Running Away

Chapter One

Summary: There are only so many accusations about her that Spencer can take when it comes to Ali's murder. After countless "attacks" by Melissa and Ian, Spencer calls Toby and tells him she's running away and asks him to come with her. Of course, there is only so far that two teenagers can go before they get caught.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pretty Little Liars.

"Toby, I need you." Spencer said into her phone once Toby had answered the call.

"Is everything okay?" Toby asked from the other end, completely concerned for the girl he had grown to care deeply for.

"No, it's not. I'm running away Toby, and I want you to come with me." Spencer answered, hoping that he would agree to get out of Rosewood with her.

"Of course; I will be at your house in a few minutes." Toby said and Spencer heard him start to grab some things.

"Toby, I need to tell you…" Spencer started to say, but the line went dead.

"What part of mom doesn't want you spending time with him don't you understand?" Melissa asked from Spencer's doorway.

"I don't care if mom doesn't want to me to spend time with Toby or not, I leaving, and he's coming to get me." Spencer said as she sent a glare at her sister and her brother-in-law who had just showed up.

"What's going on?" Ian asked.

"It's none of your business. And to be honest, it's none of your business either Melissa." Spencer said as she grabbed a suitcase out of her closet and started to pack things into it.

"Spencer, I'm your sister. Of course it's my business." Melissa argued.

"No, it's not Melissa. This is my life, not yours; I'm leaving in a few minutes with Toby!" Spencer exclaimed as her phone vibrated indicating she had a text.

Grabbing her phone, she opened the text and sighed in relief that it was from Toby saying that he was outside.

"You aren't going anywhere with that boy!" Melissa exclaimed as Spencer put a few more things into the suitcase, zipped it up, and walked toward her sister and brother-in-law.

"Who's going to stop me?" Spencer asked as she pushed through them and hurried down the hall, with her phone and her purse in one hand and her suitcase in the other.

"SPENCER!" Melissa yelled. "GET BACK HERE!" she exclaimed.

"Just let her go Melissa. She'll come back, she has to." Ian said trying to reassure his wife.

"What am I supposed to tell me parents?" Melissa asked.

"The truth." Ian replied.

Once Spencer got outside, she practically ran towards Toby's car.

"Spencer, why did you hang up on me?" Toby asked as he helped Spencer get her suitcase into the back of the car.

"I didn't hang up on you, the line went dead." Spencer explained as she wrapped her arms around Toby's neck and he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"I wondered what was wrong. Come on, let's get going." Toby said as he opened the passenger side door for Spencer and then hurried around to the driver's side.

"I agree." Spencer said as she got in. "Toby, did you hear what I was saying before the line went dead?" she asked, hoping that he had.

"Yeah, you started to say that you had to tell me something…" Toby said as he started the car. "What was it that you had to tell me?" he asked giving Spencer a side-glance.

"I… I…" Spencer tried, but couldn't finish her sentence.

"Spencer?" Toby asked in concern as he pulled up to a red light.

"I think I might be falling in love with you." Spencer said in a whisper afraid of Toby's reaction.

"Spencer, I couldn't really hear you." Toby said as he started to drive out of their small town.

"I said that I think I might be falling in love with you." Spencer repeated, but a little bit louder this time. "I know that it's kinda sudden, but everything has just been going full speed ahead, so I can't help myself." She explained.

As he pulled off of the main road, and into a little cove of trees that hid them from the road, Toby turned the car off and turned so that he was fully facing Spencer.

"Spencer, look at me." Toby said softly.

As if she was moving in slow motion and her movements weren't fast enough for Toby, he lifted her chin up with his finger and kissed her. Letting their emotions take over, Spencer and Toby soon got into a heated kiss and somehow, Spencer has managed to be straddling Toby's lap.

"I can't tell you how long I have hoped to hear you say that to me." Toby said when they pulled back a little to get some air.

"Why?" Spencer asked.

"Because, I think I'm falling in love with you too." Toby said before kissing Spencer softly and quickly.

"Toby, how far out of Rosewood are we?" Spencer asked.

"Not far, why?" Toby asked as he started to place small kisses on her neck and collarbone.

"We need to keep moving. If we stay close to Rosewood, there won't be a lot of time before someone finds us. Melissa heard us talking on the phone. She knows that we are running away together. And so does Ian." Spencer explained causing Toby to pull back and look at her.

"How do they know that you were talking to me?" Toby asked.

"Because, Melissa heard me say your name, it was right before the line went dead." Spencer said as tears started to fill her eyes.

"Hey, don't cry." Toby said as he wiped the few tears that fell away with his thumbs.

"I'm scared." Spencer admitted as she wrapped her arms around Toby's neck again and started to cry against his shoulder.

"Spencer, lie down on the backseat, you need some rest, and I need to drive." Toby said softly as he rubbed small circles on her back to try and calm her down.

"I-I-I can't." Spencer stuttered.

"Why not? You want us to get as far away from Rosewood as we can, but I can't drive if you're sitting on my lap." Toby said thoroughly confused.

"No, no, it's not that. I can't sleep. I haven't been able to get a full night's sleep over the last few weeks." Spencer explained.

"When did this start?" Toby asked; he had noticed that something was off with Spencer, but he hadn't been able to figure it out. But now, everything made sense, the vague expressions, the circles under her eyes, why hadn't Toby realized before that the girl he was falling in love with hadn't been getting a lot of sleep?

"Um, ever since I found out that I was a person of interest." Spencer said meekly.

"Spencer, why didn't you tell me?" Toby asked.

"I didn't want to worry you about something that seemed so tiny compared to everything else that has been going on." Spencer admitted, but refused to look Toby in the eyes.

"Spencer, nothing that happens to you would seem unimportant to me. I want to be there for you, but I can't do that if you don't let me know what's going on." Toby said as he leaned in and gave Spencer another very passionate kiss.

After a few minutes of being lost in each other's embrace and some very intense kissing, the two broke apart when they heard something crack outside the car.

End Chapter One

(A/N: I haven't really written a chapter with an actual cliff hanger before, so I hope it works for you guys. I will have chapter two up very soon. – Emma)