“Want to just go back to my apartment?” She asked as we got settled, I bit my lip, not knowing what to say. On one hand I really really wanted to, but I didn’t know if it was the best idea. I finally just nodded, thinking that Ashley wouldn’t want to do anything anyways. We sat in a comfortable silence as we rode towards her apartment, still holding hands in the backseat. I was looking out the shaded window as we pulled up to the familiar building. Ashley kept her apartment just in case and I followed her up the familiar path. She unlocked the door and I was surprised that she hadn’t changed much at all. I walked towards the living room and looked at the pictures that were sitting on the coffee table. I smiled when I saw a couple of new ones and I picked up one of Kyla relaxing on a beach with a lazy smile on her face.

                “How is Kyla?”

                “She’s good; she’s in Greece right now just relaxing I guess. She and Aiden are talking; again.”  I laughed but nodded as I sat down on the couch. The tabloids were carefully following the on again off again romance of Aiden Dennison and Kyla Woods.

                “I always liked them together, you know? It’s good to see high school romances work out; they never seem to anymore.”Ashley frowned but looked down at her hands.

                “We could’ve worked,” she whispered this but I tensed up and looked at her incredulously. She wouldn’t meet my eyes and I could feel my heart beating about hundred times its normal rate.

                “It’s not my fault that we didn’t.” I finally said, making her shoulders slump.

                “I know, do you think that I don’t know that? I regret that every day.”

                “Ash,” I said, wanting to reach out and pull her into a hug.

                “I know that I’m too late, Spence but I was hoping that-“

                “Ashley, please don’t do this.” I said, cutting her off. She looked up at me with tears in her eyes as she moved closer to me. “It is very, very hard for me to say no to you right now but I can’t do that to Hugh. He loves me and I love him and –“