself when I'm around her and that confuses the hell out of me." Spencer finished in a defeated sigh.

"What are you going to do ?" Glen asked knowing that his sister was probably lost. He remembered when she came back after her break up with Ashley. He had never seen her so defeated. It's like she had lost the will to live and Glen really didn't know what to do. Although, he had hated Ashley at the beginning, what he never told his sister is that he had gone to see her, to let her know what he thought of her and basically that she could go to hell. But when he saw her, he changed his mind. Ashley was almost in an even worse state than Spencer. They talked for hours and he understood what drove her decision. He felt a little bit angry at her for basically breaking his sister but nevertheless he understood what she was saying.

"I don't know, Glen. You see, I was doing fine until she reappeared in my life. Now, it's like everything has changed."

"You were doing FINE ?" Glen asked smirking.

"Yes, fine!"

"Excuse me, Spence but when's the last time you had a date?"

"Ok, so I hadn't had a date in quite a while, but I was fine on my own. Sometimes, I like to be by myself. Jeez, you're starting to sound like Mom and Dad. "You know, Spence, you should get out more often, meet girls, blah blah blah..."

"Ok, ok. Sorry. So, we were talking about Ashley." Quickly said Glen not wanting to argue with his sister.

"Yeah. Ashley." Spencer sighed, thoughts invading her mind. Why was she vulnerable when it came to Ashley freakin' Davies ? When she was around Ashley, all the confidence it had taken her years to build just went out the window. The fist time she saw her after 5 years, all she wanted to do was run away so she didn't have to face her. Instead, she put on a brave front and try to act as cool as she could. But the new mature and grown up Ashley had taken her by surprise and before she knew it, they were once again hanging out almost everyday, just like they were back in high school.

The thing is, friendship, she could handle but when other thoughts started to plague her mind, that's when she was at a loss. She remembered the way it hurt when Ashley gave up on her, the way it hurt when she took a tabloid to see Ashley in the front page hanging with some starlet or groupie, knowing that she had probably slept with her. Although, she had no rights to Ashley anymore, she couldn't help but still feel that pang of jealousy. And that made her quite uncomfortable because of what it meant. That maybe, despite her best efforts, she wasn't completely over her and she would probably never be.

And that almost kiss, a couple of weeks back threw her in for a loop. After the meet and greet, they spent their evening with so many people just to avoid an awkward talk. And the few phone calls over the last two weeks, they had avoided the subject altogether. They had become masters at this over the last two months, not talking about what needs to be talked. Why ? Fear of re-opening old wounds, fear that maybe Ashley was just playing with her.

"Do you want to get back with her ?" she heard Glen say, interrupting her thoughts.

"No. Yes. No. Maybe. God! I don't know." She said in a desperate voice.

"Spence, all I can tell you is that you need to talk with her, really talk with her, sort this out. You need a fresh start and get over what happened all those years ago."

"Easy for you to say."

"I know and in your shoes, I wouldn't probably know what to do. But you know that you still have to do it. And if friendship is all that you want from Ashley, then you also need to start with a clean slate and not hold anything against her. And the best way to do that...."

"Is talk with her, I know. You're so insightful these days, it scares me."

"I know, I've grown up. I wonder when this happened." He laughed.

"And you're getting married." She smiled.

"That, I am." He just answered.

"I wish Clay were here to see that."

"Me too, baby sis."

"So, what kind of ugly dress are we talking about ?" she asked making a face trying to lighten up the mood.