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Chapter 11

I glanced at the clock. 10:45. Stacey had called about a half hour ago asking if I wanted to meet her for coffee around 3ish. It wasn't until right now that I realized I had made plans with Ashley to work on our project later.

"Crap," I muttered to myself as I grabbed my cell and dialed her number.

"Hello?" I hear mumbled through the phone. I probably woke her up. Crap, what if she's cranky? Ok, that so doesn't matter.

"Hey Ash…it's Spencer," I said. I almost said Spence, but it felt weird to use nicknames, especially after this week. After the kiss and my talk with Stacey at the arena, I didn't really know what to do. And I didn't ignore Ashley, per say. I just made sure that we weren't alone together. We ate lunch together with everyone. We worked on our project a bit in school, but never back at home.

I just wanted to talk to Stacey some more. Get my head sorted before I threw myself at Ashley again. That's fair right? Right. Ok then.

"Oh hey, what's up?" she asked sounding slightly more awake.

"Ok so I was wondering if I could come over around noon-ish?" I asked.

"Sure, no problem, see you then," she said. I said bye and hung up. Well that went well.

I arrived at Ashley's house via Glen and stared. He just smirked at my shocked face, "Yeah I felt like that the first time I picked up Kyla," he said. I got out of the car and hesitantly walked to the front door. I knocked and waited. Hmm, I wonder if they have a butler. It would make me laugh if he opened the door. I stood chuckling to myself when the door opened.

"Hey come in Spencer," Kyla said to me looking behind me, probably for Glen, before shutting the door.

"Uh hey," I said nervously.

"Ashley will be down in a minute, she finally got out of bed like 5 minutes ago," Kyla said chuckling. She led me into the living room and sat down smirking at me.

"What?" I asked, not rudely but curiously.

"You kissed my sister," she said laughing as I once again ducked my head to cover my blush. Ashley told her? Not that I'm mad or anything, I just don't want it to get back to my brother. Not yet. I don't want to have to deal with him before I even know what's going on in my life.

"Uh…" what do I say to that? I don't know so I just half nodded. Ashley came in, "Hey," she said, "You want to work in my room?" I nodded and followed her ignoring Kyla as she made smacking noises with her lips.

"Shut up Ky, your one to talk, Little Miss-Make - out – on – the – couch – where- people – can – walk – in – on – you," she said and Kyla "hmphed." Ashley led me up the stairs. Ew, pictures of Kyla and Glen dance in my head; and now I feel like I'm quoting that Christmas book.

We worked for a few minutes in silence before Ashley said, "So why did we need to do this earlier? Not that I mind, I just would've preferred that extra beauty sleep," she said winking at me and grinning cheekily. Beauty sleep? She so doesn't need it.

"Well, you remember Stacey? She kind of asked me to go get coffee," I said hesitantly; unsure of how she would react. The last time she was near Stacey she looked like she might attack her. I grinned to myself knowing she was jealous. Not that I wanted her to be, it was just nice to know she was jealous because she liked me.

"Oh," she said quietly. I looked away guiltily. But why was I feeling guilty? Ashley and I hadn't brought up the kiss in a week, and Stacey and I were friends before Ashley.

After a couple hours on our project we basically had it done and I left to go meet Stacey at the coffee shop in town. I walked into the coffee shop and saw Stacey sitting at a table and I quickly made my way over to her.

"Hey," she said as I sat down in the seat next to her. A waitress came over smiling and asked me what I wanted.

"A medium latte please?" I asked and she smiled and walked away, "Hope I didn't keep you waiting," I told Stacey.

"Nope," she said. I looked away. We both knew why we wanted to talk. At least I hope we do but how do I start the conversation? Stacey seemed to sense my hesitance and put her hand over mine. So I decided to just come out and say it, "You're gay right?" It must of come out blunter than expected because Stacey busted out laughing.

"Was I not obvious enough?" she asked grinning. I just chuckled.

"Well how were you sure?" I asked. I knew I liked Ashley; I felt things for her but were they true?

"Uh, I think the wanting to have sex with girls and gagging at the thought of sex with a guy, might've been a clue. But really…it's just something you feel. You know? It's who you are,"

"Yeah I guess," I said. Stacey just gave my hand a squeeze.

"Yeah," I said looking at Stacey. I saw her eyes darken as she looked at me and she leaned in slightly. I was frozen, similarly as to when Ashley leaned in. But I had no idea what to do, and before I could think of anything her lips were on mine. What do I do? Unlike my kiss with Ashley, I couldn't seem to shut off my brain kissing Stacey, with Ashley I just felt, reacted. I felt her tongue graze my lips and I flew backwards. Possibly a bit too much because I feel backwards out of my chair.

"Spence?" I heard Stacey ask and I looked around at the people staring at me in curiosity.

"Right, that wasn't embarrassing. Sorry," I mumbled to her sitting back down. She just nodded, "it's fine. I should be saying sorry I didn't mean to put you in that position."

"It's fine…but I just, I mean, I like Ashley. And having one crush is already too much for me I don't know how I would handle two," I said trying to explain myself.

"Spence, I knew that. I honestly just got caught up. Friends right?" she asked.

"Right," I said grinning. Well even though kissing Stacey caught me off guard, it definitely cleared one thing up for me. I didn't feel a spark like I had with Ashley. And I most definitely wanted to see where that spark would take me.