Valentine's Day
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Do you honestly think if I owned this show, I would be writing FanFic for it? No, I didn't think so. So no, I don't own S.O.N, Tom Lynch does. I love that guy!
Summary: Another little Spashley fic I thought up for Valentine's Day and yes, I know it's late. R & R please.
Ok, I know it's late, but…This cute little Spashley fic just came to me. So I wrote it and I didn't want to wait to post it. It's like really old, like, I wrote it when I first saw S.O.N., so…Tell me what you think. It doesn't have a thing to do with my other story, 'For Your Sake' ok? Get me? Well then here we go…
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"I hate Valentine's Day…" Lily grumbled as she, Spencer and Ashley sat together in the quad. They were actually early to school for once. Go figure.
Lily Masson, like her two friends, was a seventeen–year–old junior; but unlike her friends, she had lavender colored hair and the personality of someone who's been through a lot in her young life, even though she shrugged most of the comments off. Her eyes were a crisp purple and always had a somewhat annoyed and bored look to them. She had long since given up trying to get people not to notice her but it didn't work so she gave up. Today she wore a tattered old brown shirt that read 'The Fray'; she had cut the shoulders and the stomach off of. Her pants were black, gothic and chain covered so whenever she walked, they clanked. Her attitude, often sarcastic and somewhat annoyed, matched her clothes perfectly.
Spencer Carlin was the exact opposite. Beautiful golden hair, cheerful baby blue eyes and an outfit that just screamed 'PERKY!'. She was wearing a tank top and a nice skirt, a normal outfit for her; she never dared to stick out.
Her best friend, Ashley Davies, on the other hand, was more like Lily. Ashley didn't really care what other people thought of her, with the exception of little Spencer, she just flowed whatever way she wanted to. She had beautiful, long, curly, brown hair that she had tied into a bun today and was wearing a t–shirt that showed off her stomach and really short shorts. Again, it was all for Spencer.
The irony behind everything was that Lily and Ashley had dated for a few months, back at the beginning of the school year but…They fell apart but soon became close friends, realizing they couldn't be more.
"What? Why?" Spencer asked as she stole one of the headphones out of Ashley's ear.
"Oh, hey!" Ashley yelped, "Give it back." She made a reach for the head phone but her hand was batted away by Spencer as she continued to ignore her.
"C'mon, Lily, Valentine's Day isn't that bad…" Spencer said dreamily. "I mean there's all the candy, the joy, all the love…"
"Wanna bet?" Lily laughed. "You've never spent a Valentine's Day with me before have you two?"
"Uh–huh." Ashley shook her head, finally having given up trying to get back her headphone.
"Oh–ho!" Lily laughed out loud, causing other students near them to jump and look around wildly for the source of the noise, "Well then, you are in for a looong day, babe." She then stood up and stretched, showing off her trim stomach and many people, much to Lily's dislike, drooled at this. "Let's go to my locker…" They both got up and followed her obediently.
And soon…
"Alright Lily, I gotta know…" Ashley began, placing her hands on her hips impatiently, "What's with the plastic bag?" She was glaring at the plastic trash bag that Lily had pulled out of her backpack.
"You'll see, gimme a second to open this stupid thing…" Lily grumbled as she fumbled with her locker's combination. At last, the locker was ready to be opened but she kept one hand over the door to keep it closed. She sighed and warned them, "Careful now, you might wanna move out the way." They backed away slowly, giving her questioning looks, but she just shooed them off. Then she released her hold on the lockers and down and out they poured. Hundreds of Valentines; cards, chocolate, flowers, anything and everything you could think of.
"Whoa…" Ashley and Spencer gawked at the pile that had accumulated on the ground near the locker. "That's insane!" Ashley laughed, picking up a handful.
"You're too lucky, Lily." Spencer whispered in awe.
"Aw, c'mon already!" Lily yelled exasperated, "Get a clue, you terrible two; I don't want any of this crap!" She picked up a card and read out loud, "'Oh, how your eyes shine…With the intensity of a thousand suns of fiery passion…How I long to touch your soft skin and flowing hair'…Blahdy blah blah blah! GAG ME!" Lily yelled only halfway through her recital. "I mean, c'mon, gimme a break, will ya!"
Spencer and Ashley cracked up, Lily reciting a poem for herself was just wrong. And yet, somehow, it turned out way too funny. Lily joined them in their tearful laughter, holding her sides, as she chucked the card into her plastic bag.
"Oh man, that is so funny!" Ashley managed to choke out through her hysterical laughter.
"Oh, I think it's cute." Spencer cooed, smiling up at Lily. "Somebody likes you Lily."
"Aw, shut up." Lily muttered as she began loading the rest of the Valentine's Day gifts into the plastic bag. Ashley and Spencer, finally having stopped their laughter, moved to help her.
"So, Lily, what are you gonna do with all this stuff?" Ashley asked bending down to pick up a box of chocolates. She opened it and picked out a chocolate, popping it into her mouth. "Mmmm…"
"Oooh, I want one!" Spencer begged of her best friend, the only problem was, her hands were full with the gifts. "Wahaha!" She cried, realizing her dilemma, "Ash!"
"What?" Ashley demanded as she nibbled on another chocolate. "You want me to feed you, baby?"
"Yes, pweese?" Spencer pleaded. She opened her mouth to allow Ashley to feed her a chocolate. But Ashley ignored her and continued to pick at the chocolates, nibbling on random pieces. "Ashley!" Spencer yelled exasperated.
"Alright, fine." Ashley sighed and picked out Spencer's favorite chocolate. "Now open wide." Ashley suggested holding up the chocolate.
Spencer complied with an, "Aaah…" And was rewarded with a chocolate popped into her mouth. "Mmmm…Nummy."
"Do you two want me to leave you alone?" Lily asked, smirking as she watched her two closest friends flirt but not do anything about it. "Maybe you should get a room?"
"No." The two girls responded sharply. They then avoided looking at each other.
"Oook…Sorry." Lily muttered, clearly sorry that she had ruined the moment. Lily shook her head and bent down and picked up the last of her Valentines. She gasped. "Oh my god…" She breathed out, her voice no louder than a whisper.
"Lily?"
"What is it?"
"Something wrong?"
"Lily? Talk to us." Ashley demanded, pulling Lily back up to their eye level. "What the hell is your problem!"
"It's…Her, she remembered…" Lily whispered, her voice in awe. "I don't believe it…"
"Who remembered?" Spencer asked standing in front of Lily and Ashley. "Oooh cool." She said, looking at what Lily held loosely in her hand.
"It's my rose…She always gets me a black rose…Thorns still on it…" Lily said, her voice breaking. "I can't believe this…She still sent me a rose…I guess she still does…" Lily trailed off, her eyes redirecting themselves to the sky.
"Lily, who's this from?" Spencer asked, lightly tracing her hand over the onyx colored petals. "Oh, look there's a card." She pulled it gently from the roses' stem and passed it to Lily who read it quietly.
"What's it say?" Ashley asked.
"'For a love…That would be as beautiful and as intriguing as the darkest, most poisonous rose…I surrender to my heart…To my forbidden love…But I will never be able…To be with you…'" Lily read aloud to the two stunned girls that stood before her.
"What's it mean?" Ashley asked, her mouth gaping open.
"It means that there's someone out there who really loves Lily. And I'm guessing that Lily really loves them, too. But they can't be together…" Spencer explained, "Am I right, Lily?"
Lily nodded her head slowly, still trying to figure out why it came with a card this year. Yeah, Lily always sent hers with a card but never got one in return. She was still staring at it stupidly when Ashley shook her out of her revere. "Huh? What the hell is your problem, Davies?" Lily demanded.
"Madison's coming this way." (A/N: Gasp! Oh no! Fake show of fear RUN AWAY YA'LL! Head for the hills!...Sorry, got a little bit carried away…) Ashley warned, "And she's on the warpath. She's out for blood." Ashley and Spencer were smirking at her.
Lily laughed, she was always, and I mean, always, in the mood for a fight with the head cheerbitch, Madison. Even if it was Valentine's f–ing Day. Lily quickly closed her locker and turned to face the oncoming cheerleader and her group. "Well, well, well, what have we here? Come to wish me a happy Valentine's Day, Madison?"
"You wish." Madison spat back to her.
"Well, what if I do?" Lily asked, turning on as much of her unwanted (on her part) sex appeal as possible, knowing Madison would fall for it. No one could resist Lily, no matter how hard she tried to get them to. She walked in closer to the girl, smiling like she knew something about Madison that no one else did…Madison gulped and began to blush.
"I'd say you're crazy." Madison hissed but it didn't sound so poisonous to Lily.
Lily smirked, she had her. "But Madison, I really care about you…Will you be my Valentine?" Lily asked and bit on her bottom lip in a very cute (yet it managed to be really hot) way. She stepped even closer still, and pulled out the Valentine card she had read aloud earlier. She held it out for Madison, who grabbed it from her a little too quickly. Lily sent a secret smile to Ashley and Spencer, who looked like they were gonna crack up at any moment.
Madison couldn't find the words to say. The poem was horrible but she actually thought that Lily had written it for her so what could she say? She stuttered to find the words but all that came out was, "I, uh, you see…Well…Um…" She looked up at Lily and was disgusted by what she saw.
Lily was clutching her side with her left arm, covering her mouth with her other hand to keep the laughter in. Her face was going red, she was trying that hard to hold it in. Suddenly she couldn't hold it in any longer. She burst out laughing, "BWAHAHA! That look on your face is PRICELESS!" As if to prove her point, Ashley and Spencer whipped out their cell phones and snapped a couple of shots.
"Why you little –" Madison began to rattle off a bunch of curses in Spanish.
"You know I can understand what you're saying right?" Lily asked, her infamous smirk creeping back up upon her features.
Madison's response was a bright blush that swept across her face. She mumbled something under her breath and crumpled the card in her fist saying, "Well then you'll understand this: your poem sucked, never write poetry again." She threw the card into the trash bin and turned upon Lily once more, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Phew. I'm glad it wasn't my poem you actually read." Lily revealed, Madison's jaw dropping, "That was one of the cards I got, from some freshman." She held up the plastic bag, "Wanna see all of the other ones?" She smirked, she had sooo won.
Ashley smirked, "Jeez, Madison, I didn't realize you liked little kids…"
"Oooh, yeah, I mean, c'mon, Madison, they're too little…I mean, I know you like to be the bigger one in the relationship but that's taking it a little too extreme." Spencer reasoned, cocking her blonde haired head toward her brunette friend who smiled in agreement.
"Oh shut up." Madison snorted and grabbing Glen's arm, stalked away. "Freaks!"
"Whoo–hoo!" Lily whistled, "That is always so fun!"
"Yeah, especially on Valentine's Day." Spencer laughed.
"Oh man, we've gotta do that more often…" Ashley mussed as they picked up their backpacks and headed off to their first period class, English. "Oh great, snore fest." Ashley laughed as they entered the room. Their teacher, Mrs. Reilly is known for droning on and on and they had the first class of the day.
"Morning class…" Mrs. Reilly droned. Just two words and Ashley's eyelids were already drooping.
"It's gonna be a long day…" Lily whispered into her ear. She sat behind Ashley, who sat next to Spencer in the last three seats of the class. "A very long day indeed…"
45 minutes later…
"God, I though she would never shut up!" Ashley hissed under her breath as they left their English class. They all looked like they could use a nap.
"I know what ya mean…" Spencer moaned, "And now we've got Algebra 2." She and Ashley groaned.
"Well at least you don't have Pre–Cal." Lily laughed. Lily didn't even need to still be in school, but here she was, she had an IQ of 180, so technically, she could've been done with any schooling by now. But no, her professor thought it would be a good idea for her to be in school with kids her own age. She just was placed in really, really advanced classes.
Her friends cringed at her words and Spencer shivered, "Just thinking about really advanced classes…" Lily rolled her eyes.
"I know, Spence." Ashley laughed, "We would actually have to do some real work!" The three of them howled with laughter and Lily split from the group, heading in the direction of her next class.
45 minutes later…
"Yay…Modern World History…" Spencer said sarcastically to Ashley as they entered their third period class. Lily was already seated and waiting for them. "Wait. Why is it called 'Modern World History' when we start learning about it at the time of the first caveman?"
"Ooh good question, I have no idea." Ashley said thoughtfully rubbing her chin, "Oh, hey there Lily."
"Hey, ya'll excited yet?" Lily asked, boredom evident in her voice. She had her head propped up on her palm, her elbow resting on her desk's arm rest.
"Can't ya tell?" Ashley grumbled as the lecture began.
Another 45 minutes later…
"Christ, it's only been three class periods!" Lily groaned as they wandered to their fourth period, Honors Chemistry. "And I'm already out of it."
"Oh god, I think Lily's losing it!" Spencer cried. "Help her Ash!"
"Lily! Come back to us!" Ashley ordered, shaking Lily's shoulders.
"C'mon, motivation!" Spencer demanded. "Motivation, motivation, motivation!"
"Spence, it's not working!" Ashley cried. "We've lost her!"
"I'm fine, you morons…" Lily grumbled as Ashley continued to shake her. "Can we just get to class?" She asked and they entered their fourth period and began the Chem. lab for the day…
"Are we doing this right Lily?"
"Watch me first, Davies, Spencer, ok?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Hey…Wait, Lily?"
"Yeah, what now, you two?"
"Is it supposed to do that?"
"That can't be a good sign."
"Oh shit…"
"AAH! WHAT THE HELL! It caught on fire?!"
"OH MY GOD!"
"SHUT UP, YOU MORONS!"
"Nooooo!" Spencer and Ashley wailed, seeing their experiment fail before their eyes.
45 minutes later during their lunch period…
"I can't believe the teacher failed us just because it caught on fire!" Ashley groaned. "I can not fail another stupid class."
"I know what ya mean…" Lily sighed. They then turned to Spencer and glared.
"What?" She asked, "I've never failed a class before so…"
"I hate you." Lily mumbled and plopped down underneath her favorite tree in the quad.
"Oh, you're so mean, Lily!" Spencer cried and turned to hug Ashley who looked extremely surprised at her actions but hugged her back nonetheless.
"So why are you hugging me, Spence?" Ashley asked but couldn't help but smile.
"Cuz I need a hug after someone says they hate me." Spencer explained smiling up at her best friend.
"I don't really hate you!" Lily blurted. "Now sit down, I am so done with today."
"Yeah…"
"Hey, Lily?"
"Yeah Davies?"
"Play for us?" Ashley pointed to Lily's black acoustic guitar.
"Yeah sure. I guess this can be my Valentine's Day gift to you. Cuz I didn't get you anything else." Lily laughed and pulled out her guitar from its case. Her friends shot her annoyed glares at her last statement. Lily wore a guitar pick on her bracelet on her right hand and it was loose enough to have her hold it in her hand when she played guitar. She wrapped the guitar strap around her shoulder and held the neck of the guitar in her left hand and situated the guitar on her lap. "Ok, what am I singing?"
"Hmmm…" The two girls pondered for a moment.
"Forget it, I know exactly what to play." Lily smiled as Aiden made his way over to the group. "Oh hey, you're just in time, Aiden."
"I kinda noticed." Aiden smiled, taking his seat beside Spencer. She smiled up at him. "Here, Spencer, for you." He pulled out a Valentine's card and a flower, blushing.
"Oh, uh thanks Aiden." Spencer said, surprised. She took it and smiled. "I'm sorry I didn't get you one." She lowered her blonde haired head to avoid his gaze.
"Oh, um, it's ok." Aiden sighed. Obviously he had hoped she would've had one for him.
"So Lily, what're you singing?" Ashley asked, quickly changing the subject, she hated to see Aiden flirting with her Spencer.
"It's called…'Over My Head (Cable Car)' and it's by 'The Fray'." Lily smiled, looking down at her shirt and wagging her eyebrows, "I think you'll find it appropriate for Valentine's Day…" Lily thought to herself, 'it's just like my love life…' She began to strum her guitar softly…
"I
never knew "Everyone knows I'm in "Let's
rearrange "Everyone knows I'm
in "Everyone knows I'm in "And suddenly I become
a part of your past "Everyone knows I'm in "Everyone knows
I'm in
I never knew that everything was falling through
That
everyone I knew was waiting on a queue
To turn and run when all I
needed was the truth
But that's how it's got to be
It's
coming down to nothing more than apathy
I'd rather run the
other way than stay and see
The smoke and who's still standing
when it clears…"
Over my
head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's
on your mind
She's on your mind…"
I wish you were a stranger I could disengage
Say
that we agree and then never change
Soften a bit until we all
just get along
But that's disregard
Find another friend and
you discard
As you lose the argument in a cable car
Hanging
above as the canyon comes between…"
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in
overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your
mind…"
Over my head
Over
my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your
mind
She's on your mind…"
I'm becoming the part that don't last
I'm
losing you and it's effortless
Without a sound we lose sight of
the ground
In the throw around
Never thought that you wanted
to bring it down
I won't let it go down till we torch it
ourselves…"
Over my
head
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's
on your mind
She's on your mind…"
Over my head
Over my head
With eight seconds
left in overtime
She's on your mind
She's on your mind…"
(The Fray)
"Now that is a beautiful song." Ashley laughed.
"Cool, even though it was just with one guitar." Spencer smiled, "Next time you and Ash have to sing together." She suggested sending Ashley a small smile.
"Oh, sounds like a good idea to me, Spencer." Aiden said his piece, trying his damn hardest to keep his crush's attention.
"Yeah, I'm up for it, whenever you are Lily." Ashley grinned.
"Tonight, at Grey's." Lily planned; she was checking her schedule on her cell phone. "Sound good to you, Davies?"
Ashley also checked her schedule before nodding, "Yeah, Spence, you're gonna come, right?"
"Of course, I wouldn't miss it for the world." Spencer said, patting Ashley on the shoulder reassuringly.
"Good." Ashley blushed.
"Uh, yeah, I would go, but uh, I've plans." Aiden spoke up, again trying to catch Spencer's attention but he was failing miserably. Lily couldn't help but feel sorry for the guy. No, correction, not sorry, but pity.
"Oh, uh, good for you Aiden." Spencer smiled, kind of shocked to still see him sitting with them. (A/N: I guess she was too distracted with staring Ashley! Bwahaha!)
"Is it a date?" Lily asked, smirking.
"Might be, why, getting jealous Lily?" Aiden asked slyly. He winked suggestively at her.
"You wish!" Lily laughed and smacked his shoulder.
"Ok, ouch." Aiden complained, "And that is my cue to leave." With that, Aiden stood and shouldering his backpack once more, walked off with a "Later!" thrown over his shoulder.
"Ok." Spencer spoke up after watching Aiden's retreating back, "What was that all about?"
"What do ya mean?" Lily asked, avoiding looking at Spencer.
"I mean, with Aiden, just now." Spencer explained.
"Dunno what you're talking about, Spencer." Lily said, still avoiding her gaze, "What about you Davies? Notice anything?"
"Feh." Ashley responded with a snort.
"What's wrong Ash?" Spencer asked, sounding hurt at how her best friend responded.
"Nothing." She retorted and stood just as the bell rang for their fifth period.
"Ashley?" Spencer called after her, turning and giving Lily a worried look. Lily shrugged in response as she shouldered her backpack and picked up her guitar case. "Lily, did I do something to make Ashley mad at me?"
"You sure did." Lily laughed, "You flirted with Aiden, right in front of her, and on Valentine's Day no less." Lily shook her head impatiently.
"What? No, I wasn't flirting with Aiden…Was I?" Spencer asked, but you could hear it in her voice, she knew exactly what she had done.
"Yes you were, sweetheart." Lily smiled sadly, "But you don't know why Ashley is upset do you?" She couldn't believe how stupid Spencer was being.
"Cuz she's protective of Aiden, right? Cuz they used to be together, right?" Spencer asked as they entered their art class.
"No, you moron, it's because Davies likes you." Lily blurted, "I mean, c'mon, how blind are you Spencer?" She took her seat behind Ashley and Spencer in their art class and pulled out her sketch pad and began to draw. By the time the class was over, she had drawn a beautiful young girl, an old friend…Someone she had once known…
45 long minutes later…
They were headed to their P.E. class when Lily decided to speak up, "Hey you two, wanna hang out after school? It is a Friday after all." Lily winked suggestively at them.
"Yeah sure..." They responded and began to change for class.
"Jeez, tough crowd…" Lily mumbled under her breath as she too, began to change, ignoring the stares she was receiving from her classmates as she pulled her shirt up and off of her body.
After their workout…
Spencer and Ashley still weren't speaking to each other. They sat in their music class in dead silence. Lily was asking them stupid nonsense questions to try to get them to talk to each other again but she was failing miserably so she gave up.
And she didn't say a word when Aiden came in behind them, smiling widely.
"What are you doing here, Aiden?" Ashley demanded, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Got a schedule change." Aiden explained, waving a schedule in front of her. "Why? Aren't you happy to see me?"
"No." Ashley responded curtly. She then turned to Lily and asked, "Be my partner today?"
"Dwha–?" Lily asked, she had been caught completely off guard; Ashley normally worked with Spencer in everything. "Uh, ok…" Ashley broke into a huge smile.
"Then you'll be my partner, right Aiden?" Spencer asked, but she wasn't looking at him, she was glaring at Ashley, whose mouth hung open, shocked by Spencer's actions.
Aiden didn't seem to notice that Spencer wasn't even looking at him, he was too damn happy, "Yeah, of course, I'd love to be your partner." He draped his arm over her shoulder and Ashley muttered something, probably curses, under her breath.
So they broke into partners to begin working on their own compositions. They could perform anything they wanted, lyrics, no lyrics, two instruments or one, the teacher didn't really care. It was a day to express their freedom and imagination. (A/N: Yes, I know that sounded corny, so sue me. No, wait, sue my music teacher, she thought it up.)
"So, Lily, I was thinking that we could write our own song, with our own music to go with it. What do you think?" She put her hand on Lily's thigh, causing Lily to jump at the sudden contact.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, sounds good." Lily smiled, flirting back, "Do you want to write the lyrics and let me handle the music?"
"Good idea." Ashley laughed and pulled out paper to begin to write. "What are we gonna write about, Lil?" It wasn't common for anyone to call Lily that; you had to mean something to her to have her let you call her that. (A/N: Does that even make sense? Sorry, it's late and I'm really tired…)
"Something depressing, like loving and losing?" Lily suggested, setting her plan into action.
Ashley froze upon hearing her suggestion but smiled and said, "Sounds like a plan (A/N: She definitely caught on to Lily's scheme) to me." And her pencil met the paper, just as Lily pulled out her black acoustic guitar.
"So, Aiden, what are we gonna do for our project?" Spencer asked loudly, placing her hand on Aiden's knee, "If you want, I'll sing and you can play the music?"
"Ok." Aiden said a little too quickly. Spencer just beamed at him, but beyond his broad shoulders, she could see the tears threatening to fall on Ashley's features. And Spencer had never felt worse…
30 minutes later…
"Alright class, let's present." The teacher announced, clapping her hands together to get everyone's attention. "Who actually wants to go first?" She glanced around the room and not to her surprise, "No volunteers, ok then…" And her eyes came to rest on Spencer and Aiden. "Spencer, Aiden, you first."
"Alright this is song that, well, we didn't write." Spencer said and some students laughed.
"Yeah, we're just gonna perform our own version of it." Aiden continued, "The song is called 'Breathe', by Michelle Branch." He took out the acoustic guitar he had borrowed from the class and turned to Spencer, "Ready?"
She nodded and he started to play. She let out one deep breath and began to sing…
"I've
been driving for an hour
Just talking to the rain
You say
I've been driving you crazy
And it's keeping you away
So
just give me one good reason
Tell me why I should stay
Cuz I
don't wanna waste another moment
In saying things we never
meant to say…""And I take it just a little
bit
I, hold my breath and count to ten
I, I've been waiting
for a chance to let you in…""If I just
breathe
Let it fill the space between
I'll know everything
is alright
Breathe
Every little piece of me
You'll
see
Everything is alright
If I just breathe…""Well
it's all so overrated
In not saying how you feel
So you end
up watching chances fade
And wondering what's real…""And
I give you just a little time
I, wonder if you realize
I've
been waiting till I see it in your eyes…""If I
just breathe
Let it fill the space between
I'll know
everything is alright
Breathe
Every little piece of
me
You'll see
Everything is alright
If I just
breathe
Breathe…""So I whisper in the
dark
Hoping you hear me
Do you hear me?""If
I just breathe
Let it fill the space between
I'll know
everything is alright
Breathe
Every little piece of
me
You'll see
Everything is alright
Everything is
alright if i just breathe...Breathe…""I've
been driving for an hour
Just talking to the rain…"
(Michelle Branch)
She let Aiden finish the guitar solo at the end and then waited for comments. She dared a glance over in Ashley's direction and was happy to see her smiling. She must've sounded pretty good.
"Very nice, Spencer, Aiden." The teacher said smiling, "I think you both deserve an 'A'." Aiden gave Spencer a hug but she seemed reluctant to return it, instead she just patted him awkwardly on the back.
"Next up," The teacher paused, scanning the room again, "Ashley and Lily, let's hear it."
"Ok, this is an original (A/N: Not!) composition." Ashley explained as she set up her keyboard while Lily took up her black acoustic guitar.
"Yeah, we just wrote it (A/N: Not! I woulda used one of my songs but none of them worked with this so…I resorted to The Veronicas, they rock by the way, go get their CD!) and it's called…'Mouth Shut'." Lily smiled as she began their song, Ashley backing her up on the keyboard as well as singing lead.
"I
kept my mouth shut from the start "I
kept my mouth shut for too long "Cuz I'm
feeling lost "Won't
keep my mouth shut anymore "Cuz I'm
feeling lost "Yeah
yeah, yeah yeah "Cuz I'm feeling lost "I kept my mouth shut
for too long "I
wish I told you from the start "Won't keep
my mouth shut anymore…" (The Veronicas)
I guess I left you in the dark
You thought you knew me but you don't
You say you'll
love me but you wont
When you find out who I am…"
All this time you got me wrong
Now we're in this way too far
I'm about to break your
heart
Tear everything we had apart…"
When I'm in your arms
The reasons are gone
For why I was holding on to you
I tried so hard
To be
the one
I don't like who I've become…"
I've had my share of closing doors
Now I know I'm not afraid
I know exactly what you'll
say
But I'm sorry it's too late…"
When I'm in your arms
The reasons are gone
For why I was holding on to you
I tried so hard
To be
the one
I don't like who I've become…"
I kept inside of me for all this time
Yeah
yeah, yeah yeah
Thought that I could make it work if I just
tried
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
But I'm sorry to admit that I
have lived a lie…"
When
I'm in your arms
The reasons are gone
For why I was
holding on to you
I tried so hard
To be the one
I
don't like who I've become…"
Now I know that it was wrong…"
That this was never meant to last
We should've never gone this far…"
"Very, very nice." The teacher applauded. "An 'A' for both of you two as well. Oh, I am so proud of this class –"
BRING! BRING!
The teacher sighed, "That's the bell, class dismissed."
"Yeah! Wahoo! Alright, finally!" Came the cheers from the class.
As they were leaving…
"So, are we still on for Grey's tonight?" Lily asked as she climbed into the backseat of Ashley's car. Spencer still took her normal seat in the front, next to Ashley.
"Yeah, of course," Ashley smiled back at her lavender haired friend through the rearview mirror, "Do you want me to pick you up, or are you gonna drive yourself?"
"Well, I just got my motorcycle sent down to me from New York; my Professor decided I was 'good enough' to have it back." Lily signaled the quotations, smirking mischievously. "So I'll ride that down to the club. If it's ok with you two, of course."
"Yeah, fine." Ashley agreed hurriedly before whirling around to Spencer, "Are you still gonna come?" She sounded hurt.
"Yeah, pick me up at eight." Spencer couldn't help but give her a soft smile.
"Good. So we're all meeting at Grey's at eight thirty?" Ashley asked, her gaze drifting from Spencer to Lily.
"Yeah." The rest of the drive was spent in silence, expect for the music from Ashley's iPod.
That night at eight…
HONK! HONK!
"Spencer! Ashley's waiting!" Mr. Carlin called up to his youngest and favorite child. (A/N: Oh, you so know it's true. )
"I know, I'm coming!" Spencer answered as she bounded down the stairs and after kissing her dad, was out the door to meet her friend.
"Hey." Ashley greeted as Spencer plopped in the seat next to her. "You ready?"
"Yeah, let's go before my mom decides to come out." Spencer laughed. And soon they were laughing, talking and listening to music just like nothing had happened. They pulled into their favorite club and weren't too surprised to see someone outside and waiting for them.
Lily was leaning up against her beautiful, black motorcycle, her arms crossed over her chest. "Hey, there you are. I've been waiting." Lily was wearing a guy's black, button up shirt with little skulls printed on it with a blood red tank top underneath. She was also wearing a short black and red plaid skirt.
"Well, sorrrrry." Spencer laughed and hugged Lily briefly then let Ashley get a hug in. "We had to make a pit stop along the way." Spencer was dressed in a nice tank top that exposed some of her stomach and denim hip huggers.
"Oh right, jeez." Lily grumbled. "Sorry, I forgot, you girls and your emergencies."
"Hey!" Spencer and Ashley laughed at her comment.
"Are we going in or not?" Ashley asked impatiently. She put her hands on her hips and tapped her sandal clad foot. Ashley was wearing a halter top and a really tight pair of jeans.
"Let's do it!" They yelled excitedly and headed in.
"Alright, then let's party!" And soon they were all dancing and acting like normal.
They almost forgot that Lily and Ashley were gonna perform a song until Lily walked up to Ashley and Spencer. Lily, having just ditched the girl she had been dancing with said, "Ash, we've gotta get ready, we go on soon."
"Oh, right, let's go." She grabbed Lily's arm and lead her backstage to get ready. About fifteen minutes later they were ready to begin.
They walked out onto the stage and Ashley took the microphone, "Hey everyone! You all know me, I'm Ashley Davies and this is my friend Lily Masson." She gestured to the lavender haired girl who stood next to her with a black bass guitar. Lily acknowledged the crowd with a wave of her hand. Ashley stood behind the keyboard and continued, "We've decided to play some decent music for you all tonight." Her comment brought out a few laughs, "And we hope you enjoy it."
"This is called, 'Right Here'." Lily announced and started up the first few chords, Ashley and her keyboard joining in. "It's by 'Staind'." Lily smiled and let Ashley sing by herself, joining in on the chorus.
"I
know I've been mistaken "But
you always find a way to keep me right here waiting "I
hope you're not intending "But you always
find a way to keep me right here waiting "I've
made a commitment "Why can't
you just forgive me? "But you always find a way
But just give me a break and see the
changes that I've made
I've got some imperfections
But
how can you collect them all and throw them in my face?"
You always
find the words to say to keep me right here waiting
And if you
chose to walk away I'd still be right here waiting
Searching
for the things to say to keep you right here waiting…"
To be so condescending it's as much
as I can take
And you're so independent
You just refuse to
bend so I keep bending till I break…"
You always find the
words to say to keep me right here waiting
And if you chose to
walk away I'd still be right here waiting
Searching for the
things to say to keep you right here waiting…"
I'm willing to bleed for you
I needed
fulfillment
I found what I need in you…"
I don't want to relive all the mistakes
I've made along the way
But I always find a way to keep you
right here waiting
I always find the words to say to keep you
right here waiting…"
To
keep me right here waiting
You always find the words to say to
keep me right here waiting
And if I chose to walk away would you
be right here waiting
Searching for the things to say to keep me
right here waiting…" (Staind)
They ended the song together and the crowd cheered.
"You two were amazing!" Spencer cried, jumping up on the stage to hug her friends. Her hug with Ashley was just a little longer than usual.
"Gee, thanks Spence." Ashley blushed, "I had hoped you would like it."
"C'mon, Davies, we've got one more to do." Lily smiled at her; she didn't want to ruin the moment but duty called.
"You're right, let's do it."
They were back onstage, Ashley stood at the center, with Lily as backup. "Ok." Ashley began, "We've got one more for you all tonight, and this one is really special to me and a close friend of mine. This is the Valentine's Day declaration I've been wanting to, well, say for a while now."
The crowd fell silent and Spencer was staring intently at her best friend, who was now staring intently at her.
Ashley took a deep breath before saying, "This one is for you Spencer Carlin, I hope you have a Happy Valentine's Day…" Ashley didn't take her gaze off of Spencer when she let out her declaration. Spencer looked like she was going to faint but she managed to stay stable for Ashley's sake. Ashley began the song, singing while looking at Spencer, singing for Spencer. "This is called 'Speechless', it's by 'The Veronicas'…And this is for you, Spence…"
"Feels
like I have always known you "Falling head over
heels "Cuz you leave me
speechless "I thought I could resist you "Falling head over
heels "You leave me
speechless "You leave me speechless "You leave me
speechless
And I swear I dreamt about you
All
those endless nights I was alone
It's like I've spent forever
searching
Now I know that it was worth it
With you it feels
like I am finally home…"
Thought I knew how it feels
But with you it's like
the first day of my life…"
When you talk to me
You leave me breathless
The
way you look at me
You manage to disarm me
My soul is shining
through
Can't help but surrender
My everything to
you…"
I thought that
I was strong
Somehow you were different from what I've known
I
didn't see you coming
You took me by surprise and
You stole
my heart before I could say no…"
Thought I knew how it feels
But with you it's like
the first day of my life…"
When you talk to me
You leave me breathless
The
way you look at me
You manage to disarm me
My soul is shining
through
I can't help but surrender
Oh no
My everything
to you…"
The way you
smile, the way you touch my face
You leave me breathless
It's
something that you do I can't explain
I run a million miles
just to hear you say my name
Baby…"
You leave me breathless
The way you look at
me
You manage to disarm me
My soul is shining through
I
can't help but surrender
My everything to you…" (The
Veronicas)
The crowd went wild, Ashley had sounded perfect. Spencer ran out onto the stage and leaped into Ashley's opened arms, hugging her fiercely.
"Ashley, that was…Wow." Spencer complimented her. They still hadn't let go of each other.
"Really? You liked it?" Ashley asked disbelief written all over her features.
"No, I loved it." Spencer corrected and did something very bold and so not like what she would normally do. She put her arms around Ashley's neck, using one hand to pull Ashley closer. Ashley's arms were still on Spencer's waist as she felt herself being drawn closer to Spencer's soft, and no doubt warm and inviting mouth.
"Spencer?" Ashley asked, her voice wavering.
"It's ok…" Spencer whispered as their lips met for the first time. Ashley thought she had died and gone to heaven. They should've kissed a long time ago.
"Spence…That was…Wow…" Ashley whispered breathlessly.
"Mmmm…" Spencer moaned as she leaned in for another kiss, "I should've done that a long time ago. How long have you wanted to do that anyways?"
"Since I met you, well no, reintroduced myself to you in the gym." Ashley confessed.
"Why did you wait to say something?" Spencer asked confused.
"Cuz I didn't think that you would like me too…" Ashley mumbled. "I thought it might've scared you off, and I really didn't want to lose you."
"Oh, Ash!" Spencer cried and threw her arms tighter around Ashley's neck, sending them both crashing back onto the stage door. "Of course I like you! You won't ever lose me."
"OOF!" They both groaned. Before Ashley could say anything else though, Spencer was kissing her again. Lily was watching mournfully.
"God, get a room!" Lily yelled over at them. They both blushed but ignored her. "No, seriously." Lily said seriously, "Get a room, no one wants to see you two hooking up on Valentine's Day." Lily said all of this somewhat bitterly.
"Then let's go back to your place Lily." Spencer suggested winking at Ashley.
"Wait, why mine?" Lily whined, putting her hands on her hips.
"Cuz, if we go to my place I don't want to explain to my mom why Ashley would be sleeping in my room and she hates it when I stay over at Ashley's, but she does likes you Lily." Spencer explained as they left the club ad headed for their respected rides. Spencer was winking at Lily suggestively.
"Fine." Lily shivered, the prospect of seeing Mrs. Carlin on Valentine's Day scaring her, as she put her black helmet back on. "I'll see ya there." And with that she swung her leg over her motorcycle and it roared to life and she was off. Ashley and Spencer followed after climbing into Ashley's car. They were still holding hands and they hadn't let go and they didn't want to.
At Lily's apartment…
"Alright you lovebirds." Lily said throwing her helmet and keys onto her kitchen counter. "I don't want to hear you all night long, ok?" She smirked at the two blushing girls.
Spencer blushed and Ashley glared at Lily, saying, "What makes you think that we'll be the only ones up tonight, Lily?"
"What do you mean?" Lily asked, her eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"Why don't you look out your window?" Ashley smirked and pointed to Lily's balcony.
"Uh, ok?" Lily mumbled, still confused. She walked over to her balcony and pulled back the blinds to reveal the figure that stood out there on the steps that led up to the apartment. She was illuminated by the light of the moon and you could see that she was smiling as she waved up at Lily.
"No way…" Lily whispered. "There is no fucking way…"
"Yes way." Spencer corrected. She was smiling so wide that it practically split her face in two. "We did some research, talked to people you used to know, back in New York, talked about how you used to be before you met her…"
"But how…?" Lily gaped, "When did…?"
"The other night…" Ashley explained, "She crashed at my place…Lily she wants to see you as much as you want to see her." Ashley paused, "Go on, call her on up here."
And Lily did, "Hey, do you wanna come up?" Lily called out the window. The girl nodded and soon she was standing in front of Lily, Ashley and Spencer, smiling widely.
"Um, hey…" Lily stuttered nervously. She was playing with her hands, like she was twiddling something in them. She didn't know what else to say to the raven haired girl who stood before her.
"Hi Lily." She said back. You could tell that she wanted to say more but didn't quite know how.
"Um, ok, you two are getting nowhere by yourselves." Spencer spoke up, her hand flying to her hip, her other hand still held Ashley's, their fingers entwined. "I had hoped this would move a little faster, but no…We might be here a while Ash."
"Yeah, get together why don't ya!" Ashley demanded.
"We can't! It…We don't…" Lily stammered, eyes clapping shut.
"I never stopped you know." The raven haired girl whispered.
"Spaz…" Lily groaned.
"Whoa! You're Spaz?" Ashley demanded, turning to face the raven haired girl, "The Spaz!" The raven haired girl nodded her affirmation.
"Oooh…" Spencer cooed. "This keeps getting better and better…"
"Wanna make some popcorn?" Ashley asked Spencer and she got a nod in response.
Soon the intoxicating scent of the buttery popcorn filled the apartment. She and Spencer sat together on the loveseat, nibbling on their snack as they watched Lily and Spaz work things out.
"So ya'll are just gonna sit there and watch as we try to sort things out?" Lily growled.
"Yeah, pretty much." Spencer responded as she and Ashley popped a handful of popcorn in their mouths, smiling widely.
"Fine, just no smartass comments alright?" Lily stated her requirements.
"Yeah right, you had you're share of smartass comments with Spence and I, so we are entitled to comment, too." Ashley argued her point and Lily caved.
"Fine, I really don't give a shit, so whatever." Lily muttered then turned to Spaz again. "Well…Where are we now?"
"Honestly? I have no clue." Spaz admitted shamefully. "But I know where I want us to be." The raven haired girl took a step closer to Lily.
"Then why are you even here?" Lily asked, sounding extremely tired. Spaz turned and looked up at Lily's clear, strong face…She looked so much older then she really was.
"Because I'm still in love with you." Spaz whispered. "And I know you still love me Lily."
"What? No, I'm over you I have to be, I –" Lily stuttered out her excuses lamely but before she could say anymore, Spaz was kissing her deeply and passionately. So deep and so passionate in fact, that Lily felt her knees go weak.
"Oooh…"
"That is so hot!"
"Oh, god…" Lily moaned when they finally pulled away. "I had forgotten…Oh wow…"
"Yeah so did I, but I'm glad we got a chance to remember. Together." Spaz whispered and wrapped her arms around Lily's neck, so that they could rest next to each other comfortably.
"So, are you two finally together again?" Ashley prodded. Spaz nodded and blushed in response.
"We just wanted to give you a really Happy Valentine's Day, Lily." Spencer said, smiling at her closest friends.
"Well, I think it turned out to be a very good one." Lily smiled and for the first time in a long time, it was a genuine smile, like she was actually happy.
Spaz practically beamed at Lily, Ashley and Spencer. Yes, this had turned out to be a very good Valentine's Day indeed.
The end…For now…Bwahahaha! Cough, cough! Ugh…
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!
(Sorry I'm just now getting it to you…)
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So, yeah, that's it! The Valentine's Day story that just came to me the other day.
R&R for me? Please…