Title: Just Tell Me What You Want
Rating: This chapter is probably only PG, with mild sexual themes.
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 love to know what you are thinking, and it gives me incentive to write.
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 it took me a little while to get this update ready again…but here it is now anyway. Happy Holidays. Also, thank you to everyone who reviews and to everyone who has been reviewing.
Ashley was sitting around in Spencer's room for a little while before she began to get bored. She really needed to find something else to do. She tried on a few pairs of shoes that she found laying discarded on Spencer's floor. Then, she decided to wander down the hall. Glen was out with Madison that night, so the only other teenage Carlin that was left was Clay.
She wandered down to his room, and the door was left open. "Hey," she said as she leaned against his bedroom door frame. "What are you doing?"
Clay glanced up from his computer. He was currently working on a report for his Advanced Chemistry class that was due in three days. There was actually just a few finishing touches left to do for it. "Hey," he answered before typing a few more words. "I'm working on a report actually. Have you taken Advanced Chemistry?"
"Um, try no. I try not to tackle anything with a textbook that weighs more a rottweiler." With that, Ashley pushed at the giant textbook that was laying on the floor at her feet. "I prefer textbooks that seem more like a beagle. They're cute, and don't knock you over with excitement, or in this case homework."
Clay laughed at her analogy between dogs and classes, then he shrugged. "I suppose you're right, but you know, rotweilers are so bad. They don't always bite."
"Okay, okay. Enough with the dog analogies. I'm bored out of my mind here. Do you have a game or something that can be entertaining?" Ashley wasn't trying to be condescending about being bored while she was at the Carlin house…It just wasn't the same without Spencer there.
"If you are bored, why didn't you just go with Spencer and Kelly tonight?" Clay clicked 'Save' on his report, and turned to look at the brunette again. She shrugged. "Ah, still the mysterious girl, huh?" Ashley rolled her eyes, but she chuckled a bit. "Well, in that case, how about a round of Trivial Pursuit? It can be fun, even if you prefer beagles over rotweilers." Clay joked. He really liked that game, but no one usually had time to sit down and play it.
Ashley smiled. Trivial Pursuit. She could handle that, plus maybe it'll keep her mind off of a certain blonde-haired female Carlin. "Sure. This beagle is going to win though; I warn you now."
Spencer swayed to the music with Kelly in her arms. She was still thinking about Ashley and herself. Okay, so they had a date tomorrow night. Does that mean that tonight wasn't suppose to be a date? She really liked Ashley, but to be fair, Kelly was kind of cute. Wait, suddenly she started to come back to reality. She realized that she was breaking her own rule about a slow dance being for couples. In her rush to try to figure out whether or not she could consider this a date with Kelly, Kelly was trying to make it a date from their dancing. If she wanted to stop getting distracted, Spencer really had to stop thinking about Ashley and focus on the present.
Spencer pulled back away from Kelly. Kelly, for her part, stood there looking confused. "Need a break? It is getting kind of hot in here. Maybe we could go outside for some fresh air?" Kelly was definitely flirting with her now, even Spencer could tell that. Ashley was right. Actually, Ashley seemed to be right about a lot of stuff lately.
"Sure, I could use a break." Spencer allowed Kelly to follow her outside and towards her car.
Kelly smiled at Spencer and opened the door for her. They drove up to a well-known make-out point and Spencer was confused only momentarily. The blonde sat there for a moment as Kelly scooted closer to her. "I don't kiss on first dates." Spencer said as she moved away. She couldn't believe that Kelly was already trying to kiss her! She wasn't ready to kiss anybody yet, least when it comes to girls. Well, and that excludes Ashley…Because, well, Ashley is simply Ashley. Together they were Ashley and Spencer, or Spencer and Ashley, and somehow that made sense. Right then, being there with Kelly didn't make any sense to Spencer.
"I need to go home." Kelly leaned back and shook her head almost sadly.
"You sure?" Kelly cocked her head to the side and looked at the other girl. She wasn't sure if she was getting blown off, or getting invited to go on another date.
"Yeah, I'm sure." Spencer replied then tried to smile a bit. Kelly sighed and took the car out of park.
"Well, it could have been fun, you know. I can't blame a girl for having high morals though about first dates." Kelly was actually being really nice about this. She was willing to wait a date before trying to get into Spencer's pants. Spencer thought of this and almost laughed, but instead rolled her eyes. Kelly better not be trying to bide her time just so she could be with Spencer.
Spencer was starting to get uncomfortable. Kelly was looking at her intensely again, like she wanted to kiss her, and Spencer didn't want to be doing that right now. "Good night, Kelly." With that, Spencer opened up her door and stepped out.
"Good night, Spencer." Kelly smiled at the other girl as she left. Once the door was shut she muttered to herself. "At least next time won't be a first date, and if Ashley isn't going to date you. I'm gladly open to the idea." Then she chuckled a little bit as she pulled back onto the road.
Trivial Pursuit had been pretty fun actually. It had just been Clay and Ashley playing because no one else would join them, but it was fun. Ashley seemed to know the odd answers, and that was it. At the dinner table, she surprised the family by knowing The Lord's Prayer. Okay, maybe it wasn't the greatest supper-time prayer, but it was the only one she could think of. Paula, Spencer's mother, didn't look impressed, but she didn't look angry either.
Maybe it was the chocolates that were getting to her? Either way, it seemed that Paula might be potentially warming up to Ashley. As long as she didn't screw that up anyway. In fact, Paula had just gone to bed, because she had an early morning at the hospital tomorrow. She just let Ashley go back to Spencer's room to sleep.
Ashley had just brushed her teeth and retreated back to Spencer's room when Spencer, herself, walked in. Spencer had used the downstairs bathroom and had washed up already. She just had to put on pajamas. Ashley was already wearing hers. "Hey you."
"Hey," Ashley responded. "How was your date?"
"It was…a date, to say the least." Spencer shrugged her shoulders. She had had fun, but honestly the whole time she wanted to be with Ashley instead.
"To say the least? A good least, or a bad least?" Ashley realized she wasn't making much sense right now, but she wanted to know what had happened.
"She tried to kiss me."
"On top of the hill, with her sexy music turned on?" Ashley tilted her head, letting her wavy brown curls fall in front of one of her eyes.
"How did you…She did the same thing to you!" Spencer accused. Ashley shrugged. "You never told me!"
"I tried," Ashley shrugged again. "Did she kiss you?"
"No," Spencer answered honestly. "I think she wants to ask me out again though." Ashley sighed. She didn't want to lose Spencer to Kelly, but there was nothing she could say right now that wouldn't make her look even more jealous. Spencer saw Ashley's face and smirked. "You're jealous."
"Am not," Ashley pouted.
Spencer smiled and sat next to Ashley on the bed. "You sure?" She intertwined her hand with Ashley's.
"Fine…I admit it. I was." Ashley rubbed her thumb against the top of Spencer's hand as she admitted that.
"Really?" Spencer turned her blonde head to look at her friend.
Ashley paused for a moment before answer truthfully, "Yeah."
Spencer giggled and leaned over to kiss her jealous friend on the lips. "You're the one I came back to though, aren't you? You're the one that I'm going on a date with tomorrow night."
Ashley smiled. "You're right. I am." They leaned in and kissed again. This one lasted a little longer, but finally Spencer pulled back.
"We do have to get some sleep at some point."
"Hm, you sure?" Ashley looked at Spencer and turned on her charm, which earned her another quick kiss before Spencer got up to change her clothes.
"I'm sure." Spencer felt brave for some reason as she stripped off her shirt and shorts. Ashley could see her bare back as she changed into a pair of pajama shorts and a loose fitting t-shirt. She turned around to see the brunette gaping at her. "Stare much?"
"Tease much?" Ashley countered as Spencer crawled back onto the bed.
"I just felt…I don't know." Spencer searched for the right word. She was still giddy about making Ashley blush a few moments ago. Ashley was usually the bold one, but for once, Spencer had made the bold move first. "I felt happy being here with you, and I didn't feel like leaving the room to change into comfortable pajamas." Spencer stretched out on her bed and yawned.
A few seconds later, Ashley yawned. "Don't you know yawns are contagious? Keep them to yourself." Ashley was teasing the blonde who chuckled. "Good night, Spence." Ashley whispered as she shared another kiss with the blonde girl. They were both tired from the long day.
"Good night, Ash." Spencer whispered as she left her hand intertwined with Ashley's as they both drifted off to sleep.