Ashley’s POV

"Does Spencer know?" Aiden asked Ashley as they left English class together.
Ashley nudged Aiden playfully "Well I’ve not told her if that’s what you mean!" Ashley might have been a little hurt by this comment had she not known exactly how he felt.

After her break up with Aiden, to the Mrs Carlin’s of the world, Ashley may have seemed to have gone off the rails, her miscarriage affecting her heath very seriously she began dating girls, singing in clubs, drinking in excess and generally becoming more and more like her father. In reality Ashley had been a ‘good girl’ before her relationship with Aiden. Her father had left but she stayed with her mum. She slowly realised her mum was getting over her father’s disappearance. She turned to her friend and she and Aiden had been close ever since. After the miscarriage Ashley felt as if she had woken up. She was no longer innocent. She knew loss like no one else in her class, and she wouldn’t wish it on any of them. Not even Madison. Even she wasn’t that much of a bad girl. She encouraged her image of bad girl at school. Enjoyed playing it even. She still cried some nights, but she wouldn’t let anyone know that. To some extent Ashley became reckless; she didn’t care what other’s thought of her. If she wanted to date girls then who was there to stop her? Her mum didn’t care, she had no one she had to try and please. So she could please herself. And she did.
Until she met Spencer.

"Good. Good" Aiden seemed to relax and spaced out a little. "Will you help me tell her?"
"Sure, I’ll hold your hand. She doesn’t fancy you anyway" She said, poking him in the ribs
"How do you know?!" Aiden defended himself from the assault from Ashley
"Female intuition" She winked and stepped back
"I need to get me some of that!" He laughed.
"You’re halfway there Aiden, don’t worry" Ashley teased him gently.

A few months ago Aiden had pulled Ashley to one side after a basketball game and told her he needed to speak to her. When they had met later at Aiden’s house he took her to his room and sat her down. He sat in silence for a while, shivering a little though it wasn’t cold, Ashley got up saying he was wasting her time. He grabbed her arm and told her to look under his bed. She did so and to her surprise found a gay porn magazine.
<So Aiden is gay> Ashley thought, she gave him a big hug and told him everything would be ok. They had talked about it and Ashley had let Aiden into a little secret. Bad girl Ashley has a soft-spot for Spencer!