No excuses, just laziness. I enjoy reading everyone else's fics so much that I get side tracked. I mean I know how I feel waiting for the new chapter of "Points Underneath", so I'm sorry for making you wait for mine (not that it even compares). Enjoy.
Ashley POV
I walked off the stage as over 20,000 people were screaming for me, yeah, I know, for me. I still can't believe it to this day that people pay to see me perform. It's one of the greatest feelings in the world, knowing that you can make people feel better and connect with them through a song.
I made way back to the bus and collapsed on the couch.
"You're getting old Davies" Jill said climbing up the bus stairs.
"Shut it, Jill. I'm younger than you….and I'm just jetlagged" I try and yell forcefully with out moving an inch.
"Why don't you grab shower and get changed and we'll hit the road."
I grunt a noise similar to a yes and roll off the couch.
"We need to talk about my schedule when I get out of the shower."
I crawled my way to the bathroom and shut the door to a laughing Jill.
Spencer's POV
I drag myself off the couch and make my way to the shower. I'm almost done with school and I can't wait till it's over. It's not that I don't like school, but I've discovered that I would rather be with Ashley than in a class room.
It's not that I want to live off Ashley, but she loves what she does so much and I know she is just as miserable as I am when we're not together. I've also been thinking about how much I want a family…these are too many thoughts to have before I have my morning coffee.
I finish up my shower and get dressed. Just as I start to make coffee the phone rings.
"Hello" I'm trying to balance the phone between my ear and my shoulder while I continue to make the coffee.
"Hey Spencer, it's Chelsea." She sounds a little frazzled.
"What's going on Chelsea?"
"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to come over to the house for some coffee and you know… just hang…"
I chuckle into the receiver; I knew Chelsea needed some time to herself. Glen has been working non-stop and I doubt she's had any sleep.
"You know how much I have wanted to have some one on one time with my nephew. How 'bout I come and take him out for a bit. I need to run to the mall anyway and he will love the ride." I offer.
"Spencer, you truly are a gift from God. I would love that."
"Alright, we'll give me like thirty minutes and I'll come and pick up the cutie." I could hear Chelsea give a sigh of relief.
"I owe you one, Spencer." She says into the phone, I can tell she's exhausted.
"What are you talking about? You're doing me a favor. I need to get my mind off of Ashley somehow."
"Hah, I don't think anything can cure that. I'll see you in a little." It's disgusting when I think what other people must think of me and Ash. I know I would get tired if Chelsea was always swooning over Glen.
I hang up with Chelsea and pour myself a cup and head over to the couch and hit speed dial 1 on my phone. If there is one thing besides coffee that I can't start my day off with out its Ashley.
A warm voice answers on the other end, "I've been waiting for your call."
"Well sorry to keep you waiting, I was on the phone with Chelsea. I'm taking James for the day." I smile into the receiver as I say it because I know she's gonna hate the fact that I get to spend the day with our godson.
"Aww, that is so not fair. Make sure you give him a kiss for me and send me pictures, lots of pictures."
I fiddle with the blanket in my hand; this is always hard for me. I love hearing her voice but at the same time I hate it because I know she's not with me. I shake myself out of my thoughts and reply, "I will."
"So, Spencer, you will never believe who I ran into last night." Ashley said excitingly into the phone.
"Who" I asked back into the phone.
"Chelsea frickin' Handler, she wants me to come on her show, which I totally said yes to, but I told her only if you could come. She now knows that you are a fan…I got her autograph for you too."
I chuckled to myself, she sounded like a kid in a candy shop. Although, I do love Chelsea Handler, her show keeps me occupied when Ash is gone and we always try to watch it together when she's home.
"Wow, Ash. I can't wait for that. I'm proud of you." The sound of her voice was so happy; I could tell that she was really really excited about it.
"I miss you."
It's not that it was off topic, but she always tells me she misses me at the weirdest times.
"I miss you too, Ash."
"All these amazing things are happening and it's so awesome, but it's not that same with out you by my side. I promise I'll be home soon. I've been talking to Jill about my schedule."
I knew she meant it, I've been thinking about this a lot, about our future
"I want to have a kid, Ashley." Oh crap, I said that out loud didn't I?
"What?" she said in shock.
Ashley's POV
"I want to have a kid, Ashley."
"What?" I say before I can even process what she is saying.
A kid…she wants a kid…she's no even out of school.
"Ash, I didn't…no wait I did mean it" she says quickly.
"Spence, you're still in school and I'm on the road all the time…I'm not even there right now." I reply.
Have I thought about having a family with Spencer, yeah, but not now. I'm not even there in person…I'm not going to be able to focus on anything but the fact that Spencer wants to have a child right now…or in the very near future. I'm finally just able to start taking care of myself and that's even stretching it. I'm shaken out of my thought with Spence calling my name through the phone.
"Asshhhllleyyy….are you still there?" her voice getting louder.
"Yeah, yeah I'm here. Sorry" I shift the phone from one ear to the other. "Listen, Spencer how about we table this baby talk until I get home so we can talk about it face to face, I think this conversation needs to be done in person."
"Ash, I didn't mean to freak you out, I didn't even really mean for it to come out. Please don't start freaking out."
"I'm not freaking out" I assure her, "Let's just wait till I get home to talk ok?"
"Ok" she says softly.
I look up and Jill is at the door pointing to her watch, I have an interview to get to and we just pulled into the parking lot. I nod to Jill and tell her to give me one minute and she heads back towards the front of the bus.
"Hey Spence, I've got to run. I have an interview and we just pulled in. I promise as soon as I get home we'll talk about this" and reading her worried little mind I add "and I promise I'm not freaking out."
"I believe you" she says with a little giggle. "I'll be waiting. Have fun at your interview."
"I will. I love you." I said making my way to the front of the bus.
"I love you too." I ended the phone call and looked up as Jill was standing on the front steps.
"Calm down, I'm here…I'm here." She's just shaking her head as we make out way off the bus and into the station.
Inside the station:
"WFOI, Your station, your music, thanks for keepin' it locked. And do we have a treat for you today. Joining us in the studio, she's playing the arena tonight, it's Ashley Davies. How are you doing today Ashley?" Jeff the DJ asked me.
"I'm doing great, happy to be here." I wonder if anyone has ever answered that they weren't doing well.
"You're playing Fox Arena tonight and you're just getting back into the swing of things after you took some time off…did you enjoy your time off?" DJ Jeff is about to go there, I know it.
"My time off was great. I was able to be home for the birth of my godson and that meant the world to me." I replied into the mic.
"Now you have been all over the tabloids these past months, how are you handling it?" Jeff shoots me this look of, "sorry I have to ask." I get that it's his job, but it doesn't make it any easier.
"Yeah, well you know the life of celebrity comes with some pretty crappy attachments." Jill starts to stand up to go talk the producer, but I wave her off, this issue needs to be addresses sooner or later.
Jeff continues, "So I don't really need to go out on a limb to say that the tabloids are wrong yet again?"
I laugh a little, "You would be correct Jeff. The tabloids couldn't be farther from the truth. Spence and I are fine and no one is cheating on anyone."
"Is it hard for you and Spencer when all this stuff is printed and you're making the entertainment news? Does it cause tension?" Jeff saw the green light and he went with it.
"Well, I'm not going to lie and say it doesn't get to us. But it's not that we believe the tabloids it's just the atmosphere it creates."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well, when all this stuff came out in the tabloids that Spencer was cheating on me, she started to get harassed. I mean she still in school and I know that a lot of my fan base is that age. To make matters even worse her friend Lauren was getting things thrown at her."
Jeff interjected, "What? Are you kidding me?"
"No" I said quickly. "It was awful and that's the tension that was created. I love my job and I know I'm lucky to be doing it, but I was about to give it all up when I found out what had happened. Nothing is worth putting Spence through that."
"What do you say to all the people that think the affairs are actually happening?"
"I would say that you've never met me and Spencer because if you had you would know that I can't function without Spencer. This whole idea would laughable because the celebrity lifestyle isn't ours. We're two normal people with an incredibly normal family and we are so happy together. I mean you can ask Jill how big of a pain I am on the road because I have to be away from Spencer. I think that's what makes this whole situation so hard is because these rumors couldn't be farther from the truth."
Jeff give me a small apologetic smile as he takes us into a commercial break, "We're chatting with Ashley Davies and we're going to take a quick break and have a look at you weather and then we'll come back and chat some more. Stick around its WFOI."
He takes his headphones off and I follow his lead.
"Sorry that I had to do that, but my boss has been breathing down my neck about this interview."
"It's cool Jeff. I know the entire world has been waiting for the other shoe to drop, but the truth is my life is incredibly boring." I smile back to him.
"Well that not true, you have a new godson, that's pretty exciting." Jeff shoots back.
"Oh, that is true. He is the cutest thing," I fish for my phone and start to bring up pictures "you want to see some pictures?"
I show Jeff about five different pictures of James. It dawns on me that my crazy reaction to showing people pictures of my godson can only foreshadow how crazy of a mother I am going to be.
Jeff motions me to grab my headphones as he puts his back on. I think the rest of the interview will go swimmingly.
