Sorry for the wait, I'm a little less than inspired for this story at the moment. Either way, here's a new chapter.

Enjoy.

R & R.

Chapter 29 – What You Really Think

Ashley's POV

"Don't worry Spence... she'll come around." I tried to comfort Spencer who had begun crying on our way home from her parent's house. I pulled over and took the blonde into my arms, stroking her hair gently. "It's going to be okay..."

"Do you really think that?" She murmured as she continued to break down, tears still falling from her eyes.

"I don't know, but it's better to believe that she will rather than she won't." I sighed, trying to wipe away Spencer's tears. I pulled the girl closer to me, although it wasn't physically possible as I was already embracing her tightly within my arms. "Just please don't cry, I can't bear seeing you like this."

"I just hate it that I care so much about what she thinks." She threw her head into her hands, continue to whimper and sniffle, trying to stop the tears.

"Hey, no." I ordered, pulling her hands away from her face so I could see her. "Don't say that, caring is makes you who you are, Spence... I love that about you." I cupped her face tenderly and leaned my forehead against hers, showing a weak smile.

"I'm glad someone does."

I grabbed her hand and gripped it tightly. "We'll just have to work on her that's all. If it's this important to you, I won't stop trying. I won't give up on this. Hey, look at me... look at me Spencer." I nicely ordered as the girl finally looked up at me, with a little assistance from my hand on her chin. "Everything is going to be alright, I promise you that." I smiled at her, lifting her palm to my face and kissing it lightly as she smiled back weakly. "Now come on, let's get you home. It's been a long night."

"Will you stay with me tonight, Ash? I really don't want to be alone..."

"You're not alone, I'm right here." I whispered, kissing her lightly on the temple as I hugged her tighter again and smiled at the girl who continued to sniffle.

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"Hey you." I heard a tiny whisper as two blue eyes opened slowly and stared at me.

"Hey beautiful, you feeling any better this morning?" I asked the sleepy blonde, pulling a stray curl behind her ear and placing a delicate kiss on her shoulder.

"Much..." Spencer whispered, nuzzling into the crook between my neck and throwing her arm over my chest to cup the other side of my neck. "Thanks again for staying, Ash."

"Of course, you know I could definitely get used to this, waking up next to you."

"Well you're going to have to since we're engaged now. It's going to be like this every morning." The blonde smiled and brought my lips to hers. "Speaking of which, are you going to need help moving in?"

"Moving in?" My head popped up and my eyebrow quirked at the blonde who was still in my arms.

"Yes... moving all your stuff into my--our house. It's typically what people who are engaged do...It's going to be amazing, and I'll be able do this every morning." Spencer whispered, attaching her lips to my neck and nibbling lightly as her other hand crept up my shirt, making patterns on my abs.

"Spencer..." I moaned from the contact of her lips on my neck. "I-I stayed the night to comfort you, not to have s-sex in the morning."

"And the two can't be one in the same?" She asked, pulling back from my neck and giving me an expected look with a raised brow as she threw her hands around my neck.

"Not like this... I'd feel like I was taking advantage of your emotions." I shook my head and slowly removed her hands, taking them in my own and kissing them lightly.

"Ashley. I am a big girl, I can take care of myself...with lots left to care of you... like in the mornings, like right now."

"Are you sure?" I asked, cupping her face and staring into her blue eyes for approval and reassurance.

"Positive." I felt Spencer pull on my shirt, tugging it down tightly as her mouth fell from my mouth to my ear so I could feel her breathing. "But I do believe Ms. Davies, you're a tad over dressed."

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Spencer's POV

I pulled up to my parent's house after Ashley left. I didn't want her knowing that I was coming back here today, she would've suggested to come with me, and I needed to do this by myself. As much as I knew she would always be there for me, I needed to be there for myself.

I opened the door and knocked on it once to find my dad sitting at the kitchen table. "Hey dad."

"Hey sweetie, come in." He smiled, obviously happy to see me as he waved me further into the house.

I tried to peak past him into the house, scoping out all the visible rooms. "Uh... is mom here?"

"No, she picked up another shift at the hospital, but she'll be back soon. I think she going to try and focus more on work instead of--"

"Yeah, that's why I came. I wanted to talk to you about it... maybe this time without any yelling."

"I'm really sorry about last night, Spence. You know how your mother is... it's still no excuse for how she handled it, but I am sorry. And with all the commotion, I never got to congratulate you."

"Thanks dad." I leaned in and hugged him as he kissed the top of my head. "So without Ashley and mom here... what do you really think? It really means a lot to me what you think about this whole thing."

"You know I just want you to be happy Spence... you're my little girl. And I know that Ashley does make you happy, but I do think you two are taking this a bit fast. I'm not saying I'm against this marriage or anything, it's just a little fast for me."

"I understand that Dad, but it's like not like we're going to get married tomorrow, and I have been in love with Ashley for a long time."

"I know honey..." He nodded slowly, throwing one arm around my shoulder and squeezing me gently. "I just don't want you to get hurt again like last time. It kills a father to see his daughter like that, completely heartbroken."

"It's different now though, I can't explain how, I just know... I can feel it. I can feel it when Ashley looks at me, I can feel it when she touches me, I can feel it now even when she's not with me." I glanced up at my father to see reassurance in his eyes. "That's got to mean something right?"

"It means everything Spence." My father smiled, patting my thigh and kissing my temple. "I just hope the feeling doesn't go away for you and Ashley..."

We heard the door open as both our heads popped up to the doorway of the living room. "Arthur? I'm home!" A voice yelled loudly, obviously being my mom coming back from work.

"We're in the living room, dear!"

"We?" She asked, walking into the room and seeing my father and I sitting on the couch. "Oh... hi, Spence."

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Ashley's POV

When I got back from Spencer's that morning, Kyla was over at our apartment having lunch with Becks. It was more than convenient that both were here as I felt I needed to talk to them without Spencer present.

"Well well... look who's doing the walk of shame." Kyla laughed as she saw me walk in the door. "Someone didn't make it home last night, too busy having some hot lesbian sex?"

"No, Spencer and I did not have sex last night."

Well we didn't... not last night at least.

"We went to see her parents, and she was really upset afterwards so I stayed to comfort her."

"You say comfort, we say sex." Becks smiled, throwing me an apple from the bowl, knowing that I hadn't probably eating any food yet this morning.

"Don't think just because you feed me, I have to be nice when you make comments like that." I hissed back, throwing her and Kyla a glare as they stared back at each other, laughing at me. "But honestly, tell me what you guys really think now that I don't have Spencer with me."

"What are you talking about?" Kyla asked curiously as Becks avoided my eye contact.

"Cut the crap, I know you both too well..."

Kyla looked at Becks who slowly nodded at her. "Okay... fine. We think you're pushing it a little bit too hard after this whole surgery. You're going to run yourself down, and you're throwing yourself into everything all at once, especially things with Spencer."

"We are happy for you, Ash, we really are with you and Spencer getting back together and everything. We just don't want to see you hurt yourself, your body is still recovering."

"I have spent the last ten years without this girl, I don't think I'm rushing things..."I said in a fairly loud voice, only a little bit from screaming. "I'm sorry, I'm just really tired. I need to go lay down. My head is just killing me." I said, rubbing my temples and closing my eyes as I walked to my room and fell down on my bed, passing out almost as soon as I hit the pillow.

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A/N: So I'm back up at my cottage, don't know how much writing I'll get done. It's all weather dependant so hope for bad weather while I'll hope for good and we'll see who comes out the victor. [insert evil laugh]

I do kind of know where I want to take things in the next chapter so hopefully when I start writing, it will just all come out.

I have been blocked lately though so don't expect too much. I even watched the whole series again to try and get me back into this...

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