A year had gone by, it was summer again. It has been a little over a year since my mom and dad split up. They were officially divorced now, and my mom was seriously dating a guy in Massachusetts. It was weird, I went there for Thanksgiving and they are living together. My dad is doing ok, he seems to have gotten over my mom. He has continued to go on dates with the same girl, her name is Nicole, she comes to Sunday dinners quite often. She is really nice, and accepting of Spencer and I…which is more than I can say about my actual mother. Nicole is a nurse for a private practice, so she has every evening off, which my dad seems to really enjoy. I feel like he has a definite type though. First my mom was a doctor, and now he is dating a nurse..oh well, he seems happy. Spencer is doing great. Me and Spencer are doing fabulous. There were some rough patches because of her family issues. 

One night, about 5 months ago, we went back to her place, and her dads car was in the driveway. She was really excited for me to finally meet him. I was actually excited too, we had been dating for over a year and I had only met Kyla. I had seen her mom once, but she was yelling at someone on the phone and ran to get into her car, so I just got a glimpse of her. She had blonde hair..thats all I can tell you about her. Back to when Spencer and I were going into her house to meet her dad. We went into her house and she called out for him, but nobody answered. 

She grabbed my hand, and led me upstairs, “he’s probably in his office, he is such a workaholic”.

We got to his office door and heard moans. I looked at her and she looked utterly disgusted. Wouldn’t you be too, catching your parents doing it…in an office..

We started to walk away when we heard her dad yell/moan a name “SUSAN!!!” 

I looked at Spencer and there were tears running down her face, “hey, why are you crying?” I asked.

“My mom’s name is Rachel.”

“Shit. Are you ok?”

“Ya, let’s just get out of here, I can’t be here right now.”

We left the house and decided to go the beach. Once we got there we got out of the car and went to sit on the sand, right at the shore line so the water splashed our feet. I sat down first and she sat down in the ‘v’ of my legs and leaned against me. She rested her head of my shoulder and I wrapped my arms around her waist. We sat there for about twenty minutes in silence before she said anything. 

“I knew he was cheating on my mom, but knowing it and witnessing it are two completely different things. I know my mom and dad don’t love each other anymore, but they are still married..and I know that it could have easily been my mom that we caught with another guy, but why would he bring her to our house? Where his kids live? UGH!! He is so arrogant sometimes, he thinks just because he is some big shot lawyer, he can do whoever and whatever he wants. I just want it to be next year so that I can be away at college away from this stupid town!!!”

Ouch!! Did she mean to say that? She is probably still venting..she is a year older than me..I will still be here. 

“Ha ya..this stupid town..” I say a little hurt. 

“Ah, Ash, I didn’t mean it that way. I love you and you know that, but everyone here, except you and Kyla, is just completely ignorant and I’m ready to move on.” She leaned up and kissed my neck and then nuzzled back into my shoulder. 

“Yea, at least we have a year before you fly off to your new life.”

We stayed at the beach for a couple more hours just sitting enjoying being with one another. She came over to my house that night because I knew she couldn’t go back to her house after what happened. We went to bed that night, and slept in each others arms, I am truly in love with Spencer, and I am pretty sure she feels the same way.