SPENCER'S POV
For the second time this morning the shrill ring of my phone wakes me up. Rolling over to pick up my cell off the night stand, I look at the time on my alarm clock. It's freaking 5:30am. I open my cell without looking at the caller ID.
"Hello?" I say half asleep and angry.
"Hiya Spence." A raspy voice replies. I love the sound of her voice. It instantly brings a smile to my face.
"Hey Ash. What you doing up so early? How in the hell are you so cheery when you've had less sleep than me?"
"I am up so early because if you remember I promised you a ride to school and coffee before hand. I am so cheery because I get to see your smiling face in 20 minutes when I pick you up."
"Ash, can we just forget coffee and let me sleep a bit longer? Please?"
"No Spence-y wencey. Get up and get dressed because it's a beautiful day, and I am on my way to get you. So move that cute ass of yours right now." Spence-y wencey? And did she just say that my ass was cute?
"Spence-y wencey Ash? Seriously. I think maybe you have had too much coffee already. And did you seriously say my ass was cute?" I cannot help but laugh.
"Yes I did say you had a cute ass. Although not as cute as mine. Now move Spence I will be there in a little bit. Bye Spence."
Before I have a chance to reply, she hangs up. I sigh and roll out of bed. I have 20 minutes before she arrives.
Heading into the bathroom, I take a quick shower before Ash arrives.
I turn on the water, wait a few moments until it is at the right temperature and then strip off my clothes, and step under the flow of water. I quickly start to wash my body and then my hair.
I cannot believe Ash said that I have a cute ass. Wait does that mean that she has been checking out my ass. No she won't have, I think she just said it to see if I had a reaction to it.
After washing my hair, I turn off the shower and step out. I wrap myself up in a big blue fluffy towel and walk to the sink to brush my teeth. Picking up another towel, I dry my hair with it and then head back into my room; I pick out something from my closet to wear for today. A pair of jeans that fit me in all the right places and a pale blue tank. I place the clothes on my bed and then take a seat on the end and continue towel drying my hair.
ASHLEY'S POV
I pull up outside the Carlin's at 5:55am. God I do not think I have ever been out this early. Well I have been going home at this time but never out. Putting the car in park, I decide to go knock and get Spence incase she went back to sleep. I walk to the door and knock once. It's not long until I hear someone approach the door. It swings open and I am face to face with a tall dark haired, man who I am assuming is her father. He smiles at me and I now know it's her father because she has the exact same smile.
"Can I help you?" he asks me in a kind voice.
"Hi. I am here to pick Spencer up."
"I see. And may I ask who you are?"
"Oh I'm sorry sir. I am Ashley, Ashley Davies." I say as I extend my hand towards him. Must be polite toward the rents.
He shakes my hand with a bit of a chuckle. "So you are the famous Ashley that I have heard so much about." he says and I blush a little. Does that mean that Spencer talks to her family about me? "Come on in." he says as he releases my hand.
"My dad is the only famous one of us Davies, Mr. C."
"So I hear." He chuckles. "SPENCER ASHLEY IS HERE!" He yells up the stairs.
"I WILL BE DOWN IN A MINUTE!" I hear her yell in reply.
Mr. C heads towards the kitchen so I follow him.
"Take a seat Ash. She may be sometime."
I sit down on the offered seat.
"So will you still be joining us for dinner tonight?"
"Yes I will. If that is still ok with you and Mrs. C?"
"Of course it is ok." he says with that kind smile
Just then, Spence walks in and takes the seat next to me. And I cannot help but give her a kiss on the cheek as I usually do when I see her.
"Hey." she says as a light blush starts to cover her cheeks.
"Hey you." I say back. I look up to see Mr. C looking at us with a small smile.
"Morning dad."
"Morning Spence. So why exactly are you to up this early, its only just after 6?"
"I have no clue you will have to ask Ash. I wanted to sleep a bit longer, but I got ordered out of my bed at 5:30 by Miss Davies here." she finishes with a glare in my direction.
"Excuse me. You are the one that said that I had to pick you up for school and also take you and buy you a coffee or my life wouldn't be worth living." I say glaring back at her.
She shoves me in the shoulder and says with a laugh. "You are so full of it. Dad do not believe anything she says. She is the one that woke me at 3am to ask me if I wanted a ride."
While she is saying this, I cannot help staring at her with a small smile on my face. I hear Mr. C chuckle and I look up to be met with him looking at me with a small smile gracing his face and something in his eyes that I cannot place. I have actually just been caught staring at Spence by her father.
"Well if you want to be like that Spence I will let you go back to bed and you can get a ride with your brothers." I say as I stand up and slowly start to walk out of the kitchen.
"Don't you dare walk out of here without me, seeing as though you made me get up this early. I want my coffee and I mean a large coffee."
"Fine. Let's go then. I need coffee and lots of it if you expect me to make it through school." I turn to look at Mr. C "It was nice meeting you."
"You too Ashley. I will see you tonight."
He walks towards Spence and gives her a hug and kiss atop her head. "Have a good day Spence. And be home no later than 6 you know what your mom is like."
"I know dad. We will be back before 6, but we are going to head to the beach for a bit I think." she looks at me and I nod yes.
"Ok hon. I will see you tonight."
"Bye dad"
"Bye Mr. C"
"Bye Spence. Bye Ash."
We leave and head to my car. As usual, I open the door for her and she has a little blush coating her cheeks. I walk around and get in the car, start the engine and pull away in the direction of the nearest Starbucks.
SPENCER'S POV
I cannot believe she kissed my cheek in front on my dad. Although I admit that, I did not expect to see a smile on his face when he saw it.
I am so tired. I did not get near enough sleep last night, and I have no clue how Ash is so awake she has had less than me.
"I really do not know how you are so awake right now Ash."
"I am used to not sleeping much Spence. I always do it."
After that, we go back into are usual comfortable silence.
I cannot help but to keep stealing glances at her. She really is breathtakingly beautiful.
We pull up at Starbucks a little before seven.
"What do you want Spencer? I'll go in and get them, and we can drink them on the ride to school. We haven't got time to sit down and drink them because you Miss sleepy head didn't get up and ready in time."
"Whatever Ashley." I say and playfully glare at her. "Can I get a latte please?"
"Sure Spence." she says, and I reach into my pocket for some money to hand her. "Don't even think about it Spencer. You are not paying for your coffee." she says sternly.
"Ash. You really need to let me pay for things."
"Why?"
"Because it's not fair for you to keep paying. I don't want you thinking I only hang with you because you pay for stuff."
"That's exactly why I foot the bill."
She thinks I am friends with her because she pays for my stuff?
"You think I am only your friend because you have got money?" I ask a little hurt.
"No!" she replies quickly. "Of course I don't think that Spence. I meant I pay for things for you because I know that you don't want it and you're not my friend for it."
Oh.
"Oh. I never want you to think that is why I am friends with you Ash. I would be friends with you if you were poor. I am friends with you, not your money."
She leans over to give me a hug. "I know that Spence. That's why I love you."
She pulls back out of the hug with a smile on her face. "I better go get them coffees before we are late for school." with one last smile she is out the car and walking to the entrance before I have a chance to say anything.
She said love. She said she loves me. Oh, my god Ashley loves me. Me?
Of course she does you goober, but she didn't mean it in anything other than a friend way.
I don't think she will ever mean it in anything other then a friend way.
ASHLEY'S PoV
Oh my god. I cannot believe I said I love her. I hope she didn't notice the double meaning to it. Wait is there a double meaning to it? Do I love her as more than a friend? Am I in love with my best friend?
I walk into Starbucks and get in line. Thankfully, it is not to long.
Ok back to my little dilemma. Am I in love with my best friend? There is no denying that she is not beautiful. I have had friends that are beautiful, and I have never thought I was in love with them. I want to spend as much time with her as possible. Every waking minute if possible. I have never wanted to do that with my other friends. Every time I see her, I get butterflies in my stomach, and my palms get sweaty. I want to be near her all the time. Wanting to hug her all the time, I love just giving her those little kisses on the cheek. Even though I wish, I could have so much more than that. I know for sure that I have never wanted that or felt like that with my other friends.
So the question still remains. Am I falling in love with her or am I already in love with her?
Falling in love or in love? In love? Am I in love?
"YES!" oh shit. So did not mean to say that aloud. The people in the shop all turn to look at me. "Sorry. Just glad to finally be at the front of the line. In a rush." I say as I can feel the blush quickly coating my cheeks.
"What can I get you?" the Barista asks me.
"Can I get two grande latte's please." she take my order, and I pay while another girl starts to make my drinks.
I am in love. Oh, my god I am in love. In love with my best friend. With my best friend that is not interested in me.
How do you know she is not interested in you? Because I just do. There is no way she would want to date me. You haven't even spoken to her about it, and you think you know what her answer would be. I am not going to speak to her about it. I don't want to scare her. If friendship is all I can have, I am sure as hell going to take it. You're a chicken. I am… I am going mad. I am arguing with myself. White padded room here I come.
I get our drinks and head back to the car. Spence is sitting in the front with her head back and her eyes closed. I stop a short distance from the car and just stare at her. I must look like a mad woman just standing here holding drinks with a smile on my face staring at my car. Well staring at the beauty in my car. I start walking again and reach the drivers side door.
"Hey Spence." I call out gently so I don't startle her.
She opens her eyes and turns her head towards me.
"Hey" she calls out gently back to me.
I can't help but just stand here staring into her eyes. They seem a lighter shade than usual. But beautiful as always. I can't help the smile that graces my lips, and I can't help but smile wider. The one were my nose-crinkles when se smiles back at me.
"Are you going to stand there smiling at me all day like a mad women?" she asks with a small laugh. I can feel myself blushing again. Twice in the space of like 10 minutes. I never blush.
"Sorry. Here is your latte." she reaches over to grab it out my hand and I open the car door and climb in. I place my drink in the cup holder and start the car. "We better head to school. Don't want you being late." ok so that was lame. It was the only thing I could think of. She is still smiling at me, making me nervous and when I am nervous, I say stupid things like that.
"Yea we don't want to be late." she says still smiling.
I pull out of the lot and head towards school. Spencer reaches over and turns on the radio and my ears are soon assaulted with the sounds of Danity Kane. I can see Spencer out of the corner of my eye moving her head and lip-syncing along with it. We stop at a red light and I take the opportunity to look at her. She looks at me and smiles and then starts to sing along slightly loudly.
I just laugh. "You are so fucking cute Spence."
She stops singing briefly to dazzle me with a full-blown hella cute Spencer smile. I just laugh some more, and she goes back to her singing. Turning back to face the road, just as the light goes green. We continue our journey to school and the car is filled with the sounds of Spencer singing and me laughing.
I love this. I love how easy this is. I love that she is this free around me. I love seeing her this free.
We pull into the school parking lot a few minutes before school is about to start. I shut off the car and we both climb out.
"I won't be eating lunch with you and Aid today. I need to study for a test."
Damn it. That means I have to put up with drool boy on my own.
I just turn to her with a pout on my face. She just starts laughing at me.
"Don't pout Ash. Aid will keep you company, and it is only for today. You will see me after school."
"After school. But Spence that is hours away." I whine and make my pout even bigger.
"Stop pouting Ash. Even if it does make you look cute." the pout disappears from my face immediately. "Ha I knew that would work."
"How many times Spence do I have to tell you that I don't do cute. Cute is not a word to describe Ashley Davies. Smoking, hot, amazing, beautiful, stunning, all those are words to describe me. Never cute."
"Ash I swear one of these days your head is going to explode." she says laughing.
We reach her locker just as the bell rings.
"I will see you after school. I cannot be late for this class. Again."
"Ok. Meet me at my locker?"
"Sure Spence. See ya later." I lean in and give her a kiss on her cheek as usual. Then turn and walk in the direction of my class.
"Bye cutie!" I hear Spence yell after me.
I turn and glare at her. "I don't do cute!" I yell back. Then continue on my way.
This day is going to suck some major ass. I cannot wait for it to be over so I can spend time with Spence.
