Disclaimer: I own nothing. Parts of songs used Tim McGraw & Faith Hill 'It's Your Love' and 'Give into Me'. Songs mentioned 'Come on Get Higher' Matt Nathanson and 'Starting Over' Niykee Heaton.

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World Tour

Chapter 20 - Barnstable

(Ashley's POV)

Spencer just walked back downstairs to continue our dinner. This has been the best thing anyone has ever planned for my birthday. Her actions are making me emotional right now. It's all good feelings of course. I walk over to our stuff that is put in the room with the deck and grab my guitar and notebook. There is so much love flowing through me, I feel like writing. I began playing with the cords of my guitar and let the emotions in me take over.

"Oh, it's a beautiful thing

Don't think I can keep it all in

I've just gotta let you know

What it is that won't let me go" I stop playing and write the lyrics down that just came out. I started playing once again.

"Better than I was

More than I am

And all of this happened

By taking your hand

And who I am now

Is who I wanted to be

And now that we're together

I'm stronger than ever, I'm happy and free" I repeat my earlier action and write everything down. For now, it's a great start. I am going to go spend time with this wonderful woman that I am starting to fall so deeply for. I walk into the kitchen and up behind Spencer. I follow her actions from when she came up behind me.

"Hey." She whispers out as she is putting a marinade together. I kiss her cheek. "Are you writing a new song?" Spencer adds never taking her eyes off what she is doing in front of us. I nod my head against her shoulder. "Need help?"

"I just started it, but I will let you know if I do. There are a couple songs I have that I want you to look at, but tonight is not about that. We will waste tour bus time for that. It is our night." I sweetly tell her before kissing her cheek once again.

"Sounds good. There is beer and wine in the fridge if you would like some."

"Thank you." I say then pull away from her and go to the fridge. Would you like some wine or a beer?"

"Wine, please?" Spencer smiles over at me then goes back to her sauce. I get a glass for her wine and give her some before grabbing a beer. Spencer is more of a wine person instead of beer, but she can still take some beer in. I grab myself a beer because that is my weakness. She got my favorite kind too. She is really the best. I hand her the wine glass and stand next to her sipping my beer. I watch her hands move gracefully as she adds spices and different liquids into her bowl. I cannot tell you at all what she is doing or using. I know very little about cooking. I can cook the basics. Usually things I just can throw together from a box or jar.

"I think you have been hiding things from me." I admit with a smirk on my face.

"What do you mean?" She looks at me quizzically.

"You have all these hidden talents that I know nothing about."

"You haven't seen the best ones yet." Spencer says seductively then winks at me. If I wasn't leaning against this counter, I might have fell over. The things this woman does to me. I'm losing my ability to control my own body. I feel a blush creeping up onto my cheeks. I drop my head to look at the floor trying to hide it. Spencer lets out a giggle and I know she already caught the blush. Spencer lifts my chin and pecked my lips quickly before retreating outside with her tray of 'stuff'. I grab her wine glass for her and follow her.

"Where did John disappear too?" I ask breaking our comfortable silence. I sat down in a patio chair as Spencer did her thing on the grill.

"Probably in one of the rooms. He's around somewhere." Spencer says never taking her eyes off the food in front of her. After doing a couple more things Spencer walks over and sits next to me. She picks up her wine glass and downs over half it.

"Needed that wine?" I ask with a small smile. Spencer sent the smile back and nodded her head.

"It's been awhile."

"I'm glad we have this relaxing time. This is great. Thank you, Princess." I declare sweetly.

"Anything for you. I know you have done our first three dates, but I wanted to do something for you also. Especially since it was your birthday."

"Well, I don't know how I am going to top this when your birthday comes around. This is the best thing anyone has ever done for me." I admit lightly.

"We are on break for two weeks for the MTV music awards."

"Your birthday is the next day, I know. That will be our first televised performance together. How you feel about that?" I ask.

"I feel great about it. I think we should write another song for that and not just sing 'Give into Me'. Maybe write a couple from now until then. I love what we come up with together." Spencer admits shyly.

"I do too. I was thinking we could write another song together to close out our U.S Tour. Go out with a bang. What do you think?"

"I love that idea. What are you thinking? Another slow song? More upbeat."

"Actually, there is a beat that I made a while ago that I have been wanting to write lyrics too. I want to use it if we can. It is in between, I guess. I don't know. I will have you listen when I have my laptop."

"Well we have a month to figure it out. I know we can do it." Spencer admits happily.

"So, how much longer until we eat?" I ask changing the subject. Spencer gets up and starts messing with the food again then disappears into the house. Before I knew it, our dinner is done, and Spencer sets our plates down on the patio table. I stare down at the food in front of me. It looks amazing. Spencer texted John and let him know he has a plate in the microwave. She is too sweet. We ate in silence stealing glances at each other. When the other would get caught we would blush and drop our eyes back down to our plates. This dinner tastes amazing. Spencer is an amazing cook.

"Where did you learn to cook like this?" I finally ask breaking our silence. Spencer looked up at me but didn't say anything as she continues to chew her food. After she is done, she washes it down with some wine before speaking.

"My dad. He told me that if I wanted to be out on my own, I needed to know how to cook. After school my junior and senior year of high school was spent in the kitchen with him. He wouldn't help me with anything. I had to do it all and he would just walk me through it. He even made me take notes and everything like it was an extra class." Spencer looks deep in thought as she told me about her time spent with her father. I smile over at her not saying anything. I could sit here and listen to her talk about anything for hours. I want to know everything about her. Good or bad. Old plans or plans of her future. I want to know everything. I hope whatever she wants to do, I will be able to fit into it. I will do anything I can to make sure she fits into my future. I don't think I will ever be able to let this gorgeous woman walk away. I have only had just a small taste of what she is like in a relationship. I have seen enough to leave me hooked. Damn, Spencer and her fishing hook.

"Who taught you how to fish?" I ask without realizing my thoughts left my mouth.

"Random much?" Spencer says laughing. I blush and look down at my plate. I wasn't supposed to say that out loud.

"Sorry." I whisper still looking down at my plate.

"My father. Most of what I know has come from him."

"Well, you are good at it." I whisper out again, not being able to stop the word vomit I am having. I finally look up at the blonde and she is looking at me puzzled.

"Um… How did you know I knew how to fish?" Spencer asks with a raised eyebrow. I smile shyly.

"Because you have hooked me." I whisper out so lightly I don't think she heard me. After watching Spencer stare at me for a few moments. She finally broke out into a fit of laughter. I watch her continue to laugh. She sat her wine glass down. She is grabbing her stomach with her left hand and her right hand is lightly smacking the table as she leans over. "I don't think it was that funny." I say slightly embarrassed by her hysterics.

"I think…" Spencer tries through her laugher but couldn't get it under control. I watch her, I have no idea what else to do. I really don't think it was that funny. I know it was cheesy and all, but this woman has gone crazy. "I'm sorry. That was just the cutest thing anyone has ever said to me." Spencer finally gets out after getting control of herself. I still don't reply. I just stare at her.

"I'm glad I can make you laugh so hard." I sarcastically let out with a smile on my face.

"Me too." The younger singer admits with a huge smile on her face. We finish eating our food and I help Spencer take everything into the kitchen. I ended up washing while she dried and put them away. We made small talk while doing it. We flirted, laughed, and occasionally kissed. I have never had fun washing dishes in my life. If she is standing next to me, I will wash dishes every single day. After we got done, Spencer grabbed the bottle of wine, her glass, three of my beers and began walking towards the stairs. I looked at her puzzled but follow her. I will follow her anywhere. She walked into the bedroom our stuff is in and went out onto the deck. She sat the alcohol down on the table and looked out over the water. The sun is setting, and it looks beautiful with its pink and orange colors. The reflection over the water makes it even more beautiful. I grab one of the small chairs and sit it behind her. I grab the other one and put it next to hers before moving the small table, so we have a place for our drinks. Spencer sweetly smiles at me before taking a seat.

"I have never watched the sunset with anyone before." I admit.

"Me either." She declares back. "I've always wanted too. I'm glad I never did because I love that we get to experience this together."

"Me too, Princess." I whisper back and take her hand in mine. We sit in silence just watching the sunset.

"You are so beautiful." Spencer whispers to me. I turn and meet my eyes with hers. I slightly blush and a nose crinkling smile fills my face.

"Thank you. You have no idea how breathtaking you are. I have known that since the first time I seen you. You have done an amazing job at just making me want to know you."

"I have always thought you were very beautiful even before I met you and after I did…" Spencer pauses looking out over the ocean before meeting her eyes back with mine. "Pictures give you no justice. I was a little heart broken when you admitted you had no idea who I was. I know I was still kind of new, but I wished you had at least known my name."

"I know. The disappointed look that flashed across your face for that few second was enough to make me feel bad. That's why I listened to your music until our dinner. I remember the first song I listened to of yours was 'Come on get higher'. I watched the music video on YouTube. I remember thinking 'How the hell did I miss the existence of this goddess for the last 2 years?'"

"That's what happens when you are so full of yourself." Spencer says cutting me off then laughs.

"I instantly fell in love with that song. After that I went on iTunes and bought both of your albums and listened to every single song. I even looked up the lyrics and followed along as I listened. Your song 'starting over'…" I pause trying to think of the words I want to say and ignore her comment with a smile. I was kind of full of myself. Shit, I still am but it's hard not to pay attention to her now. "You sang that song with so much emotion in your voice, it actually made me tear up a little bit. Knowing you now. I realize the full meaning behind that song. You have several songs that I love listening too. I'm going to have you write me a song one of these days that I will sing." I finish with a big smile on my face. Spencer smiles back.

"I think I might already have one. I don't have my book with me, but I will show you when I do."

"Are you sick? Why do you not have your book with you?" I ask giggling at the blondes shocked face.

"This trip is about you. I didn't plan on writing anything while we were here."

"What if you had some inspiration?"

"It would have to wait, or I could type notes on my phone." Spencer tells me shyly. "Come on, let's go for a walk on the beach." Spencer says then finishes off her glass of wine and sits it down on the table. The younger singer reaches out her hand to help me up from my seat. I let her help me up and both of us grab a hoodie on the way out of the room. We still need to be careful about people seeing who we are. We don't need anyone to ruin our time away. We walk hand in hand down the beach with our hoods over our head. It's dark out now so we should be completely fine. There aren't many people out on the beach anymore. We walk down the beach for about 10 minutes before I pull her arm spinning her. Our fronts are now touching. I continue slowly walking holding her into me. She is walking backwards with her arms wrapped around my neck. I have my arms wrapped around her waist. We are staring into each other's eyes with a small smile on our face. I stop us from walking and we just stand there holding each other.

"Dance with me." I state quietly. "If you say we don't have any music." I cut her off before she can say anything. Spencer lets out a small giggle before I pull her impossibly closer to me and we begin slow dancing as I start humming lightly. I lay my head on her shoulder with my mouth next to her ear.

"I'm gonna wear you down

I'm gonna make you see

I'm gonna get to you

You're gonna give into me

I'm gonna start a fire

You're gonna feel the heat

I'm gonna burn for you

You're gonna melt for me" Spencer sings lightly. I smile into her ear before I look back and meet her blue eyes.

"Those are my lines."

"They are mine tonight." Spencer throws back. "You were the one humming the beat to the song. It felt right to start singing it." Spencer finishes with a smile. I smile back and place my head back in its previous place on her shoulder.

"This is something I will never forget."

"The moment you started falling." Spencer whispers into the side of my head. Her words cause my body to stiffen. Spencer stops moving us, and realization seems to have hit her. "I uh… um…" Spencer stumbles over her words.

"Pretty much." I whisper out before meeting my lips with hers.

(Spencer's POV)

Tonight, has been amazing. I knew from the moment I met Ashley I was attracted to her. As we hung out and got to know each other feelings started developing but these falling in love feelings are way more than I ever expected to feel for anyone. It's exciting and scary at the same time but I love every moment together. It has been an amazing three months. She is a different kind of woman. I am happy that the things I've heard and read about her have all been false. I realized no one knows this gorgeous sweet woman the way I do. We are sitting on the beach and she is behind me. Ashley's arms are wrapped around my waist and my right hand is intertwined with her left over my stomach.

"Penny for your thoughts?" Ashley whispers into my ear.

"I think someone would pay more. So, no thanks." I let out, giggling.

"Yeah, yeah Princess." Ashley says then giggles along with me. I press my back more into her and pull her arms tighter around me.

"I was thinking about you." I whisper out lightly.

"I would hope so." Ashley whispers into my ear then nuzzles her face into the side of my neck on the outside of my hoodie. I haven't removed it the whole time we have been outside. I don't need to be caught right now in this position with Ashely. Ashley has taken hers off. She didn't have it on every long at all.

"Do you think if I was just a regular person, we would have met?" I ask ignoring her comment.

"I've never thought of that. I hope so. I would have gone after you no matter where I seen you at. You are gorgeous." Ashley says. I slightly turn around in her arms and meet our lips together. Ashley quickly responds to the kiss. After a few moments I fully turn around and push her back. She is laying fully on her back on the sand with my body on top of hers. Ashley's hands grab my hips. My left hand is on her side as my other is slightly tucked under her shoulder. We continue to lay there exploring each other's mouth. I moan into Ashley's mouth as she grips my hips tighter. I use my face to move her hood out of my way and kiss my way down to her neck. Damn thing isn't even on her head and it's still in my way. I start lightly sucking and nipping on her pulse point. Ashley moves her hands from my hips to my ass and lightly pulls me down into her center while lifting her hips up into me.

"Fuck." I whisper into her neck. I take a moment to collect myself. "I'll race you back to the house." I add before jumping up and starting to run from her.

"That's not fair." I hear Ashley yell after me. I start giggling imagining her pouting face. I turn my head and look at her. She is running after me. I slow down letting her think she is gaining on me. Before I knew it, we are back on the sand with her on top of me this time. We are giggling. "You cheated." The brunette whispered into my ear. I wrap my arms around her waist and flip us over. Ashley smiles shyly.

"Got you to chase me!" I exclaim happily. Ashley places her hands on each of my cheeks pulling my head down towards her.

"If I can help it, you will never get away from me." Ashley admits lightly before she meets our lips together. I happily accept the kiss, but before our kiss could get too heated; Ashely pulls back looking up at me. I smile shyly before ducking my head into her neck. We lay like this for a while before we got up and made our way slowly back to the rental home.

"I didn't realize we were on the beach so long." Ashley says as we walk into the bedroom, she decided on earlier. I glance at the clock on the nightstand. 11:45.

"Me either." I say smiling over at her. Ashley returns the smile before shyly dropping her head. Since we started dating, she has been different. Don't get me wrong it's great but I'm not used to seeing her so shy. I concluded that it is one of the cutest things about her. Ashley and I take turns doing our nightly routine before we got into bed. I roll into Ashley's arms before wrapping my arm around her waist. Her white tank top has already ridden up some. I delicately rub my thumb over her bare side. I feel and hear the brunette sigh lightly. I lift my head up off her shoulder and meet our lips together. Ashley places her left hand on my cheek tenderly rubbing her thumb on my cheek bone. I move so I am laying halfway on her as I run my tongue across her bottom lip. She moves her left hand to the back of my neck pulling her more into her mouth as the other wraps around my waist pushing me completely on top of her. I move my lips away from hers and start kissing across her jawline and down to her neck. Ashley moves her legs slightly apart allowing one of mine to fall in-between hers. I feel her hips buck up into my thigh as I bring her pulse point into my mouth sucking and nipping lightly.

"Spence?" Ashley moans out. I continue downward to her collarbone still nipping and sucking. "mmhmm Spence?" Ashley tries again.

"Yeah?" I say as I slowly lift my head and meet her eyes. Ashley brings both her hands up and cups my cheeks.

"If we don't stop now, I won't be able too." The brunette below me whispers out.

"Why do we need too?" I ask before meeting our lips back together again.

(The Morning After)

(Ashley's POV)

As I roll over, I stretch my arms above my head and sigh out, contently. I smile as my eyes meet Spencer's face. She is so damn beautiful. Last night was amazing. I have never felt so much tenderness. So much love with every kiss and every touch. I glance over her to the clock on the nightstand. 10:43. It is still so early. I don't even know why I am awake right now. We didn't end up going to sleep until about 6 this morning.

(Flashback)

I flip us over as our lips stay connected. I slowly run my hands up her sides sliding her tank top with. I break our kiss and straddle her hips. I pull her up and remove her top. I meet our lips once more and start to push her back down onto the mattress. Spencer quickly pulls my top off and throws it off the bed. I start giggling at her before I am silence by her lips. I feel her hands run slowly up my sides and to my back where my bra hook is. She unhooks my bra and slowly starts bringing the straps down my arms. I straddle her again, letting her completely remove it. I shyly drop my head down. Spencer sits up. She brings her hands up to my face, cupping it, and lifting my head back up to meet her eyes. The blonde slightly smiles at me.

"You are so beautiful, Ash. No need to be all shy." Spencer whispers out with a giggle. I reach behind her and remove her bra. Once its lost on the floor, I slowly start to lay her back down on the bed. Spencer stops me by putting her left hand on my lower back and her right is placed on the mattress. She bucks her hips up into me and pushes up her hand on the bed, she flips us over and brings me slowly down onto my back.

"I guess I was always right about you being dominant." I giggle out as her face turns a light shade of pink. I love that I can make her blush with just a few words. Spencer smiles at me before moving down taking my nipple into her mouth.

(End of flashback.)

"Ash?" Spencer sluggishly lets out bring me from my thoughts. I meet our eyes and smile lightly at her.

"Good morning baby. How'd you sleep?" I whisper out. Spencer shyly smiles back before hiding her face into her pillow. Now she wants to be shy. Last night she was anything but. I was the one that was shy about everything. It was like I was having my first time all over again. I have never experienced anything like I did with this gorgeous woman next to me. I reach over and run my fingers through her hair. Spencer slowly removes her face from the pillow.

"Hi." Spencer says meeting my eyes. I smile at her and cup her cheek.

"Are you okay?" I ask. Spencer nods her head with a small smile on her face. I lightly kiss her lips before resting my forehead against hers.

"I slept good. How about you?" Spencer quietly says.

"Good." I simply answer. My smile has yet to leave my face since I woke up. "Last night was amazing." I add softly.

"Amazing." Spencer says agreeing before meeting our lips together once more. We weren't up all night because we kept going at it. We stayed up most of it just talking and cuddling. The most intimate thing I have ever experienced in my life. Don't get me wrong the sex was great. Amazing even, but I have never felt closer to someone then I do with her after how last night played out. Spencer and I pull away from each other as we hear a knock on the bedroom door. We meet eyes before looking at the door once again.

"Hang on." I yell before I climb off the bed. I grab a pair of sweats and hoodie while Spencer slips into the bathroom. I smile as I watch her go before opening the door. John has a weird look on his face.

"We have a big problem Ms. Davies." John says.

"What's wrong?" I say concerned. He hands me his phone. I look down at it and I'm met with pics of me and Spencer on the beach from last night. You can tell it is a girl but from the 5 pics there is, you can't make out who the other person is. I knew I should've left my damn hood on. "Fuck!" I say looking over the title 'Did Ashley Davies finally find love?' The first pic is of me kissing the woman with a hood on. The caption under it reads 'Ashley Davies in a serious lip lock with mystery woman' The second pic is of us dancing together. That caption reads 'Ashley dancing slowly with mystery woman' The third pic is of us walking hand in hand. That caption reads 'Taking a stroll along the beach' The fourth pic is of us laying on the ground with Spencer on top of me, kissing me. The caption reads 'Mystery woman pushed Ashley backwards into a passion lip lock on the sand inches from the shoreline' The last pic is of me cupping her face looking into her eyes. The caption reads 'Ashley Davies looks like she is in love, could it really be?'

"That isn't the only problem Ms. Ashley." John says before I can start reading the full article. I look up at him. Spencer is going to freak out. "There is paparazzi in front of the house."

"Fuck!" I yell out this time. Spencer pops her head out the bathroom. I look over at her with a sad look on my face.

"What's wrong?" Spencer asks. I sigh before walking over to her and going into the bathroom.

"Please don't freak out. We can handle this, and we can make sure the subject stays off you. Please don't freak out." I let out quickly as I start to panic. I don't want this to make her pull away. I don't want to lose her because she freaks out over this. Spencer cups my face and locks eyes with me.

"Calm down and tell me what's wrong?" Spencer lightly says rubbing my face. I take a deep breath and slowly let it out before handing Spencer Johns phone. Spencer's eyes meet the phone screen and gasps. Spencer started looking over the article with her free hand over her mouth. After looking it over she hands the phone back to me and sits on the edge of the bathtub. She only has on her bra and underwear. I walk back out the room and hand John his phone back.

"I have to talk to her. Give us a little bit and we will meet you downstairs."

"I made sure all the curtains, and everything is locked up. No one can see into the house. I already moved the car into the garage so when we are ready to leave no one sees either of you get into the car." John tells me with a sad smile on his face.

"Thank you." I give him a small smile.

"Oh and Ms. Kyla has been trying to get a hold of you." John adds before he walks away. Kyla needs to wait. Right now, Spencer and I need to come up with a plan. We need to talk about this. I walk back into the bathroom and Spencer is still where she was when I left. Her hand is still over her mouth. I walk over to her and kneel in front of her. I grab both her hands into mine and try to meet her eyes.

"Spence…"

"I just need a minute." Spencer says getting up off the tub and walking back into the bedroom. I sigh once again and walk into the room. Spencer is pulling clothes out of her bag. I sit down on the bed and watch her. I don't really know what to say right now. I don't know what to do. I hope she doesn't push me away. I really don't want to lose her. I drop my head down in my hands that are in my lap as tears start to slowly fall down my face. After the best day and night ever, it gets ruined by the worst thing possible. I can never catch a damn break.