“I was afraid…” she spat out “…of you and me…I was ready to move forward, and I wanted you to move to Chicago with me, but once I got the offer your dad died and I guess this time around I thought with my head, not with my heart like the last time.” She told me

“how were you so selfish?” I asked her

“I don’t know…that was one time when I only thought about myself and I’ve regretted it everyday…”

“you didn’t even call…”

“if I did what was I supposed to say? Sorry for leaving without saying a word?”

“that would have been better than nothing…” I told her

“did you miss me at all?” she asked

“you broke my heart…” I told her

“Ashley I thought if I stayed nothing good would have come out of it…”

“why didn’t you come to my championship game? That night in April…why didn’t you come? I know Aiden told you about it and you said you’d be there, but you weren’t…” I asked her and she said nothing, so I got up and walked by her

“I was there…” she said

“what?” I asked confused

“then I saw Brooke kiss you on the cheek and…and you looked so happy, I just wanted you to be happy…” she told me

“you made me happy…” I told her “…Spencer you were the one who made me laugh when I didn’t want to smile…I don’t understand what you didn’t get about that.” I said then I walked into one of the recording studios to take a look at the sound board equipment

“can you stop walking away” she said

“Spencer…I’m walking from room to room…you went from state to state, somehow I think you can deal.” I told her then my phone rang “hello?” I said answering it

“hey baby…where are you?” Brooke asked

“I am at the studio…are you still at work?” I asked her

“no I’m just getting into my car now…” she told me

“want to go out to dinner tonight?” I asked

“yeah where to?”

“sushi maybe?”

“sounds like a plan…I just have to change and get out of this suit…” she told me

“yeah well I need to go home anyways and change too…”

“I bet you look fine” she said

“no, no I’m in jeans and a rolling stones t-shirt…”

“hm…ok then so I’ll see you at home soon?”

“yes you will…” I told her smiling into the phone

“ok…I love you”

“love you too…” I said then I hung up the phone and looked at Spencer “…look I have to go meet Brooke for dinner” I told her

“no that’s fine…she’s your girlfriend…I get it…” she told me

“yeah…” I said

“look I know I’m stepping up here…” she started

“you mean more than already have?” I asked her

“not funny…” she said and I couldn’t help but smile to myself a little bit “…but do you maybe want to get lunch or something tomorrow?” she asked

“um…I don’t know…opening up this label has been kind of crazy…” I told her

“oh…ok…um…”

“I mean if you want to stop by the house though sometime tomorrow night?” I asked her really stepping up under the current circumstance

“you sure Brooke is going to want to see me?”

“she’s met you what? once?” I asked her

“four years ago…doesn’t she know about me though…” she asked

“vaguely…” I told her “…look it’s an invitation, you’re free to accept…it’s up to you” I said then we both walked out and I locked up and we went our separate ways.

A lot can change in four years. You see people you haven’t seen in a while, and remember how at one point they used to mean everything to you, but now you see a completely different person. Then again, we need to realize we’re different people too, and they see that person we’ve become. So, do we step up and let them back in, or keep them locked out?

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-sorry for that curve time change there guys…I needed a change to keep this story good.-