《Tunes Of Betrayal: Temptations Playlist》Helium Hearts

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"Morning." I roll over to a smiling Ashley.

"Morning." She leans forward and kisses me.

"Do you always watch me while I sleep?" I ask quirking a brow. She shrugs and turns to face the ceiling.

"Maybe."

"Well it's creepy." I tell her, untangling myself from the covers to get out of bed. She pulls me back down, straddling me.

"Where do you think you're going?" She questions, holding me down by my arms, that are pinned above my head.

"To shower." I chuckle out. She bends down and kisses me again, oddly I don't feel the need to turn away. I kiss her back, moaning when she brings her hand down between us. Even after going like ten rounds last night, I still feel like I could go another twenty.

"Or you could just stay here." She pulls her lips from mine and whispers in my ear as her hand that was moving down between us reaches it's destination. I moan and arch my back at the feeling. "See how much better it is here... on this bed with me." She breathes into my ear. I moan as her finger continues to move in me.

"Ash." I breathe out, loving the feeling she's giving me right now. "Fuck." I moan. She continues to move in me and I can feel myself getting close. Then it hits me. No, not an orgasm. Lexy! If we spent the night here, where the hell is Lexy? "We spent the night." I say with wide eyes. She lifts up to look at me, stopping her movements inside me.

"Yeah." She nods.

"You have a girlfriend."

She rolls her eyes as she rolls off of me. "Well that's a mood ruiner." She sighs as I sit up.

"How did we sleep here and Lex not-"

"She called me after you fell asleep and told me that her boss needed her to stay over for the night to finish up this project they're working on." Ashley cuts me off. I let out a sigh of relief.

"Oh." Is all I can say.

"I'm gonna go shower." She rolls off the bed and tells me as she heads towards the bathroom. I guess she's a little mad right now I stopped us just now. She stops in the doorway and turns back to me. "You coming?" She questions, letting a smirk creep onto her lips.

I guess she isn't mad after all.

"Well look you finally decided to join us for a meal." Madison says as Ashley and I walk into the kitchen.

"Hello to you too besti." I smile at my friend and sit down. "Hey Jacob." I smile at the boy who waves. Ashley and I take a seat in the stools at the bar across from Madison and Aiden.

"It was a nice dinner wasn't it?" Madison quips as I pile food on my plate. Ashley and I missed dinner last night so right now I'm starving.

"It was, actually." Ashley retorts, with a smirk then leans over and kisses my shoulder. I snort out a laugh.

"Okay, ew." Madison makes a face, dropping her fork on her plate.

"You set yourself up for that one baby." Aiden nudges his girlfriends shoulder with his own.

"Right." Madison pushes her plate away and looks at me. "So what are we doing today, you know it's our last full day in California."

"Don't remind me." I pout.

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"Don't be sad Spence, you know we're gonna come back soon. We're really having a good time."

Madison scoffs. "Speak for yourself."

"Stop being such a bitch, you know you're loving it here." Aiden tells her.

"Did he just call her a bitch?" Ashley leans over and asks me.

"Mhm." I nod, watching the couple in front of me as I stuff my face with waffles.

"I'm not being a bitch, you douche." Madison counters.

"Okay, so what are we calling it these days?" He replies without missing a beat. I love watching these two fight.

"Being a New Yorker." She answers and I roll my eyes. That's Madison's excuse for everything.

"Right, cause you only use that five hundred times a day." Aiden retorts.

"Fuck you." Madison feigns insult. We both know she's used to this. Ashley's phone rings and she excuses herself from the table. "Anyways, as I was saying. What were the plans for today Spence?"

"I don't know." I shrug. "We can do whatever you guys want."

"We don't know anything about this place, you're our host you're supposed to know where all the good spots are Spence."

"Bitch just get on the internet and see what you want to do." I tell my friend as my phone buzzes in my pocket. I take it out and see it's a text from my mom.

'Come over today. Miss you. Oh, and bring your friends Madison and Aiden. Your dad's barbecuing and Clay is bringing Chelsea. Glen will be here too.' I chuckle as I read my moms text. See how Glen is an after thought for everyone.

'Okay mom, we'll be over there in a bit.' I text back.

'Oh and Ashley or Stacy is welcome. I'm not sure which you'd prefer to bring.' I read and roll my eyes. She knows who I'd rather bring. I don't even bother texting her back.

"Looks like we've got somewhere to go after all. My mom just invited us to a barbecue."

"Oooooh. I love barbeque." Aiden claps his hands together.

"Could you be any gayer?" Madison turns to him and says.

"Yet you're with me... what does that say about you?" He quirks a brow at his girlfriend. She pokes her bottom lip out and nods at her boyfriend. He got her there. I chuckle at my friends as I hop down off the stool to see where Ashley walked off to. I find her in the living room. She hangs up the phone when I reach her.

"Important business?" I question as she leans in to kiss me.

"That was Mr. Levi, he wants me and the rest of the band to come in today. We're gonna meet with some execs before the signing party on Saturday." She smiles, wrapping her arms around my waist as I wrap mine around her neck.

"Boo." I pout. "How long is that gonna take? My mom invited you to a barbecue." I smile and kiss her quickly, enjoying this simple gesture of us holding each other.

"Can't." She shakes her head and I drop mine. She pulls a hand from around my waist to lift my head. "I'm sorry. You know I'd come if I could." She assures me.

"Is this meeting thing gonna take all day? Cause the Carlins have been known to throw some pretty wild cook outs." I tell her, wiggling my eyebrows.

She giggles and kisses me. "Still can't baby. Lexy texted me saying she's getting off in a few hours and wants to spend time together. Apparently, we haven't been doing that enough."

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"Oh." I reply softly. Of course she has to spend time with her girlfriend. "Okay." I nod and go to walk away but she pulls me back to her, wrapping her arms around me.

"I love you." She tells me, inches from my lips. "I promise that I'm gonna end things with Lexy soon, I just need to figure out how to do it." I nod and she kisses me. "You love me?" She whispers into my lips.

"Of course." I reply just as softly.

"Good. Cause I'm head over hills for you, Spencer Carlin." She smiles as she reconnects our lips. "And don't you forget it." She says pulling back. And just that easily she made me forget about Lexy. "Have fun at the cook out for me, kay?" I nod and smile. "Oh and I told Mr. Levi about the pictures you took for the band and he wants to see them."

"Really?" I question, full of excitement. The possibility of my pictures being used as a cover for the bands debut album is really awesome.

"Mhm." She nods, spinning me around, wrapping her arms around my waist. "I'm sure he's gonna pick one of them, they're amazing." She whispers in my ear as her head rests on my shoulder.

"You're just saying that because you have to." I smile, turning my head slightly to look at her face.

"You're crazy." She shakes her head. "You're an amazing photographer baby." I inhale sharply at the nickname, she smirks and kisses me neck. "Did you need me to call you a car?" She asks pulling back.

"A car?" I question.

"Yeah, you know to get around since I'm taking mine."

"Oh no." I shake my head. "We'll just call my-"

"No." She cuts me off. "I'm calling you a car. It'll be waiting downstairs when you're ready." She whispers in my ear.

"Do you two ever stop?" We look up to see Madison standing in the kitchen doorway with a hand on her hip.

"We'd prefer not to." I shrug and Ashley chuckles in my ear.

"I gotta go. I'll text you later. I love you." She whisper the last part and kisses my cheek.

"Okay." I reply with a smile. She grabs her bag and leaves the apartment.

"You two are ridiculous." Madison shakes her head. "I don't understand why you got with that Stacy chick, Spence. You're clearly in love with her." Madison thumbs in the direction Ashley just left in. "Why bring another heart into this already seriously fucked up situation?"

"Ugh please no logic right now." I groan, flopping down on the couch.

"You need a bit of logic it seems." Madison says sitting down next to me. "This really goes without saying, but Spence... you need to break up with Stacy."

I sigh and drop my head back onto the couch.

Tell me something I don't already know...

"Why are we here exactly?" Madison asks as we walk up the steps to Lexy's apartment. Aiden elected to stay in the car, saying that he didn't feel like hearing any girl talk right now.

"I told you, I need to grab some clothes and some extra rolls of film for my camera; my suitcase is here, Mads." She groans and rolls her eyes. I just smile and shake my head at my friend. I unlock Lexy's door with the key she made for me and head towards the room I'm staying in.

"Spencer is that you." Lexy calls from the living room. Madison and I skid to a stop. She rolls her eyes and I point to the room to let her know which way to go.

"Yeah, it's me Lex." I call out as I walk into the living room. She's sitting on the couch looking down at her hands. "Lex." I whisper and she turns to look at me. She looks like she's being crying. Oh no! Does she know?

Is me and Ashley's cover blown?

Has she pieced two and two together. I swallow thickly and take a seat next to her on the couch.

"Spencer." She says matching my tone.

This is it everyone! I'm about to lose my best friend. I can feel it.

"Are you okay?" I ask, not really knowing what else to ask in this situation.

"No." She shakes her head. There's so many emotions running throw me right now. I don't know exactly what I'm going to say to her. How do I explain this?

How to handle falling in love with your best friends girlfriend is not something people write handbooks on.

"Lex I-"

"I think Ashley may be seeing someone else." She says and I narrow my eyes and knit my brows in confusion. So she doesn't know it's me?

"What do you...why do you...what makes you think that?" I stumble out. Real fucking smooth Spence. I shake my head at myself as she continues.

"Last night I called her and told her that I was staying over at my bosses house cause she really needed me to finish up this proposal, Ashley told me that was cool and that she would just being staying home and calling it a night anyways. Well I came home to get some papers and she wasn't here Spence. She told me she would be here and she wasn't. She's never lied to me before and I can only think of one reason she would need to lie. She has to be seeing someone else."

Fuck! What the hell do I say?

"You don't know that, Lex." Nice going Spencer. Now when she does find out it's you she's talking about she's gonna be even more hurt.

"I know Ash, Spence. We've been together long enough for me to see that somethings not right. You think this is my fault?" She turns to me and asks with wide eyes.

"Lex, no." I shake my head. How could she possibly be blaming herself right now?

"I know that I've been working a lot lately and I'm hardly ever around. Maybe Ashley just feels lonely and is seeking affection elsewhere because she feels like I'm not giving her enough."

"Lex you cannot put this on yourself. You've done nothing wrong. You're trying to make a better life for yourself and I'm sure Ashley gets that."

"Then where was she last night Spence and why'd she lie about it?"

With me and because it'll crush you to know that we were making love.

"I don't know." I shrug. Ugh! This day sucks already. "Why don't you just talk to Ashley, see what she has to say about what happened last night?" I suggest. She nods wiping a few stray tears that had fallen. This is the perfect opportunity for Ashley to end things with Lex. I need to really call Stacy.

"You're right. I'm just gonna confront her and see what's going on." She says, puffing out her chest to seem confident."Where'd you sleep last night? With the best friend stealer at your moms?" I nod and force a smile.

"You two should really try to get along, it's her last full day." I tell my friend avoiding the question. I don't want to have to lie to her about this too.

"Is it awful that I'm thanking God right now?" She questions and I chuckle at her.

"You're crazy." I shake my head and stand up from the couch. "You okay now?"

"I think I will be." She nods. "Go." She shoos me away. "Hang out with the BFS before she has to head back to hell."

"Did you seriously just abbreviate that?" I question with a raised brow.

"Catchy right?" She smiles and I can't help but return one as I nod.

Ugh!

I really hope I don't lose her friendship when this is all said and done.

"I was just gonna grab some clothes and rolls of film." I thumb towards the room. "My family's having a barbecue if you want to come."

"Can't." She shakes her head. "I already made plans with Ashley later. But I'll see you here later, yeah?"

"I'm gonna stay at my parent's tonight. I have to take Madison and Aiden to the airport tomorrow."

"Boo! Well I'll see you tomorrow. Love you." She stands up and kisses my cheek before heading upstairs to her room.

Fuck my life.

"You're so fucked." Madison says as I enter the room.

"Don't I know it." I bang the back of my head against the door as I close it. "You hear all that?"

"Mhm." She nods. "She knows something is up Spence, this isn't a secret anymore. She's gonna find out sooner or later and I think she's going to be more hurt if it's later. You guys just need to tell her." Madison says. I roll my eyes, kicking up from the door.

"Oh well you're just full of advice today aren't you?" I say as I put my suitcase on the bed and grab the things that I need out of it.

"I'm just saying." My friend shrugs.

"Well don't. This is already hard enough with the guilt trips."

"Don't get snappy with me mami. You're the one that's in the fucked up situation. Be a fucking woman and fix it." She snaps back, but not in a mean way or anything. She's just being a really good best friend right now.

"I know, I know." I groan, sitting down on the bed.

This is gonna suck.

I walk up my lawn towards the house and I can already smell the barbeque. Yum, my mouth is watering already. I love barbecues. Love them enough to put up with my mother because honestly have you not seen the woman? She's a handful.

"Spencer you're here!"

See what I mean?

We haven't even stepped a foot on the porch and she's already acting like she hasn't seen me in years.

"Yeah mom you sent me a text telling me to come how can I ignore you?"

It's usually easy but I had to get away from Lexy.

I just need a day away from this because I feel it boiling and it's not going to end well.

So I'm taking all the happy moments I can…even if said happy moment is with my mother.

She pulls me into a bear hug and I swear I'm almost out of oxygen.

I push away from her gasping.

"Mom…oxygen…need some."

Paula lets go chuckling making sure to swat me on the arm.

Ow.

Child abuse.

"You're so silly Spence."

"Yeah Spencer you're so silly." I glare at Madison and she's lucky it's her last full day so I'm being nice but once I get back to New York that's it!

No more nice Spencer Carlin.

Imma start slapping people up when they bust my chops.

"Madison, Aiden lovely to see you two again please come in we're cooking up a storm back here." My dad says, smiling and waving around a pair of tongs.

I go to follow my friends into the house and my mom stops me.

"Spencer you mind going into the car and grabbing the ice your brother forgot to bring it in."

"What? Why me? Glen's the one that forgot it make him do it!"

Yes I'm aware I'm acting like a brat.

Shut it.

"I asked you and no one said it was Glen."

I give her my best don't play with me face.

"Mom only Glen is stupid enough to leave ice inside a car in the middle of the summer in freaking LA."

She tries not to smile but fails because come on it's true and I'm also pretty damn funny.

"Don't speak about your brother that way…even if it is true just please get the ice for me and come inside."

I groan and stomp towards the car.

Yes, I really did stomp.

And?

I'm being an ass because I miss Ashley.

I miss Ashley and I can't get the image of us together last night out of my head and what makes it worse, the more I think about it the more Lexy's sad face is popping into my head.

I'm the worst best friend in the history of best friends.

I'm worse than that best friend that leaves you behind if a murderer is after you, and you fall over. They say forget about me but they don't really mean it you're supposed to go back and get them. I'm worse than the ones that don't.

And if you ask me, those are pretty shitty friends.

Like seriously, a psychotic murderer is after you and you leave them behind?! Clearly I'm straying off topic here but I guarantee I'm worse.

She thinks it's her fault and it's all mine.

Good job Spencer you've won the douchebag of the year award.

And that don't just hand those out all willy nilly.

You have to be one hell of a douche bag to get one.

Sigh.

I suck.

I walk back into the house, melting ice in hand and bump into Glen.

"Hey loser watch where you're going you're dripping water everywhere."

"Well the ice wouldn't be dripping if you didn't leave it in the car."

He grumbles something and brushes past me. Seconds later I hear him slip and fall and groan in pain.

I laugh, pleased with the outcome.

Thank you melting ice.

"Bag of water anyone?" I announce as I reach the cooler and dump the water and ice inside.

"Thank you for that hun I know it's a hassle to pick up after your brother." I smile at my dad as he adjusts the apron around his neck. I chuckle at the quote in front of it. He looks down with a smile and puffs his chest out.

"Real men don't use recipes huh?" I ask with a smirk as I take my camera from my bag and snap a picture of him. He wipes down his apron and nods. I point towards the house with my thumb. "So I can go hide mom's cookbook then?"

His eyes widen slightly and he puckers his lips. Shaking his head slowly, I pat him on the arm as I walk away.

"Don't do it Spencer!" He shouts at me and I turn and throw him a wink. I take a seat on the picnic table, setting my feet on the benches. I grab handful of chips and shovel them into my mouth.

Mmmm chips. They're so delicious.

"Is it a crime for you to actually sit on a chair Spence?" I roll my eyes at mother.

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