Chapter 7
Ashley
"Spencer said she's going to be here in about ten minutes" I tell everyone as I slip my cell phone back into my pocket.
"how great can this doctor really be" Shay asks as she takes another swig of her beer, her third beer. She casually wraps her arm around her on and off girlfriend Mel, waiting for some support. We've been sitting here for about an hour, and it's mostly us been joking around and having a couple of drinks. Okay well to be honest, it's mostly been me complaining about Spencer's date.
"yeah, come on. We all know you and Spencer have that sexual tension thing going on" Mel speaks up.
"What?" I ask and everyone agrees, including Kyla.
"See!" Kyla pipes up. "Everyone knew it!" she laughs at me.
"you mean to tell me, all of you, knew that I liked Spencer before I did?" I ask incredulously. There's 6 of us sitting at a couple of tables in the bar. And they all nod their heads.
"uh yeah" Rebecca, the red head says from my right. "you've got to be blind to not see it. There's no such thing as two lesbians who are just best friends"
"you and Christina are best friends" I point out to the two of them as their eyes meet across the table.
"yeah, but Rebecca and I tried dating a few years ago" Christina points out. "it didn't work out" she shrugs, they both do.
"but the point is you two are just friends" I argue.
"the thing about lesbian best friends is that whether there was a past, present or future there will always be some sort of relationship. Or at least an attempt. Lesbians have this thing about when they get close to another lesbian they can't help but test the waters." Christina continues.
"it doesn't always work out, but lesbians are naturally curious about all other lesbians" Shay adds.
"it's like the lesbian sex test" Rebecca shrugs and all the girls except for Kyla nod in agreement.
"the what?" I ask.
"the lesbian sex test" Rebecca repeats. And she notices my confusion and I urge her to continue. "whenever a lesbian meets another lesbian at some point she does the lesbian sex test. Which basically means in her head she creates a scenario of the two of them, and asks herself if the opportunity to sleep with her came up, would she"
"that's ridiculous, not everyone does that" I state.
"actually, that's not even a lesbian thing, that's a straight thing too" Kyla adds, not helping my situation. "but not like all the time…"
"whether you're in a relationship or single there's always that question in the back of your mind 'would I sleep with her if she propositioned me?' and even if your answer is yes it doesn't mean you're going to sleep with her, it's just a natural thing to ask" Christina says. "And it's not like your answer can't change over time."
I guess it's true, sometimes. I can't lie, I've definitely done that before, but not with every lesbian I meet. Well I probably will from now on since they've put the idea in my head.
"So when all of you met me you did the lesbian sex test?" I ask, trying to take advantage of the situation, to which they all obviously nod, Kyla excluded – thank god. "and? What was your first impression?" I ask with the biggest smirk of life.
"yes"
"yes"
"yes"
"yes"
They each went around the table one by one waiting for each other's response. Mel and Shay just laughed at each other.
"you dirty little whores" I call them out with a laugh of my own.
"and why exactly are they dirty little whores?" we hear a voice from behind us.
"Spencer!" Rebecca calls out as they all get up to greet her and give her a hug. They shuffle around the table pulling up a couple chairs between me and Rebecca, to make some space for her and her date and me.
Spencer gives me a kiss on the side of the head as a hello as she takes her seat beside me and shuffles out of her leather jacket.
"guys, this is Maggie" she introduces happily.
"the doctor!" they all cry out as a joke. Even Kyla. Though they've all had a few drinks.
"Ash" Spencer chides me quietly so that Maggie can't hear.
"what?" I shrug. "you never said they couldn't call her that" I joke.
"hey" Maggie says confidently even though she's blushing at her new nickname.
"Maggie, this is Rebecca, Kyla, Mel, Shay, Christina and Ashley" Spencer goes around the table introducing us. They all say a quick hello but I just smile at her and remain quiet.
We all sort of pause at the awkward silence not really knowing what to say. Usually I'm okay with carrying a conversation but I can't help but feel a little awkward with the doctor around.
"Fitzy!" I call out as I turn around grabbing his attention. "shots" I yell across the bar while pointing to our table.
"shots?" Spencer asks.
"yeah, I told you we're celebrating your promotion. So that means shots!" I say excitedly. Within seconds one of the waitresses brings over 8 shots of tequila and some limes for the table.
"thanks Kelly" both Spencer and I smile at the waitress. As the boss I'm close with all of my employees. And as the boss' best friend, so is Spencer.
"ladies, let's do this!" Christina raises her shot glass, the rest of us following. "To Spencer and her promotion, the best damn camera shootin', video editin' lesbian out there!" she toasts and we all laugh. Her job obviously has nothing to do with her being gay, but Christina throws it in there anyways.
"cheers" we all say together and clink the shot glasses before downing the shots and biting the limes. I always loved the terrible scrunched up sour face Spencer makes after shooting tequila and limes. I chuckle at her and she sticks out her tongue at me, knowing exactly why I'm laughing.
"so you never told me why everyone's a dirty little whore" Spencer speaks up.
"oh" I pipe up, putting my lime back down on the plate with the others. "nothing new, everyone just wants to get with Ashley Davies" I shrug it off as if it's nothing. And Spencer just raises an eyebrow at the rest of the table.
"the lesbian sex test" Rebecca clarifies.
"oh" Spencer and the doctor nod in understanding.
"Did everyone know about this test but me?" I ask causing the others to laugh. I'm actually in shock of this information.
"sorry babe, maybe you're not quite the power lesbian you made yourself out to be" Shay shrugs.
"So Maggie…" Kyla starts off, trying to include her in the conversation. "tell us about yourself." She smiles sweetly, Kyla has always had knack for coming off as a really sweet person. Which she is, she definitely has that good heartedness thing going on.
"how'd you and Spencer meet?" Rebecca adds.
"we met here actually" Maggie answers. And I take this time to really look at Maggie.
Gorgeous red hair similar to Rebecca's but it's a natural light red, borderline blonde almost. She's cute, preppy style in contrast to Spencer's dark jeans and sexy lace top, but once upon a time Spencer was pretty preppy too, still is I guess. She has perfect teeth and a great smile, knows her way around a make up brush, and a pair of brown leather knee high boots. Spencer has a thing for girls who can pull off boots. She's sweet looking, very well put together. I'd do her if I didn't know her…and if she didn't already know Spencer.
"she sent me a glass of champagne at the bar and then proceeded to blow me off before even asking for my name" the doctor says and the other girls all laugh. "but she turned it around eventually" she says and smiles directly at the perfect blonde sitting between us.
"looks like someone is stealing Ashley's pick up move" Shay comments referring to the glass of champagne bit.
"actually Ashley was the one who sent over the champagne, it was her attempt to set me up with another girl" Spencer smiles.
"that's such an Ashley thing to do" Mel points out.
"oh definitely, Ashley is such a player with the ladies at the bar" Shay agrees as do the other girls.
"I can't help that I have game" I shrug.
"is that how you work Ash?" Kyla asks with a smile. She doesn't spend every night at the bar like Spencer and I do so she doesn't really know. "you send girls a glass of champagne and pick them up?"
"no, no, no" I'm quick to correct her. "sending a glass of champagne is just a simple way of breaking the ice."
"Ashley is the master of picking up chicks" Christina jumps in, explaining it mostly to the doctor, all the other girls just smile.
"what's your secret, Ashley?" the doctor asks me specifically.
"oh there's no secret, just charming personality and a good wingman" I smirk and nudge Spencer in the arm. Spencer can't help but blush in embarrassment in her hand at my whore-ishness.
"really?" the doctor asks Spencer. "you're her wingman?" she asks in disbelief.
"Ash, can you please show us again!" Rebecca begs.
"oh hell yes!" Christina urges on. They love to just watch the games I play. Plus they're getting a little drunk and rowdy.
"guys, no, come on, we're celebrating Spencer's job, we're not here to watch me try and pick up some girl"
"please Ash!" even Kyla begs. That's when you know she's had a few too many drinks. "just go and get someone's number." I look around the table and the girls all seem pretty eager to watch this.
"only if… Spencer helps me out" I smirk and look over at my best friend beside me.
"Spencer, please?" Shay begs. And soon enough all the girls are joining in. Even the doctor wants to see it.
"Fine!" Spencer finally agrees. "but lets get some more shots first. Who wants?"
Kyla, Shay, Mel and the doctor all turn it down, but Spencer turns around and waves Fitz down for 4 more shots of tequila. We toast again quickly as most of the girls are still pretty eager to see the show we put on.
"can we pick the girl?" Rebecca asks, she and Christina are having a field day with this.
"might as well, just pick someone at the bar" I say. I don't even bother turning around to see what kind of girls are at the bar, but I trust them.
"okay, brunette in the pink sparkly top?" Rebecca offers.
"no, go with the dirty blonde in the red t-shirt and black suspenders" Mel suggests. I finally turn around and see my target, a young girl, clearly gay and about to get the Ashley Davies charm.
"drink system?" I ask Spencer.
"Sure" she laughs and waves it off, I can tell she's starting to feel the effects of the tequila.
I grab my rum and coke from the table and stand up to make my leave.
"wish me luck" I tell the girls with a wink and they all laugh and whistle at me as I walk to the bar. As I leave I over hear the doctor asking everyone what the drink system is. Lucky for her she'll get a first hand view of it.
I take a seat at the end of the bar, far enough away from the dirty blonde that we're not beside each other, but she can still see me.
"hey Fitz" I nod.
"hey, anything I can get for you?" he asks wondering why I'm at the bar.
"the doctor wants to see the drinks system in action" I shrug at him and he nods. He knows all about the doctor and everything that's going on. Fitz is a bartender so he's natural listener. And I'm a drinker, so I'm a natural talker.
"I see" he nods back at me. "is this something we're going to have fun with?" he asks with a smirk of his own.
"oh Fitz, you know me so well." I smirk back at him. "So bartender, please send your finest glass of champagne to the lovely blonde in the red t-shirt and black suspenders."
"one champagne coming right up" he says and goes off to work.
I sit and watch as Fitz delivers the drink to the girl and he subtly points to me across the bar, explaining to the blonde that it was me who sent the drink. Her eyes light up slightly and she gives a smile and a nod. I glance to my left noticing all of the girls at the table discretely watching me, the doctor not so discretely. The blonde in the red shirt gets up from her stool at the bar and I watch as she gracefully walks over to talk to me.
"hi" she smiles and takes the seat next to me.
"hi" I smile back at her, flashing my pearly whites. A big smile shows that I'm interested, but not eager.
"thanks for the drink" she smiles back.
"it was my pleasure, I'm Ashley" I hold out my hand, sort of palm up, in the close distance between us. The palm up allows her to slip her hand into my hand easily and it makes her feel a bit girly having her palm down. It's an old chivalry thing.
"Lynn" she says and shakes my hand softly. We both pull back but I let my fingertips graze her palm as she slowly pulls away.
"Lynn what's a pretty girl like you doing at the bar without a girlfriend?" I ask, and we skip the whole awkward 'are you gay' inquisition. It's a pretty obvious gay bar, plus her suspenders give away her sexuality.
"what makes you think I don't have a girlfriend?" she flirts.
"Any smart girl who was your girlfriend wouldn't let you go to a bar with just your friends" I nod over to the group of girls she's hanging with. Who of which, are also eagerly watching our interaction. "I mean if I were your girlfriend there's no way I would let you out of my sight" I say forwardly, girls like this are always looking for confident people. Who doesn't?
"ladies, can I get you anything?" Fitz asks as if just on cue.
"I'm good" Lynn replies back with a smile, seeing as I just got her a glass of champagne. I lean over to Fitz and take a second to scan Lynn up and down real quickly. I know exactly what drink to send. I whisper a drink in his ear to be delivered to Spencer, he gives a quick nod and smile and prepares the drink to get Kelly to deliver to her.
"you're right though" Lynn says. Of course I am. "no girlfriend"
"good" and that's all I have to say to let her know I'm interested in her. "Lynn it looks like your friends are watching us pretty tightly" I whisper into her ear quietly as I place my hand on her arm, trying to establish closeness between the two of us. I don't even have to look at her friends to know they're giggling and watching their friend flirt. In the background of the bar I hear the noticeable laughs of my friends hollering, as they must have realized the drink I delivered to Spencer. She'll be over here any minute.
To be honest, she probably won't be too happy with the drink I sent over. It's not one of her favourite signals. But I wish I could have seen the look on her face when Kelly delivered that mimosa to her.
"yeah, well it's not often a pretty girl sends me a glass of champagne at the bar" Lynn shyly says with a blush. Which I would actually find endearing if I was trying to pick her up and take her home with me. But tonight I'm just looking for a phone number. A number I probably won't even call.
Before I can even reply with a flirty come back I see Spencer out of the corner of my eye saunter over here with her sexiest walk. I do love this drink system.
"Ashley" Spencer smiles, effectively interrupting my close conversation with Lynn. "it's so good to see you again" she says in a husky, sexy voice as she places her right hand on my waist leaning in pressing our bodies together. I glance from Spencer to Lynn and back to Spencer, all apart of the charade of course.
"oh sorry" Spencer pulls back, and I miss the feeling of her body on mine. That feeling is not apart of the charade. "I didn't mean to interrupt. It's just been a really long time Ash, I've missed you" she smirks. God damn, she is a good actress.
"it's good to see you too, Spencer" I say with reluctance, trying to show Lynn I'm not interested in Spencer, but in her instead. Of course this is a very difficult thing to do considering the on going situation.
"should I leave you two alone?" Lynn asks, feeling slightly awkward.
"no, no, please don't go" I plead to her, even though there's nothing more I would like right now than to have Spencer like this. I never really had her and I already miss her touch.
"I'm leaving anyways" Spencer adds in, still acting out our scenario. "but Ashley you have my number, give me a call. I'm not busy this weekend" she says and takes a step closer. "At all" she whispers into my ear. "I'll be waiting." she says. And usually that's where the drink system's help comes to an end. Typically Spencer turns around and sways her hips in the sexiest way, but before Spencer takes off she leave a lingering kiss on my cheek just below my ear. And it drives me absolutely crazy. Without another word she turns around and walks away, back to our table.
It takes me a second to break out of the sexy haze that Spencer left but I snap back into it. The whole point of this was to let Lynn know that I am available, but just because I'm single doesn't mean I'm not still highly sought after. Even by a sexy woman like Spencer.
"I'm sorry about that" I tell her, taking a sip of my drink, letting her know it's actually her I want to talk to.
"it's quite alright" she shrugs off, even though it is very clear that bothered her.
"no, it's really not" I tell her, once again minimalizing the distance between us. "she's not the one I wanted to talk to tonight" I smile shyly even though this is all complete bull shit.
"really, it's okay" she says and this time she says is more believingly. "I think my friends are about to head out though it's getting kind of late" she says and I may or may not lose this one, which might be a little embarrassing in front of my friends.
"but…" she starts off, and that's it. Deal sealed. That one little but shows that she's very interested in me. "how about I give you my phone number and you give me a call sometime." She smiles. I nod and pull my phone out of my pocket for her to add her number. And as Lynn enters her number I look past her to my table of friends to see all of them standing up and silently clapping at me as to not make a loud scene, I'm praying that Lynn doesn't turn around and see.
"I'll talk to you soon" I wink at her and we both take our separate paths back to our friends.
"that…was amazing" Christina practically shouts and they all join in with their laughter, even Spencer laughs a little. The doctor smiles but obviously didn't find it all that amusing. Not my problem.
"and that is how the drinks system works" I smile and order some more drinks for the table.
