So this is an idea I had floating around in my head. I'm really excited about it and I think it's a lot better than my other story. Please let me know what you think of it. Your opinion matters!
Summary: Can one night ultimately change the course of Ashley's life? It's her 21st birthday. Ashley and friends head out for a night of celebration when Ashley accidentally runs into a girl she knew twelve years ago. Who's the girl? Ashley's old babysitter… Spencer Carlin. Some parts will be PG-13, others R. I will warn you ahead of time ;-)
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RING RING
Alright where's that damn phone? Ashley thought while rummaging through her unnecessary number of pillows and blankets on her bed. Ah there it is!
"Hello?"
"Ashley! What the hell is up?" the girl on the other end asked with enthusiasm.
"What are you talking about Kyla?" Ashley rolled her eyes at her sister's overexcitedness. She walked over to her closet to decide on an outfit to wear for the day.
"I mean what are we doing tonight?"
"I don't know about you, but I'm going to be studying for my final." She put her cell between her ear and shoulder as she pulled out shirt after shirt. No that's not right. No not that either.
"Are you crazy?" Kyla practically yelled into the phone.
"I will be if you don't stop yelling in my ear!" Ashley snapped. She finally found a shirt that was to her liking and laid it on her bed. She didn't bother to listen to Kyla's rambling in the background. Ok now for some pants. She thought while walking back into her gigantic closet.
"ASHLEY!!" Kyla yelled louder this time.
Ashley winced and took the phone away from her ear for a moment. "Ugh Kyla!! What did I just say about the yelling problem?" she said frustrated.
"I'm sorry but that was the only way I could get you to listen to me."
Ashley decided to give up on picking out clothes and plopped down on her bed to give her sister her full attention this time. "So what were you saying?" Ashley sighed.
"Why the hell would you want to stay in and study on your twenty first birthday?" Kyla was so confused. She had never been the studious type. She was more of the wild child. "You need to go out and have fun for once."
"Kyla this if my final exam. If I don't ace it I won't have a chance at being Valedictorian."
"Ashley you ace every test you take. What is one, let's say A- cause you have never gotten anything lower, going to do… ruin your 4.0 GPA?" Kyla teased.
"Yes it will!" Ashley stressed. "Why don't we just go out tomorrow night? I'm done after this test. The semester's over."
"No Ash!" Kyla blurted out.
"Kyla you know how important this is to me." Ashley said calmly.
"Just give me one chance to make my point and then you can make your decision ok?" Kyla asked pleadingly.
"Alright. Go ahead." Ashley said knowing Kyla would have gone on no matter what. This better be good.
"Ok so this is your twenty first birthday Ashley. You only get one of those in your whole life and it's like… the best one! I know school is important to you… which by the way is really weird. I mean how can you be related to me…"
Ashley cut Kyla off before she started her incessant talking again. "Kyla!"
"Right sorry. So school is great and all, but you shouldn't make it your life. You need to go out with your friends once in awhile. Otherwise you'll never have any fun. You've been studying your whole life. It's just one night." Kyla paused for minute.
"Are you done?" Ashley asked.
"Umm…" Kyla paused comtemplating. "...oh yeah and we haven't hung out in forever and I miss you. We use to have so many good times together." she said dejectedly. Oh that's just great. Now she's giving me a guilt trip. She knows I can't resist that. She must be smarter than I thought. "So what do you say big sister?" Kyla asked with hopefulness in her voice.
"Ugh… ok. I'll go out." Ashley said defeated.
"Oh my god thank you thank you thank you!" Kyla said talking a mile a minute. "I promise you won't regret it."
"On one condition though." Ashley added.
"What is it?" Kyla asked like she was afraid to hear it.
"I have a really important interview today, among other things, so you have to leave me alone and let me get my shit done ok?" Ashley demanded.
"Of course my dear sister." Kyla joked. "But I already made plans and called people so I just need you to be ready by eight o'clock."
"Wait a second… you already made plans?" Ashley asked surprised. "What if I didn't agree to go out?" she asked curiously.
"I wasn't going to take no for an answer." Ashley chuckled. That's Kyla for you. "So be ready by eight sharp! There will be a limo waiting outside for you. Bye!"
"Kyla wait!" Ashley was too late, however, the line already went dead. "Sisters." Ashley said aloud while shaking her head side to side. Then she got up and went back to getting ready for the day.
Hey! There's the pants I was looking for. She thought while grabbing them off her closet floor.
-- Approximately 2:00 PM --
Ashley was sitting in the lobby of a large office building, in downtown Los Angeles. She was dressed in her most expensive black, pin-stripped, business suit, waiting for her name to be called. I can't believe I'm so nervous about this. Ok just don't think about being nervous. It's just an internship. Who am I kidding… this is my dream job. If I don't get it I think I might die. While she became lost in her thoughts, her leg, subconsciously, began bouncing up and down rapidly. A nervous habit she couldn't shake since she was a little girl.
"Ashley Davies." she heard someone speak. She looked up immediately and found the owner of the voice. He was a young man in his mid twenties she guessed. He had jet black hair and wore a gray Armani suit. He was standing in front of an elevator and began looking through the other people that were waiting to be called on. "Is there an Ashley Davies here?" he asked again.
Oh shit that's me! Ashley stood up immediately and shot her arm into the air to make sure he saw her. "I'm here." She quickly walked over to the young man and smiled nervously.
He smiled back at her and extended his arm out. "I'm Aiden Dennison. It's nice to meet you Ashley." he smiled genuinely.
She shook his hand politely. "It's nice to meet you too."
"Follow me." he stated while turning around and heading towards the elevator. Ashley took a deep breath in and out to try and relax. It's now or never. She told herself as she entered the elevator behind Aiden. Oh great. She thought when she saw Aiden press the button for the 44th floor. Her uneasiness didn't go unnoticed by Aiden. "You shouldn't be so nervous Ashley." He held up a manila folder with her name on it. "You are one of our top applicants for this summer internship." he said hoping it would make her feel better.
"It's not that." Ashley said while gripping the railing on the elevator wall. "It's the elevator… I have motion sickness and it's a long way up." she laughed a little at her weakness.
Suddenly Aiden pressed the emergency stop button and the doors opened to the 10th floor. Ashley looked at Aiden with confusion. "We can take the stairs the rest of the way." He held the elevator doors open for Ashley and pointed down the hallway. "Unless those make you sick too. Then you're screwed." he joked.
Ashley giggled. "The stairs would be great." she said while practically running out of the elevator. "Thank you."
Aiden gave her a nod and followed her up the stairwell. Once they reached the 44th floor Aiden had to lean against the door to catch his breath.
"I don't think I've ever walked up that many stairs at once." he admitted. He looked to Ashley and noticed she wasn't resting or breathing heavily at all. "You must do that a lot."
"Yeah I do. Sorry to make you do that."
"No worries." He was breathing at a regular pace now. "Now I don't need to work out later." Ashley giggled again. Then Aiden opened the door and motioned for Ashley to enter. "Shall we?" Ashley nodded and started walking, but turned around realizing she didn't know where she was going. "Oh I should probably show you the way huh?" he asked as his faced turned a slight red.
"Yeah probably." Ashley agreed. Why does he seem more nervous than I do? He's not even being interviewed. It's kinda cute though. She thought as she followed Aiden down the corridor.
"Here we are." Aiden said while opening up a door. It lead to a big conference room with a long table, and at the very end sat two men and a woman.
The man at the head of the table stood up and waved for them to come over. They started walking over and then the man spoke up. "Just you Aiden." he said sternly.
Crap. He already doesn't like me. I knew we'd be late after taking those stairs. Stupid motion sickness!
"Don't worry. I'll tell him something." Aiden whispered before he walked over to the man, who looked like an older version of him. When Aiden reached him they whispered to each other for a moment and then Aiden walked back over to the nervous brunette. "He's not as mean as he sounds, I promise. Good luck." Aiden gave her a wink and then left the room. Thank God Aiden is a nice guy, otherwise I would have been in big trouble.
"Come on over here Ms. Davies." the man said right after Aiden left. She walked over quickly and shook hands with everyone. It turns out the man yelling at Aiden was his father.
-- 30 Minutes Later --
Ashley walked out of the conference room with Mr. Dennison following right behind. "Thank you for coming Ashley."
"Oh no it was my pleasure, really sir. Thank you for your time." They shook hands once more.
"I'm sure we'll be calling you soon." Mr. Dennison said while smiling and pointing a finger at Ashley.
"Thank you so much Mr. Dennison." Ashley said sincerely. Mr. Dennison gave her a wave and walked back into the conference room. Ashley headed towards the stairs with a big grin on her face. Oh my god! I can't believe how well that went.
She only got a few steps to the stairs before she heard Aiden's voice again. "Looks like you knocked it out of the park." Ashley turned around and found him opening the door into the conference room for another girl.
"I did my best." she said humbly.
The other girl walked in and Aiden walked over to Ashley. "Well considering every other person came out of that room more nervous than when they walked in, I'd say you shouldn't be so modest." Aiden said flirtatiously.
Is he flirting with me? Ashley thought. "Thanks Aiden." He nodded and then an awkward silence set in. "Well I should get going." Ashley began walking off again.
Aiden yelled one last thing before she was out of sight. "I'll be seeing you Ashley." Ashley just gave him a wave before she left the building.
-- 7:45 PM --
Ashley was just about done getting ready for the crazy night Kyla had planned for her. She had no clue where they were going so she wasn't quite sure what to wear. She finally decided on dark denim jeans, a white tank top and a tight, black vest that only reached to the middle of her stomach. She also had on a pair of black high heels to match. She left her hair down in it's natural wavy curls. After doing her make-up she gave herself a once over in the mirror. I like it. Casual but dressy at the same time. I'm actually glad Kyla talked me into this because I look hot!
Suddenly, she heard a car honking from outside her condo. She ran over to her window and saw Kyla and her best friend Madison standing outside the sun roof waving madly at her. A smile instantly appeared on her face at the sight of how ridiculous they were already being.
"Hurry up you sexy bitch." Madison yelled up at her.
"I'll be right down!" she yelled back.
Ashley grabbed her hand bag from her dresser and hurried outside to the limo. The driver was already waiting with the door open as Madison and Kyla climbed out to greet her.
"Ashley!!" Madison began jumping up and down with excitement.
"Madison!!" Ashley mimicked her friend's movements. Then Madison lunged at her best friend and wrapped her in her arms.
"It feels like I haven't seen you in forever girl!" she said after their hug ended.
"That's because she's a big nerd and she likes school more than us." Kyla answered for her sister.
"Shut up Kyla. That is so not true!" Ashley said offended.
"Don't worry about her. She just misses her big sister." Madison teased and elbowed Kyla's side. Kyla shot her the evil eye and the other two girls just laughed at her.
"Oh you know I love you Kyla." Ashley said while giving Kyla a hug as well.
"Damn right you do." Kyla smirked. "Come on we're going to be late!"
Kyla hopped in the limo followed by the other two girls. The limo driver closed the door and then they were off, for their long night of celebration.
"So are you ladies going to tell me where we are going tonight?" Ashley asked after they had been driving for a while.
"Don't you tell her Madison!" Kyla said quickly and pointed a finger in her face.
Madison's mouth dropped open in shock. "Why do you automatically think I'm going to tell her?"
"Because you're weak. You always tell her everything." Kyla explained.
"I do not!" Madison shot back. They both glared at each other for a moment. "Ok maybe I do." she admitted and all three girls started giggling.
Unexpectedly the car stopped and the driver opened the door. Ashley was about to get out when Kyla put a hand on her arm. "Hold your horses Ashley we're not getting out yet."
"Then why are we stopped?" Ashley questioned. Kyla was about to answer when a girl joined them in the limo.
"Hey girls!" the dark-skinned girl said.
"Chelsea!" Ashley squealed. They greeted each other with a hug. Then Ashley saw another girl behind Chelsea. "Carmen?" she asked surprised. Who invited her? It had to be Kyla.
"The one and only." she said with arrogance. She said hi to the other girls and then scooted close to Ashley. "You look so sexy tonight." Carmen whispered after looking Ashley up and down. She put her arm around Ashley attempting to move her even closer.
So she's choosing to be sweet today huh? "Thank you." Ashley smiled politely and tried to put some space between her and her ex, Carmen. Carmen just scooted closer again and a cocky smirk appeared on her face. Ashley was looking anywhere but her face. This is pretty awkward. Well not for her obviously, but for me.
"Alright ladies who wants a shot?" Madison asked everyone. Ashley mentally thanked her best friend for getting Carmen's attention off of her. At least momentarily.
"There's alcohol in here?" a stunned Ashley asked.
"Of course there is! Only the best for my sister's twenty first." Kyla smiled at Ashley.
"Aw thank you Ky." Ashley said sincerely.
"Here you go." Madison handed Ashley her shot glass and then gave everyone else theirs.
"So what kind of alcohol is this?" Ashley smelled it and then moved the shot glass away immediately. Whatever it is it's really strong.
"It's Tequila babe." Carmen said as she downed her shot quickly, without any salt or lime.
"Carmen!" Madison said frustrated.
"What'd I do?" she asked raising her arms in defense.
"You weren't suppose to drink that yet. I was going to make a toast!" Madison's voice was full of hatred.
"Chill Barbie! Just get me another one." she demanded.
Madison rolled her eyes. "Here." she snapped and shoved another shot Carmen's way. Carmen gave her a fake smile back. "Ok… " Madison started. "As one of Ashley's best friends I just wanted to say… Ashley you are amazing and tonight is going to be amazing. Now let's get fucked up!" Madison was about to take her shot when Chelsea spoke up.
"Wait Madison."
"What?" she asked dumbfounded.
"You forgot to say Happy Birthday." she said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Oh right." Madison hit her head lightly. "And Happy Birthday Ashley!"
"Happy Birthday Ashley!" the rest of the girls said in unison. They raised their glasses, clinked them together, and downed their shots.
Ashley coughed slightly after the shot was over. "Wow." she grimaced.
"Was that too strong for ya Ash?" Kyla teased.
"Just a little." she said while grabbing a bottle of water out of the mini-fridge.
"If you hung out with me more you might not be such a light weight." Carmen joked.
"Hey it's her birthday. Don't put her down." Chelsea said to Carmen. "Besides she works harder than any of us." she added.
"Thank you Chelsea. I'm glad someone has something nice to say about me." she said looking directly at Carmen. Only time she ever said something nice was when she wanted ass.
"Oh you know I was just joking because I miss you." Carmen pouted.
I forgot how cute she is when she does that though. "You're forgiven for now." Ashley smiled sincerely this time. Maybe I should just forgive her already. She looked towards Kyla once she noticed the limo had stopped. "We aren't picking up anymore people are we?"
"Nope." Kyla shook her head and smiled, knowing Ashley was getting excited.