"IIEEEEE!! What are you guys doing here??!!" she squeeked out. She jumped off the bar and hugged the three men in front of her. She stepped back to look at them while they did the same.
"Wow, Ashley. Wow." The blonde man said to her with a big grin. "You sure did a good job at growing up."
"Well, yeah. I guess you all know who I got my good looks from."
"Your dad. Yes. That's what we came here to talk about. Can we go somewhere private?"
Ashley looked over her shoulder to see if Aiden and Glen could manage to control the crowd. They seemed to be alright, so she took the 3 men to the back and shut the door.
"What do you mean you want to talk about my dad? He's not secretly came back to life has he? Because that would make my life take a total different path."
"Well you sure know how to joke it. Good to see you learned how to deal with your father's death. It's only two years ago, I know I still think about him often." All four people bowed their head and let the memories of Raiffe Davies flow back into their minds. Then David snapped out of it and looked back at Ashley. "No, we didn't come here to tell you your father is alive. Sadly, he isn't and won't be. We just wanted to come back and see how his daughter was doing all grown up in the city. We flew all the way back from London to L.A. because...well...we do kind of feel like he have some responsibility over you since your mother doesn't do her job that well...After all, you did grow up with us around the house since we were your father's managers since the day he started touring."
"Yeah...but what's your point? I mean. I'm doing fine. I have a great girlfriend, Spencer, the one you met two years ago at the funeral. Life is good..."
"Ah, still the pretty blonde girl eh? Nice job keeping her. But no...we just came here to check up on you but then we heard you sing. And Ashley Davies, I have to say, you are one damned good singer."
"Why thank you!" Ashley said with a stage smile. She took a bow and when she came back up she met the three men, David, Calvin, and Bob, smiling with sparkles in their eyes.
"Just like her father..." Bob said.
Calvin looked at Bob, then at David, and back to Bob, who was now nodding. "Ashley Davies. We have an offer for you. We know you have the blood, and now we know you have the voice AND the stage skills. How about we sign a record deal. We will help you cover some songs first, and then we could find someone to help you write your own songs. It would make some big money, since you're Raiffe Davies daughter."
Ashley's jaw dropped. "I...I...what? I mean...are you kidding me? For real? You want to be my managers and help me make my own record?! I would love to!!"
They all looked at each other with exciting faces. "Is everyone in then?" When four "I'm In!"'s sounded, they all laughed and Ashley shook the hands of the three men. "We'll have to meet with you tomorrow to talk a lot of things through. How does 2 pm sound? I know that our little Ashley Davies doesn't like getting up early in the morning."
"Sounds good Calvin. Now I have to go back to my job though. I can't let Aiden and Glen do all the work for me, even though that would be a lot of fun." Ashley walked out the backroom to get back to work. Aiden and Glen kept asking her what the deal with those three men was about and why she wasn't able to get rid of that big smile. But Ashley just kept waving them off, telling them she'll tell them later since she knew it was going to be distracting to their work.
When Ashley got home she turned on her stereo and started dancing around her apartment. It was early in the morning, and she should go to sleep, but she was too excited about the meeting she had the next afternoon. So she decided to just dance through the rest of the night and then go to Spencers place at around 8, Spencer would probably be awake by then. She couldn't wait to tell her the news.
A little before 8 Ashley drank her cup of coffee to get her through the day and got in her car. Once she arrived at Spencer's apartment block, she looked up to see if there were any lights on in her girlfriend's apartment.
That's strange...it's still dark in there. Maybe she's still asleep. Well, I'll give her a nice way to wake up then.
Ashley walked up the stairs and tried the door. It was unlocked so she could get in without using the key she got from Spencer a few months earlier. She opened the door quietly so that she wouldn't wake up the sleeping blonde beauty, and got inside. She found Spencer asleep on the couch, hugging a pillow.
Aaww, look how cute she is when she sleeps.
She walked up to the couch and bent down to give her girl a soft kiss on her cheek. But then she stepped on something. Slowly she got up, still trying to make sure Spencer wouldn't wake up. She looked down under her feet and saw a blue and white stick trapped under her shoe. She picked it up when she recognized what it was. Her eyes changed from soft brown to concerning dark brown. She turned it over to look at the little lines.
Two lines...does that...she's...no...she can't be. This must be someone else's. But she's on the couch, not in her bed, and this was laying next to the couch. It must have slipped out her hand. ...But...How can she..? There's no way. When did she...
Ashley felt like she forgot how to move. She forgot how to breathe. The only thing she was able to do is let her mind race and draw conclusions that she really didn't want to draw. Then she felt those soft fingers, the ones she thought she trusted, touch her back.
"Ash..."
Ashley turned around, furious.
"Please tell me this is not yours." She tried her best to not scream.
"I'm...babe...I'm sorry. It's mine." Spencer lowered her head and looked down at her feet. Ashley could see a tear drop fall on Spencer's shoe. The thing she wanted most was to just hold her and never let her go. But...she's pregnant! How can she be pregnant?
"PREGNANT?! How the hell did you get pregnant?! You of all people, Spencer! I know that we have gone through some trouble a few weeks ago, but I thought you loved me. Every relationship has difficulties, but you don't see any other lesbians getting knocked up! Now do you?!"
"Ashley...please." Spencer lifted up her head and looked into Ashley's dark brown eyes, which softened a little bit when they met her soft, blue, watery eyes. "I know. I know. I know I did a stupid thing. So stupid that even I don't know what to do with myself at this moment. But honey, please. I love you so much, and I don't know what I would do if I loose you and be pregnant at the same time."
"So you're saying that you are pregnant. Not even trying to convince me of the fact that you are not. No, straight up yes, I am pregnant."
"Well I think you'd notice that it was true when a baby pops out in 9 months..." Spencer said with a slight, questioning smile. She got a little scared when she noticed that Ashley wasn't even able to smile to that.
"Why, Spencer, Why? And...how? I don't know if I can handle this." Ashley turned around and got ready to walk out the apartment. But Spencer grabbed her by the arm and sat her down on the couch. She looked deeply in the other girl's eyes.
"Please, just let me explain. I know that it's not a good reason, and it's still not a good thing what I've done. But just give me a chance."