Ashley internally gasped.

Her once beautiful blonde was bruised and swollen down the left side of her face and her forehead and hairline had gauze pads bandaged there, for what Ashley assumed, were the cuts that had caused the bleeding on her face. Her skin was pasty white and her eyes red and swollen.

But it was the pain and distress that Ashley could see evident on Spencer’s face that shocked her the most. She had never seen the blonde look so broken.

“A-Ashley” Spencer whimpered and the brunette was by her side in seconds. She went to pull the distraught teen into her arms, needing to protect and comfort her lover. Just as she reached out, Spencer flinched harshly away from her.

Ashley jerked back, stunned. Never having such a rejection from Spencer before.

“Sorry! Ashley, I…” Spencer sobbed out, just as upset as Ashley at her body to the hug. She reached for the brunette.

“It’s okay Spence, it’s okay.” Ashley mumbled into blonde hair as she held her lover close, holding her neck and side, mindful of her damaged back. Spencer buried her face in the crook of Ashley’s neck and sobbed, hands bunching up the material of Glen’s sweatshirt, pulling her girlfriend ever closer as if trying to hide within her.

Ashley looked up at Paula who sat on the other side of the bed. She gave Ashley a sad look, fresh tear tracks down her face. The blonde doctor silently praying for strength her family needed, almost unbelieving that her family was going through more trauma, after everything that had happened.

Glen stood near the door, having had a hug rebuffed by Spencer himself, he couldn’t handle seeing his little sister in so much pain and let silent tears flow from blue eyes.

Arthur stood behind Paula looking solemn, understanding his daughters unconscious actions and knowing recovery from such a traumatic incident was going to be tough for his youngest child.

Ashley held onto Spencer for dear life, pulling the blonde closer. Tears that had been kept in check streaming down her face.