Author's Note: Sorry about the wait, guys! I've just been extremely busy with finals, but now that the hardest one is behind me and I only have like ten days left of school, I am going to come back to this story and my other story. I'm warning you that this chapter isn't as Spoby-heavy, but there is some very cute couple-y scenes. And since this story is AU, I'm going to break down the friendship circles for you: Spencer, Hanna, and Aria are friends. Hanna is friends with Emily, and Emily is kinda-friends with Spencer (they just met last chapter). Emily is friends with Toby, Caleb, and Jason. Just a heads-up :)


Chapter Three

"Spencer. You look hot tonight. And Andrew's not coming. Why do you look so hot tonight?" Aria asked as Hanna and Spencer arrived at her apartment.

Hanna laughed as Spencer squirmed. "She's got a wittle crush on Toby," Hanna taunted as she sing-songed Toby's name.

Spencer rolled her eyes, but couldn't contain her blush.

The Pixie picked up on Spencer's suddenly flushed cheeks. "Spencer Hastings! Don't tell me you have a crush," Aria said.

Spencer winced at Aria's use of the word "crush"; it implied such a juvenile infatuation. It also made Spencer feel like a cheater.

But…isn't that kind of what I'm doing? I like Toby, and not in a friendly way. In a romantic way. Ugh, Spencer, you're such a terrible person! Less than a week after getting engaged, you're already mentally-cheating on your fiancé! Get it together! Spencer mentally scolded herself.

"Where are we going?" asked Aria, breaking Spencer out of her thoughts.

Hanna thought for a moment. "The Lava Lounge? I think that's what it's called. Emily said it's really nice. And she said that Toby invited two of his friends to come with us. I forget what their names are," Hanna answered.

There was an uncomfortable silence as Aria nodded. Spencer could only hear the soft hum of her refrigerator, and it was starting to bother her.

"Where is it?"

"Whoa, Spencer. I know you need to be fashionably early to like everything, but you need to chill. It's like fifteen minutes away from here," Hanna insisted.

Spencer rolled her eyes and sighed. "That's not why I'm flipping out," she blurted out.

"We know. It's because you can't wait to see your paramour. But please contain your excitement. We will get there soon enough," Hanna teased.

Spencer picked up a box of tissues and threw them at Hanna, who swatted the box away.

"Aria, we better go. Someone is really anxious to see her lover."

Aria laughed as Spencer glared at them both.

"Come on," she grumbled.


"You're not going to tell us more about this girl that you met?" a shaggy brown haired man asked Toby.

Toby shrugged. "There's nothing to tell. She's engaged. But she's nice."

The person behind him scoffed. "Come on, Toby. Caleb is right. You're infatuated with this girl, and the only thing that's keeping you from pursuing her is the fact that she's engaged and you're too nice."

"Isn't that two reasons, Jason?" Toby asked.

"You know what I mean," Jason said, glaring. "You're into this girl."

Toby parked the car. "We're here," he announced, ignoring Jason's statement.

Toby, Jason, and Caleb walked up to the club when Toby caught Emily smoking. Immediately, he walked up to her and plucked the cigarette out of her hand. Dropping it on the ground, he ground it out.

"Toby!" she scolded.

"What did I tell you about smoking, Em?" he inquired.

Emily rolled her eyes. "I hate it, too, but I need to fit into a size four by next week. I need to lose another ten pounds," she told him.

"Emily, you're beautiful. You don't need to lose any weight and you should have more self-respect than to do this to yourself."

"I do. But I also need money," Emily said, pulling out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. Toby took that away, too. "Fine, I won't smoke," she said finally.

They all walked into the club, seeking out Spencer, Hanna, and Aria. Emily finally spotted them at the bar. Emily gave Spencer and Hanna a hug, and then greeted Aria. The guys all introduced themselves. Hanna immediately locked eyes with Caleb.

"Can I call you Sketchy?" she inquired.

Caleb gave her a skeptical look. "Sketchy?"

Hanna nodded. "Yeah, you just give off that sketchy vibe," she commented. Emily kicked her in the leg. "Ow! Em!" she exclaimed.

But Caleb only laughed. "Sure. Sketchy can be your nickname for me," he said.

Hanna smiled. "Okay, so Sketchy is my nickname; no one else can call him that!" she announced loudly. She turned to the bartender. "Can you get us all a round of tequila as per my new friendship here?" she asked, grinning at Caleb. "My new friendships here?" she corrected when Jason looked insulted.

The shots of tequila were soon delivered and distributed. Hanna raised her glass. "A toast to new friendships," Hanna proposed.

The shots of tequila were downed, and soon, Hanna and Aria dragged Jason and Caleb onto the dance floor. Emily, Spencer, and Toby hung back near the bar. Spencer and Emily had Cosmos while Toby had water.

"Who orders water at a bar? Toby, you need to learn to live a little," Emily insisted.

Toby shrugged. "I thought I was going to be the designated driver. And seeing as how no one else is going the sober route, it looks like I'll have to make two trips to get you all home."

Spencer liked how he was being responsible. "Maybe I should stop drinking. We'll probably be here for like another two or three hours…that's enough to sober up from one shot of tequila," Spencer thought aloud. "And I'd feel guilty making you drive everybody home," she said to Toby.

"It's fine, Spencer. I'm used to being the designated driver," Toby insisted.

Spencer had already abandoned her Cosmo and gotten a glass of water. She smiled at Toby. "It's good for me, anyway," she claimed.


On the dance floor, Hanna was forcing Caleb to dance. "Oh, come on, Sketchy! Your friend Sandy over there is dancing!" she exclaimed.

Sure enough, Aria had gotten Jason to dance with her.

Caleb turned back to Hanna. "You're really good with coming up with nicknames, aren't you?" he asked.

Hanna nodded eagerly. "It's like a God-given talent. Right after picking out clothes and calling who goes home on the Bachelorette."

He groaned.

"Oh, come on, Sketch." It was clear Caleb was not budging. "Can I at least buy you a drink? We can talk," she offered.

He looked at her. Then he looked at the club atmosphere around him. "Don't you think it's kind of loud for talking?" he asked.

She shook her head. "Not here, Sketch. There's this place next door…" she looked at him for a moment. "Oh, let's just go."

Dragging him by the wrist, she led him out of the crowd and out the door.


"Yogurt? Really?" Caleb asked as he looked at the place in front of him, with the topping bar and self-serve machines.

"Chocolate frozen yogurt is my weakness, and I need something to wet my throat besides tequila," she admitted.

Caleb laughed and followed her. She got chocolate with a bunch of healthy looking things. And cookies. And marshmallows. Lots and lots of marshmallows. Caleb got vanilla with sprinkles. Hanna looked at his unadorned sundae. "You can't be serious. You have all of these flavors and you choose vanilla? With only sprinkles?" she asked incredulously.

He shrugged. "I'm a simple guy."

She frowned. "I'm not a simple girl…" she gave him a flirtatious smile. "But I do like a challenge."

As Hanna walked away, Caleb's eyes wandered down to the floor. He hadn't previously noticed how long her legs looked, and…

Stop it, Caleb! Just look away…

But she's so hot…and she seems really nice…

Caleb shook his head and followed Hanna to the table, where she teasingly crossed her legs and uncrossed them. Caleb discreetly gulped. Hanna smiled in victory. She turned to her frozen yogurt. She licked the spoon provocatively, making Caleb gulp again. She finally decided to stop. But for some reason…she couldn't.

"I am so drunk right now," Hanna finally admitted.

Caleb sighed in relief. She probably wouldn't remember any of this in the morning.

"But I'm not too drunk," she informed him.

Crap.

"Do you want to try it? See what you're missing?" she asked. He nodded. Hanna leaned in close to him with a spoonful of her yogurt. About two or three inches away from his lips, she put it in her own mouth. "Too bad. You had that golden opportunity to do whatever the hell you wanted, but you chose vanilla with sprinkles," she said with disgust.

Caleb hung his head in shame, not realizing the alcohol was about to speak for him. "I just wanted to taste your lips."

She froze, not knowing what to say. Caleb didn't even realize what he just said.

She sighed. "Why didn't you just say so, Sketchy?" she asked.

Caleb looked at her in confusion before she pulled him in for a kiss. He kissed her back.


"Aria! How many times have I told you not to drink the worm?" Spencer inquired as she held back Aria's hair as she threw up.

"I'm sorry, Spence. But after a few shots, I forget about the worm," Aria said before retching again. Spencer groaned.

"I take this as a clear sign that it's time to go," Spencer muttered to herself.

The door opened to the bathroom.

"Spencer? Aria? Are you in here?" Emily's voice called out.

"Yeah, we're in here, Emily," Spencer said as Aria vomited again.

Emily walked over to the stall they were in and winced. "What happened?"

"The worm," Spencer and Aria explained in unison.

Emily groaned. "Oh, Sweetie…" she watched as Aria gagged again. She took Aria's purse and helped Spencer hold back her hair.

When Aria was done, Spencer said, "We should probably go now."

Emily nodded in agreement. Aria shakily stood up, barely balancing on her heels. Emily and Spencer led her out of the bathroom. They looked around and spotted Jason and Toby at the bar. They walked over.

"Where's Hanna and Caleb?" Spencer asked, looking around, but not spotting the svelte, little blonde's head.

Toby shrugged, as did Jason. Aria piped up. "I saw them like an hour ago. They were dancing and then they just disappeared," she explained.

"Where could they have gone?" Spencer asked.

"I'll call Hanna. Let's see if she answers," Emily said as she took out her phone.


Hanna and Caleb had relocated themselves to a remote corner of the alley between the club and the yogurt place. Hanna pressed her lips forcibly on his lips, while he returned her deep kisses. Hanna finally heard her phone ringing and pulled away.

"Sorry," she apologized. She looked at the phone and saw it was Emily. She answered the call. "Hello?"

"Hanna! Where are you?" Emily inquired immediately.

"Relax, Em. Caleb and I are just outside the club in that alley," she informed her. Within a matter of minutes, the rest of the gang was there.

Those of them sober enough to assess the situation (i.e, not Aria) were taken aback in shock. Caleb turned pink. Hanna acted as though nothing was wrong.

"We should probably go. The tiny one is already wasted," Spencer commented. Aria groaned in response.

Hanna nodded. By now, she was probably sober enough to drive, but knowing Hanna's road rage, there was no way Spencer was taking a risk like that. "Are you okay, Doe?" she asked. Aria glared at her and pressed her palm to her throbbing head.

"We should go," Spencer urged.

Jason, Emily, Toby, Spencer, and an inebriated Aria all headed off. Hanna dragged Caleb back. "One more kiss? Please?" she asked sweetly.

He pecked her on the lips and Hanna smiled, dragging him back up to speed with the group.

"Okay, honey, I'm going to lift you up. Once I put you down, you have to let go. I know you like to cling, but make sure you let go, okay?" Spencer said slowly to Aria. Aria was cradled in Spencer's arms. Her eyes were closed and she looked like a tiny, sleeping angel.

"Promise me something, Spencie?" she asked as Spencer placed her in the back seat.

"What is it?" Spencer inquired.

"Can I be a bridesmaid at your wedding? I want to wear the ugliest, puffiest dress ever and throw petals right before you go and kiss him…" Aria informed Spencer.

Spencer laughed. "Of course you can. But Aria?"

"Yeah?"

"Can you let go of my hair?"

"But it's so soft and pretty and shiny…."

"Aria."

Obediently, Aria let go of Spencer's hair. As Spencer climbed in the front seat right next to Hanna—who was already texting Caleb—Aria stirred.

"Spencer and Toby will have the cutest little babies ever…one of them is going to be named Victoria Tiara Cavanaugh. And the other one is going to be named…Riley." Aria giggled, as if she was hearing the silliness of what she was saying.

Hanna snickered next to Spencer. "Are you going to tell the daddy about Victoria and Riley?" she teased.

Spencer rolled her eyes. Secretly, though, she thought it was funny.


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