Tear Down The Stars- Chapter 2
I am currently sat in study hall which is possible the period I hate the most. I mean all you do is sit there and pretend to do work when all you really want to do is talk to your friends. Normally I would simply skip but Kyla has been on this whole 'keep Ashley at school' kick and she is currently in hyper drive. I literally begged her to let me skip and go to the beach or something but she gave me this angry look that I know not to challenge. In all honesty my sister scares me sometimes and I am not scared of much. Even Aiden is scared of her which is ridiculous considering he is like 6 foot something and built like a wrestler but one look of death from Kyla has him cowering in the corner like a scared child.
So as I was saying I'm sat here in study hall waiting for that bell to ring so I can go to lunch and escape this hell hole for a whole 60 minutes. We always go off campus for lunch because the cafeteria food will actually kill you or at least that's what I've heard. I scribble a note to Kyla asking where we were going from lunch and she simple shrugs at me. She has her head buried in a book and is clearly trying to ignore me which I now see as a challenge so I start nudging her and when she doesn't respond I simply get bored and go back to doodling in my note book. I love drawing and I love writing music but not many people know that and I like to keep it that way. It's not that I don't like showing off because I really do but my art is for me and me only so I keep it all in this note book until it gets filled up and then I start again, I have a whole box hidden in my closet full of these note books and nobody will ever see them unless maybe I die suddenly and then they will probably be put into some sort of museum of awesomeness.
Yay the bell!I am up and out of the classroom faster than anybody else. My teacher always tell me that I should use that energy and pace for something useful like sports at which point I inform them that I have no interest in getting hot and sweaty unless it's for the obvious and then I normally get detention for being crude. I think people need to lighten up personally, we all do it, well at least most people do.
"Ashley I won't ask you again" Kyla snaps at me as she stands next to me. I drift off quite easily and it really bugs her but sometimes I find my own internal musings far more interesting than what anybody else has to say to be honest.
"What?" I ask trying not to sound annoyed but failing miserably.
"Where do you want to go for lunch?"
"Oh erm wherever I'm easy" I reply absently mindedly.
"We all know that" Aiden chimes in as he joins us. Aiden is more than likely jealous that I have slept with way more girls then he can ever dream of. Add in the fact that he is now dating my sister he is pretty much stuck with her otherwise I will kill him.
"Can we just get out of here?" I demand as we all climb into Aiden's oversized truck, pretty sure he must be over compensating for something. I giggle at my own childishness earning a look from Kyla.
"Hey do you guys know somebody called Spencer?" I ask thinking that I may be able to find out who this chick is and make sure that she isn't some crazy nanny like that one off One Tree Hill plus I need to find out if she likes to swim.
"Girl or Guy Spencer?" Aiden replies as he eyes me suspiciously from the drivers seat.
"Erm girl"
"Yep she's Glen's sister" Aiden explains looking proud of himself for being remotely helpful. I sort of know Glen, he plays basketball with Aiden and he dates Madison Duarte who is a semi-friend. I try and think of Glen but I cannot recall a time that I have seen a sister around him or maybe I really don't pay attention.
"Any other info?" I continue my line of questioning because being Glen's sister doesn't make her a good nanny.
"She's pretty quiet, a bit geeky from what I remember. I have never really spoken to her"
"Is she in our year?"
"Yep her and Glen are twins I think. Guess there were only enough popular genes for one of them" Aiden jokes. I consider this and I'd probably agree. You see there is a very clear pecking order at King High and I am at the top of it. You would think being an openly gay student surrounded by trust fund babies that I would be bullied or whatever but I'm not. Nobody has ever said a bad words towards me and they wouldn't dare. I have never had the intention of being this scary bad ass but that's the brush I was tarred with and now I wear that label with pride. I love that I can make freshman students jump just by looking at them and that at any given time I can make anybody give me their seat. I have a lot of power players from school in my friendship group and I like to keep like that. Even though most of my 'friends' bore the hell out of me I ignore it because they are my people, they come from a similar background and they all have the same disposable income that I have which means that play time is always fun. If I want some intelligence in my life I hook up with a college chick for a while until I get bored again. I make my life interesting with my antics and I would never change for sake of having friends that actually give a damn.
We pull up to our favourite diner and I hear my stomach rumble slightly. I am rarely hungry but when I am I eat like a demon and I have every intention of devouring the biggest burger on the menu like a caveman or woman, whatever I'm not feminist.
After I devoured the burger as promised we headed back to school and I battled through my last few periods without taking in much information. I paid some attention in Spanish because the new teacher is pretty hot and young which is a bonus. I wonder whether I could have some sort of illicit affair with her just to make senior year go a bit quicker. I mean it's been done before plus I'm actually 18 so no laws would be broken, maybe a few moral lines will be crossed but I'm thinking the sex would be worth it. I spent most of Spanish class considering my options while staring at this chicks ass in unison with most of the boys in the class.
I am finally home and I couldn't be happier. All I want is to grab a cold drink and lie in the sun, what's the point in living in L.A if I don't take full advantage of the sun. As I enter the house I hear the twins giggling and once again I feel my heart melt ever so slightly at the sound. My curiosity gets the best of me so I follow the noise into the garden and I can't help but be happy for the twins. They finally have a nanny that has taken them in the pool. They look so happy that I don't even register who they are in there with. Who ever it is is taking it in turns to throw each twin in the air and letting them land in the blue liquid in fits of giggles and smiles.
"Ashwee you're home!" Taylor practically screams as he scrambles to get to the edge of the pool near my feet. As I watch him swim the girl in the water turns around and I swear to god it was like some crappy movie. The sun was shining just on her, I swear and she sort of turned around in slow motion. If finally saw the blue eyes that Taylor had talked about that morning and the beautiful blonde hair. She was smiling at me and saying something but it didn't register at all until Taylor splashed me with water.
"Ash this is Spencer, she our new nanny and she likes water" He whispers the last part as if it was the worlds biggest secret. I watch as Spencer pulls herself from the pool and I can't help but stare like a giant pervert because this girl has an incredible body which looks even more incredible with all the water dripping off her. I think I'm blushing and I still haven't said anything. Pull it together Davies she's just some chick from school!You barely date high school girls any more and there is no way she is gay, to be fair that has never stopped me before.
Now she's stood right in front of me. How did that happen? She's eyeing me kind of weirdly so I use the kids as a barrier picking up Darcy.
"I'm Ashley" I say quite lamely.
"I know we go to school together" She replies simply with no real expression on her face but the tone in her voice is less than impressed by me.
"Right you're Glen's sister?" I ask hoping that she won't think I'm a complete ass.
"Yep that's me. Anyway I need to get the twins ready for dinner" Spencer tells me as she puts her arms out for Darcy to dive into which the little traitor does without much thought. I watch them walk into the house and I can't help but check out her bikini clad ass as she walks away. I also can't help but wonder why I have never noticed her at school because she is way hotter than most of the posers at King plus her brother is kind of in my circle but only because he plays sports and dates Madison. Without a second thought I head into the kitchen where Spencer is and she looks pre occupied with a bag of pasta. She still just has her bikini on and I can't help but stare.
"Where are the twins?" I ask as I grab a water from the fridge.
"In the living room" She replies without even looking at me or really acknowledging my existence which annoys me quite a bit.
"Is there a reason that you're being so rude to me in my own house?" I snap without even thinking and I know I sound like an privileged brat but I don't care. I hate being ignored because that's normally what I do to people who I have no interest. She finally looks at me in compete disbelief and I know in that second that what she's going to say is going to suck.
"You're kidding right?" She looks at me with a raised eyebrow like I should already know the answer which I don't.
"I tend not kid too much" I lie.
"You really have no idea who I am do you?" She asks and I shake my head no realising that she is already on to me.
"Ashley you and your friends made my life hell for months when I first moved here 3 years ago. You teased me for being gay and no it's all cool because you've decided that you'll be gay for a while. I actually hate you which my Mother tells me never to say but I really mean it when it comes to you" Spencer looks so angry and hurt that I don't know where to look. The light blue eyes that were looking at me earlier are gone and have been replaced by navy, stormy eyes that look like they could murder me at any minute. I realise that I have nothing to say that would make her better because I know that I did those things and I've done worse. Any other person would offer some lame apology for the mistakes they made years ago but I won't do that and I never will no matter how hurt she looks or how much I kind of want to. So instead I smirk and head off to my room as quickly as my legs will carry me slamming the door behind me.
I think I feel bad for her and I am not enjoying this feeling. Kyla has always said that at some point I will feel guilt over my actions and I'm starting to think she was right. That Spencer chick has broken me with her stupid mean words. I look around my room for my good friend jack and I find him in underwear drawer. It's the perfect place because the twins can't reach into there, my Dad would never look and Julia understands after a few trials and tribulations that she must never set foot in my room under any circumstances. I take my bottle of Jack and I take a swig. I find that if I ever start to feel anything that I don't like then drinking Jack will nearly almost fix it. It makes the bad feelings go away and enhances the good. Like for example I am feeling quite horny and I know it's because I haven't had sex in like a week. It's decided then I will finish off this bottle and then head out to West Hollywood, all my problems are solved, I think I may be a genius.
My rooms pretty dark I must have fallen asleep, so much for my genius plan to go out. My good old friend Jack has let me down yet again. No I just feel thirsty and really hungry, guess the burger at lunch wasn't enough. Looking at my phone I see it's only 7.30 then I realise that I had closed my black out blinds hence the darkness. Groaning I drag myself out of bed making my way down the stairs in search of food. I notice an unusual smell coming from the kitchen so I follow my nose. Whatever it is smells good and my belly agrees. I'm guessing that my Dad or Julia got some food delivered because there is no way that either of them are cooking. As I enter the kitchen I see the twins sat on the over sized table enjoying their ice cream and the look adorable doing it. Spencer or evil nanny as I have so kindly renamed her is doing some washing up.
"We have a dishwasher and a maid you know" I point out as I high five Taylor who is literally covered in ice- cream. Spencer looks up at me and gives me another look that makes my blood run cold.
"Of course you do" She replies and continues with the washing up. I roll my eyes at her comment and head to the fridge to see if there's anything in there I can eat that doesn't require any effort.
"There's some pasta on the stove if you want some. I made far too much" Spencer tells me from nowhere I must look at her in complete shock so she grabs a dish and puts some of the pasta in it for me without saying a word.
"Spencer we've finished can we go watch t.v?" Darcy asks or more like demands. Spencer smiles at the question and approaches the twins with some baby wipes obviously prepared for the mess they were destined to make. She cleans them up and gives them some sort of instruction regarding what they can watch and how long for but I don't really pay attention as I'm too busy enjoying the pasta. I suddenly realise that it is just the two of us in the room and turn to leave not ready for another verbal beating.
"Ashley can I please talk you?" Spencer requests looking like she may vomit from being nice to me.
"Did you poison the pasta?" I joke almost seeing a smile on her face.
"Considered it" She admits with another almost smile on her face.
"You wanted to talk?" I remind her as I put the pasta down. I was suddenly very aware that she may not have poisoned but I think she hates me enough to at least spit in it.
"Look I know I should apologise for what I said earlier but I can't because I was being honest with you. The thing is that I really need this job and I can't afford to lose it. So I was just hoping that maybe we could continue not existing within each others worlds without you telling your Mom about me" Spencer stopped talking and I couldn't help but laugh at the last comment and once again she looks at me like she hates me.
"Julia is not my Mother...guess she's my step Mom if that. Look the twins like you and they don't like many people so as long as they're happy I'll keep my mouth shut but I'm doing it for them not for you" I add the last bit so I don't sound to nice, I have a reputation to uphold.
"I wouldn't expect anything else" She comments and then before I know it she's gone. I can hear her talking to the twins about the movie they are watching and I'm kind of jealous. Sometimes I watch films with them but it's rare that I'm about to do it but at the moment in time it's all I want to do. I want to watch a stupid kids film with Taylor and Darcy. I regain some of Davies attitude and head towards the living room. The twins are in their all in one sleep suits with a bottle of warm milk each, they look tired and cozy. I wish I could feel tired and cozy for once. I stand in the door way watching them enjoy what ever disney film that they are watching.
"Ashwee you wanna watch?" Darcy asks as she spots me in the door way. I catch Spencer look at me as I consider the question and I know that deep down that I want to be there with them but I shake my head with a smile.
"Sorry baby girl but I'm going out now" I reply sadly knowing that I only have myself to blame. It would be so easy to go and enjoy time with my younger siblings but there is always something stopping, like I said I'm busy.