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"SPENCER, GET OUT!" Glen yells and I immediately shut the door.
"You might want to open your eyes now." I hear Ashley giggle when she says this.
"I'm too scared to." I say with my eyes still closed.
"Come on." She grabs my hand and I relax a little. "We are going down the stairs, so I would advise you to open your eyes now."
I open them and I am relieved to see the Glen is nowhere around. Even though I opened my eyes, I still hold on to her hand.
When we get downstairs, she leads me to the living room and we sit on the couch. Unfortunately, this means I have to let go of her hand.
"So yea, I should have warned you about that. I've walked in on them once and yea it was probably similar to what you just saw." She laughs.
"You knew about them?" I ask disbelievingly and she nods. "How long?"
She opens her mouth to answer, but is interrupted.
"Spencer, why the hell didn't you knock?" Glen yells as he walks down the stairs, Aiden following behind him with his head down. I can't even look at them together; gross images are going through my head.
"I did, but you didn't answer. Now I know why." I say looking at him. Both Glen and Aiden turn red and look down.
"Ok but that doesn't mean come in that means I'm busy." Glen says.
"How was I supposed to know that I was going to walk in on Aiden's head bobbing between your legs?" I exclaim.
Glen opens his mouth to say something, but nothing comes out. And the silence makes it awkward.
"So anyone hungry?" Ashley says from beside me. And all of sudden, everyone starts laughing. We laugh so hard that tears are rolling down our faces. I don't know why that was so funny but it was.
A half hour later, we ended up at In N' Out Burger. After we got our food, we found a booth in the back of the restaurant. I of course sat next to Ashley while Glen and Aiden sat on the opposite side of us.
We dug into our food, but there was no conversation. The awkwardness that I thought we left at the house was back again.
"So are you guys ready for the basketball season to start?" Ashley asks as she tries to break the silence.
"Yea we have our first game this Friday. I'm sure we won't have a problem winning though." Aiden responds. "Right Glen?"
"Yea we have been practicing for a while so I'm sure we will do fine." He says before taking a bite of his burger. "Are you ready for your first game Spencer?"
I shrug. "I don't know if I will even play. We haven't found out who will be starting yet."
"I'm sure you will be starting. The coach would be crazy not to start you." Glen says.
"Right, so how long have you two been dating?" I blurt out. Aiden spits out his drink and Glen chokes on his food. "I mean you are dating right or is it like a friends with benefits sort of thing?"
Ashley starts to laugh and I just look at her like she's crazy. I really don't understand what's so funny.
No one answers me so I continue. "I never thought you were gay Glen. You were always so into girls."
"Ok ok just stop." Glen finally speaks up. "I was always into girls. I never thought about guys until I found out that Aiden was gay." He paused to take a sip of his drink.
"How long have you known about this?" I ask.
"He told me over the summer. I asked him if I could tag along with him and Ashley to a club and he said yes. When we got there, he and Ashley immediately split up. I thought it was weird but I didn't question it. Then later that night, I saw Ashley making out with some chick in the back of the club. I asked Aiden about it and he said she does that all the time. Anyway later that night, he told me about their plan. I was surprised when he told me all of this, but he was still my friend either way." Glen finished.
"Ok so when did you two start doing whatever it is that you are doing?" I question.
"Last weekend I stayed over at his house. Before that I had been looking at him differently. And to spare you the details we ended up kissing and I freaked out and left. Later that day he called and we talked everything through." He stops and smiles at Aiden. "And to answer your question, yes we are dating."
"Wow this is almost hard to believe." I almost whisper because I am saying it more to myself than anyone else.
"I know. When Aiden called me, I was extremely pissed because I wanted to spend time with you, but then when he said it was an emergency, I was not expecting to find out that Glen kissed him." Ashley says with a laugh.
"Well I'm sorry for interrupting your 'Spencer time' but I was surprised and confused. And I don't know what you are complaining for; you spent the entire time gushing about the time you spent with her anyway." Aiden says using air quotes around Spencer time and Ashley blushes.
I blush too. I can't believe she actually talks about me. I thought I was the only one to obsess over her. I feel extremely happy that she has been talking about me
"I did not do that!" Ashley yells and hits Aiden in the arm.
"Yes you did! The entire time you were like 'Spencer is so cute, and sweet. And oh my gosh Aiden, have you seen her eyes? They are amazingly beautiful and ow!'" I guess Ashley kicked him because now he is clutching his leg under the table. "I hate you." He tells Ashley.
Aww she is so cute. Why do I have to like her so much? This only makes everything harder.
"Yea well you deserved that." Ashley says with a smile.
"So Spence, what's up with you and Ashley?" Glen says with a smirk.
"I…she…its complicated?" I spit out.
"Is that a question or are you telling me?" Glen teases.
I turn to Ashley. "Have you told them about the whole online thing?" I whisper to her.
"Aiden knows about the girl from online, but he doesn't know that you and her are the same person." She whispers back.
I turn to the boys who are looking at us expectantly.
"We actually met online before we met in person." Glen and Aiden both look surprised.
"So you mean that the girl from online that you were obsessed with is Spencer?" Aiden says to Ashley. She nods and he laughs. "This is just too good."
"We met online and she was the first girl that I actually had feelings for. Then I met Ashley and I immediately liked her. I mean how can you not?" I smiled at her. "Then she found out that I was also her online friend and stopped talking to me." She looked down, and I held her hand to let her know that I am ok with it now. "She told me after she kissed me at the party last night and long story short; we cleared the air this morning."
"Ok so what now?" Aiden asks
I shrug. "I don't know. If I would have found out when she found out things would have been great, but now I'm kinda seeing someone." I respond feeling a little bad.
"Who?" Glen asks.
"Kendra Wilson." I reply quietly. Aiden gives a look to Ashley and Glen just smiles.
"How the hell did you pull that one off? She is one of the hottest girls in school?" Glen exclaims proudly.
"I don't know. She asked me out on a date and I said yes."
"So I'm ready to go, everyone else finished?" Ashley suddenly says and gets up. That was weird.
We got to my house ten minutes later. I got out of the car and walked to the door, but turned around when I realized that no one was following me.
"Are you guys coming or what?" I say to them.
"Aiden has to go so I'm just saying bye to him." Glen says and they walk to Aiden's car.
I look at Ashley expectantly and she looks at the ground.
"I should probably go. I have a lot of homework to catch up on and stuff." She says and I can tell that she is lying but I don't say anything.
"Ok I'll see you at school or maybe we can hang out tomorrow or something." I suggest.
"Yea maybe. I'll see you later." She says and turns to Aiden's car. I wonder what's up with her. I didn't do anything wrong, I think.
I walk in the house and plop down on the couch. Glen came in a few minutes later and sat down next to me.
"What's the deal with Ashley?" He asks.
"I have no idea. Everything was fine and then she just started acting weird." I reply.
"Oh well. She will come around." He shrugs. "You know I always knew you were gay."
"How the hell did you know when I didn't even know?" I ask disbelievingly.
"Well you were never into the guys that you dated. Then when you first met Ashley, I knew for sure." Before I can even say anything else, he keeps talking. "I saw the look that you gave her, the look in your eyes, and the big smile that was on your face. When I saw you two together the next day, I was hoping that something had happened, but it didn't obviously."
"I really do like Ashley." I say quietly.
"Then why aren't you with her?" He asks looking directly into my eyes.
"Because it's just not that easy. I like Kendra. She's open and honest with me. And if we did decide to make it official I know that she won't want to hide our relationship." I know that it will be hard for Ashley to come out if we did date. And I am honestly afraid of what will happen if it comes down to me or her reputation.
"People change. You might be the one that makes Ashley change."
"I guess." I say. "Enough with this, let's play some Madden." I say and then I get up to turn the game on. I grab the controllers and throw him one.
"This is another reason why I thought you might be gay. I never met a girl that loves video games so much." He laughs.
"Whatever. Less talking and more playing." I say.
Sometime later, our parents walk through the door.
"Hey kids!" They say.
"Who's winning?" My dad says.
"Arthur you should not be encouraging Spencer. She should be doing more feminine things like shopping, not playing video games." Of course my mom would say this.
I press pause on the game and turn to my mom. "I play basketball mom. How is that any more feminine?"
"That's different. That's more like exercise. And you have to stay fit for all of the guys you will meet in college." She winks at me. My face immediately turns into one of disgust.
I drop the controller and go upstairs without another word. I get to my room and I notice that Glen is right behind me. He comes inside my room and closes the door.
"Why is she uhhh?" I can't even find the right word to describe her.
"That's just how she is Spence, it's how she's always been." He takes a seat at my desk while I sit on my bed.
We stay in silence for a bit.
"How do you think she will react when she finds out that both of her kids are gay?" Glen asks.
"First she will faint, then she will send us to church so we can pray for forgiveness for our sinful ways, and lastly she will send us away to some anti-gay camp. Oh and we will move back to Ohio, with the rest of the small minded people that we left behind." I say like it's nothing because it's probably true. "I'm afraid to see what she might say or do. I know that it won't be pretty." I add.
I look at Glen and he seems to have a faraway look on his face.
"Whatever happens, we will still have each other." He says to me with a smile. I get up and hug him.
"Thanks. Let's just hope it doesn't get too bad." He nods. "Ok now get out I need to change."
He stands up. "Alright. I'm going to Aiden's house. I'll be back later." I shake my head at him and smile.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do." I immediately regret saying that.
"You have nothing to worry about then." Glen says with a smile and a wink.
"Eww gross, just get out!" I push him out of my room and lock the door.
After changing, I ran down stairs and started my run. My mom always has a way of stressing me out. Why does she have to be such a judgmental bitch?
I end up running fast for I don't know how long or how far, but I only stop when I hear music off in the distance. I take out one of my headphones so I can find out where the music is coming from. I look around and realize that I made it past my school and now I am by the playground. I turn around as I am trying to find where the music is coming from. My eyes stop on a figure under the tree. I smile as I think of Ashley and I sitting under that same tree the first time we actually talked.
And suddenly, I find myself walking towards the tree. When I get closer, I notice who is sitting under the tree. She continues to play like no one else is around. She is so into her music and she flawlessly hits every note on the guitar and while singing. She is simply amazing.
When she finishes the song, I walk closer. She turns her head when she sees me coming. She is obviously shocked by my presence.
"What are you doing here?" She asks when I get closer.
"I was on a run and I heard the music and somehow I ended up here."
"Oh" She says and she puts her guitar to the side.
"Is everything ok with you? I mean are we ok?" I ask tentatively.
She takes a deep breath. She doesn't say anything. She just looks off into the distance.
"What's wrong Ashley? Did I do something?" I ask and take a seat next to her.
She finally turns to me and says something. "No you didn't do anything. You are perfect."
I blush at her words. I am always blushing around her.
"Then why does it seem like you don't want to be around me?" I ask.
"I like you!" She blurts out. She takes a minute to regain her composure. "Like a lot. I have never had such strong feelings for someone before. It scares me to be honest."
"So you're trying to push me away? What will that solve?"
"I know it's stupid, but it's not only that." She says. And now I am even more curious. "I like you so much but it feels like I can't have you." I open my mouth to say something. "When we were at the restaurant with Glen and Aiden, everything just felt so right. But then, you brought up being with Kendra and something inside me just clicked. I just couldn't handle –" She stopped because I cut her off with my lips.
Her rambling was just so cute that I couldn't help myself. And with her talking about getting jealous, I was immediately turned on. She pulls my closer and I moan at the feeling of my body pressed up against hers. I let my hands flow through her curls while I pull her impossibly closer, and this time she moans. Her hands roam to my waist. I am only wearing a sports bra and shorts, so her fingers leave a trail of goose bumps wherever they roam. She takes her fingers and run them across my forming abs and I shiver and kiss her harder.
The next thing I know, I am on top of her and she is lying down in the grass. My hands go to the bottom of tank top and I squeeze her hips. She bucks up into me and I smile into the kiss.
"Ashley?" I hear someone ask and I jump off of her hastily.
I turn to look at who interrupted us and see none other than "Madison?" Ashley questions as she shields her eyes from the sun to get a better look at her.
A/N: Ahh cliff hangers! Aren't they fun? How did you like the chapter? Did you love it or hate it? Tell me what you think. Thanks for the reviews and the consistent reviews from some of you. I love them all.