Making my way to my office after a long day of work, and by work I mean thanking everyone in the building when they congratulated me. Paul, Jim and I had an early morning meeting and they were very excited when I told them yes. Now my people and their people are going to get together to sort out my contract. I have the same feeling in my stomach that I had when I first realized how I felt about Spencer…butterflies. I know that until I sign the papers it's not official but that doesn't stop me from screaming and jumping up and down when I close my office door.
"I've never seen this side of you Ash" Madison says as she spins around in my desk chair.
"Jesus" I jump and almost pee myself. "What they hell are you doing in her Madison"?
She starts to giggle "Besides watching you jump around like a damn fool?" Why am I friends with her again?
"Look we all need to go out and celebrate tonight". Madison said in more of a threat than a statement.
"Sorry Mads. Not tonight, Spence is making me dinner".
"No, she's not. I called her, we're all going out". Shit, I really was looking forward to Spence making me dinner...it's so domestic.
"Well, where are we going?" Mentally crossing my fingers, Mexican, Mexican, Mexican.
"El Sartén, chica! Get ready for mucho margaritas". They have the best margaritas.
"Wow, Mads thanks for thinking of me! How did you know?" We always go there when I get to pick. "So who exactly is "all of us?" I hope it's not a big deal; I just want my friends there.
"Oh you know the gang; Kyla, Aiden, Glen, and Chelsea."
"Good, a night out with friends is just what I need. It's been awhile since we've all gone out. Wait, does this mean everyone knows?" Why am I asking? Of course everyone knows, Madison knows.
"Yeah, but I can tell them to pretend not to know if you want". Got to love her enthusiasm.
"Sounds good, I'll swing home and Spence and I will grab a cab and meet everyone there. What time?" Spence and I never walk out of that place with the ability to drive; cabs are our best friends on Mexican night.
"I made a reservation for 7:00, we got the room" By the room she meant a VIP room, she likes to get it even when it's not necessary. The people at El Sartén love that "THE Madison Duarte" dines at their restaurant...even though we dined there long before she was famous.
"I'll make sure we get there before or after you, I want to avoid the paparazzi" I say with a voice dripping of sarcasm.
"I can't help it if the camera loves me! See you at 7 chica". She says as she walks out the door.
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I pull into the loft as Aiden and Kyla were getting out of their car.
"Hey guys ready for some margaritas" I say in my best Spanish accent.
"I'm ready to have some margaritas with a soon to be famous rock star, congrats Ash" Aiden says as he pulls me into a hug. "Thanks Aid".
We all make our way into the loft where Spence is waiting on the couch, no doubt with her nose buried in another book.
"Hey lover" I say in a fun sexy tone as I lean over the back of the couch so my mouth is right next to her ear. "Hey baby" she says as she turns her head and gives me a kiss on the lips.
"What book are you reading now" I ask as I make my way around the couch and position myself behind her.
"The same book I was reading yesterday" she replies as she scoots back into me.
"Well you're a giant book worm, Spence you read a lot of books really fast. I can't keep up." I kiss the top of her head and put my arms around her. These are the moments I live for.
"So Ash, tell me all about your record deal…I only got a brief overview from Ky". Aiden says as he sits in the chair across the couch and pulls Kyla down on his lap.
"There's not a lot to tell right now. The label is going to get together with my agent and we'll go from there. They did say something about a multiple record deal, so that's something".
"Ash, I'm just so proud of you. To think not only was my Dad a famous rock star, but now my sister…I mean how many people can say that?" Kyla states like she had just figured that out.
"How many people can say they're sleeping with a rock star?' Spencer grins into my ear. Totally not fair, we have to go out to eat soon and she's turning me on.
"Probably more people than you think" Aiden replies to the rhetorical question. Which causes Kyla to hit him upside his head. "OW…what did I say" Aiden rubs the side of his head.
"There is only one person who can say they're sleeping with this rock star" I say leaning in to kiss Spencer. "There better only be one" Spence replies smiling into the kiss.
"Alright, well as much as I like watching you two make out, I'm gonna go get ready for dinner". Kyla says getting up, Aiden goes to open his mouth, but before he can say anything "Aiden if you know what's good for you, you'll follow me in to our bedroom and get ready with out saying anything." He hangs his head and walks away and Spencer and I just start to laugh.
I pull her into another kiss, making her moan. "I missed you today" my forehead now on hers. "I missed you too" she leans back in for another kiss. I move her so she laying on her back with me over her. I just stare into her eyes; she breaks into a smile and asks "What are thinking when you look at me like that?" There are just too many things, so I try and explain. "I don't know…just...how I got so lucky to have you in my life. How you make feel so good and how my knees still go weak when I see you and how I get butterflies every time I kiss you". "Ash.." she starts and then just takes my neck and pulls me down.
I run my hand down her side and stop when I get right below her butt. I love holding her right there; I can pull myself really close to her. Also, every time my hand ends up there, here hands end up in my hair and I've already told you what that means. It's getting pretty heated when she pulls away and manages to say "Ash, we have to get ready. We have to leave soon" I just lean into her neck and start kissing it "Let's skip it".
Pushing me up "We can't, this is for you". Getting off of her I groan "Fiiinnneee". She grabs my hand and pulls me into our room to get ready.
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The four of us make our way into the restaurant and back to the room Madison had reserved. We walk in and Chelsea, Glen and Madison were already there. "Congratulations" Chelsea said as she came running towards me with her arms open and ready for a hug. "Thanks Chelsea".
We all sat down and started chatting about anything and everything. It is so great having a close group of friends like we do. I am so thankful. We had all finished our meals and I was on my fourth or fifth margarita when the waitress brought a tray full of shots in, which I imagine is tequila.
"Whooopaa" Madison yells as she holds up her shot.
"That's Greek Madison….of all people you should know that" Spence yells out.
"I'm spicin' it up, girl" Madison grins back and held up her shot even higher.
"I'd like to propose a toast." Everyone holds their shot up. "To a kick ass producer, a wonderful friend, and soon to be the second hottest new artist on the planet…Ashley you deserve this and you're going to be amazing".
"Here Here" everyone yelled as we all toasted and took our shoots.
"Thanks guys, I have a toast too". I said feeling the alcohol, but picking up the next shot.
"To a group of the best friends anyone could ask for! To Madison, who has been amazing through this whole thing. Your first album is about to come out , but you're so set on making me feel awesome, you don't know how much it means to me. To my sister who is always there for me whenever and need her. And to Spencer, the love of my life, my back bone, my rock, my soulmate. I love you so much…I love all you guys and I can't wait to share this adventure with all of you. To Family!" "To Family" they all repeated and downed their shots.
I sat back down and leaned over to Spencer and was met by her lips, we shared a very passionate kiss fueled by lots of alcohol.
"Okay, you two knock it off" Kyla said she threw he napkin at us. We just smiled and I gave Spencer one more peck.
"Well, I have a toast too" Glen said. Oh this should be good.
"Ashley, I just wanted to say that I think you are going to make probably one of the coolest aunts ever…" Spencer dropped her shot of tequila.
"What?" Kyla yelled.
"I'm pregnant" Chelsea said holding her glass of water. How did we not realize she hadn't been drinking.
"Oh my god" Spencer mustard out, you could tell she was in shock.
"We were going to tell you guys yesterday, but when we heard the news we didn't want to over shadow it, but I couldn't hold it in anymore" Glen beamed.
"Hey, no, this is great news…I mean Madison's album is coming out, I got a deal, and you're going to be a dad…this is a great week"! I walk around the table a give Glen and Chelsea a hug.
"Do mom and dad know?" Spence comes out of her trance.
"Not yet, were going to tell them at Friday night dinner, but I wanted you all to know, but you have to act surprised when we tell them".
We stayed for about an hour more talking about the baby and if there would be a wedding in the future. Maybe if there was it would get Kyla off my back.
We all left and said our goodbyes. Kyla, Aiden, Spence and I grabbed a cab back to the loft.
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I was in bed waiting for Spence when she came out of the bathroom wiping her face. She threw her towel in the clothes hamper and crawled into bed into my arms. "That was a fun night" she said.
"It was fun. I like getting together with all of them" I kissed the top of her head.
"I can't believe Glen and Chelsea are pregnant. Wow. Just think in nine months a little Glen will be running around…I'm going to be an aunt". She started to smile.
"You're going to be a great aunt, Spence" She will be, she'll be a great mom.
"You're going to be great aunt too" It feels good that they're already considering me an aunt.
"I'm going to spoil the crap out of that kid" I joked.
Spencer was quiet for a minute and then she surprised me with the next thing out of her mouth "you want kids, right Ash?".
I moved so I was facing her, we were both laying on our sides. I moved my hand and started to stroke her hair around her ear. "Well, not right now, but yeah eventually I do……do you want kids right now?" I think she sees the panic start across my face.
She grabs my hand with hers and holds onto it while keeping my hand against her face. "No, not right now Ash. But, I like thinking about what it would be like to have kids with you".
"I think about it too" Actually, I've been thinking about it a lot.
"Yeah?" Spence questions me.
"Yeah, you're going to make a great mom Spencer. I want to raise a family with you, but I don't want to be gone all the time. I want to be there, I don't want to be like my dad. I don't want my kid to be able to count the days they were with me". This was starting to get emotional.
"Ash, you are not your dad and you're not your mom. You're you and you're going to make a great mom." She leans in and kisses my forehead.
"You think so?" I ask
"I know so" she says with out missing a beat.
"If it were possible for me to impregnate you…I would do it right now" I grunt into her ear.
"Always the romantic" she whispers as she captures my lips.
"I love you" I say between kisses.
"I love you too" she says as I roll on top of her.
I'm pretty sure I'm the happiest person on earth right now; I don't think my life could get any better.
Man, I love this girl.