Chapter 3
Toby's pov
The next day I went over to my loft. When I tried unlocking my door the lock wouldn't turn. I thought it was strange how I couldn't unlock my own door. Then the door flew open and Caleb stood on the other side. Caleb didn't look much different. His hair was shaggy and he had a nice clean shave. He was dressed in sweat pants and a white undershirt. "Hey Toby," he said. "You know who I am?" I asked. "Of course I do. We've been friends since the 10th grade," he said while moving to the side to let me in. I sighed in relief thank god I have one friend in this parallel universe. "Want a beer?" he asked. "No thanks," I said while sitting down on the chair. He grabs a beer from the fridge and then takes a seat across from me.
"What's on your mind?" he asked while taking a sip of his beer. "What do you know about Spencer Hastings and what has happened to her?" I asked. "That girl is a freak. Anyway, why are you concerned about her all of a sudden? You used to say she was the devil child," he said. "What when?" I asked. "You and Alison used to warn people to stay away from her," he said. "Why would I do that? I love Spencer," I said. "Whoa time out. When did this feeling start to occur?" he asked. I sighed and said "Okay I'm about to tell you something and you're going to think I'm totally crazy." He leaned forward and said "I'm listening."
We sat there for an hour while I explained the whole story to him. Starting off back when I first met Spencer and how our story is really supposed to go. Next I told him about all the trouble we went through and how we've always managed to find our way back to each other. I told him about the last time I kissed Spencer, which was the night of the Christmas party, before all of our friends showed up. Then I told him about the fight that Spencer and Alison got in and instead of staying back to comfort Spencer, I ran out like a little boy. After I ran out I went to my loft I made a wish that I didn't mean to come true, At least not the way it turned out. I didn't think anything I would change. I didn't even know wishes come true.
When I was through telling him everything, Caleb sat there and looked at me like I had two heads. "Please don't call me crazy," I said. "You're way past crazy," he said. "Caleb I'm not making this up. Everything I just told you really happened. This isn't my world, well it is, but it's different then where I'm from," I said. "So what you're saying is. You're from a parallel universe where you are in a romantic relationship with Spencer and then you just wished your life away into a world where she doesn't even know you exist?" I shrugged and said "kind of." "Well what did you do that for!" he exclaimed while standing up. "You had a good life and by the way you make Spencer sound in this other world, she seems like the perfect girlfriend. Why would you let that go?" he asked. "I didn't want to let Spencer go. I didn't even mean to make a wish, it just happened," I said. "You're an idiot. Why would you wish your life away like that? If you have someone that you love and they love you back then you should never wish that away," he said.
"I didn't want to wish that away. Now I would give anything to get Spencer to love me again. I only have until New Years to fix everything," I said. "Well you should start by telling this to Spencer," he said. "I already tried that, she just thought I was crazy," I said. "You're going to have to try harder with Spencer. She's a tough one, but deep down there's a girl inside that's hurting," he said. "I know that. I know her better than anyone," I said. "Then prove it to her," he said. "How?" I asked. "Tell her things that you know. Sooner or later she'll start to come around," he said. I nodded and said "okay I'll do that." "You might want to end things with Alison, she still believes you two are a thing," he said. "When did that happen? Why was I so dumb? Alison's the real devil," I said. "You were to shy, to say no," he said.
After my meeting with Caleb I walked back down to the Brew. "Toby," Alison squealed from across the room. I rolled my eyes and groaned in annoyance as I turned around. "Toby you haven't called me back it's been two weeks," she said. "If I didn't call you back what does that tell you?" I asked. "That I should call you more," she said. "No it mean's leave me alone," I said. "What is going on with you?" she asked. "What did you do to Spencer and why did you start rumors about her?" I asked. "They weren't rumors they were the truth and don't blame me you helped me," she said. "You probably tricked me into it," I said. "Why do you care about Spencer all of a sudden? It's not like she's your girlfriend or anything," she said. "She could be," I said. "You wouldn't!" she hissed. "You wanna bet?" I asked. "You can't be serious," she said. "Well I am. Whatever we had is over," I said and then walked out leaving a pissed off Alison behind.
When I walked outside I spotted Spencer walking this way by herself. She was dressed similar to how she was yesterday. The only thing that was different is she wasn't wearing a hat. "Spencer," I called after her. "Oh no," she rolled her eyes and groaned. "Wait just give me a second," I said. "Just leave me alone," she said. "Not until I tell you what I need to," I said. "Is this more about you being my pretend boyfriend is it?" she asked. "Yes it is and I'm not your pretend boyfriend and I can prove it," I said. "I'm out of here," she said, while turning to leave. "Wait," I said while turning her back around. "Just give me two minutes." She crossed her arms and huffed in annoyance "two minutes."
"I know you better than anyone, I know things about you that nobody else knows," Spencer looked a little freaked out when I told her that. "I know that you're addicted to caffeine." "Everyone knows that," she said. "I know that you can't stand a messy room. Whenever you enter a messy room you scrunch up your face and you just have to clean it up," I said. "I don't care about messy rooms anymore and your time is up."
I reached out for her again and said "Wait!" "I know that you come from a rich family with high standers. People used to call you rich girl and you hated it. I know that you've been at war with your sister since you were six. I also know that when you were seven you ran away and your parents didn't even notice you were gone. I also know that you hate sleeping alone, because you're afraid to wake up one morning with everyone gone." I could tell by the look on her face that I'm slowly starting to get her attention. "How do you know all of this?" she asked. "I know this because you told me. Spencer please give me a chance you explain everything," I said. "I can't right now," she said. "Spencer, please," I begged. "No I can't do this right now!" she yelled. "When will I be able to talk to you?" I asked. She grabs a sharpie from her bag and wrote an address on my arm. "Be at that place tonight at 9 and we'll talk," she said. A black van pulled up to the side of the rode and Spencer hurried up and climbed in it. I stood back there and watched her take off down the street with a dangerous group of people that I didn't know. Instead of waiting until later, I fallowed them.
Hope everyone liked this chapter. Next chapter there will be some protective Toby. The other liars will be in the next chapter as well along with Alison.
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