Title: Just Tell Me What You Want
Rating: This chapter is probably only PG, but eventually I plan on bringing it up to T (PG-13) in future chapters, after it has started to well…get started.
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine. I can't claim them. They are all property of the hard-working folks who are involved in the show South Of Nowhere.
Feedback: Yes please, I really want to know what everyone thinks of this so far. Thank you to everyone that replied to my first chapter. I hope you keep liking it!
Summary: This will be a Spencer/Ashley story. It will involve the other characters of South of Nowhere though too.
Author's Notes: Okay, this is obviously part two of the story, and it was originally going to involve the club portion of the day, but it ended up being long enough to be it's own part. I had some extra time today, so I figured I would see how much I could get done. Don't worry, the club part will be in the next chapter, though. But, I figured that I should give some more background stuff that has been going on before we moved on to that part…Perhaps establish some jealousy that the girls encounter? ;)
By the way, to those of you who asked about whether or not I'd be posting the rest of the story here, that'd be a yes. I just wanted to wait a day or so before posting the next section here. Pretty soon, the stories should be up to date with each other, so that when I post a new chapter, I'll just post it here and there on the same day.
As for what Spencer remembered/didn't remember, I'm sorry if that ended up being kind of confusing. I realize that I had her kind of not remembering too much, but then I had her remembering several things about Ashley. I suppose, in a way, it was suppose to be Ashley remembering some of what happened last night too if that counts for anything, and I was trying to fill in some of drunken things that had happened just in case someone had not managed to see that episode yet, or read a re-cap of it. (Though, I guess most people have.) Anyway, sorry that that was kind of confusing. Now, I just hope everyone enjoys where this story is going in this chapter.
Spencer had been patiently waiting through all of her classes for the last bell to ring. It probably wasn't a good thing that she had only been at that school, in that state for that matter, for a few days and already she was wishing that time would go faster in class. I guess some things are universal no matter what school you go to. Though, there were a few times that class had picked up for a few moments anyway. Those were the ones that involved Ashley. They had seen each other a few times in the hallway, and they had a few classes together anyway. Those classes were the only ones that Spencer paid attention in. Or, maybe she paid less attention in those because Ashley was in them? Hm…
Ashley, for her part, had been pretty out of it that day too. She kept thinking back to the way that Spencer was looking at her and smiling. She was really trying to dissect that look though as she thought back. What did it mean? She said that she was looking completely at her. That meant, well obviously, that she was staring at her. But, why? Ashley had later gone and checked herself in the mirror. There were no stains on her shirt, no hair horribly out of place, and no chunk of food stuck in her teeth to stare at. So, does that mean that Spencer was looking at Ashley, simply to look at her? In every class she was thinking of this, but decided eventually that she wouldn't know until she talked to her again. They hadn't had too many long conversations that day, just a few short snippets of a conversation between a class every now and then, and a few glances and shy smiles as the teachers blabbed on in the front of the room about whatever it was they were teaching about. It wasn't their fault they couldn't focus today. No, they could blame the other girl for that! Though, that still ended up with each of the girls being blamed. And then, luckily, the final bell rang for the day.
"Hey you!" Spencer grinned as she heard Ashley's voice above her. Spencer was gathering the books she needed into her book bag.
"Hey yourself," Spencer answered as she shoved the last of her notebooks into her locker. Luckily, she didn't have too much homework to do tonight because she had a date! Er, correction. Not a date, she had plans, with a friend and her brother. Hm, okay, the brother part definitely took away the date part of it. It took away the temptation to call it a date anyway. She stood and finally turned around to face Ashley, who was standing, well, very close.
Ashley had been pretty much leaning over Spencer while she got her books out of her locker because otherwise she wasn't sure she would be able to hear her. It got pretty loud right after school as everyone finalized plans for the night and grabbed books that they didn't want to pull out to actually read that night. Though, some actually would, but for the moment they didn't really care about the others stuffing their backpacks. Now, Ashley was only a mere six inches or so from where Spencer was. She didn't realize right away that the blonde girl was standing, and now they were stuck just kind of staring at each other.
The thoughts of what Spencer had said earlier were still ringing through Ashley's head. Spencer reached over and tucked a strand of hair behind Ashley's ear which caused both girls to smile nervously. "You ready, Spencer?" Clay chose that time to walk over towards the two girls. He was allowed to have Glen's car for a while because he had to go to the basketball game anyway and wouldn't be using it. So, that meant that he was taking Spencer home.
Immediately, the two girls broke apart, still giggling nervously and looking at each other. Spencer felt more awake in those few seconds than she had in a while. What did that mean? Even Aiden didn't really make her feel that way. So, Ashley wasn't suppose to make her feel like that either, was she? Was that okay? Ashley was trying to see what Spencer's reaction was, and she got a mixed one. Spencer was still smiling and giggling, but she was biting her lip as if she was trying to figure something out in her own mind.
"Yeah, I'm ready." Spencer turned to her brother just as Aiden walked by with some of the other basketball guys.
"Hey you guys." Aiden said as he smiled at the two girls, and gave an acknowledging nod to Clay. They hadn't really met properly, but both guys were aware as to who the other one was, and it was respectable.
"We're girls, Aiden." Ashley corrected him jokingly, and everyone kind of laughed.
"And you're one of the girls, remember?" Spencer was already learning how to fall into line with this kind of joking, so she let one of her own. Aiden grinned at her.
"Do the girls still get good luck hugs?" He decided to push his luck a bit, just to see her reaction. He was trying to gauge how she felt about him.
Spencer laughed and rolled her eyes. "I suppose so." With that, she turned and hugged Ashley. Ashley was surprised at first, then relaxed and hugged back. It was kind of apparent that both girls enjoyed the hug quite a bit due to their large grins. Spencer, was still trying to figure things out. Ashley smelled like a mix between shampoo and some cappuccino that she had obviously had earlier that day. Meanwhile, Ashley was quite happy to be breathing in the scent that was Spencer as well. She smelled more like berries and maybe a hint of mint. Whatever it was, it was intoxicating to Ashley. Their hug dragged out a few more seconds as each girl lingered in each other's touch, soft and delicately. Sweet really. "You need to specify which girl better." Spencer added this point to Aiden after the hug had ended.
He raised his eyebrows, and then took matters into his own hands. "I met me, you know." He pointed out jokingly, and Spencer laughed before leaning in to hug him too. He smelled like men's deodorant, which is a lot better than smelling like sweat. It was pretty decent smelling, but nothing as sweet smelling as the intoxicating smell of Ashley and her touch. His touch was trying to be soft, but it was harder, stronger, more manly. Truth be told, Spencer's hug with Ashley had been more enjoyable and tender. His was too rough, without trying to be. Then, he added in something else. Trying to be sweet, he leaned in and kissed Spencer on the cheek. His slight stubble grazed her face, and she smiled back at him. It wasn't too bad, but she was still secretly thinking of Ashley. She just had to have both hugs to maybe finally start to understand what she was feeling.
Just then, Glen walked by on his way to the basketball bus as well. He was checking out Ashley on the way. Sure, he was going out with Madison, but there was no rule he couldn't flirt with someone else. "Hey, you." He was obviously gesturing towards Ashley, and usually she would ignore his outgoing rudeness but she wandered over to him anyway. "You know, you're really hot." He was trying to be smooth, and compliment her, but Ashley had to force herself to smile anyway. If Spencer was going to confuse her like that, maybe she could get even. Jealousy? No, of course not. This was just her trying to get even. Yes, she was being petty, just flirting with Glen to see Spencer's reaction, but what else was she suppose to do?
Instead of slapping him, Ashley just giggled like a, well, like a girl would. He smiled. She totally dug him! Yeah! Two chicks already. Aiden's ex-girlfriend, and Aiden's other ex-girlfriend. That just proved that he must be better than Aiden if all of his girlfriends kept flocking to him instead.
Spencer looked over from Aiden to see Ashley touching Glen's bicep as he flexed. What the heck was she doing? She acted like she wasn't into him…Spencer wasn't sure why she was so upset to be honest. She just was. Though, she didn't mind when other girls flirted with Aiden…Some girls had been fawning over him earlier. Why didn't that bother her? She was so not jealous. No, not jealous, really.
Her mind was still turning and trying to figure it all out when Clay called to her again. Oh, right. They had to go. So, she said good-bye to Aiden, and followed Clay towards the car. "Hey, see you tonight, right?" She was calling to Ashley, who was still talking to Glen.
Ashley turned and smiled as she saw Spencer, she couldn't help it. "Yeah, I'll be there."
"Good." Spencer answered smiling and kept walking backwards trying to keep their eyes locked as she walked away.
"Spencer! Watch it!" Clay was trying to warn Spencer about something.
"Huh?" She turned around just in time to realize she had almost run into a pole. Oh, God. That would have been embarrassing. She almost ran into a pole because she had been too busy staring and grinning at Ashley. Clay looked at his sister and laughed as she blushed a deeper red. Luckily, they were at the car, so Ashley didn't see the blush. Hopefully, she didn't see Spencer almost running into the pole either.
As soon as Spencer turned around after almost running into the pole, which made Ashley giggle, Ashley stopped flirting with Glen. Spencer had been distracted by her! That had to be a good sign, right? Okay, so it was bad that she was only flirting with him to try to make Spencer jealous…But, Spencer was flirting with Aiden, what else was there to do? Glen looked confused that Ashley had stopped smiling at him, but realized that he was going to miss the bus in a minute. He promised to see her later, and gave her a winning smile. She smiled back, because she was still thinking of seeing Spencer later. She was so into him! He was pumped for the game now! Aiden and Glen tried to keep away from each other as they walked to the bus, but couldn't help sneering at each other. Ashley and Spencer, on the other hand, were simply pumped for that night!