Hello! This is my first story to ever publish and im really excited! I've worked pretty hard on it and I hope you like it. I hope everything makes sense and if you have any questions, please ask. There is no A or Alison. The girls are graduating and Ezra was never their teacher, him and Aria just met in the bar.
I don't own Pretty Little Liars.
Chapter 1
All I want: Some times I sit in my bed room and day-dream. Day dream of you. But all of that is over. When you left me that cold December night, I started realizing how much love is a lie. I'm done with you and the lies. I'm done dreaming of you. At least ill try. All I want is to be over you.
Spencer Hastings sat on her bed, trying to focus on homework, but failing. Her mind and thoughts were preoccupied. She tried telling her self that if she finished one more math problem that she could go to The Brew for coffee. That didn't work. Her mind still replayed everything that has happened. Over and over again.
Her phone goes of, saying that she has a new text.
From: Wren
Please call me. We need to talk.
Spencer rolls her eyes. When will he get that she doesn't want to talk to him, now or ever. Guys won't leave her alone.
Maybe that's because of how beautiful she is, or her charm and wit. But either way they need to leave her alone.
It's not that she doesn't want a boyfriend, because she does, it's just she's afraid of hurt. She knows it from first hand experience. Her friends say not everyone is like her ex. She could care less because either way she'll compare them to him.
He always creeps into her mind, especially at times like these. When she should be doing her homework but has no drive to do it. She imagines that he's still here, telling her to finish it in the morning and to just cuddle with him. But she opens her eyes to an empty bedroom and mountains of homework. She's graduating in a month, going of to college. Scared to leave her home but ready to be on her own.
She decides to push her homework to the side, going down stairs to get something to feed her growling stomach.
When she reaches the kitchen, she hears a knock on the door. She goes to answer the knocking that won't quit.
"Hello Wren." She says annoyed, wondering when he'll get the hint she's not interested.
"Spencer, why won't you answer my texts and phone calls? I need to talk" Wren says just letting him self in.
Wren is in annoying ex who won't get the hint that it's over. He calls and calls. Every time leaving the same message.
Spencer please call me. I love you so much.
She told him that she needed time to her self, he said he can help. She said it's her parents, he said he would talk some sense into them. He doesn't leave.
"Wren, I told you I wasn't ready for a serious relationship."
"I know, but I love you so much, Spencer."
"Wren, im going of to college, next month. I need to be alone for a little while."
"Are you sure this is about college and not about that boy?"
This caught Spencer's attention.
"What boy?"
"You know what boy! The one I heard you Aria and Hanna talking about. Something about December and crying. I don't know I was too focused on winning you over."
"First of its none of your business who me and my friends talk about. Second, Wren please leave! I don't love you like you want me to."
"You can't get rid of me. I'll be here for you. So please call."
With that, he left. Leaving a confused and slightly worried Spencer.
When did he over hear that conversation? Was it when she threw that party and Wren was all over her? Possibly. Aria and Hanna grabbed her that night.
"Spencer who is this grabby guy?" Hanna said when they were alone in Spencer's bed room.
"It's Wren. This annoying guy who won't leave me alone." Spencer said annoyed at the situation she found her self in.
"We know you aren't over him. And that's okay Spence. He was a big part of your life, we understand that. He meant the world to you. Ever since last December you haven't been the same." Aria said with a frown.
"Yeah, Spence. You aren't completely over him yet. You don't cry yourself to sleep anymore. But, it's okay to want to date someone else. Just watch who you fall for." Hanna said sitting next to Spencer.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I'm completely over him! And im defiantly not into Wren, he just won't leave me alone."
"It's just, we care so much about you. Emily to, she feels bad she can't be here. And we don't want to see you in that same place. When he left you fell into this deep hole. We don't want you back there." Aria said coming to sit beside Spencer and Hanna.
"I know you guys care, but I know what im doing!"
"Spencer every guy that you bring home turns out to be a low life scum bag who thinks your property. We don't want you to get hurt!" Hanna said.
"And I won't okay!"
She remembers that conversation clearly. She regrets yelling at them. She was still going through a rough period then. She was dwindling down wards. She remembers meeting these guys, like Wren, who wouldn't leave her alone. They would call and say they belong together.
At that point, she went out every night, she never had a one night stand, she had self-respect, but she still regretted what she was doing. She would some times go out and drink a little but never got drunk. Again she had self-respect.
The guys she would meet were low life scum bags who treated her like property. This one named Andrew would tell her what she could and couldn't do, that didn't go over with Spencer.
She stopped going out every night about 2 months ago when she got a letter, from him.
It said he was okay and he regretted everything. It said he misses her and still wants to be with her. The last words on the paper are what really got to her. I love you.
She panicked when she first saw those words.
Spencer sat at the kitchen table, phone in hand, deciding whether to order a pizza. She decided to; instead, call Emily to see if they wanted to go get something from the Apple Rose Grille. They said yes, so Spencer puts on her favorite pair of boots and grabs her keys.
When Spencer got there, Aria and Ezra were already there. When she sat down at the table, Aria jumped up to hug her. They are team Sparia.
"Spencer how are you?" Aria said after they sat down.
"I'm good, but I just saw you yesterday." Spencer said, making Ezra laugh.
"She misses you easily, Spence. I sometimes think she'd rather be with you then me." Ezra said, still laughing.
"Well, you know we are team Sparia!" Aria and Spencer said at the same time, causing the trio to burst out laughing.
By the time they stopped laughing, Hanna, Caleb and Emily showed up.
"Hey guys!" Emily said sitting beside Spencer since they were the only ones without dates, Paige being at her parents for the night.
"Thanks for coming out with me. I was lonely and couldn't focus on homework." Spencer said when they all got seated and ordered their drinks.
"No problem, Spence. We know how things are, especially with him coming back in town." Caleb said looking at the menu.
Emily, Hanna and Aria all exchanged worried looks.
"What do you mean? Who's back in town?" Spencer said confused.
"They didn't tell you? Oh this is awkward." Caleb said frowning.
"Who is back in town?" Spencer said already knowing who.
"Spencer, we wanted to tell you sooner, but" Hanna started saying before Spencer cut her of.
"Just tell me!"
"Toby Cavanaugh is coming back."
Toby Cavanaugh sat on the uncomfortable air plane seats, staring out the window at the puffy clouds. He wondered what it would be like to be a cloud. I mean all they have to do is float on air and sometimes spit out rain. Easy.
He was going back to Rosewood, the cause of a lot of feelings. A lot of sleepless nights and a lot of tears. Some he caused, some were all his fault.
He was going to miss California; he had been there for a year and a half. He had worked for a small construction company while his parents blew their money. Leaving him to fend for himself in a brand new state. That's how his dad and step mom is. They were coming back because his dad had an opportunity to expand his office even bigger.
He was scared to come back. He knew how she would react. The last time he seen her she screamed in his face. I hate you so much! She had said when he was saying goodbye to her for the last time. It was snowing, dark and cold, but she still stood outside screaming at him for leaving. He wasn't due to leave till the next morning; they didn't see each other that morning.
The only people he kept in touch with were Ezra Fitz and Caleb Rivers. Her best friend's boy friends. They said she had taken him leaving badly. Saying she went out every night and was going down. Toby told them he didn't want to know anymore, just make sure she was okay.
He had called Ezra when he found out he was coming back to Rosewood.
"Toby! How are you?" Ezra said on the phone, when Toby had called him.
"I'm ok. I called to let you know something huge." Toby said.
"What is it?"
"I'm coming back to Rosewood, to live."
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah, why?"
"It's just you've been gone for a year and a half. Have you thought about how Spencer is going to feel?"
"A little bit, but im sure she wouldn't kill me. Would she? I mean im sure she has a boyfriend by now. Right?"
"She doesn't have a boy friend; at least I don't think so. Do you want me to tell her?"
"You can if you really want to."
When Toby had landed that nice May night, he went to the only place he could think of. Spencer's house.
He pulled up to the familiar house, or estate. He looked up at the window where he was sure the beautiful brunette would be studying for some test that if she failed she would still be valedictorian. He chuckled at the thought.
When he parked, he saw that someone was knocking on the front door, a man.
He thinks back to when Caleb would say how she would go out every night. He thought she didn't have a boyfriend.
Someone finally lets the guy in. he stays parked that a few minutes, until the guy walks out angry. There's no reason to go see her, he thought, she's long moved on.
"Toby Cavanaugh is coming back?" Spencer asked her best friends with a scared expression.
"Yeah he is. We wanted to tell you sooner but we were afraid." Emily said beside Spencer with a worried look.
"Afraid of what? How I would react? Because I think I would've reacted a little bit better if you had actually sat me down and meant to tell me! Not let Caleb slip up! I mean don't you think I deserve to know that the man I loved, who broke my heart into a million pieces, by the way, was coming back to town! How did you even find out?" Spencer said, well screamed, causing everyone in the restaurant to look at their table.
"Calm down Spence. Ezra and Caleb have kept in touch with him and he called Ezra, saying he was coming back. We didn't know how to tell you." Aria said worrying about how Spencer was going to react.
"You guys have kept in touch with him! Why? Am I not good enough? You guys know how much that boy hurt me! He made me do crazy and stupid things! I hate him so much! I have to go." Spencer said getting up and running out the door with tears spilling out her coffee-colored eyes.
Hanna reached over to Caleb, hitting him across the head.
"Ouch! What was that for?" Caleb said in pain.
"You know what for!" Hanna said with attitude.
"Should one of us go after her?" Emily said worried for their best friend.
"No, she needs to be alone for a little bit. Tomorrow we'll make sure she's okay." Aria said looking out the door where the brunette had just ran out.
Spencer was a mess. She got to her car and burst in to tears. She had no idea where to go, not wanting to go home.
She decided on the only place that would calm her down. Their place, on the top of the town.
At that same time, a boy with gorgeous blue eyes had the same idea.
They both got there at the same time.
Spencer saw that truck pull up. The same one she bought him. The same one they kissed in and rode all over town in and froze.
Toby saw that familiar car parked. He noticed a beautiful brunette sat in the driver's seat, traces of tears showing she's been crying. He freezes.
They both notice each other and say at the same time: "Toby." "Spencer."