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. Okay, Nikki, Aiden's girlfriend, is not part of the original cast of S.O.N. but that's all.
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: And…I'm back from my hiatus (or, as I would much rather call it, my vacation). I am now very worldly and knowledgeable (hehe), or at the very least, I'm updating my stories again. Anyway, here's the next section of the story before I ramble too much in this…Enjoy! And thank you to everyone who reviews/has reviewed.
The blonde's cell phone was ringing obnoxiously; she really needed to change the ring. She fumbled around in the dark before answering it. A male voice was immediately talking, "Spencer, why was your brother hanging out with Ashley tonight?"
"What? Aiden? Why are you calling me now…it's late." She was still half-asleep and her words weren't very witty.
"It's ten thirty," Aiden sighed, not sure why anyone went to bed that early.
"Well, I was sleeping. So, it is late." Truth be told, after she talked to both Glen and Ashley after their date, getting a rendition from each of them, she had gone to bed. It had been exhausting for her, waiting for her girlfriend and brother get home from a date. They both had survived the date without killing each other which was a plus. "They were hanging out because my mom thinks it'll be beneficial. She doesn't like Madison and Glen together; she doesn't like Ashley hanging out with me. So, what else can she do but put Glen and Ashley together?"
"And you and Madison?" Aiden chuckled at the thought of two of his ex-girlfriends going out before realizing that Ashley was his ex-girlfriend too, and she really was dating Spencer.
"What!" The blonde was outraged until she heard his chuckle. He was joking. "Eww…" She paused to laugh too. "No. How'd you know they were together anyway?"
"I went to see that zombie movie with Nikki tonight. And yes, she actually was willing to go see the movie with me." Aiden smiled at the thought of his girlfriend. She had been scared through half of the movie, but she had seemed happy enough anyway.
"Brave girl," Spencer smiled, glad that he found someone too…someone that wasn't her or Ashley.
"Don't I know it."
"So, Ashley and Glen both wanted to see the movie. I didn't, and Madison didn't." Spencer continued her explanation of the night to Aiden before he could ask anything more about it.
"Plus it made your mom happy." Aiden knew just how important it was to keep Mrs. Carlin happy. Every time that he was there, even to hang out with Glen, he was afraid that Paula was going to murder him.
"Yup," Spencer sighed. Her mother was difficult to handle sometimes. "Fun times."
"Yeah, fun times…Just, um, one thing, Spence." Aiden paused for a moment; he felt weird even bringing it up, but it had to be said.
"Mm?" Spencer mumbled into her pillow, already halfway back to sleep.
"When Nikki saw them together tonight…She said that they looked…really happy together, so just…be careful, okay?" Spencer sat back up as she heard Aiden tell her this. He mumbled at parts, but she got the main idea.
"Are you telling me that Glen has a thing for my girlfriend?" Aiden mumbled a few more words, but Spencer was awake enough now to flip her phone shut and wander to her brother's room. She knocked a few times before opening the door. The light was on near his bed, and she could hear him mumbling into his phone. "Glen! Do you like Ashley?"
"What? Oh shit," Glen glanced up from his phone call to his sister. "Madison, I have to go." His sister made a notice in her mind that she was suddenly glad that her brother slept with a shirt on too, not just in boxers. "Spencer's gone insane." He was still talking to his girlfriend for a moment before saying good-night to Madison and focusing his eyes on his sister. "What the hell is wrong with you? I was talking to Madison…at night…in my room. Hint hint. My door was shut." His eyes widened and he made a few hand gestures; Spencer frowned.
"Eww, Glen. Over-share." He shrugged; it wasn't his fault. "Definitely over-share." She remembered why she was in his room in the first place. "Anyway, I don't care about your sex life. I care about Ashley. Aiden said that you two were friendly tonight, and I don't recall either of you mentioning that in your renditions of the night." She folded her arms angrily across her chest, and he shook his head.
"You've gone mad. Just go get some sleep." With that, he turned off his light and flipped over in bed, refusing to answer any more questions.
"Hey you," Spencer jumped; she hadn't expected to find her girlfriend sitting on her bed when she walked back into her room. Spencer had been angry, thinking that something was going on with her brother and Ashley before deciding she really had gone insane…She was traveling her mother's insanity; she must be more tired than she thought.
"Ash! What are you doing here?" Well, okay, she was tired until she saw Ashley in a tank top and a pair of pajama shorts. She had driven over to Spencer's house just to talk to her.
"I wasn't about to let the last Carlin I see before I go to bed be Cowboy. Those kinds of things can give a girl like me nightmares." Spencer smirked and took a step closer to her girlfriend.
"What kind of girl are you?" Spencer mumbled as she pressed her lips up against her girlfriend's.
"Mm," Ashley murmured gently as she pulled the blonde onto her bed with her, deepening the kiss with a brush of her tongue. "Why don't you just find out for yourself?"
"Spence," Ashley whispered. "Spencer, I have to go." It was two hours later, two hours of fun, and, well, kissing, later, and the brunette had to be home soon. The blonde was curled into her girlfriend's side, with their arms wrapped around each other.
"No," Spencer tightened her grip on her girlfriend's waist, snuggling safely into her dark hair. "Stay," she whispered again, and Ashley couldn't help but let her girlfriend drift off to sleep before trying to leave. It took only a few minutes for Ashley to slip in and out of the Carlin's house. There was a tall and sturdy tree outside of the bathroom window which Ashley managed to climb up silently, and each night Spencer made sure that the bathroom window was open. It was easy enough. She'd climb up the tree, glance in the window and then slip inside…She'd do the opposite climbing out. They both dreaded the day if the Carlin's ever got a household alarm system installed.
"Ashley, what in earth are you doing here?" The brunette had just been walking into the bathroom when Paula, herself, caught her in the hallway.
"Hi Mrs. Carlin!" Immediately the girl's hands flew up to her hair; it wasn't too messy. "I, um," she fumbled a bit for words until a lie came to her. "I came to visit Glen this morning. He promised me breakfast." It was almost 5 a.m. It was a good time for an early morning basketball practice.
"Breakfast?" Glen wandered out in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt; he still looked groggy.
"Glen…" Ashley's eyes were wide and frightened. Please let him take a hint.
His eyes widened momentarily, and he chuckled like he had simply forgotten. "Oh, right. I was going to make…cereal for us." It's not like he was a gourmet chef.
"So the date went well?" Surprisingly, Paula was smiling at them both. And to think that she was afraid that Ashley had been there with Spencer all night…
"Of course," Ashley smiled in away that she hoped looked innocent.
"Obviously," Glen forced a smile. He just wanted to go back to bed. Early morning practices were not his thing. Mrs. Carlin looked slightly suspicious, so Ashley wandered over to Glen and stood closer to him. He smiled down at her, wrapping his arm around the brunette. It was…weird.
"Morning breath, Cowboy," she whispered sharply as he pretended to have her as a potential girlfriend for his mother's sake.
"Spencer's watching," he whispered back, and Ashley glanced up catching the looks on each Carlin woman's face. Paula was smiling, starting to believe the new young couple; Spencer looked confused and hurt, yet slightly amused, because she hadn't caught the whole conversation…She was better off asleep.