The Spencer Carlin and Ashley Davies Chronicles
By
M.C.R
March 30th, 2028 (First session with Spencer Carlin)
At noon, Spencer walked back into the hospital room to check on her wife, Ashley, who was recently moved into this room after spending two grueling weeks in the intensive care unit. Spencer's mother, Paula Carlin who is the Vice President of Hospital Affairs, was able to provide her daughter-in-law the hospital suite.
Spencer pulled up a chair and sat next to Ashley, who was lying helpless on the hospital bed with hundreds of wires attached to her now pale skin. Spencer tells me that she usually tries to avoid the wires because of a bad experience in high school when she tripped and unplugged her friend Aiden's heart monitor, but that's a story for another time. After three hours of watching soap operas and holding Ashley's hand, Spencer's father, Arthur Carlin, walked into the room with Spencer and Ashley's ten and fifteen year old daughters.
"Mom," Fifteen-year old Lisa whines," Your dad wouldn't let me drive the Porsche again"
"Oh, I'm her dad when I don't let you drive, but I'm grandpa when you need money," Arthur laughs, "you have to stop getting ideas from your Uncle Glen."
While Arthur and Lisa argue, Spencer's youngest daughter, Sarah, sits down on her lap and gives her a hug. "Will mommy be okay?" Spencer looks at her daughter trying to find the perfect words to say, but she can only come up with, "Yeah."
Lisa and Sarah had become Spencer and Ashley's everything; they spent every waking moment together trying to give all they could to their daughters. Ashley had over time become the bad cop in their relationship, always intimidating any date Lisa brought home. Ashley always said, "I am trying to protect her from a male version of me," but Spencer always thought that her daughter needed to meet a boy like Ashley, minus being an egomaniac.
As she is telling me her story, she pulls out a picture of her family for me to see. Their oldest daughter looks just like Ashley, except she has Spencer's eyes. Sarah, on the other hand, is a mini Spencer.
Finally, Spencer takes a deep breath and starts talking to me about her first day at her high school in the year 2008 in Los Angeles, California, King High.
Spencer had been nervous about going to a new school after spending her life in a small catholic school in Ohio. She walked into school with her two brothers, Glen Carlin and Clay Carlin, Glen was the all American boy; he was blonde and a jock. Clay, who had been adopted by the Carlins when Spencer was seven, was an over achiever at school and would have a ulcer if he ever got a B on an exam.
Spencer wandered the school aimlessly all day trying to be on time for her class, but at lunch time she met the person that would change her life forever. Spencer was walking to her locker and was distracted by the sounds of a boy singing a Madonna song, quite horribly she adds…
I made it through the wilderness
Somehow I made it through
Didn't know how lost I was
Until I found you
Spencer turned around and saw a brunette laughing out loud at her friend, who was dancing in his seat listening to his ipod.
I was beat incomplete
I'd been had, I was sad and blue
But you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
Shiny and new
After a while, Spencer made eye contact with the brunette, and started walking towards her; she then noticed the brunette elbowing her friend to shut up.
Like a virgin
Touched for the very first time
Like a virgin
When your heart beats
Next to mi…
" Hey! Ash what the fu.." the boy noticed Spencer standing next to their table. " Oh"
" Hi, I have to apologize for the Madonna wannabe, Aiden. I'm Ashley, by the way." Ashley reached out to shake Spencer hand," and what's your name?"
Spencer had never before felt so alive from a hand shake, it made her body tingle, and it even caused her to stutter," I..uh..I'm Spencer." Spencer stood there shaking Ashley's hand and staring into her eyes, until Aiden disrupted their moment.
"Spencer, sit down," He scooted over and patted the bench next to him.
"So, Spence I've never seen you around her, you new?" Ashley asked.
" Yeah, my first day actually…uh who's that?" said Spencer as she pointed to a girl in a cheerleading uniform.
"Madison," Aiden chimed in," you might want to stay away from her, I don't think bitch sums her up well enough."
"That might have something to do with the fact that she wants to get in your pants Aiden,"
"Ash, shut it, don't remind me..ugh…"
"Wait, I'm confused, she's pretty why wouldn't you want her?" asked Spencer before taking a drink.
"Spence, Aiden here…umm well he likes...hmm how can I say this?"
"I like dick."
Spencer spat out her drink all over Ashley. " Dammit, I'm sorry, just not used to hearing people talk about that." Spencer stood up and started wiping the spots on Ashley's shirt.
"Talk about what? Dick?" Aiden asked, " Well, like Madonna always says if you can't suck on one, you might as well talk about it."
"Ew, Aiden," Ashley exclaimed while making gagging sounds. "First of all, she never said that, and second of all, you're going to gross poor little Spencer out."
"Whatever, Madonna would say something like that."
Spencer waved her hand in front of Aiden and Ashley, "Um, hi I am still right here."
Ashley opened her mouth to apologize, but the bell rang and interrupted her train of thought. "Damn, we have to go back to that thing called class." Ashley grabbed a pen and paper and wrote her phone number on it. "Here's my number, call me tonight so we can talk. I want to know more about you..uh..what's your last name?"
"Carlin"
"I want to know more about you Carlin."