Title: Truth Serum is Legal With a Prescription
Rating: This chapter is probably only PG, for slight language or sexual content, 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: Thank you to everyone who reviews, and who has reviewed! I really appreciate it, as always. Also, I'm sorry that this update took a little while to get out to you guys/girls, but I've been busy lately…I had some time today though, and I promise to update whenever I get a chance. I won't forget about my writings. And…Enjoy!
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"Hi Mrs. C!" Ashley was standing outside the house, waiting to be let in. It was after school, about half an hour after school, and Glen and Spencer were both ready for her. Spencer was upstairs in her room; Glen was hovering around the stairs.
Paula tried to hide her surprise of that girl stopping by. "Ashley, how nice of you to stop by…" She was such a good actress. She knew that girl must be there to see her daughter. Hmph.
"I'm here to see Glen," Ashley chirped, too happily. Paula didn't notice it.
Paula's glare stopped mid-thought. "Glen?" She wanted her son, not her daughter.
"She's here to see me." Glen chose that moment to interrupt, making his presence known as he walked over to the door, letting the brunette girl inside.
He smiled at both women. "Hi Mom. Hi Ashley."
"Hey Cowboy," Ashley forced a smile back. The quicker the salutations were over; the quicker she could go see her girlfriend. Spencer was staying upstairs until Glen and Ashley were safely up there as well. She didn't want to arouse any more suspicion within her paranoid mother.
Paula smiled at both of the. Such a cute couple. "Let me get you two some pie." Glen and Ashley exchanged a look; that wasn't what they had signed up for, but there was no way they could refuse.
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Spencer heard the door open and shut downstairs. She had wandered out of her room to see what was going on. Ashley should be upstairs soon. Then, she heard the thump from inside the bathroom. "What the heck?" She wandered in there to see a certain cheerleader sprawled upon the floor of the bathroom. "Madison?"
"Spencer," Madison adjusted herself to a sitting up position, before reaching out her arm to the blonde girl. "Don't just stand there. Help me up." Spencer was still gaping at the girl lying on her floor. Impatiently, the other girl began to wave her hand. "Come on, come on." Spencer regained her senses, and helped her brother's girlfriend to her feet. "God, how does your girlfriend do that all the time?" Madison gestured to the window, and Spencer smirked thinking of a couple of different answers. "Don't answer that." There was a pause, and Madison glanced around. "Where's Glen?"
Spencer shrugged helplessly. "Downstairs. He's with Ashley. She came over fifteen minutes ago, and they're still talking to my mom." She couldn't wander down there, because then her mom would wonder why Spencer was anxiously crowding around her.
Madison barely batted an eye at that response. She was used to Paula, kind of. "Where's your dad?"
"He's out with a few friends tonight."
A simple nod of acknowledgement as Madison looked around the bathroom. "So, what am I supposed to do?"
"I dunno. Go sit in Glen's room or something." Spencer shrugged. Madison wasn't her problem to deal with. She wasn't going to baby-sit her. That's for sure.
"He has nothing to do in there." Madison crinkled her nose, thinking of Glen's room. She liked the boy, and he was hot, but she had no interest in his horror movie collections, his rock CDs, nor his video games. "Nothing that I want to do in there anyway."
Spencer silently agreed with it, but was still helpless. She was still not baby-sitting her brother's girlfriend, especially not when it was Madison. "What am I supposed to do about it?"
"I don't know." Madison paused, biting her lip in thought, before shrugging. "Entertain me." Spencer had to have something that wasn't lame or lesbian-esque in her room. Hopefully.
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"So, Ashley, you're in chemistry this year?" Paula was drinking another cup of tea, as she allowed Glen and Ashley to partake in the eating of her new pie. It was apple, and freshly baked.
"Yup," the brunette girl nodded, and she ate another bite of pie. She might not want to talk to Paula, but the pie was delicious.
Paula nodded, not letting her off the hook. "What about your other classes? Any with Glen?"
"Well, one or so…I think." Ashley shrugged, looking helplessly at Glen. She had no idea what classes they had together, if any. They didn't pay that much attention to each other, plus the classes weren't that small.
Mrs. Carlin looked slightly alarmed, and she stirred her tea to try to hide her agitation. "You don't know how many classes he has with you? He is your boyfriend." Honestly, Glen needed to date girls who were more conscious of such things. At least this girlfriend didn't make out with him on the couch.
"Mom!" Glen finally felt the need to help Ashley. Plus, his piece of pie was gone. "Leave Ashley alone."
"But, we're just getting to know each other, Glen." Paula smiled sickly sweetly. "You don't mind, do you Ashley?"
Yes, I do mind, and you look like a barracuda when you smile like that. Please don't eat me. Ashley smiled back, forgetting her true thoughts for a moment. She lied, "Nope, of course not."
"So, Ashley. What kind of movies do you like?" More stirring of her tea.
Movies. Ashley could do movie talk. She smiled for real, the first time since she had walked into the Carlins' house. "Horror movies. Indy movies…"
"Indi movies? As in India or Native Americans?" Paula instantly misunderstood the teenaged girl. "You know, I just watched this thing on the History channel…"
Glen sighed in frustration. "That's not the kind of Indy movies that she means, Mom."
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"You like this band?" Madison was gazing through Spencer's CD collection. She held up a dark blue CD case. It was just released the week before.
Spencer looked up from her magazine towards the certain CD in the girl's hand. "Yeah, why?"
Madison studied the cover for a second, hesitating. "I like it." Neither girl was sure how to react to that.
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"Oh, I've never seen that movie either…" Paula was fumbling, not sure of any of the movies that Ashley was listing as her favorites.
"I told you that you wouldn't, Mom." Glen sighed in frustration before changing the subject. "Can we go now?" A quick lie, that's all. "We have to study."
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"Finally!" Glen let out a breath of relief as they reached the top of the stairs. Spencer's door was open. "Hey Baby," he smiled instantly at Madison, who hastily stuffed a few CDs back onto a shelf.
"Hi Glen," she finished stuffing things onto the shelf and turned to smile at her boyfriend.
"Spencer?" Ashley smiled at her girlfriend, who seemed to be off in her own little world, glancing towards her stereo. She shared her musical taste with Madison…
The blonde looked at her girlfriend, grinning. "Hi Ash!"
But Glen was impatient as teenaged boys are, "Let's go, Madison. We still have a little while before you have to go…" A quick grin, and the two were gone down the hallway. Madison complaining along the way.
"You just had to take so long with your mom talking…"
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"You survived another talk with my mom." Spencer smiled at her girlfriend, as Ashley shut the door, and flopped down on the bed next to the blonde.
"Amazingly, yes." Ashley sighed. "The things I do for you." She winked, and Spencer rolled her eyes playfully before kissing her girlfriend gently.
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"Ashley, Glen, Spencer, where are you guys? Dinner is ready. Do you want to stay for dinner, Ashley?" Paula was beginning her ascent up the stairs. Dinner was ready to be served, and none of the teenagers were down there yet. That was unusual because the guys were usually starving. Though, Clay was out with Chelsea again. She was a nice girl. She opened Glen's door, not thinking to knock. Glen's shirt was off, and Madison was straddling his waist. Half of her shirt was unbuttoned. "Madison!" Mrs. Carlin's eyes narrowed, wondering where Ashley was. She turned to open Spencer's door when Ashley walked out of the bathroom.
"Mrs. C! Hi!" Ashley looked as cheerful as ever, and she looked unruffled. She wasn't with Spencer in her room…
"Ashley?" Paula looked at the girl oddly.
"I was just," Ashley paused, realizing that she had to use words that Mrs. C might use, "using the ladies room." Good word choice. Paula was believing her. "Glen and I took a break from studying." Really, she and Spencer had simply grown accustomed to listening for people's footsteps. They were paranoid, and within the third step up the stairs, Ashley was in the bathroom and Spencer was fixing her room and herself up. Ashley gestured towards Glen's slightly ajar door, like she was missing from that particular room. "I'll just go back in there now."
"Ashley, wait…You were in the bathroom, and Glen was in his room?" Ashley paused, her hand on the door, ready to open it. Paula couldn't believe it. Glen was cheating on Ashley while Ashley was away for just a few moments, and Madison was taking advantage of her son!
"Yeah, we took a break…I went to get some water and to use the bathroom. I guess I was gone about fifteen minutes." Fifteen minutes in the bathroom, not too much, hopefully. Ashley hoped that Paula was too angry to consider the fact that Madison had to sneak inside sometime. She was definitely too angry to think about that.
"Oh gosh," Paula murmured as the door to her son's room swung open once more. This time both teenagers were dressed, although they looked very disheveled.
"What's wrong? Glen!" Ashley pretended to be shocked at the disheveled looks upon the two. "Madison! You two are…Oh my God. You're supposed to be my boyfriend." Pretend to be angry. Pretend to be angry. Ashley thought for a moment before flipping her hair angrily to the side and storming down the stairs and out the door of the house.
Paula glared at her son, willing him to move and to go after his real girlfriend. He caught the look. "Ashley, uh, wait!"
Paula turned her angry glare upon the only one left standing there. Madison. She shrugged, still angry that her boyfriend had to run after his fake gay girlfriend. "Whatever. I'm going now." She huffed off, down the stairs. No one was running after her.
Spencer chose then, as Madison tore down the stairs, to open her door. Her shirt was back on, and her hair was brushed. She looked innocent. Her mother glanced at her hesitantly. "What? I was just in my room." Paula peeked into the room. The bed was slightly rumpled. Spencer shrugged, "You know, sleeping. I was taking a nap, really long day at school." Paula nodded, trying to decipher her evening. Spencer looked genuinely interested. "What'd I miss?"
Mrs. Carlin wasn't sure how to tell her daughter about what had just happened with Madison and Ashley and Glen. Your best friend, who is dating your brother, was in the bathroom, while your brother made-out with his ex-girlfriend. It fit together because the evidence was all there, but something just didn't click within Paula's mind as she tried to piece it together. She wasn't sure what it was. But one thing was for sure…If truth serum was legal with a prescription, then she would understand teenagers, but because it wasn't, she settled for storming off down the stairs herself to call her husband on his cell phone.