Spencer's POV
I'm the first to wake up, and that is just fine with me. The sun is streaking through the sliding doors of the small balcony and the light flashes across my eyes in a steady stream.
Ashley is almost completely on top of me, her head snuggled cutely in the crook of my neck. She is snoring very lightly and her lips are just placed on my neck. I stay still for a little bit, figuring out how to move but not wake her up. It's early, and I want to let her sleep.
I finally untangle myself from her. When I'm fully out of the bed, she reaches out her hand in the spot where I was. Then she mumbles something that sounds like my name. I kiss the side of her head and straighten out my clothes, heading to the balcony.
I look over at the other bed and see Kyla curled into a ball, pressed up very closely to Robin. Robin is on her side, one of her arms thrown protectively around Kyla. I smirk at them. All last night they wouldn't stop giggling and Court, Aiden and I had to tell them multiple times to shut up.
I make my way across the floor and try not to step on Aiden or Court. Aiden is sprawled out across the floor on his back. And Court is on his stomach, one arm draped over Aiden. Aiden is snoring loudly and I hold back a laugh at his open mouth, drool spilling out.
I feel like that whole walk across the room was an obstacle course to get outside. But when I finally do, I slide the door shut as quietly as I can and lean against the railing. It is totally gorgeous out and my eyes don't know where to look first. They take in some of the tall buildings. The people down on the streets bustling around, starting their days. Maybe they're going to get coffee. Or the newspaper. Or breakfast. Scattered white clouds spot the baby blue sky, and the sun is radiating the city in a yellow-y glow.
Part of me wants to stay here. Just stay here forever and never go home. Home is so difficult. Home is too hard. This is perfect.
Home has my mother in it. And that scares me. Sneaking around and hiding my relationship with Ashley is killing me. I try not to let Ashley know it bothers me, because she doesn't need that. I just so desperately wish that I could not care what my mother thinks. I wish that I were brave enough to just tell her, plain and simple. Do it quickly, like pulling off a band-aid. But I'm too nervous. She is, after all, my mother. Sometimes I come so close to just saying it, but then I chicken out. I always tell myself next time. Next time.
It's always next time.
I sigh and rest my arms on the railing. The sound of the balcony door sliding open and then close shakes me from my deep thoughts. My too deep of thoughts for this beautiful, sunlit city.
I feel a warm body surround me from behind and a warm breath behind my ear.
"Hi baby." Ashley says sweetly into my ear, then kisses behind it. Her arms come around me and her hands rest on top of mine. She is still warm from being in bed.
"Hi." I smile outwardly over the balcony. "Go back to bed, it's early." I whisper to her, turning my head slightly so I can try and see her.
Her hair is all messy and her eyes are extremely sleepy. She is beyond the definition of cuteness. Her arms move from being on top of mine and go around my stomach, linking together.
"It's okay. I like this." She says softly. I hear her yawn and I grin and kiss her cheek. I rest my forehead against her temple and give her another kiss on her jaw. Her grip on me tightens protectively and I see the sides of her mouth tilt upwards.
We stand there silently for a while. Just looking at the city. Every now and then Ashley yawns sleepily and I chuckle a little bit. I feel good with her arms around me. Wonderful, actually.
I feel Ashley's head go heavy against my shoulder and her breathing even out. I turn around and chuckle when I see her in that half-asleep, half-awake state.
"Ashley." I say quietly.
Her eyes flutter but stay closed.
"Spencer." She mumbles groggily.
I laugh a little louder. "Ash."
"I'm awake." She says, her eyes still closed.
I unravel myself from her and take her hand in mine, guiding her back into the room. Court and Aiden are now awake. Aiden is attempting to get the coffee machine to work.
"What the hell." He says, as he pushes all the buttons.
"You might want to plug it in, Aid." Court says from one of the soft chairs. He has a newspaper open and reading glasses on. One spot in his shaggy hair is matted down from sleeping on the ground.
"Good morning boys." I say as I let Ashley fall back into the bed.
"Morning Spence." Court says lightly, smirking at Aiden's struggle.
I set myself down in the other chair, across the table from Court. "What's on the agenda for today?"
Aiden walks over, apparently having given up on electronics. His hand goes to rub Court's hair affectionately.
"I dunno, we'll have to ask Queen Kyla when she wakes up." Aiden says and chuckles.
"Yeah, have you seem those two?" Court says, his eyes glancing to Kyla and Robin all snuggled up under the covers.
The three of us laugh but come to the conclusion that it's purely innocent. I don't know about that, though. Only time will tell.
"I can hear you, douchebags." Kyla mumbles from the bed across the room. She stretches lightly and then gets out of bed. Her hair is all messed up and her make-up is kind of smudged.
She pads over to me, Aiden, and Court and sits down on my lap, taking a sip of my orange juice.
"Sleep well?" Aiden asks her with a smile on his face.
She gives him a look. "Yes, actually. I slept great." I see a smile creeping up on her face from behind her hard look at Aiden. "We can head home anytime you guys want."
I shrug, showing my indifference to whatever we do.
"We should go get breakfast in a little while. I bet they have a killer buffet." Court says, breaking the peaceful silence after a while.
"Definitely." Aiden agrees and nods.
I eventually get up, telling Kyla she can have the chair and get back into the comfortable bed that has a sleepy Ashley in it. When I snuggle back into her, she immediately moves closer, throwing her arm around me.
"Mmm, there's my pillow." She says sleepily with her eyes closed, a smile on her face. I kiss her lightly and rest my head in her neck. "Do we have to get up soon?" She asks.
"In a few minutes." I say into her neck, taking in how good the skin there smells.
Ashley mumbles an "Okay" into my hair.
About an hour later, which was much later than we all thought would be, Kyla, Aiden, Court, Ashley, Robin, and I head downstairs to check out breakfast. Kyla decided to hog up most of the time in the one bathroom doing her hair and make-up. And I had to be a nice girl and say I'd shower last, so that left me with no hot water at all. Fortunately, sleeping with Ashley in a bed and not being able to have sex with her had caused me to become extremely hot and bothered. So maybe the cold shower was good. It's not that we never just sleep, we do all the time. It's the fact that we weren't allowed to do it that made us so desperately want to. I guess that's true with most things.
I never wanted to pet that sting-ray at Sea World until Glen told me I wasn't allowed to. Then it was all I could think about the whole vacation. And when I did, I think it bit me.
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"Could I get the syrup, Ash?" Robin asks Ashley, who is sitting next to me.
Ashley smiles and hands it to her.
"Thanks." Robin says cheerily, pouring it on her pancakes.
"Yeah, no problem." Ashley says in a tone that is not mean, sarcastic, or caustic. All of which she usually uses for Robin.
I give Kyla a confused look across the table where she is seated next to Robin. She scrunches her eyebrows together, not understanding the sudden niceness between the two. She shrugs and grabs a piece of bacon off of Robin's plate.
"Dammit Kyla, I wanted that." Robin grumbles as Kyla smirks.
"I'll get you more, geez. Baby."
"Do you guys realize," Aiden says with his mouth full of eggs, "that all of us stayed in a cramped room together for a whole night and none of us are dead?"
"Aiden sweetie, here." Court says, handing him a napkin and giving him a sympathetic look.
"I know, it's kind of amazing." Ashley says, taking a sip of her apple juice. "But there's still time. Kyla." She finishes with a mischievous grin on her face, directing her words towards her sister.
I hit her leg under the table with my hand and Ashley chuckles. I then feel her hand come softly up my thigh and start to rub the top of it. Already, my cold shower is wearing off. Her fingers move to my inner thigh as I try simply to eat some toast. That hand is moving up slowly and I seriously wish I could hold in my quiet moan. But I let it out and then cover it up with a cough. I put my hand on Ashley's to stop her and thankfully, she does.
Thankfully, because five more seconds and I would have let her have me right then and there.
I see her out of the corner of my eye shoveling eggs into her mouth with a stupid smirk on her face.
Eventually, we all finish breakfast and decide to go out for a little while before we head home. Everyone leaves the table and then me and Ashley are left because she's finishing her juice.
Her apple juice. She's such a little kid sometimes.
I see my chance for retaliation when she goes to get up. But I swiftly hop up and out of my chair and straddle her on her own chair. Her brown eyes go wide in surprise.
"Spencer?" Ashley says hoarsely as my hands find her waist under her shirt. I bring my mouth to her ear and bite her earlobe. I physically feel her choke back a moan.
"You make me so hot Ash." I breathe into her ear. Her chest breathes heavily against me as I hear the tiniest growl come out of her. And then I bite the side of her jaw and get up and off her. I start to walk nonchalantly away.
"Spencer." I hear an angry whisper-yell where Ashley is still sitting. Obviously trying to recover.
I look over my shoulder at her and meet her eyes. I smirk. "Payback, Ash."
Her eyes narrow dramatically at me. And then she gets up and follows me. She keeps mumbling things about cold showers all the way to the elevator.
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"Thanks for all your help honey. And for the great room." Court says to the receptionist girl. This girl has had her eyes on Court every single time we've seen her.
"Of course!" She replies giddily. "We hope to see you all again." She directs this towards Court specifically.
Aiden walks up to Court and grips his arm. "Uh huh." He scoffs, pulling Court away. "Did you really have to be all flirty with her?"
"Did you wanna sleep in the car, Aid?" Court says, smirking. "Plus." He continues. "It's her own fault, she should be able to tell I'm gay. It's kind of really obvious. As obvious as Kyla liking Robin."
"Hey!" Kyla shrieks from behind him. "Court!"
Ashley chuckles from beside me and I look back at Robin, who has a smirk on her face. She continues to bicker with Court all the way to the car.
When we start our ride, Kyla finally settles down and falls asleep on Robin's shoulder.
"So you're being all nice to Robin all of a sudden. What's that about?" I ask Ashley quietly with a playful smile on my face.
Ashley glances at me. "We have an understanding." She says simply. I raise my eyebrow to her in disbelief. "What? You want me to be jealous?" A big smirk appears on her face. "Oh, I get it. You like it when I'm jealous and all possessive. It turns you on." She whispers seductively.
"Shut up Ash." I scoff. "No it doesn't."
And I'm lying. Because as much as I hated fighting with her over Robin, of all things. Her being passionate about something, about me, is so hot. And when she's possessive and claims me as hers, which I am, is even hotter. And sometimes when she's angry, she had this annoyed face, and her lips are all pouted, and her eyes smolder. And it is so sexy. I love that she wants me all to herself. Because I am hers.
"Sure. " She chuckles. "And by the way, thanks for blue-balling me at breakfast this morning."
"Well that was your punishment." I grin at her. "And maybe if your hands weren't all over me that wouldn't have happened."
Ashley gives me a wide-mouthed smile and she licks her lips. "Oooh, punishment. I like that. And you love my hands all over you. Don't deny it, Spencer." She says my name in a low voice. One she knows does things to me. The sound of her voice alone makes my heart beat erratically.
We're taken from our staring contest by the sound of Kyla's voice.
"So how was abstaining from sex for a few days?" She asks with a smirk on her face.
Ashley tears her eyes away from my lips to answer. "It was great, Kyla, thanks. But I bet it was easier for you, you've had lots of practice."
Kyla's face gets all red and angry looking. "Screw you."
"Nah, I'm sure you'd rather have Robin do that." Ashley replies with a smirk
"No thanks. I don't wanna kiss that." Robin pipes up and turns around. She has a playful expression on her face directed towards Kyla.
"Excuse me." Kyla says dramatically. "I am a great kisser, for you information."
I chuckle a little bit before Robin answers. "Yeah sure." She says sarcastically.
Kyla's eyebrows scrunch together. "What, you don't believe me?" Robin shakes her head. "Well, believe this." Kyla says seriously and grabs Robin's neck towards her. Robin's eyes go wide for a second before she let's them close as Kyla kisses her hard.
I am kind of in shock and don't know what to do. I want to look away but I can't seem to. I glance at Ashley and her eyes are wide and she seems to be in the same position as me. Kyla and Robin finally break apart and Kyla just looks at Robin, while Robin catches her breath. Kyla's face goes back to normal.
"Well?" She says, like she wants Robin to tell her how the chicken she just made tastes.
Robin opens and closes her mouth. "Uh." She looks at me and then back at Kyla. "Um. I've had better." But Robin's weak, quivering voice is not very convincing. Kyla smirks and turns back around, content with so obviously proving her point.
"What the hell was that?" Court says loudly from the front seat. He must have seen the whole, weird occurrence.
Kyla shrugs. "Just a test." She answers breezily.
Yeah, test my ass.
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Okay, I've been thinking about this. Do you guys want Kyla and Robin to 'get together'? I know they just kissed, but that can go either way. Let me know what you think. Input is mucho appreciated. =)
Peace and Love.