A/N- SORRRRYYYYY!!!!!! 0.0 I know I totally promised on my other story that I'd post another update on this story on Thanksgiving day, but I never got a chance too and then I was working like everyday since then! It's been insane! So I finally edited this one and I'm getting it up for you. If you forgive me and still love me then I'll be extra nice and post another one either tomorrow or Friday night! So please be nice!! :D I love you guys! You're all amazing for reading and for those of you who review as well. THANKS! You reviewers usually make my day! :) So ENJOY! And let me know whatcha think! -Mel
"SIMPLE PLEASURES"
Ashley's POV
I wake up to the smell of fresh coffee wafting through the den. Then the light puff of warm breaths hitting my neck register in my mind as my eyes flutter open.
Spencer is fast asleep, still half on top of me from last night. Her face is buried in my neck and her right arm is draped lightly over my stomach, as she lays to the side of me. I'm so glad this is a wide couch, or she surely would have fallen off by now.
Both of my arms are still wrapped around her, and this is when I realize that my right arm from the elbow down is asleep. As easily as possible, I tighten my grip on Spencer and pull her back on top of me to free my arm from the weight of her body. It starts tingling as the blood moves more freely through it again.
She adjusts her position a little, mumbling incoherently, before settling back into a comfortable position, with her head on my chest. Sighing contentedly, she falls right back into slumber. Reaching over to the coffee table, I grab my cell phone and check the time. It reads 8am. Ugh. . way to early.
The smell of coffee is driving me nuts and making my mouth water. But I know Spencer had a long weekend and she only fell asleep this morning after 1am sometime, so I don't want to wake her up. Deciding that I should try and get some more sleep as well, I tighten my grip around Spencer's waist, my hands resting on her lower back. I kiss the top of her head and close my eyes.
Just as I'm drifting into sleep, replaying last nights events in my mind, a loud voice breaks into my thoughts.
???: "Ash did you fall asleep in here again?" I jump at the voice and glance back.
I stare daggers into my sister and raise finger to my lips in a silent shush.
KYLA: "Jeez, warn a person next time then." She says now whispering and I give her a look like "don't blame me".
She comes over and sits on the coffee table.
KYLA: "Awe. . She's so cute when she's sleeping."
I give her a look like she's retarded.
ASHLEY: "What the hell are you doing here? And why do you insist on drinking all my coffee?! I swear I regret giving you a spare key every time this happens!" I tell her through gritted teeth.
I glance down at the blonde in my arms as she mumbles something and then drifts back to sleep again.
KYLA: "Well goodness, I was just coming to see you since you said you'd call me today about what ever happened last night."
ASHLEY: "Giving me a chance to start the day would have been nice. It's only 8 o'clock in the damn morning!" I reply, trying not to tense my body so I don't wake Spencer.
KYLA: "Well I figured you'd be awake for your morning run and then we could go get breakfast or something. Sorry for being such a nice sister." She replies actually looking hurt.
I let out a frustrated sigh, relaxing a little.
ASHLEY: "You're right, sorry Ky. You know how I am without my morning coffee first and I don't want to wake Spencer, so the coffee you brewed has me going nuts over here."
KYLA: "Oh, well then here." She says holding out her mug.
ASHLEY: "Uh, no thanks, I can't drink it with all the sugar you put in it." I say making a face and Kyla giggles a little.
There's silence as Kyla takes in Spencer's sleeping form again.
KYLA: "Y'all are so cute together, even when she's sleeping and you're just sitting there." She says giving me a cute look.
ASHLEY: "You should see us together when she's awake then." I say with a bright smile.
KYLA: "You are so smitten for this girl!" She nearly exclaims.
I quickly shush her and give her a hard eye.
KYLA: "Sorry. . It's just so good to see you out there and dating again. Especially with the lovely Miss Spencer Carlin who you've only been swooning over for months!"
ASHLEY: "I know Ky." I tell her blushing lightly. "I'm glad to have this chance with her as well. I don't know, but already it's just different ya know? Like it's not like it was with other girls before, our relationship is different, Spencer's different." I say pouring my heart out to my sister as if Spencer wasn't asleep on my chest.
KYLA: "Well just be careful with her Ash, for the sake of your heart and her heart. Try not to rush things, let nature take its course."
At the mention of this, I suddenly avert eye contact and Kyla instantly picks up on it.
KYLA: "Oh no Ash, what'd you do??" She asks already jumping to conclusions.
ASHLEY: "She's currently living here. ." I say looking away again.
KYLA: "WHAT?!" She exclaims, standing up quickly as she does.
I send her an evil gaze as she covers her mouth.
Spencer starts to stir in my arms, starting to lift her head a little bit, before dropping it back to my chest asleep, only now looking towards the back of the couch.
Once we both see Spencer's not waking up, Kyla continues.
KYLA: "What do you mean she's living with you?! You've only been seeing each other for a few days!" She exclaims in hushed whispers.
ASHLEY: "I'm aware of that Kyla! But her house was caught on fire last night by some pompous ass who thinks he's a smooth talker."
KYLA: "Oh my gosh, was she alright? No one was hurt were they?" She asks, quickly going into concerned mode.
ASHLEY: "Yea, no one was harmed. No one was in the house, we were all outside of it actually."
KYLA: "What happened?" She asks, suddenly confused.
ASHLEY: "Long story, I'll tell you later. But Spencer and her roommate Madison are staying here for now, until they hear from their real estate agent."
KYLA: "Madison? As in Madison Duarte? The dancer you turned down for your last concert series?"
ASHLEY: "That's the one. We cleared the air, and now we're friends, awkwardly, but we're friends. And she's Spencer's roommate."
KYLA: "I see, well that's good you two are cool now. And she's here right now as well?"
ASHLEY: "Yea, she's in the room across from the guest bathroom."
KYLA: "Ahh, ok."
We fall quiet for a few minutes.
ASHLEY: "Ok Ky, you're killing me, please go make me some coffee with two scoops of sugar and some of the hazelnut creamer!!"
KYLA: "Ok, ok. Be right back."
ASHLEY: "Ugh! Thank you!"
She just rolls her eyes like "whatever" and walks back into the kitchen.
She comes back a few minutes later and hands me the cup of hott liquid.
I raise my head as best I could without moving Spencer and take a few slow sips of my coffee cause it's so hott.
ASHLEY: "Mmm, so good." I say with a content sigh. "Thanks Ky."
KYLA: "No problem. Ok, well I have to get back to the house. Aiden is picking me up for lunch and I have a few errands to run. Plus Skater is probably going crazy cause I'm not there, you know how he gets."
ASHLEY: "I can't believe you're still with that douche! And yea I know how my baby boy gets."
KYLA: "Ugh! Would you give it a rest, he's your bass guitarist!" She says through clenched teeth.
ASHLEY: "Yea and an all around prick!"
KYLA: "As well as your best friend!"
ASHLEY: "Oh please, that's so high school!"
KYLA: "Whatever Ash. I've got to go."
ASHLEY: "Yea, yea, yea. Oh and keep your mouth shut about me and Spencer! We're trying to be low profile ok?!"
KYLA: "Yes! Bye."
ASHLEY: "Bye."
She gets up and kisses my cheek before walking out of the den and leaving.
I lay there in silence, wondering how Spencer could sleep through all of that as I sip my coffee. Then I hear a ring tone blast throughout the silence. Quickly grabbing mine from the coffee table, I realize it's not my cell phone ringing. Looking around to see if I can find what must be Spencer's phone, I locate it sitting inside her pants pocket. . . The pocket on her nice ass might I add.
Well I'm not going to be inappropriate and touch her butt, so I guess I have to wait and see if she wakes up, or hope she doesn't.
She starts to stir as the song starts over and she lifts her head up, with her eyes still closed. She has this clueless look on her face, mixed with a bit of annoyance at the third disturbance this morning. But she looks so cute with the scowl that's pulling at her lips.
Not even realizing she's still on top of me, or even opening her eyes, she grabs her phone from her back pocket and slides it open, raising it to her ear.
SPENCER: "This had better be good." She states groggily into the phone.
..silence..
SPENCER: "What do you want mother? If it's to wish me a Happy Birthday, it was almost a week ago, you're kinda late." She says, her jaw tightening.
..silence..
SPENCER: "Well then what the hell do you want?! You're the one calling at an all to early hour in the morning on a Monday!" She looks like she's getting more angry by the second.
..silence..
SPENCER: "What?! No!"
..silence..
SPENCER: "Ughhh. . Why do you want to know?"
..silence..
SPENCER: "Oh hell no! I am not going to take your evil step daughter anywhere! Especially to my job!! I don't care who she wants to meet. She can find some other celebrities door to go knock on and kiss ass too!"
..silence..
SPENCER: "Don't even start that! I will never claim that little punk ass kid as my little sister!! She's just as bad as you are! Might as well have been raised by you!"
..silence..
SPENCER: "Good bye mother!" She firmly states before sliding her phone closed and dropping it onto the floor.
She's still propped up on one hand, hovering over me, as her other hand rubs her eyes.
I slide my hands from around her back and raise them to cup her cheeks in my hands, wondering if she's alright. She froze at the first movement of my hands and is now slowly relaxing under my touch, as my thumbs stroke her cheeks and her surroundings start registering in her mind.
Her eyes slowly open and meet mine. I notice the color of her eyes are lighter than usual, but don't know if it's because of the angry phone call or because she just woke up.
ASHLEY: "Morning beautiful." I say quietly with a soft smile.
SPENCER: "Morning." She says and then stifles a yawn.
ASHLEY: "You ok?" I ask gently, referring to the previous phone call.
She scoffs and rolls her eyes before they meet mine again.
SPENCER: "That would have been my cheating, lying, selfish and inconsiderate mother, Paula." She tells me all on one breath.
I can see the color of her eyes visibly shift to a darker blue as the anger courses through her body, causing her to tense up against my own body. I guess that earlier color was her sleepy-eyed color.
ASHLEY: "Ahh I see. And I'm guessing, from the sounds of it, that she asked for some sort of favor?" I ask her with a quizzical look.
SPENCER: "Well however could you have guessed that Miss Davies?" She asks with a playful gleam in her eye. "Were you eavesdropping??" She also asks, raising an eyebrow.
ASHLEY: "Well not that I had much of a choice. . ." I say glancing down at her body pressed to mine from our waists down.
SPENCER: "Right, cause that's to blame."
ASHLEY: "Hey, I will never ever complain about waking up to a beautiful girl on top of me, but it's not my fault when her being on top of me keeps me from being able to get up and give her some privacy for a phone call."
She just smirks at me cutely before laying her head back down on my chest and getting comfortable.
I wind my arms back around her back and start running my hands up and down her back. She sighs again as I feel her body relax back into mine, fitting just perfectly into each other like a puzzle.
SPENCER: "What time is it?"
ASHLEY: "Just after 8am."
She groans her frustration, so I kiss the top of her head and begin massaging the back of her neck.
SPENCER: "That feels nice, please don't stop." She sighs again.
ASHLEY: "I wouldn't dream of it."
We lay there for a few minutes. With me just rubbing her back, working out any tense areas as she just lays on top of me.
As I am, my mind wanders off into space again. This feels so nice, so right. I know it's only been a few dates and stuff. But it's just so different with her. I've never had mornings like this. Just laying in the quiet, comforting each other. Just being completely content with our surroundings. It's always been, "Take me here", "Buy me this", "C'mon get up". It's never just been relaxing.
It's nice to feel like I'm just a normal person, enjoying the simple pleasures in life.
I'm broken out of my reverie when I hear Spencer's voice again.
SPENCER: "Sorry that you had to hear all that by the way."
ASHLEY: "Don't even apologize babe. Like I said, it's not like I could do too much about it."
SPENCER: "I know, but I hate my mother. And even though I hate her, I still feel bad for people having to witness that hate. Because she's the only person I ever treat like that or could ever treat like that."
ASHLEY: "You don't have to say anymore Spence. I know exactly what it's like to have a mother like her. So don't even worry about it."
She yawns and nods her head.
SPENCER: "Ok." She says sleepily.
I continue running my hands up and down her back soothingly.
ASHLEY: "Go back to sleep beautiful. We can talk about it later."
SPENCER: "Ok, goodnight."
ASHLEY: "Sweet dreams." I reply and kiss the crown of her head.
She falls back to sleep quickly and I sigh, holding her tight.
No one should have to deal with a mother like that, but me and Spencer got dealt bad cards I guess.
At least there's still these simple pleasures to remind you that there's someone who does care.