As Ashley stands in the hall way puking, a sophomore who is walking by stops to stare
As Ashley stands in the hall way puking, a sophomore who is walking by stops to stare. Frustrated, Chelsea glares at the boy, "What are you staring at?! Make yourself useful and go get a janitor!" Terrified, the boy quickly walks down the hall in search of one.
Once Ashley is done, Chelsea pulls her into her room and shuts the door, "Come on, lets get you cleaned up."
Ashley walks into Chelsea's bathroom and grabs a toothbrush to begin brushing; meanwhile Chelsea gets her a bottle of water and some pants. Putting the pants on she begins to down the water.
Chelsea climbs back into bed and waits for Ashley to follow suit, "So," she lets out a yawn, "tell me everything."
Letting out a groan, Ashley lays down on the bed face first into the pillow. "I think I'm in love."
"Umm ok… wait! With Madi?!" Chelsea asks, now fully awake.
"Ew, oh gosh no. With Spencer... and now she's back in Texas and everything is probably ruined."
Chelsea gives her a confused look, until it finally clicks that Spencer is Miss Carlin. "Ok umm… explain."
Ashley sits up with a sigh, sitting back against the headboard getting comfortable. Once she is she begins to tell Chelsea everything that has happened with Spencer from the bet being made all the way up to their fight they just had on Friday and Ashley spilling everything.
"Wow…"
Ashley nods, "Yeah I know…"
"Hmm… well I guess that explains the strong sexual tension between the two of you."
Ashley gives a half smile, "Shut up. And to make matters worse, I'm pretty sure I just slept with Madi again seeing how we woke up with very little clothing on."
Coming out of her shock, Chelsea shakes her head, "You didn't sleep with Madison if that's your only reasoning. You guys had your pants off when I came into your last night… you also had capes on."
Ashley looks at her slightly relieved, but also very confused. So it's Chelsea's turn to explain what she walked into last night; from the terrible music to the Ambiguously Gay Duo.
After the laughter dies down, Ashley lets out a sigh, "That's very good news… but Chelsea, what am I going to do about Spencer?"
Chelsea shrugs, "I'm not sure babe… looks like you're just going to have to wait it out and see what she decides."
"That's if I ever decide to talk to her again… she just left Chelsea!"
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"Ready to go baby sis?" Glen asks as he knocks on Spencer's bedroom door.
"Yeah, just a minute!"
A few seconds later, Spencer opens her bedroom door and heads into the family room wearing a knee-length black dress that hugs her form perfectly, "So how do I look?"
Letting out a low whistle, Glen shakes his head, "You look great baby sis. It looks like I'm going to have to be fighting everyone tonight."
"Right just don't get us arrested this time."
Grabbing her purse, she makes her way outside with Glen following. "That wasn't my fault, if you didn't start stuff with that jerk I wouldn't have had to step in."
"Start stuff? He had terrible breath and wouldn't get out of my face when I told him, what else was I supposed to do?"
Glen shakes his head as they get in his truck and pull out of the driveway, remembering the night him and Spencer ended up spending the night in county jail thanks to their parents not bailing them out. They drive in silence for a few minutes until he can't stand it anymore. "So Spence, have you decided what you're going to do yet with Ashley?"
"Nah, I don't want to think about that tonight. I just want to have a night of normalcy."
He nods and turns the radio up, singing along to whatever comes on with Spencer. About ten minutes later they pull up to their usual hang out, Ego.
Once they get inside, Glen walks to a booth where a bunch of smiling faces are, "Hey ya'll I brought a present!"
Walking up behind Glen, Spencer is immediately pulled into a bear hug by a guy with shaggy black hair, "Spencer Carlin! It's been way too long doll!" The guy pulls away, and eyes her up and down, "And apparently someone has been taking her vitamins! Look at you; I could just eat you up!"
Laughing, Spencer shakes her head, "Hey Ian! I wish I could say the same, give up cutting your hair?"
Batting his hair off to he side he scoffs, "Honey please, you know I look good!"
Finally getting out of his clutches, she turns to face the rest of the group, afraid of the response she would get. She had no reason to be, as Chase and Lee pull her into quick hugs.
"It's good to see you Spencer, we didn't think you'd ever come back!"
Glen puts his arm around her shoulder, "Yeah well once she heard I was home, she couldn't resist."
Rolling her eyes, Spencer shrugs herself out of his embrace and takes a seat in the booth and Glen gets them drinks.
He comes back a few minutes later, "Shot time!"
They all cheers their glasses together and down the shots. Falling into easy conversation for the next half hour they all catch up doing group shots every once and awhile, until Spencer is feeling a little tipsy and decides she wants to dance.
"Come on Ian!"
Making their way onto the dance floor they easily move to the rhythm. Soon, the rest of them are up and dancing, all having a good time.
"Spencer?! Is that you?"
Feeling someone tap her shoulder, she spins around, "Ally?!"
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"See I told you this would be fun!"
"Yeah, yeah… what part is she even playing?"
"She's the Wicked Witch."
"She would play the witch…"
"What else was she supposed to play? You know she didn't want to be Dorothy."
"I don't know, she kind of looks like a munchkin…" Ashley replies with a smirk.
Smacking her in the back of the head, Chelsea points a finger at her, "You'd better behave tonight! And be nice when Aiden sits by us!"
"Ow! That was uncalled for," Ashley says as she rubs the back of her head, "And why does he have to sit next us? Doesn't he have any of his dumb jock friends to sit next to?"
"You know Kyla makes him come to every single show. He probably couldn't get anyone to come again… it is the third one today."
"Ugh, fine. I'll behave, but if he even tries talking to me about basketball I can't be held accountable for my words or actions."
"Hey ladies!"
Ashley rolls her eyes as she looks over at the boy, "Hey Aiden, so good to see you…" she replies with sarcasm dripping from every word.
He doesn't seem to notice and sits down next to her, "Chelsea, Clay said he'd be a few minutes late. He got stopped by his advisor on our way here."
Chelsea just nods, and soon all of them focus their attention on the stage as the orchestra starts to play.
"Wait until you see Kyla, her costume is sweet! And if you ask me she plays the part a little too well."
"You know Aiden, I thought about it and nope, no one asked you. I mean, I checked and I certainly didn't ask you and I'm pretty sure Chelsea didn't eith…" Getting elbowed in the ribs, Ashley lets out a grunt, "Fuck Chelsea! That hurt!"
"I said be nice!"
Ashley is about to respond, but the curtains open and the show begins.
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"Hey Spencer."
After the slight shock wares off, Spencer pulls her into a half hug, "What are you doing here?"
She points behind her, "I'm here with my brother and his fiancé. You should come meet them!"
Before Spencer gets a chance to respond, her hand is being grabbed, and she is being dragged away from her friends by Ally.
"It's so weird that we actually ran into each other!" Ally yells to Spencer over the music.
They finally stop in front of a booth, "Spencer this is my brother, Braxton and his fiancée, Jackie. Guys, this is Spencer, the girl I was telling you about from the plane."
Ally's smile falters as she looks between the couple and Spencer, all of them looking shocked and uncomfortable. "Umm, guys…?"
Trying to regain her composure, Spencer tears her eyes away from the couple and looks to the floor for a second, until she is able to put a smile on her face and look at them again. The smile is fake, and the corner of her mouth is slightly twitching as she tries to keep it in place. She holds out her hand to Braxton, "Hey, I'm Spencer."
Braxton stares at her hand looking slightly worried before Ally smacks him in the back of the head. "Right sorry," he takes her hand, "Hey Spencer, I'm Braxton. It's so great to finally meet you."
Spencer nods and drops her hand before turning her gaze onto Jackie who is just staring at Spencer. "Hey Jackie, it's good to see you again."
"You too Spence, you look good."
They all just look at each other, falling into uncomfortable silence again. Ally looks between all of them again, "Ok umm, what hell is this uncomfortable silence between you guys about?" Spencer can't help but smile at Ally's bluntness.
"Spencer, there you are! We've been looking all over; it's shot time and… shit!" Glen stops talking and pauses in front of the booth. Looking from Spencer to the couple a few times, he shakes his head, "Jackie…I knew I smelled something rancid in here," and wraps a protective arm around Spencer.
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"Aiden I have to give you credit, she was a little too good at playing the Wicked Witch…" Ashley concedes as they walk out of the auditorium to wait for Kyla.
Chelsea and Clay both nod in agreement.
"I know," Aiden shudders, "That cackling laugh gives me nightmares. And I still have two more shows to go to tomorrow, I'm not going to get it out of my head for days."
They all laugh at this comment and fall into conversation about the play until Kyla comes running at them, completely out of her costume now, "So, what'd you think?!"
Ashley pulls Kyla into a hug, "You were amazing! I forgot how talented you are. I personally thought you should have played a munchkin, but whatever I guess this part was pretty good too…"
Kyla laughs and shakes her head, turning to the rest of them, receiving compliments. They all head back to the lounge, agreeing they could all just want to watch movies and pig out on junk food for the rest of the night.
As they finish the first movie, Ashley begins to miss Spencer. Looking at both couples, she sighs, wondering what Spencer is doing. Letting out a fake yawn, she stands, "Hey guys, I'm going to get some sleep… I didn't get much last night." They all nod and say goodnight as she heads back to her room.
Walking into her room, she puts her pajamas on and grabs Al, before curling up in her bed, getting lost in thoughts of Spencer.
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"Glen… I see you're still an ass."
He smirks at this, "And Jackie… I see you're still a coward."
"You know what why don't you go…"
"Guys, stop. Please." Glen and Jackie both look at Spencer and nod.
Spencer clears her throat, "Right well, it was nice to see the three of you, Ally come find me for a dance!" Ally nods, smiling genuinely at Spencer, who is too busy smiling back to notice the scowl she just got from her ex. "Come on Glen; let's go do some shots… a lot of them." He nods, giving Ally a small wave and Jackie a one fingered salute before they head back to their booth.
When they get back to their booth, Spencer immediately downs two of the shots, they all watch her as she eyes the four other shots left, "Glen I think we're going to need a few more than this."
Ian and Lee look at Glen questioningly, "We just had a little run in with Jackie and Braxton."
They all look surprised and Chase hands Spencer another one of the shots, "Glen she's right, we're going to need some more."
He agrees and a few minutes later comes back with a tray full, passing them out to everyone. Spencer holds up her glass, "Here's to forgetting your exes."
Four or five shots later, Spencer is slurring her words, and wants to dance again. Luckily for her, Ally had come looking for her with the same thought in mind.
For how drunk Spencer is, she is still able to dance pretty well. With her arms draped around Ally's neck mainly for support, and Ally's hands on Spencer's waist, they dance the night away; allowing Spencer to forget everything for one night. It's allowing the constant thoughts of Ashley to stop, giving her sanity for once. Allowing her to forget the girl that chewed her heart into pieces and spit them back out at her just for night; even if that girl hasn't stopped staring at Spencer since she said hello.