A/N- Hello dudes and dudettes!! This will clear up Spallison confusion. Don't worry so much. I kno I left you with a cliffy. Please keep reading and reviewing! Things are going to start heating up soon!! :) Enjoy, please review with any form of feedback! -Mel

P.S.- When I editted this post for you guys, I was a little messed up on cold medicine, so if it seems off in any way or has a lot of mistakes, please let me kno! Thanks! :)


Spencer's POV

Ashley's Bedroom

I sit here shocked for a few minutes as my mind starts to race. Are me and Allison still considered together? Why was she calling? Has she met someone else? Ugh, that doesn't matter, you're with Ashley now!! All these questions run circles around my head until Ashley finally catches my attention.

ASHLEY: "Spencer, Spencer. . . SPENCER!!" She says, waving her hands in front of my face.
I finally snap out of my thoughts and look at her.
SPENCER: "Huh?" I respond, making eye contact with her.
ASHLEY: "You zoned out on me and didn't answer my question. ." She tells me quietly.
SPENCER: "S-sorry. . I uh. . I have to go. ." I say quickly getting off of Ashley's bed and walk over to her couch to grab my shirt. I pull it on over my bathing suit.

I leave the room and start walking down the stairs, dialing my dad's cell number on my phone as I go. All the while trying to juggle my stuff from the night before.

ARTHUR: "Spencer?"
SPENCER: "Yea dad it's me. Can you come get me from Ashley's please?"
ARTHUR: "Sure hunnie, but what's going on?"
SPENCER: "I'll explain later, can you just come get me?"
ARTHUR: "Sure, see you in a few minutes."
SPENCER: "K, thanks bye."
ARTHUR: "Bye."
We both hang up.

I wait in the front of Ashley's house for a few minutes before Ashley comes outside.

ASHLEY: "Spencer?" She asks quietly.
I turn my head to look at her.
ASHLEY: "What's going on?" She asks, sounding confused whic tears at my heart even more.
SPENCER: "I don't know Ash. But I just, I, ugh! I don't know!"
ASHLEY: "Spencer, talk to me, what's going on. ."
SPENCER: "I don't know," Just then my dad pulls up. "I have to go Ash. I'll call you later."

I get in my dad's car and we drive away, leaving Ashley staring after us.

Spencer's house

ARTHUR: "What's going on Spence?" He asks as we pull up in the driveway and he turns off the car.
I have tears streaming down my face and I'm trying to suppress my crying.
SPENCER: "Allison called dad, and she talked to Ashley."
I drop my head in my hands as the tears continue to fall.
ARTHUR: "Well did they get into a fight or something?"
SPENCER: "I don't think so, but I was sleeping when she talked to her and then I woke up when Ashley got out of the bed. She looked upset about something, so I asked her and when she answered me, she was like 'Allison called' and I didn't know what to say except 'what did she want?' Then Ash asked me if Allison and I are still together. And I don't even know the answer to that question dad. ." I say through my tears.
ARTHUR: "Sweetheart. . I'm sure Allison knows the two of you aren't together."
SPENCER: "But I don't want to take that chance. I really like Ashley dad. And I don't want to mess things up with her. I loved Allison and she will always be apart of me, but I have to move on. And I don't even know what she wanted when she called, the message she left was to tell me that she had called. I'm so confused dad. . I couldn't even talk to Ash about it."
ARTHUR: "I'm sure it'll all work itself out." He says and pulls me into a hug.
Just then my mom comes outside with a weird expression on her face, wondering why we're just sitting in the car. Then she turns and walks into the house when she sees us hugging.

My dad lets me go and kisses my forehead.
ARTHUR: "Why don't you go inside, call Allison and talk to her. See why she called."
SPENCER: "Yea I guess I should." I say and wipe my cheeks.

We get out of the car and head into the house. I walk up to my room and fling my things onto the closet floor before sitting down in the inside of the door of my closet and dialing Allison's number.

ALLISON: "Hello?" She sounds as though she's been crying.
SPENCER: "Hey Allie, what's up?" I pause and then catch onto her sniffles. "Are you crying?"
ALLISON: "No of course not." She says trying to cover it up.
SPENCER: "C'mon Allie. What's wrong? I know you're crying. ." I ask softly, hoping I wasn't the cause of it all.
ALLISON: "It's nothing Spencer really. Just forget about it. ."
SPENCER: "Is this about Ashley?" I ask quietly.
Allison's quiet on the other end. She doesn't answer for a few minutes, but I can still hear her sniffles clearly.
SPENCER: "Allison? C'mon, answer me please?" I plead.
ALLISON: "It's nice to see you've found someone new. ." She says bluntly, but the hurt completely evident in her voice.
SPENCER: "Well what'd you expect? For me to never move on?" I ask hurt myself.
ALLISON: "No I guess not, I just didn't think it'd be this soon." She replies quietly.
SPENCER: "I do miss you Allie and you're still apart of me. . ."
ALLISON: "Don't Spencer. It'll just make it harder to let you go." She says.
I can tell she's holding back more sobs.
SPENCER: "I guess this is goodbye then."
ALLISON: "I guess."
There's a short pause, like neither one of us really want it to end just yet.
SPENCER: "Call me sometime ok? Let me know how you're doing."
ALLISON: "Sure." There's another short pause. "Bye Spence."
SPENCER: "Bye Allie."

I close my phone and drop it onto the floor right in front of me. My head drops into my hands and I just cry. Why am I crying? I have no idea. I know I'm over Allie, but she was my best friend before all of that as well. This just sucks, that's why I'm crying.

I stop crying and finally pick myself up off the closet floor, before walking into my bathroom. I freshen up a bit and then check the time. It's still an hour or so till dinner, maybe I should take a shower and get out of this bathing suit. So I do. I take a shower, and then after getting dressed in some cheerleading shorts and a tank, I sit down on my bed to do some homework while listening to my iPod.

Twenty minutes later, my dad is in my doorway telling me that someone is at the door for me.

Ashley's POV

Spencer's Foyer

I stand in the Carlin's doorway, waiting for Spencer to come downstairs. When she emerges through the entryway from the stairs to the foyer, I try my hardest not to smile. Had she forgotten what she was wearing? She looks as though she's ready for bed. . definitely not for company. But she still looks gorgeous. . take that back, completely sexy!! I start getting lost in my thoughts.

SPENCER: "Ash, what are you doing here?" She asks in a quiet voice.
ASHLEY: "Dinner remember?" I reply, equally as quiet, how could she have forgotten that? Maybe she's stressed cause of what happened earlier.
She pinches the bridge of her nose, seeming tense and lost in thought.
SPENCER: "Oh yea." She sighs. "I completely forgot, I'm sorry." She says sincerely, dropping her hand and looking at me with a small, awkward smile.
ASHLEY: "Hmm." That's all I could manage.
SPENCER: "Well do you want to come upstairs?" She really did look stressed. I should make sure she doesn't feel pressured to talk.
ASHLEY: "Are you sure?" I ask her quietly.
SPENCER: "Yea. It's fine." She looks around and then holds her hand out to me with a small smile.
I take her hand in mine and follow her up to her bedroom.

We walk into her room and she lets my hand go to close her books and move them aside so we can sit down. She sits on her bed and brings her knees up to her chest, curling her body into a ball, then rests her head on her knees. All of this is a clear sign that she's upset and or thinking. So I sit next to her and just wait, playing with my hands in my lap.

After a few minutes. .
SPENCER: "Ash, I'm so sorry. ." She says quietly.
ASHLEY: "For what babe?" Curious as to what she must be apologizing for.
SPENCER: "For running away earlier instead of staying and talking to you about it. But the thing is that I didn't even know the answer to the question you asked me. So I got scared and panicked."
ASHLEY: "Do you know the answer to that question now?" I ask holding my breath, scared of the possible answer.
SPENCER: "We're not together. It's true we never made it official that we were broken up, but I didn't consider myself still with her either. I did call her when I got home though, after talking to my dad. We said our final goodbyes, or at least for now until she heals and can call me and be friends. ." She explains, sounding upset.

I hesitate and don't know what to say. So I just wrap my arms around her and hold her. She silently cries in my arms for a few minutes. Then she sits up.

SPENCER: "You know, we cry too much when we're together." She says with a slight chuckle, wiping her face of her tears.
I chuckle back before looking into her beautiful, vulnerable eyes.
ASHLEY: "I'm sorry that hurt you Spencer. . I know you were really close to her in Ohio."
SPENCER: "It's true I was. . but I couldn't stand to lose you Ash." She replies sincerely and leans into me.
I wrap my arm around her again and sigh.
ASHLEY: "Me either Spence, me either." I kiss the top of her head.

Spencer's POV

Sitting in Ashley's arms is unlike anything else I've ever felt. She's so warm and soft. I feel like I could sit here for forever and I'll be safe from anything else in this world. She's wearing my favorite perfume of hers, Dulce & Gabanna, and the smell adds to the comfort she's giving me. She gently rocks me to and fro, humming in my ear the same song she sang to me on our date the other night, even her humming is beautiful. It comforts me so much more, that I almost fall asleep right here where I'm sitting. I look up at her and my eyes lock on her beautiful hazelnut-brown eyes. They're always so warm and just looking into them makes my heart race like it never has before.

ASHLEY: "What?" She asks cutely, with a small smirk on her face.
SPENCER: "Do you know how amazing you are?" I ask her seriously.
ASHLEY: "I'm not sure. . how amazing?" She asks, almost sounding scared, as if she's really never heard that from someone before.
SPENCER: "Pretty amazing. . . Thank you. ." I tell her softly.
ASHLEY: "For what?"
SPENCER: "For still coming tonight, despite how things ended at your house."
ASHLEY: "And miss meeting your family for the first time, well minus your dad. Which reminds me, are we supposed to be keeping breakfast this morning on the DL from your mom?"
SPENCER: "I'm not sure actually, so for now maybe we should and wait to see if my dad brings it up."
ASHLEY: "Ok. I can do that." She says with a smile.
SPENCER: "Great!" I tell her returning the smile.

I really want to kiss her in this moment, but someone calls us from downstairs.
???: "Girls, dinner!!" They call up the stairs.
SPENCER: "Coming dad." I yell back. "I guess we should get down there and get this over with." I say looking back at Ashley with a small frown.
ASHLEY: "Hey, I don't know about you, but I'm excited about this." She says with a smile.
SPENCER: "Um. . why?" I ask with a light chuckle.
ASHLEY: "Cause now I finally get to see what I'm up against with your mom." She smiles even bigger and I nudge her playfully.
SPENCER: "You are such a nerd!"
ASHLEY: "Um. . excuse me. . correction. . I am YOUR nerd!!" She informs me playfully, her smile continuing to get even bigger than before.

She stands up and holds her hands out to me. I take her hands and she helps me off of the bed.
ASHLEY: "Are you wearing that to dinner babe?" She asks eyeing me up and down, giving me goose bumps. She must like what she sees though, because she has a goofy grin on her face and a different look in her eyes the moments before, almost hungry, but for a completely different reason.
SPENCER: "Hmm, you seem to like it." I tell her cutely and wink at her when she meets my eyes for a second.
ASHLEY: "I'm not going to lie, I do, but I don't think the rest of your family will be too happy about it though."
SPENCER: "Maybe you're right. Hmm. ." I let her hands go and walk over to my desk chair and pull on the hoodie that had been hanging on it. "Better?"
ASHLEY: "Yea, I like a little leg showing anyways." She says and grabs me by the waist.
SPENCER: "I bet you do." I say resting my hands on her shoulders.
ASHLEY: "Oh yea, so much." She whispers as she leans in and kisses my lips softly.

??: "Hey girls, you coming dow- Spencer!! What the hell!?"