Disclaimer: I own nothing! Song used is 'Talk You Out of It' By Florida Georgia Line
Author's Notes: So, here is the next update finally. Sorry for the delay. I'll do my best not to take so long with posting the next chapter. I hope you enjoy. Thank you! I hope everyone is doing okay out there and is staying safe and healthy. Thank you for the reviews. They are always awesome to read.
World Tour
Chapter 21 – Barnstable Continues
Spencer walks over to Ashley and sits down next to her. Spencer brings her hands up to Ashley's face and lightly wipes her tears away.
"Please don't cry. We will figure this out. I'm sorry I was freaking out." Spencer lightly tells the brunette. Ashley wraps Spencer into a hug.
"There is more…" Ashley pauses. She pulls back and looks at Spencer. "There are paparazzi outside the house." Ashley adds quietly. Spencer sighs once again. "John said he pulled the car into the garage so when we leave, they won't see who gets into it. He closed everything up downstairs too so they can't see into the house."
"What do we do? How do we go about this?" Spencer asks looking down at her hands.
"Well, that is all going to depend on you. They don't know who the woman in those pictures are. I can make a statement or something and make sure they don't think it is you. That might bring up other issues though. I will probably be constantly followed everywhere I go because they are going to want to find out who the woman in those pictures are. We are going to have to take a few steps back especially with being seen in public together. That would mean no more dates."
"Ashley if we change too much about us, it is going to cause speculation. So, we need to come up with something here." Spencer tells Ashley cutting her off.
"Well, what do you want to do?"
"I don't know Ashley. I really don't know. Is it going to upset you if I don't come out right now and let you take all the heat on this?" Spencer asks looking down at her hands scared of Ashley's answer. The older Rockstar lifts Spencer's head.
"I told you, I stand by whatever you want to do. That hasn't changed because of this happening. I still want you to come out when you are fully ready. That doesn't change. If you want me to handle this, then Kyla and I can come up with a plan."
"I don't want us to change." Spencer exclaims.
"Let's call Kyla and see if she can help us figure something out." Ashley says before walking to grab her phone out of the jeans she had on the day before. "Kyla has called me 32 times. Glen has called me a couple times also" Ashley tells the blonde sitting on the bed.
"We can talk to your sister first then I will call Glen later and fill him in on what we are going to do about the situation." Spencer says. Ashley nods her head before calling her sister. Kyla picked up on the first ring.
"Oh my god, Ashley." Kyla yelps out as she answers her phone.
"You are on speaker. Spencer is here with me."
"So, have you guys thought about what you want to do?" Kyla asks. Spencer sighs but doesn't say anything.
"Spencer isn't ready to come out right now. That is why we are calling you. You and I need to come up with a plan and keep her out of it." Ashley explains to her older sister.
"Okay…" Kyla doesn't say anything else. "Have you thought about what you want to do then? How you want to handle the situation? Should I throw out some ideas for you and we can go from there?"
"I really don't care how we handle this as long as it doesn't come back on Spencer." Ashley admits lightly. Spencer is just sitting listening to Kyla and Ashley discuss a plan. Both sisters are on the phone for over an hour coming up with a plan. Spencer just sat quietly listening to them discuss everything. Once Ashley got off the phone her and Spencer eyes met the others. The blonde sitting on the bed started shaking her head.
"I will come out before I let that happen, Ashley." Spencer tells the older woman as she got up off the bed. Spencer walks over to her stuff and starts going through it to get stuff ready for a shower.
"What do you want me to do then? Why didn't you say anything when I was on the phone?"
"I don't care what you do. I will not watch you parade yourself around with some other female."
"Not like we will be doing anything Spencer." Ashley states firmly.
"Holding hands and occasionally kissing isn't doing anything? You are tripping if you thought I would agree to this. Would you? Serious Ashley? This is a stupid ass plan. Figure out something else because this one isn't going to work for either of us." Spencer rants out before walking into the bathroom and slamming the door behind her.
(Ashley's POV)
Spencer went into the bathroom over a half hour ago. I am waiting for her to come out. She is so mad at me right now. I know she is right. If this situation was reversed, I would be freaking out. I would not have just sounded irritated. I would have yelled at anyone that gave her that idea. I wouldn't have yelled at her because we don't need us to be like that yet. I would prefer that we never end up like that. I want us always to be able to talk and never have to yell at each other to get something across. I want us to be good. I will always want us to be good. I need us to be good. I can't see my life without her now that she is in it. I need her. I love her and I know I haven't said it to her yet, but it is so damn true. I will tell her soon. I just want us to get through this right now.
"I'm sorry I was irritated and slammed the bathroom door." Spencer says breaking me from my thoughts as she walks out of the bathroom. I look up at her. She has on a light gray hoodie and black sweats.
"It's fine." I tell her as I watch her walk over to her bag to put stuff away. After she messes with her bags for a couple minutes, she looks over at me on the bed and meets my eyes. Those blue eyes, I swear will always be the thing that makes me lose myself in her every single time. They get me all the time. I love those eyes. I could get lost in them for hours. They are endless pools of all her feeling, especially her feeling for me.
"Are you mad at me?" Spencer whispers out to me as she makes her way over to me on the bed.
"Not at all. You are right and I would have reacted the same way if not worse with that plan." I tell her as I keep our eye contact. Spencer sits next to me and I pull her into me. "I was never mad to begin with. We have been dealt a crappy hand, but I believe we can figure this out. I think one day we will look back and laugh about it. Right now, we just need to put our heads together and figure out something we can agree to do with this." I whisper out as I place my forehead lightly on hers.
"Oh, you meant literally?" Spencer says with a giggle.
"Okay funny pants." I say with a small giggle of my own. We stay like that for a few minutes just taking each other in. I couldn't imagine myself going through this with anyone, but her. I would more than likely have just walked away if it was anyone else. Anyone else I would have never had this problem to begin with. I don't believe anyone else would have done anything like this for me or I would have let someone take me away from my tour for a romantic getaway for my birthday. Spencer is really one special woman. She is one of a kind. I am so glad I have found her.
"What are you thinking about?" Spencer asks finally breaking our silence.
"I'm thinking about you. You are one amazing woman, Princess." I admit sweetly. I reached my hands up and cup her cheeks. Spencer blushes and drops her eyes down to lap.
"I haven't done anything." Spencer mumbles out. I smile at her shyness. Even when she is shy, she just so amazing.
"I beg to differ." I advise the younger woman in my hands. Spencer looks back up meeting our eyes once again. I run my thumb under her eye wiping away the tear that escaped. "You gave me such a memorable birthday. One I will never in my life forget. I don't think anything will ever be able to top these last couple of days. Even with the pictures that came out. I know it has put a damper on things, but it doesn't change what came out of it." I tell her lightly. Spencer smiles at me before slightly nodding her head.
"I think you should just make a statement saying you won't be coming out with your relationship publicly right now. It is still developing, and you want to see where it goes first. I just want to have a little more time before I come out. I don't want to bring anyone else into this that doesn't need to be. I don't want it to make it seem like you are lying. The way I see this is that eventually we will be coming out as a couple and saying it was someone else right now when it is me won't look so good later. When we come out as a couple and I come out publicly then it will be easier for me to dig myself out of that if we don't make up all these lies right now. Our relationship will take a lot more hits later if we handle this poorly." Spencer rambles on. I smile at her. She really is just too cute for words.
"That sounds good. We can come up with a full statement together and I will send it to Kyla to release it within the next couple days. There will still be questions in our upcoming interviews, but if I stick to what the statement says and just keep repeating it, I should be able to buy you sometime. As far as you and I go, I think in public we need to be more careful then we have been. We will find times and places for our private time. We can make this work and should do just fine until you are ready. I won't lie though; it will be hard at times." I finish off my statement with a slight blush and pulled the side of my bottom lip in between my teeth.
"What exactly will be hard?" Spencer looks at me, confused. The blonde let out a small gasp before turning red and dropping her head down to her lap once again. I smile at her. She finally understood what I meant. Did she really think last night was the first night I have ever wanted her? She is crazy if so. That woman is a goddess inside and out. I lean forward and put my lips to her ear grazing it lightly.
"Especially right before you go on stage and right after." I sigh out gently before running the tip of my tongue down the shell of her ear. I lay a light kiss below it. "Mm… Or when we had our TV interview with TRL." I whisper out before I quickly pulled back and looked at her with a coy smile on my face. Spencer sat silently with a blank look on her face. I'm not sure what to think of her reaction. I don't know if I should change the subject or just let her work through whatever is happening right now. Next thing I know Spencer pushes me backwards onto the bed with her body over mine. Her left hand is on my hip and she is kissing and nipping at my pulse point. The blondes hand starts to slowly slide down from my hip to my thigh before she pushes my leg to hook over her hip. Spencer palms my ass a couple times as she rocks into me and then lefts me up moving me more into the middle of the bed. Spencer starts kissing up my neck to my ear.
"You know, I did nothing at that TV interview. It was all you." Spencer whispers before taking my earlobe into her mouth and sucking gently.
"Aw, fuck." Her hips are still rocking into mine. I move my hands from gripping the bedding and move them into her hair. Spencer takes both of my hands from her hair and pins them above my head and starts working her way back down my neck. Before I know what is happening Spencer has pushed herself up off me and is standing a few feet from the bed with a smirk on her face. My eyes leave hers and look up at the ceiling, my hands gripping the sheets above my head. I need to hold on right now. I feel like I am about to burst into flames. I look back over at the blonde and her smirk is still present on her face. This woman is trying to kill me. I start to sit up before I am once again pushed back onto the bed with Spencer on top of me. She is really trying to kill me.
"Don't be a tease Rockstar and I won't be one because I will show you how much better I am at it. Got it?" Spencer seductively says looking me in my eyes. All I could do at this point is nod my head quickly. I have never in my life let someone take so much control especially during sex. My god, she can have it. She can have all the control she wants. I will proudly let her wear the pants. "Good! Now, where were we?" Spencer says against my lips before taking my bottom lip in between her teeth. She slowly lets my lip slide out from between her teeth then meets her lips with mine. Our kiss started out slower and softer than I had expected it too. As our kissing starts to get more heated Spencer grabs both of my legs and has me wrap them around her waist. We are both in sweats and a hoodie. I am not sure how many layers the blonde above me has on. I have nothing under what I have on. Spencer breaks our kiss and moves to sit up. She makes sure my legs stay around her waist as she lifts us both off the bed. The blonde is on her knees with me in her lap. Our eyes never break contact until she pulls my hoodie over my head and throws it across the room. I hear a thump once my hoodie connected with the floor. We look over where the noise came from. My phone is in that pocket. I forgot it was in there. Right now, I could care less about my phone. I mean I hope it didn't break but I have more important things to think about right now and that I would rather be doing. Spencer finally looks back at me. I shrug my shoulders before pulling her back to my lips. Spencer leans forward placing me back down on the bed. The blonde above me breaks our kiss and quickly pulls her hoodie off and throws it away from the bed. She only has a sports bra on. Hm, makes me think she had this planned before she even got into the shower. That confirms she was never mad at me about the plan Kyla and I had come up with. It's not that I didn't believe her because I did, I just didn't think I would get confirmation.
"Fuck Spence!" I let out breathlessly when I feel her lips wrap around my nipple and her tongue start lightly flicking it. I feel her press her chest into my stomach. When did she take her sports bra off? Oh, hell it doesn't even matter. I just need her now. She is starting to drive me crazier than I was before.
"Ash?" Spencer whispers into my ear before taking it into her mouth.
"Y—ee… Yeah?" I finally get out as she moves down my jaw.
"If you don't get out of your head and be here with me, I will leave you very unsatisfied." Spencer whispers against my lips. I unwrap my legs from around her waist and meet our lips together before flipping us over. Our tongues continue fighting for dominance as I slowly run my hand down her side and her to the waist band of her sweats. I really want to know if she has anything on underneath them. I place my index and middle finger just inside her pants and run my fingers across her hip bone.
"I think you planned this all along?" I whisper out after I break our kiss meeting her amazing blue eyes.
"Maybe." Spencer says with a smirk on her face and a small shrug. I lean up off her. Most of my weight is on my knees as I slowly run my other hand down her bare chest and stomach until it comes to the band of her sweats. I look back up at her and she has her bottom lip in-between her teeth. I continue to slowly run my fingers along her waist just inside her sweats. Our eyes never break connection as I finally start removing her sweats.
"You are so gorgeous." I whisper out as I lean forward to meet our lips once again. Spencer starts running her hands through my hair as our kiss heats up again. Spencer flips us over. The blonde once again guided my legs to cover her waist. This woman loves having my legs wrapped around her waist. I ran my left hand down her back to her ass and pushed her center into mine as I bucked up into her. Spencer moaned into my mouth at the movement. Our hips continue to rock against each other as Spencer's lips lightly sucks on my left nipple.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
"Ignore it." I pant out continuing to move my center against Spencer's motionless one. Spencer pulled away from my breast and looked up at me.
"It could be important." Spencer states. She unwrapped my legs from around her waist as I groan out. This really sucks. The younger singer rolled off me and onto the bed. I let out a frustrated sigh. I hear another knock on the door.
"Hang on!" I yell out. "This isn't over." I tell a smirking blonde that is still laying on the bed. I quickly dress myself and make sure Spencer is covered before opening the bedroom door slightly for John.
"Lindsey is on the phone for Spencer." John says as he hands me his phone.
"Thank you." I reply as I grab his phone.
"I'll call her from my phone." Spencer calls out to us. I hand John back his phone. I listen to him tell the woman on the phone that Spencer will call back. Our driver whispers a sorry out to me before walking away.
"It's okay John." I tell his retreating body. John nods over his shoulder at me with a small smile. I walk back into the room and close the door.
(Spencer's POV)
"I'm going to shower while you call that lady." Ashley mumbles out to me before walking into the bathroom with her overnight bag. Well, looks like those pictures are being seen by everyone. I'm surprised Ethan hasn't blown up Ashley's phone yet.
"This is Lindsey." The woman says answering her phone.
"This is Spencer. You called?" I say trying to keep my irritation out of my voice.
"I have seen some very interesting pictures of Ashley. You have any idea who the woman is in them?"
"Am I supposed to know Ashley's every move?" I ask.
"I've spent the last couple of weeks around you and by the looks of the body type and such in the photos it looks like you. Tell me if I am wrong but I need to know if we need to keep this under wraps." Lindsey lets out. I sigh.
"Yes, it is me. As of right now. Ashley and Kyla are covering it. We don't need to say anything on the topic as of right now. If it comes to me being questioned about it, Ashley and I will figure out where to go and what we want to do. I may not be ready to come out just yet, but this is our problem to deal with."
"Well, SPENCER…" Why the hell does she sound so annoyed? This is my damn life and career not hers. It's my damn relationship.
"Your volume needs to drop down cause I'm not some damn child nor are you my parent to be raising your voice at me." I respond sternly. I hear the brunette on the phone sigh.
"Look I was hired to make sure these things stay out of the media for you and you let this happen. If you don't want to come out, then maybe you shouldn't be dating a huge Rockstar. Ashley has been in the media her whole life. She is a big deal and will continue to be for years to come. That isn't going to change any time soon. Ashley and Kyla have this handled now but what if you didn't have your hood on? What if they figure out last night somehow it is you? How would you feel right now waking up and seeing those pictures of you two? How would your friends and family feel?"
"This has nothing to do with my family or friends. They have known for a couple years now that I date the same sex. It is the rest of the world that doesn't know. I guess if that happened then we would be coming out to the world right now as a couple. It didn't happen and we have it covered so don't worry about it. If and when, I need your advice on it, I will ask for it. Until then I don't need it so stop acting like you know all and back off." I exclaim to the woman on the phone. I feel arms wrap around me from behind and pull me close. I let out a small sigh.
"Breathe baby." Ashley whispers in my ear that doesn't have a phone to it. "It's going to be okay." She adds before placing a kiss under my ear. I lean my head against hers and sigh once again.
"Look, if it comes up in an interview or something, I will let you handle it and give your opinion. Right now, this isn't about me. The press doesn't even know it's me and Ashley has it covered. Thank you for calling but she's got it handled. I'll see you when we get to Philadelphia tomorrow afternoon. Have a good day." I say lightly letting Ashley's keep my calm.
"Okay. See you tomorrow afternoon. Bye" Lindsey says before hanging up the phone. I pull the phone away from my ear and toss it onto the bed in front of me. I turn around in Ashley's arms and wrap mine around her neck. I rest my forehead on hers and sigh once again.
"Are you okay?" Ashley whispers out. I nod my head. I am okay. I know I went a little overboard with yelling at her, but this isn't something she needed to try to yell at me for. They don't know it is me. She needed to keep all those stupid comments to herself. I'm not a damn child. I don't care who you are. You will not yell or talk to me like that. I may be shy and seem innocent, but I will not let someone walk all over me like that. They obviously never met my mother.
"She said the wrong things and I let her have it." I admit to the brunette still holding me in her arms.
"That happens in this industry. It probably wasn't the first and I know it will not be the last. As long as it isn't me on the receiving end, be angry and let it out. It's kind of hot." Ashley whispers out seductively then lightly kisses my cheek. I smile sweetly at her. She really is amazing. God, I fall more and more in love with her every second of everyday.
"It is like noon or something, let's go make something to eat." I mention before pulling away from the older singer and dragging her out of the room. I start to open the bedroom door before Ashley pushed it shut. I huff out then turn and look at her. The brunette has a raised eyebrow and smirk on her face.
"Might want to put clothes on. I don't think you want John to see all your goodies." Ashley expresses while looking me up and down slowly. I look down at myself before a blush fills my cheeks.
"Right." I add lightly before tossing my sweats and hoodie back on.
(29 Hours Later – Philadelphia)
(Spencer's POV)
Me, Ashley, and John got here a couple hours ago. They had dropped me off at the private entrance of the arena so I could do my sound check. Ashley got drop off alone at the hotel. We decided it would be better to not arrive at the same place at the same time. Ashley's sound check wasn't for another hour after mine. We spent the rest of our night in Barnstable relaxing together and we figured out what Ashley is going to say about the pictures. She decided that she is just going to bring it up during her show tonight before she sings her new song 'Beautiful Crazy'. She wanted to wait until we reached Atlanta before saying anything about them because she was just going to wait for our next interview. I told her I don't think that is the best thing to do. She should nip it now. Ignoring it will only make it worse. Plus, she already hid out for over a day after the pictures were released. Kyla said that some teens staying in a house close by us realized it was Ashley when we were walking along the beach and started talking different pictures and their dad found out and sold them to a couple magazines for three thousand bucks. Ashley is obviously worth a lot. It makes me wonder how much they would have been worth if they knew the woman in the pictures was me.
"Shower is all yours baby." Ashley says breaking me from my thoughts as she walks out of the bathroom. It is about 5. I need be at the arena soon. Ashley wanted to shower together but I told her she would probably make me late for my show.
"Thanks." I whisper. I get up off our bed and walk over to my clothes I have ready for my concert and walk towards the bathroom.
"Hold on." Ashley says then wraps her arms around my waist from behind, keeping me from walking any further. I turn around in her arms and meet my eyes with her chocolate colored eyes, I always get lost in. I smile at her before giving her a quick peck. I pull away from her and run into the bathroom before she distracts me too much.
"I'll be all yours after our show tonight, I promise." I yell out before closing and locking the door. She would so try to sneak into the bathroom with me. I place my clothes on the counter and turn around to put all my shower stuff onto the shelf next to Ashley's. I hear Ashley start to tune her guitar. Hm… I wonder what she is writing now. I make my way over to the door and slowly start to open it. I hope she doesn't hear me and stop playing. She has already started singing but I can't quite make out the words yet. I tip toe towards her slowly. Once I can see and hear her, I lean against the wall watching her. She is staring down at her fingers playing her guitar. Her voice is low.
"Damn, I didn't think it'd be that easy
'Cause now you're gettin' ready
I'm just sittin' there watchin' TV
Here you come lookin' like a grown woman's dream
Damn, I can't believe, I can't believe
I talked you into slippin' down the hall, baby, turn it on
Your playlist you play when you're in the shower
Talked you into taking up my time, making up your mind
Switching back and forth for an hour
And now you're lookin' like a line from a Vandross song
I'm looking at that fine little dress you got on
Don't get me wrong, girl, I love it
Now I just wanna talk you out of it
Yeah, as cool as it would be
Watchin' people wonder who you are
Oh, we should just say we did, we can start with a kiss
And pretend we just got back from the bar
I talked you into slippin' down the hall, baby, turn it on
Your playlist you play when you're in the shower
Talked you into taking up my time, making up your mind"After Ashley finally looked up from her guitar and her eyes met mine, she stopped playing.
"I was enjoying that song. Why'd you stop?" I say still leaning against the wall.
"Aren't you supposed to be in the shower and not spying on me?" The brunette says with a smirk on her face.
"Well, I heard you playing and singing. My curiosity got the best of me. I like it. Sounds like it will be a very good song."
"Not for me but I'm sure someone will have a hit. If I keep writing songs about you, there is going to be a lot of singers out there singing about you. The funny part is they won't even know it's about you." Ashley finishes with a giggle as she walks towards me.
"Well, there is already a few people singing about you and don't even know it. I guess we can be even." I say with a smile on my face. I wrap my arms around the older artists waist. Ashley cups the back of my neck with one hand while the other runs her fingers through the hair just above my left ear.
"I guess we are." Ashley tells me lightly. We smile at each other, never breaking eye contact. The brunette slowly starts moving her hips in my hands.
"Are you trying to dance with me again with no music?" I wonder. Ashley smiles at me. She pecks my lips then moves my hands up to her shoulders and hers down to my hips. She makes my hips follow her movement. I tuck my head into the side of her neck and gently place a kiss on her pulse point. We just stood there holding each other swaying back and forth occasionally placing kisses on each other's face or neck. It never went further than that. I've never liked moments like this with Carmen. They have always felt so weird and kind of uncomfortable to me. This moment right here with Ashley feels like nothing less than the best feeling in the world. I will never get tired of being like this with her.
(Ashley's POV)
I have really missed watching Spencer perform. I know it has only been like three days, but I could watch her every day for the rest of my life and I still wouldn't feel like I have seen it enough times. She has such an amazing voice. The way she plays her guitar or moves her body to her songs. The woman just amazes me with everything she does. She has me so mesmerized all the time. I swear she will always find ways to keep me falling for her. I will do whatever I can to never lose this gorgeous woman. I couldn't picture my life without her in it.
"ASHLEY DAVIES!" I get pulled out of my thought by the announcer screaming out my name. The whole arena erupted in cheers and claps. I slowly walk out onto the stage with my guitar in hand. I grab the mic and walk over to the stool that is center stage. I sit down then adjust the stand and mic to be at the right height.
"How's everyone doing tonight?" I say looking over the crowd. I wait for the cheers to die down before continuing. "I want to start tonight out by addressing all the pictures of me and another woman on the beach." I stop once again as the audience starts to scream. "We started dating a couple weeks ago. It has been great getting to know each other and spending our free time together. Those pictures were taken when she took me on a special little trip to celebrate my birthday. At this point in time, I am not going to say who she is or say much more on the status of our relationship because I want to see where it progresses before we come out as a couple. I wish people will give us the time and privacy we need to see where our relationship goes. I promise if our relationship gets serious, we will come out as a couple and the world can meet this new woman in my life." I finish with a slight smile on my face thinking of Spencer and knowing we will eventually come out as a couple. There is no way I will let us drift apart. It took everything in me not to turn my head and smile sweetly over at the blonde I know is standing there on the side of the stage.
"AWWWW!" I hear erupt out. I smile at everyone.
"I promise having everyone's patience at this time will be beneficial in the long run. Now onto my first song of the night. I am changing things up a little bit and am going start with my new single. Is that alright with everyone else?" I ask. Everyone cheers. I will take that as a yes. I start my song.
