Chapter 7
Ashley's POV
We finish up with the pony rides and Josh wants ice cream so I grab his hand and with out even asking Spencer grabs Josh's other hand. I glance over at her and I guess she must have been starring at me because she blushes and then looks down sheepishly at the ground.
I walk up to the stand and order 2 cones and hand one over to Spence. She tries to pay but I don't let her. I have tons of money still left from my time as a famous musician even after setting up a trust fund for Josh. If we are together Spence will never have to worry about money again. She would never let that happen though. Even when we were in high school she would didn't like me paying all the time and would insist on paying for some of our dates. I wish times were was easy as they were then.
As we turn around I notice a familiar face in the crowd, it's Glen and I suddenly get this weird feeling in my gut. Hmm.. maybe I should cut out some of this junk food. Spence runs up to Glen and gives him a hug and I notice her hug the girl next to Glen, it must be his girl of the week or something.
"Ash, come here!" I walk over to them.
"Hey Glen, what's up? It's good to see you."
"Hey Ash, you too. When did you get back to LaLa Land?" I hear the girl next to him clear her throat and nudge him a little. I giggle a little it looks like Glen has his hands full with this one. "Ash, this is my fiance, Heather. Heather this is an old friend of Spencer's, Ashley Davies."
"The, Ashley Davies, that is so awesome to finally meet you. Spencer told me a lot about you," oh really? Maybe it might be easier than I thought to win Spencer back. And I feel my shirt being pulled. It's Josh and he wants me to lift him up. I pick him up and the look on Glen's face is pure shock. Haha he looks like a ghost because all of the color has run out of his cheeks. Wow, didn't think me giving birth would be that outrageous.
"Glen, this is my son Joshua. Joshua, this is Spencer's big brother, Glen," Josh sticks out his hand for a high five. Damn, my son can be so adorable some times.
"Hi, h-h-how old is he Ash?" Stutter much.
"He just turned three a couple of weeks ago but sometimes he acts much older." Glen gives an uncomfortable giggle.
"So yeah, we gotta get going we have a.. yeah we got stuff to do. So, I'll see you guys around or something."
"Well, we will see you next weekend at the barbecue. Okay?"
"Yeah, you guys are coming too? So okay, lets go baby. Bye!" and he grabs Heather's arm and rushes off. Thank god Spence is not like him at all.
"God, can he get any weirder?"
"Yeah! I know. He was always strange but lately he has gotten worse. Especially since he met Heather a while back. For the longest time he kept asking me if I heard from you. It felt sort of good because he seemed to be taking an interest in my life," she responded and seemed to be a little upset.
"He never took an interest before?"
"Yes and no, sometimes we would talk especially after Clay was killed but when it came to our relationship stuff," she makes a gesture pointing at me then back to here, "he seemed to not want to get involved, like he was embarrassed about who I am. All that changed though once he met Heather. He started to change and become a more caring person."
We spent the rest of the day laughing and having the best time. Every so often we would catch each other stealing glances at one another or we would have some sort of physical contact and my heart ached for more with her.
The day soon turned into night, I didn't want it end. I was contemplating the thought of inviting Spencer up back to my apartment. I didn't want to push things any faster. I know Spence and if she wanted more she would go for it.
We pulled up in front of her house neither of us knowing what to say or what our next move should be. "Mommy! I'm hungry," my attention was no focused on my son who in about 5 seconds is about to through the biggest temper tantrum Spencer has ever seen. 5, 4, 3, 2... "Mommy!!" he screams at the top of is lungs.
"Baby, we just have to drop off Spencer and then I will get you something to eat," I use a soothing voice hopefully it will calm him down.
"I want food now. I'm hungry," not such luck. He starts banging his legs against his seat. I mouth 'sorry' to Spence.
"Why don't you come in? I have some left overs from my dad. He insists on cooking a few meals for me every week. He says if he didn't all I would eat is junk, which is so not true but I let him cook for me because it makes him feel good.." she is sort of rambling now.
"Okay, I love your dad's cooking but next time don't give in to Josh so easily. He is going to think he can get away with anything if he just starts to scream and become difficult," I am a little embarrassed that Joshua is acting this way but I am kind of glad he did because I wasn't ready to say goodnight to her yet. I look at her why is she smiling at me like that.
"What?"
"Oh nothing, I just thinking like mother, like son," no she did not just imply that I'm difficult, "Come on, Ash" She hops out of my car and gets Josh from the back seat. She carries him inside while I grab my bag so I can change him into his pajamas. Its late enough but he had a long day and he really didn't have a good meal just snacks here and there. I walk into her house. It's nice, small but very comfortable. I turn to the left and see the fridge open and Josh sitting on the counter. "Mac and cheese?" that's Josh's favorite. He nods his head. She takes out a bowl and puts some of the food in it then placed it in the microwave.
She pulls out the food stirs it around and then blows on the fork. "Yummy!" Josh giggles. I walk over to them pick him up and put him in a chair at the kitchen table.
"You need to show Spencer that you can act like a big boy, especially after that little tantrum you had out in the car." I take the fork out of her hand and place the food in front of Josh. "Spence, sit down I'll put some in the microwave for the both of us and we can eat too."
We eat our meal making small talk. I glance over and I notice my baby falling asleep at the table. You know that sort of thing when you are between sleep and being awake. "I better get him home and in bed." She grips my forearm with her hand to stop me from getting up. I look into her eyes.
"Stay, you must be exhausted and I don't want you to go because then this day will have to end and I don't want it to. I keep the spare bedroom for Tasha when she comes over. Josh can sleep in there and then maybe we can watch a movie," she tells me in a begging way.
I really don't know about this. Is it too much too soon? I can't resist her. I have been away for so long and I want to make up for lost time and for the mistakes that I have made. "Okay, I guess there is no harm in us staying. Can you help me get him ready for bed?"
"Sure," Spencer picks up Josh and walks through the hall. I follow her and along the way I sort of snooped around looking at her knick-knacks and pictures and stuff. There is a collage of pictures of the two of us that I made for her on I believe our 10th month anniversary. Then there was a few pictures of her family and her and a lot of pictures of Tasha but the one thing that caught my eye was a picture of Spencer and another woman. I person I have never met before and it brings me to the realization that Spencer wasn't waiting for me to come back she had moved on. It felt like a stabbing pain in my chest because the two of them in the picture looked so happy and in love.
"Ash?! Are you coming?" I jumped a little startled by her call. I walk into the spare room with Josh's bag and Spencer has him pretty much undressed. I take out his clothes and begin to change him. Spencer walks into the small bathroom connected to the room and comes back in with a washcloth she begins to wash his face then arms and hands. Then places a small kiss on his forehead. "Goodnight my little man."
"Goodnigh, Spencew. I wuv you," boy is my son going to be a lady's man.
"I love you, too Joshua," she tells him brushing a small strand of hair away from his face. He kind of needs a hair cut.
"Goodnigh, Mommy. I had so mush fun today." I kiss him on his nose.
"Me too baby, me too. I love you, sweet dreams." I walk towards the door and see Spencer's smiling face and she gives me a small wink. I hit the lights grab Spencer's hand and lead her back into her living room. She puts a DVD into the player and sits down on the couch facing me. I have no idea what she put in because all I can think about is how beautiful and amazing she is.
"Ash, I am so glad you are back. It's good to have my best friend around again," she leans in and engulfs me into a giant hug, "I can't remember a day where I had that much fun."
I pull away slightly to look into her eyes, "me too," I lean in and give her a kiss on the cheek but I accidentally caught the side of her mouth. Oh my god, that felt so good even the briefest of contacts with her drives me wide. This time she pulls away, looking into my eyes like she is searching for something.
"Let's do it again sometime," she leans in a places a light kiss on my lips. GOD!! Does she know what she does to me.
I look back up into her eyes and I see right into her soul and I can tell she is just as terrified as I am but I can't help it. I go to open my mouth and tell her, 'anytime' when her lips come crashing down on me. It's like we never were apart. I capture her bottom lip in mine and I feel her moan vibrate on my skin. Our tongues fight each other for dominance over the other. My hands tangle in her golden locks and I can't stop myself from pushing her down onto her back on the couch. I am on top of her now my hands roaming all over her body and in the back of my head I hear screaming from my conscience telling me 'not yet, slow the fuck down' and as if on cue I feel a strong vibration. Mmmm that feels good. It takes me another second to realize that it is Spencer's phone. "Ash, baby, stop I have to get this." I sit up and she flips open her phone. It must have been a text message but she doesn't look to pleased. I look at her questioningly and then I see what it says "Spence, we have to talk ASAP! It's about Ashley and her son. Glen"