Soft breathing echoed into the cloth tent, the cold wind rattled the poles holding it up and caused a shiver to run through Spencer’s bones. Her stomach gurgled reminding her yet again of the dinner she skipped, instead hiding away in her makeshift home, to afraid to face Ashley who held terror deep within the brown eyes that used to shine so bright of life and confidence. Sighing she flipped over to her back, staring up at the ceiling trying to figure out why her mother would hypnotize her to kill the brunette, they never got along sure, Paula always thought Ashley was a bad influence on her precious daughter, teaching her not to fear which lead her away from the safe arms of her mother.

Twigs snapped under weight causing the blonde to tense up and hold the covers closer to her chest, “Spence?”

“Ashley?”

Spencer sat up so she could see the door way. Ashley popped her head in and gave a slight smile, “Yeah…can I come in please?”

Blue eyes stared hard at the supple features of her girlfriend, so lost in the way the ringlets of hair danced over tanned shoulders which showed because of her spaghetti strap pajama shirt that did little to hide the fact Ashley’s nipples were hard as rock due to the cold weather and the fact the girl had snuck out of her tent and waddled over.

“Please it’s cold,” Ashley whined bringing the blonde back to the present moment. Back to the fact her girlfriend who she had just tried to kill not more than a day ago had braved the freezing weather to reach her.

Lips dry and body shaking she nodded her head signaling it was okay to enter. Ashley smiled finally and slid into the one person tent, stopping just a few inches away, eyes lingering on the blankets before gracing Spencer’s blue eyes. Again her voice failed so she lifted them up. Ashley scrambled under the warm covers, still making sure to not get to close.

Silence engulfed the tiny area. Neither girl knowing what to say, when to say it, or who was going to say it, Spencer wanted to apologize but had done so countless times already and wasn’t sure if her sincere words could get through to the brunette. Ashley wanted to tell her girlfriend that she believed every word and didn’t need to say sorry anymore but it didn’t seem right for her to comfort the blonde when she was the one to almost die at the younger girl’s hands.