ASHLEY'S P.O.V
I've been waiting all day to be alone with her.
We were at her BBQ all day and the second it died down, she pulled me aside and told me she wanted to come back to my place.
"Ashley you're being very quiet"
"Sorry"
I'm blatantly staring at her.
"Are you okay?"
I'm more than okay, my girlfriend's hot and she's changing in front of me.
"Yep"
When she walks over to where I'm lying, I smile.
"I'm just lost in my own thoughts…"
"Should I be worried?"
"I have a very dirty mind Spencer"
She's grinning.
"Thank you for coming today"
"Babe you don't need to thank me"
"Babe?"
Woops, that slipped out.
"Sorry…."
"Don't apologise Ash"
Okay.
"I like it"
When she moves so she's hovering above me I press my lips over hers.
"I have questions Spence"
"You have questions?"
"I do"
Her lips are still touching mine.
"Are you going to ask them?"
"No, they can wait"
When I lean back in she turns her head.
"No they can't"
When I lie back down she moves so her head's resting on my shoulder.
"Let's talk..."
"Talking's overrated Spence"
I'm only joking.
"Ash I'm closing up shop until you talk..."
"How about we bump uglies and then I'll talk?"
"You always say the sweetest things to me"
When she starts nibbling on my neck I laugh.
"I'm a sucker for romance Spence"
She's going to leave a mark.
"I'm going to stop Ash..."
No, no, no.
"And you're going to ask me those questions"
When she rests her head back on my shoulder, I sigh.
"I'm sorry your birthday wasn't perfect"
"Ash you have nothing to apologise for"
I slowly start brushing my fingers down her back.
"Yer I do, I've put you in an awkward situation with your friends and family..."
"No you haven't, I've put myself in an awkward situation with my friends and family and you being there today's made it easier"
Okay.
"Ashley I'm the happiest I've ever been because of you, so you have absolutely nothing to apologise for"
"Spencer I…"
"Shut up Ashley"
That's so hot.
"Alright, consider me shut up"
"No I'll consider you shut up about that topic..."
She just slipped her hand under my shirt.
"But I still want to hear those questions"
Alright.
"Okay well they're more thoughts than questions..."
"I'm listening"
She's perfect.
"Spence when we first got together it was all about sex, I was saying all these inappropriate things to you and every time we spoke it was about vaginas"
She's laughing.
"I do have a point..."
"I know"
Now we're both laughing.
"So then Matt found out about us and we switched from talking about our vaginas to avoiding each other and talking about all the drama"
I really do have a point.
"Then everything calmed down and we started sleeping together again, but we were doing that stupid friends with benefits thing and we pretty much only talked about vaginas..."
"Ash?"
I'm rambling.
"Spence we've been sleeping together for six weeks now, but I know nothing about you, I know about all the drama and I know about all the gay stuff, but that's it..."
"What do you want to know?"
Everything.
"You're a swimmer?"
"I am"
"Why swimming?"
"I love it, I love competing, I love racing"
"How good are you?"
She's laughing again.
"What kind of question is that?"
"Chelsea says you're amazing?"
"I'm okay..."
"No you're not"
"I'm not?"
"You're better than okay Spence"
"I..."
Here we go.
"I'm pretty good"
She always talks everything down.
"How good's pretty good?"
"I..."
"Spencer be arrogant"
She's laughing again.
"I have the fastest 100, 200 and 400 metre freestyle time in the state..."
"The whole state?"
"High schools in the state..."
"Wow"
"It's nothing Ash"
"You're an amazing swimmer, a sports star..."
"I'm not a..."
"That's so hot"
Athletes are so sexy.
"So you're obviously going to college?"
"I am, are you?"
"My dad went to USC, so if I want to go there they'll let me in..."
"You haven't committed yet?"
I have a week 'til my offer expires.
"I'm not a big fan of being a student and now I have a girlfriend..."
"You can't hook up with random girls at frat parties?"
When she says that I tilt her head so her eyes lock on mine.
"Spence I don't want to hook up with random girls at frat parties"
She's smiling.
"Anyway how many colleges offered you a place?"
"Aaahhhh..."
"Babe be arrogant"
"UCLA, Georgia, Texas A&M, Stanford, Florida, Virginia..."
Damn.
"Tennessee, Ohio, UNC, Notre Dame, USC and a couple of others"
That's impressive.
"All for swimming?"
"Yer and a little for education"
"A little?"
"I had a 3.7 GPA"
Wow.
"So you're talented and smart?"
"I'm..."
"Be arrogant"
"Okay, okay I'm talented and smart"
Now we're both laughing.
"I didn't think it was possible Spencer, but knowing all of this makes you so much hotter"
She's embarrassed.
"So which one did you commit to?"
"USC"
When she says that I quickly switch our positions so I'm on top.
"Spencer I was really hoping you'd say that"
She's grinning.
"You're staying in LA?"
"I am"
I have the biggest smile on my face.
"Why USC, why not UCLA or the other schools that accepted you?"
"USC's the dream and we all got accepted there..."
"We?"
"Chelsea, Glen and..."
"Matt?"
"Yer"
I reach out brushing my fingers through her hair.
"Was he a big part of the reason you chose USC?"
"No"
That was a very quick answer.
"Ash things hadn't been right with Matt for a long time before I met you and when the time came to pick a school, I picked USC because my best friend and my brother had been accepted there..."
Okay.
"And from a swimming point of view, they had the number one swimming program in the country... Matt wasn't the reason"
"Spencer it's okay if he was"
"He wasn't"
She's brushing her fingers through my hair.
"Ash I've dreamt about going to USC for a long time now and when the offers came in I considered most of them, but it was always going to be USC, USC's the school we've always talked about"
She's smiling.
"That was the dream Ashley, but then I met you and that dream changed"
I'm so crazy about this girl.
"I want a lot of things Ashley, I want to swim for USC, I want to be near my family..."
I'm so glad I met her.
"And I want you"
When I lean down to kiss her, she meets me halfway.
I want her.