Title: Changing Hearts And Minds
Author: Freeing Alys
Rating: T
Pairing: Spashley[Spencer/Ashley
Summary: Spencer is at college and things are going good, then Ashley shows up out of nowhere half a year after their fallout and Spencer's whole world is turned around.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own South Of Nowhere or any of the charectors or story plots. Those all belong to CTV, The-N and anyone else affiliated. I'm JUST a fan, trying to improve my writing skills. I'm not making any profit off of this at all. No copywrite infridgement intended.
Chapter Three
Spencer started to pace her dorm room, her heart beating fast and her stomach turning within itself. Ashley Davis. She kept popping into Spencer's mind and she just wished she'd go away. Either show up or go away, Spencer thought as she turned in her dorm room for the hundredth time.
What if Ashley really did show up? How would Spencer even explain her? Was she a friend? Someone from the past? Someone from high school? Her ex-girlfriend? Ex-girlfriend had to be a no, College Spencer wasn't gay. She did well in classes, had a roommate who was way too happy and an ex-boyfriend who still loved her. That wasn't Spencer anymore, was it?
The thoughts kept spinning around in Spencer's head until she couldn't even tell up from down. Everything was overloading in her brain and Spencer didn't know how to deal with it. Ashley Davis, God Spencer hasn't even had to think about her for months.
Spencer's cell phone rang, causing Spencer to jump slightly before she walked over to her phone and picked it up. "Hello?" She asked into the phone.
"Spencer hey!" She heard Clay say into the phone and Spencer smiled. She hadn't spoken to Clay for awhile and it was nice to hear him.
"Hey Clay, what's up?" She asked starting to pace around her room again.
"Not much. Chelsea is doing great in school, the baby is amazing, he's growing so much." Clay provided and Spencer smiled again, she had always thought that Clay had a good thing going on, even if he did have a kid years before he was supposed to.
"Cool. You guys sound like you're doing really well."
"Yeah. Look Glenn wanted me to call. He said something about Ashley stopping by tomorrow…mean anything to you?" He asked laughing out the last bit, like he didn't even understand it.
Spencer felt her stomach sink as she nodded her head. "Um yeah. Ashley you know, my ex, she's coming here to Berkeley." Spencer mumbled into the phone.
"Oh." Clay mumbled.
"Yeah, thanks for calling." Spencer said quickly hoping to call Glenn and getting the full story from him personally. Spencer knew he was trying to avoid giving her the news to avoid getting yelled at. But no way was Spencer going to spare him of that, this was his fault afterall. Glenn really had a big mouth.
"Bye Spencer." Clay said and he hung up his phone.
"Glenn." Spencer growled out as she flipped through her contact list on her phone until she hit Glenn's name. She pushed talk and listened as Glenn's phone rang.
"Hey." She heard Glenn pick up his phone.
"She's coming tomorrow!" Spencer stated half angry and half worried.
"Um, yeah. You okay with that? I mean you didn't sound to against it last time we talked, so…"
Spencer spun around in a couple of circles and shook her head. "Glenn, I don't know how to deal with her right now. I have midterms, stress you know."
Glenn let out a small laugh and it kind of made Spencer angry. Why in the hell was he laughing? "This will be good for you. Seeing someone from the good ol' days. She'll be good for you Spencer." Glenn stated and Spencer knew there was
something way past what Glenn had told her.
"You didn't run into Ashley did you?" She asked it suddenly all coming together. He had called her, trying to get them together again…for some reason. Spencer didn't even know why he'd do that. It was so unlike Glenn.
"No." Glenn stated simply.
"So what is this Glenn?" Spencer glancing at the time and realizing she should be asleep by now, even though she didn't have classes the next day.
"You just haven't been like yourself lately. You seem lost, and I figured that Ashley did help you find you once…" Glenn explained and Spencer smiled a small smile. At least he was caring now, instead of how he was in high school.
"Wow Glenn…" Spencer started before a sigh from Glenn interrupted her.
"Look let's just end this conversation before the mushy stuff okay?" Glenn asked and Spencer let out a laugh.
"Yeah, okay." She replied. "Bye." She mumbled and waited for Glenn to respond before Spencer hung up her phone.
She set her phone back on her desk and let out a sigh. So Ashley Davies was going to be in Spencer's life again. Spencer walked over to her bed and sat on it and glanced back at the clock. No way was she getting to sleep now.
000
After Spencer dressed for bed and sat on her bed she heard a knock on the dorm room's door. Sliding out of bed Spencer figured that Aubrey must've forgotten her key-again. Reaching the door Spencer pulled it open and found herself staring at Brianna. "Hey Spencer." Brianna greeted her and walked past Spencer into her dorm.
Spencer let out a little laugh and watched Brianna sit on her bed. "Hey." She replied. Brianna was the closest thing that Spencer had managed to get as a friend. They met on Frosh-week and deemed themselves friends ever since. It wasn't much of a 'have to hang around you all the time' friendship. But it worked for Spencer. Any friend was good enough for her.
"So what's up? Haven't seen you in like what two days?" Brianna asked and Spencer nodded her head as she walked back over to Brianna.
"Yeah. I mean, just studying you know. Midterms next week." Spencer replied and Brianna nodded her head knowingly.
"I know! I've been working my butt off too."
Spencer sat next to Brianna on her bed and nodded her head. "It's been stressful." Spencer added.
Brianna let out a laugh and nodded her head. "Tell me about it." Brianna crossed her arms across her chest and glanced at Spencer. "Soooo….how are things with Robbie?" She asked and Spencer mentally sighed.
She kind of wished everyone would stop talking and hinting about Robbie. It seemed everyone around wanted them to be together. Sure, they had been together when they dated, but Spencer broke it off for a reason. Maybe not a good one, but it's a reason.
"Fine. He came by yesterday and dropped some more of my stuff off." Spencer explained her gaze falling on the spot where she had set her cd and necklace.
"So, he's making excuses to drop by?" Brianna hinted and smiled at Spencer.
Spencer let out a laugh and shook her head. "Come on Brianna. No more talk about Robbie please." She begged and Brianna nodded her head.
"Okay, okay, no more talk about him…for now." She added and Spencer shook her head. She guessed that was what friends were for to tell you everything, wither you wanted to hear it or not.
"Thank you, I guess." Spencer responded and Brianna shook her head.
"I love you Spencer." She said and quickly hugged Spencer from a sideways angle. "Really I just dropped by here to tell you about my new boyfriend." She stated and when Spencer glanced at her she let out a giggle.
"Wow, give the details." Spencer said.
"Well…his name is Ryan, he's blonde, a sophomore and really cuuuute." She said and Spencer nodded her head.
"Sounds like he's a catch." She stated simply and Brianna nodded her head.
"I hope so." Brianna slide off of Spencer's bed and glanced at her friend. "I should go, we planned to get coffee tonight. We should hang tomorrow though, okay?" Brianna asked.
Spencer nodded her head and smiled at Brianna. "Yeah, okay." She agreed.
After Brianna scooped down and hugged Spencer she walked out of the dorm, shutting the door behind her.
000
The next day Spencer woke up before her alarm clock even went off. She pushed herself up in bed and stared ahead of her. Butterflies were in her stomach and Spencer felt more nervous then she had for a long time. Ashley Davies. The Ashley Davies would be showing up at her dorm room door and Spencer didn't know what to do.
Spencer's gaze fell on her closet and she realized she should get dressed. She didn't know when Ashley would show up, but Spencer was pretty sure she would want to be dressed when she did. Spencer slipped out of her bed and walked to her closet. Starign at her clothes Spencer finally decided with a purple tank top and jeans.
After slipping on the clothes Spencer brushed her hair alongside her mirror and put on some chap stick. Glancing at her clock Spencer saw that breakfast had just started in the cafeteria. Slipping on her shoes Spencer picked up her cell phone, purse and headed out of her dorm room.
Once Spencer reached the cafeteria she Brianna stalked up to her. "Hey friend." Brianna greeted Spencer and Spencer smiled at her.
"Brianna, what's up?" Spencer asked as the two fell into the breakfast line.
"I'm tired and hungry. Plus I need my coffee, that's what's up." Brianna joked running her hands through her brown hair.
"I feel your pain, seriously. But how was the date?" Spencer asked.
Brianna smiled and nodded her head. "It was amazing. Ryan is so great. We're going out again this weekend." Brianna explained and Spencer smiled at her friend. She was glade that she had found someone else, Brianna was the kind to take breakups hard. And she had really taken her last breakup hard, she even missed a weeks worth of classes over it.
"I'm happy for you Brianna." Spencer stated and Brianna smield at her.
"I only wish I could say the same for you." Brianna joked and Spencer shook her head.
"Come on Brianna…" Spencer pleaded as their line moved and the two reached the food.
"Sorry Spencer." Brianna stated recovering her mistake.
Spencer nodded her head and reached for a tray. Holding firmly to the sides Spencer waited until the line moved to where she could reach the bagels and cream cheese. Spencer took a plain white bagel with Strawberry cream cheese, her favorite breakfast meal of all time.
The line moved to the coffee and Spencer poured herself a cup and took a few caplets of creamer. After Brianna had finished pouring her own coffee the two girl made their way to a table and plopped their trays on it. "Coffee!" Brianna stated and took a sip of the liquid as Spencer laughed at the scene.
Brianna could be a little crazy sometimes, but she got along with Spencer probably better then anyone else on campus. It was just one of those 'tag you're now my friend' thing. But Spencer was okay with it, Brianna was a pretty decent person that she liked to hang around.
"I totally agree." Spencer mumbled as she took a sip of her own coffee.
The two sat at the table and quickly drank their coffee and at their food while talking about anything that could hold interest to them.
And all the while Spencer could help but think of what exactly was going to happen once Ashley Davies showed up.
