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Chapter four

Spencer's POV

Sweat is dripping every inch of me. My heart is beating faster than ever before, feeling as if it's about to jump out of my chest. I can hardly catch my breath as I speak, but I don't want this to end. If you're thinking that I'm having sex, think again pervert and get you mind out the gutter. I'm actually at cheerleading practice, going over a routine that I usually have problems with, but today was different. No mistakes, No second guessing if I'm on count. Just me and the music.

Actually, it's not just me and the music, It's about fourteen other girls in the gym, doing the exact same routine that we have been doing for two hours with no breaks. I know, it should be illegal to work this hard and not get even a simple water break. But when my captain means business, there is no stopping her. The music comes to an end, and I strike my last pose, making sure that it's powerful. I haven't really dance like this at practice since when I first auditioned. I guess after Tonya started attending the school and everything became about her, I didn't put much effort into cheering. But with my new found confidence again, it only made me want to show what I can do.

" Nice work girls! That is what I want to see at Friday's game. Now take a water break before I change my mind." Madison says tossing her pom poms to the side. Once you get pass her touch bitch exterior, she's actually really nice. She's one of King High's queen bees, cheer captain, and Tonya's best friend. I know, shocker right? They do say that the beautiful stick together, and the two have been tight ever since Tonya stepped foot on this campus. As usual, Madison is talking to Sherry aka the Devil's spawn, about the routine. It's not a nice thing to call someone but if you met her, you would understand.

I take a sip of my water, trying to cool down before we had to start again, when I see Madison and Sherry walk up to me from the corner of my eye.

" Hey Carlin."

" Hey Madison. How's it going?"

"Pretty good, killing myself with Mr. Barnes history assignment."

"Yeah it's pretty tough I guess."

"His class is not that hard." Sherry interrupts, giving me one the dirty looks that she always gives me.

"Easy for you to say when you always flash his your cleavage every time you walk into class." I couldn't help but laugh because it was true. Whenever Sherry knew she was going to fail a class, she would flaunt her assets until her grade mysteriously went up.

"Shut up." I can tell that Sherry was upset but the way her body has changed and the dramatic eye roll that she does.

"So Spencer... what's up with you today?"

"What do you mean?"

"It was ..." Come on, say it! Was it horrible? Did I completely suck? "pretty freaking awesome."

" Really?"

"Yeah, you were on count, knew every step, and I didn't have to correct anything that you did."

"I have to admit, you were less awkward." Sherry says, giving me a once over.

" Thanks... I've been practicing a little bit."

" Well whatever it is you're doing, keep doing it. You were on fire today!"

" I guess I will. Thank you."

" No problem. Be right back I got to head to my locker." Madison leaves the gym, running to get whatever it is she forgot. I sit down on the bench to adjust my shoes, when I feel Sherry's shadow hover over me.

" Someone's been watching way too many music videos."

"Pardon?"

" Oh please. Don't try to play dumb, I know being a blonde doesn't help you but you know exactly what I'm talking about." Playing the blonde card? How childish.

" Jealous much Sherry?"

"Jealous? Of some blonde dyke with absolutely no rhythm. We aren't even in the same category. I have the looks, the moves, and I'm not into chicks. I have nothing to be jealous about, especially if it's about you."

See what I mean? This girl is the definition of a bitch. I never did anything to this girl and yet she dislikes me for no reason. I don't understand that, if you're going to hate me at least have a reason. I'm not going to lie, the names that she calls me does hurt but I'm so beyond any of her name calling games that I simply brush them off my shoulders.

" Alright girls. Break is over, let's run the routine one last time." Everyone get's back into formation. Madison and Sherry in the front and I am all the way in the back directly behind someone else. Yeah, see when you don't stand out, others on the squad tend to think that you suck, so I got placed in the back. It would be nice to change spots with someone else, but I'm use to it. Before we start, Madison steps out of her position and exams us all. I can tell that she is thinking about something but I'm not sure what it is. I just hope that she doesn't add another combination for us to remember.

" Carlin. Switch places with Alison."

"WHAT? But Madison, this has been my spot all season."

"I don't upset anyone."

" Seal it Carlin. And Alison, unless you want to lose your spot off the team, you'll do as I say. Now Switch!"

Alison and I switch places, moving me to the third row center.

" And that goes to anyone of you. If I hear anything from anyone about any actions that I take, you can turn in your uniform. Understood?" Everyone stays quiet, scared to say anything. " Good. Run the routine one last time." Madison starts the music and stands in front of us watching us, or so I thought. It seems as if she is just watching me, and she's smiling. For once, I am doing something right on the team and it feels good.

Ashley's POV

" What about this? It's very cute and you look adorable in yellow."

" One, I hate the color yellow. Two, I'll look like total loser if I wear that in public, and lastly, I am anything but adorable. Hot, sexy, insanely bangin'. Never cute or adorable."

" And I suppose you'd rather walk around half naked all the time?"

" Exactly"

My mom chuckles at me, while putting back the shirt that she picked out. Whenever my mom comes home, she always takes Kyla and myself shopping. Sort of like bonding time and a way to catch up with what's been going on in our lives.

" Mom, what about this?" Kyla comes out in a pink dress that is so short and tight, showing off everything that she has to offer.

" Absolutely not!"

" Last time I checked, your name is not mom."

" Yeah, but I am your older sister and hell would have to freeze over twice before I ever let you wear that."

Don't look at me like that. I would never let my baby sister wear that dress, it's was too revealing and I'm pretty sure that if she tried to move in this dress, you could see all of her business

" Get real Ash. You've worn clothes that look close to underwear and no one says anything to you."

" She has a point Ash."

" Mom you are suppose to be on my side. Besides, do you really want Kyla wearing that in public?"

My mom looks at Kyla in the dress, and you can tell that Kyla is praying that she let's her get it.

" Kyla, take the dress off and look for something else."

Oh yeah! Ashley 1, Kyla 0. I smile and Kyla and give her the signal to go back to the dressing room. Kyla walks back into the room, pouting because she hasn't gotten her way. I look through the racks, but not before I check my phone. No new messages from Spencer. Damn, I was hoping I would hear from her by now. Don't get me wrong, we've been talking everyday since Saturday, but when the school week started, we talk less. Her schedule was quite full with school, homework, and practice. I wonder what is taking her so long, she usually texts me by now. I hope that she is alright.

" Staring at the phone isn't going to back her text you back fast."

" What are you talking about?"

" Ashley, don't act like you don't know. It's obvious that you're quite smitten with Spencer." She wasn't lying, Spencer seemed to be on my mind all the time, no matter what I was doing, I would always picture her angelic face in my head.

" Sorry, it's just that she should have texted me back by now."

" Well she does have that little thing called school."

"True. All that schoolwork, and homework, and work work work. I'm so glad I'm done with that stuff."

" Easy to say that when you take you GED test and pass with flying colors." Kyla says emerging from the dressing room, looking through the racks of clothes.

" Don't get mad because you couldn't pass and actually had to stay in school."

" It's not my fault that we had a hot tutor."

" You could have tried to actually focus rather than focus on him."

" How could I? He was a complete god! I just wanted to stare into his eyes and feel his biceps all day."

" Ew. And you wonder why I don't like guys."

" Seriously, that tutor was gorgeous. What was possibly wrong with him?"

" That fact that he has a penis didn't help his score."

" Whatever. So when are you going to see Spencer again?"

" Friday night at her school's basketball game."

" Ashley Davis, going to a school event? I think I'm going to faint."

Kyla then proceeds to do her best 'faint', as my mom catches her in one arm, fanning her with other one. I stick my tongue out, giving them both the middle finger, the both laugh giving me the finger as well.

" Seriously though, I'm glad that you've met Spencer. She's such a sweetheart, and she seems to make you happy. Plus it's about time that you settle down."

" We're just hanging out mom. Don't start to plan any weddings."

" Whatever you do, don't wait too long to snatch her up. Before you know it, you'll be too late."

As those words echo through my head, it only made me remember one thing. Carmen wanted Spencer, but there was no way in hell that she was getting her.

Spencer's POV

" Can we eat already? I'm starving."

" Spencer, why don't you have another bread roll?" My father says passing me the bread basket.

" We've been waiting for almost an hour and you know I hate cold chicken alfredo."

" You know we can't start without your sister. Why don't you call her again?"

One thing about my mother is that she believes in family dinners. I don't ever remember a time when we were allowed to eat in our rooms. And because she values these family dinners, we have wait until Tonya comes home. God, I swear that if she does not walk through that door, she will be wearing tonight's dinner. We finally hear the door open, and here comes the queen herself.

" Sorry dear family. Kip and I got stuck in traffic."

Yeah right. More like you got stuck with each others tongues down your throat. Tonya takes a seat at the kitchen table and I can already tell that she is lying, At school, Tonya wore her hair up in a high ponytail, but at the table her hair is down, safely covering the sides of her neck. Her lip gloss is smudged, and I am pretty sure that she was wearing a bra this morning.

" Make sure to let Kip know that if you are late to dinner again, you will not go out with him this weekend." That's right lay down the law mom, it's about time she suffers the consequences of her actions.

" Take a chill pill mom. I'm home aren't I?"

" We just want to make sure that you don't miss dinner honey." Awe dad, stop being all sweet and let get bitched at by mom.

' Fine, I'll make it home a little earlier next time. Can we eat now? I'm starving.

I don't see how when not even five minutes ago you were probably eating Kip's face off. We start to serve ourselves and the table is quiet for the most part, but it won't last long. The Carlin dinners are never left in silence.

" So how was school girls?" My dad asked trying to start the conversation.

" Okay I guess. I have two papers due by next week. Lunch was crazy, it seems that Logan was cheating on Ashley with Jennifer Avila. It's like hello? Jennifer is a walking STD, why would Logan do that Ashley. She was way too pretty for him anyway. But not prettier than me bust still."

Could she be anyone shallow? First of all Ashley is a complete bitch who does nothing but complain about Logan not getting a scholarship so that she can be his trophy wife. And Jennifer doesn't have a reputation of sleeping around. She's actually on the track to a full ride to Princeton. If she spent half as much time getting to know people instead of judging them on how they look, she would for once be able to speak the truth about someone.

" You know, if you spent half as much time studying as you do gossiping, you would be failing half of your classes." Ha ha. Good one mom.

" I'm not failing any of my classes."

" Pulling a 62 percent in your algebra class does not count as passing."

" Whatever, sorry that I'm not start like Clay or Spencer. It's not my fault that I choose to have a life rather than study all of the time."

Tonya tosses her hair over her shoulder and continues to eat her food. Breathe Spence, resist the urge to take this fork and stick it in Tonya's eye. Just finish your meal, do some homework, then you can talk to Ashley. Man, I really miss that girl.

" No one is saying that you have to excel in school, but if you just studied more instead of going out with Kip or Madison, you might she an improvement.:

" Thanks for the tip but I'm not changing my study habits anytime soon." Dinner goes back to the awkward silence, I really couldn't care less to be honest with you. The quicker we finish dinner, means that I can talk to Ashley.

" TONYA ANNABELLE CARLIN! THAT BETTER NOT BE A HICKEY ON YOUR NECK!"

I can feel the fearful look that Tonya has in her eyes because even though I'm not looking at her, I have the exact same on my face. My mother believes in your body being your temple and that you shouldn't let anyone violate it, you know the normal stuff that parents say to keep their kids from being sexually active. I never had one before partly because I knew that my mom would flip out on me, the same way she is flipping out on Tonya.

" It's not a big deal mom. Things just got a little carried away."

" Carried away? How carried away? You better not be doing what I think you're doing with Kip, because if you are I will call the police and have him arrested."

" What is your damage Paula? You can't do that to him! He's my boyfriend!"

" I don't care if he was the Pope. If I ever find another marking on your body, you will never see that boy again!"

" Why do you have to be such a mega-bitch?"

" Tonya, that is no way to talk to your mother." If I were you dad I would stay out of it. I'm pretty sure that mom can handle herself and if Tonya wants to dig her grave deeper, that's fine by me.

" But it's okay for her to talk to me like that? Such a double standard, I am so out of her!" Tonya throws her napkin on the table, and is about to leave the table until I hear my dad talk in a tone that he rarely uses.

" Tonya sit back down right now!" Tonya does as she is told but is on edge. This is better than tv.

" Good. Now we are going to enjoy this meal that I made whether we like it or not! We will have a good conversation, and there will be no arguing!" I swear, the room is so quiet, you should hear yourself breathing. " Spencer, how was cheer practice?"

" Pretty good. I moved up a spot in formation."

"That's great honey!"

"Madison moved you up?" Tonya questions in disbelief.

" Yeah she did. Why is that hard to believe?"

" Mainly because she always talks about how you suck."

Leave it to my sister to kill someone's joy.

" Well I must not suck that much."

" I'll believe that when I see it."

Save by the phone! At this point, I hope that it is anyone who will save me from this miserable dinner. I look down at my phone a number that I don't know.

" May I please be excuse?"

" Sure, but come back to clear your dishes."

I give my dad a head nod and answer the phone as I walk into the living room.

" Hello?"

" Spencer Carlin, do you know that you are a hard person to track down?"

" And who are you exactly?"

" It's Carmen. Your dancing partner." Oh yeah, I almost forgot about her.

" Oh yeah! It's nice to hear from you."

" How did you get my number by the way?"

" Let's just say, when I want something, there is no stopping me until I get what I want." Her tone is kind of flirty yet sexy. I can't help but bite my lip while talking to her. She was attractive, not as attractive as Ashley, but she was a cutie.

" Well you got the number, now what do you want to do?" Hey, it's not like I'm tied down to anyone, I'm young and there is nothing wrong with getting to know someone.

" How about I take you out Friday night? I never did finish showing you how to enjoy a party."

" Thanks, but I have plans on Friday. How about Saturday? I'm free then."

" Sure. Maybe we met at the mall or something."

" Sounds like a plan to me."

" Alright, we'll it's a date."

" I never said that now."

" Trust me, it's a date." the phone line ends and I can't help but smile at the phone. I know that I really like Ashley, but I made a promise that I will shine. Ashley is beyond amazing and hot as hell, but Carmen was sweet to me the first time we met and she seems like a nice girl. When I turn around, I see my dad behind me.

" Where you behind me the whole time?"

" No, I was going to ask if you will help me clean up. You're mom had to run back to the hospital and Madison called Tonya, and you know how that goes."

" Yeah I know. I'll help you clean up dad. It's not problem." My dad gives me that famous Carlin smile that I posses. I know this is his way of trying to spend time with me. Lately we haven't seen each other besides dinner and to be honest, I missed talking to my dad.

I clear the dishes off the table, and place them in the sink. My dad starts to wash the dishes while I dry them and put them away.

" So, any plans this weekend?"

" Yeah, Friday after the game I'm going out and Saturday afternoon I'm going out too."

" With Chelsea?"

" No, Chelsea has to finish some art work for this contest that she is trying to enter."

" Oh, so who are hanging out with then?"

" Just some friends dad, not a big deal."

" So you smile and bite your lip whenever you talk to your 'friends'?"

My cheeks turn bright red, I'm not mad that he was listening in, but I didn't expect him to actually play close attention to what I was doing.

" So who is this girl that has been making you smile brighter than the sun?"

I take a long pause before turning to him " Her name is Ashley, and so far we've just been hanging out."

My dad smiles ear to ear beaming in enlightenment. It's been a while since I actually started dating someone, and I can tell that he is genuinely happy for me.

" She's amazing dad. Beautiful, funny, entertaining. She's so full of herself, but I guess that's what I like about her, that she is confident no matter what room she steps in."

" She sounds perfect Spence and I'm glad that she makes you happy. However, I do have to meet this girl."

Uh Oh. That's what I was afraid of. You see, my dad is a pretty okay guy and always keeps an open mind when we meets people. But if I know anything, my mom will be there and she is not so open minded. Sure, she loves me and accepts me for who I am, but she is very judgmental about other people, especially if I'm interested in them. I sign in remorse, knowing that Friday was going from an awesome night with Ashley to an interrogation scene from Law & Order.

" Spence, it won't be that bad. You're mother is just concerned about who you want to date. But I know that if you trust her, she must be a great person."

" I guess it won't be too bad on Friday."

Tonya's POV

I got excused from cleaning up after dinner when I got my phone call. Why should I mess up my manicure with that nasty dishwater. Gross. I brought back to reality when the voice on the phone calls my name.

" Tonya? Tonya?"

" Sorry, I got a bit distracted."

" Still thinking about all of our good times together."

" Oh yes, because I really think about you all the time."

" I knew it. You could never resist me."

" Yeah right. I happen to have a boyfriend now and he happened to be-"

" A total bore?"

" If you're going to insult my boyfriend I can hang up the phone."

" Awe, don't be so sensitive Tonya. I promise I won't say anything about your perfect Ken doll."

" His name is Kip, and just cut the bullshit and tell me what's going on."

" Fine , someone is bossy today. Well everything is going by plan. Spencer is coming to the mall Saturday, and after that you will have nothing to worry about."

" Are you sure that this will work?"

" It worked on you didn't it?"

" Bite me loser."

" When and where?"

" I have to go. Kip is calling me on the other line."

" Tell Ken, I mean Kip that I said hi."

I hang up the phone, I cannot believe that I ever associated myself with that person. I know what you're thinking, I'm a bitch. And you're right, but I'm a bitch that cares about her older sister. I may not show it all the time, but I care about my sister more than anything, she has been there for me when I don't even ask her too. I think she gets that from dad, being all caring and understanding. That is why I have to keep her away from Ashley. If she gets hurt, Spence will never be the same again. I love her too much to see those ocean blue eyes in pain. I might not being going about it the best way, but it's the only way I know that I can protect her.

I know that this chapter is kind of long, but I couldn't help it, I'd rather write long chapters than have writer's block and not give you guys something to read. I hope that you all enjoyed that chapter, because there are many more to come. Shout out to Mobster455, that is one of my favorite songs right now too. FFReviews, you're right no one puts Spencer in a corner. Please keep reading and reviewing because you guys really give me the strength to keep writing.