A/N: Hey everyone! Thanks for the reviews. This chapter I'm sure is going to piss some people off 0:) but I'm in the process of telling a bigger story! Don't give up hope yet. And please please please keep reviewing I love reading what you guys have to say.
Also, Your Relentless Lover: if you didn't hate me for the last chapter you'll definitely hate me for this one! Enjoy :P
The random B's are to symbolize breaks in time!
"Everyone circle around" Madison motioned to the large group occupying the massive living room. "Put down your drinks. It's time to play a good old game of never have I ever."
Spencer removed herself from the overstuffed armchair she and Ryan had been sharing and walked towards Madison. "What's never have I ever?" She asked in a low whisper making sure nobody could hear her. She didn't want to seem uncool.
"It's simple" Madison said as she held up all of her ten fingers. "Someone says something they've never done and if you've done it you put a finger down. For instance never have I ever...". Madison stalled and furrowed her brow for a moment. "Well, there's not much I haven't done" Madison claimed "But pretend someone says, "I don't have a black brother". You'd put one finger down because you DO have a black brother" Madison explained as she folded down one manicured finger towards her palm. "It's really pretty simple! Just watch and learn."
Madison took a seat in the middle of the large wrap around couch and called Spencer to sit next to her. Spencer slowly crossed the floor ladened with crushed beer cans, red solo cups and, to Spencer's surprise, a leopard print bra.
"I guess things got a little nuts" Spencer said gesturing towards the bra on the floor.
"At least there's no panties to match" Madison said as she tilted her head to get a better look at the bra. "In fact, I'm pretty sure that's Crystal's bra." Madison laughed.
"When are we starting?" Chelsea cried from the other end of the couch.
"Now" Madison answered, "Chelsea you ask the first question"
"Hmm" Chelsea looked around the arm carefully then said, "Never have I ever streaked"
Spencer watched as half the room folded down their fingers including Madison. "Really?" Madison nudged Spencer. "You've never streaked before?"
"No" Spencer hung her head slightly. "I lived a pretty tamed life back home."
"Luckily for you" Madison replied titling Spencer's face towards her own. "I'm here to spice it up"
"My turn!" Madison shouted leaving Spencer slightly stunned. "Never have I ever...Drove naked!"
The only finger to fold down was Aiden's. He sheepishly looked at everyone and explained, "It was a dare! But now it's my turn." Aiden thought for a moment before saying "Never have I ever had sex in a lake."
A few more fingers folded down and the game progressed in this manner for the next half an hour. The game was down to Madison, Spencer and Ryan. Aiden and the rest of the guys had all pretty much gotten out ten questions into the game.
Spencer had two fingers left and Madison and Ryan both had one.
"It's your turn Spencer" Ryan urged.
Spencer thought for a few moments about how best to get Ryan out of the game. He had just targeted her with the question "Never have I ever lived in Ohio" so Spencer was trying to extract revenge.
"Okay. I got something." Spencer shifted her position and looked Ryan directly in the eye and said, "Never have I ever made out with a girl."
Ryan cursed under his breath and slowly put down his only remaining finger, which happened to be the middle one. "Next game I'm targeting you!" Ryan warned Spencer.
"Alright Madison, it's your turn" Spencer said turning towards her friend. But Madison wasn't paying attention to the game. She was starring with her eyes wide towards the corner of the room. Spencer followed her gaze and her eyes landed on a very old fashioned clock. It took a few seconds but Spencer was able to decipher the time as exactly 7 in the morning. She looked back at Madison just in time to hear her say "Shit. It's seven in the morning? I hate to do this to you guys but my parents get back from France within the hour. You all need to leave now!"
As soon as the words left her mouth there was a stampede of well-dressed teenagers headed towards the door. Ryan sprang up from the couch pecked Spencer on the check and said "Call me tomorrow?" before joining the crowd.
Madison was busy ushering everyone out of the living room and Spencer was just about to leave when she noticed the mess. "There's no way she can clean this by herself in an hour" Spencer thought. So, she dropped her coat and grabbed a black garbage bag that was hanging off a chair in the kitchen.
Spencer had experience in cleaning houses hastily before and she had her brother Glenn to thank for it. He would always throw parties, pass out in the bathroom and leave Spencer to clean up the mess. One time she cleaned her entire basement back in Ohio in under ten minutes. Her Dad had gotten the flu in the middle of their vacation and her parents didn't call until they were a few blocks from home. To this day Spencer doesn't know how she cleaned the basement so quickly.
So, once Spencer saw the mess she immediately began stuffing empty cans, bottles and cups into the garbage can. She picked up the knocked over coffee table and fixed the cushions on the wrap around couch. By the time Spencer noticed Madison standing in the doorway the room was nearly immaculate.
"How long do we have?" Spencer frantically asked a surprisingly serene Madison.
"Oh sweetie" Madison cooed and sat down on the love seat. "My parents aren't coming back from their trip until Tuesday"
Spencer froze in the middle of throwing away a half eaten mini hot dog. "Oh okay"
"Yeah. I just wanted to be alone" Madison explained. "It's not often that I get the house to myself without anyone in it!"
"I'm so sorry. I just thought I could help out. I'll leave right now" Spencer stuttered as she began to round up her stuff. "If I could just find my phone" She mumbled rifling through her purse.
"Noo. I don't mind you staying. I actually like having you here. I just didn't feel like dealing with so many people. So come here!" Madison said as she patted the seat next to her indicating Spencer to sit down.
Spencer leaned the half full garbage can on the couch so it wouldn't spill and took her seat next to Madison.
"So Miss Ohio" Madison began "You've never made out with a girl?" Madison raised her eyebrows.
Spencer looked at Madison in shock. "Why the hell would she have brought that up" Spencer thought folding her hands on her lap and trying to calm her nerves before she responded "No, I really haven't".
"How did you learn to make out then!" Madison questioned Spencer placing a hand on Spencer's shoulder.
"Uhm" Spencer began to blush. "I've never been very confident about my making out skills, to be honest." Spencer glanced nervously at Madison hand resting on her left shoulder. She didn't know what to make of this situation.
"Why aren't you confident?" Madison scooted a little bit closer causing Spencer's breath to hitch. "Didn't you do a lot with your boyfriend James back in high school?" Madison cocked her head to the side and wanted for Spencer to shake her head no before saying "Well, you've made out before right?"
"Yeah, I mean of course" Spencer heart began to race. "But I always made some excuse and left before it got too serious"
"You didn't make out with Ryan?"
"No" Spencer explained, "He thinks I'm playing hard to get but I'm actually just nervous. He's had SO much experience compared to me" Spencer glanced at Madison and watched her slowly lick her bottom lip.
"Well" Madison whispered leaning her head closer towards Spencer. "I'll give you a little bit of experience then."
It took every shred of self-restraint for Spencer not to scream "are you serious?" as she saw Madison's face getting closer to her own. Spencer's heart began to race and Madison slightly smiled at Spencer before she closed her eyes and leaned even closer.
"Oh my god" Spencer's thoughts screamed, "This can't be real. What the hell do I do? Should I turn my head away, I don't think I'm ready for this!"
But before Spencer could turn her head Madison's soft lips had touched her own and all thoughts of turning away had left Spencer's mind. For a few seconds Spencer was in complete shock then relaxed into Madison's touch. Madison moved her hand from Spencer's shoulder to her knee and shifted their position to better reach her lips.
They stayed like that for a few more seconds before Spencer felt Madison's tongue graze the bottom of her lip. Spencer's heart began to go even faster and she was sure she was going to have a heart attack when Madison's tongue entered her mouth. Slowly Madison instructed Spencer what to do with her tongue. Right as Spencer began to take control and explore Madison's mouth the other girl pulled away leaving Spencer stunned.
"You have nothing to worry about, Chica!" Madison removed her hand from Spencer's knee and ran it through her own hair. "Damn, I gotta shower this hair spray is itching my head!"
"Huh?" was the only sound Spencer could formulate as she watched Madison get up from the love seat. She grabbed a towel from the linen closet and flitted up the stairs leaving Spencer alone with her thoughts.
Spencer relaxed into the cushions and touched a hand to her lips. If it wasn't for the abnormal warmth and smell of Madison's berry lip gloss she would have been sure it was just a dream.
Spencer let out a loud sigh closed her eyes and uttered, "What have I gotten myself into!" before drifting off into an uncomfortable sleep.
B
"Spencer...Spencer." Spencer groaned and opened one eye slightly to see Madison standing before her. "Oh" Spencer thought "It was a dream"
"Morning sleepy head" Madison smiled "Or should I say afternoon!"
"What?" Spencer mumbled throwing a hand over her eyes to shield them from the sunlight. "It seemed so real last night. I can still taste the berries on my lips, could I really be THAT delusional" Spencer thought..
"Spence!" Madison called again "Get up. The limo service dropped this off for you"
Spencer felt something hard hit her in the shoulder and she turned over to see Madison completely dressed. Her hair was styled, her jeans were fitted and her top...well let's just say Spencer couldn't stop staring at her top.
"It's your phone you idiot!" Madison explained the object that had hit Spencer's shoulder. "You apparently left it in the limo somehow. You're lucky. The only reason they returned it is because my Dad and the owner of the service are good friends."
Spencer turned over, rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and picked up her cell phone. It had 8 missed calls and nearly a dozen text messages. Spencer furrowed her brow as Madison continued "Apparently the damn thing wouldn't stop ringing so they dropped it off this morning. I tried waking you a few hours after I took my shower" "Her shower" Spencer began to get excited "Maybe we did hook up last night." Spencer reasoned as she continued to listen to Madison.
"... but you were dead asleep" Madison continued. "I guess I wore you out" She winked and Spencer couldn't stop a broad smile coming to her face. She did in fact make out with Madison Duarte last night and she couldn't be more proud.
"Well I was so good you had to take a shower right after" Spencer retorted lightly punching Madison's shoulder. The other girl just smirked and said, "Want breakfast?"
"Yeah" Spencer said as she walked towards the hall mirror. "Damn." Spencer exclaimed as she took in her messy hair, wrinkled gown, smudged mascara and swollen lips. "Nevermind on that I need to shower!"
"Hey" Madison called "Take your phone this time! You don't want to lose it again." Madison walked over to the couch and threw Spencer her phone.
"Thanks" Spencer answered as she grabbed a towel from the closet and walked upstairs. She headed into the bathroom and immediately turned on the hot water. She put a hand to her head and finally looked down at her phone that read 2:38 . "Oh shit" Spencer mumbled realizing she hadn't checked her missed calls and texts yet.
The first two were from her mother demanding for her to call or she was notifying the police. Spencer quickly texted her "Sorry Mom. Spent the night at Madison's and I had left my phone in the limo. I'll be back in a few hours! No need to notify the police! Love you!"
Spencer smiled slightly at how angry her mother would be at her when she got home. She'd yell at her for not calling then hug her and say how glad she is that she's safe.
Unfortunately Spencer's smile faded as she realized the next ten text messages were all from Ashley. "Oh no." Spencer breathed as she read the first text "hey is homecoming over?" Spencer groaned and put a hand to her head. "Damn it!" She exclaimed "I forgot all about Ashley" She said as she read on "It's 2. Homecoming has GOT to be over by now."
Spencer cringed as read the progression of texts. "I'm worried about you please text me back it's 2:45!". The steam from the shower began to fog the screen so Spencer stepped into the hallway to read the rest. "If you don't text me back soon I'm going to assume you got into a car crash or something." "I'm worried because if you were actually okay and just ignoring me I feel you'd answer your texts." "Last chance to answer or I'm calling someone"
Spencer's heart dropped thinking about how frantic Ashley must have been. Spencer knew Ashley was worried about Spencer because it was her first dance since the Sarah incident. Ashley hadn't heard from Spencer all night so OF COURSE she'd be worried something bad happened.
"I'm calling the hospital" "Well, good news you're not in the hospital. So where the hell are you? I've called you four times!" "Spencer, I'm really worried about you!" "It's 5 in the morning. Text me so I know you're okay please?"
As soon as she read the last text Spencer immediately started to text Ashley back "Hey Ash. I'm sooo sorry. I spent the night at Madison's and left my phone in the limo. But I have something really amazing to tell you! I didn't mean to make you worry!" Spencer exited out of her texts and went back into the bathroom. The heat from the steam felt really good on Spencer's cold body and she quickly shed her clothes. She placed her phone on the far corner or the room and figured Ashley would reply by the time Spencer got out of the shower.
Spencer allowed the warm water to hit her body and let her mind to wander. She thought about how well last night had turned out and secretly loved that Madison brought up their encounter this morning. She couldn't help herself from thinking about Madison's face as she shampooed her hair, she couldn't stop remembering the taste of her lips as she washed her body and nothing could prevent her from thinking about what occurred last night as she conditioned her hair.
After a good hour Spencer hopped out of the shower and dragged the towel around herself. She let her hair flow freely down her back and bounded to the other side of the bathroom to retrieve her phone and clothes. She then went into a side bedroom and flung herself onto the bed. As she waited for herself to dry off a little Spencer looked at her phone. She was surprised to see that Ashley hadn't texted her back yet. But she just rationalized that Ashley must be busy.
"Madison" Spencer called "Do you have clothes I could borrow. I don't really feel like doing a walk of shame in my dress from last night"
"What do you have to be ashamed of!" Madison replied from the hallway causing Spencer to gasp.
"Woah, chill girl. I was just getting my i-pod from my room" Madison smiled and motioned to her left hand holding a silver ipod. "I also got you these." Madison stretched out her right hand revealing a blue shirt black hoody and gray sweats.
"Thanks" Spencer said pulling the towel tightly around her body. She was suddenly very aware that it was the only thing stopping herself from being completely naked...in Madison's house...on one of Madison's beds...
"Your welcome!" Madison's cheery voiced brought Spencer back to reality. "Hurry up. Breakfast's getting cold" And with that Madison disappeared down the stairs once more and Spencer let out a haggard breathe.
"She's going to kill me" Spencer whispered as put on her underwear and dragged on the sweat pants.
Before she put on her shirt she checked her phone again. Still no messages from Ashley. Spencer bit her lip and slid on Madison's blue cheerleading shirt. Spencer collected her hair and put it into a messy bun before putting on Madison's sweatshirt.
Spencer grabbed her phone put it in her pocket and went to the bathroom to hang up her wet towel. As soon as she walked into the room she caught sight of herself in the mirror. Spencer wiped off the excess steam and noticed she was wearing Madison's championship Cheerleading sweatshirt. It had "Madison" scrawled across the top right of the sweatshirt and KING HIGH in bold across the chest. Spencer smiled slightly at her reflection then walked downstairs to meet Madison.
B
"Damn that was good!" Spencer exclaimed putting her fork down on her plate causing the remnants of eggs and pancakes to scatter.
"Yeah. You learn how to cook pretty well when your parents forget to feed you" Madison smiled a sad smile leaving Spencer unsure of what to say.
"Aiden and I are fighting" Madison stated and Spencer, relieved at the topic change, directed her full attention towards Madison. "He's just not the same as he used to be." Madison continued pushing a half eaten pancake around her plate. "I've felt this for awhile, but it's just SO familiar it's hard to break away from him. I just don't feel like he's making me happy anymore."
Spencer sighed and grabbed Madison's hand. "If he isn't making you happy then don't stay with him. You can become familiar with anyone in time. Don't settle because you're way too amazing to be settling." Spencer finished blushing slightly with her last comment.
"I guess. It's just hard to describe why I stay with him" Madison looked at her plate. She took her fork and forcibly cut the rest of the pancake in half. "Ugh". She turned and brought her plate to the sink and Spencer followed her.
"You don't have to explain that to me. It's the same reason I stayed with James all that time. It's because it's easy and comfortable. But I ended it and I couldn't be happier because I can move on to people who actually love me."
Madison merely said "Thanks Spence" indicating she was done with the conversation. Spencer respected Madison's wishes and looked at her phone. There was no new text messages besides one from her mother saying "Fine. Be home by 7. Dad's cooking Mexican again". Spencer then shifted her eyes to the time reading 4:52.
"Damn it." Spencer sighed. "Do you think you could drive me to Ashley's? She's not answering my texts and I know she was sick last night. I just really want to check on her." Spencer concluded carefully making sure she didn't offend Madison. She knew Ashley hated Madison but from what Spencer could tell she thought Madison actually liked Ashley.
"Sure" was all Madison said as she reached to retrieve her car keys from the hook on the far side of the kitchen. Spencer grabbed her dress and slipped on her homecoming shoes, for lack of a better option, and followed Madison to her SUV.
"Okay" Spencer said as soon as she was settled in "I'm not exactly sure how to get to Ashley's from here but I know you merge onto.." But before she could finish Madison cut her off.
"Hun, I've known the way to Ashley's way longer than you have. We used to be best friends remember?" Madison laughed and turned the key in the ignition revving the engine.
"Oh right" Spencer recollected as Madison peeled out of the driveway and down the street.
Ten minutes later they pulled up outside of Ashley's absurdly large home. Spencer always marveled at how rich Ashley was and couldn't believe this was her lifestyle.
"Thanks" Spencer waved at Madison. Madison lingered in the driveway for a few seconds. She was starring blankly at the house. Spencer could've sworn she saw a glimpse of pain on Madison's face before she sped off down the street.
Spencer slowly made her way to the front door. "I hope Ashley's not mad" was the only thought occupying Spencer's mind as she walked the familiar path. "I'm sure she'll understand" Spencer reassured herself as she took the front steps two at a time. "Maybe she'll even be happy for me!" Spencer reasoned and pushed the doorbell.
A few moments later the door opened partially revealing a slightly disheveled Ashley.
"Hi" Spencer whispered as she watched Ashley's eyes travel from Spencer's messy hair, to Madison's cheerleading sweatshirt and finally to her heels from last night.
"Oh it's you" Ashley spat and let go of the door so it slammed in Spencer's face.
"Or not" Spencer thought as she starred at the recently closed door.