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Spencer wasn't sure how many hours had passed ever since she started studying, for her it seemed like minutes, but the amount of pages she had already read told her otherwise. She wondered if perhaps Toby had already arrived and Aria told him she was studying and hated to be bothered so he didn't call for her.

Something or someone shook her gently a muffled sound calling for her, she was sure it was Aria warning dinner was ready. When she opened her heavy eyelids, Spencer realized two things, first, she fell asleep while reading her book, and second, Toby had come to wake her up.

At the first sight of his baby blue eyes, she smiled, but soon buried her face behind her hands, figuring she looked like crap for sleeping on top of her books. "You wanna sleep a little bit more, or do you want to keep us company?" Toby soft voice spoke up, sitting down beside her on the bed.

"I'll be right there. I'm sure I look funny in some sort of way." She heard Toby chuckle under his breath.

"Apart from the big red mark across your forehead, you don't look so bad." Her hand flew to his chest, expressing how much she hated to be made fun of once she woke up.

"Whatever. You go ahead and I'll go help you later."

"Okay then." Toby got up, the bed shifting beside Spencer as his weight got off the mattress, and walked over to the living room, which Spencer assumed he would walk to the kitchen right after.

She jumped out of bed, put all of her books away in her desk and ran to the bathroom. When her face reflected in the mirror right in front of her, Spencer almost let out a scream, she looked ridiculous. Just like Toby had mentioned, across her forehead a huge spiral red mark, her left cheek was red from laying it against the hard book, and her eyes looked too small for her liking.

After washing her whole face and putting her messy hair up in a ponytail, Spencer sighed and finally joined Aria on a stool in the kitchen watching as Toby chopped some tomatoes on the counter next to the sink.

"Decided to join us?" Aria joked, smirking as she saw her friend's sleepy face.

"Yeah, I invited him, so I might as well keep him company."

"He bought us the whole month groceries. Free of charges." She watched as he turned his head slightly to the side to look at her expression.

"Are you kidding? I'm just not gonna let you pay for our food for a whole month Toby."

"Spencer, it's alright. It wasn't expensive at all. I just brought the basic things you need to survive." Aria chuckled beside Spencer, who wasn't finding anything amusing.

"You don't need ice-cream to survive Toby."

"Shush it Aria, will you?" He joked as he winked at her to keep up with him against Spencer.

"Hey Spence, I think is cool Toby decided to buy us all these things to eat. I mean, neither of us have had time to go and buy groceries correctly, we just grab random things we need and check out." When Spencer let out a sigh, Aria knew she had given in, and her and Toby had won this one.

"Alright then, but this is the first and the last time you're doing this."

"Yes, ma'am."


Chit chatting until the food was in the oven and all they had to do was wait for it to be done, Spencer, Toby and Aria sat down by the couch on the living room, turning on the TV. Some random chick flick was on, and of course, Aria wanted badly to watch it, even if she had already done so a million of times before.

Spencer wasn't really into those chick flicks for she was realistic and did not believe in happy endings in such situations those movies created, so she just sat there waiting for Toby's phone to go off telling them the food was ready.

"What did you cook for dinner?" Spencer whispered to Toby to her left, not wanting for Aria to tell them to shut up because "she was watching the freaking movie!", as she shouted it the last time Spencer made a stupid comment about a movie they were seeing.

"Chicken with tomato sauce and some pasta." He kept looking ahead, she wasn't sure if he was actually looking at the TV or was just in a trance, she assumed the latter.

"Nice. I think the time's up." She saw his cell phone lit up right on the palm of his big hand, and once he didn't move, she knew he was in a trance. The one where you just stares blankly ahead but you're still aware of everything happening around you, you communicate, you blink and you even show emotion, but your eyes just cannot move away or snap out of it.

"Huh?" He finally turned his eyes to her, completely oblivious to what she just said.

"I think the time's up, I said." She pointing at his ringing phone and they both laughed quietly, walking over to the kitchen.

"ARIA. Do you want to eat on the couch?" Spencer asked, and Aria rose her thumb up high, indicating a positive answer.

"Kids." Toby mocked the hazel haired girl sat on the couch.

"Tell me about it. Do you feel comfortable eating in front of the TV?" He nodded and saw her face turn into disappointment.

"How about you Spence?"

"It's alright, I can eat there just today." She let out a breath through her nose, showing her disapproving to what they were about to do.

"You don't like it, do you?" He smirked, placing the cooked pasted on a bowl.

"No, I actually hate it. It bothers me so much." The annoyance in her voice clicked something inside of Toby as he approached her and held her hand in his.

"Then we leave Aria eating alone and I'll make you company in a proper table where normal people eat. No protest." She smiled and helped him get the dishes ready.

"Thank you though, for everything, for the dinner, for the groceries and for actually making me company." He just nodded, showing he was also grateful for have gotten the chance to do all the things she mentioned.


Being the lazy self Aria was and being caught up in the movie in front of her, Spencer had to make her plate and bring over for her, otherwise she would just eat once the film was done.

"I really hope you like." Toby sat beside Spencer on the kitchen stools since they would want to talk in the living room and Aria would flip out about them making noises.

"We'll see." She cut a small piece of chicken, dipped on the tomato sauce and got a little bit of pasta on her fork, she tested to see if it wasn't so hot and when the temperature was appropriate she ate it, chewing slowly, watching Toby's anxiety grow up to the ceiling.

"Well, what do you think?" He asked her nervously, his palms rubbing his thighs.

"Hmmm.. I think.. it's really good and delicious. Congratulations Toby." She smiled when a blush crept in his cheeks, showing he was happy and embarrassed or maybe just nervous.

"Thank you. I learnt from the best, Maria." He turned forward and started to eat from his own plate. A nice silence, except for the over-turned up volume of the TV on the background, fell between them.


"Need help washing the dishes?" Toby put his plate on the sink for Spencer to wash it right away.

"Nope, I just need your help to go get Aria's dishes cause she's too lazy to get up and bring it herself."

"No problem."

"Thank you." Spencer had to confess that Toby had changed so much in the past 2 weeks, something about it seemed weird, and she just quite get her finger on it, or maybe she was just making up things in her head, like she sometimes would.

He interrupted her train of thoughts when he placed the rest of the dished on the sink.

"You sure you don't need any help?" He asked once again, just to be sure.

"I might want some dessert if you bought any." She chuckled as he smiled, walking directly to the fridge, getting the box of ice cream he bought them, chocolate flavored.

"How ice cream sounds to you?"

"Perfect." She was almost done with the dishes gathered in the sink.

"Where can I get a pot to put the ice cream?"

"It's right in this cabinet above me." Spencer tipped him with her head, the cabinet wasn't exactly above her, it was diagonally ahead of her, and Toby couldn't really reach the other side without pushing her away, or he would have to walk all across the kitchen to reach the cabinet without interrupting her dish washing.

So he opted for the easiest way, pressing his body against Spencer's back, he reached the shelf the pots were in, but they were far behind, meaning he had to press more against her. He knew she was feeling uncomfortable, so he whispered a 'sorry' in her ear and was almost getting what he needed when she turned around, their eyes meeting.

Truth be told, Spencer wasn't feeling uncomfortable, she was just feeling somehow safe and warm. Toby's body against her was so warm compared to her cold hands. She had no idea why she decided to just suddenly turn around to face him, even knowing something like this would happen.

They were just looking at each other's eyes, his blue ones becoming her own view of the ocean somewhere, even though she was sure his blue could beat any oceanic blue out there. His hand was still up reaching for the shelf, making his shirt rise slightly, showing of the beginning of his six packs.

She had to control herself to the maximum to just not look down there, otherwise he would think something wrong and then their brand-new friendship all down the drain. Aria interrupted them talking loudly as she approached the kitchen. She was going off about how she loved movies and specially when they had a happy ending.

When Aria actually reached the room and looked at them, they looked like nothing happened, Spencer had taken two long steps to the opposite side of him while Toby was reaching for the pots, putting them on the counter.

Aria knew Spencer very well, but since she actually looked at her eyes and didn't try to avoid it she assumed nothing had happened out of the ordinary. Toby put ice cream for all three of them and put back the box on the fridge.

The silence that fell upon them this time wasn't comfortable, it was heavy, as if someone had to say something or they would just burst and Spencer was sure it was his fault not hers, so she's way for him to apologize, and she really would, she was just that stubborn.


Half an hour later Toby had to head back home since Maria had called him, meaning she was worried and wanted to wait for him to be safe home before she went to bed and called it a day.

"I better go girls." He announced, placing his pot on the sink again, something he did so many times just in the exact same day.

"Alright. Thanks for the dinner, it was amazing. You are a man of many talents Toby." Aria said, hugging him goodbye and leaving to her room, her bed awaiting for her.

"Do you mind walking me out Spence?"

"Yeah sure, come on." She walked ahead of him, opening the door for him to leave.

"Can we talk about earlier?" Spencer just struggled, bringing a regretful expression to his face, not because he regretted bringing the subject up but because he wished he had just crossed the whole kitchen to get the damn pots.

"Please. I just want to say I'm sorry, I should of just walked all across the kitchen and get the pots, this way I would cause you any discomfort or throw myself on you. I'm so sorry Spence, seriously, it was not my intention." Spencer smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck, on her tip toes so she could reach him properly. His arms embraced her waist and they just stood there for a few moments, a few breaths, a few heartbeats.

"Have a goodnight Toby." She waved as he walked down the hallway stairs, as he replied back, "You too Spence."


A/N: YES! As promised see? I do keep my word! First of all, thanks so much for getting me all 10 reviews, keep 'em coming and I'll post more, some with your ideas guys. Seriously, thank you so much. I just won't be able to update 'til December 10th because I'm going to Disney World with my family, anddd no computers allowed, but as soon as I get back from my little getaway, I'll post new chapter! Thank you so much guys, I love you all. Seriously!

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