"So when are you going to let me come and watch you at work?" It's been two months since the dinner double date with Olivia and her boyfriend. Still Spencer won't talk about what's happening at her new job. "Or not, whatever," Ashley continued to flip through her magazine as she sat at the table with Spencer who sat quiet eating breakfast. "You used to let me come to your work and let me watch and we'd have sex a lot," Brown eyes peaked over the magazine and watched the blonde girl smirk.
"What are you getting at, Ash?" Blue eyes stared curiously at Ashley.
She laid her magazine down and slowly pushed it off of the table. Spencer raised an eye brow at her girlfriend who smirked. Then Ashley stood up and grabbed Spencer's bowl from her and glass of orange juice and set it on the counter. This move caused Spencer to turn around quickly, "What are you doing?" Spencer stood from her chair.
Not wasting a minute, Ashley walked up to Spencer and started to kiss her aggressively, which would have led to other things but Spencer's phone started ringing, making Ashley groan. "Who's so important to ruin this moment?" She watched Spencer hold up her index finger and walk out of the room with a smile on her face. Ashley grabbed her keys and her purse and as she opened the front door, Spencer walked out of their bedroom.
"Where are you going, honey?"
"Get some coffee," Ashley responded and slammed the door shut.
Instead of running after the brunette, Spencer pulled out her phone and dialed the number that had called her, "Hey sorry, Ashley got upset and left, so I can talk now. I missed your voice all week,"
At the coffee shop downstairs, Ashley leaned against the counter talking to Olivia, "When do you get off?"
"In like, six hours, Ash," Olivia chuckled at the distressed American girl, "What's the matter with you?" She leaned on the counter and grabbed ahold of Ashley's hands.
"I don't know, Spencer mostly, she's being so secretive and I just want to go to the bar and drink and maybe somehow find something to smoke," She laughed along with Olivia, "Go out with me tonight! That's a great idea!"
Olivia started laughing and pulled back from the sad girl in front of her to take someone's order, "I don't know," She replied before making the drink and warming up a blueberry muffin.
"Please? Come on, it'll be fun. Just you and me, we'll have a lot of fun," Brown eyes smiled as they watched the girl make a coffee drink.
"I wouldn't even know what to wear,"
"I'll help you dress,"
"How about un-dress?" Both Ashley and Olivia looked at the customer who just smiled as he looked at both girls.
"Get out of here before I kick your ass," Ashley stood from leaning on the counter to hovering a foot above his height. Quickly the young boy left the shop.
Olivia avoided eye contact with Ashley for a moment, "But okay, I'll go if you buy me a drink,"
"I'll buy you two," Ashley grinned at her now closet friend she had it seemed.
Upstairs, Spencer was lying on her stomach on the bed, still on the phone. There was a long pause in the conversation and eye lids covered the color blue as a deep breath escaped past her lips, "I've got to go, Jade, I don't want to hurt Ashley any more than I have."
"You're going to see me at work tomorrow anyways, Spence, I'm not going anywhere." Jade was a special girl who helped start Spencer's business. The idea of the business started before Paris and California. These girls started this idea when Spencer still lived down the street from Jade whenever she still lived in Ohio. Last month, Spencer had her old friend fly out for an interview but the tension between them is still very strong. "Even when you moved to California I told you I wasn't going to ever be out of your life, even if I have to stay a friend, I'll be here," She continued to speak sweet things in Spencer's ear, distracting her from hearing the front door open and close. Before she knew it, Ashley was walking through the bedroom door with a new attitude.
"Still on the phone?" Ashley more of pointed it out than questioned the girl who was now lying very stiffly on their king sized bed.
Spencer slightly frowned; it was obvious how this was taking its toll on the brunette. Without saying goodbye, she hung up the phone and tossed it aside onto the bed. She crawled to the edge of the bed where Ashley faced away from staring at the sea of clothes in the closet they shared. She wrapped her arms around the girls waist where they both melted into each other for a moment before Ashley pulled away.
"I'm going out with Olivia tonight, since I'm sure you'll be late at the studio again," Ashley spoke blandly as she shuffled through some tops she had in mind for the night she had ahead of herself.
The blonde's shoulders bent forward, she felt like she was letting Ashley down continuously. She felt as if she should have come to Paris alone because maybe then she wouldn't feel as if she was holding the brunette back. "I was actually going to ask if you wanted to maybe order in some food and watch a movie but since you have plans already-"
"No," Ashley turned around quickly and stared at the blonde in front of her, "No," She repeated sternly, "You don't get to do that, you don't get to make me feel bad for having plans whenever you're the one gone every single night since we've moved here at that stupid studio," Ashley took in a deep breath which was needed. She felt a slight release of pressure as well.
Once again, Spencer frowned, "its okay Ashley, I know that I haven't been as available as you've wanted, I promise to make it better starting tomorrow." She continued to sit on the edge of the bed, staring at the girl in front of her who expected a full on argument she guessed by the expression on Ashley's face. "How about tomorrow night, we go out for dinner?"
Ashley yearned for the girl she fell in love with to come back and this was the start of it, "I love you, sounds perfect darling," She smiled sadly at the blonde who reciprocated the same smile.
"So where are you and Olivia going off to tonight?"
"Dancing," Ashley replied, already expecting the groan from her girlfriend who hated the idea of someone else dancing and grinding up on her girlfriend.
Just like she imagined, Spencer groaned, "I really wish you'd let me come so I could stop her from trying anything with you," Without thinking, the jealous tone had escaped her mouth which made Ashley grin.
"I'd really like it if you'd spend the night away from the studio and come with us, it'll be fun," Ashley smiled at her girlfriend who was taking complete interest in her again in the past two months.
Spencer just smiled and agreed because she knew that it would make Ashley happy and that's what she needed to do right now. Not just for their relationship but because it was the right thing to do. So she stood from her bed and walked to the same closet and quickly picked out an outfit that she'd wear tonight alongside Ashley. When the two tried together, they were perfect with each other.
Later that night, the three girls stood at the bar in their high heels and miniskirts talking amongst each other. They waited patiently for their drinks to arrive and filled the space with conversation about who to avoid that night. When their drinks arrived, Ashley ordered two rounds of Jose shots for the three of them to get their nerves out of the way.
Before long, they were on the dance floor moving their hips along to the music. Ashley was dancing in front of Spencer who was really enjoying her girlfriends butt in her pelvic area. Her hands wandered up and down the brunette's body as well as her lips that found the bare skin of Ashley's neck and exposed ear lobe. Olivia was dancing along with the music in the same position but instead of Spencer being behind her, a tall dark attractive man stood behind her, who had a tight grip on her hip, making her rub up and down against him for his own pleasure.
The music was never ending for the girls and on their next opportunity, the girls took a drink break where they ordered two more rounds of shots of Jose and ordered another round of drinks to be able to chase the shots with. They moved into a booth where they gave their feet a chance to breathe as well and Olivia and Ashley fell in a conversation, leaving Spencer sipping on her drink, bobbing her head along with the music.
It was in that moment when her blue eyes fell upon another set of brown eyes across the room. She smiled slightly, knowing those eyes too well. She knew she was in trouble because suddenly, she couldn't keep her eyes off of this girl. She excused herself and made her way across the floor where Jade stood next to another blonde girl. Jade had short dark blonde hair that framed her face perfectly. It went well with her small body. Her voice was as smooth as honey and when she spoke, everyone listened.
"I know you," Jade spoke in a low voice which always made Spencer's heart fly.
But she just smiled at the girl, "I know you too," She replied lamely.
"So that's your girl?" Jade asked, nodding in Ashley's direction. Spencer refused to look behind her, "She's looking at us," Jade waved across the bar and Spencer already knew that it was the wrong thing to do.
"Yeah, that's Ashley,"
"From what I saw, you two look happy together and that's good, you need that," Jade smiled sadly at Spencer. Without thinking, her hand was holding onto Spencer's. "She's not even watching us anymore, honey. I could kiss you like I want too and she wouldn't even know," These words fell off her tongue as smooth as ice.
"But you can't," Spencer's eyes shot down to her lips which were inches away from hers already due to the noise level.
Minutes must have passed because Ashley appeared at Spencer's side without notice until she cleared her throat which only made the two girls break eye contact and hand contact, "Spence, who's your friend?" Ashley narrowed her eyes at this girl.
Spencer's lips pressed hard together as seconds flew past her, knowing that as soon as she revealed the face of her past, things were to get rocky, "This is um, my co-worker," She quickly said, trying to avoid the usage of her name.
"Jade Rider," The smaller girl stuck out her hand ready to shake but everything in Ashley's body sunk so far, her brown eyes glazed over quickly as they stared into the blue eyes she trusted with everything.
"Ash," Spencer spoke quietly as she reached for her girlfriend. Jade clearly not understanding what was happening in front of her.
"Don't," She pulled her hands away, "You made me stop being friends with one of my best friends because she loved me, and I moved to Paris for you, gave everything up for you for the same promise you gave me but broke." Ashley stepped back from the blonde girl, "And here you are, hiding behind my back with… her." She spoke with disgust.
At this moment, Olivia appeared to Ashley's side, "What's going on?" She asked, curious to all of the expressions within the three girls.
"I was just leaving," Ashley said quietly as she turned away from the love of her life and the girl who started most of their fights. To her surprise, she turned to see Olivia by her side with concern written over her face. "I think she's cheating on me with her ex," Finally out of the club, Ashley spoke and tears fell from her eyes.
Olivia stopped sharply and stared at the brunette who continued to walk to the car, her shoulders were slumped, tear ruined makeup fell down her face. "Spencer," She whispered to the wind as she shook her head.
Once Ashley was dropped off at her apartment, she crawled into bed and held onto the phone which she so badly wanted to use to call Mia like she used to do whenever she was hurting. But her fingers wouldn't dial that familiar number because the other hand was working on opening a brand new bottle of Jack Daniels. She worked quickly on downing the first fourth of the bottle and the rest of the night to her was a huge blur by the next morning.
She rolled over to check the time on the alarm clock on Spencer's side of the bed and before she read the time, she noticed that Spencer wasn't home yet. She sighed- 10:34am.
The next following weeks to come after that night, Spencer was home early for dinner, took Ashley out more often and never answered the phone while she spent her free time in the brunette's arms. It seemed to Ashley that she just over reacted with the way Spencer had changed. It was as if they were falling in love again. Yesterday was so good for them that they found themselves in bed the entire day tangled up in nothing else but skin and sheets.
Tonight, Spencer walked through the front door with a dozen roses in hand, surprising Ashley who was standing over the stove working on a pot roast for dinner. She turned around at the sound of the door being shut and a smile grew endlessly on her face as she saw Spencer leaning against the counter holding out a dozen roses. "Baby," She breathed out.
"Dinner smells delicious, looks like Paris has taught you something." Spencer kissed Ashley passionately before shrugging off her jacket. "Today was insane though, Ash. It was awesome," Spencer started out on a long story which of course Ashley paid close attention to every detail. "These people really seemed to like my stuff so I might get the opportunity to do a documentary on their tour across South America,"
These words caught Ashley's breath then, "Wait what?"
"Yeah, South America, how cool would that be, Ash? We could be living in mud huts and learning the cultural of the different tribes and I honestly have no idea what I'm talking about. I don't want to go to South America; there are spiders there bigger than my face." Spencer rambled on, which meant one thing. It meant a lot to her and she honestly wanted to go document with this group and show the world about their experiences. "How was your day?" She smiled at her girlfriend, hoping that Ashley would just ignore her entire ramble.
Due to my absence, I thought that I'd treat you guys with a long chapter and an apology. So much has happened in the past months I'd bore you trying to tell you everything! But anyways, I hope that you enjoyed the chapter, go ahead and review and let me know your thoughts so far.