A/N: Hey, y'all, sorry for being a day late (better late than pregnant though, right? :P). Anyway, I finished this chapter earlier today, but tonight called for me to be a good big sister. I feel like I'm starting to be on a roll with this story again, so I should have another chapter up soon!
Enjoy!
P.S. Oh, I almost forgot! Do you guys like how this story is progressing or would you like there to be a huge twist? I don't really know how the idea came to me, but I thought about it and I could make it work. I want your opinion though, so please let me know! Thank you in advance! :)
~Chapter 11~
Previously: Their faces inched closer and closer to each other, their breaths mingling, their eyes shutting gently. Just as their lips were about to touch, Spencer's eyes shot open and she leapt three feet backwards.
"Um, I'm going to go get some air. Make yourself at home," the blonde stammered as she rushed out of the house. Once she was gone, Ashley collapsed to the floor, tears threatening to fall.
As soon as Spencer bolted out the door, she headed straight to the park. She plopped down under her tree and put her head in her hands. A single tear ran down her face, but before more could fall, her phone rang.
"What the fuck did you do, Spence?" Aiden's voice bellowed out as she winced. "I was hanging out with Kyla at her house when Ashley burst through the door crying!" As soon as Spencer heard this, guilt swept over her.
"Aid…" She managed to choke out as tears began streaming down her face. Aiden sighed sadly at the sound of her crying, knowing that this situation between Ashley and his best friend was growing serious.
"Where are you, Spence?"
"The park," she whispered, her voice cracking slightly.
"Ok, I'll be there in a few." After he hung up, the blonde brought her knees up to her body as sobs wracked through her body. Before she knew what was happening, she felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her.
"Oh, Spence," the boy murmured. "Please tell me what's going on."
"I think I'm falling in love," she spoke quietly.
"And what's wrong with that?"
"Aid, I've never felt like this with anyone. Not even Jen."
"Whoa, that's huge, Spence."
"I'm scared."
"I know you are. But you've got to trust your instincts. You've dealt with so much and I know you put up those walls after you and Jen broke up, but maybe you could try opening your heart once again."
"I don't want to hurt Ashley though…"
"Wait, what?" Replied Aiden in shock. "I thought you didn't want to try being with her because you didn't want to get hurt again." Spencer sighed and ran her hands through her long blonde hair.
"That's part of it. I mean, my mind is telling me to fuck her and throw her aside like I've done with so many others. My heart, on the other hand, is telling me to cherish her and give her a chance to be more than just a onetime thing."
"I haven't heard you talk like this in a long time, Spence. Any idea what you're going to do?"
"No, well, yes. I'd like to give us a try, but…"
"The girl really cares about you, you know," Aiden interrupted with a small smile.
"I don't know why," mumbled Spencer, burying her face into the crook of her friend's neck. "I treated her horribly today." Aiden looked at her, urging her to continue. "I was being a flirt as always and challenged her to kiss my forehead after she hit it with a cooking utensil…"
"Sounds kinky," spoke the boy as he wiggled his eyebrows in a suggestive manner.
"Shut up, Aid," the blonde groaned. "As I was saying, after she kissed my forehead, our eyes connected and we almost kissed, but I jumped back and ran out of my house."
"Smooth, Spence, smooth," Aiden informed her with a roll of his eyes. "Figure it out. I hate seeing you so miserable. Plus, Ashley seems like a really nice girl and she sure as hell doesn't deserve you playing with her emotions."
"I know, I know. I just have to think of the perfect way to fix it," she spoke sounding similar to a mad scientist.
"You do that, Dr. Brown," chuckled the dark-haired boy.
"I knew there was a reason why we were friends," smiled the blue-eyed girl at his Back to the Future reference.
"And here I thought it was because of our dashing good looks," he teased. "I should get going though. I told Madison that I'd give her a ride home after cheerleading practice."
"Ok, tell her I said hey." He nodded and stood up, pulling the blonde with him. He hugged her and kissed her cheek before heading over to his motorcycle. "Bye, Aid!"
"See ya, baby girl!" He called out over his shoulder, giving the girl his signature smile.
Spencer shook her head, laughing to herself, and began walking back to her house. Once she made it back, she decided to cook some pasta to clear her head. As she was sitting down to eat, she heard a knock on the door. Confused, she headed to the door warily.
"Who is it?"
"It's me, babe."
"Oh, hey, Mads. Not that I don't love seeing you, but what are you doing here?"
"A little bird told me to spend the night with you so you wouldn't be alone."
"Ashley," the blonde sighed, feeling guilty once more. After all she was putting this girl through, she still cared enough about Spencer to make sure she wasn't alone at night.
"Yep. So, what are we eating?"
"Spaghetti. I made my dad's famous sauce," she replied happily, her eyes lighting up as she spoke about her father.
About a week had passed since Ashley and Spencer's almost kiss and the two of them had rarely spoken, except for the occasional "hey" when they saw each other at school. It was now Friday night and Ashley was sitting alone in her room working on a new song. Suddenly, she heard music start playing. She stopped what she was doing and strained her ears to figure out from where it was coming.
"What the hell? Is it coming from outside?" She thought to herself as she made her way to the window. Once she reached her destination, her jaw dropped. Outside, just below her window, was Spencer standing by a car and holding an eighties boom box up over her head. Ashley opened her window and smiled when she realized what song was playing.
"Love, I get so lost, sometimes.
Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart.
When I want to run away,
I drive off in my car,
but whichever way I go,
I come back to the place you are.
"All my instincts, they return.
And the grand façade, so soon will burn.
Without a noise, without my pride,
I reach out from the inside.
"In your eyes,
the light, the heat.
In your eyes,
I am complete.
In your eyes,
I see the doorway to a thousand churches.
In your eyes,
the resolution of all the fruitless searches.
In your eyes,
I see the light and the heat.
In your eyes,
oh, I want to be that complete.
I want to touch the light,
the heat I see in your eyes.
"Love, I don't like to see so much pain,
so much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away.
I get so tired of working so hard for our survival.
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive."
Spencer clicked off the radio and looked shyly up to the brunette, who shook her head with a smile and motioned for the other girl to come on up. The blonde beamed and jogged up to the door. When Ashley saw her disappear through it, she shut her window and braced herself for whatever the blue-eyed girl was going to say. A knock on her bedroom door interrupted her thoughts.
"Come on in, Spence!" The blonde poked her head in and grinned at the brown-eyed girl before she waltzed over to the other girl and pulled her into a hug.
"Forgive me for being stupid?"
"I think I kind of have to. I mean you did just reenact a scene from Say Anything…," the brunette laughed as Spencer pumped her fist in the air triumphantly.
"I really am sorry though," she spoke seriously, hanging her head in shame.
"Hey," Ashley replied softly, putting her fingers under the girl's chin and raising it until their eyes met. "It's ok, I understand."
"I'm just so terrified."
"Why?" The curly-haired girl spoke gently.
"Because everyone always leaves," the other girl responded so quietly Ashley almost didn't hear her.
"I'm not going anywhere, I promise," she reassured the blonde as she pulled her into another embrace.
