They reached the outside door and Ashley seemed hesitant
before Spencer unlocked it.

“Spence, wait…there’s something that you should know,
I told you I didn’t want to keep anything from you and I
don’t intend to” she started, practically wincing at the
thought of Spencer’s reaction

“What is it?” Spencer asked sternly, though she had a
pretty good idea

“The San Francisco trip, well it’s with Spectrum as you
know…” she started

Spencer knew where this was going, she had to admit she was
semi prepared but didn’t want to have to think about it.

“You know Tracey is in Spectrum…” Ashley continued
avoiding the underlying cause for discussion

“She’s going?” she asked, already knowing the answer

“Yeah, I figured you would figure it out anyway but when
you didn’t say anything I thought I would tell you so you
didn’t think I was keeping it from you” she replied

Spencer didn’t say anything at first, Ashley continued

“Babe, I’m sorry. There’s nothing I can do except not
go, and if I didn’t have to go I wouldn’t.”

“No, don’t worry about it, it’s okay. It’s out of
your control, I trust you” she replied forcing a smile

“Really?” Ashley almost didn’t believe her reaction

“Yeah, Really” another forced smile, she was hoping
Ashley would buy it so she could be left alone to dwell on
it in the comforts of her bed

“You’re positive?” the brunette double check, hiding
her smile

“Yeah, text me later tonight alright?” she said before
unlocking her door

“Oh, okay yeah definitely” she replied, some what upset
Spencer didn’t even attempt to hug her or show some sort
of affection

“Alright, bye” she said pushing through the door

“Spence” Ashley stopped her

She turned around in the doorway.

“I love you” she mouthed

“I love you too” Spencer barely mouthed back

Once the door was shut and she was sure that Ashley was
walking away she threw her stuff down and went straight to
the refrigerator and opened both the fridge and the freezer
at the same time. She stared into it contemplating what to
do, she reached for the pint of Ben & Jerry’s Half Baked
but saw the handle of vodka in the corner of the freezer.
She glanced over at the microwave clock and saw that it
wasn’t even 5 yet.

Standing in front of the cold air she mentally debated back
and forth in her head what route to take, she finally
settled for what she thought was the best solution or
possibly the dumbest. But she didn’t care right now.

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