Even Better At Night

Chapter 3.5/4: Cereal and Sunrises

Setting: Around four A.M. On Friday Morning.

Braziliangirl125: I'm glad you like it. Dragging Spencer to the beach just seems like something Ashley would do.

PersephonesNauticalNun: It is cute, isn't it?

Queen Latifah-Missy Elliot14: Thanks for the triple compliment. I hope I continue to be worthy of it.

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Ashley and Spencer were back in the car. The seats were reclined into their lowest positions. The two girls were sitting, staring at the ceiling in the most comfortable silence either had ever experienced. They had slept for an hour or two. They held hands in between the seats.

"There's one more really beautiful thing I have to show you," Ashley told Spencer. "We have about an hour and half before, though."

"I'd love to see it, but I have to go home first, or else they'll think I've run away or been kidnapped or something. I'll tell Clay that I'm with you. He can think up what to tell my parents when everyone is up," Spencer explained.

"Alright. Let's go," Ashley decided as she adjusted her seat back up. She turned the key in the ignition and pulled out of the parking lot. In a few minutes, she pulled up to Spencer's house.

"I'll be back in five minutes," Spencer promised. She squeezed Ashley's hand, which she held the entire drive from the beach, before stepping out of the car.

Spencer quietly crept up the stairs and entered her brothers room. She sat down on her knees, next to his bed and tapped on his shoulder. Clay was a heavy sleeper, so it took many attempts within a few minutes to wake him.

"What's up, Spence?" he asked as he rubbed his eyes.

"I've been out with Ashley since midnight, and I'm leaving again after I talk to you. I need you to tell Mom and Dad that Ashley gave me a ride to school because I had to redo a chemistry lab."

"Are you two together now?" He asked, smiling for his sister's excitement.

"I think, I'm not sure. We kissed though," Spencer replied with a smile. "Ashley's waiting for me, I have to grab my clothes and things for school. I'll see you at school. Thanks." She kissed her brother on the cheek before leaving his room.

Before going back out to the car, Spencer went to her room and grabbed her school bag, a shirt, and a pair of jeans for later that day.

She quickly went back down the stairs. When she reached the bottom, she noticed that someone was sleeping on the couch. She recognized the body to be her father. She didn't want to think about why her dad would be downstairs instead of in his room. She would deal with that later.

It's been over five minutes, Spencer. Come back any time now, Ashley thought. She was eager, and she was well aware of it. All her strength was used in resisting the temptation of honking the car's horn at Spencer. After a few more minutes of waiting, Spencer was closing the door to her house.

"It's about time," Ashley said in a sarcastic voice as Spencer entered the car.

"You know, you're mouth has better uses then that," the blonde teased, before quickly kissing Ashley. "So, where are we off to now?"

"The second best view in L.A.," Ashley answered. "Make out point!"

"Oh, that's classy, Ash. We're not even official, and you're taking me there," Spencer joked.

"We're not going to act like horny little teenagers. Have a little more confidence in me, jerk. We're going to watch the sun rise," Ashley reassured her.

The two girls drove in silence through the city. They're hands lay on the center console, fingers entwined. Spencer absentmindedly began moving her thumb back and forth over the back of Ashley's hand.

After half an hour in the car, Spencer and Ashley were perched over the city. Ashley grabbed a bag out of the backseat before getting out. Spencer exited the vehicle after her.

Ashley pulled a blanket out of the back pack and spread it across the top of her car. She placed the bag on top, also, before climbing up onto the hood. Spencer smiled as Ashley offered a hand to help her up. Spencer took it, and climbed up next to her.

They lay down next to one another on the blanket. Ashley pulled the bag towards her and pulled a box of cereal out.

Spencer couldn't help but laugh. "You planned this, didn't you?"

"I thought it up during sixth hour," Ashley told her, honestly. She handed the box to Spencer, who took it gratefully.

"Trix! These are my favorite!" the blonde exclaimed. She recognized the box in the dim light coming from a street lamp behind them.

"I know," Ashley claimed. "I didn't want you to go to school, hungry, either."

Spencer leaned towards Ashley a gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. She then thrust her hand into the cereal box. She munched happily on the cereal. After a few handfuls of Trix, Spencer asked, "So, what are we?"

"What do you want to be?" Ashley replied with a question.

"Yours," Spencer told her.

"Then, you are. And I can be yours. We're official. Now this ground is fair game for me to take you after a cheap date," Ashley explained with a smile.

"Better than a cheap motel room," Spencer joked back. "What else do you have in that bag of yours?"

"Er, my watch, some clothes, my iPod, my phone, and my camera," Ashley listed items off as she dug through the bag. She pulled out the mp3 player and digital camera, quickly snapping a picture of Spencer.

"Hey! You have to tell me before you do that. I don't want to look stupid in any of those!"

"Aw, you'll never looked stupid. At leat not very," Ashley added the last sentence with a giggle.

Ashley then handed Spencer one of the headphones to her iPod and placed the other in her own ear. The couple listened to music for a while as they ate more cereal and waited for the sun to come up.

Spencer had her head laying against the blanket when the first rays of light started to show. Ashley squeezed her hand and pointed towards the east.

The sky radiated pink in the east and bled into a light purple at the west. Orange streaks spread across the pink announcing the sun's arrival.

"It's so beautiful," Spencer whispered.

"It is. I can't believe this is my first time seeing it from this point. I should have came here before," Ashley said. "I'm glad I waited to, though. You make it so much better."

Ashley moved closer to Spencer before kissing her firmly on the lips. This kiss was much more passionate than the few that they had shared before.

After the kiss ended and the sun was completely up, Spencer told Ashley, "Thank you. For this morning, for everything."

"It's the least I could do," Ashley replied.

After they got back into the car, Ashley looked at the clock. "We still have another two hours before school begins. What do you want to do?" she asked her new girlfriend.

"Even though I absolutely loved the Trix, I think we should go get breakfast," Spencer replied.

"Sounds good."

A/N: Woah, I didn't realize that this chapter would be so long. Hoped you enjoyed it! Please review!

P.s.: Trix is my favorite cereal, so if you care to send me some via Internet, feel free!