"Baby, I really have to go now…"Ashley whispered in her girlfriend's ear while she slowly got up.

They had been watching The Notebook together and Spencer had fallen asleep in Ashley's arms. It was a cold Saturday night with many stars up in the sky. It would be a perfect night to sit down in the park together with a blanket and some hot chocolate. However, it was almost 10:45 and Ashley had to be at work at 11. She didn't always like the fact that she worked at a bar three nights of the week because she much rather would be with Spencer those nights. But she didn't have much choice; she didn't go to college, her mom wouldn't even think of spending any money on her, in fact it would be pretty amazing if she even remembered she had two daughters instead of just Kyla, her father was still dead, and she had to pay the rent for her apartment and everyone knows that she likes to have food in the fridge. The 5 days a week she works at Walmart just doesn't provide for all the costs.

So Ashley got up to gather her things she brought with her to Spencer's apartment, kissed her girlfriend's soft lips and went out the door to leave for a hectic night at the Shout.

Spencer woke up from the feeling of those perfect lips on hers. She opened her eyes and saw the beautiful girl walk out her door, dark brow curls dancing on her back. For a moment she forgot about her plans for tonight by the sight of that loving girl. But when she went to the bathroom she remembered.

"No, hold it in."She told herself, and before even getting on the toilet she walked out of the bathroom again and got her car keys.

In the store, Spencer looked around sceptically, hopefully there wasn't anyone there she knew. Once she walked around, flipped through a few magazines, and found out that there was no one familiar around, she let out a relieved sigh. She was very nervous but walked towards the over the counter pharmacy section anyways.

"I can do this. I can do this."

Talking to herself inside her head was the only way to stay calm. There was no need to be so nervous anyways. There probably nothing to worry about. So she got the little box, payed for it, Damn why are they so expensive?, got in her car and drove off.


Outside of the entrance of the Shout there was a line that went around the corner. Ashley had to work her way through it to get in. The bouncer tried to stop her but then he saw that it was the most popular bartender in town and let her in with an apologizing smile.

"Hey Ms. Davies."

"Hey Rick, how are you doing tonight? We're getting more and more popular these days don't you think? The line goes all the way back to Romana's!"

"Yeah, I guess it's because we have the best bartender in town!" Rick, the bouncer, said to her, slightly blushing. Ashley smiled at him and playfully punched him in his big stomach before walking into the club. This man had an angry and mean appearance, that's why he got the bouncer job, but he had the sweetest heart Ashley had ever found in a man. But still...he has one of those girl-eating monsters dangling between his legs she thought, giggling at her own thoughts.

Ashley took off her jacket and put it in the back where she knew for sure that nothing would be spilled on it. She always had to pick her clothing carefully when she went out to work at the Shout. Her clothing had to be hot and sexy, but not too much because she didn't want to seem slutty. And then there was the problem with the fact that it had to be clothing that she could wash easily, because people are very sloppy and they spill drinks all the time. Don't get me wrong, Ashley never spills anything. She is the most coordinated and professional bartender in town and everyone loves the way she plays around with the bottles before she fills up the glasses. The spills mostly come from the people who have fights and drop their glasses. How try to find sexy clothing that doesn't get eaten by the washing machine: it's not as easy as it seems.

"Ashley! Hurry, I can't take this any longer!"

Ashley saw the boy behind the bar struggling with the amount of people who wanted to order drinks. He tried to fill the glasses and take care of the money as fast as possible, but there were still too many partying people. Working the bar with only 2 bartenders does not work, especially not when the place is packed, so Ashley cracked her fingers and joined Aiden and Glen.

"So how come you're so late?" Aiden tried to ask Ashley, but the music and the people were too loud for him to top.

"What?" Ashley yelled back at him. At the same time she bend a little bit over the bar to hear what the next people wanted to order.

"Why are you so late?" Aiden yelled out, filling up two shots of tequilla at the same time.

Ashley decided to move closer to Aiden a little bit because she knew this shouting thing wouldn't work out. They learned from their past experiences, and Ashley did not want to loose her voice as many times as she did last month. Now she didn't have to yell anymore. Normal talking still didn't work but it was better than screaming your guts out trying to make whatever you're saying understandable.

"Spencer and I were watching a movie and she fell asleep. I didn't want to wake her up by pushing her off me."

Glen only heard the last part of that sentence and jumped in the conversation, all three of them still passionately asking what people want to drink and preparing the drinks.

"What? You pushed my little sister off of you? I thought you were the sexmaniac and never said no?!" A big grin appeared on his face. He was just playing, but he enjoyed annoying Ashley.

"You dork, we weren't talking about sex. She was just sleeping. Too bad, no kiss and tell tonight." She answered him, with a mean and sneaky smile. Glen liked to play her, but she always knew how to play him back. Spencer didn't like the conversations going on between her brother and her girlfriend, but at least now Glen wasn't the big jerk he was before and trying to break the two girls up.

"Right...I think she's lying. What do you think Aiden?" But Aiden stopped listening. He never really knew how to deal with stories about Ashley and Spencer. Of course, it's been a long time ago since Ashley and him had been together, but it still stuck with him and even though Ashley and him were just good friends now, he still didn't like seeing her with other people.

"Alright guys, stop chattering and get to work. There are a lot of people in here and there's even more waiting outside to get in. It's going to be a hectic night so save your energy for working those bottles." Tom, the manager of the club, checked on the bartenders every hour to see how they are doing and if they're doing their job. He might seem a little strict, but he was still good friends with Ashley and the rest. Ashley liked hanging out with him and the other workers from the club. Most of the time it's hanging out because of pity though; she knew Tom didn't have a lot of friends, and he needed a girlfriend for real. When this shot back in her head she got an idea. She waited for Tom to leave the bar and go to the back again before talking to Aiden.

"Hey Aid, you know how Tom is lonely a lot right?"

"Yeah...why. I mean, we already hang out with him a lot, I really think that's all we can do." He sounded a little annoyed over the whole Tom subject. Sometimes Ashley got the feeling that Aiden thinks hanging out with Tom brings down his good reputation.

"Well, there are a lot of people in here tonight. And I was thinking, maybe we could hook him up with a girl. If it works out, then that's good for him. If not...then we can have a good laugh."

"Oh come on, just let him alone. Why bother?"

"I think it should be fun. Glen, are you in?" Ashley gave him a punch in the arm.

"With what? You and my sister? Ew no."

"You perv. No, finding a girlfriend for Tom tonight, it should work with this many people around."

"Sure! We'll have a good laugh. I don't think he's the girlfriend kinda person. I don't think he can handle women."

"But he needs one, he's too god damn lonely and I don't want to be stuck with him all the time." They all went back to working hard because people started to get annoyed by their conversations. Custumers always wanted to get their drinks as fast as possible so they could get back on the dancefloor as soon as possible.

10 minutes later Ashley saw the perfect girl for Tom standing at the bar. The dirty blonde girl looked a little startled and into her thoughts, but she still looked pretty and interesting. So Ashley went over there and asked her if she wanted anything to drink so that they could start a conversation and maybe she could hook her up with Tom.

"Yeah, a bloody mary please."

She knows what she wants...that's good. Ashley thought to herself. She grabbed the drink and gave it to the girl.

"I'm Ashley by the way. I haven't seen you here before. What's your name?"

"Elaine. Yeah no, I normally don't come here. But I needed somewhere else besides my apartment to go to because I was having some trouble up there."

"Well welcome to the Shout, as you can notice, Shout isn't a name we thought of on accident." Ashley smiled while saying this. She loved it how it was almost impossible to hear other people speak because of the loud music and the big crowds. Elaine smiled too. When she was about to turn around to walk away, Ashley wanted to ask her some more questions so that she could be able to start talking about Tom eventually. However, at that moment she found out what the girl was talking about when she said that she had some trouble at her own apartment...