Spencer was all smiles for the rest of the day. Usually she walked around the hospital on a mission to find the best surgical case, but today she was just...happy. She couldn't believe she just ran into one of her long-lost friends and it was Ashley.
They spent the entire day reminiscing about their memories together, and Spencer couldn't help but smile all day about them.
She walked into room 203 where she had hidden Ashley all day. Spencer will admit she did take longer than she had to with getting Ashley a head scan, and she did take extra long grabbing her x-rays and consulting with her mother about them.
Usually she wanted to get off a case as quick as possible if it didn't have anything to deal with surgery, but she wanted to hang around Ashley as long as she possibly could.
"So is this the rock star making all the commotion in my hospital?" Paula grabbed the x-rays from Spencer and looked at them under the light. "Hmm," she pondered aloud. She tapped her foot for a few seconds as she stared at the multiple sheets of x-rays. Paula continued to speak, "She is all clear, looks good to me. You can send that pain in the ass on her way."
Spencer wondered if she even knew it was Ashley, "So do you know who it is? The famous person in your hospital?"
Paula handed the x-rays back to Spencer and walked over to her desk, "Should I care? I have a hundred other patients in this hospital that have more pressing illness' than being a loud mouth rock star. All I know is Sue from the board of directors, her daughter loves whoever it is and wants an autograph. So make that happen."
Spencer rolled her eyes and scoffed, "Why do I have to?" Spencer knew she was going to do what her mother wanted, no matter how hard to protested. So before she even decided to put up the fight she caved, "Whatever."
She stood up behind her desk, "Because I asked you to and um it would be nice to keep the board happy, you know."
As Spencer walked away she heard her mother pick up the phone and start laughing away with whoever she was trying to impress these days. She hated how fake her mother was sometimes. She used to care about people, she used to want to help them, now all she does is people please. Ever since they announced her chief of surgery two years ago, she has been different. The youngest chief in the history of the hospital, how did she get it? Probably slept with half the board members, or so she thought.
"Hey I have good news and bad news," Spencer probably figured that was a bad way to start a sentence with a patient.
Ashley stared at her with wide eyes, looking a tad worried. "What? Oh my God, do I have a fucking tumor?" Ashley proclaimed as she grabbed her head.
Spencer let out a chuckle, "A bit melodramatic over there, no you do not have a tumor. Good news: you are all clear to leave you are healthy as can be. And bad news: our fun time is over," she sighed. She did not want to finish the rest of her shift.
She badly wanted to play hooky for the rest of the day and hang out with Ashley. For some reason she just wanted to center her days around this girl. It was an odd feeling.
"Damn, at the quality fun time being over not the whole I don't have a tumor thing. Because I'm glad about the tumor thing not the whole fun time disappearing thing." Ashley looked out of the corner of her eye wondering if she made any sense. It was unlike her to stumble over her words and she definitely just babbled the hell out of her last sentences.
Spencer smiled and held up her hand, "Stop talking. I might think you have a brain tumor if you keep speaking. I understand what you are saying but I am going to get the nurse in here to have you sign some release forms and have you on your way."
Spencer looked around the room, she was having a hard time leaving Ashley's presence.
Ashley was having a hard time not staring at Spencer. She used to have this crush on her back in the day and all of those feelings she thought she repressed and forgot about, were suddenly surfacing. "Oh okay." Ashley said in the saddest tone.
"Hey don't sound so sad to be leaving the hospital." Spencer said as she was putting away things in the drawer and handing Ashley her clothes. "Oh here some assistant dropped off these clothes for you to wear out of the hospital. He said something about looking decent for all the paparazzi standing outside the hospital."
Ashley huffed in anger, "You know sometimes I want to look like shit."
"What?" Spencer laughed out.
"Seriously. I can't ever look like shit, or I'll be thrown on a magazine cover with the headline like 'Ashley Davies downward spiral?' or in one of those 'stars are like us!' pages. I just want to wear this damn gown out of the hospital and go to bed, looking like shit then wake up looking like shit." Ashley pouted out as she started to move off of her hospital bed.
"You know the gown is open in the back? So the whole world would get to see Ashley Davies up close and personal." Spencer laughed out.
"Oh well, hey I wouldn't mind. Instead I have to put on these clothes." Ashley angrily grabbed at them and took off her gown. Spencer was still looking at Ashley because she took off the hospital gown so quickly, but she didn't turn away either.
She watched Ashley get dressed and she couldn't help but think how beautiful she was. She definitely has gotten more toned since their college was looking so good, Spencer couldn't help but stare and subconsciously lick her lips.
Ashley wasn't one to be modest and once she noticed Spencer was staring she had to say something, "So you see something you like Carlin?" She raised a brow in question, only half kidding.
Spencer blushed and quickly turned her head to the side, "Oh sorry, I just-um-I sorry. I'm a doctor so it's okay, I was-I'll leave you to changing. Um, the nurse will be in shortly."
Ashley was only joking when she was giving Spencer shit, but once she saw her freak out she knew Spencer was seriously staring at her. It kind of made her happy in a way, she knew it gave her a chance with this girl. It has only been a day seeing her, but she knew she wanted her... and bad. It was hard to explain the feeling. The feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you just know it has to be right. She felt all the crush like symptoms she had for this girl come rushing back to the surface.
"I was only kidding," Ashley said to ease the air since neither of them moved. Ashley was still half-dressed and Spencer was still blushing in the corner, inching her way to the door. But she didn't want to leave yet because she wanted to stare at the hot girl before her.
"I should get back to work." Spencer grabbed a hold of the door and then just as she was about to leave she remembered something, "Oh shit, can you like give me an autograph?"
"What?" Ashley made a confused facial expression at her.
"Well it's not for me, it's for someone up high in the hospital chain, please?" Spencer gave her a pout, knowing very well she couldn't resist.
"Of course, well, on one condition."
Spencer knew she had to get the autograph so she had to agree to it, "Name it."
Ashley smiled, "Sweet, well when you finish your shift you have to promise me you will come to my house and hang out. No matter how late it is, doesn't matter."
Spencer knew she should probably go home and rest up before her shift tomorrow, but she didn't care honestly. She wanted to hang out with her as much as Ashley wanted to hang out with her. She knew she shouldn't agree to it, but she had to as much as she wanted to. "Sounds like a deal."
Ashley jumped with joy, "Awesome, tell me where to give you my autograph and I will give you my address. You have a car? Or you want me to send someone?" Ashley said as she was looking around for a pen and paper.
"I umm I have a car, just give me your address I'll find it." Spencer smiled she was suddenly looking forward to her shift getting over. Usually she enjoys every minute of her shift but now she will be counting the minutes for it to be over.
"Awesome, Spencer and Ashley together again. This should be fun." Ashley smirked as she finished changing.
Spencer trotted out of the room happy as ever. She knew she had been missing something the past few years maybe this was it. Maybe all this time when she felt that something was missing out of her life, maybe it was just her best friend. Ashley Davies did always make things better and a tad bit more fun. She was probably the best friend she had ever had, no one had ever replaced her.
It was time for Spencer to clock out of her shift and it couldn't have come any slower. The time moved throughout the day like molasses. "Hell yeah!" Spencer shouted when her shift was finally over.
Her fellow doctor smiled and asked, "So Spencer I've never seen you so happy to see a shift end before. You going to see your special someone?"
Spencer got all shifty eyed and smiled, "Something like that. I'm out of here as soon as I give something to the chief." She ran up the steps as fast as she could to hand off this autograph to her mother.
"Here." She said to her mom as she threw it on her desk and turned around to walk right back out the door.
"Wait a sec, where are you running off to so quick?" Paula sat down in her chair and crossed her legs. She made dubious eye contact with Spencer and waited for her daughter to stick around and talk to her.
"I have plans, so there's your autograph. I've got to go." Spencer said coldly. She wasn't always this cold towards her mom, but Paula just rubbed her the wrong way these days. She had changed morally and in every which way. Ever since her parents got divorced last year...well she sided with her father and since then it hasn't been the same.
Paula sighed, "Alright, go. I guess I'll just see you at the hospital tomorrow."
"Sure, bright and early." Spencer said as she slammed the door behind her. She probably shouldn't treat her mother this way, but she couldn't help it. She did wrong against her dad and she just wasn't the righteous doctor she once was.
Spencer shrugged off the cold encounter with her mother and then skipped to her car thinking of the fun night she had ahead of her. She was hanging out with Ashley, so she knew there had to be fun in store. Spencer found Ashley's house with ease, considering she lived in the same big ole mansion she did when they knew each other back in college.
Spencer paced around the porch for a second and wondered if she should go in. She knew she should be at her girlfriend's house right now, like she promised her she would be. Should I tell her that I am dating someone? Who happens to be a girl? Well I know she doesn't have a problem with it...with all those pictures in the tabloids. I SO know she doesn't have a problem with it. But still, I don't think I can tell her. Just avoid all questions and you are just hanging out with her, right? So me having a girlfriend won't be a big deal. Right? Right.
The door suddenly flung open, "Um Spencer? How long have you been standing there?"
Spencer suddenly got bright red in the face, "What, who? Um, oh not long at all."
Ashley laughed, "And were you talking to yourself out here? I heard noises..."
"Uh, you going to invite me in?" Spencer smiled, already doing a good job on avoiding all questions.
"Of course, come on in to the lovely house of Davies." Ashley smiled and waved her on in. She couldn't help but stare at the gorgeous blonde she just let into her house. Ashley always had the biggest crush on Spencer back in college, but Spencer was just too blind to even see it.
Spencer walked into her living room and saw a few beer bottles laying on the table, "Um have you been drinking?"
Ashley laughed, "What is that a crime? I was getting nervous you weren't coming, so I had a few. Then a I had a few more."
Ashley plopped down on the couch, "Come sit! Let's catch up buddddddyy."
Spencer shook her head, "I'll sit, but you know after receiving a head injury you shouldn't be drinking, right?"
"Oh shut up Doctor Carlin. Just sit your cute butt down." Ashley heard that slip out of her mouth. But she was getting too drunk to care.
"I assume you mixed the pain meds with the booze, Ash really? Do I have to baby sit now?" Spencer sighed as she plopped down on the couch with her. Ashley instantly scooted closer to her.
"Um no," Ashley laughed, "You can entertain me though." Ashley took her hand and rested it upon Spencer's thigh. Spencer looked at her hand, but chose to just ignore it. It could just be a friendly touch, so she decided to let it slide.
"Ash, you could get really sick doing that shit. But come on let's catch up." Spencer paused, "Wait a second, nervous? Why are you nervous to see me?"
Yes, she was taking advantage of the drunk girl before her, but why not poke at the question when she had the opportunity.
Ashley let her hand move up and down her thigh as she answered her question, "Well you see, I was just nervous. I haven't see you in a while and I was just like ahhh crazy nervous, ya know?" Ashley was starting to get drunk. Her sentences were getting more erratic.
"So, nervous about what? We have known each other forever and we were like best fucking friends. No need to be nervous in front of me, Ash." Spencer smiled as she casually tried to swat Ashley's hand off her thigh. She couldn't keep letting her make those amazing little circles on her thigh, because she was never going to let her stop. Spencer knew they were sitting too close, they were talking too close, but for some reason it was hard to inch away from her.
"I kind of had this thing...where...never mind." Ashley shied away from fessing up to the crush she used to have...still has on the beautiful blonde girl sitting before her. "I don't feel so good." Ashley made an unpleasant face as she held up her hand to her mouth.
Spencer smiled, "Hey let's get you up to bed, killer. I think I'm going to stay and baby sit for the night."
Spencer held out her hand to lead Ashley up to her room, "Come on, take my hand." Spencer instantly felt her body warm up when she felt the touch of Ashley. She knew spending the night with Ashley in her bedroom while she was drunk was going to take some serious will power on her behalf.
"Yes, Doctor C." Ashley laughed obnoxiously for no reason at all after she said that, "So can I be your naughty nurse?"