Title: Just Tell Me What You Want
Rating: This chapter is probably only PG-13ish. There's slight language and slight 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. (Okay, I own Neil and Brock, but they aren't in this chapter anyway. They live at the bowling alley, only. Also, Nikki, is not part of the cast of S.O.N. She's there for Aiden's sake)
Feedback: Thank you to everyone who sends it. I love getting feedback. It encourages me to update, I admit it.
Summary: This will be a Spencer/Ashley story. It will involve the other characters of South of Nowhere though too.
Author's Notes: Okay, thank you to everyone who sent feedback on the other last chapter; I'm hoping for some more from this chapter, I admit it. And, I realized that the final angst chapter of Spashley might not make some people too happy...but no worry. That's why there are ALTERNATE endings. So, you know, this is not a continuation of chapter 20, but it is an alternate ending, which could be used instead of chapter twenty. Mmm...Fluffy. Enjoy :) (Please let me know your thoughts.)
"Oh look, it's the wannabe cheer queer." Madison snickered as she walked into the locker room noticing the back of the blonde's head around the corner as she walked in. She failed to notice that Spencer was otherwise occupied with Ashley, whose lips were pressed against Spencer's until Madison walked in. She didn't need to see their own little show. "Or, from the looks of it…The queer part isn't a wannabe act." Her friends joined in on her snickering this time.
Of course, this is when she noticed who Spencer was with. Ashley. They were both standing facing Madison and her fellow cheer bitches, mussed up hair, red and puffy lips from kissing and all. "Aw, how gross. She's not the world's loneliest lesbian anymore."
"And look who's still alone, Madison. That'd be you." Ashley smirked as Spencer tried to smooth down her own hair. "Still mad that your ex prefers us over you, huh?" The first remark didn't bother Madison, but the second one stung. She was still rather touchy about the Aiden subject. Let alone that he had dated two lesbians right after they had broken up.
"At least I don't sneak off to girl's locker rooms to make out with some skank." Madison's eyes widened a bit in anger, before she had managed her own comeback.
"Bitch," Ashley snarled, unsure of whether she or Spencer had been called a skank. Either way, it made her lunge at the other girl. She shoved her, and then Madison was suddenly shoving her back, and hair was being pulled, and fists were being thrown. It was not a girl fight in the way that most think of the word. Yes, there was the hair pulling, but it was punches being thrown at times, not just slaps.
"Ash, come on." Spencer muttered as she tried to tug her girlfriend away from the other girl. Madison's closest friends were trying to hold Madison back as well.
"Yeah, control your lesbian lover, Spencer. Or…Are you just waiting to see if she hits on Aiden again?" Madison sneered as Spencer had finally dragged an infuriated Ashley off of the cheerleader.
"Bitch," Spencer practically growled as she leapt at the other girl, knocking her off-balance. Her friends released their hold on her for a moment, caught off guard by the blonde's attack. Several shoves and a few kicks were delivered on both sides before a smirking Ashley and a few exasperated cheerleaders pulled the girls apart again.
It was a few minutes after the fight had finally broken up, and the girls were left to change for gym, as Spencer and Ashley walked calmly out of the locker room. Both were a little sore but ecstatic because they knew that Madison had to be feeling it too. It was then that Ashley decided to try out her new humor, relating to their school mascot and the fight. "Spence, that was so awesome! Who would have guessed that you were such a cobra when it came down to it?"
"That was a horrible joke," Spencer shook her head, laughing slightly at her girlfriend.
"Okay, so maybe it wasn't one of my best…" Ashley shrugged her shoulders, still grinning. She liked that joke, and she knew that somewhere within her, Spencer did too.
"Definitely…" Spencer was caught off as the brunette raised her left eyebrow, and casually draped an arm around the blonde's body, hoping for another kiss. Luckily, the hallway was clear because the late bell was about to ring for their next class. "Come on, Ash. No fair. I have to go to my next class." Ashley smirked, and moved their bodies closer. "Don't give me that look." Spencer's wish was droned out, as she looked into Ashley's eyes for a moment before realizing that was a bad idea. She would never get to class if Ashley had her way. "You're going to make me late for class, Ash. Your class is right there…and mine is all the way down the hallway, definitely not fair." Ashley simply giggled, and another moment passed at the two girls just stood in the hallway together, smiling. "Now, I'm going to have to run to class, thanks." Another grin from the brunette, and a sigh from the blonde.. "I'll see you tonight, okay?"
"Tonight?" Ashley stopped her smirk to think for a moment. She didn't realize that she had plans for that night.
"Yeah, you're staying over at my house." Spencer slipped out of Ashley's reach as the brunette thought about what their plans were for the night. Spencer had just made them up on the spot. "And so you know…If I was to be late for any of my classes, I'd want it to be because of you." Spencer smirked at the hopeful grin on the brunette's face before turning and running towards her own class.
The final bell rang, and both Ashley and Spencer were the first ones out of their classes. Within minutes, Ashley had showed up at Spencer's locker. "So…You ready?" Spencer nodded happily, glad to not have homework for once. The two girls walked to Ashley's vehicle, and that's when they spotted Glen staring at them. They looked happy, and had been holding hands, chatting casually.
"Ashley," she looked up to see Glen glaring at her.
"What?" She shifted from one foot to the other, and Spencer tightened her hold on the brunette's hand. Both girls knew that Glen was not fond of their relationship, due to the way that he had reacted when he had walked in on the morning in which Ashley had first stayed at the Carlin house.
"I need to talk to you for a sec." He glanced at his sister warily. "Spence, can you give us a second?"
"Are you going to hit on her?" Spencer glared at her brother, unsure of his motives. He tried to hit on Ashley before; he might try to do it again.
"What? No." Glen shook his head confused for a moment.
"It won't work." Spencer was still defensive. Glen was not going to be allowed to hit on Ashley again. She didn't want her brother hitting on her girlfriend.
"Shit, Spencer. I'm not going to try to hit on her. My own girlfriend is sitting in the car waiting for me. So, why would I want to hit on yours?" He gestured at a rather impatient Madison, who was, indeed, seated in the passenger seat of his car. "No offense or anything, Ashley."
"None taken," Ashley added casually, trying to hold in her laughter as she glanced at Spencer's face. She was obviously frustrated at being banned to the car as Madison was.
"Hmph," Spencer looked at bother of them again before shrugged hopelessly. "I'll be in the car."
"Is she a little defensive or what?" Glen shook his head as his crazily defensive sister walked to Ashley's car, and hopped in the passenger seat.
"Yeah…" Ashley dreamily watched her walk away. She thought it was cute that Spencer was so defensive over her.
"Well, we don't have the best track record for casual flirting, I guess…" Glen nodded his head arrogantly. Glen was still Glen. Arrogant asshole and all. Ashley just wanted to figure out what he wanted with her, if he wasn't trying to hit on her.
"Did you have a point, Rambling Boy? Your girlfriend seems a little miffed at being left in your car." She nodded towards the impatient Madison, who was now drumming her fingers on the car door, where the window was rolled down. She was trying to hear their conversation, but she was too far away.
"I'll make it up to her later." Glen grinned at the thought, and Ashley realized exactly what he meant from his gestures.
"Ew, I did not need to know that. Too much information." Ashley shook her head, trying to clear out the image of Glen and Madison, well, together. Together together.
"Well, it's true." Glen stopped his smirking when he saw Ashley's face. "Fine. I just wanted to tell you that if you hurt my sister again, I'll get you." He nodded seriously, and Ashley tried to keep a straight face.
"You'll hit a girl?" She tried to figure out exactly what he meant by that. The brunette had assumed that he meant that's how he was going to 'get her,' but in reality, the threat just reminded her of a bad mafia movie that she had once watched.
"I'll have Madison get you." She stifled a laugh. "Hey now, you get my point. Right?" He was just trying to be a good big brother, and so, he did what he would do if Spencer was dating a guy that had hurt her before. He wasn't a moron, arrogant yes, but stupid no. He knew that Spencer had been hurting the last few days, and that's the only reason that Kelly had been around.
"No worries, I get it." She nodded her head at him, and looked behind her towards her car. Spencer looked as impatient as Madison, only cuter.
"Good," Glen nodded his head as well, and looked as if he thought that he had to say something else. There was silence for a few moments, before Ashley decided that she didn't want to stand around with Spencer's brother anymore. She didn't want to hear any more of his 'threats.' Hopefully, Clay wouldn't 'threaten' her as well. Though, she doubted that he would. He was more mature, and too busy with Chelsea to imagine too much of what was going on with Ashley and Spencer. Plus, it helped that he hadn't walked in on them cuddled together one morning.
"I'm, uh, going to drive your sister home now." Ashley jerked her thumb towards her car, indicating that Spencer was waiting for her in it.
"Good." The blonde guy nodded his head again, and looked towards his own car, trying to act tough. Ashley was not allowed to hurt his sister even if she was a chick.
"Right," Ashley nodded her head again, backing towards her car.
Glen looked back at an angry looking Madison. Oh, right. She thought that he had gone over to defend her, and chew out Ashley for being a lesbian. What she didn't know wouldn't hurt her. "Oh, you heard me right!" He had to make it look good, or sound good anyway. Madison looked content after he added a few arm gestures, and she missed the wink that he threw at Ashley. Luckily, she caught his drift and did her best to keep from laughing. Madison bought it. He was her hero, for a few days anyway.
"I have a girlfriend." Spencer was stating this just as Ashley came back into view. It took Ashley a moment to realize that someone was standing there, on the other side of her car, talking to Spencer.
"But, we," the person tried to begin before Ashley cut her off.
"Hi Kelly." Ashley smiled at the other girl, who frowned in return.
"Oh, hi Ashley.
"We're going to be going now." Spencer smiled at her girlfriend before informing Kelly of this. She looked sad, but she also seemed to realize that she wasn't Ashley. Ashley was what Spencer craved, and Spencer was what Ashley craved. Kelly nodded; she understood. If Ashley screwed up, though, she was so going to win Spencer over again. Aiden was in the parking lot too, but he was too busy to acknowledge the other girls for too long because he seemed to be hanging out with Nikki that afternoon. At least his arm was draped casually over her shoulder as they talked to a few of his basketball buddies. They seemed happy together, and for once, Aiden had someone who treated him as more than just 'one of the girls.' That's what he deserved.
"Hey Mom! I brought home Ashley." Spencer's voice rang out through the downstairs as she glanced around for her mom. Ashley stood nervously near the door as Spencer wandered into the kitchen.
"Ashley?" Paula questioned her daughter; a scared look suddenly dawned on her face. Her daughter had brought home her lesbian friend!
"Yeah, um, we're going to go do homework. Okay?" Spencer noticed the look on her mother's face, but she chose to ignore it. Ashley was more important, and right now, she didn't feel like dealing with whatever crap her mother had to say. She had lied to keep Ashley away from Spencer's heart, and Ashley had found her way in anyway. They'd have to deal with that one day, have a discussion, mother to daughter, but today was not the day.
"In your room?" Paula looked panicked, trying to find a way to keep the two girls within her eyesight.
"Yes," Spencer kept her answers simple. She decided that was for the best because then she wouldn't have to lie to her mother.
"With your door closed?"
"Yes," still short and simple.
"But, she's…she's…" Paula panicked, trying to find the right words to describe Ashley. She avoided the words, 'gay' and 'lesbian' completely. They were too hard to try to say at the moment.
"You let Kelly stay in my room." Spencer pointed this out, and realized that her mother had no reason to object anymore.
"Kelly is different. She's," straight, but Spencer didn't let her mother finish her complaint. She knew what her mother had to say. It was time that Paula listened to her own daughter.
"Mom, I promise, Kelly has the exact same sexual orientation as Ashley." Spencer wasn't lying. Both girls were gay.
"What?" Paula looked panicked for a moment until she remembered the sweet looks that Clay had sent Kelly, and the cute dress that Kelly had worn the night that Spencer had gone out with her. And they had done their homework so well together, and everything had been fine then. She looked relieved. Kelly had to be straight, and her daughter wouldn't lie. So, if they had the same sexual orientation…"Oh…Oh! Really? I mean, okay. It's okay." That meant that Ashley was straight! Which was good. Really good.
"So, we're allowed to go do our homework? You won't come checking on us to make sure that we have everything finished right away or anything?" Spencer went through her list of complaints about her mother, hoping to secure a few uninterrupted hours alone with Ashley in her room.
"No, Spencer, I'll let you do your homework." Paula nodded, relieved to hear the news about Spencer and her nice, straight female friends.
"Thanks, Mom." Spencer gave her mom a quick hug, and took off towards the living room, towards an awaiting Ashley, who, thanks to a solid door between the living room and the kitchen, hadn't had to hear most of the conversation. Her girlfriend would fill her in soon enough.
"What do you have to work on anyway?" Paula asked the two girls as they began up the stairs.
"Chemistry," Spencer smirked at Ashley as she answered. They had no homework, just a little chemistry of their own to work out, and both girls were positive that it wouldn't be as hard to understand as the actual assignments or anything that may have happened with Kelly or Aiden. Apart, they were simply lone elements, but together, they formed the perfect compound.