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"Hey Em," Toby stood up to hug Emily.

"It's good to see you," Emily hugged back. "Where's the little squirt?"

"She's at my parents for a couple hours," Toby answered.

Toby and Emily were drinking coffee at the Brew, somewhere they talked often.

"So how is Lex liking school?" Emily asked.

"She said she likes it. Not sure how she is in class though. You know how she gets around new people," Toby sighed. "How's the new coaching job?"

"Oh my gosh! I love it! I'm fortunate to be doing what I love for a job," Emily smiled. "So…" Emily turned around to see what Toby was staring at. "What are you looking at?"

"Um, nobody… I mean nothing," Toby looked down at his coffee.

Emily searched the Brew and saw a young pretty women buying a coffee, "her? Is that who you are staring at?"

"Stop looking over there! And keep your voice down she'll hear us," Toby's face got hot.

"You totally like her! Who is she?" Emily teased.

"I do not like her," Toby got defensive. "She's just Lexi's teacher."

"You should ask her out!" Emily suggested.

"I don't think that would be appropriate," Toby sighed.

"I thought you said you didn't like her?" Emily raised her eyebrows.

"I don't really know her. She's nice and funny and she doesn't look bad," Toby admitted.

"Doesn't look bad? Toby, I caught you practically drooling when you were looking at her."

"Ok fine! I think she looks amazing," Toby blushed. "But I can't ask her out. For one I don't think she would want to go out on a date with someone like me."

"You never know until you try," Emily encouraged. "Just go talk to her today. Flirt with her a little. See if she flirts back," Emily winked.

"I don't know how to flirt. I haven't gone on a date since Lexi," Toby admitted.

"Flirting comes naturally if you attracted to someone. I'll pick Lexi up from school tomorrow so you can talk to her," Emily stood up before he could argue.

Spencer sat in her classroom hanging up all the artwork on the walls. She enjoyed decorating her room with things that kids colored or painted for her. Spencer heard a knock on her already open door. "Oh, hi Toby," Spencer smiled. "What are you doing here?"

"Sorry I should have just called," Toby instantly regretted coming to her classroom.

"No, I'm glad you're here," Spencer blushed. "Come on in."

"I was just wondering how Lexi was doing?" Toby sat down in one of the chairs.

"She's doing great. You were right, she is really smart," Spencer showed him her progress in writing her name.

"Is she making friends?" Toby feared her answer.

"She's still being pretty shy. It's only been a couple of weeks though, I wouldn't worry yet."

"I can't help it," Toby bit his lip.

"I was thinking tomorrow I could pair them up and do a little activity. Maybe that way she will get to know someone and make a friend. I noticed this boy who is always sharing things with her. She doesn't talk to him but she always smiles at him, so I think I'm going to pair those two up," Spencer offered.

"That must be the boy who shared his crayons with her at open house," Toby remembered.

"Yeah, Luke is very sweet. He's a little shy too, so maybe that will be a good fit," Spencer said.

"Just make sure he doesn't make a move on her," Toby joked.

Spencer laughed, "already concerned about her being around boys?"

"It's never too soon to worry," Toby smiled.

"Yeah," Spencer agreed. "So I saw you yesterday at the coffee shop. Was that Lexi's mom?"

"Um no," Toby blushed, hoping Spencer couldn't hear his and Emily's conversation.

"Sorry I don't mean to sound nosey, I just like to keep in touch with my parent's. I haven't heard from Lexi's mom, so I was just wondering," Spencer rambled. Spencer also wanted to know his status. She didn't want to make it obvious by asking him if he was single, that seemed too desperate.

Toby sighed, "sit down."

Spencer looked at him confused.

"I'm going to tell you about Lexi's mom," Toby's face turned to stone.

Spencer sat down in the chair next to him, suddenly intrigued to find out his history.

"So Lexi 's mom is my step-sister," Toby started.

Spencer's eyes widened.

Toby suddenly understood where her mind went. "No! I'm not her biological father. So my step-sister Jenna had Lexi right out of high school. She was 19 and I have no idea who the real father is. Jenna always told me he wasn't ready to be a father, and that's all I know about him. So when Lexi was four months old I was babysitting her while Jenna went to an interview. She was running late so she was speeding. Unfortunately Jenna is didn't make it," Toby looked down at is hands. "So Jenna had written in her will that I would be granted legal custody of Lexi. It was hard for me to accept at first. I was only 20 years old and I wasn't prepared to be a father," Toby half smiled at Spencer. "Now I couldn't imagine not being Lexi's father."

"I'm really sorry. I know everyone probably tells you that, but I really mean it," Spencer gave him a kind smile. "So does Lexi know everything?"

"No. I haven't told her much," Toby shook his head. "She doesn't know that I'm not her real father. She knows she can't see her mom. I don't want to tell a five year old about death. So I told her that her mom was an angel now. I told her she's always watching her. I explained that an angel is someone who is beautiful and is someone who helps you," Toby looked at Spencer and laughed.

"What? What's so funny?" Spencer asked.

"She asked me after the first day of school if you were her mom," Toby smiled.

"Why would she think that?" Spencer asked.

"She said that you must be an angel," Toby smiled at her. "Because you help her and…" Toby's face got warm. "Because you're beautiful."

Spencer couldn't help but blush. She knew that it was Lexi that called her beautiful, but she couldn't help but get butterflies when she heard those words come out of Toby's mouth. "She is so sweet."

"Well thanks for listening," Toby quickly stood up. He wasn't sure why he felt so embarrassed.

"Anytime," Spencer was disappointed he was leaving so quickly.

Toby gave a small smile before turning for the door.

"Hey Toby," Spencer caught his attention.

"Yeah?" Toby turned around.

"Why don't you come back next Monday, and we can talk about Lexi's progress?" Spencer suggested.

"I can do that," Toby tried not to smile at the fact that he was going to see her again. "Thanks Miss Hastings."

"You can call me Spencer."

"Spencer?" Toby asked surprised, not expecting her name to be Spencer.

Spencer laughed, "Yeah I know it's a boy's name."

"No I like it. I'll see you next Monday, Spencer," Toby gave her one more smile before he left.