Chapter One:

Back to reality…

Spencer could hear the waves crashing in the background as Ashley tackled her intothe sand. It was another sunny day in LA. The girls with just weeks left until theirhigh school graduation decided it was a perfect day for the beach. Like times before,Spencer got a ride from Ashley to school to get there early for a study session, or atleast that’s what Spencers dad thought.

Straddling of Spencer, Ashley laughed evilly as she tickled the daylights out of Spencer.  Ashley grinned ear to ear as she watched her girlfriend struggle underneath her, flailing her arms and legs franticly. Spencer was about to surrender when she found a way out. In the blink of an eye, it seemed that the tables had turned. She flipped Ashley around quickly, and was now on top of her, straddling her waist. Gazing into her dark brown eyes, Spencer stopped to take in the moment, trying to memorize every sound, smell, and as she leaned in to kiss her soft pink lips, every taste that the moment had.

—-<phone rings>—-

“Back to reality”, thought Spencer. “Hello this is Spencer Carlin with triangle customer service, how can I help you today? *pause* Yes let me transfer to him *pause* alright thanks!”, Spencer pressed receiver and put the phone in it. She got up from her desk and walked out into the hallway, over to the next room, “Aiden, there’s call for you on line two!”

“Alright thanks Spence.”, replied Aiden.

It was Spencer’s second semester at in her sophomore year at USC. Aiden had graduated from high school a year before her and Ashley. One weekend they had gone to visit him and fell in love with the campus. Aiden landed an internship right down the road from USC, at a small business called Triangle. Triangle sold a program to schools around the world, and Aiden’s job was to make appointments for the sales people, and he got paid well to do it. Luckily for Spencer, they were looking for a friendly girl to fill in part-time as a customer service representative around the end of her freshman year.

At first she only wanted the job so that she could make some extra cash for her savings, which she only touched when it came to buying things for Ashley. Now (around a year later), she’s the head of customer service working 8-2 Monday through Friday, as well as taking a full load at USC, where she is double majoring in Journalism and Psychology. A normal person would call her crazy, but for her it was her only escape from the truth. Ashley is gone.