Title: Truth Serum is Legal With a Prescription
Rating: This chapter is probably only PG, but I plan on bringing it up to PG-13 at some point.
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine...I cannot claim them. They all belong to the hardworking people involved with South of Nowhere.
Feedback: Yes please, I want to know what everyone thinks of this story so far.
Summary: This will be a Spashley story. Sequel of "Just Tell Me What You Want"
Author's Note: Thank you for the reviews! I really do appreciate them all. Ah...I'm sure it's not just me that sometimes thinks that Paula might be a little bit...insane, hehe. This is part two…I hope you enjoy!
Paula had been showing them minerals for the last twenty minutes. Ashley had called them rocks, but Paula had been quick to correct her. She smiled. Both girls looked so interested! Plus, it didn't help that it kept them out of Spencer's room…She trusted her daughter, and so she had finally agreed to let Spencer and Ashley do their homework together in her room, with the door closed, but she really wished that Spencer would have instead wanted to hang out with that Kelly girl that she brought around a few times. Perhaps Clay would have even gone on a few dates together. That'd bring the family together.
Clay was involved with Chelsea now, though, and she seemed like a nice enough girl. She was better than that girl that Glen had been with the night that Spencer came home drunk. Madison. That was her name. Maybe Kelly would like to go out with Glen. Wait, she frowned as she stared at a certain purple mineral. Maybe Glen would go out with Ashley! Sure, she didn't like Ashley any more than she liked Madison, but that way Ashley would have a boyfriend, and she wouldn't hang around Spencer so much. She grinned to herself. It was perfect.
Ashley looked around the rest of the living room. She was so bored. Every mineral that Paula pulled out looked like a rock. The brunette had nothing against rocks. They kept the earth together, and she was able to walk on them. Rocks were fine. Minerals though. Ugh. She glanced at the blonde who looked equally bored. Ashley grinned. At least she wasn't the only one. Maybe if she focused hard enough on the blonde girl, she would look at her. Sure enough. It worked.
Spencer glanced over at Ashley and laughed. She was horribly bored, but Ashley looked even more bored, if that was possible. She knew that once her mom got into one of her teaching moods, that it could be a while before she was out of it. However, Ashley didn't realize that until now. Ashley crossed her eyes and stuck out her tongue. It was childish, yes, but it made Spencer laugh. So, she did it again. Spencer laughed again. It was like a cycle.
Paula was trying to figure out the name of the mineral she was looking at when she heard Spencer laugh. There was nothing funny about learning. Spencer's mother turned around to find Ashley's eyes crossed and her tongue sticking out. Real cute. She frowned. The brunette would have to straighten up if she wanted to be set up with Glen, and she would be set up with Glen whether or not she liked it. In the end, Paula knew that Ashley would thank her. He was a fine boy. Spencer might even thank her because then she could spend more time with that Aiden again. Paula hadn't seen him around for a while. "Having fun?"
Immediately Ashley coughed and focused her eyesight back on the minerals that Mrs. Carlin had been showing them. "I'm listening." She smiled.
"Really? So what is the name of that mineral?" Hah. Paula had her. She pointed at the purple looking mineral again.
Ashley frowned. It still looked like a rock, but she felt that Paula didn't want that answer. "You didn't tell us the name of it yet." The brunette smiled. If necessary, she could always plead temporary deafness. Ashley wasn't sure if that existed, but she assumed so. It was the way you felt after a loud concert or something. You couldn't hear much. Temporary deafness. Aha.
Spencer glanced over at her mother in time to see her frown. "You're right." Paula faked a laugh. "I was testing you!" She had forgotten that she hadn't told the girls the name of the mineral yet.
"Paula?" Arthur was back! He had gone to the store to buy a spice that was needed for the meal. Oh, saved by the husband!
"We're in here, Honey. I'm showing the girls your mineral collection." Arthur wandered into the room, looking confused.
"Honey, mineral collection?" He looked at the box of items scattered on the carpet. "Paula, that is my rock collection. I never had a mineral collection. I remember when we were dating; you always called them minerals then too. You thought it had to be so scientific and not a rock."
Ashley smirked over at Spencer. "I was right, Spence. They really are rocks."
Arthur smiled at the girl. "Smart girl. You know your rocks and minerals, huh?" Ashley smiled back at him. "Rocks are cool, aren't they? Rocks rock," he chuckled at his own joke and all three girls looked at him oddly. "Fine. I thought it was funny anyway."
"I'm sure it was, Dad," Glen allowed his father the benefit of the doubt as he went downstairs. Plus, it increased the chances of his being able to stay out past curfew this weekend with Madison. She'd like that. Actually, he'd like that too.
"Thanks," Arthur muttered as he carefully began putting away his rock collection.
Suddenly, Paula's face lit up. She should introduce Glen and Ashley now! She smiled at Ashley gently. "I have someone that I'd like you to meet."
Ashley looked at her girlfriend, confused. "I thought your Aunt Margaret wasn't coming into town this week?"
"She's not," Spencer clarified. "She had some golf tournament that she had to participate in. She's coming next week."
"Aunt Margaret's coming this weekend?" Glen's eyes lit up. She always brought them gifts when she came, and by gifts, he meant money. He could use some extra dough.
Paula sighed, "She's coming next weekend, you guys. Ashley, I wanted you to meet Glen, Spencer's brother. Glen, this is Ashley, Spencer's friend. I know you two have met before, but I wasn't sure if you had ever properly met." She smiled at them both individually, and they looked at each other and then at her. Spencer wasn't sure where to look, so she simply crossed her arms in frustration.