"It could be a while. Alex is always late to social stuff," Paige told Ashley.
"Whats wrong with being late?"
"Says the chick who's always late."
"Not today! Besides, its not like we have anywhere to go."
"Today doesn't count. We came together."
"So I don't get credit for even part of it?"
"Um, no hun. I had to wake you up and practically throw you into the shower."
Ashley laughed, because Paige was right.
Just then, Alex came walking in, hand in hand with her girlfriend. Ashley and Paige stood up quickly and nervously for two different reasons.
"Hey Alex," Paige smiled.
Alex came closer, "Paige, this is Spencer. Spence, this is Paige," she motioned, "And her girlfriend... I'm sorry, I don't know your name yet."
Spencer and Ashley shifted quietly for a moment. Paige was too nervous to speak.
"Hello?" Alex called, "I know two of you know her name."
"Her name is Ashley," Spencer told Alex. She paused, "Hey Ash."
"Hi Spence," Ashley quickly.
Spontaneously, both of them went to hug the other, while saying in unison, "Oh my god."
Paige and Alex looked on in disbelief.
"They know each other?" Paige asked.
"I guess..." Alex replied.
The hug went on longer than was just friendly.
"Its good to see you," Ashley smiled at Spencer.
They sat down.
"Yeah. You too," Spencer replied quietly, blushing.
"Can someone tell me whats going on?" Paige piped in.
"We knew each other in high school," Ashley replied quietly.
"Okay, how well did you know each other?" Alex asked, looking directly at Spencer.
"She was my girlfriend okay?" Spencer replied slightly combatitively.
"Okay!" Paige and Alex both said, backing off.
"I'm gonna go to the bathroom," Ashley announced, getting up from the table.
"Okay," Paige replied.
"I'm gonna go too," Spencer added, "Not to talk to Ashley, but because I have to pee.
Ashley began to walk, Spencer followed her.
"Crazy huh?" Ashley commented as soon as she knew they were out of ear shot.
"Yeah, I didn't think I'd ever seen you again," Spencer didn't reveal if she was happy or not.
"Me either," Ashley replied, not able to hide that she was happy to see Spencer, "So what have you been up to?" she said as they walked into the bathroom.
"Not too much. I'm a nurse at a pediatrician's office."
"You know how many peoples' sexual fantasies involve hot nurses?"
"Yours?"
"It wouldn't be interesting if I revealed all my secrets."
"So there is one huh?"
Ashley blushed, "I didn't say that either."
"What about you? You don't think I've seen you on VH1 following in your daddy's footsteps?"
"You've seen me on TV? Awesome!" she said as she flushed the toilet.
"Awesome is exactly," flush, "What I thought," Spencer smiled.
Ashley smiled back, "Hey Spence, you've got something on your chin," she motioned.
Spencer tried to get it off, "Did I get it?"
"No," she wetted a paper towel, "Here, let me get it."
Ashley was dangerously close to Spencer. A little closer than she really needed to be. Ashley heard Spencer take in a short gasp. The gasp reminded her of the past and turned her on in a strange way. Ashley tossed the paper towel aside.
"Thanks," Spencer said softly.
Ashley couldn't help it any longer. She leaned in the rest of the way and kissed Spencer.
It took Spencer longer than it should have been necessary to rebel, "We shouldn't be doing this," she muttered, "We're here, in a restaurant, with our girlfriends!" There was a pause, then Spencer went for it. They kissed again. It was intense and sensual.
"Oh my god," Ashley muttered. She hadn't meant to say it outloud.
Spencer looked up, "Hmm?"
"Nothing,"Ashley replied. She squeezed Spencer's hand quickly, and released, "We should get back."
"Hey. You guys were in there a while," Paige said,concerned, "Are you okay?"
They scrambled for a lie. Spencer thought of one first, "Ash wasn't feeling too well. So we went out to the car to get pepto bismol from the glove box."
"Since when was there pepto bismol in my glove box?"
"It was in my glove box," Ashley corrected
"Oh," Alex replied
They sat back down. Ashley made a mental note to put pepto bismol in her glove box.
"Do you need to go home and lie down?" Paige asked Ashley.
Ashley grimaced, "No, I'll be fine just as soon as the pepto kicks in."