Title: Just Tell Me What You Want
Rating: This chapter is probably only PG.
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: Okay, I'm sorry that this has taken me so long to get another chapter out for. I've been busy with school and homework, and everything that comes along with it. Anyway, I had some free time today, so this story gets an update. Woohoo. Hopefully, you guys/girls forgive me for taking a little longer to get this posted. Also, I wanted to thank the girls/guys that have been sending feedback once more. I really do appreciate it, and I'm glad that most of you seem to be enjoying this story so far.
"Where are we going anyway?" Spencer questioned Ashley as they were both sitting in Ashley's car. They had been driving for a couple of minutes, and were both dancing to the music playing on the radio.
"Where everyone goes when they skip school." Ashley said this nonchalantly as if everyone knew where to go when they skipped school. It was just natural.
Spencer scrunched up her nose and looked at her friend. "Why are we going to a baseball game"
"What? No." Ashley took her eyes off the road and gave Spencer a weird look before focusing back on the road.
"I saw it in a movie once!" Spencer was trying to defend herself now.
Ashley laughed at her friend before shaking her head. "Well, we're going to the beach, not a baseball game."
Spencer smiled. The beach was better then a baseball game for sure. She smiled. "Guess I'm not in Kansas anymore."
Ashley feigned shock upon hearing Spencer's joke. "Hey, I thought you said you were from Ohio?"
Spencer simply rolled her eyes and began dancing to the song again while Ashley drove. The two sang along until they got to the beach and Spencer realized something. "Wait, I don't have a swimsuit."
Ashley laughed and pulled off her t-shirt. "I do."
Spencer tried to not check out Ashley, but they both knew she was going to. "How does that help me?"
"Well, it lets you check me out more easily." Spencer blushed at her friend's remarks. They were more flirtatious with each other after last night, and more comfortable after sharing their first kiss together. She shrugged. "I don't know. You could go swimming nude?" A sharp glare from the blonde told her that that was a no-go. "Um, well, I would suggest going to get a swimsuit…but seeing as you seem against it, I'll remind you of the swimsuit in your book bag." Spencer looked confused. "We were going to go swimming tomorrow, and I told you to put it in there early in case you forgot." Spencer's face lit up that time. Oh good, she remembered.
Spencer climbed back into Ashley's vehicle to change into her swimsuit, and Ashley being polite turned to look at the ocean. A few minutes later a pair of arms wrapped around her waist, and there was Spencer's voice softly whispering in her ear. "Race you to the ocean." And just like that, Spencer was off running.
"Hey!" A few seconds later Ashley was laughing and running after her. She ended up running into the ocean just a few moments after Spencer did. They laughed and giggled and simply played in the waves for a few minutes, enjoying each other's company. They ended up laying on a couple of towels on the beach.
"What are we?" Finally, after several moments of silence, Spencer spit out what she had been wanting to ask all day.
"Humans?" Ashley offered, knowing entirely that it was not what Spencer was looking for.
"Ash!" Spencer rolled her eyes at the brunette, and turned over on her towel to face her. "You know what I mean."
"Well, what do you want us to be?" Ashley was agreeing to be serious about the conversation this time.
"Humans?"
"Hey," Ashley joked. "You can't turn around what I have to say and use it against me."
"Why not?" Spencer smiled innocently.
"Well, fine. Want me to go first?" Spencer nodded. "Well, I really like you, Spencer…"
"I like you too"
"Yeah, but is it more than a friend?" Ashley and Spencer were still looking into each other's eyes as they had this conversation.
Spencer nodded. "I'm into girls, Ashley. I'm not sure about guys, but I know I'm into you. That way. How does that work?" Ashley smiled.
"That works just fine for me. Though, can I ask you something? Officially ask I mean." Ashley played with the string that was coming off of her towel while she asked this.
"Sure," Spencer nodded. Though, she had a feeling that she knew what Ashley was going to ask, and it was making her nervous. She didn't want to say anything yet in case it wasn't what she was going to ask.
"Do you like chocolate ice cream?" Ashley had noticed that Spencer was getting nervous, so she tried to lighten the mood. Instead, she just earned a confused look from Spencer before another classic eye roll. "Fine, fine. I'll be serious. Spencer, we know that we like each other. Do you think that maybe, um, you'd like to go on a date? As in tonight?"
Spencer grinned. Okay, she was confused at first with the chocolate ice cream question. Leave it to Ashley to try to make a joke at a time like that. "Yeah, I would." Ashley grinned. "No, wait, I can't." She had almost forgotten about her hanging out with Kelly tonight. How does she tell Ashley that? "I have to do something tonight. What about tomorrow night, though? I would love to tomorrow night."
Ashley nodded, she understood if Spencer had to do something with her family tonight. It was kind of late notice. Besides, she got to hang out with her all afternoon. If she wanted Spencer's family to like her, she'd have to let them see their daughter sometime. "Sure, I understand. It'll give me time to think of something great to do anyway. I know what you mean if you need to hang out with your family. Well, I don't really know seeing as my version of hanging out with my parents doesn't seem to ever go as planned…What, I mean is, I understand."
Oh, crap. Ashley thought that Spencer was going to be hanging out with her family. Well, Spencer tried to rationalize this in her mind. If Clay and Kelly got married then she would technically be related, but she realized that she had just jumped ahead about ten years and assumed that Clay and Kelly were together. Whoops. Okay, so that wouldn't work. Before she had a chance to explain where she was hanging out tonight, Kelly was walking towards them. Apparently, school had gotten out and she had decided to head to the beach.
She looked really good in her swimsuit, but so did Spencer and Ashley. "What are you looking at?" Ashley turned to follow Spencer's line of version. "Oh…" Ashley got cut off as Kelly noticed them.
"Hey Spencer." Kelly smiled at her.
"Hey," Spencer answered. Very original of her. Ashley glared.
"Hi to you too, Kelly."
"Oh, what's the matter, Ash? Too much sun for you today?" Kelly looked at Ashley and shook her head, feigning sadness. Then, she turned and smiled appreciatively at Spencer who didn't seem to notice.
Ashley chuckled. "Too much sun for me? You're the one who seems to have stayed out in the sun so long that her personality evaporated."
"Oh, but at least I'm not the one who's hot-headed." Kelly smiled, and reached out to touch Spencer arm as she talked. "So, have you been thinking about me?"
Spencer looked confused, and innocently naïve for a moment until Ashley jumped in to answer for her. "She hasn't had time. She's been with me all day." Ashley tried to smile, but it turned into a slight snarl, as she jealously took a few steps closer to her potential girlfriend.
"Poor girl." Kelly shook her head and then smiled again. "Though, I know she'll be thinking about me tonight. After all, we're still hanging out tonight, right?" Her smile turned flirtatious as she looked away from Ashley and back to Spencer. The poor girl didn't know what to say. She hadn't wanted to let Ashley find out that they were hanging out tonight this way. It was just as friends, but Ashley had seemed almost jealous whenever Kelly came around, and Spencer wasn't sure why. Kelly was into Clay. All Spencer could do was slightly nod. Ashley's mouth dropped open a little bit before she made herself shut it. She couldn't let Kelly know that she was upset.
"Well, good thing she was with me all day. Maybe that'll help her get through the night." Ashley and Kelly sneered at each other, and Kelly leaned over to give Spencer a hug. Ashley was in the way though; her arm was flung around Spencer's waist possessively. She just couldn't help it. Kelly almost giggled. Instead, she leaned over and gave Spencer a light kiss on the cheek.
"See you tonight, Spencer. Bye Ashley." With that, Kelly was off down the beach, and Ashley was left a mess. She was mad at Kelly, and for some reason simply sad that Spencer was going out with 'her' tonight and hadn't told her.
Ashley left her arm around Spencer's waist and led them back towards the car. "I guess I should get you home, huh? After all, it is after school now, your mom is probably wondering where you are. Plus, you have to get ready for your date tonight."
"Ash, it's not a date, and I didn't have time to tell you before she walked over. She's into Clay." Spencer was so naïve at the moment as to Kelly's expectations and wants.
"I thought Clay was a guy."
"He is."
"Then, I can promise you something. Kelly's not into him." Spencer looked confused as she looked over at Ashley who was still hurt.
"Besides, you're the one I have a date with. Tomorrow night." Spencer smiled over at Ashley as they got back into the vehicle, and Ashley chuckled. She couldn't help it when Spencer used that reasoning. She knew that the other girl was trying to get back on her good side. Spencer was just so cute though. "If it is a date, I'll tell you all about it." Ashley almost choked on nothing at hearing that. Whoops. Maybe it was too soon for jokes like that. "I was kidding. I was kidding." Ashley glared as Spencer as she smiled innocently. Ashley had a bad feeling about Spencer and Kelly going out tonight. She wasn't sure what to do though to fix it. In the meantime, they both had a few hours before they would realize what was really going on that night.