“Yes, I am.”

She watched in the dim light from the window as Aiden got lost in his thoughts. She guessed it was just the night for it.

“I was jealous of the two of you back then. I think that’s partly why I made my little love confession at prom. I so badly wanted to have that with someone, that closeness and I just ended up convincing myself that that person was Ashley. I quickly realized my mistake and it hurt if I’m honest. I lost my best friend because of my stupidity. So I ended up alone. Maybe not finding someone who loves me is my punishment for breaking up two of the most obviously in love people I knew.”

He sounded so sad, sitting there in the dark with longing in his voice. Spencer did not think twice about taking his big hand in her own and squeezing it.

“You’ll meet your person, Aiden. The one that will make you feel all the things that Ashley makes me feel.”

Aiden visibly shook himself out of his mood.

“I know. You and Ashley finding each other again after all this time has given me hope again. I think lately I stopped believing in love, but the way life has brought you two back together again proved to me it does exist. There really is someone out there that you’re meant to be with, no matter what gets in the way, eventually you’ll find that person. I just hope I don’t have to wait seven years for my person.”

Spencer realized again why she loved Aiden. Underneath everything he was a good man. He may have made mistakes in the past, mistakes that had brought her hurt, but he was a better man for learning from them.

“Even if you do have to wait that long, it will be worth it, I promise. And Aiden, I really do forgive you for the whole Prom debacle. We were all just kids back then and we all made mistakes. It wasn’t just you and Ashley.”

Aiden stood up and gave her a faint smile.

“Thanks Spencer. For forgiving me and for reassuring me tonight. Just don’t expect me to remember much of this conversation in the morning. I’m really pretty drunk, seeing as we all know a strong, manly guy like me wouldn’t be getting all emotional like this if I were sober.”

Spencer knew full well that Aiden was far from drunk.

“Of course. Everyone gets a little overly emotional when they’re drunk. I won’t hold it against you.”

He smiled as he left and headed off to his room, leaving Spencer to sit quietly on the couch. They had all come so far from the people they were in high school. Aiden well on his way to becoming a doctor, Madison happy with who she was without having to put someone else down to achieve that feeling. Even Glen had matured to a degree, settling down with Kyla and taking responsibility for little Clay when he needed a man’s guiding hand. Spencer was just glad in that moment that growing up had not included growing out of her feelings for Ashley Davies. If anything, it had made those feelings stronger.