Hey guys, this is my first story - actually it's the first thing I've ever written - so feedback is very appreciated. Also, English is not my first language, which means grammar (and some spelling) mistakes are inevitbale I think. Don't hesitate to correct or inform me on better grammatical constructions to use. I guess some people don't like that, but I myself, am very interested in improving my language.

That being said, I hope you will enjoy this Spemily story, and I will update as soon as possible !

"Uuuurgh", Spencer sighed when the sound of her alarm clock woke her up. She had been studying for a maths test last night, but her concentration had been below zero the whole evening. Of course Spencer Hastings wouldn't really be Spencer Hastings if she would go to sleep without being sure she'd get an A; so she stayed up until three, ramming the contents of her book in her head.

She got out of her bed and walked downstairs slowly, the sleep still in her eyes. Spencer poured herself a cup of strong, black coffee and took some sips with her eyes closed, hoping the caffeine would kick in fast.

When she opened her eyes again after consuming half of her cup, she saw a note lying on the counter. Without even looking at it, she said in a sarcastic tone: "Hi Spencer, your dad and I are out of town for the next couple of days. There is food in the fridge and if you need anything, you can always ask Melissa. Love, mom". She then picked up the note and read it, rolling her eyes as it said exactly what she thought.
In even a worse mood than before, Spencer got ready and left for school.

"Hey Spence, what's up ?", Hanna walked towards the brunette's locker as she saw her best friend staring at it. "Why are you staring at your locker ? it's not like your books will get in your backpack by themselves, you know." Spencer turned around and faced her friend. "Ugh I know, just having a bad start of the day combined with a lack of sleep."

"Let's make it a good day again then, shall we ? How about… we skip 'till lunch and do some shopping at the mall ?" Her eyes glinted as she did the proposition.

"I'm not gonna skip class to go shopping Hanna, besides I have a big maths test in a moment.", Spencer answered grumpily. Hanna was just about to give a speech on how maths was less important than shopping, when Aria and Emily arrived.

"Hey you guys!", Emily smiled to her friends.
"Oh now you can smile ?" Hanna said, lifting her eyebrows to Spencer. The brunette couldn't help it, it's just something Emily had. She never failed to cheer her up. Even when she only smiled at her, she felt a bit better. Now that she thought of it, she had always been more comfortable with Emily than with Aria or Hanna – not that they were any less of a friend than Emily – but it was just easier to open up to her, it felt so natural.

"What's going on ?", a confused Emily looked from Hanna to Spencer.
"Nothing", the taller one answered, "I'm just having a bad day. I didn't get enough sleep because of that stupid maths test, and my parents left a note saying that they will be gone 'for a couple of days', so I'm all alone again, except for Melissa of course because she's still living in the barn, which I renovated by the way but who cares right ?", Spencer rambled with a very frustrated look on her face.

"Aww Spence, if you want, you can always stay over with me until your parents get back.", Emily laid her hand on Spencer's shoulder and looked at her in a way Spencer couldn't really describe. "My mom won't mind at all, she doesn't like it when you're at your house all by yourself."

Spencer smiled again, Emily was such an awesome person. She suddenly felt the urge to kiss her, which was extremely weird because only one second ago, she was ready to throw her own books across the hallway.
"Thanks Em, I'd love to", instead of kissing, she went for a hug. Seemed a lot more appropriate anyway.

"No problem, you know I love to have over. How about I pick you up at your house after my swim practice ?"

"Oh thanks, but you don't need to detour for me, I was having drinks with Toby after school anyway, so he can drop me off."
For a split second, Spencer thought saw the smile from her dark haired friend disappear, but then it was there again, even brighter than before. The brunette shook her head lightly - she must have been mistaking – when Emily answered.

"Oh right.. Toby. Great then, dinner is around seven, see you then!" She said as the bell indicated the start of first period, and made her way to her first class.

After school, Spencer made her way to a familiar car that was parked on the other side of the street. "Hey Toby", she said as she kissed the driver. "Hey Spence, how was school?", Spencer answered as she got in Toby's car: "Oh just fine, had a big maths test but I think I did well".
"Well ? Knowing you, you probably aced that test", Toby laughed, "So where do you want to go ? I could also take you out to dinner if you want, the appointment I normally had this evening got cancelled."
Spencer smiled, it had been a while since she had a proper date with her boyfriend. She almost answered him that she'd love to, when she remembered she was going to stay at Emily's. "Oh I really would love to but I'm staying at Em's so I should probably eat dinner with them tonight. I don't wanna be rude."

"You're staying at Emily's ? Howso ?", Toby asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Yeah, my parents are gone for a few days and she proposed to stay with her so I'm not home alone with Melissa – What's wrong ?"
Toby was looking at her with a frown, "Nothing", he said while parking at The Brew, "just that if you'd have told me, I could've maybe stayed over for some time. Then you wouldn't be alone and we got to be together, which normally is difficult since your parents don't really like having me around."

Shit, Spencer thought as they got out of the car, it's true, why didn't I think of this ? "I'm sorry Toby, you're right it would've been perfect. I just didn't really think about it when Em said I could stay with her."
"You, can tell her now, I'm sure she'll understand.", Toby said hopefully.

The brunette considered this for a moment, while Toby went to order coffee. I'd really like to have some alone time with Toby, now that my parents aren't there to get him out of the house the minute he gets in. But I said to Emily I'd stay with her, she has already informed her mom so it would be kinda rude not to show up. Besides, I like spending time with Em too, it's been a while since we had some girl talk. And now that she thought about it, she actually felt more like having fun with Emily than going out with Toby. Toby'll understand, there is plenty of time to go out with him in the future. Better not really mention the last part, though.
"I'm sorry Toby, I can't do that. Her mom knows I'm coming and besides, I've also promised Em that I'd help with some projects." The lie came out before she even thought about it, and she stood perplexed for a moment.

"Mh, okay", Toby sighed, "I'll drop you off at her place after you got your stuff then". Spencer leaned in and kissed her boyfriend passionately. "I love you.", Toby said after they let go.

"I love you too."