Sorry I haven't updated in like a week, I've been preoccupied with other things and I've been sick so it took me a bit longer to get the chapter out.
Here's chapter 6 for you guys. Enjoy.
R & R.
Chapter 6 – The Girl
Ashley's POV
It had been nearly a month and a half that Aiden and I had been together. I still couldn't believe that I was dating Aiden Dennison, it was all kind of surreal. He had been asking me out since freshman year, each time I turned him down as he always came off as this cocky guy who thought he owned the world. It wasn't until Spencer started to convince me that the guy was actually decent, that I gave him a chance, and I'm glad I did.
As for Kyla and Spencer, word spread about a week ago that they broke up. With two weeks to prom, it kind of came to a shock to everyone that the two split, but to me... the whole thing with Spencer being madly in love with Kyla for four years to just break up with her suddenly was a shock.
I hadn't really gotten around talking to Spencer about the breakup, I had been spending a lot of time with Aiden lately, and although I wasn't trying to avoid Spencer, it seemed that she'd never be around. Our daily diner dates after school were no more, and I barely went over to her house or her to mine. It seemed that through her conquest to get Kyla and Aiden's conquest to get me that we had drifted apart more than we had hoped...
"Morning babe." Aiden yelled as he ran over and greeted me as I got out of my car. He kissed my forehead before throwing his arm around my shoulder and taking my bag. "You coming to my house afterschool today? A bunch of us are meeting up there before going over to Kyla's for the party tonight."
"I don't know Aid... you know that's not really my scene." I replied, giving him a tiny pout so he knew that I didn't particularly want to go.
"Not your scene? You've been my girlfriend for over a month now and you haven't been complaining about this before. I thought you liked my friends." He asked grabbing my hand with his hand that was over my shoulder.
"I just miss mine, I feel you're making me choose between you and your friends and mine. And I've been choosing you, and it's taking a toll on my friendships, mainly with Spencer."
"Spencer is fine, she's been busy with Kyla, and it's not like she hasn't been trying to hang out with you either."
"You don't think it's strange that my best friend broke up with her girlfriend a week ago and I have yet to talk to her about it..."
"I guess so, but I mean do you have to talk to you today... it can't wait?" He pleaded as the two minute bell rang and we stopped in front of my classroom. "Please come after school."
"Alright..." I quickly replied, giving him a kiss and dipping into my first class before the second bell.
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Aiden's POV
"So where's the old ball and chain, Aid? You've been carrying around that thing for a month now, have you tapped it at least yet?" Jake asked, looking around the quad aimlessly for Ashley.
"Shut up guys, you know it's all part of my plan." I yelled, shoving Jake in the arm and shaking my head.
"What to get married before you graduate high school?"
"Hey, just wait. Come prom night, get ready for the Aiden Dennison 'nail and bail'." I joked to my friends as Spencer approached the table and lightly coughed to get our attention.
"Nice rhyme, how long did it take for you to come up with that one?"
"About as long as it took for you to dump Kyla Woods... The sad thing is that she's actually been crying over your pathetic ass. I mean the smart thing to do would've been to hold out until prom night so you can at least get some definite action, but I guess you aren't as smart as me. It's okay the 'nail and bail' is only designed for specific people, so don't take it too hard."
"Ashley's not going to sleep with you, she's too good for that."
"Maybe she was, but that was before you came along and pushed her in my direction, which by the way, thank you. I've been trying to bag Ashley Davies since ninth grade, and all I had to do was get her best friend to help me."
"You never cared about her did you?" Spencer asked me rhetorically as a chuckled and gave her a devilish smirk.
"Doesn't really matter now does it? Either way, I'm still going to be with Ashley prom night, and you're going to be all alone. Funny how my plan worked out so well."
"You're not going to get away with this, Ashley's going to see through this whole act you're doing." Spencer hissed at me, slamming her finger down on the table aggressively and leaning towards me.
"I already have... and stop with this whole 'caring for Ashley routine', if you really cared about her feelings and getting played by the biggest player in school, you wouldn't have agreed to my deal in the first place." I said, getting up after seeing Ashley walking out into the quad. "Don't act all innocent here Spencer, you're just as bad as me, except you didn't wait around long enough to get the goodies."
I walked away from the fuming blonde and over to Ashley who greeted me with a tight embrace.
"Hey baby, you going to come and eat lunch with me and the guys?" I asked, giving her a kiss on the forehead and wrapping my arm around her shoulder.
"I don't know Aid, I was thinking about going and eating with Spence and Chris. I haven't hung with them in a while because we're always together. As much as I like hanging with my boyfriend, I need some time with my best friend."
"Oh come on, it's only lunch, baby. You can hang with them later. We still have to discuss prom..."
"Fine, but give me like five minutes to go talk to Spence to see if we can hang after school. Lunch with you means you give up our time after school." She replied, sticking out her tongue and giving me a kiss on the cheek before running over to the lunch table Spencer and Chris were sitting at.
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Spencer's POV
Soon after Aiden walked away from me to go see Ashley, Kyla saw me and ran over to the table I was sitting at with Chris. I saw Ashley coming this way too so I motioned Chris over to take care of her while Kyla came over. The last thing I needed was both of them being here at the same time.
"Spencer..." Kyla sighed out as she finally reached my table, a bit out of breath from running over. "Can we please talk?"
"What would be possibly need to talk about, Kyla?" I asked as she took a seat beside me at the table, considerably closer than I would have preferred.
"I'm sorry about calling Chris a loser... he's not, well he is, but he's your friend and if being with you means I have to accept that then I will. Just please don't break up with me." Kyla whined and gave me this huge pout as she stared into my eyes.
"I already did break up with you Kyla... a week ago."
"I know, I mean please take me back. Prom's is less than two weeks away, and I know I'll be able to find someone to go with, I just want to go with you. Please... I'll be different, I promise" She continued to beg as she made her way even closer to me so that if she was any closer she'd be in my lap.
"Ky--"
"Just think about it... Spencer." She whispered, cutting me off with her hand over my mouth. "Come to my house tonight, please." She darted her head to the left, gave me a quick kiss on the cheek and darted off in the opposite direction.
I glanced to the left and saw Ashley coming this way with a confused look on her face, obviously witnessing the end of Kyla and my conversation.
"Did I just witness you and Kyla getting back together?" Ashley asked approaching the table and sitting down next to me.
"No, you just witnessed Kyla begging me to get back together. I'm actually surprised she hasn't made an earlier attempt."
"You don't want to get back together with her?"
"No... I broke up with her for a reason. I'm not going to just get back together with her because she's Kyla Woods and she came crawling back to me."
"And that reason would be..."
I realized I wanted to be with you....
"I... uh... I just realized she wasn't who I wanted." I stuttered and avoided making eye contact with the brunette. "I mean... err, she wasn't who I thought she was, that's all."
"Oh... that kind of sucks." She said slowly, with a slightly confused look on her face. "Speaking of sucking, I've kind of been a shitty friend lately. I'm really sorry Spence, I know I really haven't been here for you, I've kind of been caught up with Aiden."
"I know, don't worry about it. I understand... Aiden's important to you, and you're going to want to spend time with him. I get it."
"You shouldn't have to get it though Spence. I shouldn't have to choose between the two of you, and I'm sorry that I have been. I was thinking diner date after school, what do you think best friend?"
"Sounds great Ash..."
"Good, I'll meet you at my car after school then. I have to get back, I told Aiden I'd eat with him and discuss prom. Are you going to be okay alone here?"
"Of course." I replied as she got up and smiled before walking back to Aiden and leaving me alone to eat my lunch.
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I was waiting about twenty minutes before Ashley showed up at her car at the end of the day. She walked out with Aiden before giving him a kiss goodbye fifty feet away from the car, trying not to make it too awkward for me.
"Hey, sorry for taking so long. Aiden was held up by his coach. You ready to go?" Ashley asked, unlocking the car and throwing her bag in the backseat as both of us got in the car.
"Yeah, but I can't stay too long cause I'm supposed to meet up with a friend." I replied, throwing my bag in the backseat as well as Ashley put the car into gear and sped towards the diner.
The drive over to the diner was short, but felt longer than usual since conversation was held to a minimum. I guess it was rather awkward since we hadn't really talked in a week or so and it was very uncommon for us. Either way we eventually made our way to the diner and got our regular table.
"So are you going to tell me the real reason you broke up with Kyla, and not some vague explanation that acts as blow off?"Ashley asked as the waitress dropped off our chocolate milkshakes.
"Ashley..."
"Come on Spence, if you can't tell your best friend then who can you tell. And I know it's more than just 'you thought she was someone different'... so don't pull that excuse on me again."
"Can we not talk about this...?"
"Spence..." She stared at me as I let out a deep sigh and shook my head.
"Ugh, fine. It's just... I-I like someone else, alright."
"Someone else?" Ashley popped up in her seat. "Wait, who?"
"Ash..." I scowled at her, hoping she would back off the subject.
"Spencer." She replied back firmly, returning the glare that I was sending her.
"Why does it matter?"
"Because you're never this difficult getting information out of you which means you must really like this girl." Ashley glare turned into a friendly smile that almost looked like she was giggling on the inside. "And I've been your first since we were three and you've never not told me anything."
"Yeah, you're right, I do like this girl... a lot. It's jus--"
"Then tell me."
"Ashley..." I breathe out, my eyes no longer on hers and now facing the table. "Just let it go. Please..."
"Fine, and just because I know you'll eventually give in and tell me."
"Listen, I kind of have to go... do you mind driving me back to my place?"
"Sure, no problem. Let's go." Ashley replied, throwing some money on the table for the shakes. "But we are so not done with this conversation, I want to know the girl's name."
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Ashley's POV
I rushed over to Aiden's quickly after dropping Spencer back off at her house. The majority of his friends were there already and had begun pre-drinking. I wasn't positive I was going to go tonight, but Spencer ended up having to go home earlier than I expected so I thought it couldn't hurt to put in some time with the boyfriend.
"Ashley, you came!" Aiden yelled as he saw me come through the doors and greeted me with a really tight hug. Clearly he had already started to drink.
"Yeah, I thought I'd... make an appearance." I replied, throwing him off of me. "You reek, Aid, how much have you drank?"
"Just a few." He smiled and pulled me into a kiss.
"Jeez Aiden... I'm getting drunk just off the fumes." I yelled, pulling away from him slightly and patting him on the collarbone. "When are we heading over to Kyla's?"
"Anytime you want, baby. This party..." He pointed down to himself trying to be smooth. "... is ready to move whenever you are."
"Yeah, uh... okay. Can you haul your ass to your car by yourself or do you need my help?"
"Uh..." Aiden mumbled before tripping over his own feet and falling to the ground.
"Yeah, I'm going to take that as a 'no', let's go big guy..."
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Spencer's POV
"Spencey, you're here!"
"You did tell me to come to your house tonight Kyla." I replied as she opened the door further and let me in, showing that her house was full of my drunken classmates.
"You came!" She yelled, bringing me into a tight hug and spilling some of her drink on me.
"I thought you wanted to talk... in private." I said, pulling her away from me and looking around the room and feeling very crowded.
"I'm sorry, I didn't think you'd actually come so I invited some people over."
"Okay... well I'm going to go then." I replied, turning towards the door and suddenly feeling her hand on my shoulder.
"No, wait!" She yelled, turning me around aggressively and pulling me into a hug. "Please don't go! Stay please, Spencey, please." She pleaded tightening her grip around me so I couldn't pull out of it. She moved her hands up to my neck and gave me a pout, "Please?"
I was just about to pull her off of me and head back towards the door and I saw Ashley and Aiden walk in and changed my mind. I smiled at the girl whose arms were still around my neck who jumped up in excitement and grabbed my hand tightly and ran me into the kitchen to get me a drink.
"I'm so happy you came, Spencer." Kyla mumbled, looping her arm around mine and leaning her head on my shoulder.
I tried to shrug her off of me as I saw Aiden making his way away from Ashley and leaving her alone in the next room over.
"Kyla, listen, I'll be right back okay. Go grab me a drink or something."
I finally freed myself from her grip and made my way into the next room, closing the distance between Ashley and I.
"Ashley, can we talk?" I tried to yell over the music, and grabbing her shoulder to get her attention.
"You know we can, what's up?"
"It's about the girl... I-I... uh--"
"Ashley!"Aiden yelled, walking up from behind Ashley and flinging one arm over Ashley protectively and giving me a rude stare before falling over her and onto the ground. "This wasn't part of the deal! You get Kyla, and I get Ashley... that's the de--" He shouted before passing out.
"Deal? Spencer, what is he talking about?" Ashley turned to me with confused eyes. I could see the pain in her eyes already starting to form and by the time she would figure it out, I knew that the pain would be overbearing.
"Maybe we should go somewhere more private and talk..."
"No, tell me now. What did he mean? You get Kyla and he gets me?"
"Ash..."
"Spencer... tell me, right now."
"I wanted Kyla..." I sighed out slowly, lowering my head so I couldn't see her face. "...and Aiden said he could help me if I helped him."
"Help him with what?"
"Ashley..." I whispered, bringing my face up and looking into her eyes. "I'm sorry... I wanted Kyla."
"Please tell me you're joking." Ashley stared straight at me with disgust and shook her head lightly. "You cannot be serious right now. Tell me that you're joking because I can't believe that my best friend would even consider doing something like that. Tell me that this is just some big joke, Spencer. Tell me!"
"Ashley... I'm sorry."
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A/N: The next chapter is going to be prom, which will be interesting after Ashley finding out about the deal. Kyla is still in the dark about it, but she obviously wouldn't have the same reaction as Ashley did.
Anyways, I'll try to get the chapter out as quickly as possible for you guys. Hopefully it won't take me a week like this one did.
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