Okay so this is my very first fanfic ever so I hope you guys like it! Please leave reviews! I just wrote this off of the top of my head so I'm not exactly sure where I want the story to go. If you have any suggestions let me know and I will definitely take them into consideration. Thanks for reading! :)

*I do not own Pretty Little Liars or the song Fix You by Coldplay*

The graduation couldn't have been any more cliched. It looked-and felt-like something out of a TV movie. Spencer had been looking forward to this moment her entire life, but she wasn't surprised when the "big moment" wasn't as big as she expected it to be.

Story of her life, right?

Spencer wanted to get out of this so bad. She was already looking forward to whatever her plans were for later. Things were a lot more spontaneous than they had been lately, and as much as she liked everything to be in order, she had to admit that she liked it. Spencer quickly took a look around for her friends. Hanna was fixing her cuticles with the bulletin they had handed out. Aria was staring off into space, and Emily was sitting straight in her seat, smiling in case someone took her picture. Spencer sat for what seemed like years, nearly dozing off at one point before it was finally her time to speak. Although she didn't have very many people to compete with, being announced valedictorian was the highlight of her senior year. Well, the second best part of her senior year. She walked to the podium, praying that she wouldn't trip on her gown or do something else equally embarrassing during her time in the limelight. She looked out in the audience, her eyes immediately finding one piercing blue pair staring back. Toby. She subconsciously flashed him a winning smile before she spoke, her voice slow and clear.

"We've waited for this moment for four years. Can you believe it? Four years that have passed by at the speed of light, and as much as it may hurt to leave our lives here, it's a brand new chapter. I hope that everyone here looks back on their high school experience without regrets. I read in a book once that it's better to live your life with "oh well's" rather than "what if's." This really stuck out to me, and I hope these words inspire you guys to live each day like it's your last. It's okay to mess up and humiliate yourself. It's okay to get lost on campus your first day, and it's okay to change your mind over and over even when you don't know what's really right. Don't ever forget about your high school years, these are, or were the best years of our life, right? I hope that all of you are successful and I'll never forget any of you. I know I'm rambling and I'm sorry. After all, I don't want to mess up any after-parties or family dinners, so I think I'm finished with my speech. I hope all of the students and former students that have attended Rosewood are happy with their lives, and I hope we all do great things! So here's to the parties, all-nighters, drama, and high school sweethearts. Thank you."

Spencer smiled as the audience applauded her speech. She saw parents of her classmates wiping away bittersweet tears. Toby gave her a thumbs up, a grin spreading on his face. She waved at him as she walked back to her seat, a bounce in her step and her head held high. Even though Toby hated the vast majority of the people that were in the room, he still came to support Spencer. They cared about each other so much. As Hanna put it, they were "in way too deep."

The rest of the ceremony passed by extremely fast. Even Spencer managed to shed a tear throwing her cap in the air and walking out of the Hollis Auditorium that Rosewood High had rented out for this special celebration. Part of Spencer was happy that she was starting her new life with Toby, another part was longing to get the hell out of high school, and a very tiny part wanted to go back to kindergarten and re-live all the great moments she had experienced throughout the past 13 years.

When she pushed open the glass doors and walked outside of the building to meet her family, she was surprised to see that Toby was the only one waiting for her. She should've known that her parents would've left, they never acknowledged anything she did anyway. Pain slowly sunk into Spencer's veins as she realized that she had spent her whole school career trying to impress her parents, and they didn't even stay to see Spencer after her graduation. It wasn't a school play that would be having another showing the next night, this was a graduation. Her first actual graduation that meant something, and they couldn't even wait for her to change out of her cap and gown. She would always be the friend with the slack parents. Her heart dropped as she watched Hanna, Aria, and Emily hug their parents. All Spencer wanted now was to get out of anyone's sight before she broke down.

"Spencer, that was the greatest speech I've ever heard. You did amazing," he appraised her as he pulled her into a bear hug, snapping Spencer back into reality. He was shocked when she didn't hug back, a hurt look forming on his face. Great, he's the only one that stayed for me and now I've upset him, she thought. Instead of walking away, he grabbed her hand and led her behind the building. He sat down on the freshly trimmed grass and motioned for her to sit on his lap. Remembering she wasn't in jeans, she smoothed down her black A-line dress before sitting down. She dug the heels of her stilettos into the ground, bunching her toes up into her shoes. Don't cry, don't you dare cry. You're not wearing the mascara for this Spencer, she silently scolded herself.

"Spence, what's wrong?" he whispered in her ear, pushing her soft brown hair away from her face.

By now it was too late. Spencer knew she was going to cry. She could feel a rock forming in her throat as tears began to well in her deep brown eyes. Toby saw this and pressed her tight against his body. His smell made her senses go wild, a mixture of Axe body spray, spearmint gum, and the tiniest hint of cigarette smoke. It was a unique smell; Spencer wished she could bottle it and keep it when he was away.

"Th-they didn't even stay," she choked out, her cries turning into sobs. "I've waited s-so long for this Toby, thirteen years, and they didn't even stay to w-watch me."

"Shh, don't cry. It's okay, Spencer. I'm here," her breathing began to steady again; Toby knew his attempt at trying to soothe her sadness appeared to be working. He lifted her chin up with his index finger, wiping a tear from her eye before kissing her softly on the lips.

"Let's get out of here, Spence. I know where we can go," he murmured, pulling her up. He wrapped his arm around her tiny waist as he led her to his truck, one of her favorite places on earth.