Ashley carried Spencer up to her room and sat her down on the bed. Ashley looked at Spencer’s face and noticed a few scratches left behind by Sherry. She walked into her bathroom grabbed some peroxide, cotton balls, and band-aids. Ashley placed a pillow on her leg and laid Spencer’s head down on it.

Ashley: “Now this may hurt a little bit.” Ashley gently massaged the peroxide over Spencer’s wounds with the cotton ball. She applied the band-aid and kissed the wound “All better now. Now let me go get you some ice to get rid of that bruising.” Spencer just sat and watched Ashley as she took care of her. How did I get so lucky? She deserves so much better than me. Spencer thought. Ashley returned soon with a small icepack wrapped in a damp paper towel. “Do you want to hold it or I can do it?” Spencer smiled at how caring Ashley was being.

Spencer: “Ash, I think I can handle holding an icepack.”  Ashley let out a small chuckle and handed the icepack to Spencer. Ashley’s face fell again when she looked at what Sherry had done. 

Ashley: “Spencer how could you let this happen?” She asked with a worried tone.

Spencer: “I don’t really know what happened. I mean I was a wreck after you left. I never thought I could or would love anyone after you left me. I couldn’t sleep or eat. All I did was sit up all day and night starring at letters we’d wrote, pictures we had together, the things you’d given me, but none of it helped it only brought back memories of you. Then I had to deal with the death of my brothers and my mom leaving it was too much. And the only people I had through the whole ordeal were my dad and Aiden. Don’t get me wrong they’re great guys but they don’t understand what I’m going through. Then Sherry came along. We started talking she understood everything I was going through. She began to replace you. And I guess since she was the only one I really had around I got attached. She’s a great girl or she was a great girl.” Ashley just sat there taking in all Spencer had to say. It killed her knowing that most of Spencer’s pain could have been avoided if only she’d stayed.

Ashley: “Spen I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have left you.”

Spencer: “Ash you have nothing to be sorry for. Now can I finish while I have the nerve?” She let out with a chuckle. “Our relationship was great. I mean great. We spent that right amount of time together, had the right balance of alike and difference, right balance of sarcasm and seriousness,” Ashley couldn’t help but think that Spencer was with Sherry because she reminded her of her. “Basically she was everything I missed after you left. Then I don’t know what happened. She just changed. She started cheating; being more controlling, and then she started hitting me. I always thought it was my fault. I thought that if I was home when she said she wouldn’t hit me. Then it was because of the way I dressed, so I thought that maybe if I changed that then she wouldn’t hit me.” Ashley was in tears looking at Spencer and seeing all the hurt and pain that lay behind those baby blues. “But every time I changed she came up something else.”

Ashley: “Spen why didn’t you just leave?”

Spencer: “I thought that if she couldn’t love me, you couldn’t love me, and my mom couldn’t love me then there was no way anyone else would. So I figured abused and taken was better than being lonely.”

Ashley: “Spen that’s not true. You can do bad by your damn self. You shouldn’t have to that shit. Hell it’s mainly my fault you went through it. If I wouldn’t have been a pussy an ran away when you needed me. But I promise I will make it up to you.”

Spencer: “You already have, you came back.” Ashley smiled and looked down into Spencer’s eyes. Spencer reached behind Ashley and pulled her in for a kiss. Ashley ran her tongue along Spencer’s lip asking for entrance that was greatly accepted. Spencer flipped them over so she was on top of Ashley. Ashley hands fell down to her ass cupping it. Spencer moan into the kiss sending chills down Ashley’s spine. Spencer kissed down to Ashley’s pulse point and started sucking and licking on it.

Ashley: “Damn Spen! That feels so fucking good!” She said while running her fingers through Spencer’s hair. Spencer returned to Ashley’s mouth for a much needed kiss. Spencer rose up to remove her shirt and went back to Ashley’s neck. Ashley turned her head giving Spencer more access what she saw nearly killed her.

Ashley: “What the fuck?!”