Disclaimer: I DO NOT own anything! Song 'Mouth Shut' The Veronicas. 'Her World or Mine' Michael Ray
Author's Notes: Sorry it has taken so long for an update. Been dealing with a lot. I hope everyone had safe and happy holidays.
World Tour
Chapter 30 – Tokyo/L.A./Sydney
(Ashley's POV)
I roll over, keeping my eyes closed. I start feeling for the body that is usually still asleep beside me. I feel all over and there is nothing, but cold sheets. I sigh into my pillow and slowly lift my head to look around the room. I wanted to wake up next to my girlfriend for the last time in 11 days. I glance at the clock. Its 1030 into morning. Spencer gets on a flight to L.A at 8pm and I fly to Australia, I think my flight leaves an hour before hers. I should probably double check my itinerary. I have promotional stuff to do in Sydney, which Spencer should have been joining me for, but the label has her flying back to the states to promote her music video to 'I Hope'. Our label and Spencer went back and forth for a couple days not seeing eye to eye on her video. Spencer didn't play the main 'character' in her music video. She just wanted to be the singer in the video. I love how it turned out. The three woman she chose to be the actresses in the video did an excellent job. I loved how it turned out. Spencer has amazing ideas. I loved watching her work. She gets so lost in what she is working on. When I was able to go with her to her meeting or the making of the video, I just sat there and enjoyed watching her work. Every time Spencer caught me staring at her in aww, she would blush and turn away. I could tell she was trying to push her feelings aside and stay on her task at hand.
(Flashback)
I'm sitting in Spencer's chair, that has her name on the back of it. I'm not sure why I don't have one. I'm going to have to ask her where she got it from. I love it. The chair is incredibly comfortable. I watch Spencer move from one actress to the other animatedly explaining how she wants the next scene to go. She has done this for every single scene the last two days. She is hot when she is all bossy. Spencer tries to hide the blush creepy up on her cheeks when she once again catches me staring at her. I don't care if she catches me. I was never trying to hide it, not from her or anyone else here. I think the Chris (the Director) has a crush on my girlfriend. When he talks to her, he stands way too close for comfort. I can see it on Spencer's face. Chris is always trying to place his hand on her some place when talking. Spencer immediately steps out of his reach. I think I have even heard her tell him to stop touching her. As much as I don't want to make a scene, I will if he doesn't respect her wishes and stops touching her.
"Hey. When did you get here?" Spencer whispers into the side of my head above my ear as she stands behind me.
"Hey baby. About 20 minutes ago. How's everything going?"
"Things have been good. We should be done tonight if not then quickly tomorrow. I've missed you. How'd your meeting go?" Spencer whispers again never moving her head so she can keep her eyes on the screen in front of us so she can watch the scene unfold.
"It was good, but very boring. I don't know why I need to go. Kyla does all the talking anyways. I just sit quietly nodding my head every few minutes."
"Aww baby, there may come from Kyla's mouth, but they are still your ideas and requests." Spencer smiles then kisses the top of my head.
"I know. I missed you too." I grab Spencer's hand from my shoulder and kissed the back of it.
"You know, I'm going to have to ask you to leave if you keep eyeing me like you do. It makes me feel uncomfortable in all the most amazing ways." Spencer whispers into my ear. I turn my head to look at her face. A smirk planted.
"Hm, I won't be stopping. I love watching you work. You are so damn sexy." I say into her ear before taking her lobe into my mouth.
"Oh gosh." Spencer whispers and meets our lips quickly together.
(End of Flashback)
Chris joined the list with many other people who has something to always say about Spencer and I always kissing or touching in some way when we are within reach of the other. I think he was jealous watching us, but I could care less. I will never stop. I love being with this angel. I need to find my wonderful girlfriend. I don't hear the shower going. I don't hear anything. She should be here somewhere. I don't think she had a meeting, or anything scheduled for today.
"Princess?" I call out. No response. I climb out of bed and grab my bathrobe from the foot of the bed. Spence must have placed it there when she got up. It was on the floor next to the bed. Once I walk out of the bedroom of our suite, I hear Spencer in the kitchen area. There is a full kitchen in here. Spencer loves when we can have a kitchen so she can cook. I have come to realize she is an amazing cook. She has even been teaching me a little here and there. I love it. I can now cook the basics without burning anything; eggs, sausage, bacon, spaghetti, fettuccine alfredo, stir fry, rice, mashed potatoes. I can even cook an amazing steak. I can at least surprise her with a little dinner or breakfast now. I love the little things we do for one another.
"'Cause I'm feeling lost
When I'm in your arms
The reasons are gone
For why I was holding on to you
I tried so hard
To be the one
I don't like who I've become" Spencer sings lightly while watching the French toast in her pan. Yummy. Spencer hasn't cooked in a while. I swallow trying to stop my mouth from watering from the smell of the food.
"Do you always sing music from my first E.P when I'm not around? This is horrible and I sound like shit." I speak. Spencer slightly jumps dropping her cooking utensil in the process. I giggle lightly before whispering an apology.
"Morning baby. No, not usually. I just had the urge this morning to hear your voice and you were sleeping. I have all your music on a playlist on shuffle." Spencer says with a smile. I picked up her spatula for her and wash it off. I hand it back and place a kiss on her cheek. I rest my chin on her shoulder.
"Well, I guess we are more a like then we realize. I have a playlist also." I give her a huge smile. Spencer blushes then turns her attention back to the frying pan on the burner.
"You have a playlist of your own songs? Little self-absorbed, isn't it?" Spencer says then busts up laughing at my surprised look.
"HA! HA! HA! HA! So funny." I say mockingly. Spencer laughs even harder. At least her spirits are good this morning. She has been pouting the last couple of days because we are going to be apart. "Of your songs smartass. And yes, I am a little self-absorbed, but not so much that its alarming." I admit. I stick my tongue out at the blonde smiling widely at me.
"Why don't you go wash up? Breakfast will be ready in a couple minutes." Spencer tells me the smile never leaving her face. She places a light kiss to my lips before shooing me away. I quickly do my morning routine before joining Spencer at the little kitchen island.
"Morning." I convey to the gorgeous blonde sitting on the stool next to me looking at her phone. She is texting or maybe writing an e-mail.
"Feel better?" Spencer asks after locking her phone and placing it down. I slightly nod.
"Yes. What are the plans for today? Do you remember what time my flight is at? Yours is at 8, right?" I ask sadly. My girlfriend lightly smiles at me before intertwining our fingers together.
"Your flight is at 730. Yes, it is at 8. I plan on spending the entire day with you." Spencer looks sadly down at her plate of food. There is French toast, eggs, and bacon. Simple, but delicious.
"What's wrong?" I question while putting syrup on my bread. I love this woman and she knows me so well. She put my French toast on a separate plate because I don't like syrup on my other food. I don't like my food touching especially if the food doesn't go together.
"I'm going to miss you, is all." Spencer states taking a bite of her already cut up bread.
"I'm going to miss you too, baby. This is going to be weird and sad." I whisper out before taking a bite of my own food. This will be the first time that Spencer and I have spent more than a day apart since before we started dating. That was almost 3 months ago. We have two more days before we hit 3 months. That is a long time to be around someone then be apart for 11 days. I feel her pain. It is going to suck. I think this will be the longest 11 days of my life. I hate that they needed her to go promote her video right now. Why couldn't they wait a couple weeks when we will be back in L.A. We have a two-week break from the tour (not from working) Aug 12th through the 26th. Mostly for the Music Video Awards. I believe Travis and Ethan are trying to get back at us for being so 'rebellious'. Their words to Kyla and Glen not ours. Apparently, we don't listen to them enough when it comes to us being a couple. The way I see it, it is our relationship not theirs or anyone else's. I think how we handle it and do for it is just our business alone. Everyone else can fuck off. Literally and figuratively.
"What were you thinking about doing today?" Spencer asks pulling me from my thoughts and food.
"I would like to just relax. Maybe order some movies on the television. Anything as long as it's with just you." I say finishing off the rest of my food. That food was delicious like I knew it would be. Spencer has barely touched her plate. "You need to eat baby. I don't want you getting sick or stressing yourself out. We don't need what happened in Dallas to happen again especially with me being over 7 thousand miles away from you. It's a what 14-hour flight. I think. It has been a while since I have been to Sydney. How long is your flight?"
"Um, 10 or 11 hours. I'm not sure. I just know it leaves at 8pm." Spencer answers me then starts eating her food. I'm glad she is going to not make me worry about her eating. At least, I hope I don't worry too much. I will though, I know I will. Worrying about her is like a second feeling all the time. Like its natural. I'll always worry about her when she is away from me. I believe that is just what happens when you love someone especially with as much as I love her. I don't have much experience with love, but I do know enough to know that the love I have for her is real. It is so real that I feel it throughout my entire body. I'd do anything for this woman. It's has only been a short amount of time, but her and I will make this work forever. I know we will. I could sense it. I sit quietly next to my gorgeous girlfriend while she finishes the food off her plate. I grab our plates and rinse them off, along with the dishes she used for breakfast and loaded them into the dishwasher and started it. Spencer sat at the island watching me. I would send her a goofy face occasionally, to make her smile and laugh. I will never get tired of hearing her laugh. It's the best type of music to my ears. Better than anything the two of us could sing.
"All done." I declare doing my weird happy dance. I jumped back and forth on each leg with them spread out at shoulder length. My hands are straight out while I shake my hands. Spencer gets up from her stool as she is laughing at me, hysterically. Once the blonde reaches me, she grabs my hands and pulls me into her. Her laughing subsides and she passionately kisses me.
"I'm going to miss you… you, big dork." Spencer lets out a small giggle. I shrug my shoulders.
"I got you to laugh and smile. It was well worth it." I tell the woman in my arms. I slightly lean down and place my hands under her ass on her thighs. I indicate for her to jump. I pull as she jumps. She wraps her legs around my waist. "It's movie time." I finish with an evil laugh and start running with her to the bedroom. Spencer's grip gets tighter and laughs into my shoulder as I ran. I plant Spencer on the right side of the bed, which is the side she sleeps on. I grab the remote from her nightstand before flipping over her on the bed and turning the television on. We get comfortable. Spencer has her head on the upper right side of my chest. I have my right arm wrapped around her mid-back. The remote is in the other hand as we start to look through the movies, they have available.
(Spencer's POV)
Ashley and I spent most of our day in our hotel bed holding each other watching movies, which caused several conversations, light kisses, and tons of playfulness. I can't count how many times, we started tickling/wresting across the bed. We laughed and cried a little bit, those damn movies. No one would guess this about the brunette, but she loves sappy romantic movies. It has been a wonderful day. I think I couldn't possible fall more in love with this woman and then I do. I swear it's an everyday occurrence that I fall more in love with her. I don't understand why I am still surprised that I continue to keep falling.
"G, A, D, B minor, E minor. Pick strings 6, 2, 2, 6, 4, 3, 6, 2, 4, 3. Hum, humm, hum, hum, hummm."
"G, Down, Down, Up, Down, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down, Up. A repeat." I whisper lightly to myself as I strum through a song I have been working on. Ashley is in the shower. She didn't want to spend the entire day in bed watching movies. My wonderful thoughtful girlfriend has other ideas. I place my notebook in a better position so I can write a couple things down before I sing through what I have so far.
"One of us still has our picture taped up on the dash
One of us took that one from Mexico, threw it in the trash
One of us don't even notice when the radio plays that song
One of us breaks down and has to pull over whenever it comes on
Nah there ain't no in between, when it comes to her and me
One of us moved on, one of us got stuck
One of us is drinkin' just for fun, one of us drinkin' to get drunk
One of us sleeps good, and one of us hates to face the night
Just depends if you're talkin' about her world or mine" I look up with a small smile on my face as Ashley walks out of the bathroom with just a towel on. I look back down at my hands picking the strings.
"There's a number on a phone that one of us erased
There's a "late-night can we try again?" call one of us wants to make
'Cause one of us can't even think about bein' in another's arms
And there's a car in the drive that stayed all night, where one of us used to park
One of us moved on, one of us got stuck"
"You've been writing a lot of songs about break ups lately. I think this is the fifth one within the last month or so." Ashley says interrupting my singing. I squint my eyes at her while places my guitar against the bed beside me.
"I know." I respond.
"Are we going to be breaking up or something?" Ashley questions jokingly. I smile.
"You'd have to leave me for that to happen."
"You're stuck with me."
"I wouldn't consider it being stuck with you, but I'm 100% fine with that." I say with a huge grin on my face.
"Me too, but what is with all the breakup songs?" Ashley asks. I sigh.
"I have all these feeling for you. There are so many… and when I try to write them out or explain them, I just can't… There isn't a logical… or even good enough way for me to explain everything… you make me feel. I ju-just… can't figure out how to put… them into words. I seem to be ab-able to put into words how I'd feel if we broke up… I guess… I guess, I don't need the right words if I'm hurt and angry… I just am... I don't know… I just haven't… I haven't found a way to do my feelings or our relationship justice." I stumble over my words here and there, but finally finish my small confession. Ashley walks over to me and places her hands on my cheeks, rubbing lightly.
"Well… Maybe you should stop thinking about what the right words or description is and just write. Stop overthinking everything you feel. You are an amazing musician and song writer. Just write what you are feeling in here." Ashley places one of her hands over my heart. I give her a small smile. "Don't reread the lyrics. Don't stop to think about it, just… be… Maybe just play like you did with 'Sweetest Sin'. You might figure something out then that will spark thousands of songs." Ashley finishes with a cheeky smile. I giggle lightly while nodding my head.
"I guess I have something to work on while I'm away." I say moving away from the brunette. Ashley gives me a confused look. I point at her and move my hand up and down indicating to her that she is in only in a towel. Ashley smirks at me and moves towards me. I keep stepping back as she continues her advances.
"We don't have time for you to attack me." I whisper out breathlessly, moving my eyes around the room to look at anything, but my gorgeous girlfriend.
"Is that what I'm doing?" Ashley asks quietly placing kisses along my cheek and jaw line. A small moan escapes my lips as she barely bites down on my pulse point. I pull her face to mine and quickly meet our lips together. We are fighting for dominance. Our tongues in a battle. I pull out of our kiss to catch my breath. I rest my forehead on Ashley's, never opening my eyes.
"I'm going to miss you." I mutter. A couple tears fall down my face and I sniff quietly. Ashley pulls back and grabs my face, softly wiping my tears away.
"Baby please don't cry. I'm going to miss you too. I guess at some point, we'd have to get used to it." My girlfriend whispers. I finally open my eyes and meet hers. We stare into each other's eyes. I love the color of her eyes. She always tells me they are just brown. I think they are more of a honey color, but she begs to differ. I don't ever mind the back and forth. Those moments make us… well us. We wouldn't be us if we didn't bicker. It is one of the things I love about our relationship. The light heartedness is comforting. "We will be back together before you know it." Ashley adds wiping away more tears.
"How does this not affect you?"
"It does. Trust me, it does. I pulled the Rockstar card with Travis and Ethan when I found out you would be going to L.A for over a week. Granted it didn't work, but I tried." I giggle at Ashley's confession. I tried the same thing, but I'll let her take this one. "I love you." I say once our eyes meet once again.
"I love you too." Ashley announces then kisses me passionately.
"You should put clothes on before we never make it out of this room." I declare pulling out of our kiss once again.
"You are probably right." Ashley pecks my lips once more before backing away. I give her a smile and walk into the bathroom. I need to shower. I turn the water on in the shower and quickly strip off my clothes. I sigh once I step under the stream of hot water. I slightly tense when I feel Ashley's arms wrap around me from behind. "Better yet, I have time to worship you before we have to leave." Ashley whispers into my ear before taking my lobe into her mouth and sucking lightly. Her hands begin to lightly descend my sides.
Ashley and I just arrived at the airport. John hands our bags to the airline attendants helping him. He gives Ashley's to one and mine to another. My hand hasn't left Ashley's at all since we walked out of our hotel room. I'm going to miss her so much. I don't know if I am going to be able to handle this time away from her, but Ashley is right we are going to have to get used to it. This is only the beginning.
"Knowing this is the first time of many doesn't make this any easier for me either." Ashley whispers into the side of my head, pulling my tighter into the front of her body. I let out a long sigh and clench onto the back of her loose hoodie. I move part of the hood over her head and nozzle into her neck. I feel the tears start to build up in my eyes, but I keep my eyes squeezed shut. I don't think crying in front of everyone in this airport is such a good idea.
"Sorry to break this up, but Spencer here is your ticket. Your brother will be at LAX to pick you up when you arrive. I have it arranged for a bodyguard to always stay with you when you are not at home. Have you figured out where you will be staying? I need to let them know. Ashley, I'll be with you, you will be okay. Our ride is here. Let's go." John says then ushers us onto a golf cart.
"I'm going to be staying with my parents while I'm in L.A" I finally reply once we are situated.
"Since are taking the same airline and leaving the country, your gates aren't that far away from each other. Once we get there just find a seat in between each gate. We will have about an hour before they will start boarding Ashley's plane. If people stay away, we can board last if you would like Ashley. We are in first class so getting to our seats won't be hard." John informs us once again. Ashley smiles at him with a slight nod. "Oh, and if for some reason you don't like the bodyguard, or something happens let me know. I will get her switched out right away. Okay?"
"Her?" Ashley lift her head to look at John so quick, I think she might have given herself whiplash. I take my bottom lip into my mouth, trying to suppress my laugh. I let out a small noise. I try to cover it by clearing my throat, but it doesn't work. Ashley sends me a small glare.
"What?" I ask amused.
"What's so funny?" Ashley pouts. John giggles at the brunette before turning away from us. He started this and is going to make me deal with it alone.
"The fact that you look at him so fast you gave yourself whiplash." I respond then laugh lightly once again. "And I don't know what the big deal is. Whether the bodyguard is a him or her." I add uncertainly. Does she think something is going to happen if I am followed around by another woman? This isn't going to work at all if that is what she thinks. Like we figured out, this is only the first time.
"Having a woman follow you around isn't a big deal, I promise. It just caught me off guard. I trust you. Everything inside of me trusts you." Ashley whispers into my ear after she pulled me into her arms. "I didn't mean to make you think, I didn't." She adds pulling me closer. I nod my head into her shoulder and sigh. This is going to be an exceptionally long 11 days.
"Could we just build a Spencer robot and send her away when we have to be apart?" I ask. Ashley lets out a snort as she giggles at my question. "I was being so serious." I add offensively sending my girlfriend a fake glare.
"I might be able to arrange that. I might make myself broke, but I can earn it back or most of it." Ashley says through muffled giggles.
"It would be worth it. I'll support us." I give her a cheeky smile.
"Mmm. Might take you up on that one day. I feel like I have been doing this a long time. Too long. I think a huge break is due soon." Ashley replies kissing my cheek. I blush at the way Ashley is looking so lovingly at me. This woman is going to make my heartbeat right out of my chest.
"Is that what you are wanting to do is take a break?" I ask sincerely. Ashley looks deep in thought as she slightly nods her head.
"I'm leaning more towards that then resigning." My girlfriend finally says.
"Well, no matter what you decide to do, I'm by your side." I whisper then kiss her cheek lightly.
"That's why I love you even more, you don't care about how much money I am or will be making."
"I could imagine that our money combined could still be supporting our great grandchildren if spent right." I admit.
"You've thought about us having kids?" Ashley horridly lets out. I'm not sure if I should take offence to that or not. Her reaction did just hurt my feelings a little.
"Not us per say. I've thought about having kids, of course. Only time I've thought about having kids with you was when my family brought it up last time, I had dinner with them." I try to explain and keep my hurt contained at the same time. Ashley gives me a slight head nod then looks down at her phone in her hand.
"You guys can sit against this wall and I'll sit in front of you. Spencer, your gate is there." John points across from us. "Ashley, ours is there." He points down a couple from where we are sitting. I give him acknowledgement.
"Watch my bag?" I ask John quietly. "I'm going to use the bathroom." I add. John nods his head and grabs my bag.
"Spence?" Ashley says as I start to walk away. "Do…"
"No, I'll be right back." I tell her with a half-smile. I turn and walk away from her. The bathroom is only about 10 maybe 15 feet from our seats. I need to take a breather for a few minutes. I really don't know why that affected me as much as it did, but it sucked. I walk into the bathroom with my head down and quickly walk into the first stall I see. There were only a couple people in the restroom from the feet that I seen while looking at the floor.
I know that Ashley and I are no where near having kids together, but does she not think we will make it that far? I mean I get it; I do. We just started out. Our relationship has been fun so far. We've been on tour, traveling the world. Basically, living our dream together. We have the same life yet it's so different because this time next year I could be saying I haven't seen her in months. It's a hard life. It's hard to hold onto someone you love and want to spend your life with because ultimately you aren't spending your life with them, are you? No, you are in two different cities, maybe even on different continents more times than you are in each other's personal space. Distance can break the most in love couples, but distance can also bring them closer together. Would we make it through the distance? Would we be worth trying to make it through all of this? I hate that I am doubting our relationship. I don't like this feeling. Should we just let it go now before we just hurt each other so much more. I don't think I can get more invested in this and come out okay. I'd be incredibly hurt if we broke up now.
"Spence?" I hear Ashley say from outside the stall. I clear my throat and quickly wipe my face.
"Yeah?" I ask. I flush the toilet I didn't use and open the door. I keep my head cast downward as I walk over to the sink. I wait for it to warm up before slashing water on my face. I don't want her to know I had cried. We will talk about this, but now isn't the time. I… I honestly don't know how to handle this situation. I've never dealt with this before. Carmen and I never talked about these things. The longer I have been out of that relationship the more I realize just how toxic that relationship was. I don't ever want Ashley and I to become Carmen and me. That was horrible. I splash my face once again because I feel the tears starting to fall once again. I grab for a paper towel, but I'm getting just air.
"Here." Ashley says lightly as she hands me a couple paper towels. I give her a light smile while wiping off my face. "I'm sorry." Ashley adds meeting my eyes once I look up at her.
"You have nothing to be sorry f…"
"Don't do that." Ashley says cutting me off. "I know I hurt your feelings with my reaction. I don't want you to keep things like that from me. We can't make this work if we aren't communicating properly. I need to know when I'm doing something you don't like, or I hurt your feelings or say something I shouldn't have. I need to be able to tell you the same things. I was caught off guard with your admission, I didn't mean to seem so freaked out. Yes, I've thought about children one day, but I haven't thought about having kids while being in a relationship or someone I am in a relationship with. It was a convo I had in high school with my best friend. I've never thought about how many or when or names. Having kids was just a given, I guess. I have all these feelings inside for you that I have never felt before. I may not have thought that far ahead yet, but I do know with how I feel about you; I want to do everything I can to make us work. I want forever with you. I want to talk about building a future together one day, outside of our careers. I want to talk about kids, marriage, and where we want to live to raise our kids. It's still so early in our relationship that I am still getting to know you and enjoy you. I'm still enjoying us. The rest isn't important yet." Ashley sincerely pours out. Hm… She knows how to make someone feel 100% better, but I knew that already. She has never been the cause of my sadness before. I don't know what I'd do without this woman. I don't know if I'd ever be able to live without her. I think I will always need her in some way or another. She is literally the best thing in my life. She is the best thing that has ever happened to me, even better than my music career, but I am glad my career brought me to her.
"God, I love you." I finally say. "I'm so…"
"You don't need to apologize. I would've been hurt too if this was flipped around. We will get better at this relationship stuff. It's brand new to us. I know we will get there." Ashley cuts me off once again. I place my hand on her cheek and pull her face into mine, planting a passionate kiss on her lips. Ashley lifts me up into the counter and I pull her in-between my legs never breaking our kiss.
"Ash, Spence, are you guys okay in there?" I hear John yell into the bathroom. I break away from our kiss, resting my forehead on hers.
"Yeah." Ashley yells back with her eyes still closed. "I love you too." She adds then kissing me quickly. The brunette takes a step back and helps me down from the counter. "As much as I was enjoying that I'm glad John interrupted. I don't ever want to have sex with you in a public bathroom. I feel dirty just thinking about it." Ashley admits with a discussed face. I giggle lightly. She has a point. That would be too far.
"I will have sex with you just about anywhere, but glad we can agree a public bathroom is out of the equation." I say agreeing with her. I grab her hand and start to pull her out of the bathroom. "Wait, I still have to use the bathroom." I quickly turn around and walk back into the stall I came out of earlier.
"I knew you weren't using it earlier. You can't fool me. I knew something was wrong the moment you said watch my bag plus it just confirmed it when you wouldn't even look at me." Ashley talks as I use the restroom.
"Do you not have to go?" I ask ignoring her speech.
"I'm not the one that has a problem peeing on the plane." She says with a giggle.
"Actually, you are." I tell her.
"You're right, but I'll go right before we have to load the plane. Hopefully then I can make the entire trip without having to pee."
"You do know that your plane ride is almost 10 hours, right?"
"WHAT?" Ashley squeaks loudly.
"It's only like 20 minutes shorter than mine is to L.A."
"I can't handle this. Can't you ride with me then leave Sydney and head to L.A?" Ashley whines. I giggle.
"What did you do when I wasn't around?" I inquire.
"Kyla usually drugged me." Ashley admits nonchalantly.
"Drug you?" I ask horrified. Ashley shrugged.
"It got me through the long flights." I shake my head at the older singer as I make my way back to the sink to wash my hands.
"Well, can't Kyla drug you?" I ask like this isn't a big deal.
"Why would you want her to drug me? Plus, she headed to Sydney yesterday when Aiden did." Ashley exclaims. I giggle.
"Hm, well looks like you will be suffering then."
"Well, you have no 'drugs' to take nor will I be there to make-out with you, and you aren't making out with someone else, so…" I trail off.
"Mmm… I love when you get so territorial." Ashley lightly growls into my ear wrapping her arms around my waist from behind. I turn around in her arms and wrap my arms around her shoulders. I rest the palm of my left hand on the back of her head and massage lightly through the hood she still has on.
"I love you." I peck her lips quickly, untangle us, and walk out of the bathroom.
