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Ashley's POV

I'm having this weird ass dream where I am running through the forest at night. Forests are never good. Especially when it's dark out. You know, like in movies. No one ever gets out alive. I think there's a giant teddy bear chasing me. This would be cute if the giant teddy bear didn't have a machete in his paw. One of his eyes is all popped out and there's fluff coming out of the eye socket.

What does this mean?

I suddenly wake up right before the devil teddy bear was about to throw the machete at my head. Good thing that ended.

I grunt and roll over, finding the spot next to me on my bed empty. Spencer and I were taking a nap earlier, so I wonder where she is. I really just want to go back to my nap. But I'm scared that teddy bear is going to come after me again.

And I would rather continue my nap with Spencer. She is just so snuggly.

Don't tell anyone I said that.

I yawn a little bit and look at the glowing green numbers on my bed-side table. 5:30 PM. Two and a half hours until we go out to get ice cream with Kyla, Aiden, and surprisingly, Court. For some reason he decided to come. Apparently Aiden asked him.

I roll off my bed and leave my room to go find Spencer. I'm sure my hair is all crazy and wild, but I don't care.

I find Spencer in the kitchen getting a drink. She has on my sweatpants and my slippers. The sweatpants hang low and baggy on her, revealing a strip of smooth skin. I smile to myself as I walk towards her, kind of still half asleep. She looks so damn cute. I just want to drag her back to our nap.

And I intend to do that.

"Watcha doin'?" I ask her as she turns around to face me.

"Drinking chocolate milk." She replies sweetly.

"Come back to our nap." I say while yawning in the middle of my sentence.

Spencer walks towards me and hugs me softly with her arms wrapped around my waist. I let out a content sigh. "Your hair looks great, Ash."

"Shut up Spencer." I mumble into her own hair, smelling the delicious orange scent of her shampoo. "I had a bad dream."

Spencer brings a hand up and runs it through my curls. "Oh yeah? Was it the teddy bear again?"

I nod. "Yes." I tell her solemnly.

"You poor baby." Spencer coos at me and smirks.

"It's not funny. It has a machete, Spence." I tell her seriously, rubbing my face into her neck.

"That's horrible, Ash." She says softly.

"Mmmhmm." I sigh. I take her hand in mine and drag her back to my room. "Come on."

I feel much better when I pull Spencer closer to me as I lay practically on top of her.

"What do you think the teddy bear means?" I ask as I yawn again into her neck.

"Go to sleep Ashley." Spencer mumbles quietly, pulling me closer to her.

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"Do you think it's gunna be weird?" Kyla says sitting on a bench on our front porch.

"Probably. There was some serious awkwardness when Aiden asked him." Spencer says. She's stretched out across another bench with cushions on it.

"I wonder why he said yes. I thought he was avoiding Aiden." Kyla muses.

"I guess he just can't stay away." Spencer replies.

I'm leaning against the railing of the porch, watching for Aiden's car to come pick us up. I doubt Court will be in the car with him, that would just be really awkward.

It's a really nice night out, the kind of night where the sky looks kind of orangey. I turn around to face Spencer and Kyla who are still talking about Aiden and Court. I catch Spencer just as she is stretching, cracking her back. The sweatshirt she is wearing rides up and I see some of her smooth stomach. I groan inwardly as I make myself look away. I am all kinds of turned on after we took that nap. Hell, I am always turned on around Spencer and I'm going to have to control myself when we go out.

Stupid ice cream.

"Geez, where the fuck is he?" I breathe out with annoyance. Aiden was supposed to be here twenty-five minutes ago.

Just as I finish my sentence I see headlights lighting up the road and Aiden honks his horn obnoxiously as he pulls into the driveway.

"Jesus Aiden, you didn't have to honk like an ass, we were right outside." Kyla says angrily to him as she gets in the passenger seat.

"Sorry." Aiden says cheerily as he backs up. "Sorry I was late, I couldn't figure out what to wear."

I hear Kyla snort with laughter.

"Are you nervous?" Spencer asks him from next to me.

"Extremely. I can't believe he even agreed to come." Aiden says as he makes a left turn.

As soon as we get to the ice cream place, I see that there are a lot of people there.

"Shit, are they giving the ice cream away?" Kyla says as we make our way through the crowd and to the counter. Aiden keeps turning his head around in all directions to try and spot Court. It doesn't seem like he's here yet, which is weird because we're forty-five minutes late from meeting time.

"He's not gunna come." Aiden say as he looks down at the flavors. I can see the frown on his face becoming more prominent after every second. "I'm so stupid, why would I even think he'd show."

"He could just be late." Spencer tries to console him, but she gives me a worried glance.

"Yeah, righ-" He starts to say but is cut off.

"Hey guys. Sorry I'm pretty late." Court says as he walks up to us, standing on the outside of our circle.

Aiden's head snaps in Court's direction and the frown starts to slip away. "That's alright, we just got here." Kyla says to him as she tells the girl behind the counter she wants a milkshake.

"Oh good." Court says, leaving his eyes on everyone's but Aiden's.

"I was starting to think you might not show up." Aiden says quietly. And I'm kind of surprised because that's the kind of thing you think but don't say.

I remove myself from Kyla, Aiden, and Court and go over to where Spencer is standing, looking at the flavors like a little kid in a toy store. I brush up against her inconspicuously.

"What are you getting?" I ask her, my face close to hers.

She turns and smiles at me. "Chocolate."

"Don't think you've had enough chocolate for one day with all that chocolate milk?" I ask her as I laugh and pull out my wallet.

"Um. Nope." She chuckles. "Ash, no." She says as I am giving the girl money for both of our ice creams.

"I got it Spence."

"But you always get it. I'm paying the next five times." She says in a stern voice that just sounds adorable.

I chuckle lightly and give her the chocolate cone. "No way. I like paying for you. And if you really want to repay me, you can do it in sexual favors." I raise my eyebrow.

Spencer grins at me. "I love you." She says tenderly.

And I'm surprised. Because although I know we love each other, we don't always say it. At least not in everyday conversation. Sometimes there's just no need to when you absolutely know it. And there is something about her voice that makes me totally melt inside and my brain can't think straight.

Well, my brain can never think straight.

I gaze into her eyes, feeling oddly mesmerized in this crowded shop.

"I love you too." I tell her honestly. My fluttering heart brings my hand up to her face and I lightly brush my thumb across her lips.

"Come on, let's go outside. There's nowhere to sit here." Aiden says bringing me out of my world where there is only Spencer.

"Alright." I say and head outside.

We find a table to sit down at and I watch Aiden and Court talk nervously to each other. It's kind of cute, I guess.

I feel Spencer's hand find mine and intertwine our fingers together.

I spot a bunch of Aiden's basketball friends a couple of tables down, and I smell trouble. Like clockwork, a couple of meatheads come over to our table and Aiden looks up, distress written all over his face.

"Yo Aiden, what are doing with gay boy here?" One asshole says, I think his name is Brian.

I see Court roll his eyes trying to seem like he's unaffected. I know better. I know what that feels like. Nobody really says anything, except Kyla scoffing at them.

"Seriously, don't you have some fairy-costume to go try on?" The kid says, motioning to Court.

Before anyone can even say anything or hit anyone, as I was very much intending to do, Aiden's voice comes out loud and rough.

"Hey, shut the fuck up man. Don't talk to him like that." Aiden says staring daggers at the kid. Court's head whips to the side in surprise, as does everyone elses.

"Whoa, what's your problem Aiden?" the Brian kids says.

Aiden stands up straight, significantly taller than Brian at least by a head. "You're my problem asswipe."

"Whatever man, why are you hanging out with some homo?" One of the other guys says with venom in his voice.

Aiden steps a little closer to them. He's all red and looks like he's going to burst. "You have a problem with gay people? Some of my best friends are gay, and hey!" Aiden raises his hands in the air. "What the hell, so am I! So you can go fuck yourselves. All of you." His chest is puffing in and out with every breath he takes and I can see the fear all over the guys' faces. After a second or two they all walk away, mumbling "asshole" as they leave.

Aiden sits down and no one says anything. Court is not smiling, but he's looking very intently at Aiden, his eyes kind of wide open. Kyla is smirking, like usual, looking between the both of them.

Aiden clears his throat. "Well, that was fun." He says evenly.

"Yeah, thanks for basically outing me, Aiden." Spencer laughs playfully.

"Oh come on Spencer." Aiden chuckles. "You're basically sitting on top of Ashley. Anyway, do you really care?"

Spencer smiles and glances at me. "Not at all." She says and I squeeze her hand tighter.

"That kid looked like he was about to piss his pants." Court says, laughing. Aiden just shrugs and smiles at him.

I see Court lightly touch Aiden's hand and they share a look. You know, a look. I smile and turn away.

I'm happy about that and all, and I'm having a good time, but I need to go home soon with Spencer. Watching her lick that ice cream cone is doing weird things to me. I am jealous of that ice cream, it gets to be licked by Spencer. Fuck, I want to be that ice cream right now.

"What?" Spencer says, because she can probably feel me staring at her.

"Uh.." I say, trying to make my mind work.

I'm failing.

"I, uh, you have some ice cream on your lip." I say and point to it.

Spencer smirks and leans into me further and surprises me by kissing me. The coldness of the ice cream on her lips combined with the warmness of her body leaning into mine makes me moan quietly into her mouth. I want her so badly right now. I lick the ice cream off her lips and then bite her bottom one softly.

Spencer pulls away and even in the night I can see her dark, lidded eyes.

"Okay, let's get out of here." Aiden says, glancing back at the table of guys he scared away earlier.

"I think I'm gunna stay. I see some girls from dance." Kyla says, throwing her milkshake in the garbage.

Spencer gives Kyla a hug and she walks over to some girls I know she hangs out with sometimes.

"Do you want a ride?" Aiden asks Court lightly as we start to head towards the parking lot.

Court nods with a smile on his face. "That'd be great."

"You're coming over." I say to Spencer as I drag her towards the car.

"Is that a demand?" She chuckles, her voice just a little bit deeper.

I grin at her. "You know it baby. "