Title: Parental Control

Disclaimer: Based on the T.V. show Parental Control on MTV/ South of Nowhere is property of Tom Lynch.

Rating: NC-17

Feedback: I'll love you forever.

Summary: Hmmm…The Carlin family + an MTV camera crew + 2 blind dates for Spencer in hopes of – her current…this ought to be interesting…

Chapter 10: Pre-show Drama

A/N: I'm not too happy with this chapter but since I can't think of a better intermediary for the previous and next chapters I'm posting this. Oh, and as promised points go to…Queenred12, .me, Life-Live-Love-Learn, Rea, Tiffany, Littletiny (you were so close so I think I'll give you half points.), Momo The Great, SpashInc, and Chrissy.

The next morning Spencer woke on her brother's couch with a bowl of skittles tucked beside her.

"Morning, Princess!" Glen chirped from the kitchen.

"No. No morning. Not Yet." Spencer groaned into the cushion.

"Yes morning. Now get up and go home so you can look good for this Ashley girl." Clay smiled as he walked into the living room.

Spencer sighed as she slowly sat up locking eyes with her brother for a moment before staring at her fiddling fingers.

"You are going to pick Ashley…aren't you?" Glen asked as he sat next to her, bowl of cereal in hand.

"I don't know, Glen. I have so many people talking at me and I just want to figure out what I want. On the one hand Ashley is incredible and I do feel like I could fall for her, but I still have feelings for Carmen and the last thing I want to do is hurt her."

"Hurt her." Both brothers said simultaneously.

Spencer glared at them before standing up to go pour herself some cereal.

After eating her breakfast in the kitchen away from her brothers, Spencer returned to the living room sporting a small smile.

"I know what I'm going to do." She declared proudly.

"Please tell me you're choosing Ashley." Glen looked up at her with a concerned expression.

"You can just watch it when it comes out on DVD." Spencer smiled as she patted his head like a dog.

"I have to be at the house by ten to make my final choice. You'll know by this afternoon; early this evening at the latest." She rolled her eyes at her brother's pout.

"Spencer!" Both brothers whined.

"Nope, not telling you is just way too much fun." She smirked as she reached the door.

"Come on, Spencer! We're your brothers; you know the ones you had stay up with you till well past midnight last night?" Glen pouted again.

"Nope, still not telling." Spencer shook her head as she skipped out of the apartment.

When Spencer arrived home, the camera crew were already there setting up.

Her mother was busying herself cleaning the house while her father sat in the kitchen with a cup of coffee and a newspaper.

Skipping pleasantries, she jogged up the stairs into her room where Carmen was still asleep on her bed.

"Get up." She whispered in the Latina's ear, laying light kisses down her neck.

"Wha? No! Too early!" Carmen groaned as she tried to pull a pillow over her head.

"Get up, you have to be ready in less than an hour." Grey eyes peered up into blue.

"Why? All you have to do is tell the dick that, well, he's a dick and tell the whore she's a whore. Why do I have to be there?" Carmen whined as she watched Spencer get up to root through her drawers.

"Because you signed a contract." Spencer replied simply.

"Ugh, fine!" The brunette huffed as she too began to get ready for shooting.

"So, babe, what are you going to say to those two sorry excuses for dates? Man, I can't wait to see the looks on their faces!" Carmen chuckled pulling on a tight pair of jeans.

Spencer shook her head, rolling her eyes at her girlfriend's comments.

"Why are you so certain I picked you?" Spencer asked pulling a black tank top over her head.

"Because we've been together for how long now, we love each other…we're getting married for crying out loud! This whole thing was just to make your parents happy, remember?" Carmen laughed at the absurdity of the question.

Spencer stared at the other girl for a moment before shaking her head silently and walking out the door.

"Spencer, dear, Aiden is in the back yard. Why don't you go keep him company?" Paula ushered the younger blond out to the back yard before dashing back into the house.

"I guess that means she wants us both out of the house then, huh?" Aiden chuckled at the bewildered expression on the blond's face.

"I have no idea what she's on, but she needs to stop." Spencer spoke after a few seconds.

"I believe its called coffee." Aiden offered as they watched Paula zoom around the house in search of things to clean.

"Note to self: sabotage coffee maker." Aiden laughed, though the young blond didn't seem to be joking.

The two soon found themselves talking and laughing together by the pool; ignoring the fact that Paula had come out at least twenty times to check on them in the half hour since she'd dragged Spencer out.

"Well, if it isn't Dick." Carmen's cold voice reached the two from the doorway.

"Carmen, we've been over this." Spencer glared over at the Latina.

"I know, I know, 'play nice' and I will…for you baby." Carmen fixed Spencer with an unhappy gaze.

"Thank you." Spencer smiled as Carmen took her hand before sitting next to her.

"Looks like the gang is all here!" Arthur said as he stepped outside followed by a tired looking Ashley.

"Oh, hell no! I'll be nice to the dick, but that bitch better step away before someone gets hurt!" Carmen growled standing up.

"This is Parental Control, not Jerry Springer." Ashley muttered before turning to walk back inside.

"Ash?"

All eyes turned to Spencer who had somehow stood up and walked over to catch the brunette's hand without anyone noticing until that minute.

"Please stay?" Blue eyes pled with brown for a moment before Ashley nodded and followed the blond back out to where the other two sat by the pool.

"Spencer?!" Carmen hissed as her girlfriend sat next to her.

"What?" Spencer asked glaring over at the Latina.

"You know…I think I'm going to go get something to drink…anybody else want anything?" Aiden asked suddenly feeling uncomfortable.

"Uh…I'll help you with that." Ashley followed the dark haired boy as he raced into the house.

"What is your problem, Spencer?" Carmen asked angrily.

"It's not bad enough that you kiss her, now you have to rub it in my face? What is this? Are you trying to make me jealous?" Spencer shook her head.

"No, Carmen, I like her. I like her a lot and I want her to be a part of my life as a friend if not more." Spencer watched as the emotions ran across Carmen's face.

"What…what do you mean 'if not more'?" Spencer felt a pang of guilt run through her at the devastated look on the other girl's face.

"Carmen, I love you, but the only one you seem to love now days is yourself. I don't know what to do about you…or Ashley." Spencer said honestly.

"That's not true! Baby, I love you. You hear me, I love you." Carmen pled.

"It's not enough! Those are just words…you don't mean them anymore." Tears fell freely as the two girls locked eyes.

"You're…you…are you leaving me for her?" Carmen asked her pain shining clearly in her eyes.

"Yes…no…I don't know! I don't want either of you to be out of my life. I just wish I could figure out how to do that." Spencer trailed off staring out at the clear water in front of her.