AN: I've been wanting to write this story for while now and today I decided to do it. I really hope you like it because I have some great stuff and planned for this story.
I only want to warn you that if you are one those people who really hates Wren and wants to puke in every single one his scenes, then it's better for you not to read this. I mean, this story is going to be mainly about Spoby but there is also going to be some sweet and sexy Wrencer. Unlike most of the stories here, Wren wont be a british bastard, he wont be a bad guy.
Also please let me know if there is any grammar mistake. Foreing girl trying to improve her english here...
With that being said here it is... The Journey Is The Destination (yeah...I got the name from OTH)
Prologue
Have you ever met one of those perfects girls that are everything you ever wanted to be but never will? You know, the girl who was born with a shining star, the girl that always gets what she wants and nothing bad ever happens to her. That girl that is insanely beautiful, the smartest of the class, she doesn't even have to work hard to get the best grades. She is the teachers' favorite, she have the coolest friends and a wardrove you want to steal. She's been one of the most popular girls since preschool but still one of the nicest and sweetest. She was prom queen and valedictorian of her class. Obviously all the boys want her and of course, there is no need to tell that her boyfriend is as perfect and stunning as she is. That girl is flawless and you know you love that girl but secretly you are jealous of her, because you have no idea why she is so lucky, why everything always comes easy for her and not for you.
We all know a girl like that, right? Maybe she is your best friend, maybe she is your sister, perhaps she is your next door neighbor or who knows, and maybe the girl I'm describing it's you. The truth is that there is always a girl like this in every school, in every university, in every small town, in every story. And in this story that girl is Spencer Hastings.
"Oh my God! This is so beautiful, honey. Thank you so much." Spencer said with excitement,admiring the new necklace her boyfriend had gotten her for her 22 birthday. It was a gold necklace with a genuine diamond open heart pendant, certainly one of the most beautiful pieces of jewelry Spencer had ever seen.
"I'm glad you like it. When I saw it on the jewelry store I immediately thought of you. It is classy, sofisticated and unique just like you." With a smile all over his face, Wren stood up and helped Spencer clasp the necklace around her neck. Looking at her and leaning down to her ear he whispered "Magnificent." Spencer turned her head to face and planted a soft kiss on his lips.
"I love you so so much, Wren. Now, lets go home so I can properly thank you." She said softly in a flirtatious tone.
They were celebrating Spencer's birthday at "Savona", one of Spencer's favorite restaurants in Philadelphia. Normally, Spencer would have preferred to spend her special day at home surrounded by her friends and family but this year Wren insisted to go out just the two of them, apparently he wanted this particular night to be special. And certainly it was, from the location, to the present, to the lovely conversation they were having. Everything about it was special because for Spencer just simply being with Wren was extraordinary. Wren was her everything, he was her first love and the only one.
Wren and Spencer had been together for almost 6 years now and they were both very deeply and madly in love with each other. Although at the beginning it wasn´t easy for them. Yes, the attraction between them started immediately, since the very first moment they locked eyes. They felt the sparks and the connection with the first words they said to one another. It was there since the first day, like if the universe had brought them together because that was what was meant to be. The only problem? They met because he was engaged to her sister. Of course that little bump in the road didn´t stop them from being together. After Melissa caught them kissing in Spencer´s bedroom and called off the engagement they started to see each other in secret, not wanting to hurt Melissa more and create more drama in Spencer´s family. Once they were sure Melissa had move on and Spencer´s parents were completely over it, Wren and Spencer went public. At first everyone was shocked and they didn´t really had the approval of Spencer´s family, her friends weren´t happy about it either and neither did Wren´s friends. It wasn´t only because he was her sister ex fiancé, it was also the fact that she was 16 and he was 23. That was a very scandalous age difference for a small and conservative old town like Rosewood, but for them what everyone else thought didn´t matter because age is just a number and you are never too young or too old to fall in love. They stayed together anyways and now, 6 years later, no one really cared that he is 7 years older than she or how they relationship started. People could tell they were crazy for each other and everyone was happy for them, even Melissa, who was now married to a successful lawyer and was expecting her second child.
"I'm glad we did this. Go out and celebrate alone." Spencer said while getting out of the elevator holding hands with Wren.
" and have some romance..." Wren added, kissing her hair as they walked through the hallway.
"...and get sexy" Spencer continued, pushing Wren against the door of the apartment they had been sharing for the past 3 and a half years. She kissed him softly at first but soon the intensity of the kissing upgraded to passionate. Both of her hands were on his chest, his were around her waist. Wren could tell which Spencer's intentions were, he knew she was desperately to get into their home and start a private party under their sheets. Their heated mini make out session was getting him excited too, he really wanted to get inside the apartment and throw her to their bed and make love to her. If only he hadn't prepared that last surprise for her.
Getting inside the apartment, Wren placed his hand on the lighting switch turning it on.
"SURPRISE" everyone screamed, jumping of their hiding spots and spraying serpentine from the cans they all had all over Spencer.
"Oh my God. Guys you are amazing!" Spencer said hugging her friends and trying to clean the serpentine she had on her hair. Turning to Wren and hugging him she asked "Did you know about this?"
"I declare myself guilty, Miss. I´m sorry I´ve ruined what you had planned." He kissed her on the forehead.
"It´s ok." Spencer gave him a peck on the lips. "We can continue that later, and let me tell you Doctor, you'll be rewarded for this." Wren lifted his eyebrow, intrigued.
Looking around the living room, Spencer admired the decorations and everything her friends and Wren had set up for her. Everyone she loved was there, (except of her parents and sister, who she was meeting the next day in their old house in Rosewood for dinner) Aria was there her boyfriend Jason, who happened to be Spencer´s half brother. The pairing started their relationship after Mr Fitz, their english teacher, got a job offer he couldn´t reject and left to Washington. Emily and Paige had come too, both girls had been together since high school, and even though, Spencer and Paige didn't get along at first because of a field hockey rivality, now they were her favorite couple to go out in double dates. In the crowd, talking with some of Spencer's friends from Penn, was Hanna. She was Spencer's oldest friend, the two met in their first day of kindergarten. Both of them we were wearing the same dress and instead of being angry about it like most girls would be, they found it funny and immediately became BFF. Flirting with Kelly, the most slutty girl from Penn, was Caleb Rivers. He was Hanna's ex boyfriend and one Spencer's and Wren's closest friends. Nobody really know why the two had broken up last year, neither of them liked to talk about it or even mention the others name, but everyone who knew them could tell that Hanna and Caleb still loved each other, if only they weren't too stubborn to admit it to each other.
"Hey grandma! Happy birthday." Said the blue eyed man, pulling Spencer into a hug and spraying her hair with pink serpentine."You are getting older, you have wrinkles already" he laughed touching Spencer's face like he was inspecting to find wrinkles.
"Toby! You are an horrible person, you know that?" Spencer laughed taking once again, the serpentine off her hair.
Toby Cavannaugh was Spencer's best friend in the whole world. They both had been friends since that time on the play ground, when Spencer was 9 and Toby 10 and he had beat the crap out of Ryan Walsh for pushing Spencer of the swings and made her cry. Toby was the one person who knew everything about Spencer, he knew all her secrets, all her moves, he could tell when something was bothering, when she was lying. Toby could write a book about Spencer if he wanted it and so could Spencer about him, because she knew him more than anyone in the world.
"Don't listen to him, Spence. He is jealous because last night I found a gray hair on his hair." Said the stunning blonde next to Toby with that annoying too high and sharp voice.
Spencer only nodded faking a smile to the girl she clearly disliked.
Delfina. Who the hell is named like that? Is that even a name? Ugh. The Delfina chick was Toby's supermodel type argentinian girlfriend. She was taller than Spencer and had long straight blonde hair and big round green eyes. The girl was bombshell but still the most annoying person Spencer have had the displeasure too meet. There was something about Delfina that Spencer never liked, she seemed dishonest, like she was hiding something all the time. She was always making snarky comments and her outfits were most of the times extremely slutty. Spencer never considered her good enough for her best friend, but after almost two years of constants fights with Toby about her, she'd decided that it was better to be an hypocrite and accept Delfina's and Toby's relationship. After all, Toby had accepted Wren even though at first he thought he was just some dude with an accent that wanted to take advantage of his very young and inexperienced best friend. Of course time proved Toby he was wrong about Wren, and he glad the british guy ended up being a decent guy, but Toby was still always very protective of Spencer and so was she. That was the greatest thing about their friendship, they cared too much about each other were always worried about the other one getting hurt.
"Can I talk to you in private for a minute, Spencer?" Toby said taking Spencer's hand in his and leading her to her bedroom.
Once they were there, Spencer sat on the corner of her bed. Toby sat next to her in silence.
"Are you planning to talk Tobias?" She asked watching him examinate with the eyes her entire room.
"I'm sorry. I'm trying to figure out what I want to inherit from you...you know, now that you are getting older it better to be prepared for the worst" Toby mocked her.
Spencer playfully punched him in the arm. "Haha very funny. Just let me remind you that you are a year older than I am and being 22 isn't that bad." She placed her hand on his knee and looked at him on the eye "now tell me why you brought me here, Mr."
"I wanted to give you your birthday present." He pulled a small box from the inside pocket of his jacket and gave it to her. "Here"
"Okay. Thank you. But you could have give it to me outside like everyone else. You know, the normal people" she said looking at the box in her hands confused.
"I know, but this is kind of a special gift and I know it's not like the diamond necklace Wren got you or anything, but it's something I made myself specially for you. Leaving it out there in the gift box Hanna made would have ruin it. It would have lost the magic and meaning." Toby said trying to sound serious.
"Are you trying to pull a Dawson on me Toby? Because I'm not like Joey." Spencer smiled still looking at her unopened gift and wondering what could it be.
"You are more like her than you think. And seriously, shut up and open it"
Spencer did what Toby asked her to do and opened the small box. She couldn't help but smile when she saw what it was in it. It was a key chain with a small wooden picture frame hanging of it. She knew Toby had worked hard on it because he wasn't good at making small things with wood. His forte were furniture pieces not tiny frames. The picture in the frame was her favorite of them, a black&white of them at her prom, neither of them were looking at the camera, they were just dancing and laughing. They looked happy. Spencer turned it around and realized it was engraved.
"If you're alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me." Spencer read almost whispering.
She hugged Toby tightly, a couple tears falling down her face."This is the best birthday present I've got in a very long time."
"Really? Better than the diamond heart hanging of your neck?"
Spencer giggled "Yes, but don't tell Wren. It would break his heart." She pulled away from the hug slowly and touched his face smiling. "Thank you, not only for the key chain and the picture, but for being a part of my life the last 13 years. It wouldn't be as great as it is if you wouldn't have been with me everyday." Spencer closed her eyes trying to stop the tears to avoid ruin her make up. "Promise me that no matter what happens, even if I move to China, we'll always, always be friends."
"I'll always be there Spencer, whenever you need me. No matter where we are or how old we are, I will always be by your side." Toby kissed her on the forehead before getting up and pull her up "Now, let's go out of here before you get too emotional and miss your party."
Wiping her tears Spencer went back to the living room, where everyone else was. And looking one more time around her, she felt lucky. She had everything she ever wished for: She had a beautiful home, she was about to get her degree in Psychology in her dream college, but most importantly she had the best friends in the whole world and the most loving and amazing boyfriend someone could ask for.
Little did this lucky girl know, that everything was soon about to change and she was going to learn the hard way that the road is long and in the end it doesn't matter where life takes you. What really matters is the journey because that journey is your destination.
Did it suck? Did you liked it? I hope everyone knows who Dawson and Joey are, if you don't them I guess I'm too damn old!
xoxo
Amelia.
