SO SO SO MANY APOLOGIES, guys. Seriously, my life is crey. Practice six times a week and a butt load of homework. Plus, its now spring break for a week and I've got two projects, an AP Test and and ENTIRE BOOK TO READ...not to mention a tournament and a game. So, so, so sorry. Oh and if you have any ideas on future plot twists or things, feel free to let me know. I don't know when I can get the next chapter to you, but I'll try to get my writing flow back. Oh and for the Teen Hearts readers, I'm going to try to write a chapter by tomorrow for you guys. Again, soooorrrrryyyyy.
REVIEWERS (delayed response, mah bad.)
Purplelover92: Yeah, Spence definately can stick up for her woman. Thanks for the review.
FFReviews: Cooper is the crazy of the story, no doubt.
idwalkthroughhell4u: Protective Spencer is hot, Christine had it coming and Spencer definately won't back down from defending Ash. Sorry about the no disclosure of details, smut chapters take me FOREVER to write and I figured it'd be best for your imagination to run wild.
LoveAsh87: Glad you enjoy it, sorry for the delay.
FumblingTowardsEcstacy: I can understand the busy, m'lady. Plus defensive/protective anyone can be quite hot. Defending territory is pretty much a turn on if it's for the right reasons. Glad you enjoyed the chapter.
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What Else Would You Expect From a Cooper Plan?
Ashley's POV
I end up being the one to have to call Lucy and Kyla through some sort of twisted logic and we decide to meet at Sapphos for lunch, superficially its convenient for Luce in her busy work schedule, but in actuality it's to keep Luce from running away or storming off in case of a Cooper backfire, which you kind of always have to plan for.
It's just Arden, Brooke, Carmen, and me accompanying Coop on this lunch. Spencer couldn't make it because she had to be on location for a shoot in Beverly Hills this morning, but it works out to the perfect plan considering Lucy will automatically think the fifth person is Spencer and won't question seating. We'll see how well this goes down.
"Coop, you know I love you, bud, but you pissed off my sister, and believe me, it's very hard to win back a pissed off Reed." Carmen states as she and Brooke lounge in the very back of my Suburban.
"I shall take my chances, Carm. I'd rather have at least tried to get her back and to just sit here and lose a friend over some stupid comments and my big mouth." Coop states plainly as she looks out the window. "Plus, no one can resist the Cooper pout mixed with a little groveling, begging, crying, and all around annoying." She smirks, "Everyone remember the plan?" We all roll our eyes. It's a very simple cliché plan, but it's the only one that didn't involve a risk of Coop eating floor, although knowing her, she'll trip on her way over.
We pull up to Sappho's and climb out of the car, Coop leans against the car coolly, obviously trying to mask her nervousness. I mean what if Luce just rejects her or ignores her again? I honestly can't deal with the two of them fighting, they're both practically family and will probably end up marrying into our family, Luce is already on her way. They're not even family yet and we've already become dysfunctional.
Arden whispers a few words into Coop's ear and kisses her on the cheek before she leads us in, leaving Coop to wait outside. Arden is probably the best liar I've ever seen. She never buckles under pressure. Must be a movie actress thing she's got going on, so obviously we appointed her to do most of the talking because knowing Carmen or Brooke they'll slip up and I can't keep things from Kyla, she's kind of a bull dog when it comes to that stuff.
We see Ky and Lucy talking over by the bar with a massive binder probably full of wedding stuff. Oh no, we're being sucked into wedding preparations. I really much love your ass, Cooper. You owe me big time.
We wave to them and Lucy smiles at us before pointing over to a large booth in the corner set up for us as she continues discussing things with Kyla.
They soon come over and join us, "Ash, is Spencer not here yet?" Lucy questions as they sit down, obviously noting my girlfriend's absence.
"Nah, she's got a shoot in Beverly Hills, won't be here 'til later." Not completely false so I can slide past Ky's lie detector on that one.
"Ah, well, we should order then." Ky states, "Luckily, I know the owner." She winks at Luce who chuckles and rolls her eyes.
The lunch progresses, we munch on some appetizers and ask Lucy random questions about Sappho's food, like where their vegetables are supplied from. That one was all Brooke, she's like vegetarian or vegan or some no meat shit like that. Interesting considering Carmen loves anything with a dead animal carcass in it. I look around every now and then but Coop has missed her mark. Arden looks a little worried. Then we hear a yell outside.
Arden and I look at each other before jumping up from our seats and bolting for the door. Arden, the fast little sprinter that she is, reaches the door first and yanks it open. We see Coop in a headlock with another woman making frustrated noises. I see Luce spot them and she launches herself into the situation, pushing the woman off of Coop.
Coop grabs Lucy's arm before she swings at the assailant who happens to have a grin on her face and is laughing. "Whoa, whoa. Luce, as much as I'm flattered that you just 'saved' me. Seriously, you truly care bud. Missed you. But, this is Emily, she's a stunt woman who I worked with a while back. What you just walked in on was us reminiscing on old times. Roughhousing is always fun. Sorry, I missed my cue." She chuckles. Lucy and Kyla look utterly confused and I can't read Arden. Coop sighs, "I suppose I should explain why I'm here." She turns to Luce. "You refused to hear me out. You shut me out and I couldn't get a hold of you. So, I enlisted the help of this group here. The fifth wasn't Spencer, because she's gone all day, it was me. I was going to show up and plead my case to you, but I got a little sidetracked with this one." She bumps hips with Emily who rolls her eyes and continues watching our personal problems unfold. Kyla raises a brow at me and I just shrug. "So, in front of everyone, I'm going to make my case here. I'm sorry, Luce. Incredibly sorry, that I used your past and things I knew would get under your skin to get even on the insult level. I've got a big mouth and it doesn't always have a filter, leaving me to go on rants like this one and completely change the mood of everything and end up saying something that I regret. So, Luce, I really am sorry. Please think about forgiving me? I can't plan your bachelor party if I'm not invited to the wedding." She pouts and smiles slightly.
Lucy rolls her eyes, "Fine. But you're on probation for making me look bad in front of my fiancé during that fight."
"Oh hush, Luce. She's made you better at being more attentive towards arrangements so I will thank her. Alex, you gave Luce a kick in the butt to move in the right direction." Kyla quips and Luce rolls her eyes again.
"So, there's your introduction to the 'what I've been up to' question." Alex jokes to Emily who's been silent this entire time. "Em,I should probably introduce you. Lucy Reed, Kyla Davies, Brooke Leighton, Carmen Reed, Ashley Davies, and my lovely girlfriend Arden Davies. Everyone this is Emily Mitchell, stuntwoman to the stars and me. We met through Wiley actually, woman does enough stunts to know a stunt woman."
"Hey everyone." Emily smiles and greets us. "Sorry to intrude, I was just on my way to meet someone here and ran into Alex. No idea I was delaying a master plan of hers." Emily winks at Coop who just chuckles. "Her master plans never actually go according to plan."
"Yeah, she's quite the handful." Arden jokes, walking up to her girlfriend and ruffling her hair.
"Good thing you have two hands." Alex retorts back, suddenly wrapping her arms around her girlfriend and lifting her. Arden squeals for her to put her back down and Alex complies with a smirk on her face before she receives a smack to the arm from Arden.
Theses antics will never end will they? Wonder how many more twists and turns could possibly happen in my life time...