“I don’t think they’d mind. I think they’d really like it.” Alexis responded

“Just think about it, will you?” A.J. pleaded

Ashton just nods her head and grins as she says, “I couldn’t sleep that whole night wondering what was was going on at the house.”

“I don’t think any of us got any sleep that night.” Alexis smiles

“Which explained why we were up at 6 am trying to wake Aunt Kyla to take us home.” A.J. laughs

“Poor thing, she didn’t have a clue about what was going on.” Ashton says

“At least she was able to calm us down enough to wait till noon to go home after we told her what was going on. That bit about not wanting to walk in on anything totally calmed me down.” A.J. says

Both girls just giggled. Then Ashton says, “I can’t believe you told Mom about what happened on our first day in high school. We all promised not to say anything.”

“Oh please. It’s not like they didn’t find out about it. We got suspended for three days because of our little fight, remember.” A.J. says defensively

“Yeah, but we didn’t tell them all the details. We just told them that we didn’t like those kids and that’s why we beat the hell out of them. It earned us a huge lecture from Mama.” Ashton says

“Yeah, well.” A.J. says

“Ah, Ashton leave A.J. alone. You know he could never keep a secret from Mom or Mama for that matter.” Alexis says smiling

“I could too.” A.J. argues

“Whatever. All they had to do was make you lay your head on one of their laps and while they ran their fingers through your hair you’d spill your guts.” Ashton grinned

“That only worked when I was little.” A.J. says blushing

“So you call being little being 17 years old?” Alexis grins

A.J. was about to open his mouth but decided to remain quiet. He knew when he was licked. Instead he tries to change the subject and says, “I’m glad that we helped Mom come back to us.”

“Me too. It would have been horrible if they would of split up.” Alexis says quietly

“Well, I was already working on a contingency plan if things hadn’t worked out.” Ashton says

“What?” Both Alexis and A.J. say at the same time

“Let’s just say Allison was going to run for the hills after I was through with her.” Ashton grins evilly

“Uh huh and what would happened to the next one? What about if Mom also had started dating someone else?” Alexis asks

“Same thing. I wouldn’t of stopped. We wouldn’t of stopped. You guys were part of my plan. They all would of regretted coming near either of them.” Ashton says stubbornly

Both A.J. and Alexis grin while shaking their heads. Ashton just grinned back smugly.

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As the kids continue to talk both Ashley and Spencer’s mind wondered back to where Ashley’s journal entry had ended. The night they had first made love after getting back together.