A/N: Sorry it's been FOREVER but I tried to make this one a little longer since it has been so long since I posted an update. (I actually cut a little bit out at the end that will open up the next chapter so it shouldn't be such a long wait this time.)
ENJOY :)
Spencer's POV
We ended up talking well into the night and even Arin and Addison got to stay up and jump around later than usual. Turns out Ash and Glen hit it off and I could tell that Glen approved as soon as they met. Although I did still have to pop him a few times to get his brain to stop thinking with his other parts.
I know Ashley is hot and all but there's no way I'm going to lose her to him.
Not that he would ever go there, I'm just saying that S dot Carlin isn't going down without a fight for what's mine
Insert chest beating and any other manly-like tough actions to prove my point
Okay that even made me laugh a little, but really we all had a great night and the kids had fun playing with Glen. He's gotten to the point where he wants to start settling down so he was hooked as soon as he met them just like I was.
I'm telling you it's those damn big brown eyes
We all got calmed down around 2 AM, a few yawns were going around.
I look over at Glen, Arin was cuddled up next to him falling asleep, Addi was passed out in my lap, and Ashley was barely paying attention to the program we were watching.
I stood up and walked over to Ash whispering in her ear, "hey I think we're gonna go. You want help putting the kids to bed?" She looked up at me sleepily trying to wake up enough to comprehend what I was saying. I just waited while she nodded and sat up to grab Arin.
"I got her Ashley, just lead the way where to put this little angel."
"Isn't he just a sweetheart?" I say pinching Glen's cheek when he's standing next to me carrying Arin in his arms.
"Oh come on Spen, not the face!" I keep trying to pinch his cheeks while he shifts away.
"Shush you two." Ash gives us both pointed looks that I like to call that Dennison glare. "You wake those kids and you're putting them back to bed yourselves."
"Fine" I say
"Okay jeez" Glen follows
She shakes her head and turns towards their rooms, "come on kids."
"Glen I have a feeling that was directed at us," I quirk and eyebrow at him and Ashley just continues down the hall
The kids are down and once they're settled in bed we head back into the living room.
I can see Ashley leaning against the hallway nodding off again and I nudge her. She almost falls over and in the last instant grabs my hand and pulls me with her and we both pretty much owe Glen for saving our landing right before we face planted to the floor
Once we're upright she smacks me in the arm and glares but I just shrug and giggle because it was so worth it.
Glen just shakes his head. "I think it's time for us to go now. You're falling asleep standing up now. Either you're tired or Carlin's are really boring."
"Yeah I'm pretty beat. We can always just pick up where we left off tomorrow though."
"Sounds like a plan." They share a smile and I get a really awkward feeling in my stomach so I hurry things along.
"I'm gonna go warm up the car. It's getting pretty cold out. I'll see you tomorrow Ash."
I go to walk away and she wraps me up in her arms and I relax instantly. "Night babe. See you tomorrow." She leans closer and places a chaste kiss on my cheek
I can feel myself blushing and look into her eyes. She has this amazing look that even though she's half asleep it's a glint to them that makes me want more than just the friendly hug goodnight.
"Goodnight Ash."
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Ashley's POV
While Spencer is warming up the car Glen calls me over, "hey Ashley can I talk to you for a sec?"
"Sure what's up?"
"Can I ask you a kind of personal question? I mean I know its none of my business but I'm just looking out for my little sister. She's been through a lot and I know what I clearly see but I just want to be sure I'm not jumping to conclusions and if there-"
"Glen! First of all take a breath jeez and start from the beginning and try running that past me again please."
"I just wanted to know if there is anything going on between you and my sister. I know she likes you as a friend and maybe more but after spending some time with you I have to ask to make sure she's not out to get her heart broken."
I know he has said a mouthful but the only thing I respond with is, "Spencer likes me?" He just gives me a confused look and before we can talk anymore Spencer is honking the horn to rush him out. Glen shoots Spencer the middle finger and we share a laugh before he heads towards the car. "It was nice meeting you Ashley and just-I guess just forget what I said."
As I close the door I think back to his words, "I know she likes you as a friend and maybe more."
Maybe I have some thinking to do. I know I like Spencer but knowing she likes me back puts everything in a completely different perspective.
I sigh and go check on my angels once more before heading to my room where the box Arin chose is staring at me on the bed.
Hmmm maybe I'm not so tired after all
I grab the box and turn on some soft music and head to the bathroom
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*RING*
Someone obviously has a death wish
Ugh
It's seven in the morning and I feel like I literally just closed my eyes
The call was about a difficult consultant and I unfortunately have to go in to work for a few hours
One of the responsibilities in being the boss
Oh joy!
I know Arin and Addison will kill me if I try to wake them up before noon so I set an alarm for a few hours later and close my eyes once again.
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She's going to kill me but I'm her favorite so I'll take my chances
I grab my phone, dialing the now familiar number and the beautiful but sleepy voice on the other line brings a smile to my face.
"Good morning beautiful," I get a grunt of acknowledgement
"I have a huge favor to ask of you and I'm hoping since you're still fairly sleepy you will say yes without fully comprehending what I'm about to ask." I pause to see if she will protest but all I hear is a soft hum on her end. "So here goes, I have to go to work in a little bit for a couple of hours and since you and Glen kept my darling little angels up half the night I thought I'd trap you into watching them for me so I don't have to draaaag them out of bed and get them ready to go to the center and-"
"OMG! ASHLEY DAVIES IF YOU DON'T SHUT THE HELL UP. Its 10am dammit. I don't know whether to laugh or scream at you for waking me up to that. I mean yes I thought it was a pleasant wake-up call until you went into that nonsense of a rant that has now confused the hell out of me. YES YES YES I will watch them just so I can get you off my freaking phone."
I blush even though she can't see me and offer a meek little 'thank you' and we get off the phone with plans for her to be here at 12:30.
A hot shower, flat ironed hair, and a thrown together casual outfit of slacks/blouse combo later and there is a knock on the door with Spencer behind it and me zooming past her not soon after, leaving a list of numbers and allergies for the kids.
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Spencer's POV
I lock up the apartment and wait for Glen to come back from picking up breakfast because there was no way in hell I was about to look for pots and pans in Ashley's massive kitchen.
I check on Arin who looks like she's starting to rise, then Addison who is bouncing in his caged bed watching the program playing on his TV.
He turns at my shuffling feet and gives me an almost toothy grin and reaches for me excitedly
I grab him and pull him to my chest and give him a face full of morning (but really afternoon) kisses, which he loves and giggles his response.
We walk back towards his sister's door and surprise her with some afternoon loving as well.
Right when the laughter begins Glen shows up with our chow and we race to the dining room table
We all devour our meals and wash up and play the rest of the afternoon away
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2 hours later
I swear I'm child on the inside even if my body says otherwise cuz I still can't breathe after crawling through a maze that was made for no one over the age of ten. So imagine attempting it in your twenties, it's a fucking chore. I didn't think I was going to see the light at the end of the tunnel (literally.) Whoever designed this damn thing must have children that they wanted to keep occupied for a WHILE because it took all of us nearly an hour to build and conquer it.
So when Ashley arrives home we are sprawled out everywhere from our adventures of Dora and Diego and the tunnel of Forever-land.
To say she was amused is one way to put it
She just shakes her head and steps over each of us to her room returning in sweats and a tank top.
I admit to letting my eyes follow her and linger on her ass as she walked into the kitchen where I could see her filling sippy cups.
She hands Arin and Addison each a cup and Glen and I get a bottle of water which we all take thankfully and gulp it down.
After a beat Ashley quirks and eyebrow at the state of her living room and hallway, "soooooo I take it you had a good time kiddos?"
A round of yes's and giggles fill the room (including Glen being the loudest)
I can see Ashley in the corner of my eye watching me finish off the rest of my water. Her eyes traveled way too slowly across my body just now and I might be a little turned on at the moment. She catches herself and rolls her eyes at my smirk when she meets my eyes. "Remind me to never let you babysit last minute ever again. That toy was put up that high in the closet for a reason. I vowed to NEVER try that again. I see you got played by these two"
I shoot a playful glare at Arin who is giving me the biggest grin ever.
"Ugh, see Ash, how can I be mad at that face?! Lookit!" I say pointing at her daughter. "She tricked me." I throw a pout into the mix not really knowing what it's going to help but it's worth a try.
"Aww well poor you." She grabs my chin and shakes it back and forth. "Now you get to clean it up cuz I'm not going near that thing. Their dad was the only one who could ever get that contraption put up."
After she realizes what she says it's like time stands still for all of us
Well for her and I anyway
This is the first mention of their dad she's ever said to me
She lets go of my face and we kind of stare each other down until she breaks away and busies herself with other chores while Glen and I work on getting the tunnel put away. Glen, sensing some kind of change in the air, silently questions me but I just give him the 'not now' head shake and we keep at it for about ten more minutes until we have the contraption all back in place.
Ashley comes in to see us back in our original places on the floor after Forever-land disappears and giggles. "It's like déjà vu. How about pizza for dinner guys? I don't feel like cooking and I gotta repay you some way for your services." Of course my mind turns dirty and I can already feel a smirk playing on my lips. Glen nudges me, "mind out of the gutter Spence." I just push him away from me and grab the phone to place our orders.
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"I'm stuffed" I throw myself on the couch lazily over Ashley and Glen who groan at the extra weight since they over ate as well. The kids happily ate and ran (in Addison's case, waddled) off to their rooms to play and watch TV.
I think we're all too full to talk
Someone, not sure who because I'm way too comfortable to open my eyes, switches on a made for television movie and we all kind of just sit there in silence for another half hour moaning and groaning individually until we can breathe properly again.
Ashley leans down and whispers in my ear, "as much as I'm enjoying your ass on my hand you gotta get up," I think she just squeezed my butt a little for emphasis. "Mama's gotta pee."
Let it be known that I was unaware that my ass was even near her hand, I just kinda plopped down wherever. I squeal and jump up off of her causing her to stifle a laugh and Glen to mumble in his sleep.
I swear that boy is an over sized baby
He eats, sleeps, eats, uses the bathroom, sleeps, eats, sleeps and plays somewhere in the mix
I kick him with my foot and he just falls over and stretches out over the whole couch
See what I mean? I'm about to pinch his cheeks when Ashley walks back in, "Spencer leave your brother alone. He's had a hard day." I look to her, then Glen, back to her, all the while my hand still raised towards Glen's face.
I sigh "Fine!"
"Since everyone else is sleep you might as well spend the night." Ashley smiles and turns to leave, "come on, we can watch a movie in my room until we fall asleep." I have the biggest smile on my face as I follow her down the hall to the room I've never been in.
Oh
My
Gawd
I could live in here. She has like a whole different vibe going on. It's like having another house inside a house.
Immediately walking in is a door to the right that she tells me leads to her working studio. To the left is a short hallway that branches off in two directions. She points to the left that leads to what looks like a beautiful bathroom but we walk to the right where I can see a California king sized bed covered in dark mocha colors that match the dark wood furniture in the room. The opposite side of the bed has a leather couch with a throw draped over it and a few elegant pillows. The walls are lined with a few large print family photos of her with Arin and Addison matted in gorgeous frames.
I'm spinning in circles taking in the whole of the room and Ashley is just sitting on the bed staring at me.
"Okay Spence, chill out and come sit down. You're starting to make me dizzy just watching you." She pats the bed and I walk over and take a seat.
"Your room is amazing Ashley and I haven't even seen the whole thing. I swear I could live in here."
"I'm sure I could too. If I didn't have my babies I'd probably just pig out and watch TV in here all day. There's actually a fridge right next to you in the thing that looks like a nightstand."
"I'm so never leaving your room. You're going to have to tell Glen I've moved on to a better place."
We laugh together and I dramatically throw myself into her comfy bed and snuggle with one of the many pillows on it.
I MIGHT have slightly moaned a little bit
Oops
"I'm way too comfortable in here and with you already. I have no boundaries anymore."
"I so don't mind that at all if that's the response I get when I haven't even touched you."
I glance up from my snuggling and there's this look on her face and she looks like she just finished licking her lips so I can't help but stare. Thank God she chooses now to stand and walk towards the bathroom because I might have jumped on her a little bit.
And BTW, is she flirting with me?
I shake that though out of my head, "Spence I'm gonna take a quick shower and put on some pjs." She throws something soft at my head that covers my face, "those should fit your boney ass. You can use the bathroom in the guest room and towels and everything else you need is in the closet in the room.
I just shake my head at her and slowly make my way to the other room to freshen up and change for bed.
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"Hopped up out the shooooooower, turn my swag on. Take a look in the mirror say what's up, yeahhhhhh, I'm getting sleepyyyyyyy!"
"Wow really Spence?" I pause and see Ash in the mirror with a horrified look on her face at my rendition of Soulja Boy's terrible song.
"You weren't supposed to hear that!" I yell and smack her on the shoulder as I pass by her and head to her room trying to hide my reddening face.
Of course she's right on my heels
"Spencer Marie Carlin don't you run from me! We need to talk about this because I don't think we can be friends if that's the kind of music you choose to deteriorate your mind with young lady." As the voice gets closer I peek from under her blanket to see her standing with her hands on her hip at the edge of the bed giving me a face. "Well…"
"Well, what?"
"What do you have to say for yourself?"
I roll my eyes and start searching for a remote control that I can't find. "Okay Ash, normally I would turn the TV on and start a movie to ignore you but I'm just realizing that there's not one in here. Was this all a plan just to seduce me into your bed?"
"Maybe, is it working?" I just openly stare at her as she then crawls up the bed towards me slowly. Her hand is reaching by my head and I hear a click and something starts to rise from the end of the bed and she rolls over to her side of the bed and tosses a remote control onto my chest.
"Maybe not." I mumble almost silently but am I the only one that noticed I stopped breathing as soon as she got on the bed with me?
No
Okay, just making sure I wasn't alone in having a sexy heart attack
I just pick up the remote and turn on the TV and pretend that never happened but I can see the smirk on her face out of the corner of my eye.
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After about 10 minutes of flipping through a gazillion channels I still can't find anything to watch.
"OhMyGawd! Spencer pick something!"
"There's nothing onnnnnn." I pout and keep flipping channels landing on a Disney channel before giving up the search.
"Oh hell no, I have to watch this all day with the kids I'm not wasting my grown up time watching it too. Here," she takes the remote and pushes a few buttons and some movie options come up on the screen.
"Why didn't you tell me there were movies?! I could have saved some precious remote finger flicking skills."
"Spence everything in me just made that statement pervy but never mind that because you know that you and your finger flicking got too excited. Every time I started to tell you how to work the thing you shushed me. So, your fault." She shrugs and throws the remote back at me.
A few minutes later and we successfully have a movie playing to both of our liking. I honestly don't think Ash cares cuz she looks like she's about to pass out any second now. I've found my cuddle buddy again and gotten comfortable under the bed spread.
Ash yawns and stretches, "Spencer do you need the light, I'm getting sleepy?"
"Nah, I'm good." She reaches over and pushes a few buttons and the lights start dimming.
Right as she's falling back in her previous position I notice something and gasp but before I can stop myself my fingers are running through her hair.
I have no idea how long this has been here but I'm highly fascinated by the red tint framing the back of her neck. "What are you…ohhh my hair." She turns to face me, "do you like it. I did it last night, Arin picked the color. I wasn't sure if it'd look okay but you can't tell unless my hair is pulled up in a ponytail anyway and..."
"Shut up." My fingers have found their place back in her hair and I take it from the confines of the pony tail. "I love it." I smile at her and she's humming as I massage her scalp, playing with my new favorite thing on her body.
Not that I previously had a favorite Ashley body part
I'm just saying
I give my attention back to the movie and soon her eyes are closed, I just keep scratching the base of her neck and running my fingers through her hair like this is normal.
Every part of me knows that if I stop long enough to think about what's happening I will start to freak out so I'm ignoring the tremble in my stomach and the pace of my heart.
Feeling my eyes get heavy, I get settled to where we are both in comfortable positions as she drifts off to sleep mumbling a soft goodnight. I place a light kiss on her cheek and the sliver of a smile that graces her lips sends me to a blissful night of sleep.
Well that and the fact that we're semi wrapped up in each other
BEST NIGHT EVER!