“Hiya Spence.” Ashley replied not bothering to get up. The damn chair was too comfortable. She put her feet up on the desk to get even cosier.

Spencer still stood in the doorway of her office starring at someone who she hadn’t seen or heard of in 10 years. Someone she thought was pursuing her dreams or at least having a good time back in LA. Someone who she didn’t expect to turning up at her office one day. And yet, here she was.

In the back of her mind, Spencer silently hoped she wasn’t drooling because whether she liked to admit it or not, Ashley looked good. Great even. She spun around when she felt a tap on her shoulder and jumped slightly when Beverly’s face appeared right in front of her.

“Are you alright Miss Spencer?” Beverly asked concerned. The young woman got worried when her boss had just been standing in her office’s doorway for about three minutes.

“Uh… yes. I’m fine. I just… uh, yeah. Fine.” Spencer glanced around trying to compose herself. She cleared her throat and put a smile on her face. “I’m fine Beverly.” She waved her assistant back to her desk, turned around and shut the office door. She swiftly walked to where Ashley was lounging and ticked the other woman’s feet, indicating she should put them down. Reluctantly Ashley put them down, but not without giving the blonde an impish grin. However she did remain seated in the oversized office chair.

“So Spencer, nice place you got here.” The brunette casually said when all she got from Spencer was a pissed off look. She dared to look up and was not surprised to see Spencer roll her eyes.

“Ashley, what the hell are you doing here?” She never liked to beat around the bush with idle chitchat. Getting straight to the point was the way for Spencer.”

“What? No ‘hello Ashley’? Or a ‘how are you, how have you been’? Come on Spencer! You were better raised than that.”

“I was better raised than you, that’s a fact.” Spencer retorted and threw herself in one of the chairs in front of the desk when she realized Ashley wasn’t going to move an inch.

“Ouch! Down Cujo, we haven’t gotten to ‘bring up the past’ round just yet. That comes right after ‘fighting in jello’ round, remember?”

“God Ashley, I see you haven’t fished your mind out of the gutter yet.” She grabbed Ashley’s file and opened it again.

Ashley sighed this time and sat up straight. She flicked her fingers to get Spencer’s attention and looked her straight in the eye. “Contrary to what you may think, I didn’t come here to start an argument or to get on your nerves. I’m here for your help.”

Spencer snorted but continued reading the file anyway. It wouldn’t kill her to just read the thing.

“Look, put that boring looking file you got there down and listen to me. I’m sure whatever Miss Money Penny wrote down on that thing is way off cause she asked me fifteen times to repeat whatever I said.”

Not wanting to admit that her assistant might be a little slow sometimes, Spencer just looked up but didn’t close the file. She motioned for Ashley to start explaining. The blonde leaned back and listened to what the other woman had to say.

“Alright. Good. So where to start?”