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A/N: Oh my…the reviews were amazing and scary all at the same time :) I could feel how angry some of you were about the break up. That was the scary part. But I thank you guys for sharing your feelings about the break up and the story in general. Thanks to everyone who is still reading this story, scribing to it and reviewing. Please feel free to leave me your thoughts anytime. They motivate me to update sooner and always put a smile on my face. Thanks!
Spencer's POV
I would love to say that Ashley and I are back together. But I can't. It's been a week since we broke up or shall I say Ashley broke up with me. After a day of me trying to get in touch with her, she finally called me back. We talked for a couple of minutes before she came up with some lame ass excuse to get off the phone. We talked a couple of more times when she came back home on Monday. Our conversations basically consist of me asking to come over so we can speak, of course she said no. Anyway we haven't spoken in two days. I got drunk and called her the other day and said some stuff I didn't mean. Nothing to serious, but serious enough for her to hang up on me and refuse to talk to me.
"My head is killing me." I say waking up and lying right back down on Mia's couch.
"Well… you were really tousling them back." I look over at the sound of the voice. It's Stacy. Last night I asked her to go out with me because my friends are acting lame. They think I'm drinking too much and I need to cool off, so none of them will go out with me.
"Yeah I was." I say rubbing my forehead remembering the night before. Stacy giggles a little then comes to sit on the couch next to me.
"So… I was thinking." She starts moving closer. "Now that you're free and all…" She says moving closer to my face but I back up.
"I'm with Ashley." I say ignoring my headache and jumping up from the couch.
"You told me she dumped you." Stacy says standing up.
"Well… she did but I still love her and we're going to get back together." I tell her. "I just want to be friends Stacy." I say starting to pick up the mess we made last night in Mia's living room. I already know she's going to bitch me out about going out and getting drunk. I don't need her getting on me about the mess I made.
"Oh…" I see the disappointment on her face. "Friends. Okay… I'm just going to go." She says grabbing her purse and leaving before I can do or say anything to make the situation better.
"Good. She left." I turn around to see Mia leaning on the wall between the living room and kitchen. "I was on my way in her to kick her out and kick your ass." She says walking over and plopping down on the couch. "Did you do anything with her?" Mia asks after a couple of minutes of watching me clean up.
"Are you asking me if we had sex in your living room?" I ask throwing away the last beer can.
"Nooooo," She draws out shaking her head real slow. "I'm asking at any point and time since you've been broking up with Ashley, have you done anything with Stacy? And I mean anything. Kiss, grope and yeah sex." She says calmly.
"No. You know how much I love Ashley." I say sitting down next to her.
"Good. Because I like Ashley and even if you guys don't get back together you can do so much better then Stacy." She says smiling at me.
"I know." I whisper stretching out on the couch, laying my head in Mia's lap. "I don't even know why she dumped me." I say thinking about how bad I want to call Ashley right now.
"Yeah… well she's not going to take you back if you keep getting drunk." She says after a couple of minutes.
"I know." I say then close my eyes.
$%^&*(%^
"So I got drunk and crashed over Mia's." I finish telling Paige and Glen about my night. We're sitting in the waiting room at the hospital, my grandma past out this morning. She's been here for thirty minutes now. I've been here for twenty.
"If I hear about you drinking again I'm a…" Paige stops mid sentence and just stares at something behind me. I turn around to see Ashley. She has tears pouring down her face and is shaking.
"I got home…Shane said he saw an ambulance leave your house… people was yelling your name…" She says her voice breaking; she's still trying to calm herself. "God… I thought something happened to you." She says wiping her face. I take a step towards her and she just stares at me, hugging herself.
"No…I'm fine, baby." I tell her and pull her into my arms. She's starts crying into my chest. "It's okay. I'm good. It was my grandma your brother saw being put into the Ambulance." I tell her hugging her tighter and kissing her hair.
"Then why was Glen yelling your name?" And for the first time I notice that Ashley's brother and Mother is here to.
"Oh… I was just cussing her out because I couldn't get a hold of her on the phone." Glen answers Shane's question.
"What happen to your grandma?" Ashley asks pulling away from me and hugging herself again. I tell her and she just nods her head and says she hopes she's fine and nothing's wrong.
"Yeah…" I say to no one. My eyes met back up with Ashley's. "Can you stay?"
"Yeah." She says without giving it a thought and takes a seat next to Jessica. I forgot to mention, Mia gave me a ride and Aiden and Jessica met us here. Ashley's mom, brother and I take I seat in another roll of chairs and a couple of minutes later my dad walks out, after talking to a doctor.
"Well?" Glen says standing up. He's always been my grandma's favorite. I know he was real shaken when she passed out.
"She's going to be fine. They think it was just stress."He says then looks over at me. "After all, her youngest granddaughters running around like crazy" I start to talk but Paige gives me a look to shut up. "Make sure you pack the rest of your shit today and take it over your moms. My mom doesn't need your ass popping up at the house whenever you feel. Because of you she's in the hospi…"
"Don't try to blame this on me!" I yell standing up, tired of hearing him try to make this my fault. "I haven't been over in like three days. In last time I was there we barely spoke." I say in a lower voice remembering where I am.
"Well you and that girl you brought home were making a lot of noise and you came home all fucked up." He says. "I don't want you bringing none of your playmates into our house."
"Whatever." I say feeling my anger building up so I just walk away.
"Yeah, you better walk away." I hear him say when I turn around. I start to turn back around when Aiden puts his hands around my shoulder and tells me to let it be.
"Shut the hell up, dad." I hear Paige before I get to far away. Aiden and I walk to the other end of the hall and take a seat on some empty chairs. I sit down and start to think about how my life seems to be coming apart.
Ashley's POV
When Shane said an ambulance left Spencer's house and he thought she was in it, I almost had a heart attack. Even sitting here in the hospital knowing she's fine, my heart is still beating fast. I've been going crazy these last couple of days that we haven't been talking. I know she's been drinking a lot and I want to talk to her about it but I know she wants to talk about other stuff, so I just avoid her all together. And pray that her friends and family will watch over her and I know they will. But I still want to be there for her to. Like right now she just got into it with her dad, I wanted to jump up and defend her so bad, and then I heard him say something about a girl she brought home and I changed my mind.
"Go talk to her." Mia whispers in my ear, I pry my eyes away from the hall I seen Spencer walk down and look over to Mia.
"What?"
"I'm not telling you to go get back together." She says digging in her purse and handing me her car keys. "But at least talk. She'll give you a ride home." She says standing, pulling me up with her. "Talk to her." And then she pushes me in the direction Spencer went.
When I get down the hall Aiden is the first to notice me. He gives Spencer a kiss on the cheek and tells her he'll talk to her later and walks back towards everyone else in the waiting room. Spencer looks at me, giving me a shy smile that I return.
"Hey." I take the chair next to her.
"Thanks for staying."
"No problem." I say playing with the car keys. "You know… even though we're not together I still care about you…I still love you." I say locking eyes with her. "I thought I was going to die when I thought you were hurt…"
"Yeah… but I'm fine." She says cutting me off. Spencer wipes away the tears that starts coming when I think about how scared I was for her.
"Yeah but I know you've been partying and drinking…" I say thinking about her drunk dialing, in which I was the one she ended up calling. "It scares me."
"I know…" She whispers resting her forehead on mine.
"Do you?" I whisper.
"Yeah…" She says leaning in and giving me a soft kiss on the lips.
"Spencer…" I say trying to pull back, but not resisting too much.
"It's just a kiss." She says kissing me and I can't help but kiss back.
"That's enough." I say after a couple of minutes of making out with my ex-girlfriend.
"Never…" She's says pecking me one last time on the lips. I give her Mia car keys and ask her to give me a ride home. I know my mom is still here but I want to talk to Spencer before we split up again. We go back to the waiting area and I tell my mom that I'll be getting a ride with Spencer. Spencer go visits her grandma before we make our way out to Mia's car.
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"It was Jessica." Spencer says leaning against the rail on my porch. We've been standing on my porch staring at each other for five minutes now. It's dark outside now. We spent most of the day at the hospital and making out in the car. The car ride over here was quiet and when we parked in front of my house it was like our lips wouldn't pull apart. So much for that talk I wanted to have.
"What?" I ask confused as to what she's talking about.
"The girl my dad said was over at the house with me. It was Jessica. We were playing the game with Glen. I haven't been with another girl." She tells me.
"You don't have to explain to me." I say leaning against my front door. "We're not together anymore." I whisper knowing she heard.
"Yeah… I know. I'm just not sure why not." She says moving over towards me. She leans down and presses her lips to mine. "Can I come in?" She says in between kisses. I pull back.
"I'm not going to sleep with you Spencer." I tell her wishing I wouldn't have let our first kiss at the hospital happen but at the same time wanting more of her. "We're more to each other than just fuck buddies."
"I know… I just want to sleep next to you." She says. "I know we're not together and I promise not to try anything." She says smiling at me. "We'll just sleep."
"Okay." I say knowing that maybe it's not the best Idea in the world. But I can't help but wanting to be close to her too.
"Okay…" She whispers back and I open the door and she follows me in. I keep saying we're not together, but it doesn't feel that way.
TBC