A/N: This is it. The final chapter. The big finale. The closer. The end of the fic. The- ok you get it. Thank you all for sticking it out with me and my oh so irregular updates. Thank you for all your comments/reviews. I love you guys!
A special thanks goes out to Morgan and the bestie for always bugging me to finish and always making me smile even when I've had the worst day. I love you ladies mucho.
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Now that the longest freaking author's note is dunzo, let's get on with it shall we?! Let's shall.
Chapter 13: Ding Ding Ding went the trolley. Beep Beep Beep went my…heart monitor? WTF?
BEEP…BEEP…BEEP…
Spencer clamped her already shut eyelids even tighter. The incessant beep that sounded through the room was really pissing her off.
BEEP…BEEP…BEEP…
She rolled her head from side to side trying to block it out. However, the action only served to intensify the acute headache in the back of her skull.
BEEP…BEEP…BEEP…
A small whimper escaped the blonde's dehydrated throat.
"Ash…turn off the alarm." Spencer's normally raspy voice sounded like she'd gotten her tonsils out or something. "For the love of Jimmy John's turn off the-"
Hold up. Wait a minute. Jimmy John's? Jessi!
Spencer had turned around just as Jessi pulled the trigger on herself. The Ohio native shut her eyes when she heard the bang, but after that it was dead quiet.
BEEP…BEEP…BEEP…
Well, minus that damn beep.
BEEP…BEEP…BEEP…
This time a loud growl ripped through the young Carlin as she snapped her eyes open. That was a big mistake on her part because the sheer brightness of the room made her head hurt even worse.
Another groan later, she could see the room clearly. She was in the hospital. Why? It made absolutely no sense; none whatsoever.
BEEP…BEEP…BEEP…
And whatever was making that noise would be reduced if Spencer had anything to do with it.
The blonde looked to her left; a heart monitor. Super…
"Ah, the prodigal child has returned."
That voice, there was no way. She slowly turned her head to the right.
"Jessi?"
The brunette smirked at her, "In the flesh."
"But…but no. You…the gun…Ashley. Oh my god where's Ashley?!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Calm down Spence." The older girl said as she leaned forward in the chair she occupied. "Ashley's fine. She went to get a snack. Back any minute if my calculations are correct."
Jessi side-glanced the door, checked her watch, and relaxed back into the chair, while Spencer numbly nodded. To say she was totally confused would be the understatement of the century.
Jessi shot herself and yet there she sat fresh as a daisy and the blue eyed girl from Ohio was hooked up to a heart monitor and had what had to have been the worst headache known to man.
The younger girl looked down at her hands then back to the Wisconsinite. She looked completely calm in the chair, arms crossed over her chest. A soft smile played on her lips as well, and there was a tiny gleam in her eye. Spencer had either not noticed it before or there was something that'd happened to cause it.
"Jess, how-"
"Spencer?"
Jessi and Spencer turned their attention to Ashley who stood in the door, Nacho Cheese Doritos in hand. The Davies girl was shell shocked. She rushed over to the bed so fast the bag flew out of her hand and dropped to the floor. Orange chips scattered everywhere.
She practically tackled the blonde when she wrapped her toned, tanned arms around the girl. She squeezed so tight that Spencer couldn't breathe.
"Ash. Ash…can't…breathe…" the younger girl coughed out while she slapped her girlfriend on the back.
Ashley pushed back and blushed profusely.
"Oh…sorry. I'm just…YOU'RE AWAKE!" She squealed and pulled her into another hug that felt like she'd cracked a few ribs.
"Easy on the girlfriend Ash!" The blonde wheezed.
"My bad, my bad. But, ahh…it's just…you've been gone for a while…I was worried that you weren't gonna come back."
Well now Spencer was just beyond confused. What the hell was going on?
"Gone? What are you talking about? If anything I was out for a couple of hours."
Ashley looked at her like she'd grown a second head. "A couple of hours? Spence, don't you remember prom?"
"Uh, duh. How could I forget prom? But that was months ago."
"No baby, prom was two weeks ago."
"Two weeks ago? No, no see. It was months ago. You picked Aiden, but then you broke up and he and Kyla got back together because he was really in love with her and then you came over to my house one night and sang to me and we made up in the back yard with a smoking hot kiss and then we went upstairs and…ya know. And then-"
Spencer had rambled so fast that she was out of breath. Jessi just looked on in amusement. She felt bad that she knew exactly what was going on, but she also knew she wasn't allowed to say anything.
"Spence, no. I'm telling you, prom was two weeks ago. All of that stuff you said was just a dream. I would never pick Aiden over you. God it was never even a choice. You're it for me. I know I haven't exactly shown you that…but I swear I'll spend every day of my life making it up to you."
"So, if prom was two weeks ago…then what the hell happened that I ended up here? And why do I have the worst freaking headache known to man?"
Ashley sighed deeply.
"When Aiden so 'valiantly' tackled us to the ground…you hit your head on the cement…" Her voice cracked as she continued. "There was so much blood Spence. I was so scared."
"Ash hey, look at me." The curly haired girl did as she was asked. "I'm fine ok? I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere."
Ashley just nodded, but a thought occurred to her.
"Spence, who were you talking to when I walked in?"
Jessi stiffened a bit in her chair and it didn't go unnoticed by Spencer.
"Jessi." The blonde stated simply.
"Jessi? Jessi who?"
"Uh, your cousin? Duh."
The Wisconsin girl shifted a little more in the chair, clearly uncomfortable with what was going on.
"Um…baby…my cousin died when she was 16…"
"But…but she's right there."
Spencer pointed to the chair next to the bed.
"There's no one there Spence…how did you even know about her? I never told you."
"Ash, I'm telling you, she's right there. Jessi, help me out here!"
Ashley stood up and headed towards the door.
"I'm just gonna go get your doctor. I think you're still a little out of it."
Spencer looked to Jessi, pleaded with her eyes for help.
"She can't see me Spencer. She's right. I'm dead. The big guy up there sent me to make sure you made it back, so I just sped the process along. You were really supposed to be out for a few more weeks, but I knew she needed you." The brunette motioned towards her younger cousin.
"Ashley wait." Spencer turned back to Jessi and whispered, "What do I do? She won't believe me!"
"Just bring up Ricky Martin. Take care of her Spence, my job is done here. It's your turn now."
Jessi stood from the chair and kissed Spencer on the head, then headed for the door as Ashley walked back to the bed.
"What is it baby?" she tentatively asked.
"Will you sing to me?"
Ashley looked at her like she was nuts, but who was she to deny Spencer anything?
"Uh, haha ok. What do you want me to sing?"
"Ricky Martin."
It left her mouth so quick that Jessi had to laugh.
"Oh way to be subtle Spence. Way to be subtle."
The blonde just shrugged.
"Umm…no. There's no freaking way you could know about that either…"
Jessi smiled and headed out the door, but before she left entirely, she had one closing remark.
"Hey Spence, body karate. You still got it."
She winked as Spencer grinned and walked out the door, a whisper the last thing to remind them of her presence.
"I love you Ashie poo."
Ashley looked around the room, eyes wide.
"Did you hear that?"
"Hear what? …Ashie poo…"
The End