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Hide My Heart- Run Don't Walk
Spencer woke up feeling a little rough from her new friend alcohol. Once Ashley had dropped her home last night Spencer had pretty much passed out just wanting the night to end. The whole experienced had been extremely overwhelming and now she wasn't sure if she could handle changing her life so she could still be a part of Aiden's. She knew that Aiden would never ditch her but she had already noticed the subtle changes in her appearance and personality. It seems over the summer he was now outgoing and confident with girls, which wasn't a skill he possessed previously. In fact Aiden had never been fully aware of just how good looking he was or the reason why so many girls wanted to hang out with him. Spencer had noticed over the past few years that Aiden was cute and all the things that boys should be but she could only ever see him as a best friend maybe even a brother, much to her Mother's annoyance.
Stretching Spencer climbed out of bed making her way down to the kitchen where she could already smell her Father's famous pancakes. Rubbing her belly Spencer walked into her family kitchen smiling as she spotted her Mother and Father cooking.
"Morning Spencer" Her father chimed splashing his warming smile.
"Morning Dad…..Hey Mom" Spencer replied sitting at the breakfast bar grabbing herself a glass of juice.
"Did you have a good evening?" Paula asked handing Spencer a plate.
"It was ok" Spencer answered trying to sound chirpy but failing miserably if the expressions on her parents faces were anything to go by.
"Did you and Aiden have a fight? I happened to be up when you came home and noticed that it wasn't Aiden dropping you off?" Paula asked making Spencer giggle with her lack of tact.
"No we didn't have a fight. I was ready to leave and he wasn't so Ashley gave me a ride" Spencer explained hoping that they would just drop the topic now.
"Ashley who?" Paula asked clearly not ready to drop the issue.
"Davies"
"I hear she's bad news"
"Apparently you hear that about everybody that doesn't attend the same church as us" Spencer snapped remembering a similar conversation about Carmen a few weeks ago.
"There is no need to be rude Spencer" Paula reprimanded her youngest child.
"Spencer is right Paula. She is a fantastic judge of character and is quite capable of making friends" Arthur interrupted getting a thankful smile from Spencer.
"Ashley isn't a friend, I only met her last night but I think her and Aiden hit it off so we may become friends" Spencer explained digging into the fresh pancakes that had just been put in front of her.
"Her and Aiden but…" Paula went to talk but Spencer quickly cut in.
"If you say 'but what about you and Aiden' I will actually scream" Spencer snapped getting up to stand up and leave deciding that even her Dads pancakes aren't worth the hassle.
"I just think that you and Aiden have a history and it's a shame to throw it away"
"Me and Aiden are friends…in fact we are practically brother and sister. I do not like him in a romantic way just like he doesn't see me like that so just drop it please. I'm going back to room thanks for breakfast" Spencer was back upstairs before her parents could argue. Slamming her door in true angry teenager style Spencer dropped on to her bed sighing in frustration. Her moment of peace was interrupted by a tapping on her bedroom window. Knowing full well who it would be Spencer groaned her permission to enter. Aiden stumbled through the window in same fashion he had always done but this time he looked like somebody had kicked his puppy.
"Hey jackass" Spencer joked sitting up to look at her best friend.
"Ok I deserve that…..look I'm sorry about last night Spence. I shouldn't have gotten involved and I get that now. I should never have let you leave without me either, that was selfish and wrong" Aiden ranting much to Spencer's amusement.
"You acted like a total jerk and embarrassed me in front of a bunch of people who have no idea who I am but its ok. You were just looking out for me even if you ill-informed and more than likely wrong but I appreciate it" Spencer replied punching her best friend in the arm.
"Glad you got back ok. Did you get a cab?" Aiden asked sitting on the bean bag that was under the window.
"Erm actually no Ashley gave me a ride"
"Ashley gave you a ride…..oh" Aiden looked glumly at Spencer.
"Does that upset you in some weird way?"
"No exactly it's just that I thought we were hitting it off then she went after you and never came back to the party which is weird as it was at her house. Guess wasn't in to me"
"That isn't true dumbass, she totally told me you were cute so I think she likes you" Spencer said happy that she had made her best smile but ignoring the nagging feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"For real?" Aiden asked like an over excited puppy.
"Yes"
"Awesome….so do you wanna hang today?" Aiden asked hoping that Spencer would say yes.
"Depends on what you want to do?"
"Go to the park? Go to the beach maybe?" Aiden suggested.
"I suppose I could work on my tan before school on Monday"
"Cool, meet you outside in half an hour?"
Spencer nodded as she watched Aiden climb back out the window wondering why he didn't just take the stairs. Spencer had meant to ask Aiden what he had heard about Carmen but she was afraid to find out what it was. It must have been quite bad for Aiden to get that mad and worried about it. Spencer wanted to call Carmen but decided that she would wait until later so that the fiery girl had time to cool off. Spencer had a quick shower then threw on her favourite black and white polka dot bikini with some board shorts. She was genuinely excited about going to the beach with Aiden. Climbing out her bedroom window wanting to avoid another throw down with the parentals Spencer saw Aiden waiting outside by his car.
"Guessing you and Paula had words this morning?" Aiden asked as they climbed into the car.
"Something like that" Spencer replied wanting to avoid taking it any further. While driving Aiden filled Spencer in with some his summer camp stories and she spoke in detail about her new friends. Aiden seemed to be making an effort in listening to Spencer talk about Carmen and he seemed to be holding back any comments.
Pulling up at the beach Spencer felt relaxed straight away and her back to school worries plus her overbearing Mother soon disappeared. They found a nice spot close enough to the sea and Aiden laid out the blanket so Spencer could sun bathe. As they were unpacking some drinks and things somebody calling Aiden's name stopped them.
"Dan wassup Dude?" Aiden replied to the offender who was the same guy that Spencer had met last night. The two guys did some boy handshake and stood talking for a few seconds about the party last night. Dan stopped the conversation when he spotted Spencer taking off her board shorts. His eyes were glued to Spencer and this didn't go unnoticed by Aiden who punched Dan in the arm.
"Dude" Aiden reprimanded literally knocking Dan out of his daydream. Dan straightened himself out and smiled at Spencer who was now staring at the two guys as if they were from another planet.
"Hey Spencer nice to see you again" Dan smiled sweetly putting out his hand which Spencer shook.
"You too Dan. Are you here on your own?" Spencer asked looking around the beach.
"No actually with have a whole thing set up over by the cabanas. Ashley spotted you guys from over there and sent me to ask if you wanted to join us" Dan explained pointing to the group who were all sat together.
"Actually Dan we were just meant to be catching up today…..just the two of us" Aiden interrupted not liking that this guy clear liked Spencer.
"Oh well that's cool….erm maybe later?"
"Dan can you give us a second and we'll be over" Spencer stated smiling sweetly at Dan who smiled back and jogged back over to his friends.
"Spence I thought you just wanted to hang?" Aiden stated clearly annoyed that she had implied that they would in fact be joining them.
"And I thought you liked Ashley?" Spencer threw back.
"So?" Aiden replied clearly not getting Spencer's point.
"So Ashley is over there and she has invited us over…do the math jock strap" Spencer said as she packed back up her things. Aiden took a while but he got the point and started to follow Spencer's lead. As the approached the cabana where everyone was chilling Spencer spotted Ashley who was sat on a sun bed of her own. Spencer couldn't help but notice how much the sun complimented Ashley and how the brunette was almost staring back at her.
Ashley had spotted Aiden and Spencer heading down the beach and took the opportunity to get them to join the group. She wanted to make sure that Spencer was ok after last night plus she was bored of her present company. As she saw the blonde approaching she tried her best to look at Aiden but her eyes were drawn to Spencer. Ashley placed her aviator sunglasses over her eyes so she could let them freely scan over Spencer's body. She took in every curve and inch of flesh wishing that nobody else was around in that moment. Her thoughts were interrupted by Aiden or some other boy saying something.
"Hey Ashley thank you for inviting us over" Aiden smiled as she stood over Ashley with Spencer stood behind him talking to Dan who had already made his intentions for Spencer very clearly to Ashley already which only made her want to punch the guy.
"Yea no worries. Hey Spencer how you doing today?" Ashley asked with genuine concern in her voice. The blonde turned around immediately recognising the husky voice.
"I'm fine…..I'm sorry if I was rude to you yesterday" Spencer replied taking a seat at Ashley instruction on the sun bed. Aiden ignored Ashley's passive hello and decided her would talk to her later in the meantime he wanted to play football with the guys who were just getting started.
"Spence I'm gonna go play football is that cool?" Aiden asked just checking.
"Yea that's fine Aid go have fun" Spencer smiled as she watched Aiden walk off with the guys. With all the guys gone Spencer realised that it was now only her and Ashley left at the cabana which suddenly made her feel nervous.
"So you and Aiden huh?" Spencer said out loud just wanting to end the silence that had taken over since they had been left alone.
"What did he tell you?" Ashley asked worried that Aiden had told Spencer something that wasn't true.
"Just that he thinks you're cute and that he likes you"
"Oh….I liked him too. So have you spoken to Carmen yet?" Ashley asked changing the subject.
"Nope I figured that I would give her some time to cool off before I talk to her plus I'm not even sure what to say…..I don't even know what the hell happened"
"Didn't you ask Aiden?"
"No because what he knows is just gossip. I want to know the truth or I don't want to know at all"
"So you seem quite into Dan" Ashley noted wanting to change the subject again hoping that Spencer would never ask her about Carmen or what Aiden had been told.
"Maybe I'm not sure. He's cute but that seems as about as deep as it goes really but I suppose I'm going to have to the whole boyfriend thing at some point" Spencer answered clearly not bothered by the concept of relationships .
"Who says?" Ashley asked without thinking.
"Nobody I guess but it's just normal. You get to a certain age and you have a boyfriend and I think I'm at that age now" Spencer explained having made her assumptions from tv shows, magazines and of course her Mother. Ashley's expression was unreadable and she was shaking her head which only confused Spencer.
"Spencer you should never do something just because other people say you should or that it's expected of you. You have plenty of options in life and sometimes they might be something or someone you've never considered before" Ashley explained hoping that Spencer wouldn't read too much into her comments or ask too many questions. Ashley could've kept her mouth shut but there is something about Spencer that made Ashley want to tell her everything truthfully.
"That's true I mean I who would've thought I'd be hanging out with you of all people?" Spencer joked not wanting to think too much into what Ashley had said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ashley replied feigning hurt.
"You have ever only known me as Glen Carlin's little sister and so have most of the school" Spencer stated not knowing with Ashley was joking or not.
"Well that has definitely changed now Spencer…..I want to know you for you not because you are some basketball players little sister or best friend"
"I'm not very interesting" Spencer said shyly tucking her hair behind her ear avoiding eye contact with Ashley. For some reason this girl made her feel nervous and gave her butterflies in her stomach.
"I find you interesting and so does Dan….you two should go on a date" Ashley suddenly became aware that she was saying too much and needed to change the topic before she freaked Spencer out.
"I'll make you a deal" Spencer offered.
"Anything" Ashley said with a raise eyebrow.
"I'll go on a date with Dan if you go on a date with Aiden" Spencer suggested even though something about that sentence made her feel uncomfortable.
"Ok but only if we double date?" Ashley added knowing that tis way she would be able to go on date without having to spend any time alone with some guy.
"Ok deal" Spencer shook Ashley's hand and the two girls shared a glance for a little bit longer than necessary and then they both looked away smiling through the embarrassment.
