“I want nothing more than to be with you,” I answered, making him smile and pick me up to spin me around in a hug.

                “Spencer, I think that we should get married. I want to be with you for the rest of my life. I don’t care about Ashley or any other people that you may have in your past. I’m absolutely crazy about you; I love you so much, please marry me.”

                “Okay,” I whispered, making him laugh and pull me into a kiss happily. Inside my heart was breaking. I loved him, I really did, but I would never be in love with him. I would do my best to bring him happiness; I would be the best wife in the world.

                “I can’t wait to tell my mom! She was so happy when I told her that we had been talking about marriage.” I grinned, knowing that my mother would be ecstatic. She loved Hugh and my father did too. It would be a good marriage, I would always be comfortable.

                “Okay! Are we ready?” Ashley asked, coming back into the room. She stopped short when she saw that Hugh was holding me and her brow furrowed as he put me down but held onto my hand. “We can take my car.” I nodded as we followed her out to the back where a large black SUV was waiting. Steve was at the wheel so we all climbed into the back. Ashley and I sat beside each other with Hugh in the seat in front of us.

                “How have you been Ash?” I finally asked, making her shrug.

                “Alright, all I really do anymore is play. Despite what the papers say I haven’t gone to a party in over two years. You got me out of the habit and I could never get back into it.” I smiled and shook my head, rolling my eyes playfully. “How about you? What did you do with yourself after that night?”

                “I’m a photo journalist, and I’ll delve into documentaries every now and then.”

                “Good for you, saving the world one picture at a time.” I laughed and she grinned at me before curling her legs up under her. “How’s the family? Paula still dousing everyone in Holy Water?” She was joking, my mother had freaked out when I first came out to her; claiming that I was living a life of sin and she forbade me from ever seeing Ashley again. She eventually came around in my senior year and even came to like Ashley but Ashley wouldn’t let her forget her “crazy days” as she referred to them.