Hay everyone! I'm back, sorry for the bit of the wait. Life has been throwing curve balls at me nonstop so between dodging and catching them, I've been busy. But it looks like its calming down, and I finally have some time to myself to just write. I wanna thank everyone who has reviewed this so far, they all make me smile, so don't stop. Anyways on with the chapter.

Stolen Hearts

(Spencer's .)

Just another routine day for me, wake up, eat, and sleep. Seems to be the only things I have the strength to do lately. Everything I do reminds me of Ash, or if I go out everyone I see somehow reminds me of her. I hate it. I want to hate her so badly, I want to be the one who puts her foot down, but I can't. I can't hate her no matter how hard I try. Everything is Ashley. She's everywhere.

When we first moved back here, the first thing I did was put all the pictures away. I put the shirts I borrowed but never gave back, everything of hers or reminded me of her, went away into a box. I shoved it under my bed, and didn't want to remember it was there. But it was.

It seemed easy at first, pack away the memories, and forget the drama. It was a pretty simple concept to grasp. Too bad that didn't help. At first it did. I found myself getting lost in things that weren't Ashley. But then, out of nowhere, there she was in my mind again.

It took a while before I needed to look into the box again. Actually it's been 4 weeks and 3 days since I've packed her away under my bed. I wake up this morning, and knew it was time to bring her back. Maybe not literally, but I missed the memories.

The first thing I see as I open the box again, is the picture from the beach. God was that a good day. I mean, it kind of completely sucked, but it was a good day for us. Everything came together that day. Even if Ashley was too oblivious at first and decided that we needed to go flirt with guys, it all worked out. She always has a way of making everything work out.

We had the best conversations that night, sitting under the pier. Things I never thought I would ever be able to say, all were said to Ashley. She knew exactly what to say back too. She was finally someone who knew how I felt, what I thought, and what I needed to be said to me so that I could feel more self assured.

(Flashback)

"I'm not sure Ash. I don't even want to be… I don't want to like girls. My life, my everything would be so much easier if I could just like Aiden. You know? Everything could be okay, but I don't like him, and I can't help it."

"I know, trust me Spencer I've been there. The Aiden thing, the wanting to like boys, I've done it all. But it really does get better. Everything will get better. Of course I can't tell you when, but I can help you get there."

Ashley has never looked so sincere. I'm used to all her smart ass comments, and cockiness, but that's gone. This is full on heart.

"Spencer, do you ever just wish you could go back? Like, remember when you were five and it was a big deal just to sit in the front seat next to your dad with the window wide open and hanging your arm out and making waves in the wind?"

I nod my head, those were the days…

"And it was like no one could touch you. Like you could be in your own little world, completely shutting out everything that wasn't you and your dad. I remember this one time, caught me completely off guard. He just turned to me and said, 'you know there's going to be some bug changes soon Ashy. Big things will happen. You're going to fall in love with someone great, and I'm gonna be right there, every step of the way. You're going to grow up, and make something of yourself just like Daddy. And you are going to be amazing'"

I watch her as she goes off into this world of her own, and I see how much of a real person she really is. To everyone else she seems jaded and uncaring. She's not, she never will be.

"I just remember looking at him like he was insane. I remember looking at him, and telling him 'no don't think of all that stuff Daddy. I'm only going to fall in love with you. That's the way it's got to be.' God, I was dead serious then too. I just wish it was still that simple you know? No trying to figure out who you are, and who you're supposed to love. It was just plain and simple. There was nothing to think about; just you and you're Dad."

(End flashback)

I wish I could have been in here mind right then, I wanted to badly to just hear every thought. Every emotion of hers, I wanted to feel. Looking at this picture of her, brings all that back.

She was always right; those times where you just knew exactly what you needed were great. That day, that moment, I was living her story. Except, I wasn't in love with my Dad, I was in love with Ashley.

"Hey Spencer, can we talk real quick?"

My Dad says to me, pulling me out of my Ashley filled thoughts.

"I have to leave for work so I'll make this quick. I know that everything that's happened has been huge for all of us, but we need to move on, from everything, everyone. This is Ohio, and I promise everything is going to get better."

He means Ashley. Just like my Mom, these days all they want is me to find someone knew. Preferably a boy. Too bad I'm in love. Too bad I had everything I was, my defining moments, everything belonged to Ashley. He just gets up and leaves, it's so unlike him. He was never like this, it's like because he lost one kid, the other, me, doesn't need him back. Well I do, I need the old Dad. The one I used to be able to tell I was going to marry. The one who always just wanted the best for me and screw what my Mom had to say. I miss that Dad, I miss it all. Just like Ashley, I wish I could go back.

-Knock, knock, knock-

Frick, right now the last thing I need is some annoying boy scout or someone trying to scam me out of money. As if this isn't a bad enough day. I go to open the door, and oh my God…

"Ashley?"