AN: Hi guys, this story will mainly be about Spoby, although I may often venture into Haleb and Ezria territory, I hope you enjoy it, and please, give me your feed back -Chloe :-)
It had always been known to Toby that he was the type of person to love someone with all of his being. He however did not know that this person would be Spencer Hastings, the girl that since a young age had expressed how unnerved he made her feel. Unknown to him that this was what had been forced on her when she formed an unlikely friendship with Ali DeLaurentis. Ali had made Toby's life a living hell since the first day he met her and for that he had held the blame for the young girl's untimely death. But that was now in the past.
6 months after Spencer Hastings had arrived on the step of the Cavanaugh house to inform Toby that she had volunteered to be his French tutor; the blue eyed Cavanaugh boy found himself driving through the stormy night for his usual storm ritual of arriving at his girlfriend's house ready to spend the night holding her while she wept into his strong, comforting arms. He knew how much she hated being alone, and he could guarantee that her parents wouldn't be there to comfort their daughter in her time of need therefore Toby took it upon himself to be her rock.
He had just reached the familiar half way point between his earlier destination and where he so badly longed to be, the tape that was playing in the truck was getting ready to move onto the next song, Van Morrison's Brown Eyed Girl played out, he soon turned the song up as loud as it would go, laughing at how appropriate it was. He knew that his own personal brown eyed girl would be at home doing anything possible to distract herself from the weather, trying so badly not to cry.
Spencer had just got out of the shower; she was looking for anything that could take her mind away from the disastrous weather that was tearing up the garden of her grand home. As per usual her parents had been and gone using the usual excuse of having a conference to go to in the city and that they would stay with Spencer's older sister Melissa. Turning her music up loudly allowing her favourite song to fill the large house, she danced around her room as The Temptations blasted through her speakers. She jumped onto her bed singing along enthusiastically
I got sunshine on a cloudy day, when it's cold outside I got the month of may, I guess you'd say, what can make me feel this way? My girl.
Just as she was starting to get into the beat of the song, dancing on her bed; there was a huge crash of thunder causing Spencer to fall into a timid heap. All she could think about was how she would so much rather be wrapped up in her boyfriends arms, but she knew that he had left for Yardley the night before after a tearful goodbye. There was always lightning to come after thunder; Spencer braced herself for the flash that always emphasized the daunting shadows outside projecting them onto her walls. This always took her back to the days of being scared senseless of –A, that every move she made was constant under scrutiny.
Her phone sounded loudly and a shiver ran down her spine, she was scared to look at the text she had received. It had been nearly 3 weeks since Mona was put into the Radley and Spencer still cringed every time her phone made a noise. But thankfully it was Toby, the text automatically made her feel more at ease it read: "I can only guess how scared you are right now baby, I wish I could be there to hold you, I love you beautiful." She smiled at Toby's soothing words allowing the fear to just melt away. Lying back on her bed she listened to the meaningful lyrics of the song that was still playing. It was significant to Toby and Spencer's relationship because it had been playing in the truck when Toby had taken her to the cliff for the first time, it was the first time that he had referred to her as "his girl" and her heart melted at his words as she fell even more in love with him. As the song finished she started drifting off into a well needed slumber.
Once Toby had arrived at the Hastings' household, he hoped that his text had done what he intended it to do and that Spencer would now be sleeping peacefully in her room. He crept to the back door that was so familiar to him he stopped under the shelter reminiscing at all of the passionate goodnight kisses and the numerous times Spencer's father had caught Toby sneaking downstairs to exit the house after spending the night. He smiled at all of the memories before finding the key that Spencer placed under a plant pot so he could enter at his own will. Everything was silent when he entered, which meant that his plan had worked; usually when there was a storm Spencer would put her music on as loud as she could stand to block out the noise that terrified her so much.
He was soon at Spencer's door, the lamp at the side of her bed was still lit but it kept cutting out; he made a mental note to replace the bulb in the morning. He was forever doing small things to make her life easier because he knew what she was going through after Mona and he knew for sure that her father wouldn't do it. He snapped out of his daydream when Spencer began to stir, she was making the cute mumbling noises that usually showed she was about to wake up, however it was a false alarm; the noise always made Toby's heart skip a beat. Creeping over to the side of her bed he began to take his shoes off, removing his jeans and t shirt as well then allowed himself to get into bed with her rolling over so that his arms were holding onto her tiny waist. He had never felt more at home than when he had her in his arms.
When Spencer woke the next morning in the familiar embrace of "the carpenter" (Spencer had sometimes referred to Toby as the carpenter after Wren tried to use it as an insult because it always brought out the dominance in him, and it was that dominance that made her go weak at the knees as she fell more in love with him.) she could hear the sound of his muffled breathing on her neck, a smile spread across her face as he pulled her even closer into him. Turning around in his embrace she looked at his perfectly moulded face, the way his eye twitched when he was dreaming, she had seen that face so many times and it never failed to mesmerise her. His eyes slowly started to open, taking in the sun that came after the storm, his baby blue eyes glistening.
"mhmmm" he groaned with a smile sneaking onto his face
"Morning creeper" Spencer joked as her hand gently traced his perfectly sculpted chest, she felt Toby shiver beneath her touch. He pulled her waist so that their hips were perfectly in alignment leaning in to kiss her hungrily.
"Morning beautiful" he mumbled still speaking into her smiling lips, "by the way, you may want to consider brushing your teeth, have I ever told you how horrendous your morning breath is?" he pulled away and began to plant kisses all over her face.
"Charming, who needs a nice boyfriend when there's you?" now feigning annoyance.
"Hey, what would you do without me? If you didn't have me your breath taking good looks and jaw dropping figure might go straight to your head; I'm here to keep you grounded"
"If only that were true, maybe then I would finally deserve the extremely attractive, blue eyed bloke that is currently lying in my bed." Once she finished her sentence she leaned into place a soft kiss on his smiling lips. "Oh and on the subject of you currently being in my bed, what exactly are you doing here?"
"That my dear, is all down to my boss appreciating all the brilliant work I do for him. He let me off early advising me to spend time with my loved ones, so I settled for you"
"Oh you settled, how nice of you!" She glanced over at the clock that was placed on her night stand "Shit! I'm going to be late" she leapt out of bed and began to pull on the closest things she could find that resembled an outfit.
"Nooo, Spencer Hastings late for an important... what exactly are you late for? What is more important than spending time with the: and I quote 'extremely attractive, blue eyed bloke' that is currently in your bed?"
"Aria is currently in the middle of a crazy argument with her parents about her unsuitable choice in boyfriend, she needs to vent. You can come with if you want? We all know how much you enjoy Ezra talk with us girls" smirking in his direction. Toby could see her eyes catching the sunlight, when she smiled he could see the lines in her face that to him, were the most beautiful thing he has ever seen. Spencer could tell he was now enchanted by her and began to blush, turning quickly to face the mirror and cover up her bright red cheeks with makeup. Every time Toby looked at her, her heart turned to mush.
"Hey, I love nothing more than a good catch up sesh with my main girl and her girls." He climbed out of her bed and sneaked up behind her, snaking his large, firm hands around her waist, placing his head into the nook between her shoulder and neck, placing small, open mouthed kisses on her long neck. "But, I could think of something better to do" he twisted Spencer round in his arms and began to kiss both sides of her neck, and her shoulders more ferociously, hearing a gasp involuntarily escape her mouth.
"Toby, no" She giggled between kisses "I'm...Going...To...Be...Late" she finally pulled herself away from him "Aria will kill me if I'm late, and unless you want a dead girlfriend, I would advise letting me get ready" Toby laughed to himself, he loved it when she called herself his girlfriend, it still seemed so unreal to him but he wouldn't change it for the world.
"Okay, I give up" he held his hands up admitting defeat "but, for bailing on me like this, you do have to be at mine tonight, for 7, I want to show you how much I love you" he kissed her passionately one last time before tapping her behind and running to beat her to bathroom "just taking a shower, if you care to join?"
"I shall be at yours for 7 then, I promise and as tempting as that sounds, I have to leave, like now. You can let yourself out right? I love you, bye, bye, bye" she rushed out the door faster than he could say her name, Toby smiled at her constant need to be everywhere on time, that's what he loved most about her.