Even Better At Night
Chapter 5: Apple Juice and Alibis
Setting: Friday Morning (A lot happens this morning!)
Queen Latifah – Missy Elliot 14: I'm glad it's keeping up with your expectations! I hope it remains there.
MistyRiver17: I'm glad you liked it and I hope you feel better!
A/N: I'm dedicating this chapter to my friend Ashlee. I wasn't sure about what I should have some of the characters do, and had her read it. She told me that as far as Spencer coming out to everyone I should base it on my own story in certain ways. In a way, I owe Ashlee some credit for a bit of the upcoming story.
Ashley and Spencer were waiting at a red light on a somewhat busy street. They were headed for a small restaurant they both enjoyed for breakfast. Ashley's iPod was playing through the car speakers from a cassette adapter. "Everything I'm Not" by the Veronicas began to play. Ashley started to move her head to the music.
"I would have never expected you to like the Veronicas," Spencer admitted.
"Well, at first I thought they were a little overrated. Then I seen some pictures of them and decided to give them a second chance. They're as fun to listen to as they are gorgeous, which is saying a lot," Ashley confessed.
They pulled into the parking lot of the restaurant and stepped out of the car. Spencer clasped onto Ashley's hand and held on tight.
"What's wrong?" Ashley asked.
"I'm sort of nervous. This is will be my first time out in public as gay," Spencer explained.
"Don't worry, I'm here. And it's not that bad, we won't see anyone here that we know," Ashley reassured the blonde.
The two girls walked into the restaurant and sat themselves in a booth near the back. They stayed on the same side, making the table seem oddly empty. A waitress walked up and asked for their drink orders.
"Two orange juices," Spencer ordered before Ashley could protest. "Oh, what? Does somebody not like O.J.? You need your calcium. I'm not dating anyone with weak bones," she said jokingly after seeing the look on her girlfriend's face.
"I actually prefer apple juice in the morning, thank you very much," Ashley retorted. "Let's figure out what we want." She began looking through the menu, then passed it to Spencer. The waitress came back a few minutes later with their juices and took the orders for breakfast.
"Do you plan on telling people?" Ashley asked Spencer.
"Yeah, I just don't know when," she replied.
"Well, I'll let you know one thing. As soon as you tell one person, besides Clay or myself, it's going to be around at least our entire class by the end of the week. So be careful," the brunette warned her.
The food was brought out a few minutes later. Ashley had gotten Belgian waffles with strawberries and Spencer had gotten French toast with hash browns. The two ate for a few minutes, then Spencer 'accidentally' bumped Ashley's elbow, causing her to smear strawberry and whipped cream on her cheek.
Ashley's mouth dropped open. "Oh, you are so going to pay for that!"
"Really?" Spencer challenged.
The brunette took her finger and scooped up some whip cream.
"Oh, what are you doing...?" The words came too late, Ashley smeared the topping onto Spencer's cheek.
"Hey, you got a little food on your cheek there, Spence," Ashley felt it was necessary to point it out.
"I wonder how I'm going to get this off," the blonde wondered aloud. "Wait, I've got an idea." Spencer pulled out her napkin and was bringing it up to her face, when Ashley pulled her towards herself.
"I've got a better idea," she whispered into Spencer's ear before licking some of it off.
"That works," Spencer smiled, before taking her finger and wiping off some of the topping from Ashley's face. "Mm, you make this taste even better."
Ashley pulled Spencer into a deep kiss, forgetting about the food that sit in front of them.
A/N: This part takes place about the same time as the breakfast.
Clay's alarm clock began to buzz at 6:15. He smacked the off button as he threw his arm over the side of the bed. He pulled himself out of bed and headed to the shower. Half an hour later he was downstairs in the kitchen searching for cereal. He was eating a bowl of Cocoa Puffs, when Glen walked in.
"Where's Spence?" Glen asked.
"She had to make up a chem lab before school today," Clay would only lie for Spencer.
"School doesn't even start for another hour and half. You can't even get into any class room's this early. Whatever." He was too tired to argue with anything and just shrugged. "Did you hear a car last night?"
Clay hesitated for a moment. "No."
"Liar, you did, too. You wouldn't have waited to answer!" Glen accused.
"Alright, Spence left in the middle of the night to go hang with Ashley. I don't know where they went, though. You can't tell Mom and Dad," Clay confessed.
"I won't tell. I sure am jealous, though. I wish I got to hang out with a hot chick in the middle of the night," Glen said while laughing.
"Who is hanging out with girls at night?" the boys mother asked as she walked into the kitchen.
"Aiden," Glen answered.
"Sean," Clay replied at the same moment.
"Aiden and and Sean are? Hm, I'm not sure if you guys should be hanging out with guys like that then," Paula told them.
"I do not hang out with Aiden Dennison. No way," Glen defended himself.
"Where's you sister?" Paula asked her sons.
"She had to make up a lab for her chemistry class. Aiden picked her up a few minutes ago," Clay explained.
"I didn't hear a car or anything pull up," Paula commented with a confused look on her face.
"You were in the shower," Glen said, picking up the story.
Paula nodded as she poured a mug of coffee. She left the room to finish getting prepared for work.
"That was close," Glen said.