Chapter 11- "Say Hello to the Angels" Interpol
Saturday night had been a long time coming. Spencer was a wreck on the days leading up to the big day. It really didn't help that Sally had drawn a big countdown calendar on the white board hanging above their community desk, and she'd cross out each number every morning religiously. Sally was really excited, maybe even more than Spencer who looked a little catatonic at times. In fact she'd been so excited about giving Spencer a 'sexy' makeover that she'd come home everyday and make her try on about 60 different outfits while trying out different palettes of makeup. It wasn't until Thursday night that Sally settled on the perfect outfit for Spencer's 'Big Evening-O-Sex and Seduction' (of course, she kept the event name to herself). Luckily for Spencer she also had a lot of make-up work to distract her from the coming occasion, but even then she found it difficult to concentrate.
"Wow! I am AHHH-mazing!" Sally gushed. If she could, she'd pat herself on her back.
"Really?"
"Oh my god I'd fuck you myself!" Spencer had spent enough time with the girl that past week that she learned how to ignore most of her colorful comments.
"I don't know… I'm not sure I feel comfortable in this outfit"
"Spencer you look fucking hot… stop fishing for compliments…"
"No, I'm serious. I don't know how confident I feel about wearing something like this…"
"I have a theory about that…"
"What, me wearing a tiny white dress?"
"No. Confidence… I think confidence is stored in fat…"
"What?!"
"No really… let me show you" - Sally pulled Spencer away from the mirror and to the window- "You see that girl over there?" Sally pointed out the window to an unsuspecting co-ed wearing boots with fur.
"Yeah… what about her?"
"Well you see… that girls ASS, that girl's ass gave her the confidence to wear those boots!"
"Sally! … That's terrible!" Spencer cringed at her roommate's superficiality.
"Tell me I'm wrong… look at you… you look gorgeous, like, insanely hot! … You have like zero body fat and NO confidence!"
"Wow you're a genius…is that going to be the topic for your thesis?"
"It might…"
"Oh yeah? …Well what about Ashley? She has the most amazing body and the confidence to go along with it…" It was strange how Spencer's mind went straight to the image of Ashley's heavenly body. Now that she admitted her feelings to herself it was easier for her to indulge in that picture. A freedom she enjoyed often.
"Well Ashley is an unusual case… She's what we call 'a millionaire'… she gets her confidence from bathing in a pool filled with hundred dollar bills"
"Wow you're special…" Spencer nodded her head, concerned that Sally might actually believe her own theory.
"…and you're late… cab's here…" Sally pointed to the cab that was just pulling up right outside their dorm. Spencer shot Sally a panicked look. "…Ugh you look great! Go!"
"Thank you!"
"…maybe you should stop by a drive thru and grab a cheeseburger… you know, to stock up on the confidence… "- Spencer gave Sally a disapproving look before dashing out the door- "I want details!" She shouted before the door slammed shut "… Shit with all that work I deserve a video" Sally laughed at her own joke.
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Ding. Dong
"Spencer use your key!" Ashley yelled from the bathroom where she was putting on the final touches of her make up.
"Oh! So are you going to tell her tonight?" Kyla asked from the other end of the phone.
"Ky…"
Ding. Dong
"Spencer! … Ugh I'm telling you that girl has been acting weird lately…" Ashley got up from her perch on the bathroom counter, grabbed her white vest from the chair and started towards the buzzing door.
"Oh! Maybe she knows…"
"Kyla we are sooo not having this conversation right now, plus shouldn't you be leaving soon?" Ashley was midway putting on her vest, buttons would be dealt with later. Maybe Spencer could help.
"Ha! I'm on my way… just called to make sure your late ass was on time…"
Ding. Dong
"Spen… Aiden!" Ashley said surprised when she opened the door and there was a beefy boy wearing all-white standing at her doorway. Not at all looking like a Spencer.
"Hi" Aiden grinned.
"Aiden? Oh this is going to be good!" Kyla excited by her primo hearing range.
"You're an idiot…"
"Huh?" Aiden not surprisingly confused. It was a good look for him, that's probably why he wore it so often.
"Sorry… Kyla."-She pointed to the phone in her hand- "Hanging up now."
"No wait! Just leave me on spea…." Ashley hung up before she could finish that brilliant thought.
"Aiden what are you doing here?"
"Hey baby… Aren't you happy to see me?" Aiden planted a kiss on her cheek and handed Ashley a white rose.
"Sure. Still a phone call would've been nice too" Ashley found unexpected visits other than Spencer's to be a nuisance.
"Ha that's funny… Tonight's the white party…. Why would I have to call my date?"
"Well I don't know about your DATE but you should've called ME to tell me you were coming"
"You are my date baby…"
"Aiden… we're broken up remember? … And don't call me that" Ashley cringed at the pet name.
"Yeah but we break up ALL the time… then you get bored and we're back together again"
"Ugh… Don't you think if I were bored yet I would've called you?"
"Hmm I figured you forgot… It happens so often I forget when you call too."
"Wow that's… SAD… "
"Nah… it's what we do…"
"Aiden… listen to me… We're done! Broken-up! Over! Finished! No more! Get it?"
"Baby! Don't be so difficult…" Aiden walked over to Ashley so that they were merely inches apart "We're hot together…" Ashley began to consider how less difficult her life was before she resigned to her feelings for Spencer. He was right. They were hot together, but her and Spencer…
"Spencer. Wow!" Aiden looked like he could eat Spencer with a spoon as she unknowingly walked into the loft and interrupted the scene idly taking place. Who could blame him though, Sally was right, she was AMAZING and Spencer looked gorgeous. Not that she wasn't beautiful before, but tonight in that skin tight strapless white dress, red heels and matching lipstick, Spencer looked utterly SEXY! Her flawless tan, which Sally meticulously sprayed on, worked perfectly to contrast the dress and the red lipstick. Her hair up; in one of Sally's infamous coiffures, only accentuated her toned arms and her elegant neckline. The elaborate smoky eye shadow over her blue gaze made her look unbearably sultry. Everyone with a pulse would have to agree that Spencer Carlin was absolutely breathtaking. At least Ashley WOULD, since she literally lost her breath.
"Oh MY God!" Ashley managed to breath out not able to wipe the drool off fast enough. She was speechless, stunned by how incredibly hot Spencer looked. She stopped breathing for about a minute. Her heart stopped beating for another two minutes.
"Aiden? … Wow…I'm sorry… the cab is waiting… I'll just be down…" Spencer rambled then started walking away.
"Spencer wait!" Suddenly Ashley found her voice and began to follow after the blonde.
"Hey no… it's ok… I get it…" Spencer was a little upset, she'd walked in on what she thought was a reconciliation that resulted in a half dressed Ashley and an extremely touchy Aiden. Spencer was more of a pessimist than she was given credit, most optimists would see it as a half-naked Ashley. Then again, she DID just think she lost HER girl to the gorilla even though she was wearing THAT. Silly Spencer. Ashley pulled Spencer back into her loft.
"Where are you going?"
"The cab is waiting… I'll just wait til your done…" Spencer was embarrassed and hurting. She couldn't look at Ashley in the eye.
"Score! This is my lucky night…" Aiden was bred for making moments even more awkward.
"No it's not…" She gave Aiden a patented Davies death glare "Aiden was just leaving…"
"What?" He was still clueless.
"Aiden…Fuck!…" -Deep breath- "I'm gay! …We're never getting back together… so you should just leave" This made Spencer look up from the floor with a bright smile on her face.
"Yeah right like I haven't heard that before!"
"Ha!" Ashley couldn't suppress the laugh. Aiden HAD probably heard that before.
"Ash you're kidding right?"
"No I'm not" She looked him in the eye making sure he understood.
"No it's true! She's a big ol' butch…" Spencer interjected while winking at Ashley. Oh my, Ashley might have died just then. The good kind of death, you know, where the Victoria's Secret Angels look like Spencer.
"Sweeeet. Threesome!"
"Ugh! Aiden get out of my house you perv! …" Ashley shoved Aiden out of her door with all her might. As if she'd ever let him taint HER dear sweet Spencer. Plus she was done talking to dumb walls. "We're done! … And please forget where I live!" She shouted from inside her loft while double locking the door.
"Ash, that was mean" Spencer scolded Ashley, sort of.
"No! That was fun… plus did you see how he was looking at you all disgusting and pervy… threesome… as if!"
"Are you jealous?" Spencer teased, sort of.
"…no… You can have him if you want… if that's what you want…"-looking Spencer right in her smoky blue eyes-"IS that what you want?"
Ring. Ring.
Both girls were startled by the sudden interruption.
"Oh crap it's the cab driver, he's waiting downstairs! Let's go!" Spencer started jetting for the door as fast as her skin tight dress will let her move. Ashley still not moving, it was just a cab, they COULD call another one. "Oh wait… your vest is undone… here" Spencer stopped in front of Ashley and started buttoning her vest. Not exactly how she imagined but still, as Aiden would so eloquently put it, 'SCORE!'
"…" Ashley was struggling with words, it wasn't much help that her pesky heart kept acting up. "…Spencer?" Spencer looked up at her pensive friend. Oh wow she looked even better from that angle. "You look really fucking HOT in that dress"
"Thanks" Oh look Spencer is blushing; it's the same color as her lipstick too.
"You know for a straight girl…" Ashley added hoping not to make her friend uncomfortable.
"Right…" Except not really, she thought.
"Spencer?"
" Yeah?" Hoping for something more, wishing she didn't have to be the one to say it.
"We really need to get you a new ring tone…"
"Ash!" Frustrated on so many levels.
"Seriously! Who has like an actual ring as their ring tone? I write music for a living… that's like a slap in my face…" Ashley joked
"Ash! The cab! Let's go!"
"Fine!"
Ashley grabbed Spencer's hand and they walked out of her loft fingers entwined. Yeah it was going to be a good night.