Title / Pratfall

Pairing(s) / Spencer and Kyla

Rating / PG-13 (Is subject to change. I always feel ridiculous rating a story for content.)

Disclaimer / Do I really have to state that I'm not affiliated with the show and I'm not profiting from it either?

Summary / Spencer plus pratfall equals retrograde amnesia.

"'The Catcher in the Rye', you're reading a book about bread?" / Aiden Dennison

I'm in love with the fact that you own books.

Spencer peruses Kyla's collection.

"Pick something to read." Kyla says, laying on her bed.

Spencer turns around. "Are you reading anything?"

"'The Catcher in the Rye' -- for English," Kyla reaches over and grabs the book on her bedside table. "I've read it before, but it's been awhile."

Spencer walks over to Kyla's bed and lays down next to her. "You get to read 'The Catcher in the Rye' for English," She takes the book from Kyla. "That's not fair."

"It's not my fault your English teacher has a hard-on for gay pulp fiction novels." Kyla grins.

"Shut up," Spencer opens the book. "Where did you stop?"

"I haven't even started."

Spencer reads. "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born,"

Kyla turns on her side and drapes her arm over Spencer's waist.

Spencer continues to read, stretching out her arm for Kyla to rest her head on her shoulder. "And what -- and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me,"

"You're the best human pillow ever." Kyla slips her hand underneath Spencer's T-shirt and caresses her side.

Spencer stops reading "It's -- it's nice to know that -- those AP classes are coming in handy." She replies tongue tied.

"Keep reading," She presses her lips against Spencer's neck.

"You didn't -- you didn't say that word your suppose to say when you -- when you want someone to do something for you." Spencer barely manages to get out.

"Please," She kisses Spencer's neck, her hand still caressing Spencer's side.

Uh…

Spencer looks at the page.

I think I've forgotten how to read.

"I -- uh, where was I?" Spencer asks.

"I don't know," Kyla laughs against Spencer' neck.

Spencer promptly closes the book and tosses it to the foot of Kyla's bed.

"Hey, you," Kyla whispers.

"Yes, you," Spencer leans in and kisses her.

Kyla's bedroom door opens. "I found this great place!" Ashley says, excitedly.

Kyla pulls back from Spencer. "Shit," She whispers underneath her breath.

Ashley stares at Kyla. "What are you doing?"

Aiden walks into the room behind her. "Whoa…"

We were about to make out, and then you came in with a side off beef.

Kyla sits up in her bed. "Ashley, it's -- we read -- we like to read to each other -- in bed."

Ashley walks out of Kyla's bedroom.

Kyla jumps out of bed and runs after her sister, leaving Aiden and Spencer alone.

End Chapter Three - Part Three - Ashley and a Side of Beef

"You and Kyla," He laughs and walks over to Kyla's bed, sitting down across from Spencer's tube sock clad feet.

Sure, go ahead and make yourself comfortable.

Spencer sits up. "Something like that."

Aiden picks up the book in-between him and Spencer's feet. "'The Catcher in the Rye'," He looks over his shoulder at Spencer briefly, confusion etched onto his face. "You're reading a book about bread?"

I couldn't make this shit up if I tried.

"Yeah, Kyla and I were reading a book about -- bread." Spencer replies.

I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt -- because he's clearly taking the sarcastic approach to tell a joke.

He's just probably never heard of 'The Catcher in the Rye'.

Yeah, but to assume I was reading a book about bread…

"What's with the horse on the cover?" Aiden asks.

"The protagonist of the story is The Catcher --"

"The horse?"

Are your parents first cousins?

Spencer shakes her head at a momentary loss for words. "The Catcher is the protagonist of the story and he delivers rye bread on horseback."

Don't be an asshole, Spencer.

I can't help myself.

"Oh," Aiden puts the book down. "Cliff's notes are my friend."

I'm kind of thinking they'll be your downfall.

Spencer gets out of bed.

"You did me a favor." Aiden stands up.

"You're welcome." Spencer slips on her shoes.

"Don't you want to know what I'm talking about?" He asks, an undeniable hint of glee in his tone.

No.

"What?" Spencer looks at him.

Aiden takes a step forward.

Where's a rape phone when you need it?

"You did me a favor, Spencer." Aiden lowers his voice. "Your memory loss is working wonders for my relationship with Ashley." He smirks.

Spencer grins. "You're not as much of a mental lightweight that I took you for -- that whole muscle head routine you have down isn't effectively disarming -- at least not to me. You're an asshole, but I thought you were harmless."

Aiden doesn't know how to respond. He didn't anticipate Spencer's straightforward response.

"She came back to me." He says, with a touch of desperation to his voice and Spencer intends on exploiting it.

"I'm thinking -- after I told her that I'd rather be friends."

"I've been spending a lot of quality time in Ashley's bed. It's just like old times -- before you moved to California." Aiden says, arrogantly, recovering from his initial surprise to Spencer's deliberately hurtful words.

"I think we both know that if I wanted to be with Ashley -- I could." Spencer replies, mater of fact about the situation.

Now, it's my turn to be the conceited asshole.

"You keep telling yourself that when she's laying underneath me." Aiden smirks.

Touché.

Spencer grins. "You keep telling yourself that she's not thinking about me when she is laying underneath you."

The muffled sound of Spencer's cell phone ringing in her messenger bag fills the room. She picks up her messenger bag from the floor and pulls out her cell phone.

"Spencer," Arthur says.

"Yeah, dad,"

"I left work early this afternoon." Arthur replies.

Uh, okay…

Arthur continues. "I told Glen that I would pick you up from school this afternoon, but I can't pick you up if you're not here, Spencer." He says, irritated.

"Dad --"

Arthur cuts her off. "Where are you, Spencer?"

"Kyla's house, but --"

"You stay there -- I'm picking you up and hopefully we won't be late for your therapy session with Maguire." He says and then closes his cell phone.

Great…

"Dad?" Spencer waits for a response.

He hung up on me.

Spencer closes her cell phone and walks out of Kyla's bedroom.

"Where are you going?" Aiden asks, following her.

"I'm going to wait outside for my dad to pick me up, Mein Fuhrer."

"You didn't think you had to go to school?" Arthur asks, looking over at Spencer in the passenger seat.

"I did --"

"Spencer --"

"I did go to school today. I just didn't -- you know -- stay there." She replies.

Arthur shakes his head. "I'm on your side, Spencer, but when you do things like this…" He sighs.

"Are you going to tell her?" Spencer looks over at her father.

"No," He sighs after silence fills the car for several awkward beats.

"Thanks," She says, relieved that she wouldn't have to deal with Paula.

"I'm not doing this for you."

You kind of are…

"I'm doing this for my own sanity." Arthur says, his reasoning for withholding Spencer's truancy from Paula the same as his daughter's.

"Spencer, do me a favor,"

Depends.

"Yeah," She replies.

"Don't cut school again."

I can't make any promises.

"Okay," She replies.

"I want you to give Maguire a chance, Spencer."

"He can't be any worse than Brownstein."

Arthur pulls into the driveway of the craftsman-style bungalow.

I like his house.

Spencer and Arthur get out of the car.

"Nice house," Arthur remarks.

"Yeah, but, ridiculously expensive."

They walk up the steps and Arthur knocks on the door. They wait several moments before Arthur presses the doorbell.

The door is opened, revealing Sean Maguire. He's taller than her father, but Spencer can't tell if he's younger or not because of his thick, bushy beard and his long slightly unkempt hair make it hard to pinpoint his age.

Oh, look, it's Jim Morrison.

"Sean Maguire?" Arthur asks.

You want to leave my mental health in the hands of this guy?

Maguire nods.

"I'm Arthur Carlin and this is my daughter --"

Maguire cuts him off before he can finish with the introduction. "Spencer," He holds out his hand.

I think I'm going to pass.

She slides her hands into the front pockets of her jeans.

"Thank you for agreeing to see her." Arthur says.

"You're welcome," Maguire takes a step back to allow Spencer inside. "Will see you in an hour, Arthur." He says.

"Okay," Arthur nods and looks at Spencer. "I'll be back in an hour."

Spencer nods and watches her father walk down the steps before she walks inside.

"You don't mind if I make myself a cup of tea first?" He shuts the door.

It's on their dime. Go for it.

"No," She replies.

He walks ahead of Spencer through the entrance leading into the living room. "Go ahead and have a seat." He motions to one of the couches in the living room before walking through the dining room entrance and disappearing around the corner.

Spencer looks around the living room. Even though he was practicing out of his home nothing about his living room seemed professional.

"I can't believe they are paying this guy." She says, underneath her breath.

His decorating 'style' seemed to be a mesh of several different design aesthetics. Spencer notices the acoustic guitar propped up against the couch and she picks it up.

"You play?" He walks into the living room, bringing the mug up to his lips.

Spencer shakes her head and carefully puts the guitar back down into it's position against the couch. "I don't know -- I mean -- I don't own a guitar."

He sits down on the couch opposite from the couch Spencer props the guitar against.

"Let the healing begin." Spencer sits down on the couch with an amused look on her face.

"There are three major chords you should familiarize yourself with," He takes another sip from his mug before placing it on the coffee table in between them.

Spencer notices his paint stained T-shirt and hands. She had been so overwhelmed by his unkempt appearance she was finally soaking in the rest.

He continues. "G,C, and D."

Okay…

"You don't seem too interested though." He laughs and waits several moments allowing more than enough time for Spencer to speak, but she doesn't utter a single word. "The first session is free,"

Good to know that you won't get paid for sitting here.

"I start billing with the second session, but that's only if I want to see you again." He says.

What does that mean? I have to be worthy of your ridiculous set of 'standards' to warrant a billed session?

I hope you're prepared to sit here for an hour filled with silence.

Spencer stares at him, never breaking eye contact.

"How did it go?" Arthur sounds hopefully, pulling away from Maguire's home.

"It was -- interesting -- did you know that he decides whether or not he wants to see a patient again?"

"I wasn't aware of that…do you think he'll want to see you again?"

"Yeah,"

If he enjoys silence and staring contests.

Arthur smiles. "Good."

Lunch is half way over and she's not here.

Spencer looks around from her position sitting on their bench.

She'll be here.

I called her yesterday, and she didn't call me back.

Maybe, she was busy?

Maybe, she was avoiding me?

Why would she do that?

I don't know.

Okay, so stop worrying. She likes you and you like her.

Spencer looks down at her bagged lunch.

"Hey,"

Spencer looks up and sees Bingo standing in front of her.

"What did I miss in English today?" He asks.

"Random pop quiz on chapter one of 'A Separate Peace'. What did I miss yesterday?" Spencer asks.

"Oh, you know, just grammar stuff." He replies.

"Grammar stuff," Spencer grins.

"So, what's in the bag?" He sits down next to her.

"Lunch."

End Chapter Three - Part Three - Ashley and a Side of Beef

Trivia

"Let the healing begin." is taken from the movie 'Good Will Hunting' when Will meets his therapist Sean Maguire (also the name of Spencer's therapist) for the first time.

Feedback

Dttdemon

I love the bus scene! lol, i saw the vid on youtube and it was funny as hell! i can only imagine what the girls went through on the bus. lol. Spyla was so cute at the diner. :) pms!

That video always gives me the giggles. It's just that funny and the girl sitting in the middle of it is HILARIOUS! Ha.

Catastrofairy

hilarious chapter! n.n

but your link didnt work. heres the vid if anyone wants it. just take out the spaces-

w. youtube .com/watch?vRKdcJfIM-tE&featurerelated

Thanks for the link. I forgot that doesn't allow that.

Sooragameela87

so i've decided that in order to write the bus scene, you either had to witness this actual scene happening somewhere, or, you're incredibly creative lol regardless, i friggin loved it, and i'm waiting for more :)

I got the bus scene from a video on you tube. Ha. So, I took that and switched around some stuff and wrote it into the story because I thought it was pretty funny and hoped that readers would think the same.

Physcob2002

lol wow i think i spent a good 10 minutes laughing at the bus scence before i fishished this chapter lol...again it was another awesome chapter...pms!

Thanks! It was pretty LOL worthy. Ha.

ShadowStalker001

that drag queen scene cracked me up. keep up the awesome work;)

Thanks, just trying to deliver the funny.

Sexyluv07

Loved it! They are so cute together and Spencer is so chill in this story. I'ts awesome. PMS

Yeah, Spencer is pretty cool in this story and her and Kyla just mesh so well together.

AbsoluteGarbage

hahahah loved the idea of putting that drag queen in the story so funny...loved the diner scene too! uh oh they gotta tell ashley sooner or laterz i wonder what its gonna be like... hm...

It's going to be an interesting unraveling of events.

NOTxINx2xLABELS

very nice chapter and the dragqueen scene was hilarious PMS

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

Mythic-lionheart

haha, how true, public transportation can be a hoot. My roomates and I have had our far share of moments... like:
"Lady! Get your god damn smoking bag off my bus!"
haha ;)

Lets hear it for public transportation! Ha.