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I open my eyes to see Chelsea spit out the drink that she just held to her mouth and Carmen laughed. I just wait for Chelsea to say something, anything at all.
"I told you!" Carmen says more like yells to Chelsea.
"What do you mean you told her? What did you tell her?" What the fuck is going on?
Carmen continues to laugh hysterically while Chelsea stares at me with her mouth open.
"Can one of you tell me what's going on?" I say getting a little angry.
After Carmen controls her laugher, she finally answers me. "I told Chelsea the first day that I met you that I thought you were gay. But she denied it and said that there was no way in hell that you were gay. Well where there's a will, there's a way." She laughs again.
"Since when?" Was all Chelsea could say.
"Well I started noticing girls a lot more over the past few weeks. I mean I guess I sort of always known." I shrug.
"Why are you just telling me this now?"
"Looks who's talking. You didn't even tell me, I had to catch you in the act." I say crossing my arms.
"Touché." She laughs. "But I had no idea. We really need to have a talk, and a long one at that!"
"Wait, so you're not mad or anything?" I really want to know what she thinks about it. I mean she is the first person I have told besides LAbabe4u.
"Why would I be mad? I mean sure I would have loved to have known sooner, but I am just glad that you trust me enough to come out to me. I know it's not easy."
"Did you not trust me enough to come out to me?"
She sighs and thinks about her answer; in the mean time I am getting worried.
"I trust you with my life, you are my best friend. But I know how your mother is, and I did not know how you would handle it. I didn't know if you disown me as a friend, and I like having you in my life." She replies truthfully.
I smile. "Aww Chels, that's the sweetest thing you've ever said to me. And just because my mom is a homophobic bitch, doesn't make me one too."
"Well I would hope not. I mean you can't really be gay and be homophobic as well." Carmen adds.
We nod our heads in agreement and continue eating lunch. After lunch I went to class with Chelsea, then gym. Coach said I could sit out because they weren't doing anything that I already knew. I just sat back turned my iPod on and watched the other girls play. That has been the best gym class yet.
After gym, I headed straight to the parking lot. I couldn't wait to get to the mall; not having a phone for a day really sucks.
As I am about to step foot into the parking lot, I hear Glen calling me over. What the hell does he want now? I make my way over and notice that he's with Aiden. For some reason, I am really starting not to like him anymore. Maybe it's because I like his girlfriend. Hmmm maybe.
"Yes Glen?" I say as I get closer to him.
"I told Mom and Dad about you making the team, and they were proud of course. They were talking about taking you out or something." He shrugs.
"Oh well just tell them that I'll be happy with a new phone, mine broke today."
"If I were you, I would milk it for all you can."
"Good thing I'm not you. Anyways I have to go." I say turning to leave.
"Where are you going?"
"First I'm going to mall, and then I'm staying the night at Chelsea's."
"Oh have fun." He turns back to Aiden and I walk away.
"Hey Spencer." I look up to see Ashley smiling at me.
"Hi Ashley. How was the rest of your day?"
"Pretty boring, how about yours?"
"Surprisingly without you it was very boring."
"Aww did you miss me?" She said in a teasing voice.
"Please why would I miss you? I missed making fun of you yea, but miss you? Now that is taking it too far." I joke.
She slaps my arm. "Your mean!"
"Yea yea so I'm told. But hey I have to go, so I will see you Monday or something."
"Where are you off to?"
"The mall, I have to get a new phone."
She plays with her hands a little and looks down. Why is she nervous? "Do you think maybe I could go with you? I mean I'm going out tonight and I need to get a new outfit." Aww that's cute, she was nervous to ask me to tag along. I swear everything she does is cute. "I mean if you don't want me to, that's f-"
"Ashley, slow down. Its fine, I don't care if you come, just as long as you don't mind Chelsea and Carmen coming too."
"Chelsea's cool and I'm going to assume that Carmen is the other girl you sit with at lunch."
"Yea she is, Stalker." I tease her.
"I'm not a stalker, I just happened to observe who you sit with at lunch."
"Right, let's go." I walk towards my car.
"Hold on, let me just tell Aiden that I'm not riding with him today." I nod and she turns to Glen and Aiden.
I can't hear what they are saying, but I get jealous when I see Ashley and Aiden hug. I start to smile again when she walks towards me.
"Ok show me the way." She links our arms and I can't help the butterflies I get when our skin touch. My smile just turned into a huge grin.
When we get to my car, I notice Chelsea and Carmen waiting for me.
"Took you long enough." Chelsea exaggerates.
"Yea well sorry, I brought company." I say holding up my arm that's linked with Ashley's.
"Oh hey Ashley, it's good to see you again." Chelsea says. "This is Carmen, Carmen this is Ashley." They shake hands.
"So who's ready to go to the mall?" I say excitedly.
"Carmen is riding with me so we will just meet you there."
"Ok see you there." I reply then get in my car, Ashley follows getting into the passenger seat.
"Nice car." She says looking around.
"Thanks, I got it for my 16th birthday last year." I pull out of the space and drive out of the parking lot. It's quiet so I pull out my IPod and hook it up to the radio. "Since you are the guest you can look through it and play what you like." I smile at her.
"Ok. Let's see if I can find anything good." She looks for a while. "Aha! So you do have good taste in music." Then I hear Rainbow by Jessie J begin to play. Can this girl be any more perfect?
"Jessie J is the best. If you don't have her on your IPod then you are missing out."
"I completely agree." She smiles at me. "It's rare that you get an artist that can really sing and make good songs as well."
"I know, I can't even remember how many times I've listened to her entire album."
Throughout the whole drive to the mall, we talk and argue about our different tastes in music. I pull into the mall and notice that it's not that crowded. I find Chelsea and park next to her.
We get out of the car and start walking towards the mall. Carmen grabs Chelsea's hand as soon as we enter the mall. Aww they are cute together. I'm glad that they aren't hiding their relationship. I wonder how Ashley feels about gay people. If she's homophobic, we are no longer friends. I look at Ashley and wait for a response. She looks at the happy couple holding hands and slightly smiles. I guess that's good.
"Are we going straight to get your phone or are we going to shop around first?" Chelsea says to me.
"Well Ashley wanted to get a new outfit, which is why she came with us so we can do that first or get my phone first. I don't have a preference."
"Let's get your phone, and then shop for clothes because I have a feeling that that will take a long time." Ashley says.
We made our way to the phone store and began to look at different phones. Of course Carmen and Chelsea wandered off in the store somewhere leaving Ashley and I alone, not that I'm complaining or anything.
"So you have no problem with Carmen and Chels being together?" I ask her as I play with this IPhone.
"No, why would I?"
"I don't know. There are some pretty homophobic people out there. I was just making sure that you aren't one of them."
She laughs. "I am definitely not homophobic so you have nothing to worry about."
That's good to know, if only she was in to girls as well.
"Have you found the one you want?" Chelsea says coming up behind me.
"Yea I think I'm just going to get the IPhone."
"Good choice, I have one and it's amazing." Ashley says with a smile. Her smile is so beautiful.
"Alright I'll be back." I went in the line and paid for my new phone. Walking back to the girls, I noticed how Ashley seems comfortable with Chelsea and Carmen and she just met them today. More points for her.
"Here Chels put your number in it." I gave her my phone. After she was done she handed it to Carmen. I guess I'll have her number too. I wonder if Ashley will give me her number. When Carmen was done she just handed the phone to Ashley without looking up.
"I knew you wanted my number." She laughs.
"I didn't tell you to put it in my phone." I argue.
"True, but you didn't stop me either." She smirks and I roll my eyes at her but don't say anything. "That's what I thought." I grab my phone from her when she finishes.
"So where to now?" Carmen asks.
"Now we shop!" Ashley exclaims and claps her hands. I shake my head and walk out the store.
"What occasion are we shopping for?" Chelsea inquires.
"I'm going to a club tonight and I need a new outfit." Ashley answers.
"Really? Who are you going with?" Chelsea asks again. Damn she is nosey.
"I was going with Aiden, but he ditched me, so now it's just me." Aww I feel bad for her, but she doesn't seem too upset about it.
"He ditched you? Wow what a lousy boyfriend." I utter.
"It's ok I go to the club by myself all the time."
"Nonsense we are going with you." Of course Chelsea would volunteer everyone to go.
"No it's ok, really."
"You do not want to argue with her, trust me." Carmen says and we laugh.
"Ok, but just to warn you, I have never been there so it might suck." Ashley replies.
We continue walking and something hits me.
"How am I going to get in, unlike the rest of you I'm not 18 yet? And I don't have a fake ID either."
"Don't worry about it. I can practically get anyone in anywhere." Ashley says with a shrug.
"How?" I am really curious as to how she can get a minor in a club.
"It's the perks of having a rock star dad." She smiles.
"Yes, we are going out tonight." Carmen declares.
At the first store only Carmen was able to find an outfit. The next store Chelsea found a cute red dress that fits her perfectly.
"I'm sick of trying on clothes." I announce.
"Well you still need an outfit, and we only have one more store so suck it up." Chelsea smacks my arm.
"Ow! Fine let's go." I sulk to the last store. They better have something I like.
We look around a little bit, and I find nothing so I sit by the dressing rooms. The dressing room that is right in front of me opens, and Ashley comes out. Well, damn! She has on black short shorts that could pass as underwear and blue halter top. I can't stop looking even if I wanted to. Her legs just go on for days.
"Spencer!" I snap my eyes up to Ashley's face. "Finally, I've been calling you for like five minutes." She straightens out the shirt. "So what do you think? Do you like it?" I can't seem to form one coherent thought right now, so the only thing I did was nod. She looks in the mirror again. "It's cute, but I don't know if it's right for me." She turns around to look at the back in the mirror. She sighs then looks at me. Suddenly she smiles. "This shirt would look perfect on you. The color would definitely bring out your eyes. I'm going to take this off and I want you to try it on." She rushes back into the dressing room before I could say anything.
"Is Ashley still trying on clothes?" Chelsea says from behind me.
"Yea she didn't like her top so she's making me try it on."
"Is it that blue halter top?"
"Yea, why?" I question. Where is she going with this?
"I found the perfect white mini skirt to go with it. You will look great in it." Chelsea then grabs my arm and pushes me into the other empty dressing room. "I'll get the shirt for you, just try on the skirt." I change into the extra small skirt and the shirt that Chelsea throws over the door. It actually looks good. I wonder what Ashley will think. I can't go five minutes without thinking about her. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing yet. I open the door and wait for the judges' response.
"You look hot, Spence." I blush.
"If I wasn't already with Chelsea, I would definitely be all over you cause damn girl." Carmen exclaims and Chelsea slaps her arm. "What?" Chelsea just shakes her head.
While they talk or argue, I look at Ashley for her response. Her eyes seem to have gotten darker and her mouth is just open.
"What do you think Ashley?" I ask hoping to get a good response. She doesn't say anything; the only answer I get is a head nod with her mouth still open. I grin. This is definitely the right outfit. "I'm glad you like it." I say to Ashley then turn into the dressing room to change again.
Ashley found a white vest to go with the black shorts she was wearing before. All I know is that I can't wait to see it on her. We paid for our clothes and left the mall.
"So Ashley what's the name of the club we are going to tonight?" Chelsea says.
"I think it's called Rage or something like that." Ashley seems a little uncomfortable, I wonder why.
"Rage in West Hollywood?" Carmen asked with her eyes bugged out. What's so crazy about this Rage club?
"Yea that's it. Why is it not a good club?" Ashley questions.
"Yea it's a great club. But you do know that it's a gay club right?" Carmen states.
Ashley plays with her hands again; I guess that's a nervous habit of hers. Wait why was she going to a gay club.
"Y-yea. Is that a problem?"
"No but I never would have thought that you would go to a gay club. I mean you are straight with a boyfriend." Carmen answers.
"I like all types of clubs, besides fewer guys hit on me at gay clubs and the music is always great so it's a win win." Ashley smiles and the butterflies return.
"I guess we are going to a gay club tonight." I say nervously. Tonight is definitely going to be interesting.
A/N: I don't really like this chapter, but I hope all of you do. The next chapter should be better. Let me know what you think as always. And thanks again for the amazing reviews.