“well I have to finish my work…” she told me

“what do you have to do?” I asked her walking towards her

“alphabetize these albums by name and genre” she said

“need help?” I asked

“uh…sure” she said smiling then I went over by her

“okay I’ll start down here” I said sitting on the floor in front of her and I grabbed a stack of albums and went through them going by name and everything “can I take some of these?” I asked her

“uh no” she said laughing

“rip off” I replied laughing then she was standing behind me with her knees locked looking through some albums on a shelf and then I pushed the back of her knee in and she almost fell

“not cool” she said kneeing me in the back and I was laughing “nice to know you’re still five”

“beats being twenty six” I told her then she sat down on the floor with me with a stack of stuff “so why are we doing this?”

“we’re doing this whole music issue on the greats and our music guy wants these organized and if I do it right then I’ll get my promotion” she said with a huge smile on her face

“ooh big time PR” I said making fun of her then we sat there for a little longer

“so…why’d you come here?” she asked me

“uh…because I finally realized how stupid I was being…” I told her “…and you gave me a chance and I messed it up, and I want to try and get that chance back”

“you never messed up that chance Ashley…” she told me resting her hand on mine then I looked up into her eyes and she looked into mine “…you said you wanted to go out tonight?” she asked not blinking

“staying here is fine” I said leaning in to kiss her and her hand quickly found the back of my neck and held me there, but she really didn’t need to make I wasn’t going to leave because once my lips touched hers…I wasn’t going anywhere.

We sat there…kissing and I can honestly say it didn’t last long enough. I thought about everything, from the first time Spencer and I started dating to when we broke up and I got together with Brooke to this moment now. I remembered when it came between having to choose Spencer or my other girlfriend in high school, and then when I asked her to prom when we won states for softball…Spencer and I both pulled away at the same time, but we stayed close and I held her hand in one of mine

“I’m sorry” I told her

“don’t be Ashley…” she said smiling then she kissed me again

“no I messed up…” I said “…I know you think I’m still in love with Brooke, but this is how I was when you left…and it took so long to get over you, and I don’t think it ever got easier…and when you came back, I just wanted to be with you again, but I was so afraid you’d leave” I admitted

“well can I tell you something?” she asked me and I nodded “I’m not going anywhere…” she said “…I just missed being home, and I missed being with you” she told me kissing me again

“I missed kissing you…” I told her “…with no strings attached”

“me too” she said smiling then she looked around and put a single record on the shelf “all done” she said and I laughed a little then we stood up

“so…can I take you out now?” I asked her holding out my hand and she took it with hers

“defiantly” she said grabbing her purse as we walked out then she locked the doors and we left then I took her to the beach “you would take me here”

“I love it here” I told her then I sat in the sand

“it’s cold tonight…” she said sitting down right next to me and I shook my head laughing to myself then I put my arm around her holding her close to me

“better?” I asked her

“yeah” she replied kissing my neck and I leaned into it

“you know…a year ago if someone told me we’d be together right now I’d laugh and not believe it for a second”

“me neither…” she replied “…you know I thought of coming home so many times after we stopped talking…”

“why didn’t you?”

“because I figured you were slowly getting over me…or you were with someone” she said “which you were…”

“and now I’m with you…” I told her “…which is how it should have been all along…and you can think I don’t mean it because of how quickly this is all happening, but I know what’s in my heart, I’ve just been hiding it all this time…”

“a week ago I was thinking the complete opposite…” she told me “…you know that I don’t care what you do as long as you’re happy, but seeing you miss Brooke so much killed me and it broke my heart seeing you like that…”

“Spencer I was like that when you left…” I told her “…maybe I can’t emotionally support myself, but I know eventually I need to take what’s right in front of me before it goes away again…” I said looking at her and kissing her softly on the lips and she smiled as I rested my forehead against hers “…please don’t leave again”

“I promise you I wont” she told me kissing me again

6 months later! 

So, Spencer has been ignoring me the past few days, because we consistently bicker about our future together…the fights are never serious, but the hard part is that she knows that I’m going to propose to her, but she just doesn’t know when. I told her to move in with me, but she wont do it until we’re engaged and I can’t help but laugh at how stubborn she is.

I drove to her apartment early afternoon around five when she gets home from work and I sat outside her door with a dozen red roses and a Mcdonalds bag of French fries because they were her favorite. I sat there on the ground just waiting…every time I heard the elevator buzzer go off I’d look up but it was usually a false alarm…

“what are you doing here?” I heard a soft yet stubborn voice say and I stood up and it was finally Spencer

“trying to get you to forgive me” I told her then she unlocked her door and I followed her inside “so we’ve gone how long without talking now?” I asked her

“two days…” she said putting her purse on the kitchen counter

“if it’s any consolation…” I started then she looked at me and I held out the flowers in front of her “…I miss you so much” I said smiling then a small smile spread on her face “and I even got your favorite…” I added passing her the bag of fries

“you know you can be really cute when you want to be” she said

“yeah so I’ve heard” I told her smiling “look, I get you’re upset that I haven’t proposed to yet, but it’s coming…and you just need to get over the fact that you wont know when” I said

“it’s just…I don’t know…”

“frustrating? Spencer I get it okay…” I said laughing a little “…I will spend my future with you, and we’ll walk down that aisle, but I just don’t know when that day is…I mean I was engaged only seven months ago…I need a break just to picture everything for once”

“okay…” she replied

“so can I have a kiss?” I asked her holding out my arms then she smiled walking up to me and locking her lips together with mine “did I ever tell you how sexy you look when you wear these business suits?” I said and she bit her bottom lip

“did I ever tell you how sexy you look out of these clothes?” she asked me in reply and I laughed a little then I pulled my own shirt over my head

“like this?” I asked her taking her hands and wrapping them around my bare waist

“oh yeah” she added kissing me again then I took off her little pin stripe blazer then un buttoned her shirt and let them fall to the ground “these jeans need to come off” she said unbuttoning them then she tried to take them off but they were too tight and we started laughing

“wait…wait I got it” I told her and I bent down to take them off, but I lost me balance and fell over right onto the ground “um…that kind of hurt” I said and she started laughing then I took the jeans right off and I just shook my head laughing and Spencer stood making fun of me then I grabbed her and pulled her down with me “not so funny anymore”

“no…still kind of funny” she told me

“um…as my girlfriend I feel like I should tell you that you’re really bruising my ego” I told her

“aw…I’m sorry baby” she said kissing me then she started to laugh again

“liar!” I said standing up then she got up and I knew she’d run after me “no! no terrible idea” I said running down the hallway of her apartment towards her bedroom then she tackled me onto the bed and she took her skirt off quickly and straddled my waist

“still a terrible idea?” she asked and I just looked up at the hot girl straddling me

“not so much” I said pulling her down into a kiss

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“just move in with me…..” my girlfriend wined dragging her feet into her apartment

“why can’t you move in with me?” I asked her

“well you never asked…I don’t care where we live I just want to live with you” she told me

“what did I tell you?” I asked

“ugh” she groaned “dumb rules”

“if you’d just…” I started

“proposed…I know!” she said sitting on her couch lying down then I sat next to her then she put her feet on my lap “can I tell you something?”

“what?” I asked her

“I love you” she said and I smiled

“I love you too…” I told her “…but I’m still not moving in with you”

“it’s been six and a half months! Come on…”

“uh…no”

“you’re so stubborn” she said

“I’m stubborn? That swings both ways girlfriend…” I told her looking at her wall “…hey you put up your plaque from high school states?” I asked her

“uh yeah I found it in my closet…so I figured I’d hang it up”

“what about the cover of that magazine?”

“couldn’t find it” she told me

“so my girlfriends living in the past?” I asked her

“something like that” she said making me laugh “so do you want to go shopping today?” she asked me

“not really…”

“what about…going to the beach?”

“eh…”

“um…how about…going to a concert at the grog shop?” she asked

“not feelin’ it…” I told her

“okay I have no other ideas…” she said

“can we just stay in?” I asked her rubbing her thigh

“yeah not really in the mood” she said

“why would you rather go out when we can…” I started then I thought about it “…oh…oh you want to go out and act all couply huh?” I asked her

“maybe…” she replied

“aw…okay then we can go out…”

“even if people take our pictures and stuff since you hit new famedom within the past month?” she asked me

“I could care less if people take our pictures…don’t you want to be in a magazine again?’ I asked her

“uh…harsh” she said getting up then I got up and followed her into her kitchen

“you know…with that voice of yours I can make a few calls” I offered

“I don’t want to get all celebrity and shit” she told me “I don’t want to steal your thunder”

“oh okay” I said being sarcastic and laughing

“but are we going out tonight?” she asked

“uh yeah…let me go change”

“into what? you look fine” she said commenting on my coach flats with my leggings and a vintage retro dress

“can I please go change?” I asked her again

“nope…you look adorable…come on” she said grabbing her purse then she held my hand as we walked out her front door then got into her Porsche and we drove downtown and she parked her car then we got out and we started walking then I took Ashley’s hand in mine and we laced our fingers together “you sure you don’t want to go to a concert?”