"An old abandoned part of the park. No one else comes back here. My dad and I found it by chance, one time."

"And how old were you?"

"Eight, but that’s besides the point."

"Right," Spencer agreed, mockingly as she walked over to a small, rusted swing set, sitting down in one of the swings.

Ashley walked over, joining Spencer, sitting in the swing next to her. "So you know how Aiden was at my house, yesterday?"

"Yeah. What’d you guys do?" Spencer asked as she pet the kitten under it’s chin receiving a purr.

"Well, we cleaned, and then I found out something totally gross."

"Oh? Do tell."

"He slept with Madison."

"What?!" Spencer’s head shot up as she looked at Ashley, desperate for answers.

"Yep," was all Ashley replied and she started kicking her legs, gaining momentum for the swing.

"Glen said that he and Madison were over when he came home, last night. Aiden know about that or did he just fuck her?"

"The latter," the brunette had the swing going at a good height and speed, now.

"Ouch. Score one for the gold digging booty call. Even Glen deserved better, I guess."

"Maybe, but Aiden was really pathetic, too."

"Hmm?"

"Yeah, I asked him why he went back with her and he went on the spiel about how she’s the only girl who he really can go back to."

"Oh, true. No way he can ‘turn her gay’. So, does he know about us, then?"

"No," Ashley stated, simply.

"He didn’t ask, or…?"

"No, he asked. I just lied."

"What? Why?"

Ashley put her feet out skidding the swing to a stop, "Because I want a chance to get used to this without anyone breathing down our necks."

"But we can trust Aiden."

"Okay, duh, but do you really want him always around waiting for us to do things? Oh, and always asking if he can get in on the action."

"Ew," Spencer’s expression turned disgusted, "I see your point."

"Yeah," Ashley said as she began to swing, again. "Whenever the opportune moment comes, he’ll know."

Spencer sighed inwardly. She hadn’t really had the chance to think over the situation, completely. So many things would be prohibited to them. Displays of affection were off limits, and basically they had to keep acting like best friends under the public eye. It wasn’t all just the price of being in the closet, in her case. It was just the price of the lifestyle, in general, and it hit Spencer hard when she thought about it.

"It’s been a while since I jumped out of one of these," Ashley said shaking Spencer from her thoughts.

"I wouldn’t…"

"And why not?" Ashley questioned as she moved her hands to the other side of the chains, so she could make a cleaner jump.

"Because you’ll probably…" before Spencer could finish, the brunette had let go of the chains and pushed her body from the swing. She landed, but her foot caught on a rock, making her trip over herself. "…Fall." the blonde said as she winced.

Ashley groaned as Spencer stood and walked over to her. She put the cat down on the ground, and knelt next to Ashley, "Told ya."

"Shut up," Ashley barked as she sat up rubbed her elbow, "The ground is my friend, today."

"Apparently," Spencer joked as she rubbed Ashley’s back, getting off some of the grass.

Ashley held up her elbow to get a better look at it. It was slightly scratched, but she’d live. "Kiss it." she ordered Spencer.

Spencer smiled and rolled her eyes, but she did as Ashley commanded, anyway. Ashley smirked, as she pointed to her cheek. "Hurts here, too." The blonde narrowed her eyes, but leaned up and kissed the brunette’s cheek, anyway.

"Oh, and here," Ashley said slyly as she pointed to her lips.

Spencer sighed and leaned closer, but stopped centimeters away from the brunette’s face and smirked, "Nice try." she quipped as she stood, once more.

Ashley grunted as she also stood, standing next to the blonde. Spencer was looking at the kitten, for it hadn’t moved from the spot where Spencer put it down before she tended to Ashley. It sat there and looked up at the two girls.

Meow.

"Great," Ashley said as she stepped forward and leaned down, picking up the animal, "now there’s no chance of getting rid of this thing."

Spencer laughed as Ashley started petting the kitten lightly.

"C’mon," Ashley started, "Let’s go to the pet store, so we can get some things for this animal. What are we going to name it, anyway?"

"Hmm, I don’t know…"