"Do you believe in fate?" Ashley heard from beside her, causing her to open her eyes and stare intently at Spencer who waited patiently for the answer. She chewed on her lower lip as she knitted her eyebrows together, causing a smile to grow on the blonde's face who continued to watch Ashley in deep thought. "Like, do you believe that two people can stay together forever?"
Ashley undid her eyebrows and looked at the blonde, "Well which question do you want me to answer Princess?" A small smile started to form on her face, causing Spencer to narrow her eyes at the older girl.
"Neither now, punk." Spencer admitted, slipping her sunglasses back on and went back to concentrating on the world around them. She could feel Ashley staring at her which made her smile, "Stop looking at me," She breathed out through her wild grin.
"Okay, you're not that good looking anyways," Spencer turned her head so fast at the comment that it caused her sunglasses to slide down the brim of her nose, "Stop looking at me," Ashley teased back with the younger girl as she watched the people walk out of the theater. The two girls were waiting in line to see some romantic comedy that Spencer so badly wanted to see and between the girls, Ashley wanted to see it too but acted as if she was being dragged to see it. She felt as if she had a 'rep to keep up on'.
"I don't know why I even invited you to come to see this movie with me," Spencer huffed, crossing her arms over her chest as she pretended to be offended by the comment. "I mean, your company is boring me." She turned away from Ashley and turned her attention straight ahead, watching the employees behind the glass window take and hand money to and from customers.
Ashley shrugged her shoulders, "Fine, then I'll leave," She commented, causing Spencer to look over at her to see if she was really going to leave. Whenever Ashley kneeled down to walk under the rope that directed where the line will go, her arm was jerked up, causing her to stand up.
"No!" Spencer giggled, holding onto the brunettes arm, "You can't leave me,"
"Women are confusing," Ashley laughed out, leaning over and placing a light kiss upon the blonde's cheek, causing a pink color to take over the cheeks original color.
As Ashley pulled away from the girl, she heard a familiar voice from behind her. Whenever she turned around, her eyes fell on deep brown eyes, "Ashley fucking Davies," Spencer eyed the girl suspiciously; her light brown hair blowing with the wind, her shirt cut way too low and rose up way too high. The pants she wore were riding so low that whenever she moved, her thong would peek out. She had too much makeup on for her own good even, "How the hell have you been?" She leaned in, pulling Ashley into a hug which made her stomach turn as she stood there going unnoticed by this girl.
Blue eyes looked over at Ashley and watched her expressions, seeing them go from confused to an 'okay I know that I know you but I don't remember you so I'm going to act like I do' look. "Um, I've been good, how about you?" Ashley exchanged awkward small talk with the girl who had no name.
She started to laugh, "You have no idea who I am, do you?" The girl asked Ashley who just shook her head and apologized. Slight hurt ran across the girls face which made Spencer smirk which didn't go unnoticed by the girl either, "We fucked in the bathroom at Aiden's summer bash party," Her hand lightly ran up Ashley's exposed arm which drove Spencer mad.
"Excuse me, but you need to back the fuck off," Spencer spoke, taking a step forward and knocking the girls hand off of Ashley's arm.
"And who are you?"
"Ashley's girl… friend," She spoke with a racing heart with the words that escaped out of her mouth. She noticed the grin on Ashley's face then and smiled herself, "So stop being a whore and trying to hit on her, apparently you didn't show her a good time because she can't even remember who the fuck you are." Spencer then turned back around, pulling Ashley up to the glass window and throwing the money through the small opening.
Once inside of the theater, Spencer became silent and slightly distant. Ashley quickly noticed this and grabbed ahold of her hand, making her look at her, "Baby," Ashley smiled at the blonde who was fighting a smile off of her face, "Baby," She tried again, knowing that eventually a smile would break through, "Baby,"
"Did you really sleep with her?" Came the question that Ashley had hoped wouldn't but knew that it would.
Ashley sighed and looked away from Spencer, "I don't really remember to be honest, Spence, I was really drunk at that party." She looked down at the ground, ashamed of what she had just said. Whenever Spencer never said anything back, Ashley looked up and found blue eyes casted on the wall next to where they were standing. "Spencer," She spoke softly.
"Let's go see this stupid romantic comedy, Ash," Spencer smiled back at the brunette, brushing off the news that was just given to her. Ashley knew that it had affected Spencer in some way but it defiantly wasn't the time to talk about their past sex life so she gladly ignored it as well.
After the movie was over, Ashley had to take Spencer home. It was Sunday night; exactly a week ago was the night that she had won the southern girl's heart. When the car stopped, Spencer looked over at the brunette, biting her bottom lip. "I kind of told my parents that you'll come to dinner tomorrow night," Spencer couldn't help but giggle at Ashley's expression, "Your eyes just about burst out of your head," Her smile grew as she watched the girl silently freak out.
"Are you serious, Spencer Carlin?"
"Yes?"
Ashley turned and looked straight ahead at the dark empty road, taking in the news, "I hate meeting parents," She admitted quietly, "They never like me," She looked over at the blonde headed girl who continued to sit there with an amused look, "I always screw it all up and end up looking like an idiot and why on earth are you so calm about this!"
Spencer started to laugh then, "Baby, they'll love you. Especially my dad, he kind of wants to know if you like pasta,"
"Yes, I fucking love pasta," Ashley groaned before laughing lightly as well. "I haven't even had the chance to properly ask you out and you're already telling people we are and I'm already meeting your parents, you're lucky my dad isn't alive and my mother doesn't ever come home or else I'd make you meet them," Ashley narrowed her eyes at the blonde who was fighting to keep her laughter contained.
"Hey Ash?" Spencer laughter quietly died down as she gained the brunettes attention, "I'm not really into those cliché proper 'will you be my girlfriend' type things… so well… will you be my girlfriend?" Spencer grinned at the brunette who continued to smile back at the girl.
Ashley sighed, "Get out of my car woman," She smiled as she fought to hide the blush covering her cheeks.
"Is that a yes?" Spencer giggled, noticing the blush, "Are you turning red?"
"Oh my god Spencer, yes I will and get out of my car," Ashley covered her face as she groaned at the embarrassment she got herself into.
Suddenly, Ashley felt a pair of lips on her right temple which silenced her laughter and her racing thoughts. Her eyes closed at the comfort of the blondes lips touching her skin, "Goodnight Beautiful," Spencer whispered in the dark as she stepped out of the car, leaving an awestruck Ashley behind.
The next day went by way too fast for Ashley and eventually, she found herself standing outside the front door of the Carlin house. She hadn't knocked on the door yet, rang the doorbell either, she just stood there, terrified of what was on the other side of the door. This could either go two ways; one way it could go is that dinner is going to go completely fine and Spencer's parents are going to love her and think that she's funny and perfect for their daughter. Or two; they could hate her. Just that thought alone scared the living daylights out of her.
Whenever she raised her hand up to knock on the big white double doors, she heard rustling around behind it and suddenly, the door flew open, revealing a dark colored man. Ashley quickly knitted her eyebrows together as her heart started to race with panic. "Can I help you?" The man asked with a smirk on his face, knowing who she was already.
"Um, well," She started but she started to freak out even more, "No I was just looking for the Carlin residence but um I think I have the wrong address. Sorry to bother you," She rushed out her words quickly, the man standing in front of her barely had the chance to hear every word but he managed enough and started to laugh before Ashley made it all the way down the stairs in embarrassment.
"Hey, hey wait up," The man called making Ashley stop in her tracks to look back at him, "I'll get Spence for you," His smile was bright in the darkness that the night brought and Ashley's cheeks burned red as she heard the man call for the girl she was looking for.
Within seconds, a blonde haired, blue eyed girl showed up on the porch smiling brightly, "Ashley!" She wrapped her arms around the brunettes neck, "I was scared you weren't going to come," She admitted quietly as she pulled away, searching in the brown eyes only to find fear and embarrassment written in them. "You okay, babe?" She asked quietly, concern written over her face.
Ashley quickly smiled, "Yeah, just got really confused and panicked and what not," She admitted shyly as she found interest in the ground they were standing on.
"Are you guys going to stand outside all night or yall coming in?" They heard from the dark man still in the doorway, motioning for the two girls to hurry up. Once inside, he shut the door behind them and smiled down at Ashley who he towered over, "Sorry about before, I like freaking people out because I'm black and they're white," He nodded his head to the blonde girl standing next to Ashley, "I'm Clay, Spencer's oldest brother." He stuck out his head for Ashley to shake but it took her another minute to process everything.
"Wait," She said, looking back and forth between Spencer and Clay, not sure what was going on which made Spencer laugh.
"He's adopted," Spencer told Ashley as she wrapped her arms around the man's torso and pulled him into a big hug which he gladly reciprocated. "But we don't see him as different, he's just family." She smiled up at Clay who smiled down at his younger sister.
"The brother you have to watch out for though is Glen, he's an ass." Clay said making the siblings share a laugh together as Spencer pulled away and returned by Ashley's side.
Spencer quickly grabbed ahold of Ashley's cold hand and squeezed it, silently telling the girl that she was going to be there for her, that she had nothing to worry about. "Won't your parents get mad if you're holding my hand?" Ashley quickly asked, completely scared of the outcome that could possibly happen.
"Who is this gorgeous lady?"
"Glen shut up," Spencer said in an annoyed tone, "That's Glen and you can just ignore him."
"You shouldn't be with the ugliest Carlin, you should be with hottest," He said, winking at Ashley who quickly gave him a disgusted look.
"Son, you know I'm the best looking one." An older man came from around the corner wearing 'kiss the chef' apron and holding onto a wooden spoon. "I'm their father Arthur, you must Ashley. Spencer talks about you all the time," He smiled big as she wrapped one arm around her shoulder and brought her into a fatherly hug.
"She really does, it's annoying."
"Glen, shut up!" Spencer exclaimed as her cheeks turned bright red which made Ashley smile.
"It's not every day that Spence here brings home a girl for us to meet, you must be really special." Arthur smiled at Ashley as Spencer's cheeks continued to turn a deep shade of red. "She mentioned that you love pasta which happens to be my favorite dish as well so it should be ready anytime soon." He announced before turning back towards the kitchen to finish up the final preparations.
A few seconds passed before Clay and Glen both left the living room and went back to doing what they were doing before Ashley showed up, leaving the girls alone. "See? It's not that bad." Spencer smiled at Ashley, still holding onto her cold small hand in comfort.
"It's nice to know that you talk about me non-stop." Ashley teased making Spencer groan in frustration at her family. "Where's your mom?" She asked then, curious to see how her mom was going to be like. If the entire Carlin family was like Spencer then it shouldn't be a bad night at all.
"Probably still working, I don't really know. She doesn't come home most nights," Spencer shrugged sadly, trying hard to hide the hurt that her mother had caused her. "I told her you were coming yesterday so I don't know if she'll be here," She smiled sadly up at Ashley who just wrapped her arms around the blonde, her turn to comfort.
Before long, dinner was served and it was weird for Ashley at first because she had never sat down at a family type dinner ordeal. Everyone usually sat around the living room or up in their own rooms doing their own thing. When all of the Carlin's grabbed ahold of their neighbors hands, Ashley quickly became confused on what to do, "We're praying, sweetie," Spencer whispered quietly, grabbing ahold of the cold hand as well as her fathers, leaving Ashley to hold onto Glen's clammy hand. It was different than holding onto Spencer's hand because he had rough hands.
After they were through with praying, they ate with small talk. Spencer's mother never came home that night to meet Ashley which Spencer had figured would have happened. She didn't mind though because her mother was still adjusting to the whole 'my daughter is a lesbian' fact. Once Spencer came out to her family, her mother seemed to be always working late and some nights, never come home. Before whenever she wasn't out, her mother would always be on time for dinner every night so it was hard for Spencer to not feel like she's the reason their family was being torn apart. It was hard for her until she had met Ashley because the way Ashley makes her feel is something completely different than she had ever felt with someone else. She felt like it was okay to be gay and it was okay to be happy with someone of the same sex. She was proud to bring her home for her family to meet but it still hurt that her mother never showed to share the moment with her.
Dinner eventually ended meaning that it was time for Ashley to go home. Spencer and Ashley both stood on the porch outside the front door saying their goodbyes, which were taking forever because neither one of them wanted to leave. "I had an amazing time, Spence, thank you," Ashley admitted, placing a kiss upon the blonde's forehead.
"I'm glad I moved here and met you, Ash. I truly am, I know it's only been two weeks but," Spencer started before finding sudden interest in the ground that they were standing on, "I'm glad were taking it slow too." She added before looking up into brown eyes, "But there's something I've been wanting to do for a while now," She glanced down at Ashley's lips before looking back up into her brown eyes.
"Please do hold back any longer," Ashley whispered in the darkness as she leaned in closer towards Spencer who grabbed ahold of the back of the brunettes neck and pulled her into their first most passionate kiss either one had ever experienced. Whenever the girls pulled away from each other, they both wore a smile that reached from ear to ear. "I don't think…" Ashley took a second to collect her words, "I've ever had a better first kiss,"
"With anyone," Spencer added on as she held onto the girls small hands. She continued to smile even when a pair of headlights turned and pulled into the driveway, signaling the arrival of the final Carlin.
"Should I wait and meet her?" Ashley asked, clearly nervous.
Spencer's blue eyes casted down onto the ground below before giving her answer, "Sure,"
A couple of minutes had passed as the girls waited patiently for Spencer's mother to get out of her car and approach them but it seemed as if she was waiting for Ashley to leave before she came inside which hurt Spencer deeply but she was getting good at hiding what her mother made her feel. The oldest Carlin continued to sit in her car, staring at the two girls who were sitting on the top step of the porch waiting for her to get out of her car. Her heart sunk as she saw the smile on Spencer's face as Ashley continued to tell her a story as they waited patiently. She decided to bite the bullet this time and finally meet Ashley because in the back of her head, she knew that smile on her daughters face and she hadn't smiled like that for years now.
Whenever the two girls on the porch heard the car door open, they looked over to see if Spencer's mother was going to actually get out. Ashley laid eyes upon the older Carlin who looked just like Spencer does except older. She stood quickly, absolutely terrified of her. Whenever the older Carlin stood in front of the two younger girls, she stuck out her hand and smiled, "You must be Ashley," She spoke, surprising her daughter by remembering her name, "I'm Spencer's mother, Paula."
Paula saw out of the corner of her eye her daughters expression change, "I'm Ashley-well you already knew that, like you just said," She laughed nervously, "I'm glad I had the chance to meet you before I left," She smiled then at Paula, still nervous as her hands shook and her heart raced.
The older blonde smiled sweetly as best as she could before excusing herself inside of the house, making Spencer turn to the brunette smiling ear to ear, "Wow,"
"Yeah," Ashley smiled back at Spencer, making the girls lean in slowly and let their lips crash against each other's in a desperate, needy kiss. "Goodnight Spencer, I'll see you soon." Ashley whispered against the nights wind before placing a kiss upon the blonde's cheek, leaving her standing there in complete and utter happiness and she watched Ashley walk away.
The next week passed by quickly for some and slowly for others. Mia continued to sit around her group of friends, growing more depressed as she watched the new couple interact. It'd only been two weeks that they had been going out but every day Ashley and Spencer would somehow grow closer and it'd show as they glowed. But tonight it was different really; the clouds above were still upset as they poured out their emotions on everything below them. Everyone in the group including Mia's new 'friend' that she had been talking too in hopes to get her mind off of Ashley all sat around in Ashley's and Kyla's living room, listening to music. As they sat there, talking about whatever was coming to their mind; they could hear the raised voices coming from upstairs from the new couple, disagreeing about something no one could make out.
"Is this their first fight?" Aiden asked as he took his previous seat on the couch next to Kyla who was laying down on half of it. He took a drink of the soda he held onto, "I mean, I haven't even heard them play fight yet," He chuckled, glancing over at Kyla.
"Yeah it's their first fight, I thought that at least they'd last a few months before it came," Kyla added to the conversation before returning her attention to the game that she was playing on her phone.
"I wonder what they're fighting about," Mia spoke up quietly, finding interest in the carpet below her that she was sitting upon. She wasn't happy about the fight but she wasn't exactly upset about it either.
"I don't know, but I'm tempted to go listen at the door," Aiden smiled brightly, looking at the girls sitting around him, "I hang out with too many girls," He shook his head before laughing lightly along with Kyla.
"I kind of want to go listen too," Kyla bit her bottom lip, glancing over at Mia before standing up quickly followed by Aiden leaving Mia and her friend sitting in the living room alone.
Once Kyla and Aiden were standing outside Ashley's bedroom door, the voices weren't as muffled anymore, in fact there weren't any voices, it was completely quiet which confused the two friends. "I just don't see why you continue on telling her you love her," Ashley says suddenly, her voice hinting that she was hurt. She never usually gets upset about this sort of thing which made Kyla wonder why now it was upsetting her.
"Ash I already told you, I love her as a friend, not as my girlfriend anymore. Whenever I moved here, I wanted nothing to do with her."
Once again it was completely quiet for a couple of minutes, boring the two friends who stood outside of the door listening in quickly. "You text her all of the time, you don't see me doing that." Kyla closed her eyes as she listened to her sister's bad response.
"Mia's always texting you,"
"She's my sisters best friend, I've known her-"
"Exactly, your sisters best friend." Now it was Spencer's turn for her hint of hurt in her voice as she spoke to Ashley, "You two had a past, Ash; you don't see me getting upset over that."
"Spencer you don't understand,"
"I don't understand? Ashley she's your sister's best friend, she's in love with you and you're just too fucking blind to see it. I don't get upset over the fact that you're always talking to her or that you have a million and two pictures of her and you around your room, you don't see me asking you to stop talking to her completely."
Aiden and Kyla both shared a look then, thinking that this was a bad idea to come up here. Before it was too late to turn and go back downstairs, they heard the door opening, "What are you guys doing?" Ashley asked, clearly upset from the argument. "Are you guys seriously fucking listening in on us?" She placed her hands on her hips as she looked back and forth between her sister and her own best friend.
"No?" Aiden spoke up quickly and quietly before turning and making a run for the stairs, Kyla following close behind.
Ashley turned back around to face Spencer who was still sitting upon Ashley's bed, tears forming in her eyes, "I'm sorry baby," Ashley admitted quietly, still standing in the doorway. She looked at the blonde sitting on the bed, "It's just, I don't know, I'm scared on losing you and I know that it's stupid to say that this early in the relationship but I don't usually get this far and I know that I'm going to get even further with you and I just…" She paused as she took a seat in front of Spencer, "I don't want to screw this up like I screw everything else up,"
A tear escaped out of Spencer's eyes, "I love-making up after a fight," She quickly recovered, "And I totally agree sweetheart, I apologize too. If it makes you feel better, I won't talk to her as much as I do," She said quietly, hoping that Ashley would just ignore her close mistake.
A few seconds passed before Ashley could reply to the blonde sitting in front of her, "And I won't talk to Mia as much either," She swallowed hard, knowing in her heart that it'd be hard to do that since Mia practically lived at her house because of her sister. They had so much history together.
Neither girl spoke up after that, instead Ashley adjusted herself at the top of the bed and pulled Spencer down in her arms. The two girls laid that way for the rest of night, letting sleep over take them and sleep away everything that turned bad that night.