Howdy! Here's the new chap in this fic! Hope you enjoy!

Author: Mel (aka latinlvr84)
Copyright: 2007
Chapter Title: Chapter Four
Rating: PG-13
Featured Pairing: Spashley (Spencer and Ashley)

Disclaimer: I do not own anything that is taken directly from SON; This story is about a relationship between two girls if you don't like that then don't read it.

This chapter contains some language and sexual references.

Now Playing on Mel's IPod: Save Ferris "Little Differences"

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Chapter Four

"Ok so what's the plan?" I asked as I lounged on my back on Spencer's bed.

"Well…I was thinking we could just be honest with them and maybe that would work." Spencer said as she lay beside me. "I think the only one who will give us any problems is my mom."

"Yeah…she is evil that way." I said groaning.

"Hey!" Spencer nudged me in my side causing me to giggle. "As much as I disagree with how my mother treats our relationship she's not the devil and I would appreciate it if you would stop calling her that."

I rolled over onto my side and cupped Spencer's face with my hands. I leaned over and kissed her lips softly causing her to smile. I pulled back and looked deep into her eyes where I could see a sparkle that made my heart skip. "Spence…"

"Yeah Ash?" She said, never breaking eye contact.

"She IS the devil!" I said laughing and ducking as Spencer's pillow came towards my head. She reached for me and pinned me to the bed straddling my waist. I couldn't help but laugh over and over as she looked at me with frustration.

"You aren't going to win any brownie points if you don't try to be nice." She said crossing her arms pouting.

"Why would I need to win brownie points with your mom? She hates me anyways….so there's no point." I said with a knowing smile.

"I wasn't referring to brownie points with my mom…" She looked down at me and I looked up at her with a confused face. I wasn't sure what she was talking about because I knew I had Mr. C. in the palm of my hands and her brothers, well their opinions really didn't matter to me. She let out a cough and raised an eyebrow.

"Who were you referring to?"

"Me!" She said throwing her hands up in the air.

"But you already love me…why should I work on more brownie points?" I said smiling.

"Oh so since you already have me there's no point in trying?" She said pouting. "Who says I will stick around?"

"Hey! That's not nice Spence…that really hurts my feelings you would even say that." I said pouting in response.

"You're the one that refuses to earn brownie points!" She said sticking her tongue out at me.

"You know all this talk about brownies is making me hungry!" I said looking down at Spencer's waist. I was trying to figure a way to flip her off me without sending her flying off the end of the bed.

"All you think about is food or sex…really Ashley!" She said smiling.

I slid my hands along her waist and down her thighs finding the back of her knees. I leaned upwards and scooped my arms underneath her legs flipping her on her back.

She landed on her back with a loud "Ummph" and a big grin crossed my face. I lowered my lips down to hers and kissed her softly. She smiled up at me and I felt like I would be a fool to end the moment but we had to talk to her parents soon. I kissed her again and slid off the bed standing up.

She let out a heavy sigh and stood up as well stretching her arms which made her shirt rise showing her tight stomach. I couldn't help but stare at the newly exposed skin and I licked my lips subconsciously which earned me a smirk on her face.

She walked up to me and leaned close to my ear. "No brownie points…" She said quickly making her way out of the room.

I groaned in frustration as I was left alone with my own dirty thoughts about my hot girlfriend. I cursed myself for being so dumb sometimes and slowly made my way down the stairs to the one who we would like to say is evil incarnate.

I walked into the living room and found Glen playing yet another video game where he basically just shoots everyone. Clay was sitting in a chair reading a book that looked like it would give me a headache just reading the back cover. I looked around for Spencer and spotted her in the kitchen helping her dad with something.

I sat down next to Glen and listened to him curse and congratulate himself every time he shot something in the head. I looked at the screen and watched as he aimed at one of the bad guys and shot him in the groin.

"Take that! Someone's not having children anymore!" He said laughing as he continued to shoot the character.

"Wow Glen…you really showed that guy!" I said rolling my eyes.

"So I heard about your lame ass scam to get your money faster." Glen said never taking his eyes off of the screen.

"Actually the school board really liked my idea…well Spencer's idea." I said looking towards the kitchen hoping my bonding time with Glen would soon end.

"I can't believe they are going to let you just drive around on a three month vacation and write a couple of measly reports to get your diploma. That is so unfair to everyone else that had to go to school and earn their grades."

"Oh like you?" I said raising an eyebrow.

"Well I just had to do enough to stay on the team and the rest was golden baby!" He said smiling smugly.

"That's right! Basketball players don't have to actually think for a living they just grunt and slap each other's asses while putting a ball through a small hoop…my Glen, I wish I had your life." I said clutching my hands together.

"Of course you do!" He said, returning his full focus back towards the game. "Ha! Got you fuckers!"

"Glen!" Clay said looking up from his book. "Please don't curse in the house."

I couldn't help but laugh at how innocent Clay was. He seriously wanted to keep the house as Disney as ever and I really admired him for trying although he always failed.

I felt Spencer sliding onto my lap as I was looking over at Clay and she kissed my neck softly. I smiled and pulled her into my body tighter tickling her side causing her to giggle.

"Eww…dude…please not in front of me." Glen said pausing his game and giving us a disgusted look.

"Shut up Glen." Spencer said fitting herself to the side of the couch next to me. I scooted over a tad so that she was comfortable and I laced our fingers together.

Mr. C. came into the kitchen and took a seat on the other couch. He looked a little tired but he flashed us a winning smile as we watched Glen play his game.

After Glen had blown up a small village, we heard the sound of a car door slam outside. Spencer tensed up a bit and I squeezed her hand to calm her nerves. The front door opened and the sounds of footsteps made their way down the hallway.

Mrs. C. came around the corner and spotted us all in the living room and raised an eyebrow. She spotted me in particular and frowned before placing her keys and purse on the counter.

Mr. C. stood up and walked over to place a kiss on Mrs. C.'s cheek. She smiled and kissed him softly on the lips. They whispered something to each other and disappeared into the kitchen.

After a few minutes, they came back out and had a seat on the couch. Spencer took a deep breath and I knew she was ready to bring up the topic of our planned educational road trip.

She cleared her throat and her parents turned to look at her. "Mom…Dad…I wanted to talk to you about something."

"Oh no not the small children!" Glen said in a whiney voice as he continued to shoot random people on the screen.

"GLEN!" Mr. C. said giving Glen a stern look. Glen groaned and paused the game and slouched into the cushion behind him.

"What did you want to talk about sweetie?" Mrs. C. asked Spencer calmly.

"Well…Ashley found out that she won't be able to get her trust fund money like she thought when she turns eighteen. Her father put a condition on the trust that she had to get her high school diploma or wait until she turned twenty-one." Spencer started to explain.

"That was a very smart move by your father I must say." Mrs. C. said smugly. I rolled my eyes and clenched my fist keeping my mouth shut.

"Anyways…Ashley talked to the school and they are allowing her to do a project this summer to earn her diploma." Spencer looked at me and I smiled willing her to go on. "Well she came up with a brilliant idea…" I stifled my laugh and Spencer kicked my foot to shut me up as she continued. "They are going to allow her to travel across the country and write reports on every place she visits to talk about the history, people, government, etc. and then she gets to turn those in and they will let her graduate."

"Are you kidding me? That has to be a horrible decision for the school to make." Mrs. C. started.

"Paula…please." Mr. C. interjected making Mrs. C. shut her mouth. I smiled at how much fun it was seeing Mr. C. put his foot down when it came to his wife.

"We wanted to ask…well I wanted to ask if it would be alright for me to go with her on her trip?" Spencer said holding her breath waiting for her parents' response.

Mrs. C.'s eyes widened and Mr. C. looked at us with a similar expression. I could feel my heart pounding as I looked from Mrs. C. to Mr. C. not knowing what was going on inside their heads.

"No!" Mrs. C. said shaking her head and crossing her arms. "There is no way I am letting you go on this ridiculous trip. Ashley will just have to find someone else to go with her."

I looked at Mr. C. and pleaded with my eyes. "Please…I swear nothing will happen. I am paying for everything and we will be staying in hotels every city we stop in. Nothing is going to happen…"

He shook his head and took a deep breath. "I'm not sure about this. I trust you two but this is a big deal. I don't know how comfortable I will be without being there."

Glen suddenly sprung forward and scared me slightly when he spoke up. "I GOT IT!"

"What do you have son?" Mr. C. said with a raised eyebrow.

"The solution…you are scared to let Spence go alone with Ashley on this trip. What if I went along with them? I could keep an eye out on things and I…"

"Whoa…whoa…what?" I said looking at Glen with disbelief.

"Umm…yeah Glen…what are you talking about?" Spencer said looking at her brother with a sideways glance.

"Come on…" Glen said pleading with his parents.

"I'm still not sure…" Mr. C. said sitting back as he thought.

"Oh and Clay will be there too…you know Mr. Dependable…there's no way anything will go wrong with him there." Glen said trying to sweeten up the idea.

"Clay will be where?" Clay said now completely focused on the conversation going on around him. "Do I have a say in this?"

"NO!" Spencer, Glen, and I said in unison as we saw that we were starting to make a breakthrough with Mr. and Mrs. C.

"Ok…" He said returning his attention back to his book.

As much as I hated having Spencer's brothers tag along, if this was the only way I could have Spencer with me during the trip then so be it. I looked at Mrs. C. and saw her look at her two sons in disbelief.

"So you two will be there the whole time?" Mr. C. said breaking the silence that had taken over the room.

"Yes sir." Glen said. Mr. C. turned his attention to Clay and Glen hit Clay's knee and Clay nodded quickly.

"What do you think Paula?" Mr. C. asked his wife.

"Well…I guess…I guess it will be ok…as long as grades are up and I have assurances that there will be no funny business."

Spencer seemed to be beaming at that moment and leapt from her seat to hug her mother. She then hugged her father tightly kissing him on the cheek.

"Hey don't get too excited. You still have to finish up your year understand?" Mrs. C. said pointing at Spencer.

"I know…don't worry…" Spencer said smiling widely taking her seat next to me again. I could tell she wanted to kiss me but knew better since she didn't want to run the chance of her mother changing her mind.

"We are going to head upstairs…we still need to talk more about this trip and the details." Mr. C. said standing up. He offered his hand to his wife and pulled her to her feet.

"Gotcha Mr. C." I said not able to contain my excitement.

They disappeared up the stairs and Spencer pulled me in for a deep kiss. I almost would have enjoyed it had I not heard Glen make a gagging sound. We pulled apart and grinned widely at each other.

"Soooo….looks like we are going to have a WONDERFUL summer huh?" Glen said laughing.

"Don't think that you are going to be in control of what happens on this trip." I said glaring at him.

"Better watch it…remember…Clay and I have to go with you…if we don't go…Spencer doesn't go…" He said smugly.

I let out a growl as I realized what he was saying was true. "Fine…"

"Oh…and one more thing. Since Madison and I were planning to spend this summer together she has to come along as well." Glen said standing.

"Hell no! Madison is not coming on this trip." I said standing up as well getting in his face. "This trip is a skank free one and I plan to keep it that way."

"If Madison doesn't go…then I don't go…and if I don't go…" He started again.

I let out a frustrated yell and clenched my fists wanting to smack that smug grin off of his face. Spencer slid her arms around my waist and whispered in my ear for me to calm down.

"But Spence!" I whined. She continued to whisper into my ear and I let my fists unclench. "Fine…ok! Fine…"

"Sweet!" Glen said smiling. "I'm going to call Madison right now!" He disappeared out of the room and I flipped him off.

"Madison, Spence! Of all the people in the world…Madison!" I said throwing my hands up in the air.

"I know sweetie…but if this is the only way…" She said kissing me softly. "This is how it has to be."

Clay stood up and cleared his throat. "Sorry…but…if Madison is coming along do you think I could invite Chelsea too?"

I honestly wouldn't mind if Chelsea tagged along because one of the subjects that I had to complete was Art and she could be a big help. But at that moment my mind was still preoccupied with the realization that Madison would be going on this trip as well.

"Why not invite the whole Brady Bunch? Or the Munsters? Or the Waltons? Fuck why don't we just invite the whole Simpson's clan too….you know…Bart…Lisa…Maggie…Marge…Homer…the damn dog Santa's Little Helper!" I screamed out into the room.

"Ash…calm down…" Spencer said holding me tightly. She looked at Clay and he looked back at us apologetically.

I let out a deep breath and closed my eyes. "You can invite Chelsea…but NO ONE ELSE!"

Clay smiled widely and hugged both of us before disappearing himself. I fell back onto the couch and Spencer sat beside me holding my hand. She placed her fingers on my temples and began making circles helping me calm down.

"It will be fine Ash." She said quietly.

"Well by the end of this trip I will either be rich and a high school graduate or I will be in jail for killing Madison…not sure which though…" I said shaking my head.

Spencer laughed and pulled me closer to her. "Well either way I will be right there by your side."

"I love you Spencer Carlin."

"Oh Ash…just now…you totally earned some brownie points…" She said grinning widely at me.

"So does that mean you are going to stay with me?" I said pulling her in for a kiss.

Her lips grazed over mine and she pulled back slightly. "Maybe…" She said before running up the stairs to her room.

"You are so dead Carlin!" I cried as I followed her forgetting about the Madison fiasco at least for that moment.