Even Better At Night

Chapter 6: Confessions and Coincidences

Setting: After School on Friday

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"I'll pick you up at seven," Ashley told Spencer before she stepped out of the car.

Spencer squeezed Ashley's hand as she opened her door. "I can't kiss you, at least not here."

Ashley felt hurt, but she understood. She didn't want for anything to be out in the open until Spencer was ready for it. She squeezed her girlfriend's hand a little tighter and said goodbye. Sadly, she watched Spencer walk through the door and back to pretending.

"Spencer, come in here," Paula's voice called from the kitchen. "We need to talk."

"Mom, what are you doing home?" Spencer asked as she took a seat on a stool next to the island counter.

"The hospital was slow today, they let me out early," her mother answered. She sat at the table, sipping from a bottled water, still clad in her hospital scrubs. "Would you like to confess to anything, before we start?"

Spencer's heart stopped. How did she find out? I just told Ashley today and I know Clay wouldn't betray me! The blonde looked around the kitchen, arched her eyebrows and simply stated, "No." After answering she took a deep breath.

"Really? Well, would you like to explain why I watched Ashley's car pull out of our driveway at 3:30 this morning?"

Think, Spence, think. Lie, lie, lie! "Ashley got into a fight with her mom and she couldn't sleep. She really needed someone to talk to. She texted me and asked me to come talk to her in the driveway."

Paula looked at her daughter with doubt. She seems sincere, though. And Spencer is a good friend. The mother couldn't help but believe her. "Alright, but next time, tell her you can't talk, I don't need her in my driveway at night."

Spencer smiled, but then remembered the figure on the couch. "Hey Mom, why was Dad on the couch last night? Shouldn't he have been in your bedroom?"

"Spence," her mother started as she stood up and walked over to her teenage daughter. "Your father and I, we love each other. But, lately things haven't been going so well. With me always at the hospital and him always at the office, we're both really exhausted. Sometimes, we try to talk and it just ends up in fighting."

Her mother's explanation brought no comfort to Spencer. "You aren't going to separate are you?"

"No."

Spencer doubted her mother was telling the truth though. There was something in the way her eyes looked as she talked.

Paula gave Spencer a hug before she walked out of the kitchen. Spencer remained on her seat, thinking about her parents. She thought about how much her life had changed since the move. Nothing was the same.

The doorbell rang and Glen ran down the stairs to answer it. It was Madison. "Hey, babe," he said, smoothly before placing a soft kiss on her lips.

"Ready to go?" She asked after a few moments of kissing.

"Wait!" Spencer requested from the kitchen.

"What do you want?" Madison inquired with as much disgust as she could muster.

"Where are you guys going?" Spencer answered with a question.

"We're seeing some band play after we go to dinner," Glen told his sister.

"Is it Definition Plexus?"

"Yeah," Madison told her, sick of the questions.

"Oh, alright."

Glen and Madison walked out the door and Spencer quickly climbed the stairs to her room.

A/N: Definition Plexus is the name of my sister's boyfriend's band. You should check out their Myspace! Sorry this update took so long, I was having some writer's block and the such.