That was another reason Spencer was really dreading the wedding, Ashley was going to be there too. Kyla had told Spencer only a week before, knowing full well she could not back out of being a bridesmaid at that point. So Spencer had no choice but to grin and bear it really. She was going to see Ashley Davies in all her glory in no more than twenty four hours, if she actually shows that is. Spencer was still clinging to the small hope that Ashley would flake out on her sisters wedding, but even she knew Ashley would probably not go that far. So now she had one ton elephants stomping around in her belly and a feeling of pure dread in her heart. She was worried about seeing her again, because if she were honest with herself, and Spencer usually was, she was not so immune against the memory of Ashley Davies as she once was. Truthfully, she still missed her every single day for the last seven years. Even when she was at the happiest point in her relationship with Carmen, a relationship that had lasted a good five years, she had missed the thrill that only Ashley had invoked in her.

Kyla at this point noticed the thoughtful look on Spencer’s face and inwardly sighed. She knew Spencer was afraid of seeing Ashley again, it was written so clearly on her open face. Kyla had hoped in the months after the shooting that they could work it out, that her sister would shrug off her insecurities about love and just embrace Spencer and everything she offered. Of course, with Ashley nothing would ever be that easy and she had watched with sadness as her sister fell into Aiden and their dead end relationship. Not long after that train smash ended, Ashley left for London and Kyla knew she would not come back. Not to a place where Spencer seemed happy with Carmen.

Even knowing how much Ashley had loved Spencer back then, it had surprised her that Ashley’s voice had trembled just slightly when she told her she would be a bridesmaid along with Spencer. She guessed now she should not have been surprised at all, a love like they had shared for a short while was special even after so many years of separation. She shrugged these thoughts from her and reasoned that what happened had happened and in the end things would work out as they should, but a small part of her was eager to see exactly how Spencer and Ashley would handle being together for seven days. Seven days where they would be together basically all the time.