Well this one's a bit of a filler with a cliffy sorta thingy at the end. Sorry, just had to get a little something out to you guys since it's been a while. Thank you to the reviewers and the people who keep reading. I'm currently a bit busy and have had a wee bit of a block in writing but I'm trying, all the reviews help.

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Hptriospashley: Yeah, Coop's always a real lifesaver...in both ways of speaking. The cuteness will always be around, it's kinda how they are, I take no credit in their adorableness.

FumblingTowardsEcstasy: Aw, well thanks much, m'lady. A tad...perhaps more than a tad...maybe a lot more than a tad. Glad you approve and enjoy my characters. As alwasy, I eagerly await your reviews.

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The Day After

Ashley's POV

I wake up to the feeling of being prodded in my sleep. I look through the darkness of my room and see the blonde that's captured my heart curled up into me and attempting to squirm closer, only succeeding in jabbing me in the side. After the third jab, I attempt to soothe her to keep my side from having a lovely addition in the form of a bruise. "Spence…" I whisper and wrap my arms around her a bit more, hoping she'll stop her sporadic squirming. "Spencer…" Her eyes flash open and then she blinks a few times, trying to clear her vision.

"Ash..?" She whispers hoarsely.

"Sorry, babe…I was trying to get you to stop jabbing me." I chuckle a bit and she smiles bashfully.

"My bad, hun." She snuggles into my side. "I really appreciate what you did for me last night, Ash."

"Pft, puh-lease, it was my pleasure." I wiggle my brows and she blushes.

"Not that…althought that was great." Oh. "Just you calming me down to give Glen a second chance."

"Oh, well yeah. I don't want you to be disconnected from your family Spence, believe me, you've got it pretty great. And I do too…just I wish…Nevermind." I don't feel like talking about it.

"Ash, baby…." She tilts my head towards her. "What is it?" Ugh, how can I resist those eyes. Fine, fine, I'll tell her. Bare my soul and all that mushy girlfriend stuff. No wonder I'm turning into a mush ball.

"I just sometimes wish that I had a family like that growing up. I mean, Arden and Kyla did all they could, but it was up to me to look out for them. I just wish someone was looking out for me when we were young." I sigh. "Sure, we had nannies, but they came and went. I felt like I had this huge burden on my shoulders when my parents split. Christine, my mom, decided to see the world one man at a time and dad was on tour."

"Oh, Ash, I'm sorry.." She kisses my cheek. "But, couldn't you still try with your mom? I mean, since your dad passed, she's really the only family that you have besides your sisters."

I scoff, "Christine? Why would she want to see me?"

"Ash, you're her daughter. Of course she wants to see you."

"Yeah? What about all the times she missed when we were growing up? She could've stayed. She could've celebrated birthdays and concerts and graduations, but she didn't. I don't even know where the fuck she is now and I don't care." That was a little harsh…but I need to get my point across, if Christine wants to see me she can come to me, the postcard or letter every now and then isn't cutting it. I end up throwing those out anyways.

"Ash, calm down. I get that it's a bit of a touchy subject for you okay? Just promise you'll think about it? Please baby?" She runs her fingers through my hair.

"Alright, fine. Now, come here." I grab her and pull her to me, our lips meeting in a soft kiss. Hands begin to roam until there's a slam and a ton of light filters into my room. Shit, that's bright.

"Your favorite friend is here to wake you up in the morning! And no, sorry Ash, it's not Barney." Gah, of course, Coop. "Seriously, Ash, how dark is your room? It's like 1 in the afternoon."

I feel Spencer shoot up, "Shit, 1? I've got a photoshoot with Sam/Sawyer in 2 hours, I need to get to my apartment and run over to my studio." I look over at her, only in her underwear while she tries to find her clothes and then turn to Coop who isn't really turning away.

"Alexandra Cooper, take your eyes off my girlfriend now!" She jumps at being caught.

"Oh well, yeah. Uh, don't tell Arden?" She scampers off but not before I hear a "Don't tell me what?" from an annoyed Arden. That little troublemaker.

"Don't mind her, Ash. You know she's harmless." Spencer's all dressed. Aww, I'm sad. "Don't give me that pout, Davies. I've gotta go." She leans over the bed and presses her lips to mine. "I'll call you later." I nod and she hurries out.

I eventually get out of bed and get dressed. I walk into my kitchen and see Coop with her massive ass sandwich, chomping down. "Seriously Coop? First you wake me up. Then you oogle my girl and now you're eating my food."

She swallows her big bite of sandwich. "Whatever, brah. Half the food's Arden's anyways." She shrugs. "Arden's my girlfirend, therefore I get food rights. Sawwy, Ashy." That's it. I snatch her sandwich from her and she looks like a wounded puppy. "Coop, do not give me that face." She keeps looking at me. "I mean it, Cooper."

"Just give her the damn sandwich, Ash." Arden hops up from the couch. I had no idea she was there. "She's going to be a pouty mess for the rest of the day."

A phone starts buzzing and Alex pulls hers out of her pocket. "Sorry, guys. Work." She answers the phone, holding it up to her ear and walking towards the balcony. "Sup Robbie McRobkins."

Arden chuckles and we look at her weirdly. "That's the major exec of the show, Robert, he pretty much produces a ton of it. He also works for the network so she's had a few fights with him. She calls him a ton of nicknames because she knows she can get away with it. He was also the one that Alex one uped with to get you over Duarte on the show."

"Bullshit Robert and you know it!" We all look over in Alex's direction. "Are you seriously giving me this ultimatum shit? We already settled this a few weeks ago!...No, I won't calm down...Rob, I mean it...Ugh, just fine. I'm done fighting over this shit, whatever. See you tomorrow." She hangs up the phone and puts her hands over her eyes, growling in frustration.

Arden sighs and gets up walking over to her and closing the sliding door behind them. I can see Alex's hands gesturing rapidly while she basically shouts out what just happened. This cannot be good. Alex's show is her life…almost literally and figuratively. Her character is her and she has to fight for what her character would do in a situation, not what the networks dictate. I just hope it's nothing too bad.