A/N: Love all the feed back. Let me know what you think of this chapter. Enjoy.

noodles307: If Ashley does mess it up that game ball is yours. lol

Thanks also, drunkb4dark, momo0424, ashleyss27, purplelover92, casalang,

And a special thanks go sparkles04. I was reading my update to "Teacher's Pet" and saw the shout out at the bottom. Very cool.


This past week has gone by incredibly slow. With late shifts at The Horseshoe and two a days for football practice I have been extremely tired this week. It's Friday night and I'm at work. We have a game tomorrow night so I figured I pick up a shift tonight.

"Have you talked to Ashley today?" Kyla asks while jumping up on the bar and taking a seat.

Since our date Ashley and I haven't really seen each other but we talk on the phone everyday and text every chance we get.

"Um yeah she said she might come up here later." I say while putting beers into the cooler under the bar.

"So when you guys going to make it official?"

"Geez Kyla do you not get enough attention at home?" I jokingly ask.

"Actually, no. All I hear is Spencer this and Spencer that. She's been moping around the house all week because you have been too busy working or practicing." Kyla says while eating a cherry out of the drink garnish station. "And I probably wasn't suppose to tell you about the moping around the house bit, but you know me."

"Yeah you probably weren't." I tell Kyla

"Don't go running your mouth on me Carlin." Kyla says while jumping off the bar. "Well time to get to work before Charlie has my ass."

Before I know it it's 10pm and I get off in about half an hour. Charlie allows me to leave early if I have a game the next day. I'm cleaning up behind the bar when I turn around and see Ashley sitting at the bar.

"Hey Ash."

"Hey Spence. What time you get off?" She asks.

"Um in about..." I look at my watch," About 25 minutes. Why?"

"Just thought we could hangout for a bit? I haven't really seen you all week." Awww she misses me.

"Yeah sure. You want a drink?" I ask her.

"Actually no, I just came up here to see if you wanted to hang out."

"You came all the way up here to ask me to hang out?" I look at her like she's crazy. "Why didn't you just call me you goof?"

"Okay I really just wanted to see you but I really did want to know if you wanted to hang out." Aww she's blushing. "And it's not like I don't live five minutes from the bar." She says with a laugh.

I smile because she's just too cute.

"Well I'm going to head back to my house. Meet me there when you get off?"

"Yeah. Okay. I'll be there in a few." She gives me a wave and walks out of the bar.

Hurry up clock can you move any slower? Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock….

"If you stare at it any harder it will probably blow up."

"Ha ha ha Kyla."

"So I have a date with your brother tonight." She looks at me and smiles.

"Kyla it's 10:25pm what kind of date could you possibly…" then realization hits me. "Ewww okay from now on please withhold all information containing my brother and dates."

She bursts out laughing and walks away.

-X-X-X-

I finally got off of work and headed over to Ashley's. I knock on the door and it opens revealing a beautiful brunette.

"Hey Spence. Come in."

"Hey Ash" I say and pull her into a hug before I walk in.

"I've missed you this past week." She rushes out.

"I've missed you too. Practice and work are killing me."

"It's okay I understand. So do you want a glass of wine?" She asks.

"Yeah that'll be great." She goes into the kitchen takes out two glasses and a bottle of red wine and pours some into the glasses. "Let drink these out on the porch."

I nod and follow her. When we get out there the scene is breathtaking. There are Christmas lights hung up everywhere. There is a fire lit up one of those table pits, and there is a lounger big enough for two people with a blanket on it. Soft music is playing in the background and if hadn't of known better I would say somebody planned this.

"Ash. This is beautiful."

"I just wanted us to spend sometime together since I haven't seen you all week." She says while taking a seat on the lounger and motioning for me to sit down. I sit down and snuggle up next to her while she throws the blanket over us.

We sit there for a few minutes sipping our wine and enjoying each others company. We look up at the sky and taking in the view of all the stars and the moon. I look around her backyard it's beautiful. It backs up to some woods and I can hear running water so there must be a creek out there in the woods. Ashley's house is on a bit of land so there are no neighbors for at least half a mile. It's so beautiful out here.

"You've had a hard week. Scoop up." She says and I do as I'm told.

She scoots behind me and starts to massage my shoulder. I'm literally in heaven right now. Her hands on my back feel so nice and she's making me so relaxed that I feel like I could fall asleep right here.

"Thanks Ash. I really needed that." I say as she finishes up and gets up from behind me. "You're welcome, Spence."

I lean back and watch her as she pours us each another glass of wine. When she's done she cuddles up next to me and rests her head on my chest and throws the blanket back over us. I wrap my arm around her and run my finger slowly through her hair.

"Spencer?"

"Hmm?"

"Will you be with me?" I look down at her and notice her eyes are looking up at me. "You know, be my girlfriend?" She looks nervous.

I smile down at her and lean in and give her a chaste kiss on the lips. "I wouldn't want to be with anyone else. Yes, Ashley Davies I will be your girlfriend."

She leans in and kisses me. We make out for a bit before a cool wind breaks us apart. "I better get going. We have a game tomorrow." I say not wanting to leave the comfort of her arms. Everything seems to perfect tonight.

"I don't want you to leave. But I know you need to get some rest before the game." She says while I stand up and make my way towards the back door.

"Come on and walk me to the door." I say while pulling her up.

"You know, you could just stay here. I could sleep in Kyla's bed and you can have mine." She says.

"Actually, I just remembered Kyla was going over to my house tonight to see Glen. So if you don't mind?"

"No not at all. Come on." She grabs my hand and leads me into her bedroom. Once we are there she goes to her dresser and pulls out a pair of pajama pants and a t-shirt. "Here. You can wear these."

"Thanks." I say and she turns towards the door to walk out but I don't let her. "Sleep in here? With me." I say. "I won't be able to sleep knowing you're in the next room and I can't cuddle with you."

"Okay." She nods and smiles. "Let me get changed and I'll be back in a minute."

While she gone I look around her room and take it in. The football I gave her is on the nightstand. The walls are painted lavender. Her headboard is black and her bedding is white. She really is a girl. I chuckle.

"What's so funny?" She says coming out of the bathroom.

"I was just thinking about how girly you are. You know cheerleader and purple bedroom."

"Shut it Carlin. Or you're sleeping on the couch."

"I guess the honeymoon is over." I snicker.

"Come on. Let's go to sleep." She walks over to the left side of the bed and gets in. I walk over to the right side and crawl in next to her. She shuts the bedside table lamp off and snuggles closer to me with an arm draped over my waist.

"Goodnight Spence." She leans in and kisses me. Quickly the kiss becomes a make out session and I am enjoying it. Hands are wondering and it suddenly gets very hot in here. Things are getting heated very quickly. We both stop and break away and look into each other's eyes. We both know we need to stop. Tonight isn't the night.

"Night Ash." I say while giving her a chaste kiss and pulling her closer to me.

-X-X-X-

I wake up and look at the clock. It's 6am. I need to get up and make my way home so I can get ready for this afternoons game. We play at noon today. I get up and write a quick note.

Ash,

Sorry I wasn't here when you woke up, beautiful.

I so badly wanted to be, but I have to get in some practice.

I'll see you at the game.

I'll be thinking about you and I'll miss you.

xoxo

Spence

I leave the note on her nightstand next to our football and make my way out of the house with a big smile on my face. Ashley and I were finally together. Everything seemed surreal.

-X-X-X-

I'm up at the school. I'm getting some practice in and kicking a few balls. There are a few of us here. I've been kicking for about and hour now. I need to rest my leg for later. I start making my way towards the girls locker room when I notice some of my teams mates loitering in the hallway.

I take my time showering. The hot water feels good on my aching muscles. I hear noises coming from inside the locker room. I pause to see if I can hear something. "Hello?" I ask. I get no answer. I finish up my shower and wrap a towel around my body and head towards my locker. As I'm opening it up and pulling out my clothes a snarky voice startles me.

"Well there you are princess…" It's the same guy who has called me princess since tryouts. What is he doing in the girls locker room? I don't even know his name.

"Whhaa…What are you doing in here?" I ask while pulling my towel closer to my body. He's a big guy. He's about 5'9" with brown her and brown eyes. He has massive hands and looks as if he weight 200 pounds.

"Football is a man's sport. And you're just a girl. A princess. You shouldn't be on the field with us men." He says while looking me dead in the eye and hands clenched at his sides. "I came to show you that you are a woman and I'm going to put you in your place."

Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh shit. It's all I can think.

"You're making a laughing stock out of this football team. Because of you we are a joke."

"We did win our last game because of my kick." I say while taking a set back.

"Luck." He says rushing towards me.

"HELP ME! SOMEBODY HELP ME!" I scream as loud as I can. I try to make a run for it but he leaps for my ankles and I fall to the ground.

"HEEEEEELP. PLLLLLEEEEEEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME." I scream right before he covers my mouth with his hand and starts to move my towel away from me. Before I know it the tears are pouring down my face and I know what's going to happen. I struggle against his body. I'm kicking and punching as if I was fighting for my life.

I close my eyes and suddenly I feel his body leave mine. I open my eyes and see Aiden. He pulled the guy off of me and throws a punch at him and runs him out of the locker room before anything could happen. "Get your ass out of here. Or I swear I'm going to kill you." He screams at the guy leaving the locker room. He bends down towards me and pulls the towel back around my body.

"Spencer, are you okay?" He asks while taking me into a hug. I let him because he saved me.

I shake my head no.

"I'm going to call your brother. Where's your phone?" He asks and I point to my gym bag.

Taking my phone out of the bag he also picks up my change of clothes off the floor and hands them to me. "Get changed I'll be right here with my back turned."

I nod.

"Hey Glen?... This is Aiden from the football team… No, can you come up to the school?... We'll be in the girls locker room…Okay…Bye." I can hear Aiden talk to Glen on the phone while I'm changing.

"Your brother said he'd be here in 3 minutes. Something about using the siren." He shakes his head because he has no idea what Glen meant.

"He's a cop." I say.

"Oh." Is all he says.

"Thanks Aiden, for… you know." I whisper out.

"Spencer, I was in the weight room and I was heading towards the locker room when I heard you scream for help. I'm glad I was at the right place at the right time. Next time I see that jackass I'm gonna beat him so bad he won't be able to recognize his own face." Aiden says while clenching his fist. Instantly I remember my attacker doing the same thing.

"Who was that guy anyways?" I ask.

"Jeff Ryan. Defensive lineman." He says and I nod my head.

"SPENCER?" A panic Glen comes in the locker room. He sees me and instantly runs to my side. "What happened? Are you hurt? Are you okay?" He asks twenty questions while looking all over me for any damage.

"She's okay. I got here just in time. A defensive line man tried to umm… well he attacked her." Aiden inform my brother and Glen's faces go beat red.

"Who is he? Where is he?" Glen says. If looks could kill, the guy would already be dead.

"Glen. Stop it's okay. He didn't get to do anything. Thanks to Aiden." I say trying to prevent world war 3.

"I don't care Spencer he must be punished. This guy is your teammate." Glen pleads.

"He's right Spencer. We need to tell Coach." Aiden says.

"Okay but after the game. I don't want to cause such a disruption until after the game. We will go to Coach after the game. Now I just want to go home and forget about this for a bit." I say.

"Okay well why don't you ride with Glen and I'll follow in your car and I'll bring you back up here for the game. I don't want to leave you alone"

"Thanks Aiden you're a good friend." I say giving him a hug and kiss on the cheek.

Aiden smiles and gathers up all our stuff and carries it out to my car and follows us home. We sit in my living room and watch television until it is time to leave for the game. It's 10:30am and we need to be up at the school in about half an hour. We start to get ready. Glen and Aiden have used this time to bond. I'm glad. Glen doesn't know too many people here. It's good for him to make a friend especially a good one like Aiden.

"Well we need to be heading out Spence. You ready?"

I get up and give my brother a hug and kiss on the cheek. He hugs me back. "I'll see you at the game?" I ask him.

"Of course baby sis. Call me if you need anything." He says. "Don't let her out of your sight" He tells Aiden.

"Don't worry. I won't. I'll bring her home after the game as well." Aiden says.

I grab everything I need from the stairs and we make our way out of the house and towards his car. The ride to the school is silent. When we get there I see Ashley getting out of her mustang with Kyla in tow. We lock eyes and she's curious as to why I'm riding with Aiden. I see it all over her face. I don't want to explain right now. I just want to get through the game and tell Coach once it's over it. I look the other way and don't make any movement towards her.

I just want to forget what happened for the next couple of hours.

"Let's go Spence." Aiden says while walking towards the field. I follow. When we were at my house we changed into our leg pads and we both had our uniform and shoulder pads in our cars. When we get to the field we start warming up. And like he promised Glen he hasn't let me out of his sight.

-X-X-X

It's half time and we are in our locker room listening to coach yell at us for the way we are playing. Aiden is getting his ass chewed out for being distracted and saying he needs to get his head in the game. I'm to blame. I feel bad for Aiden. He's my friend. I don't want what happened to me to affect the way he's playing.

We are down by 10 points. Coach just keeps screaming at us. I'm trying to keep my distance from a certain defensive linemen. He's been giving me smug smiles and blowing me kisses all night. I feel so dirty with him just looking at me.

We make our way back towards the field and I spot Ashley, she's standing talking to Madison. Madison sees me and says something to Ashley, Ashley turns around and looks and me with sad eyes. I give her a sad smile and she gives me a sad smile back.

"Are you going to tell her?" Aiden ask while walking next to me.

"I don't want to but it's not something I can just keep from her. She's going to eventually find out after we talk to Coach." I tell him while we make our way towards the sideline.

"You're right. Spencer, you know if you ever need anything I don't care the time of the night please call me. Okay? I'll always be here for you."

"Thanks Aiden, now stop sucking it up out there and let's go win us a ball game."

He laughs and puts his helmet on and makes he's way to the field.

I feel Ashley's eyes on me the rest of the game. I try not to look her way. I know she's going crazy trying to figure out what's going on with me.

The game is over, Aiden lead our team to victory by throwing 2 touchdown passes. We won the game 14 to 10.

"Let's get this over with Spence." Aiden says while we are walking towards the school.