Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Ashley's eyes slowly drifted open, glancing to the side seeing a naked Spencer curled up against her. She exhaled, biting her bottom lip thinking about what had happened that night. How Spencer made her feel. How she makes her feel right now. Ashley pulled away from Spencer, slowly standing up grabbing her underwear and a shirt to put on before heading towards the bathroom.

She stared at herself in the mirror. Thinking.

"What am I doing?" she thought out loud to herself, placing both of her hands against the sink, propping her body up. She closed her eyes, sighing.

After washing her face off, she walked back into her room. She began putting her clothes on seeing that Spencer is still fast asleep. Putting her pants on, she immediately dug her hand in her pocket grabbing her phone.

Text message:

Ashley: "Hey, can I come over?"

Aiden: "Yeah, sure. I'm home now."

Shoving her phone back in her pocket she sat down on the bed leaning down kissing Spencer lightly on her forehead. She walked to her door, looking back at Spencer then opening her door walking downstairs and exiting her house towards her car. She began driving to Aiden's house.

Ten minutes had passed of her driving until she arrived at Aiden's house. She got out heading towards the door. Once she walked up the walkway she rang the doorbell. She sat there waiting to hear his footsteps.

He opened the door, welcoming her in.

"Aiden." Ashley said, tears forming in her eyes.

"Hey, what is it?" He said, pulling her into his side, wrapping his arm firmly around her waist.

"I...Spencer and I we, sort of..." She said, as the tears kept escaping and running down her cheeks.

"Did you not like it?" He asked earning a slap to the chest.

"No. I mean, yes I liked it. I...I loved it. That's the problem. I'm scared and now we've pretty much made a commitment because of last night. I told her I love her. We done things I never thought we would. What are people going to think? What is my mom going to say?" She said, panic strong in her voice.

"I know what you're going through, Ash. I've been there and I hope you know that Glen and I will always be here for you and also Spencer. I'm glad you came to me. Listen, it's hard but, it always gets better. I promise." He said pulling Ashley closer to him in a comforting manner.

"Are you sure?" She asked softly.

"Plus, who cares what your mom thinks and anyone else. If Spencer makes you happy and come on, we all know that she does, then let it be. Don't try to complicate things. Don't be scared because you have people who love and accept you." He said, smiling looking down into her eyes.

She smiled, hugging him tightly. "Thanks, Aiden."

"No problem. Where's Spencer anyways?" He asked.

Ashley's eyes grew. "She's at my house. I was just so scared this morning when I woke up and well, I didn't want to wake her. She looked so peaceful and cute just lying there sleeping."

Aiden laughed at Ashley's response. "Well, you need to go wake her up and talk things through." He said, looking at Ashley.

"Yeah, I know. I'm just scared." She said lowly, letting her head fall, looking down at the ground.

"There is no need to be scared. You have me, Glen, Paula, and of course, you have Spencer. We all love you and we always will. Now, go wake up your girl and figure things out." He said grinning.

"Okay, okay." Ashley said laughing. She hugged Aiden before heading back home.

She walked into her room, "Spence." She said lowly.

There was no answer. She stepped on into her room, sighing. There was no beautiful girl lying there sleeping. It was just an empty bed. Fear struck wondering what Spencer had felt when she woke up. She felt so bad for just up and leaving her after what had happened that night.

Text message:

Ashley: "Hey...we need to talk."

She pressed send and threw her phone down onto her bed, sighing heavily.

She threw herself onto her bed, staring at her phone. It had been twenty minutes and still nothing. She was scared. "I've ruined everything." She said to herself beginning to cry.

"Ashley, wake up." Someone hit her shoulder not bothering to be gentle. She slowly opened her eyes, 'I must've cried myself to sleep.' She thought to herself as her eyes fully opened seeing her mother standing at the side of her bed.

"I'm up." She aid, not wanting to talk to her mother.

"Yeah, well I need you to get out. Jason is coming over tonight and well, you know the drill." She said as she began walking out of Ashley's room.

Ashley sighed, grabbing her phone. She saw that she had a text from Spencer. Her heart immediately skipped a beat and a light smile played upon her lips but it only took a couple seconds to fade away as she remembered what had happened this morning. She opened the text.

Text message:

Spencer: "Yeah, we do. Come by my house whenever you're ready."

Ashley once again let out a sigh, 'I guess now is the right time since I'm getting kicked out.' She thought to herself shoving her phone in her pocket and grabbing her car keys.

She walked downstairs hearing her mother on the phone, fake laughing at something her new boyfriend had said. She rolled her eyes not even bothering to tell her goodbye. She got in her car and began driving to Spencer's house.

She arrived a few minutes later. She turned the ignition off, placing her hands on each side of the steering wheel. 'Come on, Ash. Stop being so nervous.' She thought to herself as she glanced up to Spencer's window.

Finally growing enough courage she got out of her car and walked up to the door, ringing the doorbell quickly before she could back out.

The door opened and she slowly hoped that it wasn't Spencer who answered. She closed her eyes then opened them, seeing that it was Glen.

"Hey." He said looking at her. His facial expression hard to understand.

"Hey, where's Spencer?" She asked.

"Upstairs." He said, walking away from the door. She sighed. 'She must've told him everything.' She thought before stepping inside, taking her jacket off and hanging it onto the coat rack.

Biting her lip, her feet began taking her up stairs towards Spencer's room. She didn't want to just open the door so she lightly knocked.

"Come in." Spencer said barely audible for Ashley to even hear.

Ashley slowly opened the door the stepped inside. Looking directly into Spencer's eyes. She shut the door behind her. They looked at each other for a few seconds before Spencer began speaking.

"Ashley, I don't know what happened this morning but, I have a pretty good feeling. You didn't have to just bail on me if you didn't want to go any further with me. We can just be friends if you want..." Spencer said, looking down playing with her fingers not wanting to look up at Ashley.

"Spence, that's not what happened. I woke up this morning and it all hit me at once. I'm not out like you. Nobody knows and it's scary. Plus, I've never done anything with a girl before. I didn't bail on you." She said, walking over to Spencer's bed sitting down at the edge of it.

"Well, you could've told me that this morning instead of just up and leaving me. Do you even know how that made me feel? I gave you a part of me that I've never given anyone else." Spencer said starting to get a bit angry.

"I know and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have just left. Spencer." Ashley said, slowly grabbing onto Spencer's hands intertwining their fingers together causing Spencer to look up at Ashley.

"I meant what I said last night. I love you and this isn't just an experiment for me." Ashley said looking into Spencer's eyes trying to show her how truthful her words were.

Spencer sighed, looking away. She pulled her hands from Ashley's as tears formed in her eyes.

Ashley saw the tears beginning to form and she pulled Spencer closer to her, making her sit in her lap. "Spencer Carlin, will you be my girlfriend?" Ashley asked looking into Spencer's eyes.

Spencer pressed her forehead against Ashley's shoulder nodding yes. Ashley wanted to hear her say it so she leaned back forcing Spencer to look up at her. "Say it." She said.

"Yes. I'll be your girlfriend. Just promise me that you'll never leave me. What happened this morning hurt so much, Ash. I thought that I had lost you, I thought that I had done something wrong and it scared me because I don't want to lose you...ever." Spencer said, biting her bottom lip.

"I promise that I won't leave you. Ever. You're stuck with me forever." Ashley giggled, a smile forming onto her lips.

Ashley placed her hand on Spencer's cheek, feeling the wetness from her tears. She leaned forward kissing Spencer's lips softly. "I'm yours and you're mine." She said as she pulled away from the kiss.

"Forever." Spencer said licking her lips as Ashley nodded in agreement.