310:. At the end of the first season, after Spencer comes to the conclusion that she is into girls, Ashley and Spencer kiss. At the beginning of the second season, Ashley's father is killed in a car crash and she is shocked to discover he had another child at the same time as her birth, her newly discovered half-sister, Kyla. She doesn't get along with Kyla but they eventually learn to live together. She runs away with Spencer after Paula discovers that Spencer and Ashley are together. She is torn between the choice of Spencer or Aiden when she comes back from her trip. After the aftermath of prom, Spencer and Ashley break-up because of Ashley's lack of communication with Spencer while she was in Europe in the summer, after Spencer's brother, Clay is killed in the drive-by shooting at prom. but she continues to try to get Spencer back, telling her she's never going to stop trying. In the episode Gay Pride, Spencer surprises Ashley by showing up at her door while they were on the phone. Spencer asks her to open her door which she does; Spencer drops her trench coat which reveals that she has nothing underneath. They then share a kiss and begin to restart their relationship
356:) is the stereotypical "queen-bee" cheerleader—beautiful, popular and snobby. At the start of the series, she dated Aiden. However, once Glen became the new basketball star, she moved on and began dating Glen. However, after Glen injured his knee and lost any chance getting a scholarship to a respectable college, she resumed dating Aiden. Aiden ended up dumping her, but she still refused to go back out with Glen. Madison finds out about Kyla's ex-boyfriend and slyly reveals this to Aiden. Her parents lost their money which caused drama for Madison. She was forced to get a job and was later fired after she was caught stealing money. She was then kicked off the cheerleading squad. Her parents then sent her to a hospital because they were afraid she was going to hurt herself. When she returned to school, she had no friends, only a reluctant Aiden who sat with her at lunch. She went to Prom with Glen. As a result of these humbling experiences, Madison became a kinder and more tolerant person as a whole, even going so far as to apologizing to Spencer and Ashley for always taunting them about their sexuality, much to Ashley's surprise.
344:) was the former star of the basketball team before Glen came along. At the time, he was dating Madison, though still not over his breakup with Ashley. Once Spencer came on the scene, he became friends with Spencer and started hanging out with her and Ashley, causing Madison to break up with him over jealousy. Following his breakup with Madison, he became primarily focused on Spencer. However, after discovering that Spencer would rather be with Ashley than with him, he slept with Madison, but soon broke up with her. He started dating Kyla Woods but decided to stop when he found out that she had left town for a while to see her ex-boyfriend. The two started to date again and went to Prom together, despite his love for Ashley, which is revealed to everyone at prom. Aiden and Ashley get back together, but after discovering that she was using him to get over her breakup with Spencer, and realize she still in love with Spencer he calls the relationship off. In the episode titled 'Career Day' Aiden begins dating Sasha Miller.
110:, wouldn't stand for it. Spencer couldn't deal with the situation at home any longer, and when Ashley came by to run away with her, she leaped at the chance. After returning home, Spencer begins to patch things up with her mother, and she and Ashley are out of the closet, but not truly free. To compound things, a love triangle develops between Ashley, Spencer, and Aiden as his feelings for Ashley return that she had been returning. Season 2 ends with Spencer pleading for Ashley to decide between herself and Aiden who just before expressed his feelings towards Ashley. Just before Ashley is able to say her choice the prom drive by shooting takes place.
393:. She wanted to have an abortion, which caused tension in her relationship with Clay. After getting in a minor car accident, Clay's mother Paula discovered the pregnancy while working at the hospital Chelsea was in. She tells her that she knew what it was like to have a baby at a young age since she was secretly pregnant before she was married. Chelsea ultimately decides to have the baby, but has to stay with the Carlin's when her parents kick her out. Despite her recent problems, Chelsea and Clay decide to go to their school prom with his siblings. While outside, a drive-by shooting takes place. Leaving several people, including Clay, dead.
259:) is the father of the Carlin family and was a "hero" social worker back in Ohio. However, after moving to L.A. because of his wife's job, he is having trouble adapting to big city life. Arthur keeps the family together, and sticks up for his daughter Spencer whenever Paula tries to start fights with her about being gay. Arthur tries everything to keep the family together, and it usually works. Even when his wife was cheating on him with another doctor at the hospital she works at, he tried to fix that problem. And it worked.
275:. Her new job has put a large strain on her family life, as well as her marriage. She had been cheating on her husband with Ben, a doctor like herself. At the end of the episode "Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are", she discovered her daughter and Ashley are together. She violently threw Ashley from her house, and forbade Spencer from seeing her. She is incredibly homophobic for a while, even inviting a man to come straighten her out. Her prejudice attitudes in regards to homosexuality seems to have stemmed from her strict
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432:) is the biological mother of Clay Carlin. She gave him up for adoption because she believed he would have a better life with a family that could support him. When Clay attempted to find her later, she was initially unreceptive to him. After having a chance to think about things, she moved to L.A. to be closer to Clay and tried to be a part of his life. The two slowly repaired their relationship and she offered advice to him on Chelsea's pregnancy.
306:. However, she faces many family issues, mostly neglect from her mother Christine due to her sexual orientation. She formerly dated Aiden Dennison and it is revealed that she was once pregnant with his child. After she lost the baby due to miscarriage, she decided that she's "mostly into girls" and has referred to herself as "a gay lesbian". At first, she became Spencer's best friend and helped her discover her
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