A few things. Sorry this is short, and sorry it took a while to get updated. Beta-ing for 2 stories and slightly helping another while writing 2 of my own AND working... lots of distractions. But without further adieu...Ch 13.

"Hey Ash, you want to hang out tonight?" Tim leans in the doorway of Ashley's room watching her sort through her clothes.

"Um.. I'm actually hanging out with Spencer tonight. I'm sorry buddy." She frowns when she sees his face fall. "But we need a movie night soon!" He smiles slightly and nods. "Awww, Timmy. Don't be sad." She walks over and wraps her arms around him, hugging him tight. "You're one of the best huggers EVER!" She says into his shoulder.

Tim laughs as he pulls away. "Yeah I was thinking of going professional but then I decided to go the way of the sub. Did I tell you I'm now an artist of sandwiches?" He beams.

Ashley high fives him, "Dude that's awesome! You know how I feel about sandwiches! So..."

"Yes, if you come in when we aren't busy your sandwiches will mysteriously not cost a dime."

"So I should bring pennies and nickels?" She nudges him with her shoulder before walking to her closet to grab a hoodie. "Also, can sandwiches mysteriously show up in my possession when you get home from work around dinner time... sometimes?" She smiles her biggest smile, batting her eyes.

Tim shakes his head and laughs as he walks away.

Ashley grabs her phone from her desk and heads out to the living room. "I'm guessing that's a maybe Tim?"

"What's a maybe?" Emily asks, peeking her head from the kitchen counter.

"Tim, sneaking me sandwiches when he gets off of work sometimes." Ashley walks into the kitchen, grabbing a few cucumber slices from the cutting board in front of Emily.

"Dammit Tim, you mean Trey and I aren't the only ones getting free delivery?" Emily yells.

"Wait, you already told THEM yes and you won't even answer ME? HOW RUDE!" Ashley crosses her arms tightly across her chest.

"Okay Stephanie Tanner." Emily rolls her eyes.

"No but seriously I have a serious question for you both." When she sees them both give her their attention, she takes a deep breath, biting her lip.

"Are you okay?" Tim asks, coming into the kitchen.

She lets out a heavy sigh,"what ever happened to predictability?" She looks to her friends, "the milk man, the paper boy, evening TV?" She purses her lips together, trying to fight the laughter bubbling up in her chest. She bursts when Emily pushes her away laughing. Emily and Tim both shake their heads and walk into the living room.

"You're something else Ash."

"When you're lost out there and you're all alone-" She continues loudly.

"The night is waiting to carry you hoooome." Tim jumps in.

"EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK!" The three yell, then finish off the tune, all laughing with tears falling down their cheeks.

"I love you guys." Ashley sighs, regaining her composure. "I think I've done my bit of entertaining for the day. I must go spread my entertainment to others." She grabs her hoodie that she'd set on the counter earlier and grabs her keys from the shelf near the door.

"Later rockstar!" Emily calls out. When the door closes Emily turns to Tim. "You like her don't you."

"Huh?"

"Ashley. You like her. You can tell me." Emily sits next to Tim on the couch.

"Yeah..." he hangs his head, leaning back into the cushions of the couch. "I don't know what to do though. I mean, hanging out with her is great, we get along really well, she likes the same music and movies, she's just amazing!"

Emily nods, "Yeah buddy, she's pretty cool. Do you want me to talk to her or something? Have you told her how you feel?" She doesn't want to bring up what she noticed that night between Ashley and Spencer. She hadn't seen them together since then, and Ashley was pretty drunk so she still doesn't know what to think. "Maybe you should tell her how you feel."

"But- but... That's scary!"

"So you'd rather have a crush on her and have her not know and next thing you know she's dating someone else?" Tim perks up at this, his eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"She's dating someone?" His voice raises as he sits up.

"Not that I know of. She hasn't said anything to me but I'm just saying, you might want to tell her before that does happen." Emily pats his leg and stands up. "I'm going to go finish my salad really quick. I have class in like an hour and you have to work soon don't you?"

Tim looks at the clock hanging near the hallway to Emily's room. "Yeah," he sighs. "I should get downstairs and grab my stuff." He gets up slowly, shuffling his feet towards the door.

"Aww, cheer up Tim. You'll be alright. You're an awesome guy, even if it doesn't work out I'm sure you can still be really good friends. I'm rooting for ya buddy!" Tim smiles as he leaves.

Shit. I should probably prepare Trey for a sad Tim whenever he actually gets up the guts to talk to Ashley. I may be rooting for him but I have a bad feeling this isn't going to go his way.

When Ashley enters Spencer's dorm, she feels her phone buzz in her pocket. Slipping it out to see who's calling, she quickly walks down the hallway towards the elevators. When the buzzing starts again she's stepping onto Spencer's floor.

"Fuck!" She groans, walking to Spencer's room, slipping in silently when she sees Ashley sitting at her desk with her headphones on, her head bobbing along to the music coming from her ipod. Ashley walks until she's standing right behind Spencer.

"Jesus Ash!" Spencer jerks in her seat when she sees Ashley's shadow loom over her. "Not cool!" Ashley laughs hysterically and backs away so Spencer can get out of her seat without "accidentally" hitting her with her chair.

"Well if you're going to be mean, I could always go hang out with Aiden. He called me twice since I stepped into this building!" She holds up two fingers to emphasize her point. "I, of course, didn't answer. Not in the mood to come up with a lie." Ashley hops up onto Spencer's bed.

"So.. what do you want to do?" Spencer smiles. Ashley watches her legs swing back and forth as they dangle from the bed. She wishes she could loft her bed like Spencer's. It seems like she has way more space to put things. "Yep. Still adorable when you're nervous." Spencer stands next to the bed, careful not to make Ashley more nervous than she already seems.

Ashley shakes her head, but still doesn't turn her eyes towards Spencer. "I'm not nervous. Just thinking." Spencer nudges her with her shoulder. "Okay, maybe a little bit." She pinches her fingers, leaving a small amount of space between them.

"Well then, let's do something to make you less nervous. Want to watch a movie? Drink? See what my friends down the hall are up to? I would suggest we go somewhere but, unfortunately Aiden is probably lurking around." Ashley laughs, relaxing a bit. Spencer grabs Ashley's hand and pulls her off the bed. "Come on, we're going to bug my friends, maybe they'll have some ideas."

"Dude, don't you ever get tired of chasing someone who clearly doesn't want you?" Aiden's roommate throws a pair of rolled up socks at him.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Aiden keeps his eyes on his TV screen, playing Madden takes serious concentration.

"Spencer. You've been after her for longest time and yet you aren't getting anything!"

"We hooked up a couple times."

"Yeah, like four months ago! You haven't gotten any since then, you're pathetic!" Aiden pauses his game and turns towards his roommate.

"You know what, fuck you. You're practically married to your girlfriend, that's fucking pathetic. She's got your balls locked up so tight it's not even funny."

"Whatever. I'm just saying, I saw her and that Ashley chick you used to hang around with a couple nights ago. Seems to me like you're losing your girl to another girl!" Aiden watches as his roommate leaves. He'd never thought about Spencer and Ashley like that. Sure he knows that both girls have some kind of interest in other girls, but they wouldn't be together... would they?

Definitely going to have to figure that out. Maybe tomorrow when she takes me to work I can talk to her about it. Maybe after she picks me up we can fool around in my car like we did last time we hooked up. Until then, back to Madden.

My next chapter will be longer and lots of Spashley I promise. Review please so I know people are still reading, hound/harass me if I don't update fast enough, I'm glee-southwriter on tumblr if anyone wants to bug me on that too :)

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