Title: Just Tell Me What You Want
Rating: This chapter is probably only PG, slight language.
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.
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Summary: This will be a Spencer/Ashley story. It will involve the other characters of South of Nowhere though too.
Author's Notes: Thanks to everyone who has been sending me feedback; I honestly do appreciate it. I'm glad to hear that most of you like it. Even if you find a few things a bit odd or out of place in the story, I appreciate your honesty in the feedback. Though, if you don't like the story, no one is forcing you to continue reading it. Anyway, to everyone who has been reading it and does like it, here's my new chapter that took a few days to get put up due to a slightly busy schedule lately. Enjoy.
Spencer's alarm clock had gone off three minutes ago, and she was still lying there in bed. It wasn't that she didn't want to go to school, it was that she didn't want to leave daydreams behind. She was afraid that if she moved, that last night was going to end up as a dream. Well, not the Kelly part, that she knew was true. Clay had come home later all happy, but afraid that Kelly wasn't really into him. Spencer wasn't sure why this was, but she assumed she'd find out tonight when they hung out.
She was thinking of the part that happened later when she had walked with Ashley to the beach. It all felt so real, so vivid, in her head. It had to be real. This wasn't like the dream she had when she was little about Peter Pan and Wendy and flying around with Tinkerbell that had convinced her she could fly. The next day, she had tried to convince her mom to let her fly around outside, but for some reason that day she had to stay inside and help her mom make cookies. It wasn't until later that she realized it had all been a dream, and what happened last night, she definitely did not want to just be a dream. Crap, if she didn't get up soon, she would be late.
Ashley was fretting over the kiss last night enough for the both of them. The brunette was definitely sure of herself most of the time, but not this time. Last night, Spencer had been into it, into her. So, she would still be today too, right? She wasn't positive, which led to her pacing around by her locker nervously drinking her coffee which she was trying not to spill on her light gray t-shirt that was sporting a picture of a guitarist's silhouette or on her dark blue jeans. She had to stop worrying. It would only lead to wrinkles. Oh great, now advice from her mother was popping into her head. What was Spencer doing to her, already? "Ash!" Spencer had noticed the girl a ways away, but had to resist calling out until she was within hearing distance.
"Spencer?" Ashley had been facing the other way, trying to reorganize her locker, when she had heard the blonde girl calling her. "Spencer!" Okay, maybe she's a little over-excited, or over-caffeinated, perhaps both.
"At your service." Spencer laughed, as Ashley rolled her eyes at Spencer's bad joke, until they both caught onto the sexual innuendo that clung onto it. Then, they both tried to hide their blushing by changing the subject at the same time. They were both very subtle in their conversation changes.
"So, did you get home okay?" Spencer was at a loss for what to say next, and it was what she always heard her parents saying when they talked to their friends the next day. Of course, the fact that Ashley was standing next to her alive and well, was easily overlooked.
"So, the sky looks really blue today doesn't it?" She mentally slapped herself. The sky being blue, good one. Ashley tried to change the subject as quickly as possible, but this was all that came out. She sounded like some bad weatherman, er weatherwoman, on the early morning news channels before anyone was really awake.
Spencer burst out laughing. "The sky looks blue today? You're very awake this morning aren't you?" Ashley blushed again as her friend playfully poked at her, literally. Of course, Ashley didn't mind, except for the fact that she had to hide the coffee she had just finished. She tossed it towards a garbage can, and it bounced off and spilled on the ground. That's what she gets for not being in basketball. Blah. Maybe Spencer didn't notice. Spencer leaned around Ashley, who was blocking the garbage can to the best of her abilities. "You're also a good shot today, huh?" She grinned like she was the Cheshire Cat who had just gotten to recite something mythical to poor Alice.
"Hey, at least I didn't ask you if you got home okay when you're standing right next to me." Ashley proceeded to stick her tongue out playfully at Spencer who rolled her eyes.
"I just wanted to double-check. You could have had some horrific accident last night, and you're just covering up the marks with…really good make-up." Spencer nodded her head. Oh yeah. She had completely thought of a legitimate story to go with why she had changed the subject to that.
Ashley smirked, "An accident. Like, involving me running into a pole? Oh wait…That was this cute blonde girl that I know. Terribly clumsy though." Ashley shook her head, still smirking knowingly.
Spencer's grin faded, and her eyes shut as she turned bright red. Oh crap. Okay, so Ashley had noticed her almost run into a pole yesterday. Wait, something else caught her attention. "You think I'm cute?"
This one caught the self-assured Ashley off-guard. "Oh, well, yeah." She blushed. This was definitely not getting her anywhere. It was Spencer's turn again to smile.
"Aw, you think I'm cute." Ashley rolled her eyes. "Admit it." The brunette just shook her heading smiling. They both knew that Ashley thought Spencer was cute, but Spencer just wanted to hear the brunette tell her it again. Spencer smiled and gently began to poke along Ashley's side to find a ticklish spot. Luckily, not too many kids were around to notice them doing this, or they may have noticed the flirting that was underneath the 'friendship' between the two girls. Ashley flinched, and immediately the blonde girl began tickling her there, right along her ribs.
"You're cute! You're cute!" Ashley finally shrieked out.
Spencer giggled, "Well, if you say so. You didn't have to scream it though." A few kids were looking at them now, and this made Spencer embarrassed. It was Ashley that was used to being able to ignore strange looks from kids, not her. The first bell rang, and the two girls knew they had to separate then. Neither girl felt like moving from their current seats on the bench, but finally Ashley used her willpower and stood up. Spencer sighed and followed suit. They got their books for class, which was unfortunately not the same this hour anyway. After a quick glance around, Ashley leaned in for a hug with Spencer who gratefully enjoyed the gesture. Ashley began to walk away before realizing something. She turned around, and chuckled.
"Spencer, stop staring at my ass already, and get your own to class." Spencer guiltily moved her eyes up to Ashley's face, admiring the brunette tight-fitting t-shirt in the process. Ashley shook her at her friend, er girlfriend, girl who is a friend who she happened to have kissed last night. They would have to work on defining their relationship later.
At lunch, Glen was trying to figure out which girl to smile at first. Madison or Ashley? Madison was standing with the other cheerleaders as they talked about the upcoming basketball games this week and what routines to use. Ashley was sitting by herself looking around the grounds. He was about to walk up to her first because she was alone, but then his sister went and sat down across from her. Immediately, Ashley grinned back at Spencer, and he began to wonder if Aiden really had turned her gay. What a wuss. He'd be a better boyfriend then Aiden, and he'd start by showing Madison that. Glen sauntered over to her, and was greeted into the conversation easily because it was about the basketball games later this week.
Aiden saw Glen walk over to his ex-girlfriend, so he decided to get him back. He, in turn, walked over to Glen's sister and Ashley and sat down by them. "Hey there beauties." He smiled at the two, although it looked like more of a smirk.
Ashley giggled. "Oh, you're so charming, Aiden!" She caught Spencer's eye, and the blonde caught on as to what was going on.
"Oh yes! And you're so handsome." Spencer added this in.
"And strong," Ashley chirped which made Aiden smile and flex his muscles a bit involuntarily. Then, he caught on as to what they were doing.
"Okay, what did you two do?" Aiden immediately knew that they felt guilty. He noticed Spencer look guiltily at her brother. Aiden glanced over there to see Glen and Madison sitting awfully close together.
"We didn't know if you knew that Glen and Madison were together yet." Ashley bit the bullet and said the truth.
"Ashley! You weren't suppose to tell him that! He might not know yet. You're suppose to say it gently, or nicely or something." Spencer turned to her friend and raised her eyebrows, completely forgetting that Aiden was sitting there listening to them both.
"There's no way to say it nicely. It's true." Both girls turned stunned to Aiden who shrugged after pointing that out. "We broke up this morning officially. It's not that big of a deal. I'm a big boy and can handle it." The two girls eyed him for a second debating if he was telling the truth or not. "Well, unless you two want to go back to flirting with me. In which case, I'm very hurt, so bring on the flirting!" He joked and grinned at both girls who both instantly hit him in the arm. "Hey, no fair double-teaming me like that."
The bell ending lunch rang and Spencer and Ashley stood up to go to their next class together. "It's not double-teaming if we don't plan it." Spencer pointed this out, and Ashley nodded.
"I'm one of the girls though. I'm one of the girls, remember?" Aiden called after the two of them as they walked away.
"You never giggled like one of the girls. So, maybe your privileges are revoked for the moment." Ashley said this with a straight face and poor Aiden looked like a lost puppy for a moment before they all burst out laughing, all three of them.
"Man, I really don't want to go to my next class." Ashley pouted and turned to look at Spencer.
"I never said I wanted to go either."
"So, if I don't want to go to class…and you don't want to go to class. How about we don't go to class?" Ashley was pressing her luck, but she was curious. Maybe Spencer was willing to just hang out this afternoon?
"Good thought there, Sherlock, but you know my parents will freak if they find out." Spencer really didn't want to go to class, but she didn't want to get in trouble for it either. The idea seemed kind of exciting though.
"Oh, they won't find out. No one takes attendance in the last couple of classes anyway." Ashley was trying to prove her point.
"They don't take attendance?" Spencer was beginning to weaken to the idea.
"Well, okay they don't in study hall. That's one of the three classes, and no one notices anyone in gym class because the class is just full of teenagers running around. Then, in science we're watching a movie. How can he take attendance in the dark?" Ashley knew she was stretching the truth a little. Okay, so it's possible no one would notice they were missing, and even more likely that no one would care.
Spencer glanced around. No one was really around, because the bell had just rang. They were officially late. She was going to be in so much trouble if she got caught, but spending another three hours here today just didn't sound as appealing as hanging out with Ashley did. Ashley was probably right. The classes were large enough in their last hours of the day, that no one would notice whether they were there or not for just one day. "Okay."
"Okay?" Ashley was trying not to squeal.
"Okay." Spencer nodded her head. "Like you said, no one will notice anyway right?" Spencer was nervous, but excited, and Ashley was simply excited.
"Right. It'll be fun. I promise." Ashley extended her arm out to Spencer who took it, and they headed off to Ashley's car. Okay, so Spencer wasn't sure where they were going, but it had to be better than watching a boring movie in science class again.