Chapter 3

"So.." I start, not really sure what to say. "Um, you're new here." Wow Spencer, real smooth. I mentally slap myself, this is so unlike me.

Ashley giggles before answering. "Yeah. We just moved here last week." Aw. She has the cutest laugh I ever heard. I did not just think that. Moving on.

"Make a right up here." I say pointing to the street she needed to turn on. "How are you liking LA so far?" I ask, trying to make conversation. Why does this feel so freaking awkward? I'm usually so much better at this.

"It's so different then San Diego, a lot livelier. And the people are definitely hotter." She looks over at me and smiles. My cheeks burned.

I swallowed the lump in my throat before saying. "Yeah, the guys are pretty hot here. It's the house up here on the left." She pulls into my drives and puts her car in park.

"So Spencer." She says looking at me. "Can I call you sometime? You know, to talk..." She trails off, letting her question linger in the air.

I don't know why the look she's giving me right now caused my cheeks to turn a bright shade of red. I looked away, not wanting her to see.

"Um, sure." I say, taking the phone out of her hand and storing my number in it. Why did that just feel so wrong?

"Okay. I'll talk to you later then Spencer." She said my name some type of way and it made my heart flutter. I quickly get out of her car and practically run into the house. I shut the door behind me and lean against it for support, I felt like my legs couldn't hold me up.

"What are you doing?" I open my eyes and see my brother standing in front of me.

"Nothing whore bag. What are you doing here?" I ask, finally regaining my confidence that my legs could support me. I walk into the kitchen to make a snack.

"Dad and I are going to the baseball game today." He said following me into the kitchen. "Who was that, that dropped you off. His wheels are sick. Did Aiden get a new car?"

"No slut. That was Ashley." I said like he'd know who I was talking about. Glen was three years older than me. A junior in college with average grades and a genitalia that didn't like to stay in his pants. Hence the nicknames. He lives on campus, thank God, so I barely see him, again I'm mentally thanking God.

"Oh, Oooookay." He said sitting down a bar stool while I help myself to the leftover Chinese take-out from last night. Wait for it... waiiit for it... "Is she hot?" There it is.

"She's a Junior, man whore. Which means she's underage, which translates to off limits. Got it?" I say a little more abrasive than intended.

"Geez, yeah." He throws his hands up in defense. "Just asking was she hot." He shakes his head at me then makes his way into the living room.

That night as I'm doing homework... (Yes, we have homework on the second day. I know right! Who gives homework on the second day of school?) Ashley calls me. I was hesitant to answer at first but I pick it up.

"Hello." I answer.

"Hey. It's me Ashley." She says and I can hear the smile in her voice.

"I know." I giggle.

"Oh." She giggles too. "So what you doing?"

"Homework." I say closing my Math book. I was over it at the moment.

"Oh fun." She says sarcastically making me laugh.

"Oh shut it." I joke. "Don't you have any?" I ask getting up from my computer desk and laying down on the bed.

"Nope. Well technically I did, but I did it all in class so..." she trails off.

"That kinda defeats the purpose of it being homework then, doesn't it." I smile and she laughs.

"I can't help it that I'm a genius. You should get like me then maybe you won't be wasting your evenings sitting at home doing homework." She has a good point.

"Okay genius. Why don't you come over and do my homework then I'll be free to do whatever." I spit out before realizing what I was saying.

The line went quiet.

"Um... nah." She laughs. "I'll let you take care of that. My dad and I are about to go to dinner. I would invite you but I know that you got mad shit to do." Oh she's a regular comedian.

"Yeah, yeah." I say laughing at her. I never laugh this much when I'm on the phone with Aiden. Speaking of Aiden, he hasn't called or texted me all day.

"Okay then Spencer." There she goes saying my name in that way again. I'm so glad she's not here to see the blush that creeps on to my cheeks. "I guess I'll see you at school tomorrow. I just wanted to hear your voice for a while." Huh? "I mean, I just wanted to see what you were doing." She quickly corrects and I can hear her slapping her head and what she'd just let slip.

"Okay." I smile into the phone. "I'll see you tomorrow" She says a quick bye and hangs up the phone.

What the hell just happened? I ask myself before getting up and finishing my homework.

Madison ended up picking me up the next day for school. Thank God, my car will be out of the shop tomorrow. Aiden didn't call or text me last night and that is so unlike him. I didn't even see him all day at school until lunch.

I'm sitting in the quad waiting for Madison and Carmen to show up.

"Hey baby." He snakes his arm around my waist and pull me into a kiss like shits normal... no you don't get off that easy.

"Don't hey baby me." I say pushing him back with a finger to his chest. "What happened to you last night and all day today?" I question him with a hand on my hip and a look so he knows I'm serious.

He laughs at my actions then answers, "I was beat after football tryouts so I fell asleep right when I got home, I didn't even eat dinner and I've been in class all day that's why you haven't seen me." He smiles that cute smile he knows I can't resist before kissing me again. This time I reciprocate.

"I guess I'll accept that." I say as he pulls back.

"Okay baby. It won't happen again." He says cutely then kisses my forehead. "Can we go to lunch now cause I'm starved?" He pulls me towards the parking lot.

"Noooope baby." Madison already ordered a pizza and her and Carm went to pick it up like 10 minutes ago so they should be back any second now." And as if on cue Carmen and Madison pull up in the parking lot.

"Sup bitches, we come bearing gifts." Carmen says as she gets out of the car with the pizza.

"No bitch. I come bearing gifts, your ass didn't even wanna go in half with me." Madison says getting out of the driver side.

"Okay. But I'm carrying it so." Carmen shrugs and Madison shakes her head I just smile the pair of them.

We made our way back into the quad and sit at the senior table. Aw, look at all the poor underclassmen subjected to eating the nastiest school lunch ever. Seriously, I don't know how we survived those three years on that stuff. It's lethal.

"Oh, there's the girl I was telling you about the other day Spence." Carmen says pointing towards the parking lot where Ashley was getting out of her car with a bag of Mickey D's. I'm still not quite sure how she gets to leave campus and she's just a Junior. Remind me to ask her that.

"What are you babbling about?" I ask Carmen, as I take another bite of my pizza.

"The kid with the famous music producer dad." She says with a mouth full of food. First off, ew. Second off, Ashley?

"Ashley?" I say confused.

"Yeah. Ashley Davis or something like that. Her dad owns the record label that The Script and Sara Bareilles are on." I watch as Ashley makes her way through the quad and sits at a table with some other juniors. I never thought about the connection between Ashley and Raife Davies; the owner of Epic Records. I guess that's something we'll have to talk about tonight when she calls.

If she calls I mean. Not that I want her to call or that I'm hoping she'll call or anything I just... oh nevermind.

"I catch up with you guys later." I say suddenly and get up from the table, getting confused looks from my friends. I go to the bathroom and splash water on my face cause I'm not really sure what's going on with me.

"Hey." I jump and turn around holding my chest, to see Ashley standing there smiling.

"Do you enjoy scaring people?" I smile as I grab a paper towel to wipe my face.

"No. Not people, just you." There go my cheeks again, ugh I can't with this girl and her power to make me blush.

"Oh." I say throwing away the paper towel. Well this is awkward. We're both just standing here.

"I saw you kinda jet in here and I just wanted to make sure you were okay." She says suddenly.

How adorably cute. "I'm fine." I say simply. I really am at lost for words right now. She somehow has that affect on me.

"That good." She said looking down, suddenly finding the floor interesting.

"It was sweet of you to check." I said moving closer to her. She looked up and caught my and eyes and now I'm the one that finds the floor more interesting.

"Um, I was wondering if... like... maybe later, you know... if you weren't doing anything we could-" Her sentence was cut short by the arrival of two freshmen giggling as they walked into the bathroom. Probably gossiping, cause that's what they like to do. Followed by the bell ringing. She forced a smile before saying a quick 'I'll talk to you later' and jetting out of the bathroom.

Perfect fucking timing freshmen.

So here is the next update as promised. I am so glad you guys are liking it so far. Like I said before it's gonna start off pretty slow so bare with me. Review and tell me how you felt about this chapter. :)