“That will be $7.43,” the lady at the counter cheerfully said while grinning at Ashley, with no acknowledgment of Spencer standing right beside her.

“Don’t worry, I got it Ash,” she said as she handed the money to the barista along with a scowl. The worker immediately wiped off her grin as she handed back the change, “you can pick up your order down at that end.”

“Oh my god, could she be any more obvious,” Spencer exclaimed as they found a little table outside.

“Who are you talking about?”

“Um, that chick at the counter, she was totally checking you out.”

“I guess I didn’t notice,” Ashley stated as she craned her neck to get a look at the woman through the window.

“Yeah, I’ve noticed that’s a trend with you,” the blonde replied back smirking over her coffee.

Ashley scoffed in response, “it’s not like you were little miss obvious.”

“Well it’s alright, because I have you now,” her eyes immediately dropped down to look at the steam rising from her cup. Shit, did she really just say that?

Taken aback, Ashley studied Spencer from across the table. Hair thrown up in a loose ponytail, brown, light hoodie over a blue cami, and a pair of flared jeans. Her eyes were filled nervousness, but she still had that glow from their morning in her bed. They sat there for awhile, Spencer refusing to look directly at Ashley, the only noises came from the occasional sip of coffee and Ashley adjusting her legs underneath the table.  

“Can I tell you something?”

Spencer, who was still mentally hitting herself for her last comment, snapped up to look at Ashley at waited for her to continue.

Taking a deep breath, she continued, “to be honest Spence, I never imagined you and me together. Weird I know, especially after knowing that you have.”

With a look of hurt, Spencer started to lower her eyes again. “I mean, I just considered you almost as my baby sis, you know? You probably know even more than Kyla does. We’ve been together through thick and thin, and well…what happened over the last month has really taken me by surprise.”

Spencer felt the tears come, her chest was tightening. She could not listen to any more. She had to get out of there.

“But,” Ashley hesitated. “With that said, I think we could try. I want us to try. I want to take you out Spence. And now that we got the good stuff out of the way, we can focus on building a relationship,” she finished with a slight grin.

“Really?” Spencer asked wide-eyed, “I me- I- I wasn’t expecting you to say that.” Her face was becoming flushed.

“You are so cute when you stutter,” Ashley replied giggling, “what, did you think I was going to call this off?”

“Well…yes actually, I thought you were going to say this was a bad idea.”

“Far from, I think I would be good for you Spencer Carlin. In fact, after this I’m going to talk to Rachel. This isn’t fair for her, so I’m going to break it off.”

“You are?”

“Yes…I mean, admittedly we had a good thing going, but you are more important to me, and I care so much more for you…and the sex is so much better.”

Laughing, Spencer leaned over to hit her in her arm, “I can’t believe you just said that!”

“What’s wrong, I thought you would take that as a compliment,” she replied smugly.

Spencer grinned widely, this felt good, this felt right. They weren’t fighting anymore, and they were comfortable being around each other again.