Disclaimer: I own nothing about SoN.
A/N: I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday! Can you believe it's 2011? A big thank you to all of you who have showed interest in the story so far! Also, sorry about the delay. College has taken over my life. I suppose that might be a good thing, since it's helping me better my future but whatever.
*The song is Running Around In My Dreams by Tyrone Wells. The lyrics have been tweaked slightly so it makes more sense for this fic.
"Sing something," Spencer said softly as she trailed kisses up Ashley's jaw. She ended with a kiss to her forehead before sitting back. Ashley opened her eyes and stared up at Spencer.
"Like what?" she said, a small laugh escaping her. Spencer shrugged and adjusted herself so she was straddling Ashley's legs.
"Anything," she replied.
"It was one of those moments, when everything changes. She was climbing out of a Chevrolet on the passenger's side. I must have been staring 'cause when I caught her eye, it seemed like I had been looking at her for all of my life. So I said, why don't you come and go with me? Somehow I know I've waited my whole life to see you standing there with the wind in your hair. I'm as sure as a girl could be, you are the girl that's been running around in my dreams*," Ashley sang softly.
"Did you just make that up?" Spencer asked. Ashley shook her head.
"I've been working on it for a little bit," Ashley replied. She let her hands trace Spencer's hips before resting on her thighs.
"I like it," Spencer said, leaning down to kiss Ashley.
"I like you," Ashley said right as Spencer's lips hit hers. She was pretty positive there was no way she could or would ever get used to kissing Spencer. It had been a week since their date on the pier, a week since their first kiss, and every time since then her stomach got butterflies at the feel of Spencer's lips on hers.
"I like you too," Spencer said once they separated. Ashley smiled and reconnected their lips.
"I have a crisis I need you to attend to!" Alex burst through Ashley's apartment door and made herself known. Ashley and Spencer broke apart in alarm.
"Bitch do you knock?" Ashley said. She felt more than heard Spencer chuckle at her exclamation.
"Did you not hear me? I have a crisis!" Alex said, her hands on her hips. Ashley rolled her eyes and Spencer moved to sit on the couch rather than on Ashley.
"Spencer, this is Alex, my best friend. Alex, this is Spencer," Ashley said. Spencer waved at Alex.
"Hi Spencer! I would normally be a lot more interested in meeting the girl that has my best friend's panties in a twist but I have a major crisis at hand," Alex babbled. Ashley blushed at Alex's words and Spencer sent an amused look toward the brunette she had just been kissing.
"What's your crisis then?" Ashley asked. Alex ran a hand through her hair and began pacing.
"I kissed Sarah!" she said.
"And that's a crisis?" Ashley asked.
"Yes!" Alex said, throwing her hands up in the air as she continued to pace.
"Er, why? I thought you wanted to kiss her," Ashley said. Alex rolled her eyes and began ranting.
"Sarah is the girl Alex really likes," Ashley whispered to Spencer, who was enthralled with watching Alex pace back and forth.
"…so I said I would go with her. And as we were walking back to her car I kissed her! I just kissed her! There was no thought process involved at all. And then I realized what I was doing and I stopped. And without even seeing her reaction I said bye and left. Like, what the fuck is wrong with me? First I was an idiot and then I acted like a total jackass," Alex said. Ashley winced at the volume of Alex's voice. She was getting shriller and shriller and pretty soon she would be screaming.
"Turn the main down a tad Skid Row. I'm bleeding from the ears," Ashley said dryly.
"You are such a jerk!" Alex replied. Ashley rolled her eyes.
"Nice insult, Hannah Montana," Ashley said. "I'm not seeing the problem here. So you kissed her, big deal."
"I don't think you're understanding my predicament," Alex said. She took Ashley's face in her hands and forced her to pay attention to her.
"I kissed her," Alex said.
"You're gay. Kissing a girl is normal," Ashley replied.
"I kissed a girl who I'm not positive is gay. I kissed a girl who I have a really good friendship with. I could have just potentially ruined said friendship. I. Kissed. Her," Alex said. She let go of Ashley's face and flopped onto the couch with a sigh.
"Well, I suppose you should apologize for leaving like that," Ashley said. She put her arm around Spencer's shoulders and drew her to her chest. She felt Spencer lay a soft kiss to her neck.
"I don't even know if I can talk to her right now!" Alex said.
"Well you're going to have to try. Don't apologize for the kiss, because we both know you wanted to do it or you wouldn't have. Apologize for leaving like you did and then you need to talk to her about how you feel. I told you it isn't fair to you to keep yourself from getting a chance," Ashley said.
"But what if she doesn't like me?" Alex said.
"Then she doesn't like you. Shit happens dude. I know you really like her, but if you guys are as good of friends as you say you are, she'll be chill with it," Ashley replied.
"But what if-"
"Stop with the what ifs!" Ashley interrupted. "If people thought about every what if possible I'm pretty sure the atomic bomb wouldn't have happened! Go for it! Before I kick your ass six ways to Sunday!"
"Okay, okay," Alex whined. "Ugh, this sucks." She stood from the couch and gathered her things that she had thrown down in her haste to explain her crisis.
"Thanks skank!" Alex called out as she opened the door.
"You're welcome whore!" Ashley called back. She watched her best friend leave before turning her attention back to Spencer.
"So that's your best friend?" Spencer asked, highly amused.
"Yeah, that's my best friend," Ashley replied, grinning.
"Hah, I like her," Spencer said.
"I hope not more than me," Ashley said. She flipped Spencer underneath her and settled on top of the blonde.
"I hate to tell you this, but I'm thoroughly taken with Alex," Spencer said, teasing Ashley with a small smirk.
"Humph," Ashley said, her voice getting husky. "I'll show you who you're thoroughly taken with." Ashley watched as Spencer's bright blue eyes darkened a hue.
"Please do," the blonde rasped out. And with that, Ashley met her lips with Spencer's.
"Okay, I like Anne Hathaway as much as the next lesbian, but Catwoman?" Ashley said. "She is not fierce. She's like…Thumper. She's adorable. She's sweet. She is not Catwoman." Spencer giggled.
"Maybe she's exploring a new side of her," Spencer said. Ashley snorted.
"I think that woman has great acting skills…but she's going to fail abysmally in this role," Ashley said.
"I like that you're an actress slash actor critic now," Spencer said with a small grin. Ashley rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah," she said. She squeezed Spencer's hand and leaned in to kiss her on the cheek. "You, missy, have to get to class. And I have to get back to work."
"Okay," Spencer said. "I'll text you later." She leaned down the inch that separated her and Ashley and pressed her lips to the brunette's.
"Mm, please do. You know I get ridiculously bored at work," Ashley replied. She kissed Spencer once last time before letting go and returning to her car. She made sure Spencer got into her building before she drove off.
"How's Spencer?" Alex asked as Ashley got back to her office.
"She's good. We spent most of the hour arguing about movies over lunch," Ashley said. "Have you talked to Sarah yet?" Alex blushed and looked away from her best friend.
"No," she muttered. Ashley rolled her eyes.
"You do know the longer you put it off, the worse things will be," Ashley said. "She probably thinks you're the biggest dick in the world."
"I know! I'm just so afraid to talk to her!" Alex replied. Ashley sighed and perched herself on the edge of Alex's desk.
"Well, you need to speak with her. I don't know what else to tell you," Ashley said. "Now give me your phone." Alex eyed her with suspicion.
"Why?" she asked. Ashley rolled her eyes.
"Spencer said to give her number to you earlier in case she can't get a hold of me," Ashley said.
"Whipped," Alex said, handing Ashley her cell phone. Ashley was quiet as she typed away in Alex's phone.
"Bitch," she said as she handed Alex's phone back to her. "Talk to her. She's waiting." And with that, Ashley walked into her office and closed the door. Alex looked down at her phone. Ashley hadn't put Spencer's number in her phone. She had called Sarah.
It was times like these that made Ashley ridiculously aware of how much work her life needed. She was lying on her couch watching MTV. Chinese take-out boxes laid on the coffee table in front of her and her half gone Smirnoff Ice sat next to them.
Spencer was going out with some of her friends for the night and Ashley didn't want to bother her by texting her. She didn't want to seem needy. Ashley rolled her eyes as she thought about how into Spencer she was. Maybe Spencer wasn't as into Ashley as she thought she was? She hadn't talked to Alex since she left work. She suspected her best friend was slightly angry with her for calling Sarah but who else would have done it? Aiden was busy making amends with his other friends and was out drinking with them. She hadn't spoken to Kyla since their fight weeks ago.
Her life definitely needed work.
"You would think being sixteen and pregnant would make you grow up a little more," Ashley muttered to herself as she took a drink of her Smirnoff. She sighed. She didn't want to watch that.
And so she took up flipping through channels as she continued to drink. Before she knew it, the clock read eleven thirty. She hadn't heard from Spencer all night and she was slightly sad and worried. She rolled her eyes. She had no reason to be worried about Spencer. She was a grown woman out with her friends. She didn't constantly have to text her if she didn't want to.
But Ashley wanted her to.
"That's it, Davies," she mumbled. "You're going to bed. You're slightly tipsy and really bored." With that, she put extreme effort into getting up from her couch and made her way into the kitchen to throw away her mess.
As Ashley slid under the covers of her bed, her phone vibrated.
From: Spencer
I miss you.
The size of the grin that broke out on Ashley's face was ridiculously large as she texted back.
I miss you too. Come keep me company?
There was only a couple minute break before Ashley had her answer.
Yes please! :) I'll be over in a little bit.
Ashley set her phone on her bedside table and lay back against her pillows. Maybe Spencer was just as into her as Ashley was into Spencer.