“Ashley didn’t cheat,” Aiden repeated sternly. “End of story.”

“Let’s just hope Spashley will be okay,” Eric commented. “When they’re not right, everything else is wrong. Our little world becomes unbalanced.”

“Tell me about it,” Tom sighed.

“He just did,” Aiden replied confused.

“I know Elmer’s,” the assistant said. “I was agreeing with him.”

“No,” the bodyguard countered. “You just asked him to tell you about it.”

Tom shook his head. “Yeah, but I was-”

Danny held his hand up, “Tom, you’re fighting a losing battle.”

“Look,” Eric said crossing his arms. “The main thing here is that Ashley and Spencer remain okay. If they were to, God forbid, break up … I don’t know what Ash would do.”

***

After two slow moving hours and an encore Ashley’s concert was finally complete and she couldn’t run off of that stage fast enough. Gathering all of their things and equipment the group shuffled onto the tour bus in route to their next city.

Having been told by Eric that Spencer had called earlier Ashley immediately hustled back into her room and called up her fiancée. After two rings the blonde picked up.

“Ashley?”

“Yeah, it’s me Angel I-”

“Please, let me speak Ashley.”

The rocker bristled at the tone of voice Spencer was using. “Of course,” she whispered taking a seat on the edge of her bed.

“I’ve been thinking this over for awhile now and,” she heard a sniffle come from the blonde. “I think it’ll be best if we take a break.”

Ashley’s heart dropped at those words. Her hands began to shake uncontrollably and a cold shiver ran down her spine. “What,” was the only word she could work out of her mouth.

“I just need some time to clear my head so I could… think clearly about things.”

The rocker’s mouth went dry. “W-What do you mean?” She mumbled mechanically.

Spencer took in a shaky breath, “I realize you were being honest with me and I’m grateful that you were and I know Heather kissed you but… you kissed her back.”

Ashley shook her head. “But I pulled-”

“I know you pulled away but that obviously wasn’t your first reaction was it?”

The rocker looked down. Hot tears began to pour from her eyes, “Angel,” she whispered brokenly clutching the phone with both hands. “Please, don’t do this…”