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Sugar, Spell It Out
Chapter twelve
Wednesday. Woke up feeling pretty good about myself today. Yeah, the wallowing has come to an end. After Spencer left yesterday I drove to the movie set for a meeting only to find that the meeting wasn't happening 'cause Jamie had some sorts of family crisis, but Madison was there so I got my footage from her and went home to watch it and I love it. It is really good. She and the cast has done an amazing job so far but it's a long way to go until it's done. Anyways I haven't talked to Jamie since she left Spencer here which actually can't be counted as talking since she left before I even could think about something to say.
Well, anyway... I'm going to call her as soon as I get home 'cause right now I need my coffee. It's been a looong day in the studio with KoL so when the left me and my Ferrari took a ride to the nearest Starbucks and now I'm here waiting in line.
"Thanks." I say to the teenager behind the disk when she hands me my coffee and I turn around to leave. Hey, isn't that graveyard guy. It is Aiden and he's talking to some girl. As I walk towards them the girl sees me and quickly says something to Aiden and leaves. Weird. He turns his head to me and smiles.
"Hey graveyard." I say when I reach him.
"Hello Davies." He says with a chuckle.
"What are you doing in this neighbourhood? I thought you lived in the other side of town." I say with a smile.
"Eh... I was meeting up with a friend but it seems like they stood me up." He says smiling.
"Oh, so the girl you were with wasn't the friend?" I say smirking.
"Who? No, no. I don't even know her. Uh... I just uh.. kind of run in to her." He says wrinkling his forehead.
"Oh, okay... Is that how you usually get the girls, 'cause it doesn't seem to be working?" I ask with a smirk.
"Har har. No, that's not how I get the girls." He says giving me a sly smile. "Wanna sit down and talk? Or you have somewhere to be?" He asks motioning at the table nearest.
"Sure, but only for a little while. Have some things I gotta do before it gets to late." I say and sit down.
"Sweet. So what's up in the life of a Davies?" He asks with a grin as he sits down.
"Oh, nothing much. All work and no play these days." I say with a sigh.
"Yeah? Are you working with any famous?"
"Yes I am. Actually I got two projects on my plate right now. Working with a friend on her movie, writing the music and producing Kings of Leon's album." I say taking a sip of my coffee.
"Oh, that is so cool! How is it working with them? I always wondered how they were in private?" He says with a grin.
"They are annoying." I say thinking about yesterdays interruption and that they still call me Whipped and I don't think they are planning on letting that one go anytime soon.
"Really?" He says disbelievingly.
"Yeah... but they are good musicians and works really fast."
"Why are they annoying?" He asks with a smirk.
"Because they show up when they are least wanted and calls me Whipped." Man, why am I saying this to him. Now he's only gonna ask more questions. Damn, stepped right into this one.
"Oh, tell me more? Why whipped?" He asks with a laugh.
"Ugh... I'm not answering." I say taking a big sip from my coffee.
"Oh, come on! Is there a girl involved in this?" He asks with a grin.
"Yes, there is but I'm not talking about it. And I am not whipped and if you even think about calling me that I will whip you right over that pretty little head of yours."
"Oh, kinky." He says leaning over the table. "So, who's the girl?"
"I said I'm not talking about it." I say with a smile standing up. "I gotta get home now but it was fun talking to you. Or you know, not."
"Yeah, yeah." He says standing up to. "Wanna hang out this weekend or something?"
"I don't know. My sister is getting married on Saturday and I gotta work Friday. Maybe Sunday?" I say with a smirk. I like him and I think we could be good friends.
"Sure, whatever. Call me if you find time for me." He says with a smile.
"I will. See you!" I say and walk out the door.
On my way to the car I decide to drive to Kyla and see how the wedding plans is coming around. As the only bridesmaid I think I at least need to see that everything is going according to plans. Kyla and Eric decided to have a small wedding with only family and close friends and the only thing she wanted me to take care of was the music which wasn't much since she wanted me to play. The wedding ceremony is going to be on my private beach and the reception in my house afterwards. It's going to be really sweet I think as I park the car outside her house.
I don't bother knocking as usual and make my way inside. It's quiet in the house and I wonder how they dare to have to door unlocked since they obviously don't hear when people walk in. Gotta remember to tell her that when I find her. I check the living room and then the kitchen and then I hear voices from out back. Just as I'm about to announce my presence I hear that it's Kyla and Jamie talking. Déjà Vu or what? I quietly walk closer to try to make out what they are saying. My conscience tells me I shouldn't really be doing this again but then again if you want the truth, you gotta take it in the ways it comes like a wise man once said. No, I made that up. So I guess I'm the wise man.
"... pissed at me and I don't know were to go from here." Jamie says.
"She'll come around, patience Jamie. Just because you dropped Spencer of at her place doesn't solve everything." She got that right.
"No, I know. And I still don't like the idea of them together."
"Why is that Jamie?" Kyla says sounding a bit frustrated.
"Ashley has no idea of what Spencer's been through the last six months and it feels like I'm lying to her by not telling her but I promised Spencer to never talk about it."
"Well, I can't help you with that since I have no clue what happened and I understand that you don't wanna break Spencer's trust in you. I just think you should lay low and let those two handle it themselves. They are adults after all." Kyla says the last line with a chuckle. Why is that funny? I am an adult...
"Yeah, I guess you're right. I just... just don't want either of them getting hurt. They both come from difficult places and neither of them need more of that shit."
"I think they'll be fine. Maybe the fact that they has been through a lot makes them perfect for each other. I don't know..." Kyla says with a sigh.
I think it's time for me to enter.
"Hey Kyla! I really think you should be locking your front door." I say as I walk out. "Oh..." I continue looking at Jamie and tries to look surprised that she's here.
"Yeah, I think I'm gonna head back to set." Jamie says standing and starts to leave and Kyla gives me a pleading look. Oh, what the heck? Time to let her of the hook a guess.
"Jamie wait a sec." I say and she turns around. "I'm sorry I've been such an ass." Okay, maybe I'm not so sorry but the wedding is coming up and I need to play nice for Kyla's sake.
"No, I'm the ass. I'm just glad you're talking to me again." She says giving me a smile.
"Yeah, well... silent treatment is going to be difficult since we have to work together and I kinda like talking to you once in a while." I say with a small smirk.
"Nice to hear you're back to the old you." She says smiling and shakes her head a little. "But I really have to get back to the set now, working late today and Madison and Rick can't manage too long without me. So, thanks for forgiving me Ash and bye Ky." She says turning around and leaving.
"You're not of the hook so easy, bitch!" I yell playfully after her and then turns to Kyla.
"Thanks for that." She says giving me appreciative smile.
"Sure. I can only handle for so long without her anyway." I say chuckling.
"Yeah... So, what brings you here today?" She asks as she walks in the kitchen.
"Just checking up on you and that everything is going as you please. And if you wanted me to do anything? I have work all week but tonight I'm free." I say giving her a bright smile.
"You do realize that the clock is..." She turns her head to the watch at the wall "...8:15?" She asks with a laugh.
"Already?" I ask and check my own watch to see that she is right.
"Yeah... But you can tell me that you chosen which song you gonna play?" She ask and gives me a bright smile.
"I can tell you that I've written a song for you but I'm not going to show you. It's a surprise." I say with a nose crinkling smile.
"You wrote a song for us?" She asks sounding ecstatic and throws her arms around me.
"Yeah, of course Sis. I wanted it to be my own words." I say chuckling once she lets go of me.
"How did you find the time to do it with everything going on already?" She asks still smiling like I just cured AIDS or something.
"Actually I wrote it just after you guys announced the wedding date."
"Really? That long ago?"
"Yeah well I wrote the lyrics then but I wrote the rest last week and I'm pretty sure it's perfect."
"What? I wanna hear it now. Please, please, please..." Kyla whines.
"Not gonna happen. You'll hear the first time at the wedding reception, just like everybody else."
"So, no one heard it? Not even Jamie?"
"No, not even her." I say.
"Wow, you are so my favourite sister right now." Kyla says and gives me another hug.
"Yeah, the only one too. I hope. I really don't need anymore hidden siblings showing up now. Scratch that, not ever." I say with a chuckle.
"Yeah, I hear ya." Kyla chuckles and opens the fridge "I think you should take Spencer to the wedding." She says as she takes out two beers and gives one to me.
"What? But..."
"Yeah, yeah I know. Small reception and you already said you weren't taking a date but I think we can squeeze one more in." She says taking a sip from the beer.
"Really? 'Cause I know you guys already have everything ordered and ready."
"I can call the caterer and fix the food problem. And I think you have an extra chair somewhere in that house, right?"
"Yeah, well... I'm not even sure she can."
"Well duh... call her and find out idiot." She says and gives me an amused look. "Do I have to spell everything out for you? Maybe you want me to dial the number too?" She says chuckling at me.
"No! I think I'll manage." I say pouting a little and she just continues to look at me amused. "What? Do you want me to call her now?" I ask incredulously.
"God, you're slow. No wonder why they call me the brains in the family."
"I always thought they called you that because they pitied you and didn't want you to feel bad 'cause I got both the body and the brains and since, obviously,..." I say motioning to my body and then hers "...they couldn't say you had the body so they let you have the brains." I say finishing my rant with a real nose crinkling smile.
"God, you're so funny." She says shaking her head.
"Wasn't trying to be funny, just honest." I say still smiling and this earns me a slap on the shoulder.
"And you're certainly not the muscles..." I say laughing.
"You are so conceited that I wonder why I put up with you."
"Because of the things I just mentioned. I'm the body, the brains and the muscles. You need me." I say seriously.
"Whatever... you're stalling. Call her." She says and takes a swig from the beer.
"Yeah, yeah okay." I say taking up my phone and call her. She answers at the second ring.
"Hey Rockstar. I was hoping you'd call." I can hear her smile on the other end which makes me smile too.
"Hello gorgeous. What you doing?"
"Just left off Glen and the parentals at his place. You?"
"I'm at Kyla's. So I was thinking..."
"Oh, you were thinking, best I'm quiet then."
"You're so funny that I'm almost hanging up on you."
"Stepped right into that one." Kyla says loud enough for Spencer to hear which causes her to laugh.
"Could you please be annoying somewhere else Kyla?" I ask giving her a angry look.
"This is my house so no." She says and seats herself at the kitchen counter.
"So what were you thinking Ash?"
"I was thinking about this Saturday..." Why am I so nervous suddenly?
"Okay... what about it?"
"Well...uh..." What's wrong with me? Why can't I just ask her?
"Ash? What is it?" She says snickering.
"Ugh, I can't watch your self-destruction." Kyla says and snatches the phone from me.
"Hey Spence, it's Kyla." What is she doing?
"Kyla?" I say nervous.
"Shut it Ash. I'm talking. So, Spencer what are you doing Saturday?" She says and walks in to the livingroom. "Aha, perfect. What Ashley was trying to say with her incoherent mumbling was if you were free and if you wanted to go to my wedding with her? So, you up for it?" Kyla says with a smile as she sits down on the couch and I give her a angry look. God, this is killing me. This is sooo not okay...
"Awesome. Ashley will be very happy to hear that." Kyla says smiling at me but I'm still giving her the evil eye. "Though it looks like she's about to kill me now." Kyla continues and laughs. "Yeah, I think the badass rockstar has left her body. She's been acting a little weird lately, I wonder why?" Kyla says laughing. Okay, this is definitely not okay.
"Kyla! I'll show you badass if you don't give my phone back like right now." I threaten and hopes it work.
"Well, it was fun talking to you Spencer but I think I've served my purpose here. I'll see you Saturday, if I'm still alive by then." She says standing up and walks over to me. "Yeah, I'm giving you back to Ashley now. Byebye." She says gives me the phone and retreats to the kitchen.
"Yeah, you better run!" I yell after her before putting the phone to my ear.
"Sorry about that Spence." I say with a sigh.
"It's okay." She says with a chuckle.
"So, wedding Saturday?" I say a little insecure.
"Yeah." She says with a laugh. "Was suppose to hang out with Sara but this offer sounds so much better and I'm still not happy with her after the whole incident at Ego."
"You mean the incident where I was being called a spoiled bitch and a whore?" I say with a scoff. If I get my hands on that little piece of shit I don't know what would happen.
"Ash, you're not a bitch or a whore." She says calmly.
"But I'm spoiled?" I say with a smirk as I lay down on the couch.
"No, well... maybe a little." She says with a laugh.
"Mean Spencer has returned and I don't like her." I say and pout even though she can't see it.
"Stop pouting and no, you're not spoiled." She can seriously not have heard me pout.
"I didn't pout but I am changing subject."
"Okay, to what?"
"To this Saturday. The wedding starts at four but since it's at my house and I'm needed for help you have two options?"
"Which are?"
"Well, I can send a car for you so you'll get there till four or I can pick you up around two and you'll have to hang out at my place for two hours?" I say really hoping she'll pick the last one.
"Well, I'd rather you pick me up and be with you those two hours." She says and I can hear her smile.
"Really?" I ask with a stupid grin on my face and sits up.
"Really. But I have to go now, Jamie is calling for me."
"Oh right, sorry. Forgot you were working late today." I say with a laugh. Maybe I am slow like Kyla said 'cause Jamie just left here saying she'd work late tonight.
"Yeah, talk to you tomorrow?"
"Absolutely, gorgeous." I say and we say our goodbyes and hang up. I just sit there smiling for myself.
"You're so sprung..." Kyla says with a smile leaning at the doorframe.
"Yeah..." I say and lay back on the couch again with a sigh.
"And you're not even denying it." She says and sits down in the armchair.
"There's no denying the inevitable." I say with sighing again and she laughs.
