3 months…

“Ashley!” Aiden shouted from the deck outside to the beach where I was then I stopped and waved then he ran down by me “hey…where’s spence?” he asked

“um…good question…” I told him

“are you guys ok?” he asked

“yeah…we’re good, she’s probably off with like Kyla or something…” I told him

“oh…ok, I’m surprised you’re not inside doing spice girls dances with the cheer leaders…” he told me

“not really feelin’ the spice girls vibe tonight…”

“well…then do you want to go for a walk?” he asked

“um…yeah sure.” I told him simply then I got the chills

“here…” he said taking off his jacket and he put it around my shoulders and put his arm around me then we started walking down the beach together and I looked up at the sky

“have you ever seen something so beautiful…” I mentioned then he looked up and looked back at me

“yeah” he said then I looked over at him and our eyes locked then he glanced at my lips as I glanced at his and we moved in closer to each other then I blinked and turned my head

“why does this always happen…” I said sitting down in the sand

“I don’t know…” he said sitting down next to me “…maybe it has to do with the fact everyone thinks we’ll be back together or something…”

“Aiden look even if…even if I weren’t with Spencer, you said your dad wont let you date during season…”

“yeah but the fact there’s one game left Ash…I dunno, I just pictured us getting back together…I didn’t picture you a few months ago being in love with a girl…” he told me looking ahead at the ocean

“I didn’t either…” I told him “…and maybe…maybe this is so hard because Spencer and I are still covert…”

“then maybe you should come out…” he told me

“I cant…” I told him bringing my knees to my chest

“why not Ashley? Look it’d make it easier for all three of us…” he said then I didn’t look at him “…oh, so that’s it? Look how about you stop worrying about what this stupid school thinks of you…just be yourself, because when we hang out and it’s just you, me, Spencer and Kyla…you’re so happy…during school though, both of you seem miserable…” he said “high school is one more year Ashley…look…prom is coming up, ask Spencer…”