“I’m glad we got all that out tonight. I’m going to sleep a thousand times better knowing where we stand.”

Spencer shook her head in agreement.

“We should do this whole talking thing more often, it really has been working for us.”

Ashley just smiled as she leaned in to kiss her once more. She hated the fact that she had to pull away, had to get back into the limo and leave Spencer behind.

“I don’t want to leave you.”

The soft admission pulled at Spencer’s heart. She shared the sentiment completely.

“I know, but it’s just for a night. I’ll see you tomorrow for the final dress fittings and the dress rehearsal dinner.”

Ashley kissed her again and finally stepped away.

“Okay, sweet dreams and they better all be of me.”

Spencer just smiled as she watched Ashley leave. She stood a good long while just staring off into the distance where the limo had disappeared too. She was happier than she remembered being in a long time, the kind of happy that only Ashley had ever made her feel.

With the smile still on her face she entered the dark house. She was scared out of her skin when Aiden spoke unexpectedly in the dark.

“You’re back late.”

Spencer strained her eyes to spot Aiden. When she did she settled next to him on the couch, still in the dark.

“The party was good, so we stayed late. Besides, we couldn’t get Kyla away from the strippers.”

He chuckled at that.

“Yeah, that sounds like Kyla. We had the same problem with Glen and strangely enough your dad. We made the mistake of getting him a lap dance and the rest as they say, is history.”

Spencer cringed at the idea of her dad with a stripper.

“Oh god, I didn’t need to know that. Lucky for me my mom stayed at home and baby sat Clay, I can’t imagine her watching a stripper show.”

Aiden agreed with a nod.

“Yeah, I think she would have had a stroke or something.” He was quiet for a few minutes as he stared at her in the dark. “You really do look happy now that Ash is back.”

Spencer smiled at simply the mention of Ashley’s name.