"That’s the last of it," Paula said out of breath as she placed the round laundry basket, filled with random dorm necessities, next to the small room’s entrance.

"Thanks, Mom!" said an overexcited voice. This was Spencer’s first day at college, away from home. Of course she was excited. "Is it straight?" the blonde asked looking over her shoulder to her father who stood behind her with his head tilted, surveying the piece of art that Spencer insisted she hang right away. It was a picture of the beach she used spend all of her time at when she was in high school.

Spencer was starting her new life in Texas. She was going to miss the beach. Texas didn’t offer a fair share of beaches, and the ones it did offer couldn’t compare to the ones in California. "A little to the left," Arthur said with a nod of his head.

Spencer positioned the picture, her hands glued to the sides as she lost herself in that beach scene before her blue eyes. Before she knew it she was back there. She could feel the warm sun on her tan body, the soft breeze blowing strands of her blonde hair across her face, and the warm body laying next to her on the sand. Spencer spent so many of her high school days with Ashley on that very beach. Hell, it was even the place where she first admitted to Ashley that she thought she was gay. Spencer remembered the last time her and Ashley were there. They were sitting on the beach of a small secluded cove around the bend from all of the families enjoying the other side of the beach. She remembered Ashley’s arm entwined with her own, their hands in each other’s, their fingers dancing with one another. She could feel Ashley’s soft, full lips nearing her own anxious lips……….

"SPENCER!" a shrill voice said making Spencer nearly fall off the bed she was currently using as a ladder to hang the picture.

"Huh?" was the only word Spencer could manage to get out as she turned to face the voice. It was her mother. "What’s up?" Spencer asked as she plopped down on the bed, sitting cross-legeded.