A/N: I wish this was getting more reviews, mostly because I like to know what you guys do and don't like about the story... but it's all good, because so far the ones I've gotten have been positive cx I'm glad that you guys think the whole Kyla thing is going to be good *phew* :) I'm excited for you guys to see what I have planned in relationship to Spashley and Kyla and all that jazz c: Wooohooooooo! For now though, I think we have a party to get to? :)
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Saturday evening, Spencer was texting her best guy friend from Ohio, Mitchell, and catching up with him about college so far. He had gone off to Ohio State with his girlfriend – Spencer's best cheerleading friend from Ohio, Debbie – and they hadn't had time to talk much since they had both arrived at their respective colleges.
Mitchell and Spencer were closer than Spencer and Debbie had been, and she really missed him. She hadn't really thought much about him during her week of stress, but now that she had no homework or classes, and it was Saturday, she had realized how much she missed him. Also, since she couldn't seem to get Ashley off her mind, she was trying to find a moment to tell Mitchell that she was a lesbian. She knew that Mitchell wouldn't care, and had she almost told him multiple times back in Ohio about her sexual orientation, but she had figured that to stay in the closet, it would be easier to just not talk about it ever. If she told him now, though, then she could talk to him about Ashley. It would be nice, because Mitchell had always talked about his girlfriends with Spencer, and Spencer needed the favor returned. It was nice having Madison to talk to, but Madison was Ashley's best friend, so it wasn't like Spencer could say everything that she felt to Madison's face.
Not that there was much else to be said than what Spencer had already said to Madison. She just figured that it would be nice to have another person to talk to.
She was actually getting around to mentioning it to him when the door to the dorm burst open to reveal Ashley, wearing a short skirt and a crop top that revealed about three inches of her abdomen. Spencer couldn't help but stare at her in surprise. "Hey, bitches!" she yelled jokingly, looking mostly at Madison, who had been half asleep trying to read one of her textbooks and was now trying to get over the heart attack that Ashley had basically just caused her. "Did you guys forget that we're going to a party?"
"Nope," Madison muttered, letting her head fall back onto her pillow. "Five more minutes."
Ashley rolled her eyes at Madison and stepped into the room, closing the door behind her and joining Spencer, sitting on the edge of the blonde's bed. "Hey," she greeted, "where's roomie number three?"
"Good question," Spencer answered, rolling her eyes as she glanced toward Kate's empty spot in the room. "Madison pissed her off yesterday, and she hasn't been back in the room since."
"Not surprised," Ashley commented.
"Hey!" Madison growled from her bed, still only sounding half alive. Spencer let out a light laugh and looked down at her phone. She had another text from Mitchell, but she figured it would have to wait.
"What are you wearing for the party?" Ashley wondered, ignoring Madison and keeping her eyes on Spencer.
"I don't know," Spencer answered. "What should I wear?"
Ashley thought for a moment, and then she looked toward Spencer's dresser. "May I?" Spencer nodded, and Ashley crouched in front of it, slid open the bottom most drawer of the dresser and looked through Spencer's tops. Meanwhile, Spencer sent a quick text to Mitchell, saying that she was going to a party and that she would text him afterward. She then tossed down her phone and put her full attention on Ashley, who was nitpicking through her clothing. "You don't really have any party clothes," she commented.
"Are you surprised?" Spencer asked, raising an eyebrow.
Ashley smiled up and the blonde. "Nope. Just saying." She looked back at the tops in the bottom drawer and pushed a bit of hair out of her face. "Here, wear this." She decided, pulling out a loose, green top that was strapless. "And dark skinny jeans. Do you have some of those?"
"Mmhmm," Spencer answered, slightly amused. "I'll change real fast."
"Cool, I'm gonna see if I can drag Madison out of bed in the meantime," Ashley decided.
"If you fucking touch me, Ashley Davies, I will make your life such hell that you will never be happy ever again," Madison threatened. Spencer raised an eyebrow at Ashley, who gave her a wink and started sneaking up on Madison. Spencer shook her head, amused, grabbing her top and skinny jeans and disappearing into the bathroom.
She heard what sounded like a really intense tickling war in her room, and she resisted the urge to laugh as she changed. She needed to change as fast as possible so that she could also adjust her makeup without Ashley realizing how long she was in the bathroom. Spencer couldn't care less what the frat boys at the party thought of how she looked, or what anyone thought about it, except Ashley. That really wasn't so bad, though, was it?
When she had been in the bathroom for perhaps two minutes, and she deemed her makeup good enough, she left the bathroom to see Ashley attempting to pull Madison up and off the bed. The tickling, it seemed, was over. "Get your lazy ass up," Ashley growled, punctuating each word.
"No," Madison growled.
Ashley gave up, letting go of the girl's arms and instead turning to face Spencer. Ashley's eyes widened slightly when she saw the blonde, and Spencer felt herself blush. "You look perfect," Ashley stated.
"So the non-party girl can pass as a party girl?"Spencer asked teasingly, moving to her bed to retrieve her phone.
"Apparently," Ashley said, grinning. "Now, could you help me move this lazy bitch onto the floor?"
Fifteen minutes later, they'd managed to get Madison to get out of her bed, and Madison took about another fifteen minutes to get ready, during which time Ashley explained where the frat house was and said that the frat boys had the same party every year – and it was one of the few that Ashley liked going to. When Spencer asked why, Ashley admitted that it was because most of the other ones were infested with druggies.
Finally, at around eight, Ashley managed to usher Spencer and Madison out of the dorm room. Ashley was driving, and her car was parked along the side of the road in front of Hedrick. There didn't seem to be many people from Hedrick leaving for the party, and Spencer figured that was because most of the people there were freshmen, and well... if she was any indication, some freshmen just weren't into partying just yet.
"So, the party is at the Gammas' frat house," Ashley said, as they drove into the east part of campus. They were passing multiple fraternity and sorority houses, Spencer noticed, and more than one were having parties. Her eyes caught on one ahead, though, that looked more and less wild than the rest at the same time, if that could even make sense. "There it is." Ashley pointed at the one that Spencer was looking at.
"Ooh! I remember this party last year! You let me come, remember?" Madison recalled. "C'mon! I need a drink!"
Spencer caught Ashley rolling her eyes, and the blonde smirked a little. They found a place to park the car just a little ways down the street, and then all three of them clambered out of the car and started to the house.
"Are you excited, yet?" Ashley teased, grinning at Spencer, who shrugged.
"I dunno," she answered indifferently, though she figured the smile on her face told the brunette differently.
Ashley's smile transformed into a softer one. "Trust me, you'll have fun!"
They entered the frat house a moment later, and Spencer felt drowned already. There were so many people – and they were starting to push out and spread across the lawn. She figured that it was same in the back yard of the house. Music echoed from every part of the house, and everywhere people were drinking, laughing, dancing, kissing, talking...
"Where did Madison go?" Spencer asked, looking around the house and feeling incredibly alien in this place.
"Probably to get a drink," Ashley answered, "or two." They were both suddenly speaking much more loudly in order to be heard. "Do you want something?"
"I'm okay," Spencer declined, shrugging. A drink didn't sound so great right now, although it might calm her nerves a little bit. She wasn't used to big parties like this. High school parties had been annoying enough for her – and that was in Ohio. This was a college party in LA.
Ashley caught Spencer off guard as she asked, "Do you dance?" The brunette quirked up an eyebrow at Spencer, who instantly flushed as she shook her head.
"No, not really."
Ashley pouted, and Spencer was pretty sure that it was one of the cutest things that she had ever seen. "C'mon, dance with me," she stretched out the word 'me' in a cute voice that made Spencer's heart rate pick up and made her grin like a dork. How could she refuse?
"Fine, but if I trip over both of my feet and die, it's your fault, not mine," Spencer gave in as Ashley grinned, grabbing her hand.
"I'll take that chance!" Ashley gently pulled Spencer through the house, to another open room where the music that was pulsing through the place was louder. People were dancing more in this room than the previous rooms they had passed through. Spencer let her eyes roam over all of the people – they were all drinking. She wasn't naive, she knew better than to think that the blue punch they were drinking was Kool-Aid. Most people in the room were clearly drunk off their asses, aside from Spencer and Ashley of course.
Spencer realized suddenly that Ashley had released her hand and was dancing to the music. Spencer tried to let loose and dance as well, but she really felt like she looked stupid. She really was not a dancer.
Finally, Ashley snagged both of Spencer's hands. "Just relax, Spence. I'm here with you, you're fine."
Spencer hadn't even realized that the frat party itself was what was keeping her from relaxing until Ashley insinuated it. Spencer felt a smile appear on her lips, and she let herself get absorbed into Ashley's eyes and her small smile, and she forgot about the disgusting frat boys and the slutty girls around her, and she began to enjoy herself.
At some point, Madison found them and had two cups of the blue "punch" in her hands. "Hey, ladies! Thought I'd deliver!" Madison said, grinning as she passed a cup to each of the girls. "It's so good, I've already had three glasses."
"Might wanna slow down there, Madison." Ashley was giving her friend a concerned look.
"Yeah, yeah," Madison shrugged her off. "I'll be fine. Punch is in the kitchen when you need seconds. See y'all later!"
"She's crazy," Spencer decided, taking a small sip of the blue drink as Madison disappeared. It did taste slightly like punch – if you ignored the tequila and whatever else was in it. Spencer didn't really care for it, but she took another drink, hoping that it would help her relax a little bit more.
"True," Ashley agreed, chuckling. She took one sip of her drink, and then she somehow managed to pass it off to somebody – clearly she wasn't drinking anymore. Ashley started to dance again, grabbing one of Spencer's hands, and at some point as Spencer started dancing again as well, she managed to lose her drink as well.
Spencer really only liked parties when they were with people that she knew, or they had a purpose to them or a celebration. She didn't really like parties where everyone was expected to just drink and dance and be stupid. But being here with Ashley made it fun. No, Spencer wasn't crazy, and she still didn't like the party much, but she wasn't here getting wasted – she was here relaxing and dancing with Ashley – who she couldn't stop blushing around since their date the previous day. And honestly, Spencer was having a considerable amount of fun as Ashley laughed and spun her around as they danced to the raging music.
Madison joined them a while later, obviously either drunk or nearing being so, and she kept on trying to grind on guys around them. Ashley just rolled her eyes at Madison and kept Spencer dancing happily with her, and Spencer realized something.
Ashley genuinely wanted Spencer here with her. Maybe Spencer had been slightly naive to not have realized that sooner, but now that she did, she wanted nothing more than to steal a kiss from the brunette. Especially as she watched Ashley's eyes continuously sparkle as the crowd kept causing the two of them to dance closer and closer. And Spencer could not resist falling into the gaze of those beautiful eyes.
It was probably nearing the AM when Ashley asked, "Feel like heading back?"
Spencer nodded – she was feeling sort of tired. Ashley took a gentle hold of her hand, which gave Spencer tingles up the skin on her arm, and led her through the frat house again. At some point in between leaving that room and getting out of the house, they scooped up Madison, and soon they were approaching Ashley car, down the street from the still raging party.
"C'mon, Mad-Bitch, get in the back," Ashley cooed to her friend, who groaned and obliged halfheartedly as Spencer saw herself to Ashley's passenger seat. A moment later, Ashley was seated next to her in the driver's seat, and she flashed Spencer a smile before heading back to Hedrick.
Ashley parked her car right in front of the building, and the three of them got out of the car lazily. However, as soon as she was out, Madison rushed into the building – looking like she was going to be sick. Spencer wanted to go after her and make sure she was fine, but she figured that Madison could survive by herself for a few minutes. Spencer had something that she needed to do.
"Thanks for coming with me tonight," Ashley said to Spencer, smiling a small smile as they stood face to face.
"Well, thanks for not letting me get bored and be alone. I actually had a surprising amount of fun," the blonde admitted, smiling as well.
"If you really thought that I would leave you alone in that mess, then you really need to get to know me a little better," Ashley said, chuckling.
"I didn't think that," Spencer promised. "You actually basically made me forget where we were – I just relaxed and had fun and yeah... so... thanks."
"Anytime, beautiful," Ashley promised, smiling wider.
Now. Now, Spencer.
Inhaling a quiet but deep breath, Spencer took a step toward Ashley, who didn't move backwards at all. Their eye contact never broke, but Ashley made no move to close the distance between them in any way. Was she really that nervous? Spencer searched Ashley's eyes until she realized that yes, Ashley did seem incredibly nervous. Luckily, Spencer's usual shyness seemed to have decided to run inside with Madison.
Spencer leaned forward, finally, and feathered her lips against Ashley's. She was almost worried, at first, that Ashley was no going to kiss her back, but those worries disseminated within seconds. Ashley exhaled through her nose and pressed their lips together into a real, much more firm, kiss. Spencer felt tingles through her whole body as Ashley moved her lips gently against Spencer's in a slow kiss.
Spencer's hand rose and brushed a bit of hair out of Ashley's face, and then she gently started to pull out of the kiss. Ashley followed her movements, though, and kept their lips together for a second longer, causing Spencer to let out a true, school girl giggle when they did break apart. Ashley was blushing. Spencer gave her a small smile and said, "I should probably go make sure that Madison is okay."
"Screw Madison," Ashley murmured, pouting cutely at Spencer.
Spencer tried not to giggle again as she gave the brunette an apologetic smile. "Thank you for tonight, Ash. You'll call me tomorrow, right?"
"Of course, beautiful," Ashley promised, before taking a small step forward and stealing a second kiss from the blonde. "Goodnight."
"Night, Ash," Spencer returned, her cheeks burning, and then they turned their opposite ways.
I hope the kiss pleased c: Eeeeeeep SPASHLEY YAS! :) Review you thoughts?
FUN FACT: I actually wrote the outline for this chapter after my English final 2 weeks ago. I spent an hour taking my ENGLISH final, and then spent the second hour WRITING. Some people thought I was crazy, and I was like, hey it's fanfic. I love fanfic so much you guys it's like an addiction and it's probably not the best addiction but... oh well cx I love it c:
So thank you to those reading this. I'm a little slow to update my other fics, but this one comes easiest to me lately, so it's hard for me to update anything else until I sit down and really think about the story - and since I'm on a mini vacation, the fact that I can write a 3k word chapter in an hour (which I just did, btw) is helpful in letting me update for you guys :)
Also, just so you guys know, I'm pretty far ahead in this story - as in, you guys just read chapter 9, but I just finished chapter 15. I pop chapters out so quickly for this story sometimes... like I wrote four chapter in one day for this story one day, and I don't like spam posting chapters, because, yeah, I like reviews and I want to give people time to read or to read and review before I post new ones cx but yeah yay for fun facts.
Maybe another update tomorrow, but hopefully I'll be spending most of the day tomorrow tanning out by a lake :D Wish me luck, I'm really trying to get a tan before I got to my cousin's wedding at the end of July cx But mostly before school starting in August haha xP
I'm talking too much, lool oops. Mkay well I have to pee anyway so I'll stop now.
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