Chapt 3: Battlefield

Spencer tossed and turned the night before, she knew Ashley and her weren't making it. Though she hoped

and prayed that their love would survive. There was a soft knock on Spencer's' front door, her heart skipped a

few beats. She opened the cheap oak door and there were stern brown eyes staring at her. She stepped outside

with Ashley. She knew..But she hoped otherwise.

"Hey..", Spencer barely breathed out. Ashley knew how hard this was to do. But she felt it was the right thing

to do for her and her family. "Hey...Um...We need to talk." Ashley breathed out slowly. Spencer couldn't

believe what the hell she is hearing. "About us?"

The brunette nodded, "Yes. I think we need a break." Then all of a sudden all Spencer could picture in that

moment in her mind was a dark moonlit battlefield where it's Ashley's family on one side of her and

Ash on the other side. All dressed up in 16th century armor, shield and sword. The blonde holds her sword up

and Ash's family began to attack. She barely fights them off, but she holds her own. Spencer screams as she

swings her sword in front of her, "I'm not giving up Ashley! You hear me! I will fight for us even if it

takes my last breath away!"

Ashley watches her lover, her girlfriend, her "one" battle her family. She pulls her sword from its sheath and

she holds it in front of her. "STOP!" Ash yells as her voice echoes across the field. Everyone stops and looks

at the weak brunette. Spencer thought in that moment Ash will and continue to stick up for her and their love.

"I'm sorry, Spencer." Ashley moves towards the devastated blonde with her sword. "But I choose my family, I need to

be alone and figure out my life. I feel...we rushed this whole thing."

Spencer's' anger flares as she thrusts her sword towards Ashley. "A whole year of being friends first.

We did everything right! You just couldn't handle it. Because you're weak! And you never made your own choices

in your whole entire existence! Your family makes it all for you. So I am to blame for all the misery your

family have? Yeah, I guess I am." Spencer throws her sword to the ground and falls to her knees, crying.

"You bitch! These last two months you weren't in love with me. Why pretend?" Spencer weeped as her heart

began to break, continuously. Ashley stood still, again with no emotion on her face, "Look I didn't mean for this

to happen. But I want you in my life. I want us friends, again. Just maybe if we start over we could-",

Spencer cuts her off. "What? We could get what back? Our friendship didn't disappear. It was always there,

just dormant because we wanted to pursue a relationship that was beautiful until you gave up and it turned ugly."

Spencer couldn't fathom doing this to anyone especially after one year."

"I'm sorry.." Ash spat out. Spencer was so disgusted with the sight in front of her, she told Ash to go away.

The cold-hearted brunette walked away knowing she just destroyed one of the special people in her life who

never walked away from her, never. Destroyed.

Spencer cried all week long. She hadn't cried like that since her and Chelsea broke it off.

(brief flashback)

"I'm sorry Spencer but I don't love you anymore. Our friendship is gone." Chelsea said over the phone.

Spencer's' heart broke, horribly as she cried for ages, over and over again. Spencer felt that God or fate

enjoyed inflicting pain against her.

Present:

It's been two years since Ashley broke Spences' heart. Chelsea, Kyla and Aidan ran to the blonde's side. Their best friend was in pain and stuck in California. "Why is this all happening at once?" she thought to herself.

"I can't believe Ashley would do that to you.." Chelsea in disbelief.

"I could." Kyla chimed in. "That cunt doesn't know a good thing standing in front of her. She really fucked up. Had you move to there so you both could be together and stronger. You were better off moving to Chicago with Aidan."

Spencer kicked herself mentally for not following her instincts.

"You know, when Ash talked about you Spence, she made it seem you were her one and only. The one who swept her off her feet, opened her heart up and made her feel again. When I watched you two together, she wouldn't let you out of her sight. She always touched you or kissed you. She looked at you as if you were everything to her and much more.." Chelsea couldn't believe what Ashley did, but it happened and Spencer needs all the comfort she could get. "I told you, she was no good. I bet Gabby is involved."

Spence furrowed her eyebrows. "Gabby? The one from the studio? The punk-rock girl?" Spence had to think. "Holy, shit. You're right, Kyla. She's into Gabby. Someone new, exciting and mysterious. That hurts even more now. To know this whole time I've been in California, she's been crushing on some other girl. I'll ask her tomorrow. Apparently, she's dropping off tickets to a small concert. She pre-ordered the tickets in my name. So I will go."

Kyla is outraged at Spence's decision. "Why in the hell will you go?"

"To prove a point," Spence said.