AN: It's back :D I'll be definitely trying to add a lot of happy Spashley fluff in this one to make up for the dreadful 19.5 chapters I had you all sit through.

Anyways, I hope you like it. And please tell me what you think.

Anna was just plain out confused now. Well, she looked it, in Ashley's opinion, of course.

"A cat?" Anna made a face, pushing Sophia's stroller ahead of her while the little four year old ran around- clad in the pigtails her Aunt Ashley did for her. And of course, wearing the black and red Nikes her Aunt Nicole bought for her as well. It seemed odd to Anna. It seemed as though as her little girl got older (she had just turned four last week), she would receive even more presents than she had on her first birthday, baby shower, and 6 month old birthday. Her Aunts even had a habit of buying her anything that was baby that reminded them of the toddler. It seemed like they were spoiling the girl more than her own mother. "A cat, Ashley?"

"What's wrong with that?" Ashley made a face and took a bite out of her bagel. She thought the idea was fantastic. Until now, that is. "It would make Spencer happy, wouldn't it? What about a dog?"

"Does Spencer even like cats?" Anna looked off into the sky as she thought about what Spencer would look like owning a cat. Nope, she couldn't picture it at all. Spencer never seemed like a cat person to her. "Anyways, isn't this gift supposed to focus on taking the pressure and stress off or something? That's what you said, right? Getting a pet is only going to give her more stress."

Ashley frowned. She thought getting Spencer a cat would make her happier, not more stressed. Talk about backfire. "Well, I'll take care of it? I totally could, you know, considering I work at home and all. So Spencer will get to have all the joys about a cat without all the work."

"I think you just want a cat, Ashley." Anna smirked as Ashley rolled her eyes and threw her bagel away. She smiled though, just at the fact that even though three years had passed, Ashley's main goal was to keep Spencer safe and happy. And luckily this time, Spencer's main goal was to make Ashley happy as well. Aside from graduating film school at UCLA, that is. Anna's eyes widened once she saw her daughter latched onto some random stranger's leg. "Sophia!"

Sophia looked back to her mother guilty, but stayed put on the stranger's leg. The stranger smiled though, looking down at the little girl and began to walk (with Sophia still latched onto his leg) toward Anna and Ashley.

"Does this belong to you?" the stranger smiled as he looked down at Sophia, though Anna was simply staring at the man in front of her. He looked oddly familiar to her; with is shaggy blonde hair and slight goatee. His eyes stood out most to her though, an incredibly light shade of blue, with green tint around the pupil (yes, Anna was looking that closely) but his bangs seemed to cover much.

Ashley smirked and stepped aside.

"Hey uhh," The stranger, still smiling, waved a hand in front of Anna's face to get her out of her trace like state. Anna immediately shook out of it, shaking her head violently. The stranger smiled, "She's yours, right?"

Anna started nodding immediately, "Oh yes, of course? Yeah, that's Sophia, my daughter!"

The stranger chuckled and held out his hand, "I'm Novak."

Anna nodded and shook his hand, back to her regular self, "I'm Anna Molly. That's Sophia, my-"

"Daughter," Peter scooped up his daughter from around Novak's legs. AN: For those of you that don't remember, Peter is Sophia's dad. He smirked at Novak and put her hand out, "Hi, I'm Peter. Sophia's Dad."

Novak shook his hand, "Novak. Nice to meet you."

Peter grinned when Sophia buried her brunette head into his shoulder. Anna just rolled her eyes, looking down. She of course, had to have something ruin something going good for her.

"She's a charmer," Novak smiled, admiring Sophia, whom was looking up at him from her daddy's shoulder. "Just came up and hugged me. She's a cutie, really."

Peter nodded. He didn't need another man telling him how adorable his daughter was. "Yeah, I know. I don't need anyone else telling me that. Anyways, I've got my daughter. So I'll see you all later."

Anna sighed as Peter walked away, not even bothering when he took the stroller (that she paid for) with him. She was just beyond irritated now. She looked up at Novak, "I'm sorry about him, he's just bitter."

"About what?"

"Uhm," Anna scratched her head shyly. "About me not wanting to be with him."

Novak nodded, "Well I understand that then."

Anna smiled, blushing and looked down, not really knowing what to say anymore. Of course, she had had guys flirt with her even after Sophia came, but she pretty much forgot how to flirt after her and Peter ended it, which was about 5 years ago.

"Well uhm I have to jet, but uhm," Novak scratched his head shyly. "Can I have your number or something? It'd be nice to see you again. "

Anna, whom was smiling bright as day, looked absolutely petrified as she looked around her purse for her card. She smiled with triumph once she found it. "Ah, here! So you're just going to call me, or..."

Novak took the card, smiling, and began walking away. "Oh, I'll definitely be calling you, Anna Molly."

Ashley's eyebrows immediately raised at Novak's wink toward Anna Molly before walking away. Anna just seemed completely smitten.

Smirking, she leaned over toward Anna's ear. "Anna, when's the last time you got laid?"

"Ashley, just shut up."

xxxxx

Deuce James Davies-Preston stood at his proud height of 2 feet tall, smiling up at his mommy as he held her hand, waiting for his daddy to pick him up. To everyone, he seemed like a perfect combination of his parents; he had Kyla's silky auburn hair and Johnny's clear green eyes. Kyla just thought he was perfect, obviously.

"Hey," Johnny walked up the driveway leading to their house. Once he found out Kyla was pregnant, he moved into the Davies' mansion, upon his own idea, of course. Kyla despised the idea of living together, really, but living together would definitely be better with the baby and all. Raife was furious (being the hands on dad he is) and immediately flew down to L.A to give Johnny a serious talk about his future- considering now his daughter was going to be a large part of it- so Raife of course, just made sure that the young blonde knew so. Upon hearing Johnny's plans for his and Kyla's future (which included marrying her), Raife gave the thumbs up.

Johnny picked up his son, smiling as Deuce ruffled his hair. He leaned down and kissed Kyla on the cheek, "So, dinner with the girls tonight, right?"

Kyla nodded, "Yeah. They're all free now, considering it's spring break and stuff. Gotta love college."

Johnny nodded, smiling. "Well uhm, you remember what I asked you yesterday, right?"

Kyla almost let out her sigh. "Yeah, I do."

Johnny just looked uncomfortable now. "Well uhm... Do you have an answer yet?"

"Uh," Kyla looked down uncomfortably. "No, but could we talk about it later? I'm already late."

"Yeah," Johnny nodded, frowning. "We'll talk about it later then."

xxxx

"And how would you know this information?" Ashley huffed into her sidekick, rubbing her aching temples. I thought that working from home was supposed to her easier. She rolled her eyes as Donnie chomped her ear off about her upcoming project. "Okay, whatever then. I'll do it. Kay bye."

She quickly hung up, sighing. She was just glad to not be hearing Donnie's voice for once. It was always Ashley this and Ashley that. He already had 4 assignments lined for her! How ridiculous, considering she had specifically (and sternly) told him she needed to take some time off to spend time with Spencer. Not for anything special though, which was probably the reason why Donnie was so bitter, just to try to help Spencer study and then have pure bliss with her for the weeks after. She agreed to do one assignment though, since she knew that Donnie wouldn't get off her back until she complied to at least one of the projects. A gay marriage poster shouldn't be that hard.

Spencer entered the apartment quietly, frowning at her love's stressed expression. She took a mental note to talk to Ashley about her working too hard. She quietly put the bag down, and made her way over to her girlfriend.

"What's wrong?" Spencer wrapped her arms around Ashley- trying to offer all the comfort she could. Just seeing Ashley stressed made her stressed, oddly. Ashley sighed and leaned into Spencer, almost completely forgetting about why she was so upset. Spencer tended to do that to her though; to make her forget. "You seemed stressed."

"I'm fine," Ashley answered honestly. She was always fine with Spencer around. She laid down and waited for Spencer to take her place on top of her. Spencer smiled and took her place gladly, tucking her blonde head into Ashley's shoulder. "How was class?"

"Ugh," Spencer buried her face deeper into Ashley, groaning. "I hate college."

"Ha," Ashley kissed the top of Spencer's head. "Only two more years, Babe."

"Ashley," Spencer sat up and looked Ashley straight in the eye, frowning once she saw Ashley's confused expression. "Be serious, please."

"I'm sorry."

"Okay," Spencer smiled down at her girlfriend. She just needed to soak in the moment for a bit. She missed Ashley so much, even though she only left her only 6 hours before. Even living together didn't give Spencer enough Ashley time. Stupid college and life rules. "You're going to take care of me, right?"

Ashley made a face, hoping she didn't offend Spencer. It was pretty automatic though, considering she hadn't even heard that question before from ANY girl. She reached down and ran her fingers along Spencer's jaw line. "Of course I will. Why do you ask?"

"I don't know," Spencer brushed Ashley's bangs away from her eyes. She smirked, "Maybe if I decide to drop out one day, I'm just making sure I have to fall back on."

Ashley chuckled, her mood immediately lightening. "So that's what I am to you then? A safety net?"

Spencer smiled down at her. "You're everything to me, Ashley."

Ashley couldn't even help the smile from spreading on her lips. She loved this- these moments in life. Spencer was just about the only thing she had to be grateful for. And all the things Spencer told her, all she words she lived to hear, she could feel them now. All thanks to Spencer.

She cupped Spencer's face, intent on showing Spencer just how much she loved her.

Ding Dong

Of course, something just had to ruin the Spashley moment.