Spencer/Toby & Alison hating Toby.

Alison is not dead.

"The Jenna Thing" happened, but only Alison was involved with it, none of the other girls knew Toby or what happened. All they know is that Jenna was blind, due to an explosion.

Nobody knew Toby really existed, besides Emily.

Jenna used to force herself on Toby, but not anymore

The Liars are all 16. Toby is 17, as he's a year older than them. But due to being missing for such a long time, he's in the same grade as the Liars.

There will not be -A

Hanna has lost weight because of Alison, but she is still insecure of herself when she's around Ali


Spencer Hastings, the popular & wealthy overachiever entered her chemistry class. She took a seat at her assigned table. Her lab partner didn't sit next to her, though. Emily Fields, who was Spencer's lab partner and also one of her best friends, was sitting next to some other girl.

"Em," Spencer tried to get her friend's attention. "Why are you sitting there?"

Emily looked at her with an apologetic look, "Mr. S moved me here... I heard there's a new student in this class, you're probably sitting next to that person."

Spencer sighed, "Why me?"

Emily shrugged, "Mr. S probably knows you're like the smartest person in our class."

"Damn it," Spencer took another breath.

Mr. S entered the classroom, followed by a mysterious-looking, blue-eyed teenage boy. He had slightly long-ish hair, about at his ears. His face looked broken, and almost... upset. Mr. S approached Spencer.

"Spencer Hastings, this is your new lab partner. Introduce yourself, kid," Mr. S announced to her.

"I'm Toby," the mysterious boy spoke, and it wasn't very audible.

"Right. This is Toby Cavanaugh, and he's been transferred to this period of chemistry," Mr. S explained. "He's been absent from school for a long while, and he's probably going to need the extra help, so I've paired him up with you."

"With me?" Spencer was confused. "Why?"

"Miss Hastings, you have the highest grade percentage in this class," Mr. S told her. "I thought that since you've been doing the best in the class, you could maybe show Mister Cavanaugh the ropes. Makes sense, right?"

Spencer nodded, not wanting to argue with Mr. S.

"Take a seat, Cavanaugh," Mr. S told him. "Toby, this is your new lab partner. Her name is Spencer Hastings. I expect you both to respect each other. This will probably be your seating arrangement for a while."

Emily looked at Spencer, feeling bad for her. Emily knew this guy. He didn't seem that bad when Emily met him one summer, but then Alison DiLaurentis revealed all sorts of bad things about him. She told her that Toby was watching her through his bedroom window one day. Ali told her all sorts of things.

Spencer didn't know the truth about Toby, though. Alison had only told Emily those things about Toby.

"So... You're my new lab partner," Spencer tried to make a small-talk.

"Yeah," Toby mumbled.

"Are you new in Rosewood?" Spencer asked.

He stared at the floor, and then chose to answer her. "Sort of," he began. "I moved here last summer."

"You don't seem happy," Spencer said. "Is something wrong?"

"No," he said. "I'm just not comfortable with this town."

"Oh. Okay then," Spencer bit her lip.

Toby knew who she was. Jenna had told him things about how Spencer Hastings was this bitchy popular girl that hung out with Alison DiLaurentis, whom Toby hated terribly because of all the accusations she made. He didn't personally know Spencer, as he hadn't spoken with her until today. He didn't expect a popular girl like Spencer to speak to him, as he'd been an outcast ever since what happened with Alison.

They did their experiment together, without much talking. They just consulted each other before adding any chemicals, and they didn't speak much. The bell finally rang, and Toby was quick to gather his stuff so he could leave.

He seemed confused, though. He finally got the guts, and turned to Spencer.

"All my classes were switched, so do you know where I go for world history with Mr. Blake?" Toby asked shyly.

"I have world history with him, too," Spencer was surprised that they had similar classes. "I'll take you there."

For some reason, Toby felt nervous. He hadn't spent much time with girls, besides his step-sister Jenna. She was the only girl he'd spent time with, and he really disliked Jenna. He had a bad history with her.

"Thanks," he mumbled the word as they arrived at Mr. Blake's classroom.


The next day, Toby Cavanaugh returned to school with a new haircut. It was cut to a more boyish style, with the front of his hair jelled up. He looked hotter today. He didn't have his usual little long-hair half-bowl-cut anymore.

"New haircut?" Spencer asked with a smile in chemistry. "It looks good."

Toby smiled. He had smiled a real smile for the first time in weeks. He was rarely complimented by girls. The only person who complimented him on his looks was Jenna, and they were usually perverted comments about his abs and how hot he looks.

"Yeah," Toby nodded. "I realized that my long hair wasn't really a good look."

"I thought the long hair made you look cute," Spencer chuckled as she set her glass beaker up. "I like this cut better, though."

Cute? Toby was amazed. That popular girl that hung out with Alison DiLaurentis just called him cute!

Toby smiled at this, "Thanks."

Today, he was much happier, and much more social. He and Spencer actually sparked up some conversation during their lab.

"You know, I thought you were a little scary yesterday," Spencer told him with a smile. "Today, I stopped thinking that. I'm kind of happy you're my lab partner now, even if it meant that my friend had to move away from this seat."

"What friend?" Toby asked.

"That swimmer-girl over there," Spencer pointed. "She's Emily Fields."

"Emily?" Toby's eyes widened. He hadn't even noticed that his ex-crush and ex-friend was in this class.

"Yeah, Emily. Is something wrong with that?" Spencer asked. "Do you like not like the name Emily or something?"

"No... I just know her," Toby said.

"From where?" Spencer asked.

"I met her on the day I moved in to Rosewood," Toby told her. "We used to be friends, and then one day, she just started ignoring me, and she never talked to me again after that day. I still don't know why."

"No, that's not the Emily I know," Spencer shook her head. "You must have her mistaken for another Emily or something. She's too sweet to do that without a reason."

"Spencer, I'm positive that that Emily is the one I met this summer," Toby was confident with what he said. "I remember her look. I remember that name. We were pretty close, actually. I wouldn't forget what she looked like."

"We're like best friends. Maybe I could find out," Spencer offered.

"You would?" Toby smiled. "That would be great. I kinda missed her..."

"Of course. I'll ask her later," Spencer nodded.

Toby's smile faded. How could this girl be a bitchy snob? Jenna had described her as an awful person, but he saw nothing but good. Maybe Jenna had done something to Spencer to make her upset.

"You're different," Toby quietly said.

"Huh?" Spencer turned to him with confusion.

"You're different than what I'd thought you'd be like," Toby said.

"Different how?" Spencer asked, a smile creeping on her face.

"My step-sister told me some things," Toby shrugged. "Different's not a bad thing, though. Different's good. I like different. This town has too much of the same."

"So where were you for most of the year?" Spencer asked. "Mr. S said you've been gone."

Pain shifted through Toby's body. "I was out of town," Toby spoke.

"Taking a trip in the middle of the schoolyear?" Spencer chuckled. "Where to?"

"Yeah..." Toby said as he faked a little laugh. "Um, I was just on a family trip to uh... Cape May."

"I heard that place's fun," Spencer said.

"Who told you it's fun?" Toby asked.

"My friend. Alison DiLaurentis. You probably don't know her, though," Spencer told him. "And what, is Cape May not fun or something? I always thought soaking up the sun would be considered a good thing."

Toby didn't know what to do. He lied about going to Cape May, so he didn't know much about it. But that name Alison. He hated that girl. That bitch. What had he ever done to her? She just wanted to mess everything up for no reason.

"Y-yeah, it was fun and all," Toby said. "I just wanted to know who told you that."

He thought Spencer was great, but Alison. Spencer was nothing like Ali, was she? No. She wasn't. Jenna probably just made that up because she was upset about what Ali did to her.

Toby ignored the thought of Spencer being anything like Alison for the rest of the period. He and Spencer walked to their world history class together. Today for the first time, he didn't feel like an outcast. Spencer asked him to sit near her in world history, so he sat by two popular girls. He sat by Spencer and her popular (but secretly insecure) friend, Hanna Marin.

"Who's the hottie you're with?" Hanna whispered to Spencer with a smile. "New boyfriend?"

Spencer rolled her eyes and whispered back, "No, Han, his name's Toby. He's just a friend. He's my new lab partner."

"You don't have to keep your love life a secret," Hanna whispered and chuckled.

Spencer rolled her eyes again.

Lunch came. Spencer wanted to invite Toby to sit at their table, but she knew that Alison didn't like when one of the girls brought random guys to the table.

"So Spencer, wanna tell everyone about your new hottie alert?" Hanna asked with a wide grin.

"There's no hottie alert!" Spencer smiled sheepishly.

"Tell us all about him, Spence!" Aria pleaded. "Is he cute?"

"He is," Hanna nodded. "He's in my world history class. What was his name again?"

"First of all, the guy is just a friend," Spencer rolled her eyes and chuckled. "And his name is Toby. Toby Cavanaugh."

Alison's eyes widened, and so did Emily's. They obviously didn't seem to excited about this new 'hottie'.

"What's wrong, Ali... Em?" Aria asked, turning to the two friends who were in awe.

"Spencer, stay away from that freak," Alison commanded. "And Hanna, darling... you really don't know what a hottie looks like, do you? Toby Cavanaugh is a freak, and he's hideous. You don't understand when guys are cute, Hanna. First you call Lucas Gottesman cute, and then you call Toby Cavanaugh hot? Stick to Sean! I set you up with the gorgeous Sean Ackard for a reason!"

Hanna's face melted with embarrassment. She felt so bad about calling Lucas cute.

"Ali, what's wrong with Toby?" Spencer felt irritated now. "He's been gone for months! What did he do wrong?"

"Spencer, he was in jail," Alison told her. "He was a peeping Tom. He used to watch me in my bedroom."

"You have him mixed with someone else," Spencer shook her head. "He's not like that."

"He only got back two days ago!" Alison cried. "You don't know what that freak is like! Stay the hell away from him, or you'll end up in his freak-mess."

"Toby wasn't in jail!" Spencer refused to believe her. "He was in Cape May, he said it himself."

"People lie so they won't get a bad reputation," Alison said. "He probably lied so he can get you to love him, so he can go bang you in his room."

Aria's eyes widened, "Ali!"

"I'm sorry," Alison sighed. "He's a freak. A perv. Right, Emily?"

Emily nodded, "He's not a good guy, Spence. I felt so bad for you when you were sitting next to him."

"Is that why you started avoiding him, Em?" Spencer asked angrily.

"I know it sounds harsh, but I didn't want to get involved with him," Emily told her. "He's done some bad things."

"Besides being a possible peeping Tom, he hasn't done anything," Spencer shook her head. "He's a good guy. He wasn't in jail."

"But he was," Alison said. "Toby Cavanaugh was in prison for freakin' blinding that bitch girl, Jenna Marshall! Jenna's his step-sister. And the worst part... he used to molest Jenna. He's such a freak."

"You're telling me that he was forcing himself on Jenna Marshall?" Spencer said, not believing her.

"Why do you think he was gone so long?" Alison asked, nodding.

"He was on a family trip to Cape May!" Spencer cried.

"Lies," Alison shook her head. "I visited him in prison. I told him he deserves all that he's gotten. He really needs to head back to the cell, because that's where that freako belongs. Just stay away, or you're gonna be raped."

"Alison... Maybe he's a bad guy, but he's not going to do anything like that now," Aria shook her head. "I still can't believe he'd be cruel enough to blind Jenna Marshall."