Joss was waiting on the porch when Spencer pulled up in front of the house. Trina sighed with a deep frown, unhappy to see Joss there. She did not want to have to do this right now, but it looked like she had no choice.

"I take it that Joss is the reason why you were so upset earlier," Spencer looked at her, noticing her reaction to Joss's presence on their porch.

"I'll tell you about it later, alright? Right now...I have to deal with this. There are some real boundaries I am about to sit," Trina's voice was tight with annoyance as she gathered her purse and keys. "I want to talk to her alone, though...please."

"Are you sure?" Spencer frowned, clearly unhappy. He didn't know what Joss had done to cause Trina's tears, but he was going to have some words with her.

"Positive. Please, Spencer. Let me handle this. This has more to do with me and Joss than with you anyway."

Spencer didn't like it. Joss had done something to upset his wife and he felt it was his right as a Cassadine, not to mention as Trina's husband, to defend her somehow. But he also knew that Trina did not like to be treated as a damsel in distress, unable to handle her own problems, so he simply nodded in agreement, for now.

"Just because I'm agreeing to back off now, does not mean that I won't be having words with her in the future," Spencer warned.

"I know. But just let me handle it for now, alright? You don't even know what happened anyway, or why I'm upset."

"You are upset and she's the cause. That is what matters. I am not going to stand by and let her get away with hurting you. It's bad enough she's getting away with what she did to Cam," Spencer sighed, taking Trina's hand in his. "But I'll do things your way. Just promise me that you'll tell me what's up once you've taken care of her?"

"I promise. Now let's go so I can get this over with."

Joss got up from where she was sitting as Trina and Spencer exited the car and approached her. Spencer didn't say a word. If he did, he would tell Joss off for all she had done to both Cam and Trina, even though he didn't know the details about what happened between the two girls, so he said nothing, gave Trina's hand a supportive squeeze after unlocking the door, and disappeared into the house.

"I thought I told you to leave me alone," Trina folded her arms as she stood face to face with her former best friend.

"You did, but I just couldn't leave it like that. I mean...we've been best friends for years, Trina. You mean far too much to me to just walk away like that. I know that you're mad at me and that I messed up, but that shouldn't end our friendship," Joss nervously wring her hands, hoping that she could somehow sit things right with Trina.

"You are right about one thing. But you are wrong about everything else. It was me who was your best friend for years...but you were never mine."

Joss blinked in shock. "What?"

"I've done a lot of thinking, Joss. I even went to my mother and cried it all out to her. Don't worry, though. I have yet to tell Spencer. For some reason, I'm finding that the habit of protecting you is a hard habit to break. But I am going to break it because I don't want there to be any secrets between us. He means too much to me for that."

"Trina, I don't understand. Of course, I've been your best friend too…"

"Really? Because best friends don't use a personal gift from a boy to rub it in their enemy's face, especially when asked not to. Friends don't suddenly decide they like a boy when they see that the other friend is starting to like him. Friends don't call their friends a side piece and make assumptions about said friend's significant other! I mean, I don't go around calling Dex a criminal for working for Sonny Corinthos, do I?"

"Trina, come on, all of those were mistakes that I have apologized for! I had never meant any harm by them, you know that!"

"I know that it's one too many! There comes a time when enough is enough and that time is now. It has to be, not only for my sake...but...for Spencer's as well."

Joss rolled her eyes and huffed. "Of course! Spencer! He has somehow turned you against me, hasn't he?"

"Oh come off it, Joss! He has done no such thing! But you know, you're here claiming to be my friend. It's also thought that you're Spencer's friend as well, but there is never a positive thing out of your mouth about him! You always have something negative to say! Real friends don't do that!"

"I am his friend, Trina. I just call him out on being so selfish, entitled, spoiled…"

"Like you aren't?" Trina glared, pursing her lips so she wouldn't end up cursing Joss out. She was so sick and tired of Joss's tirades against Spencer. It was going to stop! "Spencer may be all of those things you claim, Joss...but at least he admits to it! He owns up to it and he tries to change! You...you act like nothing's wrong with your behavior. Like it's all a-ok! Well, it's not! It's annoying!"

"So this is all about how I treat Spencer?"

"It's about how you treat the people that you claim are your friends! Me and Spencer! I just...I just can't do it anymore! I can't turn a blind eye anymore! You are...not a good friend, Joss. I'm sorry, but you're not. I mean...you have your moments...like when Rory died...but...those moments are getting further and further in between."

Joss rubbed her eyes, feeling the tears about to slide down her cheeks. "Trina, come on. Don't say that. I am your friend. I promise I am. I never meant to hurt you! I love you! You know that!"

Trina too had tears in her eyes, because this was so hard. She had thought of Joss as a sister. Now, she was losing that sister and it was indeed breaking her heart. "You never mean to hurt me...but you do. You do hurt me, Joss. That's why...that's why I need to take a step back from this friendship."

"What? Trina, no!"

"Yes. I mean...it's not like we can't be friends at all...but...god, don't you feel it? Don't you see it? We are growing apart and if we don't admit to it...there may not be a friendship to salvage at all!"

"But Trina...I don't have that many friends and...I don't want to lose you."

"You're not exactly losing me, Joss. I do treasure your friendship and it hurts too much to break it off completely. But we can't be BFFs anymore. Best friends don't treat each other the way you've treated me. I'm sorry," Trina placed a hand on the doorknob of the front door of her house. "We'll still hang though...just...not as much."

"Trina, wait!" Joss placed a hand on Trina's arm, stopping her from going inside. "I'm sorry, alright? I'm sorry for the assumptions I made about Spencer in the car. I just didn't think that you…"

"Were just as desirable as you? That Spencer couldn't possibly want me in that way at that moment?"

Joss opened her mouth to protest, but then closed it, having no words in her defense.

"That's what I thought. Goodbye, Joss. I'll see you around campus," Trina stepped through the door and closed it behind her, leaving a tearful Joss on the porch, realizing what she had lost. Trina may not have cut her off completely...but their best-friend status was definitely over. There was nothing left for Joss to do but to go back to her mother's house and cry it out over a pint of Ben and Jerry's.

…..

Spencer was waiting for Trina when she came into the house. Judging from the mess his hair was in, he had been pacing the room, running his hands through his dark locks in a way to keep them busy. Finally, Trina was inside with the saddest look in her eyes. He immediately went to her and wrapped her in his arms.

"What happened out there?" Spencer asked, kissing the top of her head.

"Joss and I aren't best friends anymore," Trina sniffed, pulling away and walking over to take a seat on the couch.

Spencer kind of gathered that much from how standoffish Trina had been towards Joss on the porch. He sat next to her and took her hand in his. His voice was gentle and calm. "What happened?"

"I just realized that the best part of being a best friend was one-sided. Today my eyes were opened wide and...I didn't like what I saw…"

"Ok?"

Trina laughed, amused by the confused tone of his voice. He was trying his best not to push and to just be there for her, which made her love him even more.

"Let's just say that our little Jack and Rose moment yesterday was witnessed by Dex, who went and blabbed to Joss that you were getting it on in a car. He left out that it was me that you were getting it on with."

Errand boy. He should have known. "I should kick his…"

"It wasn't Dex who made the wrong assumption though. It was Joss. She just assumed that you were cheating on me. Far be it that I would do such a thing," Trina rolled her eyes, feeling annoyed once again. "I'm obviously too vanilla for such a venture."

"Did she say that?" Spencer tried to keep his voice under control as he felt his anger at Joss build. It didn't surprise him that she just assumed the worse about him. She's been doing that since the very day he returned to Port Charles! But the fact that her assumptions had hurt Trina like this…

"She tried to act like that wasn't what she was saying...but when I think back on our friendship and all the times I was pushed into second place, or the sidekick role...it became obvious that was what she was saying. What she had always been saying. I just can't believe that I've been so blind for all of this time. So...I downgraded our friendship from best friend forever to...just plain old regular friend at best. An acquaintance at worse. I no longer have a best friend," Trina shrugged, looking down at their joined hands.

Spencer's hands tightened around hers as he scooted closer. "Yes, you do, baby. You have me. Not only am I your loving husband. I can be your best friend too. Isn't that what married couples are supposed to be?"

Trina looked up into his smiling eyes and couldn't help but smile back. The pain over the change in her friendship with Joss seemed to lessen a lot. "You're right. I mean...you do know me more than Joss ever has and you never made stupid assumptions about me…"

"And I am very much aware of how beautiful and sexy you really are," Spencer chuckled, leaning forward to rub his nose against Trina's in an Eskimo kiss that made her giggle.

"Best friend with benefits, huh?" Trina smiled.

"Obviously."

Trina's smile was bright and genuine as she felt the gloomy feelings she had been carrying around for hours now finally clear out. "I love you, Preppy."

"I love you too, Queen. We'll be BFFs forever," Spencer winked, getting a laugh from Trina. Laughing himself, he claimed her lips into a lingering kiss that soon enough turned passionate. Friends may come and go, but one thing Spencer Cassadine was sure of. He and Trina were forever.

(A/N: I don't hate Joss, but I've noticed that Joss and Trina's friendship is somewhat uneven and it just feels that Joss and Trina are indeed growing apart on the show. It just felt right to depict the rift between them in this story)