Hello again, as always thanks for reading. After some really good advice I have went back through and did some editing to the 3 chapters that I posted so far. So I'm resubmitting the updated chapters. I'm also working on Ch. 4 and that should be up sometime this morning.
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Chapter 3
Ashley helps her stand up, as soon as, Spencer is on her feet she steps away from her. The shock of seeing the brown-eyed girl is fading and the anger and hurt is taking its place. She starts walking away without a word.
"Hey, Spence wait up!" Ashley follows as she continues to walk. The other girl catches up, grabbing her arm "Will you stop for a minute?"
"No." She jerks her arm away and continues to walk.
She has no choice but to let her go, her team is taking the field. She makes sure she tracks the blonde, so she knows where to find her after the game. When she sees the blonde sit down, she runs back to the field.
Ashley played her worst game ever; distracted by the blonde from her past. She was busy keeping her eye on the blonde making sure she didn't leave the park before she could to talk to her she missed every fly ball that came her way. Kyla who was the teams coach was yelling at her from the dugout, pulled her from the game. Ashley noticed that Spencer and the girl she was with were starting to collect their things, she let Kyla know that she needs to take care of something and ran out of the dugout.
She had just reached the two girls overhearing their conversation "Admit it you had fun today." the dark-haired girl was saying. "No" Spencer replied with a slight smile.
"Oh come on; just say it once I had fun today. I promise I won't tell anyone." She said in a whisper
"Fine." She looked around dramatically, not seeing Ashley and whispered "I had fun today."
"O.M.G! Call the presses, Spencer had fun day!" The dark hair girl yelled for everyone around them to hear. Spencer smacked her arm laughing "So much for keeping your promises." The dark hair girl was about to respond when Ashley could no longer hide her curiosity "Does she not have fun often?" Madison noticed that Spencer froze and the playful smile she had two seconds ago gone. The dark hair girl stepped between Spencer and Ashley in a protective way "Who are you?"
"I'm Ashley, an old friend of Spencer's."
"I'm Madison, a current friend of Spencer's."
Ashley was about to respond when Spencer found her voice "You are anything but a friend!" she snaps. Turning to Madison "Thank you, I had fun today I'll text you later" gathering her stuff and heads towards her car.
Ashley steps around Madison giving a quick nice to meet you, as she follows the blonde. Spencer pops her trunk and is throwing her belonging in when she reaches her. She goes to stand next to the driver side door. When Spencer shuts the trunk she sees her "Move."
"Not until you talk to me for a minute."
"Move now."
"No"
They stand there staring at each other one with anger in her eyes, the other with confusion. "I'm not moving until you talk to me"
"What do you want?"
"What do I want? I want to know how you've been. I want to know why you disappeared when we were younger. I want to catch up." she took a step towards Spencer stopping herself just before she reached out to take her hand.
The blonde took a step back "I've been good, I had my reasons, and not until hell freezes over. Now move!" She pushes past her and gets in the car. Ashley is standing there shocked watching as the girl from her past, the girl who meant the world to her drives away.
"What the hell was that?" Someone says from behind her. She turns around to see the girl who Spencer was with glaring at her. "I'm not sure" she answers, not knowing why Spencer reacted the way she did to seeing her.
Madison and Ashley stand there staring at each other, neither quite sure what to say when a horn shakes them out of their personal thoughts. "You said you were an old friend of Spencer's, telling from Spencer's reaction to seeing you I'm guessing it didn't end on good terms."
"I'm not sure how or why it ended at all." she responds barely loud enough for Madison to hear. Just then her phone rings, she glances at the caller ID "Excuse me this is my new boss, I have to take this."
"Ashley Davies is speaking." she answers the phone as she watches Madison head back to the spot where her belonging are. Ashley is barely listening to her boss on the other end lost in her thoughts and not wanting to lose track of Madison "You will be shadowing my best case worker Spencer Carlin"
"Wait what!" She yells into the phone, sure that she has mistaken her boss.
Her boss pauses "Which part, the coming in next week to finish paperwork, or the following my best case worker"
"The part about the case worker, did you say Spencer Carlin?"
"Yes. She is the best. She tends to work late so next week when you come in to finish up your paperwork you will get the chance to meet her."
"Does she know that I will be shadowing her?" she asked, already knowing the answer.
"Umm, well no. She won't be happy about it as she likes to work alone. She is the best however and I would like you trained by the best. I will wait until right before you start to let her know. No worries though she will be nothing but professional with you. Well see you next week."
She says good-bye, hanging up her phone "I doubt she will be anything but professional" she mumbles as she heads towards Madison. More determined than ever to get Spencer's number no way is she walking into that office without giving her a heads up.
Ashley had to beg Madison for Spencer's phone number. Madison gave it to her mumbling something about "Spencer's never going to talk to me again and if you hurt her I will kill you."
"Thank you." When Ashley got in her car she leans back in the seat, closing her eyes, and picturing the blonde as the eight year old girl who she first talked to sitting on the tree in the creek.
20 years ago: age 7
It had been a couple of days since she had first met Spencer. She was walking home from softball practice, taking a shortcut through the creek. She was thinking about the blue eye girl, something about the girl made her want to protect her. Maybe it was the sadness she saw when she looked into the girl's eyes. Lost in her thoughts that she almost didn't see the girl who had consumed her thoughts sitting on the log she kicked some rocks not wanting to startle the girl. When the girl wiped her face with her sleeve Ashley knew that she was crying.
"Spencer?" she said
"Yes" Spencer tried to hide the fact that she was crying but Ashley heard it in her voice.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes" she choked out.
Ashley climbed up the tree and sat down next to her. The girl turned so that she could not see her face. Ashley does not say a word, she just sits there quietly, after a while she hears the silent sobs that the girl tries to hide. She slides closer to her putting her arm around her waist, hoping that she knows that she is there.
Ashley is not sure how long they sat there, the blonde's tears slowed and then stop the sun is dropping below the trees "Spencer what is wrong?" she doesn't respond she just turns farther away from her.
"Spencer please just look at me."
Spencer doesn't move, so she reaches over and turns her face to face her. Spencer see's the shocked look on her face; and knows the bruises must already look bad.
"What happened?"
She just looks at her for a long moment, when quietly she says "Can you keep a secret?" Ashley nods her head yes, so she continues "I was punished."
"Punished? For what? From who?" she says confused.
"I don't know, Mother." The blonde says, holding the fresh tears from falling.
The sound of a car horn brought her out of the memory. She smiles thinking how that day was the beginning of daily talks in the creek. They would talk about everything; she was eleven days older than Spencer. Some days the blonde would have a new bruise or be sore; she would try to talk her into letting her tell someone. Spencer was too afraid to tell, Ashley didn't want to lose her friend kept her promise and didn't tell. Setting on that tree in the creek that summer the girls became best friends.
She picked up her phone hoping that Spencer would answer her call, but knowing that she wouldn't, Ashley dials the blonde's number. After four rings it when to voicemail, where she left a message
"Hello Spencer, This is Ashley I'm not sure why you are angry at me. Please call me back; I need to talk to you." She hangs up the phone, hoping that she would return her call.