The next morning was a special day for both Spencer & Kaia. Every Saturday the pair would meet up with held Kaia's hand as she walked into the restaurant. It wasn't hard to spot Aria considering they sat at their usual table. "MOMMY I SEE HER" Kaia yelled as she let go of her mom's hand and ran over to their table.
"Inside voice" Spencer reminded "Hey Aria" she greeted
"Hi Spence" Aria replied "Hope you don't mind but I ordered a coffee for you"
Spencer grabbed the mug and sipped on the coffee "Liquid Gold".
"Hey KaiaBear" Aria smiled, squeezing the toddler "Aunt Aria, I missed you," Kaia said holding up her menu
Spencer sat back and watched the way her daughter and her best friend interacted, there was no denying Aria was one of Kaia's favorite people. Mainly because they were both so creative and loved Art. "Mama, I want waffles and yogurt," Kaia asked. Spencer nodded her head.
"So what's new?" Spencer asked
"Oh nothing, Ezra's still pretty pissed at me because you didn't go on that date" Aria answered
Spencer rolled her eyes "oh please, I'm not looking for anything right now."
"And I've made that very clear to him" Aria added. The conversation halted as an older woman came walking up "Can I take your order?"
"I'll have Jumbo Chickpea pancakes with a side of oatmeal and an orange juice," Aria said. The waitress turned to Spencer "I'll just have avocado toast and she'll have blueberry waffles with a side of yogurt"
"Coming right up" the waitress replied, walking away
"So how are things with you and your baby daddy?" Aria asked. Spencer looked over at Kaia who was thankfully distracted by her coloring. "Not good" Spencer sighed "Every time she goes over there and comes back, she acts out, I would like for my kid to have some sort of structure" The waitress came back and set the food on the table "Anything else?" she asked,
"No thank you" Aria smiled, turning her attention back to Spencer "Did you talk to him about it?"
Spencer scoffed "talking to him is like talking to a wall"
Aria sighed "I'm so sorry you have to deal with that Spence"
"Me too," Spencer said, the trio finished the rest of their food in a comfortable silence.
By the time they were done Kaia had fallen asleep, "I'm gonna go pay and grab a coffee to go" Spencer said
"that's literally your fourth cup, I think you might need to go to Caffeine Anonymous" Aria teased
Spencer rolled her eyes and walked up to the counter. The person in front of her turned around too quickly and spilled their iced coffee all over her. "Oh, my goodness" Spencer said, letting the remainder of the ice fall to the floor. She was about to yell at the person who spilled coffee on her but when she looked up and saw those blue eyes, she was frozen. It was the same pair of eyes she met just 24 hours ago.
"I am so sorry, I am such a klutz," The man said handing Spencer napkins. When their eyes met again he tried to hide his excitement "Hey, I think I saw you last night at the gas station. I'm Toby" he said as he pulled out his hand to greet her. Even though her shirt was dripping and she smelled like coffee, she shook his hand and immediately felt a spark shoot up her arms. Spencer realized she and Toby were still shaking hands and coughed to break them out of their awkwardness "I'm Spencer and I have to go now"
Aria was wiping down the little girl's sticky face and fingers when Spencer lightly tapped her shoulder. "We need to leave now" Spencer urged
"What the hell happened to you?" Aria asked, placing her niece on her hip and following Spencer out of the restaurant.
Toby walked back to his car, holding two fresh orders of iced coffee. He got into his car and handed a coffee to his younger cousin Hanna.
"Why the big grin?" Hanna asked
"This might sound crazy but, I think I met the woman I'm going to marry" Toby replied, smiling like a little boy on Christmas.
A/n: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, please leave me a review! I promise longer chapters are coming
