Title: Just Tell Me What You Want
Rating: This chapter is probably only PG-ish…Maybe slightly PG-13-ish for slight language and sexual content.
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. Minus Brock and his dad, who aren't in this chapter anyway.
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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 don't want to sound rude about this, but I am getting a lot more hits than I am reviews…and I understand that not all of you are going to send reviews, and that's fine, really…but I have 669 hits on the last chapter, but only four reviews…That doesn't measure out quite evenly. So, I would really appreciate more reviews, because I do enjoy writing this story, and I want to keep writing it, and reviews give me incentive to update. Thanks to everyone who does review. Oh, and enjoy this chapter, and all of the angst.
Spencer wanted an automatic out, something to take her mind off of Ashley. She found such a thing in Kelly. They kissed a few times before Kelly told Spencer that she really did have to get some sleep. Spencer tried to protest, but Kelly told her to go ahead and sleep. Paula allowed Kelly to stay in Spencer's room with the door shut. She had no idea about what Kelly really thought of her daughter. That was for the best, at least, the best for Kelly.
Kelly settled herself on to the floor, not wanting to be too pushy. "Good night," she said as she rolled over trying to get comfy.
"Kelly?" Spencer turned in her bed, and peered over the edge down at the older girl.
"Yeah?" Kelly shifted her eyes over to the blonde in the bed.
"Come here for a sec." Spencer scooted over to the other side of the bed, officially making room for Kelly. She patted the spot on the bed, as she moved over, indicating that Kelly was supposed to sit there.
"You're supposed to be sleeping." Kelly scolded, but her eyes were laughing as she became curious as to the blonde's thoughts.
"Well, I'm not. So, just come here for a second." Kelly walked the last couple of feet before sitting herself on the bed, next to Spencer.
"Hm?" Kelly raised her right eyebrow, and Spencer took note of it. Ashley always raised her left eyebrow when she was curious. Quickly, Spencer banned Ashley from her thoughts.
"Sleep with me." Spencer blurted it out, immediately realizing the innuendo that her words carried with them as they left her mouth.
"What?" The right eyebrow raised itself again, and Kelly looked confused but intrigued.
"I don't mean like that. I mean, actually to sleep." Kelly still looked perplexed for a moment, but Spencer nodded her head. She meant it.
"Yeah, okay." Kelly obliged the girl as she climbed into bed next to Spencer, who immediately laid her head on the older girl's shoulder. Kelly giggled as Spencer wrapped her arm around her, and she felt Spencer smile back.
"You're sleeping on the couch." Ashley looked at Aiden who held up his hands in protest until she raised her left eyebrow at him. Then, he held them up in mock surrender.
"Sure I am." He smiled to let her know that he was joking.
"No, you are." With that, she turned and started walking towards her own room, and he followed just a few steps behind her, not so quietly.
"I know." He echoed his earlier statements, but kept walking behind her.
"Okay, just so you know." Then, she reached her room, and shut the door in her face. Damn, she really was serious. So, Aiden slouched back towards the couch and turned to the television to a random channel. The movie that he wanted to watch earlier was still on, great. He flopped back onto the couch and lay his head on the pillow. The couch was pretty big, and it was obvious that someone with some money owned it. It looked like brand new still, but it was big enough to almost fit two people comfortably on it. Aiden saw a few minutes of the movie before his eyes shut.
Ashley decided to lie down on her bed after changing into her pajamas. She was going to get some sleep, really, she was. The brunette stared at her ceiling for several minutes, which turned into hours. She simply couldn't sleep. Every time that she shut her eyes, she saw flashes of Spencer in her mind. It was almost 1 a.m. and she couldn't call Spencer at this time of night. Wait. Her insomnia was, in fact, Spencer's fault. If it hadn't been for Spencer letting Kelly into the house to see her and not Ashley…Well, Ashley would be sound asleep right now. Quickly, Ashley got her cell phone and dialed Spencer's number.
The phone started to vibrate. Sleepy eyes blinked at it before checking the caller I.D. Hmph, it was Ashley. Go figure. The girl rolled her eyes, and picked it up before it woke up the other girl. Apparently, no one had remembered to put it back into Paula's drawer; that would have to be done in the morning. For now, there was something else that had to be done. The phone was quickly switched off. There, she fixed it. The phone would no longer vibrate. Kelly smirked to herself as she quietly placed the phone back onto the desk. Spencer had finally fallen into a restless sleep, and so Kelly didn't want to wake her up. That's all. There was another smirk on Kelly's face before placed her hand back around Spencer and let herself fall asleep as well.
Aiden woke up about three hours after he had initially fallen asleep. It took him a moment before he realized what had woken him up. There was a lithe brunette girl that was currently trying to claim half of his couch. He blinked at her, still halfway asleep. She just smiled, and tried to not let him see her red eyes. After Spencer ignoring her call, she had begun to cry. It took about an hour before she calmed down, but now she was okay. She just didn't want to stay in the room by herself anymore. Ashley needed comfort, and right now, Aiden was definitely feeling like comfort.
She lied down in front of him, and he wrapped his arms around her abdomen, tightly but not too tightly, just enough to let her know that he wasn't going anywhere. Ashley sniffled, trying to hold in another sob. She didn't understand where things between Spencer and her had gone so wrong, but now wasn't the time to question it. They had school in the morning, and she had a perfectly gorgeous and caring guy with her. He knew not to question her about it. So, he kissed the back of her head, and gently let her fall asleep. When her breathing calmed, he allowed himself to do the same.
Kelly woke up to find Spencer still wrapped around her. Kelly kissed the still sleeping girl, in hopes of waking her. The blonde scrunched up her nose. "Morning breath," she muttered. She was joking, but Kelly didn't get it.
Kelly looked flabbergasted for a moment, trying to decide whether or not she should take offense to such talk. Before she could say too much though, the door flew open. Kelly's mouth dropped open, and Spencer's eyes opened wide. Oh shit.
Glen stood in the doorway, his eyes growing wide. "What the hell, Spencer!" He looked from his sister to the girl that she was still entangled with. He lowered his voice, so that no one downstairs would overhear. "If you're going to be gay, I don't see why that means that you have to have a different girl in your bed every week." Spencer opened her mouth to try to explain, but nothing came out. Kelly on the other hand, frowned. Other girl? Oh, Ashley. That was over now anyway, so Kelly simply put her hand over Spencer's under the covers. It was just over her hand, but it looked like it could be to anywhere by the way that Spencer gasped and the way that Glen's eyebrows shot up. "I have to be in a car, and you can bring them home? Not. Fair."
With that Glen frowned thinking back to his having to bring Madison into his car to have fun…while Spencer just had a sleepover in her own room. He shut the door quickly, and walked back to his room. The girls, meanwhile, realized that they had school soon. Soon Spencer would have to see Ashley, and she wasn't sure how she felt about that, except that she missed the girl, but at the same time was afraid to see her. After all, Ashley was the one who didn't want her.
Aiden woke up to find the brunette still snuggled into his chest. He smiled at her, and kissed her forehead. "Good morning," he whispered, his voice still thick with sleep.
The brunette stirred, not remembering where she was for a moment. A quick glance at the clock told her that they had an hour until they would be officially late for school. Aiden was looking quite tempting even though it was early, and most people looked horrible when they first woke up. Not Aiden. Okay, he had some bed head, and his scruff was back on, full force, but besides that…and potential morning breath, he didn't look half bad. Well, neither did Ashley. She looked better than 'not half-bad' and Aiden wanted to show her that. She looked at him for a second, for she had shifted around, so that they were facing each other on the couch. He was cute, yes. He was comforting, yes, and he definitely wanted her. Spencer was gorgeous, and everything that Ashley had ever wanted, but there was one important quality lacking. Spencer didn't want her, she seemed to want Kelly. So, she did what she could, with what she had. At the moment, she had Aiden next to her. He saw the look in her eyes, and moved closer so that their foreheads touched, giving her a moment to move away. She didn't. He gently brought his lips to hers, and she kissed back a moment later.
"Feel like being a little late for class?" She smirked at his widened eyes, that resulted from her question. Well, maybe they resulted from her venturing from lying next to him, to straddling his waist slowly and deliberately, trying to get a reaction. She got one, for he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her lips to his. "I guess that's a yes." She muttered before letting herself forget everything as they kissed.