A/N Okay so back to Spencer's POV
Song lyrics in italics =)
Yep, so here I am, Spencer Carlin, on stage with a microphone in my hand and about to sing to my torn beauty who was still on the couch.
"Um, hi everyone." I start nervously.
This wakes Ashley's ass up!
I look at her, we hold each other's gaze.
"I would like to dedicate this to someone who I loved and still love." I blush as Ashley smiles. "This is for you Ash."
"I'm so mad at you right now, that I can't think straight."
Ashley looks guilty and hangs her hand, breaking our eye contact for a few seconds, until she looked up again.
"And I should shut my mouth, so I don't let the cruel things I say
Cuz when love starts out, it's all peachy." I start to get into the song when I see Ashley lean forward.
"I love you, you love me seems easy, it's like a walk in the park. But sometimes it takes an act of my will and a walk in the park turns to uphill, but I promise to give you my heart."
Ashley nods as I sing.
"I will choose to you yeah, even though I want to stay mad, even though I wanna get angry, though it may be easier to walk away, I will choose to stay and love you."
I can feel the tears in my eyes. I know that what I am singing is really true to what I am feeling and I hope Ashley can sense this.
"Love is just so beautiful, but sometimes it takes work, and the ones you love at times can leave you so hurt."
Ashley and I still look at one another and I think we both feel like we didn't mean to hurt one another, but we did.
"Some people think that love is just a feeling, so they fall out of love as quickly as they fell in, some people think that love is just a game, but they are the ones who always seem to end up getting played. Though everything around might change, one thing will still remain.
"I will choose to you yeah, even though I want to stay mad, even though I wanna get angry, though it may be easier to walk away, I will choose to stay and love you. I will choose you everyday."
I stop singing as I notice Ashley get up and walk toward the door. I'm devastated. I hand the mic to the tech guy, run off stage and run to catch up with Ashley.
I'm stopped by Jo before I turn where I saw Ashley last.
"Hey! Going to see Ashley?" Jo asks.
I sigh. I should stop playing around with her and be honest. I'm going to break up with her right now and then get my girl.
"I am Jo, I'm really sorry. I still love her and it wouldn't be fair to you if I didn't tell you that."
"I know Spence. It's okay. I never expected much anyway. I could see you were still pinning for Ashley. I was just the rebound right?"
"Yeah." I'm a little confused, but I am glad I'm being honest with her now. "I'm really sorry Jo. We can still be friends right?" I ask.
"Definitely Spence." I see a girl come over to us and she takes Jo's hand.
"Hey Jo, ready to go back to my place?"
"Yeah sure Gabrielle. Wait in the car for me." The girl walks away.
"Gabrielle from school?" I ask shocked.
Jo blushes and shrugs. "Yeah, well I kind of liked her for a while and when I saw her tonight when Ashley was singing I went to say hi and she told me she liked me. I then told her I did too, once I caught on that you still had feeling s for Ashley when she was singing to you. We kind of got together."
"Wow Jo. That's great."
"Yeah." She paused. "Well, I'd better go, Gabrielle's waiting for me. I hope your parents are supportive of you being gay. See you at school?"
"Yeah." I reply, shocked that she seemed to have gotten everything together.
"Ok. Oh. And good luck with Ashley." She winked.
Then I was left standing there. After a few minutes, I realised I needed to find Ashley. Where was she?
I hear the music begin to play again.
"You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset, she's going off about something that you said."
My head whips up as I hear Ashley's voice. She looks at me and I can still see her tears.
I go over and sit in the front row. I look up at her in amazement and in confusion.
"She doesn't get your humour like I do. I'm in the room, it's a typical Friday night-"
I laugh. Ashley's eyes begin to twinkle.
"I'm singing the kind of music she doesn't like. She'll never know your story like I do."
I nod up at her.
"She wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts. She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers, dreaming about the day when you wake up and find that what you're looking for has been here the whole time."
I already have. You are the one I love Ashley Davies.
"If you could see that I'm the one who understands you been here all along so why can't you see; you belong with me.
Walking the streets with you and your worn-out jeans, I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be. Laughing on a park bench thinking to myself, hey isn't this easy? You've got a smile that can light up this whole club."
I smile really hard and Ashley smiles back.
"I haven't seen it in a while since I bought you down."
I gasp. Ashley looks at me.
She whispers (well if whispering counts into a microphone) "It's true Spence. I let you down."
She continues singing. "You say you're fine, but I know you better than that, what you are doing with a girl like that?
She wears high heels; I wear sneakers; why can't you see you belong with me.
Standing by waiting at your back door, all this time how could you not know baby. You belong with me. I remember I'm driving to your house in the middle of the night; you're the one who makes me laugh, when I know I'm about to cry. You know my favourite songs and I tell you about my dreams;
I think you know where I belong I belong with you; I think you know where you belong; you belong with me."
After she finishes the song, I look up at Ashley. We both aren't conveying any emotions through words.
"Ash." I say as she approaches me.
"Spence." She pulls me in for a hug.
"I belong with you Ash." I whisper in her neck.
"I know Spence."
"Ashley." I hug her tighter.
I pull back. "You hurt me Ash."
"I know Spence, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
I pull her in for another hug as she cries.
"Let's go back to my place Ash."
"Okay Spence."
She leads me out of the club and out to the car.
I do or say nothing to Ashley on the way back to my place and neither does Ashley.
Once we enter the front door, my parents look up from their newspaper and are shocked to see Ashley.
"Hi Ashley." My mum says. "I was getting worried. I hadn't seen you in a while; I was nearly going to ask someone else to be a bridesmaid." My mother laughed.
"Paula, is that all you can say?" My father asked angrily. "Hi Ashley."
"Hey, Mr C." Ashley replied.
I was surprised; my dad was so cold towards Ashley.
"Ashley's going to stay here tonight." I say.
My parents nod their heads.
'Ashley. Don't hurt her again." My dad says.
"I won't Mr C." She looks at me. "I promise.
I smile and we say goodnight to my parents. I take Ashley's hand and we go upstairs to my room.
What will this night bring? A reconnection?
An understanding?
A wrecked friendship?
Or something else?
I was hopeful when Ashley closed the door behind us and guided me to the bed.
I guess only time will tell.
Songs used:
'Choose You' - Stan Walker
'You belong with me' - Taylor Swift
Songs cut to suit story and lyrics tweaked a bit
