Manhattan
Chapter 3
By: Mistress of the Strange
Hey guys! Not much to say today, just clarifying that this chapter starts almost immediately as last one ends.
So yeah! Finally the other liars make a glorious appearance!
Today's song is 'Run Away' by Megan and Liz.
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By the way I hate myself as much as you hate me for not updating.
Feliz Navidad!
It's amazing the changes I've been feeling I'm dreaming about
seeing the world with someone like you
I've been tumbling, shaking and my whole world is breaking
want to put it together?
Spencer walked inside 'The Grillie' and spotted her friends in their usual table, in a corner, next to a window.
She walked up to their table and sat next to Aria and in front of Hanna, who was sitting next to Emily.
After asking for their lunch, Hanna (Caesar Salad) looked up and smiled at her friends. "Guess where Caleb is taking me tonight!"
"Where?" Emily (Cheeseburger) asked.
"I said guess!"
"The mall! The movies! The… park?" Aria (Vegetarian Lasagna) said.
"Not even close."
"Well I don't know Hanna. It's not like this town has a lot of places to go to." Emily frowned. "Just tell us."
Hanna smiled even wider as she leaned in. "Tivondra Lounge!"
Tivondra Lounge was one of the two most expensive restaurants at Rosewood, and Hanna was beyond trilled about the fact that Caleb was taking her there. Caleb and Hanna had been dating for four months now, and though they were quite opposite, they complemented each other in a curious way.
Aria squealed happily and Emily smiled at Hanna, and they both started to ask her a bunch of questions.
Spencer (Chicken Salad) however wasn't paying that much of attention to her friend's rants, and her mind was occupied by a certain blue eyed boy.
First was the fact that he beat her at Scrabble. She still wasn't quite over that, but the fact that he had brought her ice cream had been just… so nice of him.
And he even had remembered her favorite flavor! She had mentioned to him once, but it was such a small thing that she never thought that he would pick up that kind of detail.
Spencer frowned. She had only met this boy for a week, but their small encounter and chats at 'Manhattan', were starting to be the best part of her day.
She had never clicked this quickly with anybody. But Toby… he… sort of understood her.
"So what do you think Spencer?" Hanna asked, getting her out of her maze of thoughts.
"What?" Spencer said confused.
"The dress! Should I wear the sleeveless, scoop neck raspberry dress that I got last month, or the strapless grey one that my mom gave me for my birthday?" Hanna explained, a bit frustrated at the fact that Spencer didn't listen to her. "I mean, I like the grey one but don't you think is a little too much? But I think maybe the raspberry one isn't like… enough. I'm leaning towards the raspberry one anyway, because I could add some heels and it would do the trick, but what do you think?"
Spencer quickly analyzed the little she had heard of Hanna's rant and answered. "The raspberry one, totally"
Hanna gave her an approving nod, and turned to Aria to discuss accessories again, leaving Spencer to get lost in her thoughts again.
After noticing that Spencer lacked her usual nerve, the girls looked at each other and frowned.
"What's with you today?" Emily asked.
Spencer shook her head, "Nothing. What do you mean?"
"Well, you've been on La La Land all the time we've been here" Hanna pointed out.
"There's nothing."
"C'mon you've been like this the whole morning, and you've been acting a little weird for the whole week." Aria said.
Hanna suddenly smiled mischievously and in a sing-song voice she said "I think Spencer's likes somebody" Spencer only avoided her eyes and Hanna's eyes widened. "Oh my God! Who is he?"
"No one! He's no one! I mean… there's no one!"
"He certainly doesn't sound like no one." Aria said and Emily nodded.
Spencer glared at the three girls. "There's no one, ok?"
"C'mon, Spence!" Hanna giggled. "Tell us!"
"Don't you have a date to get ready for?" Spencer snapped looking at her blonde friend.
"Nope, not until four! 'till then I'm all ears for your little love story."
The three girls stared wide eyed to Spencer with knowing smiles on plastered on their faces, waiting for her to spill.
The brunette girl almost smacked her head on the table, she knew there wasn't a way out this, so she might as well tell them.
Spencer sighed "First of all, is not a 'love story' and I do not have a crush on the guy."
"So there is a guy!" Aria smirked earning another glare from Spencer. "Sorry, go on"
"I met him like... a week ago on this little coffee shop that's on my way home from school, and we talked."
"And?" Hanna insisted.
"And that's it." Spencer remarked. "There's nothing more than that."
"At least give us a name!" Aria demanded.
The other two girls nodded and stared at Spencer with puppy eyes, waiting for the answer.
"Toby. Toby Cavanaugh." She said with a small smile.
Emily gasped "Oh! That guy lives right next to me!"
Spencer frowned. The girls spent so much time at each other's houses and she had never seen Toby in his house.
"Really? You sure it's the same guy?"
"Tall, brunette and with amazing blue eyes?" Emily asked.
"Definitely him…"
Hanna and Aria watched the exchange between their friends with curious eyes.
"He moved over the summer, his dad remarried this woman, so he lives with them and his step-sister." Emily told them, earning a confused look from the girls; she shrugged "My mom gave the ma 'proper welcome to Rosewood' and I'm pretty sure she didn't leave the house until they told them the details on their lives"
"Of course she did." Hanna smirked and then turned to Spencer. "So now you know more about the mysterious Spencer!"
"You know? He's barely in the house, so he actually does seem pretty mysterious to me" Emily told them before Spencer could reply.
Spencer contained a sigh… Toby was mysterious, and even though she tried to deny it, she was dying to figure the mystery out.