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Chapter 4

Spencer was sat in the car waiting for Ashley to finish her meeting but it seemed to be taking hours so she decided to call Aiden for entertainment.

"Hey Carlin" Aiden answered obviously paying attention to his caller ID.

"Entertain me please"

"Aren't you met to be running round after Miss Ashley Davies?"

"She's in a meeting actually so I'm just hanging around waiting for my next order"

"Does that mean you're free to talk with no prying ears?"

"Yea go for it"

"Her rock star boyfriend has dumped her"

"What?"

"Yea some chick at the gym was telling me about it this morning"

"Shit that explains a lot. Do you know what happened?"

"He's on tour somewhere and they just weren't getting on or some bullshit spin like that"

"Poor Ashley"

"I thought we didn't like her?" Aiden asked with a hint of amusement.

"I'm not her biggest fan but nobody deserves that and especially with it already been gossip"

"Yea it sucks when you're a super loaded, talented rock goddess"

"I gotta go dude I think the meeting is almost done...talk to you later" Spencer hung up the phone and scanned through the pages of the magazine she had just bought because she had just realised that it had just been printed today. As she looked through the magazine her eyes wandered across the images that she was worried she may find. It was the guy from the photo she'd seen in Ashley's bedroom kissing some blonde chick in New York. Spencer didn't know what to do or how to handle this. She also wondered whether Ashley knew about this part of the break up or if she had fallen for the spin but none of this mattered because Ashley was fast approaching the car. Spencer dashed the magazine on to the back seat of the car and casual palyed with her stereo as she tried to act casual. Ashley climbed into the car with an attitude that didn't go unnoticed by Spencer.

"Meeting go well?"

"Not so much" Ashley just glared out of the window and put on her oversized sunglasses. Just as Spencer pulled out of the drive she noticed a black SUV following them.

"Erm...Ashley do you know anybody in that car?"

"It's fucking paparazzi" Ashley sighed signalling to Spencer that she had experienced this before."I can't deal with them right now...I bet they're at my house aswell..fucking assholes" Ashley slammed her hand down on the dashboard in frustration. Spencer had no idea what to do or what Ashley wanted her to do but for some reason not known to Spencer she felt like she needed to protect Ashley so she decided to put her go kart driving skills in to play to get away from them. Ashley shot Spencer a shocked look as she weaved in and out of traffic with such ease and calm. Just as a set of lights were about to change to red Spencer put her foot down and quickly made it through while it was on amber. Ashley looked out the back window to see the annoying paps sat at the traffic lights and felt her body come over with relief. Spencer slowed down as she took some side streets so they weren't found again by them and she pulled up outside the only place she knew would be safe from the paps of LA.

"Where are we?" Ashley asked as Spencer pulled into a carpark next to some apartments.

"My place... I just thought that you wouldn't want to go home if more of that is waiting for you and they won't know where I live"

"Yet..they will find out Spence and that's not fair on you"

"I don't care...look I get that you're going through a shitty time right now and I know that we don't really know each other or paticularly like each other but I just wanted to help you for some reason" Spencer confessed hoping to convince Ashley that here was the best place for her.

"Are you sure because this isn't part of your job description?"

"I'm sure we can sort out some kind of bonus over pizza and beer" Spencer joked as she climbed out the car signalling for Ashley to follow her which she eventually did with a little bit of hesistation. As they approached the front door Spencer stopped Ashley.

"Okay before you come here I need to warn you about the guy I live with"

"Your boyfriend?" Ashley's question caused Spencer to chuckle slightly at the ridiculous notion of Aiden being her boyfriend.

"Nooo,no,no,no he's my best friend and in no way my type. What I was going to warn you about is the fact that he is a bit of a fan of yours...is that cool?"

"Yea that's fine" Ashley replied with a smile which Spencer took as her que to open the door.

Ashley looked around with intrigue which was making Spencer feel slightly selfconscience about her little apartment.

"I know it's not what you're used to but it works for me"

"It's cool I like it...feels more like a home"

"Well make yourself at home and all that shiz" Spencer announced as she dropped her keys on the breakfast table before she headed straight to the fridge to grab some beer.

"You want one?"

"More than anything" Ashley replied grabbing the beer from Spencer as if it were the last beer in the world. Spencer and Ashley walked over to the sofa and settled down in front on the tv. It was slightly weird and awkward for a while because neither girls knew what to say. Spencer really wished that she had thought this idea through slightly more before taking action because now she realised that she had a stranger in her house who was possibly heart broken which was not Spencer's favourite topic to deal with.

"So what was the meeting about?" Spencer decided to try and keep the working relationship going.

"It was record label shit"

"Any paticular kind of shit?"

"The kind when they tell how I can and can't live my life"

"And you let them?"

"If I wanna keep making music then yes"

"What kind of stuff?"

"You should know...I saw the copy of the latest idiotic celebrity in your car" Ashley replied with every hint of bitterness she could muster.

"I didn't know that was in it"

"Sure"

"I mean it..I just got that because I was bored and then I saw it but I didn't know if you knew"

"You don't have to explain..I get it..everybody loves gossip"

"I don't like gossip when it's about somebody I know"

"What's the difference?"

"I can see you're hurting"

"Why do you care?"

"Because despite what you may think I have a heart"

"I don't believe that for a second" Ashley joked

"Yea me neither. So did you have any idea?"

"About him and the skank?"

"Yea"

"There's been a new one every week since we started dating"

"Then why are you with him?"

"Because they said so"

"Who?"

"The record label...they knew it would boost record sales if the new up and coming rock chick was dating Landon Taylor the badass rock boy"

"That's a stupid name and so made up" Spencer laughed at her own dig as if insulting his name would make Ashley feel better."Did you actually like him?"

"He was fun and wild which was entertaining for a while but we would never really work"

Ashley was actually revealing information to Spencer and the more she gave away the more Spencer started to see her as an actually person rather than the idiot, stuck up rock star that she met yesterday.

"Why not?" Spencer asked as she passed another beer to Ashley from the mini fridge next to the sofa which raised a smile from Ashley.

"We just weren't compatible..."

Before Ashley could finish her setence they were rudely interrupted by Aiden bursting into the apartment. He obviously hadn't noticed that Spencer had company so he dived over the sofa like he normally does but this time he notcied who he was diving towards and fell straight on the floor which earned him laughter from both Spencer and Ashley.

"Smooth Aid...this is"

"Ashley Davies" Aiden finished the introduction as he stood up and brushed himself off.

"Loser" Spencer whispered.

"Shut up Carlin"

"Hey Aiden" Ashley giggled as she put out her hand for him to shake which he did with no hestitation.

"Nice to meet you"

"You too..do you wanna have some beer with us?" Ashley offered but Spencer wasn't impressed but she couldn't deprive her best friend of this opportunity to have beer with a girl on his spank gave Aiden the look that gave him her blessing to be there so he plopped himself on the bean bag and grabbed a beer.

"So not to sound ungrateful that you're here but why are you?" Aiden was never one to beat around the bush.

"The stalkerazzi are all over my place"

"Because of what that idiot did to you?"

Spencer kicked Aiden in the knee for his bluntness and stupidity which Ashley noticed.

"Yep exactly...so I here that you filled in Spencer on what she needed to know about me?"

This made Aiden blush which made Spencer smile and it also made her happy that Ashley wasn't too fazed or annoyed by Aiden.

"Just some stuff I had heard"

"By stuff he means he told me you were hot,talented and hot again which is probably why you are number one on his spank bank" Spencer couldn't resist the chance to embarrass Aiden anymore. She was sure that this was some of revenge for any inpending shame that he was inevitably going to bring her way this evening.

"Spank bank?" Ashley asked with a raised eyebrow but she got no reply from Aiden who was shooting daggers at his best friend at the moment so Spencer took it upon herself to answer the question.

"It's a list of 5 celebs that you are allowed to sleep with if the opportunity was to ever present itself and if you are in a relationship then your significant other cannot stop no matter what" Spencer explained as Ashley took in all the information.

"Right..that's healthy. So who's in yours Aiden?..other than me which I think you should reconsider

"Ok there's you, Katy Perry, Megan Fox, Pink and Angeline Jolie"

"That's achievable" Ashley joked.

"Hey you're my apartment" Aiden joked with a hint of cockiness.

"Actually I'm in Spencer's apartment" Ashley quipped back which shocked Spencer slightly because she could've sworn for a split second that there was a hint of flirting in Ashley's voice.

"So Spencer who's in yours?" Ashley asked with genuine intrigue because she had just realise dthat she knew nothing about Spencer.

"I don't wanna say" Spencer really didn't want to answer the question because her list was very similar to Aidens and she had neglected to tell Ashley about her sexuality. Not that it bothered her she thought but she didn't want to give Ashley the wrong impression.

"Aww don't be shy Spence" Aiden mocked knowing that she would either have to lie or confess all.

"It's cool you don't have to" Ashley picked up on the vibe that Spencer really didn't want to tell her and she didn't want to push her into anything she wasn't ready for. Ashley saw the look of relied on Spencer's face and felt happy that she was able to make her feel a bit better.

"Anyway I'm gonna go to bed. Nice to meet you Ashley and I'll talk to you in the morning Carlin" Aiden announced as he kissed Spencer on the head.

"Goodnight Aiden" Spencer replied with genuine love for best friend.

"He's a nice guy why aren't you together?" Ashley probbed

"Because firstly it would be like dating my brother and secondly he's not my type"

"He's gorgeous, kind, funny, sweet and seems to care about you"

"He's all of those things but he's also a guy" Spencer admitted letting the bottles of beer and new found intimacy get the better of her. Ashley didn't seem fazed by the responce but she didn't take her time to reply which made Spencer slightly nervous.

"Okay so do you look for the same qualities in a girl?"

"Definately...well I try to but that doesn't always work out"

"So I'm guessing the bitter tone implies that you're single then?"

"Is it that obvious?"

"That bitter,distant look in the eye was a bit of a clue" Ashley laughed.

"Guess it's something we have in common"

"I'm not bitter about breaking up with Landon. In fact I'm relieved...it was such a fucking farse" Ashley said a little bit louder with extra hatred when she said Landons name which shocked Spencer slightly but it also helped her realise that Ashley was little drunk.

"Why?"

"It was just a publicity stunt but I've already told you that"

"Were you ever really together?"

"Yea..no...kind of. We went on a few dates together but we didn't know each other"

"That must suck"

"I hated but I don't get a choice"

"Yes you do...you're talented and I'm sure you could find a label that would let you be whoever you want to be" Spencer now realised that she was also drunk because at some point during this deep and meaningful she had plucked up the courage to edge a bit closer to Ashley so much so that their knees were resting on one anothers.

"It's not that easy" Ashley replied in an almost tearful voice. Spencer slowly lifted her hand and moved some of Ashley's dark curls from her eyes to reveal a slight tear which Spencer wiped away. Ashley didn't flinch or move away.

"Why?"

"What?"

"Why isn't easy?"

Ashley didn't reply instead she leaned in closer to Spencer so that there were literally milimetres between them. Spencer could feel Ashley's breathe on her face and suddenly it her that Ashley was incredibly goodlooking and she also within kissing distance. Spencer mentally ran over her options of what kissing Ashley Davies could offer and none of them at this moment in time seemed too terrible to Spencer but before she could decide what to you the choice was made for her and before she knew it their lips were clashing. Spencer was amazed at the softness of Ashley's lips and how kissing somebody she hated 48 hours felt so great and so right.