Chapter Two
Woman on Fire
The blonde woman stormed down the stairs with the last of her things she had gathered. The images of what she'd just witnessed in Spencer's room kept flashing through her mind, scarring her mind more each time. Arthur happened to unfortunately be walking by at the wrong time when the infuriated woman grabbed his shoulder.
"Are you aware of what your daughter and that girl are doing up there?" Paula demanded, her face red with fury.
Her ex only grunted, loving how Paula would say that it would be the last time she would be coming to pick up stuff she'd forgotten, yet a few days later she'd show up again. He continued to the kitchen with Paula stalking close behind, as Glen was there gulping down a coke when he noticed his parents entering. "I just got run over … twice! Honestly, dad, we need like pedestrian crossing signs in the hallway."
"Glen, do you know about this?" Paula sternly asked and stood in front of the guys with her arms crossed.
"What? You've been hit by them too?" Glen asked halfway serious. "See, dad, they're like worse than cars…"
"Thanks, Glen," Arthur said holding his hand up to silence his son. As great as it was to see Paula's face at Glen's comments, he didn't want the woman to suddenly lunge across the room and strangle their son. "Paula, maybe you need to get to know Ashley more. She's a good kid."
Glen tried to hold in his laughter but accidentally let a small chuckle out, enough to start his mom going again. "I went to see if Spencer had some of my bracelets, and what do I see when I walk in the door? Our daughter and that girl you call a 'good kid' are making out on her bed! Do you know about that, Arthur? Do you know what else they're probably doing? For God's sake she's a girl! Ever since we moved here …"
"Paula, I'm going to ask you to leave now," Arthur pointed out of the kitchen and to the front door. "I've never seen Spencer happier and if you plan on blaming Ashley for making our daughter happy, I'd rather you get out of our house."
The woman didn't need to be told twice. With the most sour and disgusted look on her face, she left the room and left out the door, not forgetting to slam in on the way out.
"That was creepy," Glen stared wide-eyed at the door, then looking to his dad.
"Tell me about it."
The sound of the door slamming startled Ashley, making her break the kiss that had been going on for quite a while. The noise was followed by a deafening victory laugh from Spencer. Looking back in horror at her girlfriend, she realized the terrible mistake she had just made without even realizing she'd made it.
"Woops, looks like you just picked our movie out," Spencer giggled evilly.
"Oh, Spence, please!" Ashley whined horribly, cuddling up to the blonde's side only to realize any kind of pleading would be useless. "You know I hate that kind of stuff, so why do you enjoy torturing me like this?"
"I'm not doing it intentionally," the blonde explained as Ashley continued her begging. "If you weren't so cute when even the dumbest part scares you, I wouldn't put you through that kind of stuff. Ashy, babe, you're bringing this on yourself."
Ashley moaned the most miserable of noises after finally giving into the fact that Spencer had won. She got up out of bed and stretched her arms.
"We should eat out tonight," Spencer recommended, not caring to much for her dad's cooking. She didn't realize the words that she'd wrongly spoken until her girlfriend turned around with the brightest of smiles.
"Oh really?" Ashley's eyebrow arched up and that mischievous grin spread across her face. "I think I agree."
"God damn, perv!" Spencer growled, almost falling off the bed to grab Ashley and pull her back on it. The brunette crashed under Spencer's weight and struggled to break loose from her grip but was succeeding horribly. "C'mon Spence, lemme go!"
"Give in!"
"No!"
"Do it!
"I'm not losing this game to you!"
Spencer's door once again opened without the girls realizing it. Thankfully for both their lives, it was Glen this time who managed to walk right up on them before either one noticed he was there.
"You two are weird," Glen scratched his head while trying to figure out the purpose of what they were doing.
Hearing another voice in the room made Spencer jump, which caused her to lose her balance and go plunging off the bed. Ashley couldn't help but laugh, peeking over the edge to make sure she was alright. A hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her down to the floor too. Spencer hurried away from Ashley before she could be attacked and took refuge behind her brother.
"Okay, I need to get out of here cause I'm scared, but dad wants to know what you two want to eat tonight," Glen asked trying to get his sister away from him.
"Oh, we're gonna go grab something," Spencer answered, feeling safe enough to go back to Ashley's side again. "We could pick you two up something if you give us money for ours. And by the way, what did mom want?"
"She forgot more stuff," Glen rolled his eyes. "In other words, she probably came to see if Ashley was here or not and from the way she was talking I think she got her answer."
"You heard?" Ashley giggled while smiling widely at Spencer.
"Every wonderful word of it," Glen laughed as he moved towards the door. "I'm speaking for both of us, so get some burgers or something and dad will pay you when you get back."
As Glen left the room, Ashley sat down on the bed and tugged Spencer down beside her. The brunette positioned herself perfectly in Spencer's arms like a puzzle piece that had finally been found. Spencer placed several kisses on her temple as Ashley pulled herself further into her girlfriend.
"Spence, I was wondering if you wanted to go out to the pier tonight?" Ashley looked up hopefully at the blonde just as Spencer tilted her chin up and placed a tender kiss on her welcoming lips. Spencer's kisses were like drugs, always leaving Ashley longing for more. Finally, Spencer was able to pull away.
"I'd love to, Ash."
