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shadowhawk kv: thank for the feedback and I can say that I'm thinking about that, but it won't be up until later, I want to have this one done and some of my other fics too finished. I kind of feel sorry for them but then again, I didn't know how it would play out I just wrote and that was what happened.

hugbuddy13: yeah that they are, now are we going somewhere and let's see how it all will play out.

LoveAsh87: I think that we needed some comic relief at this point and soon there will be some more drama, I would say that it begins in this chapter, but it really starts in a couple of chapters. This chapter gives away a tiny bit of what it could be about.

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Chapter 21: Creep

I am such a creep
I am such a creepy kind
Sorry but I do believe I'm just that type of girl
I am such a creep
( and I can't help it )
I ain't gonna waste my time
And I do believe that boy just had to go
God I'm such a creep!

Spencer and Ashley had been going out for almost two months now and nothing much had happened. It hadn't been official in the press but everyone that they wanted to know knew and that was all that mattered for them. There was still one more problem, the police hadn't gotten Jen under arrest yet and it was tearing Spencer apart.

She was thinking that it would never happen and she was thankful that she didn't need to think about the press knowing about her and Ashley. If that would happen before Jen was under arrest it would probably lead to Spencer having a mental breakdown, everyone that was around her was having a close look on her.

Spencer was at a store to get some snacks to her and Ashleys' night in they were going to watch some movies and that was going great until she was standing in the line to pay for her items.

That was when she saw what on the front page on several of the gossip magazines, big headlines telling the world that Ashley Davies was no longer single, that she had met a girl and that girl was Spencer Carlin. The girl that Ashley had been visiting at the hospital, it was all hard on Spencer she was feeling like someone had pulled the chair right from under her. There were no one there she could talk to; she didn't know where she would go. It was just too much for her, she collapsed right there on the floor in the store.

Spencer was rushed to the hospital, but she knew that she was going to be okay. It had just been a small panic attack, it wasn't the first time that it had happened. There were a few things that were the reason behind them but most of the time it had something to do with her attacks from Jen.

When Spencer got to the hospital she was fine, she just needed to rest a bit, she was given some oxygen just to be on the safe side as they said and with they, Spencer meant her mother that had been to see her and then of course she had called Ashley that was no better off than Spencer when she heard what had happened.

Ashley herself had found out about that the tabloids just before she had received the call from Paula about what had happened to Spencer. All that Ashley was hoping for at this point was that she still would have Spencer by her side. They still didn't know how it would have been leaked to the press about her relationship with Spencer. They had been really careful when they were on the outside so that they wouldn't get exposed before Spencer was ready.

Ashley needed to make a statement about all of this that was being reported in the tabloids but before that she needed to talk to Spencer. That was something that would happened to night instead of their movie night.

Spencer was back at home with her parents and Madison after that visit to the hospital. She had told them about what had made her have her panic attack and they all knew that this was going to be hard for them all but this could make it even harder for Spencer to be more involved in this world she had been getting better and better for the last months, the months that she and Ashley had been getting closer and mostly for the months that they have been together.

"Spence I know this is hard for you but I think that you need to talk to someone about all of this." Arthur said and looked at his daughter. He knew on some level that they should have been more pushing towards her getting to see a therapist about what she had been through.

"Dad, I know that you think that but I know that it will be better, I feel better already. It was just a shock to see those headlines without being prepared for it to be out already. I just want to know who would do that to us. It just you three Glen, Kyla and Kevin and then of course some of Ashleys' people that know, like Ben and JJ on the label." Spencer told them and she could think about who would let the press know about them.

"Okay so you know who knows that means that you can get to know who it was that let that slip." Paula told Spencer and all of them at the table.

"Well, that is true but we only told the people that we trusted not too leak anything to the press, just so that we would get put peace." Spencer said.

"Spencer not to be negative or anything but don't you think that someone else on the label might know and they would have told the press." Madison said and looked at her best friend; she could tell that Spencer was upset about all of this she could only imagine what Ashley was doing at this point.

"That can be true bit I don't think that anyone would do something like that. They know what Ashley wanted and I thought that they were going to respect that." Spencer said and tears began to fall down her cheeks, slowly but still the tears were falling.

"I know that but you do know that Ashley is a pretty famous rockstar and she hadn't been doing anything lately that would get her any press so they might did that so that she would be show a bit more so that she wouldn't be forgotten." Madison said and when she said that Spencer could understand what that was coming from but she knew on some level that JJ wouldn't do that but she had heard Ashley telling her about the Cs' that she called some of the higher bosses on the label.

"That sounds about something that they might be doing but I'm sure that I'll know as soon as Ashley is here and she will be explaining all of this." Spencer said. "I'm sorry but I need to get some rest before Ashley comes.

Spencer was still sleeping when Ashley came to the Carlins she was almost as upset as Spencer had been earlier but she was also afraid of what Spencer was feeling she had heard about the panic attack that had happened in the store and now when it was common knowledge that they were together she wasn't sure on how to handle all of this. It was a mess but she knew that they had some support in the form family and friends that they could trust. Ashley now knew that she couldn't trust her record label to keep things from the press.

"I'm sorry about all that happened today." Ashley said as soon as she walked through the door at the Carlin home.

"Ashley, this isn't your fault." Arthur told her, Spencer told us that you guys only told people that you knew that you could trust not to leak but somehow there was someone that did that anyway.

"All I know is that it was someone at the label. I talked JJ and she said that she thought it was someone of the big shoots that leaked it. But I didn't tell them they probably over heard something and then made a story of it, just so that I would get some press but I don't feel like explain all of this but I need to make some sort of statement but I can't just tell them that it was some kind of made up story. But before I do anything I need to talk to Spencer."

"We understand that and I'm pretty sure that she will understand Ashley, you can go up to her, and she has been resting for awhile now." Paula said and looked at her daughters' girlfriend and you could tell that she was sad that it had happened so soon for them.

"Thanks so much. I'll be down after I have been talking to Spencer and after I'll tell you what we are going to do, just so you know before you hear it on the new or read the headlines." Ashley said and she left them.

The phone was ringing at the Carlin resident.

No one was answering at the first, ring, not the second or the third one, the fourth went by and the fifth signal was ringing at this point and it was still no answer the caller on the other line was getting a bit nervous. He was hoping that this was something that he wouldn't need to tell the family on the machine. Finally someone was picking up the phone.

"Hello, Carlin residence." Someone was saying to the person on the other line.

"Hello this is detective Keys. I'm looking to speak to either a Paula Carlin or an Arthur Carlin at this point."

"This is Paula. How can I help you?"

"I'm the lead on your daughters' case. I have some new regarding that." The detective said.

"I hope that it will be some good news." Paula said and added to herself, "We sure need it at this point."

Ashley had made it to Spencers' room just so that she would be able to talk to Spencer to see what they were going to do about all of this mess that someone had created.

"Spence, I heard what happened" was the first thing that Ashley said as she walked in to Spencers' room.

"It wasn't as bad as you think." Spencer said and looked at her girlfriend. Ashley took a few steps closer to Spencer and gave her a kiss.

"Don't you ever do that again. I almost lost you once and I don't want to lose you. Not now, not ever." Ashley said and as she said that Spencer pulled the brunette down on the bed and kissed her a bit more fervor than Ashley had done we she walked in. And as the brunette could feel that the blonde tried to deepen the kiss, she began to trace the outline of the younger girls' lower lip asking for entrance. Spencer gladly accepted that and as their tongues fought for dominance it didn't take them long to find a pace that was more than welcome. And as the two of them broke the kiss the held each other and never wanted to let go, both of them chose to hide their own head in the crock of the others neck.

"As much as I want to continue this." Ashley mumbled against Spencers' neck, "There is something that we need to talk about."

"I know." The blonde said.

"You know that I need to tell them something and I know what I want to tell them but it's up to you on how we are going to deal with this." Ashley said and looked at Spencer, trying to read the younger girls' face to see if she would be able to tell something from the expression on Spencers' face but so far there were nothing that would give Ashley some kind of sign in what way Spencer wanted to deal with the press.

"Ash, I would love to tell you that I don't have a problem with this." Spencer began to say but before she could finish that, Ashley cut her short.

"You have a problem, I understand that, but if it's okay with you I would love to tell them that we in fact are together and that is it."

"I think that it could be arranged, but I don't want to have them after me when I go out. I just want to be alone." Spencer said and the last part of the sentence was whispered but Ashley still could hear it and she understood where Spencer was coming from.

"I know what you mean, and I'll do my best to make sure that you'll be left alone for the time being."

"I would really love that." Spencer said and gave Ashley a quick kiss.

"Spencer, I would do anything for you. I hope that you know that."

"I do know that and I'm happy that you say that."

So that was it they had decide on how they would deal with the situation that they had gotten them self in but there were still some unanswered things that they would need to look more closely to but that was for another time.

Back with Paula on the phone.

"I think that this would be good news or I would say that it's good news." The detective said.

"Oh, I just hope that you are right I know that Spencer would love to hear them."

"Well I think so too, but before we tell her we wanted to tell both you and Mr. Carlin to make sure that this is right." Detective Keys said.

"No problem. So what is it that I need to confirm because I'm guessing that is why I or Arthur would be needed?" Paula said and she was hoping that this would lead to that Jen soon would be in jail.

"Well, some of our officers did pick up a woman that fitted the description that you all gave us of Jen."

"That is good so you want us down there to confirm that it's her?" Paula asked, she wanted to know if they would be able to finally begin to put all of this behind them and let Spencer and Ashley move forward and not being held back to the fact that Jen could be turning up any time soon.

"Well that is the thought, but we are pretty sure that it's her. She had some identification on her that told us that it would be her but we want to make sure, and if you say that it's her."

"I'll be down in as soon as I can, should I take Spencer with me."

"That won't be necessary but if you want to then you can." Detective Keys told Paula over the phone.

This was the new that they have been waiting for, for so long and this could be they day that they all have been waiting for.

Down at the policestation Paula was standing at the side trying to get them to understand that she needed to see this detective so that she could tell her daughter that was sitting on the other side of the room that it was true and that she had done the right thing. Paula was glad that she had Ashley keeping Spencer company during this little process.

Finally Paula had the chance to talk to the Keys and that meant that she soon would see that girl that for sure would be burning in hell.

"That is her." was the only thing that Paula said when she saw the girl that was on the photo that he showed her.

"Okay that means that Spencer will need to confirm that to just to be on the safe side." Detective Keys said.

"Why, I just told you that it's her." Paula asked and she wasn't happy about that fact.

"Well, I would say that we want to be sure on this, you see we wanted to be more sure that it was her before taking this to Ms. Carlin, she has been through a lot and we didn't want to put any more pressure on her." the detective told Paula.

"Okay, she is sitting and waiting for me, she has Ashley with her." Paula told Keys. And with that the two of them walked form the room where they had been sitting so that they could get Spencer and let her confirm what they already was pretty sure of was the beginning of the end for the girl that so abruptly had changed Spencer life.