Title: Just Tell Me What You Want
Rating: Um…PG to PG-13 ish…
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 it as I go along. Thanks to everyone who has sent feedback already! I appreciate it.
Summary: This will be a Spencer/Ashley story. It will involve the other characters of South of Nowhere though too.
Author's Notes: Club portion of the story, whoo! Okay, well, obviously I got a couple of ideas from the previews that they showed us. So, there's a few things the same, like when Kelly and Spencer meet, but it in no way reflects what may actually happen in that episode. Just thought I'd try to fit some of what will actually happen into the story, as I twist it all around. Hopefully, you guys/girls like the new section I have written. Enjoy!
Spencer was already dancing around the house giddily as she picked up an apple and took a bite of it. Clay raised his eyebrow at his sister, "Uh, I really hope that's not how you're going to dance in the club." Clay joked as his sister stuck her tongue out at him.
"Oh, it'll be even better." She promised as she did a twirl around the room and almost knocked the chair over. Clay laughed. "There's not going to be chairs in the middle of the dance floor there!" She was defending her dancing as he just laughed and shook his head.
"Well, why don't we find out? There has to be something good to do there because it's getting pretty boring here." Spencer silently agreed with him. They had both done their homework early, and she was only allowed out because Clay had promised that he'd watch her and that they'd have all of their chores and homework done before hand. Luckily, this time they really did have all of that done.
Within minutes, Spencer was leaping out to the car. She was ready to go! Then, she thought about it for a second. Ashley wouldn't be there right away…but, she could have some Clay time before he found himself a pretty girl to chat with, and before she found herself an…Ashley? Hm, that sounded weird in her head, but it was normal right? Just because she didn't plan on finding some guy to dance the night away with, and instead wanted to spend it with her new best friend; that didn't mean a thing. Clay was happy for tonight too. Though, unlike his sister, he was looking for a girl, not one particularly named Ashley.
Almost too soon, it seemed they were at the club. Subconsciously, Spencer scanned the room for any signs of Ashley. Nope. Okay, so her friend wasn't there yet. No reason to be bummed out. Clay was already looking at several of the girls in the room, and smiling almost a bit nervously at them. Well, the last girl he was attracted to did almost get him beat up without meaning too…That would be a reason to be nervous.
Spencer was still hyper on the fact that soon Ashley would be here. She wasn't really sure why she had so much excitement. She wasn't this excited to hang out with Aiden. She reasoned that it was because she could talk about things with Ashley, because she would understand them better because was a girl too. It had absolutely nothing to do with the brown eyes of Ashley's and how much Spencer liked talking to her because then she had a reason to really see her. She her beauty, and acknowledge it. It was okay then, as long as she didn't think about it too much. Spencer rolled her eyes. She was over thinking things again; Ashley and herself were nothing more than friends. That's how it was suppose to be.
Thinking quickly, she realized she had to distract herself, and since Aiden wasn't here. "Hey, Clay, I'm thirsty." Rely on getting something to drink, or eat to take your mind off of it.
"Yeah, okay. The bar's over there." Clay pointed through the mass of people towards the bar in case that Spencer couldn't hear him over the bass that was playing in the background. They made their way over there, and after a few minutes it was apparent that there was no way that Spencer was going to be able to get herself her own water.
"Hey, can I get a couple of waters down here?" Suddenly, there was a girl standing between Spencer and the bar. She was really pretty, in Clay's opinion. However, she was nothing compared to Ashley, in Spencer's opinion.
"Thanks," Spencer breathed a sigh of relief as she finally got her water.
The girl laughed. "It's not your fault. The bartender only likes to pay attention to girls who are halfway clothed, and stuff like that." She smiled, "I'm Kelly."
"Hi, I'm Clay." Suddenly, Clay was reaching over to shake her hand.
"And I'm Spencer." Kelly looked at both of them, and her gaze lingered on Spencer for a minute.
She smiled, "You know. I'm not having any luck getting a table." She looked towards Clay and sweetly smiled. He was over-eager to help and immediately set off to get them a table.
Spencer had her doubts though. "You know, I bet you could have gotten a table. You were able to get us water."
Kelly was smooth, and already had this planned out. "Well, had I gotten a table, I wouldn't have been here to get you water, and we wouldn't have met." Kelly was smiling so warmly that Spencer just had to smile back. "And, it seemed like your boyfriend Clay was able to get one anyway." Spencer's eyes went wide and she almost choked on her water.
"Boyfriend? No. No, he's my brother." Spencer's eyes finally went back to their normal size as she got over the shock of someone thinking her brother was her boyfriend.
"Oh, so are you single?" Kelly raised her eyebrow at Spencer who didn't think too much of it."
"Yup, so far." She took another drink of her water, and Kelly just smiled.
Clay was sitting at a table as the two girls walked over to him. "Hey, found a table…Obviously." He felt kind of embarrassed at his last remark, but he was already starting to like Kelly.
They ended up each having a bit of food while they sat there before deciding to go dance. All three of them wandered out onto the dance floor. Spencer was actually better than she was when there were chairs in the way, which was good. In fact, she felt the urge to point this out to Clay. "Hey, Clay. See, I told you I could dance."
"Least when there's no chairs anywhere close." Clay laughed at his sister, who couldn't help but smile back once again.
Kelly looked at the two of them. "You're a great dancer." She purred as she looked at Spencer, but Clay took it as for him.
"Thanks," he replied smiling at the girl as he continued dancing. She smiled at him, but out of the corner of her eye, Kelly was still watching Spencer who naively didn't think too much of it. She was probably into Clay, but maybe she'd have a new friend! Besides, Ashley would be here soon.
Clay was dancing to the beat of the music with Kelly, and Spencer was dancing off a little bit to the side. A few moments later, Kelly glanced up to see another girl looking at Spencer and smiling. Uh-oh. Immediately, Kelly tried to make it seem as though they were together because she was suddenly closer to Spencer, and then they were dancing. It kind of looked awkward, but only because Spencer took a moment to adjust to the dancing. They smiled at each other and then just as Kelly was putting her arm around Spencer's back that girl walked up. The one that had been staring at Spencer. Kelly was about to move closer to Spencer, to get her to back off, but then Spencer noticed her.
"Ashley!" Spencer noticed her as soon as she got closer to them, and she was even surprised at how excited to see her she was. Almost immediately Spencer had flung her arms around the other girl, and Ashley just smiled and returned the hug. Spencer absentmindedly left her arm around Ashley's waist as she turned and introduced Kelly and Ashley to each other. If they were wildcats, both girls would have been snarling at the other. Lucky for Spencer, they were girls, not wild animals.
Ashley could see the way that Kelly was looking at her, because it was close to the same look that she felt coming onto her face whenever she saw Kelly. Only, Kelly's seemed to be more physical, and Ashley's had a tender undercurrent to it, whether she knew it or not. Whether she would admit it or not, it was there. Spencer was still standing there with an arm around Ashley smiling. "Wanna dance?" Ashley questioned, and Spencer giggled. Why was she acting so…girlish around Ashley? She didn't understand it, or maybe she understood it, and that was the problem.
"That's what you're here for isn't it?" Spencer laughed as she replied and let her arm drop off of Ashley's waist. Soon, the two girls were dancing together. Meanwhile, Clay had started to dance to the fast song with Kelly. He was a good dancer, he really was, but somehow, I don't think she cared. Within moments, Spencer and Ashley were smiling at each other broadly as their bodies swayed the music thumping from the speakers. Though, they didn't seem to be paying too much attention to anyone but each other. They had even managed to stop dissecting every little part of their relationship for a moment. Spencer stopped trying to figure out how she felt, she knew. At the moment, it felt like Ashley knew how she felt too.
Suddenly, there was warm air on her ear. Spencer whipped around to find Kelly standing there, with Clay next to her. "I have to go to the bathroom," Kelly whined hoping that Spencer would offer to go with her.
Ashley rolled her eyes. "You're a big girl, you'll make it just fine on your own." She frowned at the other girl, who was trying to lead Spencer away from their dance.
Clay shrugged in the background, "Sorry, can't really go with her there. Kinda has to be one of you two." Ashley raised her eyebrows, one of them? What the heck. There was no way she was taking Kelly to the bathroom. She was not playing mommy to her. Though, she really didn't want Spencer to go alone with her either.
"I don't know where it is." Kelly thought maybe this would provoke an answer from Spencer.
She got one from Ashley instead. "It's behind the door that has a little picture of a stick person in a dress. Right over there." She then proceeded to point and Kelly rolled her own eyes. She could see that Ashley liked Spencer, but she was the one who was going to get Spencer to go on a date with her.
Spencer just rolled her eyes, still oblivious to the jealousy and hurt that Ashley had lingering behind her eyes. "I'll go with you. We'll be right back." Then, before Clay or Ashley could say anything, their dream girls walked off through the crowd of people. The two left behind looked at each other and shrugged before starting in on a decent conversation. It'd do until the other two returned.
They got to the bathroom, and Kelly starting fixing her hair. Spencer began to wonder about whether Kelly really had to use the bathroom, when the other girl started talking. Kelly turned to Spencer. "I have to admit something."
"What?" Spencer chirped as she looked towards the other girl.
"I like someone, but I don't know how to ask them out for sure because I'm not sure how they'd react." Oooh, Spencer realized this was about Clay. Because, it was Clay that Kelly was talking about right?
"I'm sure Clay likes…" Suddenly, Spencer was interrupted by Kelly.
"I didn't say it was Clay." Ooh, mystery game. Okay, so she doesn't want to use his name, she's embarrassed because he might not like her. That's okay. That's how Spencer felt around Ashley because she wasn't sure how to make a move. Wait, did she just admit that in her own head?
Kelly was talking again. "But, I would like to hang out with you sometime. You know, talk and stuff. Would that be okay?
She wanted to talk about Clay, huh? "Sure, that'd be cool." Both girls smiled, one thinking it was a date, one thinking that it was to talk about a guy. Maybe people should be more specific.
Ashley was talking to Clay, but she was getting antsy. What was taking so long? "It's been two minutes." She complained to Clay.
"Girls take longer than that in the bathroom. You know, they talk, and fix their hair and stuff…" He trailed off for a second. "You should know, you are a girl." She rolled her eyes and hit his shoulder softly.
"Thanks, for telling me." She crossed her arms over her chest worried. What if Spencer liked Kelly? If only Ashley knew how wrong that was…
"Oh, go find her already, and go hang out somewhere." Clay laughed and shoved Ashley towards the bathroom.
"What?" She turned around defiantly, her eyes raging. How did he know?
"If you are afraid of losing Spencer as a best friend, go ahead, go find her. You're the one allowed in the bathroom, not me." Clay shrugged his shoulders and gestured toward the bathroom. Ashley smiled. He was right. She'd go see what was going on. It's not like there was anything going on though in there.
"Thanks," Ashley added before wandering off towards the bathroom. Just as she got there, Spencer and Kelly came walking out. Kelly was gesturing as she talked, and her hand landed on Spencer's arm. Spencer didn't flinch away, but as soon as she saw Ashley she grinned and quickly walked over to her, looping her arm through hers. Kelly didn't seem to mind, after all she's the one with the 'date' with Spencer.
Ashley couldn't take it anymore. Was Spencer into Aiden, her, or Kelly? She didn't want to play mind games. She wanted to date Spencer, that's all. "Spencer, can we talk?"
"We are talking, silly." Spencer smiled happily at Ashley, but soon realized her friend was serious. "Oh, yeah, sure. Just, lemme tell Clay we're leaving."
"It's okay. He knows." He knows? Apparently the talk was serious, but Spencer didn't mind. It meant more alone time with Ashley. She just hoped that the talk went well. Little did they realize they were both hoping this, as their hearts began to beat faster due to the hand-holding that had started as they made their way through the crowd to the door. Spencer suddenly remembered Kelly and called back a good-bye to her. Kelly was left there, as the two girls left. Hmph. Guess they'd all have to see what tomorrow would bring. Well, Kelly had to wait. Ashley, on the other hand, had Spencer's full attention now. They just needed somewhere private to talk.