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"Ashley why does it matter, I just don't like him, he's a douche." Ashley listened on with her sister's rant as she lay on her bed. It was a week into her senior year and Kyla was already complaining to her about her friends. "I just don't see why he has to hang out over at the house all the time," She added on before she took a seat on the floor against the bed.
"Aiden's my best friend, Ky. You'll grow to love him."
Before other exchanges were given, the doorbell sang, signaling that someone was at the door. Both sisters looked at one another, waiting for the other to give up and go downstairs to answer the door. Whenever it sang again, Kyla gave in, making Ashley smile in victory.
The clouds outside were dark, showing the angry side of the start of a storm. Ashley hated storms; they made her stay inside all day doing nothing. She felt like an animal stuck inside of a cage, begging to get out but only to have the owner laugh and say no. Her bedroom door swung open and by Kyla's best friend, Mia who ran in and jumped on the bed, making Ashley fall into a fit of laughter.
"I don't know why I had to answer it whenever it was your girlfriend," Kyla laughed, taking her original place back on the floor. She mindlessly flipped through a magazine, completely bored out of her mind.
"Were not together anymore Ky, that was so sophomore year." Mia giggled as she finally settled down next to the older sibling. "We agreed that it was better this way," She added with an eye roll. Ashley shook her head at the two girls. They were all so close in age that it felt more as a group of friends just hanging out instead of two sisters and the younger ones best friend.
A couple of hours passed before Aiden showed up on the doorsteps of the Davies residence. Tonight was nothing more than a movie night; it seemed that this group loved to do this often. It was a great way to bond and it was always fun eating tons of junk food and lying out in front of a TV screen. The night was filled with a lot of talking while the movie played out in the background, only to have someone every now and then ask what's going on. No one ever knew what was happening except for the person who picked the movie out.
"Did you guys see the new girl at school?" Aiden asked before stuffing his mouth full of popcorn. He directed his eyes on Ashley. "She's cute." He added, gaining his friends attention.
"What's her name?" Ashley asked, getting intrigued with his fascination about the new girl. She knew that Aiden was in love with her sister but Kyla just hadn't seemed to recognize her undying love for him. Everyone could see that she was in love with him; he was all that she talked about. At times it really annoyed Ashley but what could she do, there was a time whenever she talked about Mia nonstop too.
"Spencer isn't it?" Mia pitched in, stealing the bowl of popcorn out of Aiden's grip.
"Sounds like a guy," Ashley laughed, "Maybe she's really ugly."
"No I saw her, she's hot," Kyla added in, making the entire group look over at her. "What?"
"I guess I'll find out tomorrow at school then." The brunette shrugged her shoulders, knowing her friends the new girl was probably really ugly.
The rest of the night flew by, given that all four teenagers fell asleep sometime within the third movie. Whenever they woke up, they did their normal routine; shower, eat, go to school. By the time that they were all at school, Ashley was looking around for the new face that she couldn't seem to find. She had no idea what this girl looked like though she had no idea who any of the people she was seeing were anyways. They all sat down at one of the benches in the quad, waiting for the bell to ring.
"Hey Aiden," A soft voice said, making Ashley look up, catching sight of a pair of ice blue eyes, making her stop everything. The girl with blue eyes smiled down at the brunette, a bigger smile than her best friend had received.
"Spencer, hey." Aiden smirked over at Ashley, knowing that he had won. This girl was absolutely gorgeous with blonde hair that fell over her shoulders. "You know my friends Mia and Kyla. This is Ashley, Kyla's older sister."
"Dumb fuck, shake her hand." Mia whispered in the brunette's ear seeing the blonde still had her hand out in front of her like the average person would whenever they would meet someone new.
Spencer laughed lightly a second later as Ashley shoved her cold hand into hers, "its okay," She said quietly taking the empty seat on the other side of Ashley.
"Well I have to go to class, come on Ky." Mia said suddenly, grabbing Kyla's arm and pulling her upwards off of the bench.
"I'll walk you guys!" Aiden added, smiling slyly at his best friend who was now left with just the new girl.
"Well I sure can clear out a table," Spencer laughed which made Ashley smile. "Sorry for ruining your morning," She added with a slight frown as she turned to the brunette.
"I'm going to marry you someday," Ashley grinned at the blonde, receiving yet another laugh which was laced with beauty.
"I just met you."
Ashley continued to grin at the blonde, "You may think I'm crazy now but I'm not." She told Spencer, making the blonde smile, "I mean, I'm double-jointed but everyone is."
"I'm not."
"Really?"
Spencer raised her eye brow as her grin grew, "Aiden said you were cute you know but he was defiantly underestimating you." Spencer said before laughing lightly at the expression Ashley wore, "You're really adorable."
"I'm still going to marry you some day," Ashley said standing up, offering her hand to the blonde to help her stand up from the bench that they were still occupying.
The girls stood in front of one another, looking at the other. "Like I said befo-"
"You just met me, I know. By the end of the week, you'll be falling for me."
"Cocky I see," spencer grinned at the girl as they walked together to her first class. Truth be told, she was completely intrigued with this girl, there was something about her that screamed 'she isn't lying'. It should have scared her sure but it didn't, it made her smile.
"What grade are you in anyways?" Ashley asked, stuffing her hands into her pocket in a nervous manner.
"Freshmen." Spencer couldn't help but laugh at the girl's reaction, "Kidding I'm a senior, geez."
"Perfect story to tell our kids!" Ashley laughed, hearing the thunder rumble from up above, "I hate thunderstorms, they're kind of scary." She admitted quietly to the new girl as they stood outside of Spencer's first class.
Blue eyes studied the girl in front of her, took in her appearance. She was wearing dark skinny jeans, heels that looked like they would break at any second, a halter top that showed her bra in the back and sides. Her makeup looked like she had actually taken the time to do and her hair was curly. Spencer smiled at Ashley, receiving nothing but a confused smile back, "Here," Spencer started as she unzipped her backpack, pulling out a grey sweatshirt that read Ohio State on the front. "Take this so you won't be cold."
Ashley took the sweatshirt in her small cold hands, studying it for a moment before looking back up at spencer, "How do you know I'm not just some hussy and I'm going to steal this? You just met me," Ashley eyed the blonde girl in front of her who stood there smiling back at her.
"Well if we're going to get married someday, I'm going to have to trust you right?"
Both girls grinned at one another, "Get to class," Ashley said, lightly shoving the other girl. She turned to walk away with the sweatshirt still in her hands. She turned around for a moment, "Thanks by the way, for this." She held up the sweatshirt but only to receive a smile in return.
That day was the day Ashley believed that she first fell in love with the blonde because it only got better from there.
A few days had passed and Spencer had fully become part of the group. As they all sat around Ashley's room Friday night, Mia could barely contain her sadness at the sudden fascination in the new girl that Ashley had. She tried hard to find something wrong with the blonde but came out empty handed. Mia continued to lie on Ashley's bed watching the two girls interact with each other as they sat on the floor.
"Stop."
"No."
"Stop!"
"No." Ashley grinned at Spencer who sat next to her as she continued to poke her side, revealing a ticklish spot.
"Ashley!" Spencer laughed loudly, grabbing onto both of the girls hands, forcing them to stop poking her sides. Her smile reached her eyes which before this week, was hard to do. She slowly let go of Ashley's hands but only to have to get tickled again. She quickly fought to hold onto the cold small hands, "Now were going to have to sit here holding hands." Spencer said, trying to fake a pout but failing miserably.
"Admit it; you're falling in love with me." Ashley said quietly in the blonde's ear, trying not to make anyone look over but Mia never looked away.
Spencer looked at the brunette who was grinning, "It's only Friday and the end of the week is in two days." Spencer smiled back at the brunette who narrowed her brown eyes in her blue eyes, "Meaning you have two whole days to 'woo' me." She said, letting go of Ashley's hands.
Kyla looked from the exchange of both girls making her eyes fall upon Mia who lay on the bed quietly. Mia and Ashley had grown close over the past three years that it was weird that Ashley wasn't on the bed with the girl. Kyla found sadness in Mia's eyes which broke her heart immediately. Her sister had no idea that she was breaking a heart while stealing another's. She then took the time to look over at Aiden who was mindlessly flipping through a magazine now that they weren't talking anymore, "Mia you want to go get some popcorn with me?"
Mia smiled, thankful that her best friend had seen the sad expression and quickly agreed. Once the two were out of the room, Aiden looked up from the magazine, "Have you two kissed yet?" He asked completely interested in the two.
"No."
Aiden then grinned at both girls, "It'd be hot if you would."
Ashley's expression quickly grew bored, "Aiden, you're a perv. That's not how we're going to have our first kiss."
"So you do plan on kissing me?" Spencer asked amused with the girl.
"Don't act like you haven't pictured it," She bumped her shoulder against the blondes who just continued to sit there quietly, never once replying to the brunette.
The next day, Ashley woke up on the couch because her friends had taken over her room the previous night; she woke up from the noises coming from kitchen, it sounded to her like pots and pans were being hit together. Her heart started to pump a little faster because she instantly imagined that it was an axe murderer that was cooking breakfast in her house, just waiting for her to wake up so he could kill her. She stayed frozen underneath her blanket until she didn't hear anymore noises which made her heart race even more. She rolled over and grabbed the pair of glasses that sat on the edge of the coffee table and put them on so she'd be able to see. She usually doesn't wear them because she wears contacts but last night, her eyes were bugging her so she thought that she'd give them a rest for a day.
Ashley slowly made her way over to the entry way of the kitchen, holding onto the remote for protection if it was in fact an axe murderer trying to cook her breakfast and fool her into thinking that he was some good guy and then bam! Kill her right there in her own kitchen.
She peeked her head around the corner but whenever she didn't see anyone, she walked fully into the room. Raising her eyebrow with curiosity, she lowered the remote. "Ashley?" She heard from behind her, resulting her becoming startled into turning around and swinging her arm with the remote still in her hand, slightly hitting the person on the arm.
"Oh my god, Spencer!" Ashley quickly dropped the remote on the counter and watched the blonde for her next reaction.
Spencer continued to stare at the girl in front of her with confusion, "Who'd you think I was?" she laughed, moving the sleeve of her shirt up to reveal a big red mark. "Great, I think it's going to bruise." She tried narrowing her eyes on the taller girl and acting mad but she failed miserably whenever she read the obvious expression on the girl's face that told her that she felt so bad already.
"I am so, so, so sorry Spencer." Ashley said, lowering her hands from covering her mouth. "I thought you were an axe murderer making breakfast and was going to con your way into making me believe you were a nice person and then kill me." She admitted quietly as a blush rose to her cheeks, covering them in a bright shade of pink. She looked down at the floor, no longer confident enough to look at the blonde.
The shorter girl started to laugh a little bit, "Ash its okay." She said, making the girl look up at her again. "You look absolutely adorable with glasses on; I didn't know you wore them." She tilted her head to the side in a curious manner as she studied the girl in front of her.
"Shut up," Ashley smiled as she turned away from the shorter girl. She took in the mess of the kitchen and turned back to Spencer, "Damn you made quite the mess."
It was then Spencer's turn to blush, "Sorry I just wanted to be sure you had something to eat before our big day today." Ashley returned a look of confusion to the blonde, "Well my dear, Wife. It's sunny outside and you're treating me to a day of fun." She informed Ashley, her grin never once leaving her face.
"Am I now?" Ashley asked, taking a seat on the bar stool as she watched Spencer start to make pancakes.
"Yup. A day of fun."
"What if I already have plans?"
"I already canceled them."
"What if they were un-cancelable?" Ashley countered back with the blonde, keeping her face completely serious as she continued to watch Spencer who never once looked over at Ashley who kept a serious face as well.
"Well I checked… and news flash, I'm your wife and I can cancel anything."
Ashley's grin grew, "Well I want a divorce."
"Nope."
"Kids?"
"You already don't take care of them."
"A dog?"
"No."
Ashley then stood up and walked over to the blonde, standing right behind her. She waited until Spencer realized she was there and turned around. She was now stuck between the stove and Ashley, making her heart race completely out of control, "A kiss?" Ashley asked quietly and she leaned in close to Spencer, knowing how nervous the girl now was.
The shorter girl looked from Ashley's eyes down to her lips, licking her own in hunger, "Um." She said, trailing off, completely losing her train of thought.
Before the moment went anywhere else, someone entered the room, clearing their throat to make their presence known, "Sorry if I'm interrupting something," Both girls looked over to see Mia standing there, her hair a complete mess, a pair of old shorts that belonged to Ashley along with a worn out Beatles shirt that also belonged to Ashley.
Seeing the girl like this, Ashley tilted her head slightly, taking the younger girl in and smiling in adoration to her. "Pancakes?" Spencer smiled, trying to recover quickly from the older girl's bold move.
"No thanks," Mia smiled slightly over at the blonde, "Just came to get a bottle of water but uh… you're in the way," she chuckled slightly, still feeling uncomfortable with the two girls.
Ashley didn't say anything, she just continued to watch the girl and how she moved so freely across the room. "Ashley!" She heard her sister yell her name from upstairs, making her roll her eyes. "Ashley!" Kyla called again, knowing her sister wasn't on her way up there yet.
"Oh right, I forgot to tell you, Kyla wants you to go kill the spider in the bathroom." Mia announced, making Ashley roll her eyes again as she groaned getting up and excusing herself, leaving both Spencer and Mia alone in the room together.
"You sure you don't want pancakes?" Spencer tried to offer again but just to get denied once more.
Mia shook her head, "I don't like pancakes, but if I did, I would totally be on top of that." She smiled weakly at the girl before taking another sip of water. She was honestly trying because she could see the way Ashley looked at the girl. It was almost the same way Ashley looked at her but it was exactly the same way that she looked at the older girl. Like nothing else in the world mattered except for that person that they're looking at and she longed for the older girl to just once look at her that way.
"Well do you like French toast?"
"That's good," she nodded slightly as she looked away, finding interest at the view outside of the window.
"I can make you some if you'd like," Spencer smiled at the girl who sat quietly at the counter.
Mia turned back to the blonde, "I'd like that, thanks." She smiled an appreciative smile at the blonde who gladly returned it.
After breakfast, Spencer and Ashley went on their way. They didn't do much because Spencer had to be home by two that day so they decided to just go to the movies. Ashley fought Spencer in letting her pay for their tickets and eventually the shorter girl caved in and let the brunette pay. After their movie, Ashley took the blonde home but was promised that they'd be meeting up early the next day if it was nice again. Ever since Spencer had moved here, she had wanted to spend every waking moment that she had with Ashley. She still barely knew anything about the girl except that the way she made her feel was amazing. Ashley made her feel like she was the only person alive and it was a new exciting feeling that she loved.
Back home in Ohio, she left a girl behind. Spencer thought that she was in love with, Becky but after feeling this way from Ashley, she knew that it wasn't real. The night flew by quickly which then brought morning by again quickly. Spencer went to church with her parents and two brothers before racing back home to change out of her nice formal clothes and changing back into her normal everyday clothes. She called Ashley up who answered right away and within twenty minutes, they were together again.
Ashley, Spencer, and Kyla were all lying out by the swimming pool in their backyard underneath the sun, "California has some weird ass weather. Back in Ohio, it'd still be too cold to go outside without a jacket on." Spencer spoke softly, never once opening her eyes.
"Well Ohio can suck my dick." Spencer and Kyla laughed at Ashley's comment, making the blonde open her eyes and look over at the older girl.
"Hey guys?" Spencer said after a few minutes of silence, "Why doesn't Mia like me?" She sat up then, making it known that she was truly concerned with the disapproval from one of their closest friends.
Kyla looked over at Ashley who shrugged because the older girl honestly had no idea why Mia didn't like her. Kyla then sighed, "I don't really know, Spence," She lied, closing her eyes again before Spencer asked anymore questions.
Thankfully though, Spencer let the topic go after that. Another hour or so had passed before the girls got dressed again and laid in the living room watching re-runs of America's Next Top Model which Ashley was really into oddly, Spencer thought at least. She had never seen one episode of the series and honestly didn't understand what the big hype was about it.
After about three episodes were over, Spencer started complaining about how they were wasting away such a gorgeous day even though there were storm clouds starting to roll in. Ashley enjoyed her whining, knowing that every minute that passed, she was getting more upset. In the middle of one of the rants Spencer was on during the commercials, the doorbell rang, making Ashley stand to answer it, leaving Kyla sitting there listening to Spencer's rant. Opening up the door revealed Mia waiting patiently on the other side, "Hey Mia," Ashley smiled as her eyes landed on the younger girls. She wrapped her arms around the younger girl, making her sigh against Ashley's shoulder causing both girls in the living room to look over.
Mia pulled away then, feeling that the hug was going on too long and she didn't want any questions asked, "I'm just here to pick up Kyla, we're going to the mall."
"We had plans to go to the mall?" Kyla piped up from the couch, looking at her best friend with clear confusion written on her face.
Mia narrowed her eyes at the brunette, "Yes, Kyla we do." Her pleading eyes were quickly read by Kyla who jumped up from the couch and started her way upstairs, followed by Mia quickly who never acknowledged Spencer's presence.
After Ashley took her previous seat, Spencer spoke up, "It really sucks that she doesn't like me, I mean I don't even know what I did." She frowned over at the older girl.
"Have you asked her why?"
"No," Spencer stood and walked over to the couch where Ashley sat, taking the empty spot next to her, "Can we go, this show sucks," She looked at Ashley completely serious which made the brunette bust up laughing.
"Sure, we have to run to your house anyways, you can't wear that tonight," Spencer looked down at her clothes and back up at the brunette. "You won't stay warm is all." Ashley smiled at the confused blonde. "Well I mean, you can always wear one of my jackets but they're not as comfy as your sweatshirts," Ashley continued to smile at the blonde who started to blush.
"Well I wouldn't know I haven't ever worn one of your jackets."
"You should."
"Well give me one."
"Go get it yourself, you have two legs."
Spencer chuckled at the brunette, "So do you," She stuck her tongue out at the brunette who raised her eyebrow.
"Might not want to do that unless you plan on using it," Ashley grinned at the blonde whose face turned bright red. As Ashley stood her, part of her black thong peeked out of her jeans, quickly catching Spencer's eyes. Ashley knew that Spencer was looking because she didn't hear what she was saying which made Ashley just laugh and make her way up the stairs to her room to retrieve two sweatshirts; one of hers for Spencer and then the grey Ohio State sweatshirt for herself.
Once they were out of the house, it was beginning to get darker due to the storm clouds that started to really roll in and the time of the day that it was. The girls drove out to the middle of nowhere that only had a huge lake and tons of trees. "Did I tell you how cute you look today?" Ashley asked as she pulled into a vacant dirt lot that overlooked an entire forest of trees and mountain ranges.
"No I believe what you said was that I needed to change," Spencer chuckled as she took in her surroundings, "This is beautiful Ash," She took in the side view of the lake and the front view of the mountains. The music was playing softly in the background; the windows were slightly cracked to keep the windows from fogging up with the girls' breathing. Crickets were chirping along with the frogs who were croaking. There was an owl in the distant with occasional dogs howl to speak with him.
"I love coming here to just think about stuff," Ashley smiled as she took in the scenery with the moon lighting up the entire place. "There's no lights out here so you can actually see the stars," Ashley spoke as Spencer watched intently, making sure to listen to each word that was coming out of the brunettes mouth, "One time I even brought an astrology book with me because I wanted to see the consolations." She blushed slightly, embarrassed to the secret she kept to herself.
"That's so cute," Spencer smiled at the brunette, "Show me the ones you know,"
Ashley couldn't help but smile at the blonde as she turned the music up more, rolling down the windows completely. "Come on," She opened up the driver side door making Spencer follow her action and they both climbed up on the hood of Ashley's black Range Rover. Once they were both settled, Ashley started pointing out a few of the consolations she enjoyed looking for. "And that one is the big dipper, most people think it's the little dipper but the little dipper is even smaller than that one," She told Spencer as she continued to point up at the stars.
After about twenty minutes, both girls huddled together on the roof for the warmth. Eventually, Ashley braved up enough and grabbed ahold of Spencer's warm hand which collided with her own cold hands, sending shivers down each girl's body. To her surprise, Spencer didn't pull away but instead, moved closer to the brunette. Her next move was even bolder as she moved her arm around the blonde's small fragile body to gain even more warmth, "Geez, you're like a little heater." Ashley smiled into the darkness as she felt the blondes face tightens as her smile grew.
"Well you're like a little air conditioner." She spoke softly against the brunette's neck which made Ashley close her eyes in comfort. Her heart started to ache for more connection from the blonde but she knew that she shouldn't. Ashley had given herself one rule to go by: don't go too fast and mess it all up.
As the night went on, the more the clouds covered up the stars and started to rumble making Ashley slightly uneasy which didn't go unnoticed by Spencer. Both girls climbed off the hood of the Range Rover and climbed back inside of the car just as the rain started to pour down, showering the car with its water. On the drive back, it was quiet besides the rain and the music playing. Their hands were still connected which brought a big smile to both of their faces. As Ashley pulled up outside of Spencer's house, she turned the car off and looked at the blonde, "Tonight was wonderful, Ash thank you." The blonde smiled, never taking her hand back.
Ashley returned the same smile back at the blonde, "I really enjoyed it,"
Spencer then looked to her house and back to Ashley, waiting for her next move which she thought would happen but it began to look like it wasn't going too. As Spencer started to open the passenger door, she began to pull her hand out of Ashley's but to her surprise, Ashley tugged back on the blonde's hand, gaining her full attention. Once she looked back into brown eyes, Ashley took Spencer's face in her hands and brought her close, "I'm sorry, I told myself I would wait for this," she whispered against Spencer's lips before lightly laying her own lips upon them.
The kiss lasted a few seconds before Ashley pulled away slightly, still staying close though, "God please kiss me again," Spencer breathed out, leaning in for another kiss which was much rougher, needy.
They pulled away as the noticed that the front porch light turned on, making Spencer blush, "Goodnight Spencer," Ashley smiled as she watched Spencer step out of the vehicle into the pouring rain.
"Goodnight Ashley," Spencer smiled as she shut the door, making her way up the front lawn and into the dry house. As she shut the door, she leaned up against it, smiling with closed eyes. She quickly pulled out her phone and quickly typed a message to the brunette before making her way upstairs and changing into her night clothes, ready for the morning to come again to see Ashley.
Once Ashley pulled up to her house, she grabbed her phone and purse and ran inside before getting too soaked. As she closed to the door, she read the text message from Spencer: you won your bet, the weeks over. Can't wait to see you tomorrow morning, don't forget my coffee. Goodnight future wife. Ashley squealed with happiness, causing noise from the living room, "Ashley?" she heard her sister's voice.
"Kyla, you won't believe it," She started as she walked over to the wall for the light switch, "Spencer is totally falling in love with-" As she turned on the light, she saw Mia crying. "Mia what's wrong?" She asked as she kneeled down in front of her on the couch.
"She's scared," Kyla responded quickly to her older sister, "Of the thunderstorm," She added as she stood from her place on the floor in front of the crying girl.
Ashley knitted her eyebrows together, not sure to believe the excuse, "It hasn't even started to thunder," She eyed both girls suspiciously, she knew that Kyla was telling her a lie to cover up something for Mia. The thing that bothered Ashley though was that Mia didn't want her knowing she always came to talk to her as well as Kyla.
"Well… it did here," Kyla spoke again, "And the lights went out even," She nodded as she crossed her arms. Glancing down at her best friend for a moment, "So she got really scared because of that and I was just trying to console her like a good friend does," She smiled proudly to really sell her statement but still only earned a confused look from her older sister.
"Anyways…" Ashley shook her head as if it would erase the moment that just played out, "Spencer's falling in love with me," She grinned before shoving her phone in her sister's face to prove the fact.
The younger sister quickly looked down at Mia before sighing and grabbing the phone out of Ashley's hands and reading the text, "I don't get it." She looked up from the phone into older brown eyes, "It just says that you won a bet and don't forget her coffee in the morning," She shot a confused look at Ashley who returned it with an eye roll.
Ashley stood there in the middle of the living room, smiling like an idiot, "I don't have to explain it to you, she's falling in love with me and that's all that matters," She slipped her phone into her back pocket before entering the kitchen to grab a bottled water.
In the living room, Kyla looked down at Mia, "That's great. That's just great, Spencer's fallen in love with the girl I'm madly in love with and I can't even go a day without thinking about her." She sobbed out into the air. Kyla kneeled back down in front of her best friend, wrapped her arms around the small fragile body. No more words were said, the only thing that was heard were the cries of a breaking heart.