Chapter 1
He was in his first period English classroom. Mr. Fitz, who was also his friend Aria's secret boyfriend, stepped into the classroom. He cleared his throat before allowing a skinny brunette to enter the classroom. Mr. Fitz introduced her, "This is Spencer Hastings. She's transferred to our school. I expect you all to make her feel warm and welcome. Please have a seat, Miss Hastings, and we will begin our class as it usually goes on." Toby thought she was pretty, but as one of Rosewood High's most popular guys, he would never take a chance with her. He was a bad boy. He was with the in-crowd. He was best friends with Aria Montgomery, Emily Fields, Hanna Marin, Caleb Rivers, and Noel Kahn. Toby was single. He never exactly had a steady relationship. He usually went on one or two dates before ending it. He didn't like long term relationships. He never fell hard for girls. He usually lost feelings for them, even before it could get a bit serious. Plenty of girls wanted to go out with him, though. Aria was dating Mr. Fitz, who she called Ezra. Their group of friends all swore to keep Aria's secret. Emily was a closeted lesbian, and none of her friends knew that she was into girls. Emily was too scared to tell them. Hanna and Caleb were the typical high school sweethearts. They had been dating for six months. They had been best friends ever since their little group started, and it was only a matter of time before Caleb had asked Hanna out, and they became a formulated couple. Noel was dating Jenna Marshall, who was Toby's ex-girlfriend. Jenna was a bitch, so Toby dumped her after three dates. Noel wanted to date his friend Mona Vanderwaal, but he wouldn't admit it, so he just kept dating Jenna.
"She's hot." Noel commented as she stepped into the classroom and took a seat. Toby scoffed, "Yeah she is, but you have a girlfriend." Noel grinned at him, "Jealous 'cause you want her?" Toby shook his head, "Dude, I don't even know her! I was just reminding you about your skank girlfriend Jenna." Noel rolled his eyes, "Get over your hate towards Jenna, man!" Toby crossed his arms, "Just go out with Mona already! Jenna's not your type, anyways." Noel grinned, "Maybe you still like Jenna!" Toby said, "Gross, no! Jenna's such a bitch." Noel sighed, "Whatever, dude. We better shut up or Fitz is gonna yell. I wonder what he'd do if we told him we know about him and Aria." Toby shushed Noel quickly, "Noel, shut up! Someone might hear you. We made a promise to Aria." Noel sighed, "I know. Sorry, Cavanaugh."
When class ended, Aria stayed behind so she could 'talk' with Ezra. Only her friends knew what that probably meant... Toby watched as the cute but quiet girl walked out of the classroom. Never in a million years would he date HER! She seemed like a nerd, anyways. She answered all of Ezra / Mr. Fitz's questions correctly. "Tobes, what do you think of the new girl?" Caleb asked, with his arm around Hanna. "She's hot, but not my type. She's obviously a nerd." Toby said. Emily rolled her eyes, "Men can be such pigs!" Emily remembered why she loved girls more in the first place. She wished she could tell her friends that she liked a girl... A specific girl... Named Paige McCullers. She was a gorgeous, funny, and smart swimmer on Emily's swim team. Emily found it hard NOT to keep falling for Paige!
Caleb grinned, "Cavanaugh, you never know. There might be more to her than you think. I never would have guessed that I would be dating Hanna, but here I am today!" Hanna smiled. "But you and Hanna were ALWAYS friends." Toby pointed out. "Dude, don't you want a girlfriend?" Caleb asked. Toby sighed, "Being single is fine. And besides, she's a weirdo nerd. I could tell by the way she answered Mr. Fitz's questions! She's so quiet, too. I like outgoing girls." Caleb furrowed his eyebrows, "You sound like you want my Hanna... She's outgoing, you know." Toby rolled his eyes, "Don't worry, I only see Hanna as a friend." Emily said, "Don't judge the girl now! Maybe you should ask her out and see how it goes. You always do that one date thing." Toby said, "I was actually INTERESTED in those girls! I'm not interested in her at all right now. I at least liked the girls a little before we went on a first date. I just lost feelings after." Hanna said, "You should give her a chance!" Emily nodded, "Yeah! Maybe she's better than you think."
Just then, Aria joined them. "Hey guys, I talked to Ezra!" Hanna smirked, "Sexy talk?" Aria rolled her eyes, "Wow Hanna... Anyways, he told me that the new girl is really shy. He told me to talk to her. I didn't really want to at first, but he said that she just needs friends. He said she's actually a great girl when you get to know her." Toby scoffed, "That's what all teachers say, Aria!" Aria rolled her eyes again, "Yeah, but he's not just my teacher, he's my boyfriend. He wouldn't lie." Toby sighed, "I'm not asking the new girl out." Aria furrowed her eyebrows, "I never said you had to ask her out." Toby said, "Yeah, but they all did!" Hanna smiled, "Guilty as charged!" Noel said, "Shes hot! Take a chance." Toby rolled his eyes, "Maybe later. Right now, I know absolutely nothing about her. I don't want to date her right now, ok?" "Fine." Caleb said.
Jenna walked up to Noel and kissed his cheek. "Hey baby!" Jenna exclaimed. Noel faked a smile, "Hey Jenna." Jenna smiled back and said, "Noel, Mona and I are joining you at lunch today." Noel was scared now. He really liked Mona. He bit his lip and said, "Great! I have to talk to Caleb, so if you'll give us a moment of privacy..." Jenna nodded, "Sure babe! I have to go find Mona anyways." Emily grinned, "Noel totally wants Mona!" Noel sighed, "How am I going to deal with this? I like my girlfriend's best friend!" Caleb pat his back, "Deal with it, Kahn. C'mon, I'm starved. I want lunch, and I want to convince Toby to ask that Spencer chick out!"