AU- This is an already established 'no strings attached' / friends with benefits relationship, only this time, there are more complications than growing romantic feelings
Chapter 1: Hey, Mommy
Laying in bed next to a very naked Toby Cavanaugh, Spencer Hastings rolled over. She let out a deep breath, and smiled at him. The good thing about this was that they were friends, and it wasn't even awkward. He smiled back at her and rubbed his thumbs on her burning hot thighs. She sighed and cuddled up to his bare chest.
"That was good," she commented, looking up at him. "I think we should start adding some more to this."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" he cried, backing up a little bit. "Spence, I'm not exactly looking for a threesome, orgy, or whatever you have in mind. I thought this was just about you and I—"
She was about ready to slap him in the face.
"No, stupid, not add more people," she said, rolling her eyes. "I meant making this more fun. The bed is getting boring. Don't you want to try it out somewhere else?"
"Sex is sex," he said, shrugging his shoulders. "But it could be fun, I guess. As long as your friends don't know about this. They don't, right?"
"Hell no!" Spencer cried. "I would be in hot water if I told them about this. Trust me, it's just between you... and me." She said it quieter than the other words, and then leaned in to place a kiss on his lips. "Do you want to go for round two? We could try out the whole 'other places' thing now, if you want."
He glanced at his watch, and then shook his head.
"I wish I could, but I've got to get to work," he said, sighing. "I guess I lost track of time. Maybe I could come over later, and we could—"
"Not tonight," she said, shaking her head. "I've got dinner with the girls tonight. Hanna has been dying to talk to us about something, and we finally scheduled this dinner, so I can't bail this time."
"Agh, it seems like we never have time for each other anymore," Toby said, sighing. "You know, Spence, maybe we're over our heads."
"Do you want to stop this?" she asked.
"I don't know," he said, frowning. "I mean, I love it, and you're like the best person in the world to be doing this with, but don't you think it's been going on too long? When was the last time we both had a real relationship romantically and not sexually?"
"Tobes, did you meet somebody else?" Spencer asked.
"Okay, well, there's this girl at work, and my co-worker buddies have been pushing me to ask her out, and I don't know, I just want to try out dating again," he explained, sighing. "I haven't dated since this whole casual sex thing started."
"Neither have I," she said, shrugging. "I'm not really interested in dating, though."
"It's been fun, Spencer, but it can't go on any longer," he said. "I mean, it can, but I need a break. I need to feel what a real relationship is like again. I feel isolated from the romance when it's all sex."
"I get it, Toby, and I'm encouraging you to go after this girl!" she exclaimed. "I'm not going to hold you back. We can put this thing on pause for however long you need. Go for it."
"Really?" he said, smiling brightly. "Thank you!"
"I want you to be happy with this girl," she said, nodding her head. "The intention was never to stop you from dating... it was just a getaway from the complications of dating. So, friends?"
"Friends," he agreed, nodding his head. "I'm going to get dressed... I think I'll ask her out today."
"Fun," she said, fake smiling. "Tell me all about her if she says yes!"
"I will, I promise," he said, getting up from her bed and getting dressed. "I'll see you later, Spencer." With that, he left her bedroom and found his way out of her house.
Of course it was hard to think about their friends with benefits relationship coming to an end. No more amazingly passionate and steamy sex with Toby... It seemed impossible to happen. But, she wanted Toby to ask that girl at work out. She wanted him to be happy. She couldn't help but feel that it would be weird to talk to him as just a friend as of that moment, though.
She got dressed, and then started rummaging through her closet for a dress to wear to Hanna's formal dinner that night. Disrupting her closer scavenger hunt came a knock at her door. She went downstairs to open it, and smiled when she saw Aria Montgomery standing there.
"Hey Ar," she said, letting her friend inside. "Shouldn't you be getting ready for Hanna's dinner tonight?"
"It's not for a few hours, and I've already got my dress picked out," Aria explained. "I made Ezra match his suit to my dress. It's the first time we're all going to hang out as a group together, so I want to make an entrance!"
Spencer let out a quiet laugh.
"It's just going to be us four, along with Caleb and Ezra," she reminded.
"You're forgetting Paige," Aria said. "Wait, you're not bringing anyone tonight? Specifically a blue eyes carpenter who is probably in love with you?"
"Toby?" Spencer said, laughing loudly. "Aria, he and I are just friends! Besides, he just told me he's going to ask out some girl at work before he left my place!"
"Damn," Aria said, frowning. "Wait, why was he at your house?"
"We were talking, jeez," she lied, trying not to blush. "Stop playing matchmaker, Ar! There's nothing going on between us. I fly solo."
"You know, ever since Toby came back to town last year, you stopped dating completely," Aria said. "What's up with that? Is there something going on?"
"No, Aria! I just told you, he has a girlfriend. I don't have time for dating, anyways," she said, rolling her eyes.
"Well, I was just poi—" Aria began, then noticed that Spencer's face was changing shades. "Hey Spence, are you alright? Spencer!"
"I think I'm gonna..." she started, her stomach getting queasy as she sprinted to the bathroom and emptied the contents of her stomach into the sink.
After helping clean the brunette up, Aria asked, "Are you sick? I can break the news to Hanna if you can't make it tonight."
"No, don't do that!" Spencer cried. "I'm fine, I'm fine. I don't think I'm sick. It just came out of nowhere. Maybe it's something that I ate. I'll be fine before the dinner, though."
"Are you sure?" Aria asked. "You don't have to go tonight just to make her happy."
"I'll be okay," she said. "Maybe you should go, though. I think I need some time alone."
"If something's wrong, I can help you," Aria offered.
"Hey, and I appreciate that, but I need to be alone right now, Ar," she said, giving her friend a sincere look. "I'll see you at the dinner tonight. I'll be there."
"Okay, good," Aria said, nodding her head. "You know, if something is wrong, just give me a call, and I'll be here. Are you sure you're alright?"
"Just peachy," Spencer said, nodding her head. "Thank you for coming over. Sorry to push you away so quickly."
Aria nodded her head again as she left Spencer's house. However, Spencer knew she wasn't alright. Throwing up so randomly? She knew she hadn't felt sick. And she knew it was more than stress for her missed periods. How could she miss all the signs? She was sexually active for a long period of time, too. She wished that she could have Aria by her side when she took the test, but then she would have to confess that she had been sleeping with Toby.
Aria would probably think she was a slut.
So she took the test by herself.
Oh. Hey, Mommy.
Spencer Hastings was pregnant.
And she just pushed the father to ask a new girl out!
She felt so stupid as she stormed out of her bathroom. Enraged, she chucked the pregnancy test at the walk, collapsing on the bed. She was supposed to move on, be friends with him, be done with the whole friends with benefits thing. She wasn't supposed to be carrying his baby! She could abort it. That's what she was going to do. Toby didn't need to know about it. He would hate her if he knew, anyways.
But she didn't have time for a doctor's appointment that night. She would schedule one in three weeks. That would be good. She had plans, and she wouldn't have any time to abort the baby without getting caught. She looked in the mirror. No wonder she felt like she had been getting fatter. Luckily, it wasn't significant enough for Toby to notice when they were having sex a few hours ago.
"Hi," she said into the phone. "This is Spencer Hastings. I need an appointment with Dr. Griggs." The person responded with some unfortunate news. "What do you mean? He won't be back for a month! Are you serious? Well, I don't want any other doctor. Get me the soonest appointment you can with Dr. G, please. Thank you so much. Bye."
Dr. Griggs had been her doctor since she was a preteen. She didn't want any other doctor, since she felt so comfortable around him already.
Hey, Spence. Is everything okay? Hanna's dinner is soon. Text me back if you can go. -Aria
She sighed, feeling self conscious as she picked out a looser dress from her closet. She felt so odd. She was carrying a baby. She had always dreaded an unexpected pregnancy. She didn't remember how she could have gotten pregnant, she had always taken birth control, or they had used condoms. It didn't make sense.
Driving herself to the dinner, Spencer was still thinking about it. Pregnancy? Sure, she wasn't a high school student anymore, but it still wasn't a good time to get knocked up! She wanted to live her twenties to the fullest. She didn't want a baby yet. And that was why the abortion had to happen.
"Hey, Spence!" Aria exclaimed, hugging her friend. "I know you were feeling sick earlier. Is everything all good now?"
"Great," she lied. "I don't know what it was, but it hasn't bothered me for the rest of the day. Where's Hanna?"
"At the table," Aria told her. "Come, sit with us. Everyone's here already."
She nodded her head, following Aria to the dinner table. The whole group was together, laughing, mingling, socializing. Meanwhile, Spencer was having a life crisis. She was seriously the first one to get pregnant? Why couldn't have Hanna been the first one to have a baby? She felt slutty. Not only was she pregnant, but she got that way from casual sex! She was sexually active with her long time friend. It sounded so weird.
"Spencer, hey!"
"Toby?" she choked, looking up.
The blue eyed male grinned and pulled her in for a hug.
"Caleb invited me tonight," Toby explained. "That is my new girlfriend Selena." He pointed to a slender, dark haired girl. "You know, the girl from my work that I was talking about earlier."
"Well, technically, I wouldn't really consider her your girlfriend, since you asked her out like an hour ago," Spencer jealously said, staring at the gorgeous girl who was talking to Emily.
"We decided to skip the first date phase. We're officially boyfriend and girlfriend now," Toby said, smiling. He sipped his champagne. "That's not weird for you, is it? I was hoping we could transition from sex partners to friends smoothly."
"It isn't going to be smooth if you call us sex partners," she retorted, folding her arms.
"Spence," he urged. "Is everything okay? If you don't like seeing me with Selena, I can just ask her to go home."
"Never mind, Toby!" she yelled. "I don't give a crap about you and your new girlfriend, okay? Stop being so conceited."
He sighed and said, "We've been through a lot together, Spencer. You and I have been friends for such a long time. We promised that the sex wouldn't change that. We promised that if we ever met other people, we could stop it and just go back to being friends. Wasn't that the whole point?"
"Things do feel like they've changed, but you wouldn't understand," she said, shaking her head. "This isn't about Selena."
"Then what is it?" he asked.
"Back off!" she yelled. "Tonight is not about me, you, or our past. It's about Hanna."
"Okay, fine. When you want to stop treating me like crap, you know where to find me," he angrily said, walking over to Emily and Selena.
If only I could tell him...
Once the dinner settled in, and people were eating, Hanna decided that it was time to make her announcement. While she began to speak, Spencer felt Toby's hands crawl up her thighs. She felt shivers running down her spine. She harshly whispered, "Stop that. You have a girlfriend."
He totally forgot. He was used to trying to seduce her during dinner. He sighed and pulled his hand away from her hot thighs, and tried to focus on Hanna and her announcement.
"So, while I was on a trip to see Caleb's family in California..." Hanna began, looking over at Caleb lovingly. "He proposed!" Everyone around them started cheering. "Caleb and I are getting married, as soon as possible."
"We couldn't be happier!" Caleb exclaimed.
"Let's have a toast!" Ezra exclaimed, raising his glass. "To Hanna and Caleb!"
"To Hanna and Caleb!"
After the toast, Spencer excused herself for a moment, "I'm going to go get a breath of fresh air outside. All of this is just so overwhelming. Congratulations, guys. I'll be back in a moment." The slender brunette rushed out of the restaurant.
"Um, I should go walk out and check on her," Toby said, out of nowhere.
He searched for Spencer outside.
"What is with you?" he asked, furrowing his eyebrows. "Is something wrong?"
"No, nothing is wrong," she said, shaking her head. "It was getting hot inside."
"There's air conditioning inside!" he cried. "Talk to me, Spence. I didn't want the sex to change our friendship, but clearly it is. I would take it back. It was fun, but more than anything, I want my best friend back."
She shook her head, "I'm only a slight bit pissed that you're flaunting your no good Mexican girlfriend around. Who would invite her to an engagement party with people she doesn't even know? She doesn't know Hanna. She doesn't know Caleb. Why the hell is she here? To make me jealous?"
"That was never my goal!" Toby cried. "Caleb invited me tonight, but I had made plans for a date with Selena tonight. He told me I could bring her to the dinner, so I accepted. Are you jealous?"
"I don't know!" she cried. "I only spent the past year of my life getting banged by you!"
He laughed quietly, "Do you want me to break up with her? We're not even that serious. I would let her go... for you."
"No, I'm not making you do this," she said, shaking her head. "I'm not that selfish. Ignore me, okay? I'll get over it in no time."
He put his arm around her.
"Are you sure?"
She sighed and said, "Toby, it's seriously no big deal. We should get back to the dinner."
He nodded his head.
While they were walking inside, he all of a sudden suggested, "Maybe you should try dating someone... Wouldn't it be easier if we both moved on?"
She didn't want to do this. She didn't want to cry in front of him. She didn't have time for a relationship when she was carrying a baby! She just needed to wait until Dr. Griggs got back to the hospital. Then, she could get her abortion, and she could pretend like it never happened. She wouldn't have to act so weird around everybody anymore.
"I'm not interested in that right now," she said, shaking her head. "I have a lot on my plate, and I don't want to unnecessarily add dating to that plate. Maybe in a few weeks, once I clear off the plate. Tobes, I said don't worry about me."
"I can't help but feel like this is my fault, though!" he cried. "I didn't know that dating Selena would be this big of a problem."
She rolled her eyes and said, "Seriously! Please, just drop it, okay? You're the one who's obsessing about it. I don't even care. We need to get back to the dinner before people start to think that we're the rude jerks who left the engagement dinner of some of our closest friends."
He nodded his head, and they walked back to the table.
"Hey guys, what were you doing out there together? Getting kinky?" Hanna joked, cuddling into Caleb's chest.
Even though that wasn't what they were doing, it still embarrassed them both. Probably because for over a year, they had both been hooking up frequently. Luckily for Toby, Selena wasn't listening to Hanna when she said that.
"No Hanna, we were just talking," Toby said, seating himself back down in between Spencer and Selena.
The brunette didn't want to deal with this awkwardness, so she turned to Aria and Emily for a conversation.
"Hey guys," she greeted. "Aren't you just so happy for Hanna and Caleb?"
Spencer's phone suddenly started ringing, but she was too engaged in her conversation to hear it ringing. Unfortunately for her, Toby was much more attentive, since he was just failing to make small talk with Selena. He reaches for her phone and looked at the caller ID.
"Spence," Toby said, nudging her. "You have a call."
"Oh," she said, turning around to take it. Her eyes widened when she saw the caller ID.
"Why is the hospital calling you?" Toby asked, raising his eyebrow.
"God, it's personal!" she yelled, getting up from the table. "I'll be right back."
Embarrassed, she took her phone and went to the bathroom to answer the call—the women's bathroom. Somewhere she knew Toby couldn't go.