Author's Note
I really want to thank everyone who has been reading this, you've all been amazing!
Not Quite Home – Chapter 14 – Until You
Spencer wasn't sure how long she'd been awake as she laid watching the sleek skin of Ashley's abdomen as it moved up and down with every steady breath she took. The reality that Ashley was breathing wasn't a remarkable occurrence to Spencer, it was the slight rise in flesh starting below her ribcage, peaking around her small navel, and trailing off in to the nest of dark hair that made her smile the most; because when Ashley breathed the baby breathed.
Spencer lifted her head to get a better view of Ashley's sleeping face; her head was tilted to one side rested against a pillow, her swollen lips slightly parted, cheeks still faintly flushed from the night before, her full, fluttering eyelashes rested against her cheeks hiding her beautiful brown eyes. Spencer gently leant her cheek against Ashley's warm stomach, her ear pressed lightly against it, as she closed her eyes.
"What are you doing down there?" Ashley asked groggily as she looked down at Spencer resting on her curved belly.
Spencer opened her eyes and smiled, "I'm just making sure she's ok."
Ashley laughed, "Oh I see, and the baby's telling you that it's going to be a girl huh?"
"Yeah she is; she's also telling me that her mom looks beyond beautiful in the morning," Spencer reached out to entwine her fingers with Ashley's, "Which I have to agree on."
"I don't know, I think I'm going to have to disagree, I have total bed head," Ashley said running a hand through her hair, tugging on Spencer's with her other; a gesture which caused Spencer to place a quick kiss on Ashley's stomach before moving back up the bed, "Morning," she whispered as she placed a lingering kiss on Ashley's lips.
"Morning," Ashley couldn't keep the smile off her face as her eyes held Spencer's, "How long have you been awake?"
"About twenty minutes, I didn't want to wake you."
"Have you just been laying here watching me this whole time?" Ashley asked curiously.
"Yeah I have," Spencer smiled again, "I wanted to make sure last night wasn't a dream."
"Nope it wasn't a dream, I'm still here," Ashley lightly kissed Spencer, she pulled back to rest her forehead against Spencer's, "Well it wasn't a normal dream that's for sure."
Spencer pulled back to look into Ashley's eyes, a questioning expression on her face, "Well if it wasn't a normal dream, what was it Ash?"
Ashley smiled again, "A dream come true."
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Spencer wanted to make sure that Ashley's morning after, was just as special as their first night together, and after her stomach had rudely intruded on their morning snuggling, she had jumped out of bed and showered, before deciding to hurry down, and cook them breakfast; telling Ashley to take her time getting up.
Luckily for Spencer, Arthur was the type of parent that ran a very tight household when it came to cooking and cleaning, and even thought her parents had had to leave pretty quickly, the fridge remained fully stocked. Spencer grabbed the ingredients she needed and placed them on the counter next to the frying pan she'd gotten down from the utensil hook.
"What's going on down here?" Ashley asked while she dried the ends of her hair with a towel, noticing the table where Spencer had set the places for them; a vase with a single red rose in the middle.
"I wanted it to be special for you," Spencer smiled shyly and shrugged, causing Ashley to smile and reach out her arms.
"Come here," Spencer immediately walked into her arms, resting her own hands on Ashley's bump, "Thank you," she said placing a chaste kiss on Spencer's lips, "I think I could get used to waking up with you every morning."
"You should go sit down, it's almost ready," Spencer kissed Ashley again before leaving her arms and returning to the stove, to check on their breakfast.
After a couple of minutes Ashley walked over to Spencer's left, so that she could see what she was cooking them, "Erm Spence, don't get me wrong or anything, but is there supposed to be a cloud of smoke coming from those rather burnt looking pancakes?" she asked trying not to laugh.
"Hey! They are not burnt okay? They're just caramelized that's all."
"Oh I see, my mistake, I guess I just didn't understand the difference between burnt and complete charcoal."
Spencer was biting her bottom lip and shaking her head, trying to ignore Ashley's teasing, but couldn't stop herself from laughing, when Ashley began to prod the so called pancakes.
"Okay, okay, so I'm not the best cook!" Spencer declared turning to face Ashley, a playful pout creeping onto her face.
"Aw don't worry Spence, I won't tell anyone that you're a stud in the bedroom but a complete dud in the kitchen," Ashley stuck her tongue out at Spencer to distract her while she picked the syrup up from the counter, "But honestly, what girl is going to want to wake up with you when you can't even feed them after an extremely exhausting night?"
Spencer was about to reply when Ashley squirted the syrup at her face, causing her to close her eyes quickly, "I can't believe you just did that!" Spencer laughed as she opened her eyes to see Ashley wiggling her ass at her, "You're so dead Davies!"
Ashley didn't think twice before quickly scrambling off into the dining room, hurrying around the table, with Spencer hot on her heels. Unfortunately for Ashley, Spencer was quicker than she was and managed to catch her; Spencer's hands gently pulling at her waist, turning Ashley to face. As revenge Spencer let her fingertips tickle Ashley all over, making her beg for Spencer to stop.
"Stop! Stop! Spencer Please! I can't breathe!"
"Say I'm the best cook ever and you're sorry," Spencer laughed, a small smirk pulling at her lips.
"Never!" Ashley's reply came between bursts of laugher and her trying to catch her breath.
"Say it, or else I'll keep tickling you!"
"Okay, okay! You're the best cook ever, and I'm sorry!" Ashley hurried out, causing Spencer's hands to stop instantly.
"See that's why you should never insult the chef, or for that matter attack them with syrup."
Ashley laughed, "I said I was sorry, and you," she let her finger wipe a piece of the syrup from Spencer's cheek, "look so," and then ran her finger over Spencer's bottom lip, leaving behind a trail of syrup, "edible right now," Ashley eyes never leaving Spencer's.
Ashley let her finger drag down Spencer's quivering bottom lip, before leaning in to kiss her; the tip of her tongue slowly swiping over the trail of syrup she'd left behind, before she sucked it between her own lips. They kissed slowly, their tongues meeting so that Spencer could taste the syrup in Ashley's mouth.
The sound of a cough made Spencer quickly pull away from Ashley, turning to see who had caught them.
"Hey….We were…You're home….," Spencer mumbled, a blush creeping onto her face. Never in her whole life had anyone in her family caught her making out in the house.
"Yeah I'm home, hope I'm not interrupting," he raised his eyebrow in a questioning manner.
"No of course not, we were just…"
"Kissing," he said cutting Spencer off, a smile appearing on his face, as he caught Spencer's eye, "This must be Ashley," he said looking at his sister to confirm before reaching his hand out to Ashley, "It's nice to finally be able to put a face to the name of the girl my sister won't stop talking about," Spencer blushed and Ashley laughed a little, and took his hand, "I'm Clay."
"Ashley," she replied smiling at him, "You must be the adopted brother."
"Yeah, either that or my mom had an affair with the milkman and the family is just failing to realize it."
"Oh god, that's not what I meant, I'm such an idiot," Ashley stumbled over her words, worrying that her comments might of offended him.
Clay chuckled, "Don't worry about it, seriously," he turned back to Spencer, "So clearly you've been having a good time while the families been away."
"Clay, I can explain," Spencer hurried to reason with her brother, which caused him to shake his head and smile at her.
"Chill out little sis, I'm not mad," he paused when he saw Spencer let a deep breath out and relax, "I had a late flight, so maybe I could grab some breakfast with you ladies and you can tell me all about it."
"Of course, anything for my amazing brother," Spencer gave him a last smile before heading towards the kitchen, "Breakfast coming right up."
"Don't try to sweet talk me sis, you still got explaining to do."
"And don't try and pretend you're going to feed your poor brother," Ashley called out to her and then turned to Clay to explain, "She tried to cook me breakfast, but she can't cook."
"I can too cook!" Spencer yelled back from the kitchen.
"I'm telling you, burnt pancakes, not a good start to the day," Ashley said to Clay ignoring Spencer.
"Hey Spence?" Clay called.
"Yeah?"
"I think I'll just have toast," he said giving Ashley a smile and following her into the kitchen.
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They spent the next half an hour sitting at the kitchen table chatting, and Clay filled Spencer in about how their Grandma was doing. Spencer felt she would have had a huge panic attack by now, if it wasn't for how well Ashley and Clay were getting along.
"I'm glad Grandma's getting better," Spencer said sincerely.
"Yeah she looked much better when I left. When I got there she was completely out of it," Clay said shaking his head, "Mom and Dad wanted me to tell you that they're going to stay in Ohio for another week, just to make sure she's fully recovered though."
"Yeah that's good."
"So," Clay nodded his head towards Spencer's hand, which was resting on the table, entwined with Ashley's and couldn't stop the goofy grin that had appeared on his face, "You got something you want to tell me sis?"
A huge blush appeared again on Spencer's face, which caused him and Ashley to laugh, "Well Ashley is my…" She trailed off thinking of a good word to use.
"Girlfriend?" Clay suggested.
Spencer turned towards Ashley, "We haven't really talked about it, things only just happened," She turned back to Clay who nodded.
"Spence," Ashley squeezed her hand, to get her attention again, "Ask me."
Spencer looked slightly horrified, "What right now?"
"Yes, right now," Ashley beamed at her.
Spencer quickly glanced at Clay, who had turned his head to give them a little privacy, and then locked eyes with Ashley, "Ashley,"
"Yeah," she quickly cut in, making Spencer laugh.
"Will you be my girlfriend, you big goof?"
Ashley faked hurt and then laughed, "Of course I will," She placed a quick kiss on Spencer's lips, which caused Spencer to blush even more, "And goof? I though I was suppose to be your damsel?"
Spencer laughed and lifted Ashley's hand to her mouth to gently kiss her knuckles, "You'll always be my damsel, and I'll always be here to rescue you."
"As much as I love to see my sister all gooey and loved up, I'm going to have to ask a question," Clay had turned back to face them, "Spence are you going to tell mom and dad?"
Spencer shook her head, "They wouldn't understand! You know they won't, please don't tell them Clay."
"Calm down, I'm not going to tell them," he said reaching out to place his hand over Spencer's free one, "Whenever you're ready; I just want you to know that I love you just the same, and I'm here for you no matter what."
Spencer got up from her seat and gave Clay a big hug. She knew that Clay had an idea that she was gay, and felt relieved that it had been him that had seen her with Ashley, he was always understanding and knowing that she had him on her side made her feel a weight lighter, if it had been her parents or Glen it could have been a whole other story.
"Well I'm going to go and see Chelsea, I'll probably stay over there for a few days too, so if you guys want the place to yourselves, it's yours," Clay said as he let go of Spencer and stood up.
"Thanks."
"It was really nice meeting you Ashley," he said giving her a warm smile as he turned to leave, "And sis, it's really nice to finally meet the real you."
Spencer could feel her eyes tearing up as she watched him leave, "Your brother's amazing," Ashley said as she gave her shoulder a gentle supportive squeeze.
"Yeah he is," Spencer turned around to face her, "Stay here with me for the rest of the week?"
"I'd stay forever if I could," Ashley smiled as she led Spencer towards the couch.