It's been a few days since he spoke to Trina last. She had refused to pick up any of his calls and had left his texts unread. This was bad. This was very bad. He knew that he had messed up at the Highsider. He should never have attacked Dex like that, then yelled at Trina about that fake evidence. But he had been so blindsided by Trina telling Joss about the evidence and then Dex looking so smug like someone who worked for a mob boss would know anything about turning something over to the police! He had not expected things to go as bad as they had gone though. He had not expected Trina to explode like that and refuse his apologies. To ignore his calls.

She must be really pissed off, but he couldn't let it stay that way. They had come too far to let this break them! He had to get Trina back.

He had gone to Joss's house, knowing that Trina was staying there. At least he hoped she still was. For all he knew, she could be back at her mother's.

"Spencer?" Carly walked up the driveway, her car keys in hand. She must have gone somewhere and was returning. "What are you doing here?"

"I was looking for Trina. I know she was staying here with Joss. We kind of had a fight and...she's not answering my calls…," Spencer explained, hoping that Joss's mom would let him in to see Trina.

"I'll tell her that you're here. Just wait here on the doorstep," Carly unlocked the door and then looked at the young man. "What did you do to make her so mad at you anyway?"

"I kind of got in another fight with Dex. I just don't like the guy…"

"Sonny should have taught you to hold that temper of yours. Anyway, I'll send her out," Carly admonished before disappearing inside.

Spencer stood there, shifting from one foot to the other, readying himself to beg for forgiveness. He had never meant for things to go as far as they had. He had just wanted to find something, anything to use to get rid of Esme and he wanted to involve as few people as possible.

"What do you want?" Trina simply asked as she came out of the house.

Spencer swallowed, admiring what she was wearing that day, which was a simple flower peasant blouse and blue jeans. Her hair was pulled back in a ponytail to keep it out of her face. She wore no makeup, and she looked exhausted. Nearly as miserable as he was.

"I know you don't want to hear it, but I want to apologize."

"Spencer…"

"I had let my temper get the best of me again and I know I have to stop doing that...but it's hard when it comes to that guy."

"Why? Why do you hate him so much that you can't resist going after him? It has to be more than just not liking him! Is it Joss? Are you jealous of him and want her, because if that's the case…"

"What? No! I don't want Joss Trina! You know that! There's only one girl I want and that is you!"

"Well, then why the intense hatred of Dex? Why don't you trust him?"

"You won't believe me," Spencer looked away, just knowing that whatever he said about Joss, Trina won't believe it. She was strictly Team Joss, all day every day, but he couldn't not tell her.

"Do you even have a reason?" Trina asked, her annoyance clear in her voice.

"Yes! I do! A good reason and when I tell you, if you care about Cam at all, you'll see why and you'll be angry with Joss too!"

"Of course, I care about Cam! How can you stand there and say that I don't?"

"I never said you didn't, but the way you just accept Joss's word and ignore the shape Cam was in when he left...what am I supposed to think?"

"Ok, so your dislike for Dex has to do with Cam? I know that you think that Dex moved in on Joss while she and Cam were together, but Spencer, they've been growing apart before then! That's what Joss told me."

"Exactly. That's what Joss told you. But what did Cam say?"

"Nothing. Cam said absolutely nothing to me. In fact, it looked like he and Joss had made peace."

Spencer just gave a derisive snort.

Trina became angry again. How dare Spencer come here, looking the way he did with those dark eyes and gorgeous hair and angelic face and act like he knew something she didn't but wasn't telling! "Alright, you know something. If you care anything about what we have, if we even have anything at all, you'll tell me right now!"

"How can you…?"

"Right now Spencer!"

"Alright, alright. I'll tell you," Spencer winced. He hadn't meant to make her even more angry, but he had. The only way to rectify this was with the truth. "It wasn't just them growing apart. In fact, Cam didn't even know that there was a problem. He was completely blindsided by her lame excuse of growing apart. Then he heard about Willow having cancer, so he went to the dorms to see if she was ok, because I was rude to her and he felt bad. He ended up walking in on her and Dex in bed together. Then your friend threatened him to keep their relationship quiet. Of course, he told me all about it. How could he not? I'm his best friend?"

"But that was after they broke up, right?"

Spencer gave another snort.

"What?"

"She also confessed that she and Dex had slept together the night Britt was murdered. Before she broke up with Cam."

"WHAT?!"

"That's why Cam is so hurt and still is. Come on, do you think he would have been so angry if it was just about them growing apart?"

"I can't believe this…"

"Trina," Spencer reached out as if to touch her, but thought better of it."

"What is it with people in my life? Why do they feel that they can constantly lie to me?! I asked her how they got together! I sat there and asked her and she lied!"

"So that's why I can't stand Dex and never will. It was because of him that Cam left. He may say it wasn't, but I know better. He destroyed my friend….my cousin, my family and I'm not going to ever forgive or forget that and I don't get why you are insisting that I do!"

"I'm not…"

"You are!"

"Alright, I am! But you don't get it, Spencer! I just wanted us to be a quad again like we were when you first came to town and before Esme showed up! Before she came, it was Joss and Cam and what I thought would be me and you! It didn't matter that Cam chose Joss over me...because that was my fault and I valued his friendship more...but when you showed up, making those bedroom eyes at me...I wanted you to be my boyfriend. I wanted double date nights and road trips! Then Esme showed up and blew those dreams out of the water."

"I'm so sorry about that...I...I did like you back then, Trina. You were something I had never expected to find when I came back to Port Charles. And I regretted that I had a girlfriend. I wanted to be a part of that quad too...and I knew when Esme showed up...that wouldn't happen. And it didn't."

"Well...now we are together...and I know Cam is gone. I know that it's not the same...but...I can't help wanting that quad, Spencer. I can't help it. Joss is my best friend. I want us to have boyfriends that can at least be in the same room together so we can hang out as a group. I know that's impossible now, but...I still wanted it."

Spencer sighed, feeling bad that he couldn't make himself get along with Dex. That jerk just annoyed him on the best day and angered him on the worse. "I'm sorry, Trina. I really am...but I can't be friends with Dex. I can't even be civil with him either, because when I look at him...I remember the pain and devastation in Cam's eyes and it angers me all over again…"

"I understand," Trina sighed, her shoulders slumped. "I definitely won't try to make you get along with him again. I don't have to have the quad."

"Maybe...maybe we can hang out with other friends that are a couple. I'm not completely horrible. I can make new friends if you want. Just point them out, as long as they're not Dex."

Trina chuckled. She appreciated that Spencer was willing to make new friends for her. "We'll see. For now, I'm fine with it just being you and I on dates and road trips."

"I'm sorry for the fight. I was...taken off balance when Joss rubbed the fact that you told her about the fake evidence in my face...I should have told you to keep it between us."

"No, I'm the one that's sorry. You let me in on that because you trusted me and I had betrayed that trust. After thinking about it, I see that now and it's not the first time Joss had used something I told her against someone. I had forgotten that when I should have remembered. I'm so sorry, Spencer. You were right to be mad about it. And I'm sorry for leaving you like that. You were really hurt, but I was too involved with my own stupid feelings to see that. I'm a horrible girlfriend."

"No, you're not. You're great. It's just that...you're human. Just like I am. We both made some pretty big mistakes that night."

"So you forgive me?"

"If you forgive me."

"Always," Trina smiled as he took her hands in his. "We also have another issue to talk about though…"

"We do?" Spencer frowned.

"Esme. I heard you over the phone yelling at her to get out…"

"Oh...that. Yeah. She brought me an ice pack and we had a...weird discussion. I told her how she had used me back before we came to Port Charles. Then she told me how she thought the old her had really liked me. Like I'd believe that."

Trina made a face, not really liking that Esme was alone with Spencer when he felt alone and vulnerable. God, she was so stupid for giving that opportunity to Esme. But at least Spencer was being open and honest about it. "Maybe she did. I mean, you don't go about framing your competition over boys you hate. Maybe she did end up developing feelings for you."

"Doesn't matter though. She's still an awful person underneath all that memory loss. She's still the same person that drugged and could have killed you and tried to have you sent to prison! She's kidding herself if she thinks that I'm ever going to forgive that. No, my hatred of her goes way beyond what she did to me."

"I know…."

"I'm only being civil to her for Ace's sake. That's it and once we get evidence against her...she's out of our lives for good. I'm going to make sure of it."

"Spencer...I have to say that...I hate that you have to spend any time alone with her! I really really hate it! I know that it's for Ace and I do want you to have your brother, but I can't stand that she has to be a part of it!"

Spencer's heart broke when he saw the hurt and sadness in her eyes. She looked so lost...like she was on the outside looking in. Which was absurd, because she was his life! She should be the one always by his side, not Esme! This just wouldn't do! He couldn't have Trina feel like she was an intruder when she wasn't. He had to change things...but how?"

"I know that you have that parenting class with Esme...but…"

"Wait. How did you know about that?"

"The parenting class? My mother told me. I don't know how she knew, but she mentioned that you and Esme were to take parenting classes together…"

"Well, I'm not going to do it. I think I'm doing fine taking care of Ace. Esme may need them, but I don't. So I'm not going to take them, not anymore. In fact, I'm going to spend time with Ace away from Esme from now on."

"I'm sorry. I don't mean to complain or be a bother…"

"You're not a bother and you have no reason to be sorry. It's how you feel and I'm glad that you're telling me how you feel, that there's a problem, because if I don't know that there's a problem, I can't fix it. Now I can do something about it and make it better."

"I just...I wish that it could be like it was on the Haunted Star. Just you and me. No ex-girlfriends, no best friends, and their problems. No disapproving parents. It was just me and you against the world. I miss that. I wish we can go back to that, but I guess that's impossible. We both have so much going on in our lives…"

"We'll figure everything out."

"Well...I'm glad that fight is over," Trina chuckled.

"So am I. I hate fighting with you. When we don't talk...it scares me," Spencer confessed.

"It scares me too. From now on...let's try not to leave each other angry. Let's promise each other that we'll at least try to come to an understanding before the night ends. We never leave each other angry and on not speaking terms."

"Sounds like a plan," Spencer smiled, moving in for a lingering kiss.

"So are you guys back together?" Joss came outside, unable to help herself. She had been watching Spencer and Trina talk from the window. She hadn't heard anything, but when she saw them kiss, she knew that they would probably be ok.

Trina tried not to glare at her friend and took a deep breath. She didn't want to argue with Joss, but she couldn't help but feel angry and a little betrayed. "Joss, we need to talk."

Joss frowned and looked at Spencer. "What did you tell her?"

"Just the truth about why I can't be around your new boyfriend and why it's not a good idea to force a friendship. That's all. Look, I have to go pick up Ace," Spencer leaned down and kissed Trina one last time. "I'll talk to you later."

"Bye," Trina smiled, for the first time in days feeling like everything was going to be alright, well that was until she looked at Joss. It was time to get to the bottom of this friendship. She wanted all of her relationships on stable ground. Not just her romance with Spencer.