Chapter Eleven

Closer to Love

Slowly after Spencer had drifted off to sleep, Ashley's eyelids began to feel heavy. She didn't mind sleeping on the couch, but her bed was much comfier. She played with Spencer's hair, trying to wake the blonde up lightly.

"Spence, let's go to bed upstairs." She whispered softly into the other girl's ear. Spencer mumbled something and nodded her head, moving her body off of Ashley's. The two walked upstairs hand in hand. Ashley peaked into the twins' room to make sure they were still sleeping and then continued on to her room. She changed into a black t-shirt and handed Spencer one as well.

"Do you want sleep shorts?" Ashley asked. Spencer simply shook her head as she undressed in front of the brunette. Ashley could feel herself getting warm as her brown orbs made their way across the blonde's nearly perfect body. Stop it Davies! Take it slow with her.

Spencer could feel Ashley's eyes on her as she changed. Nice to know I still got it. Spencer smirked to herself as she climbed in on the opposite side of Ashley. She rolled over and gave Ashley a sweet kiss on the lips.

"G'night Beautiful." Ashley smiled as she prolonged the kiss a little bit longer.

"Goodnight Ash." Spencer grinned as she settled in as the little spoon against Ashley. The two slowly drifted off to sleep and their breathing patterns matched each other's. Ashley usually tossed and turned in her sleep, but tonight, for the first time in a while, she slept safe and soundly.

The light made its way through the cracks in the wooden blinds. As Spencer rolled over onto her side, she noticed Ashley was still sleeping. She slowly got out of bed, slipped her shorts on from the day before and made her way out of the bedroom.

Spencer peaked into the twins room and noticed that they were playing with their Legos quietly.

"Hey guys, you wanna help me make a surprise for your mom?" Spencer asked the duo excitedly.

"Yeah!" Ben and Brooklyn replied, both with matching grins on their faces. Spencer motioned for them to come downstairs with her. The three made their way downstairs and Spencer set them up in the kitchen. After raiding the pantry, Spencer decided on chocolate chip pancakes and bacon.

"Who wants to help me mix the pancake batter?" Spencer asked. "One of you can do the pancake batter, the other can drop the chocolate chips in." She offered.

"I wanna make the pancakes!" Ben raised his hand. Spencer nodded and helped him up on the chair that was set next to the counter. She measured the water and allowed the little boy to pour the water into the easy mix pancake batter. Spencer called Brooklyn over and the little girl, whose hair was still disheveled from sleep, added the chocolate chips to the batter.

"You guys are professionals at this!" Spencer complimented. She knew that Ashley would probably wake up soon, and she wanted to have breakfast ready. The blonde told the kids to go watch cartoons while she made the bacon and finished the pancakes.

Eventually, when the pancakes and bacon were ready to go, Spencer heard footsteps coming down the stairs.

"What is this?" The brunette asked as she placed kisses on the heads of her babies. She walked over to Spencer and took a look at what the blonde was putting the finishing touches on.

"Breakfast Momma!" Brooklyn smiled.

"We helped Miss Spencer make it for you!" Ben piped up as he jumped on the couch in excitement.

"It's all for me?! So I don't have to share?" Ashley teased. She motioned for Ben to sit down on the couch.

"No Momma! It's for all of us!" Ben beamed.

"Oooh. So I have to share it with all of you?" Ashley asked as her eyes darted from her kids to the beautiful girl she had slept next to.

"Yes!" Brooklyn smiled as a matter of factly. Ashley laughed as the four of them sat at the table and enjoyed their breakfast. Spencer helped clean up, much to Ashley's annoyance, and then she left. The two had made plans to hang out later that day, Spencer needed to get some things done.

Ashley smiled at her children, who were sticky from the syrup they coated their pancakes with. After cleaning up the kids a bit, she sent them to color while she attempted to work a little from home. There wasn't much to be done. Her boss was out of town and she had given Ashley strict orders to enjoy time with her kids.

Ashley smiled as she watched her children color, not so neatly, in their coloring books. Her mind wandered to the night before. This thing she had with Spencer was really throwing her off. She didn't know if the two were exclusive, not that Ashley had any other suitors knocking on her door.

It was the first time in a while that Ashley had been truly happy. She was always happy with her kids, but Spencer made the picture complete. The two had only known each other for a few weeks, but Ashley felt like she knew so much about the blonde already. Spence opened up to her about things with Chloe, her mom, and her family.

Ashley found it easy to open up to her as well. She hadn't told anyone about Aiden, or lack thereof, in a really long time. Spencer was the first person that Ashley let around her kids, and she didn't even have to think twice about it. This morning was the icing on the cake for Ashley. Not only had the blonde made her breakfast, again, but she included the kids.

Ashley came back down from dream world when she heard her phone vibrate. She began to beam as she read the name.

Park? Aquarium? Beach day? Xo – Spence

Beach day with the kids sounds fantastic. Let me get them ready. Pick you up in 45? – A

Sounds wonderful ;) –Spence

"Who wants to go to the beach with momma and Spencer?" Ashley asked her rugrats. Ben and Brooklyn both jumped up and down, begging to go. "Well then go get your bathing suits on!" Ashley laughed as the two ran upstairs.

A few minutes later, Ashley was ready to go; her SUV was packed with a cooler, a few chairs, and a blanket. She texted Spencer that they were on their way shortly.

Ashley honked when she was downstairs in Spencer's apartment complex. The blonde came bobbing down the stairs, wearing a bikini top with a loose white tee over it, and cut off shorts that complimented her toned legs.

Ashley smiled as the blonde got in and gave her a quick peck. "Off to the beach!" Spencer proclaimed as the twins giggled in the backseat. The twins each carried their buckets and shovels down the white sand while Ashley and Spencer lugged the cooler and the blankets down near the water.

After getting the kids in a coat of sunscreen, Ashley let them play. She began to apply tanner to herself.

"Can you get my back?" Spencer asked. Ashley smirked and accepted the invitation. She slowly massaged the sunscreen onto the blonde's back and shoulders, making sure to revel in the moment.

Spencer did the same to Ashley and the two sat down in the sun and watched the kids play in the water.

"So-" both of them started at the same time. Ashley blushed and Spencer looked down at her hands.

"You first" Spencer smiled.

"Alright, well. Last night was very, very nice. This morning was better. I want you to be a part of my life. I know you said you wanted to take things slow, but I think that you are great with the kids and I open up to you easily. I think you opened up to me easy too, but I know you want to go slow because you don't want to get hurt again. I don't want to hurt you, I want to make you happy because you make me happy. You make things easy and –" Ashley rambled on.

"Ash! Stop." Spencer laughed. "What are you trying to say?"

"Will you be a part of my life? A part of my kid's lives? Will you be my girlfriend, Spence?" Ashley smiled as she took the blonde's hand in her own. She couldn't bring her eyes up to Spencer's for fear of rejection.

Spencer put her hand under Ashley's chin, matching her own blue eyes with Ashley's brown ones.

"Yes."

I am probably the worst person. I'm sorry I let this story go so long without an update. I graduated and started a job, it's been a crazy busy year. But I want this story to be something. I hope this update was all that you hoped and there will be more! I promise!

PS: If you want a visual of Ben and Brooklyn, take a look at Ethan and Kaitlyn Maher, take the younger pictures of Kaitlyn and the older ones of Ethan

xoxo