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After Aria left, Toby sat down on the bed.
"What is going on with you?" he asked, holding her close.
"Cramps," she said, "And I'm tired, shaky, and really emotional."
"Did you eat today?" he asked, suddenly putting the pieces together.
"Not really," she said, shaking her head, "I haven't been feeling well at all. I've been kinda nauseous."
"Spence, your glucose levels," Toby asked, putting some things together.
"Shoot," Spencer said, hating that she forgot about the hypoglycemia.
Toby grabbed the glucose monitor out of the bathroom where he left it when se was sick, quickly doing everything he needed to get a reading.
"Spence, it's only 48," Toby said, panic evident in his voice.
He grabbed a glucose tab from the night stand and she quickly took it, knowing she could have a seizure if her sugar kept getting lower.
"I'm going to go get you one of those high carb granola bars," he said, getting up.
She ate the snack he gave her even though she really wasn't feeling like eating. They waited and took her sugar levels again twenty minutes later.
"84," he read off, "Still low, but better than before. You need to eat your granola bar please."
She sighed, leaning back on her pillows as he put the monitor away as she started eating the granola bar. Toby then headed down to the kitchen to grab some apple juice just in case.
"You've gotta remember to eat babe," he said, kissing her temple as she finished off the granola bar, "I don't want you to end up having a seizure."
"I know," she said, tears springing to her eyes, "I'm sorry."
"I know," he said, holding her close to his chest, "I know. Don't cry."
She continued to sob into his chest, letting out all the tears she had been holding back all day.
"I soaked you shirt," she said, as the tears tapered off twenty minutes later, "Sorry."
"Don't apologize," he said, kissing her forehead, "You clearly needed that. What's going on?"
"Just emotional," Spencer said, wiping her eyes.
"You are taking the day off tomorrow," he said, looking at her, "It's my shortest day so I'll be home by 1, but you need to rest. You're clearly not recovered totally from that stomach bug and I don't want you getting sicker."
She nodded against his chest as he rubbed her back. She fell asleep pretty quickly after her mental breakdown and he held her as she slept.
When she woke up, he heated up her pasta from last night. She ate as much as she could before the two of them headed back to bed.
Spencer's stomach was unsettled, and she ended up in the bathroom more than she liked that night.
"Do you want some Pepto or something?" Toby asked as she got back into bed after trip two.
"Please?" she asked, curling up in bed.
While Toby was gone, Spencer grabbed her phone. She had a few messages from Emily and Aria, asking how she was feeling as well as one from her mom, telling her that Melissa was having a hard time so they were going to stay in the city for the next two weeks.
She texted Emily, letting her know she wasn't feeling great and that she wouldn't be at school the next day.
She then decided to call Aria because she just wanted to talk to her best friend.
"Hey," Aria said, answering after three rings, "How are you?"
"Eh," Spencer said, "I kinda feel like garbage."
"I'm sorry Spence," Aria said, "Is Toby taking good care of you?"
"Yeah," Spencer said, "He's been great. He's getting me Pepto right now actually."
"Do you have the stomach bug again?" Aria asked, hoping her friend wasn't sick again.
"No," Spencer said, "Just an upset stomach. I'm not going to school tomorrow though."
"What?" Aria said, "The Spencer Hastings is missing school? You must be feeling really awful. What was wrong with you earlier?"
"Low blood sugar," Spencer said, "I had barely eaten today and my sugar was way way low."
"Oh my gosh," Aria said, mentally kicking herself, "I totally forgot about the hypoglycemia. I'm sorry Spence."
"It's not your fault," Spencer said, "I should have been more careful."
"I should have remembered," Aria said before turning her head away from the phone and saying something in a muffled voice.
All Spencer could here was "Spencer…two minutes…Ezra."
"Sorry," Aria said, coming back to the phone.
"You're at his place aren't you?" Spencer asked.
"Yeah," Aria said, "My mom is out of town for a week so I'm staying with him because I didn't want to be alone when I was sick."
"Is he a good nurse?" Spencer asked in a seductive voice.
"Shut up Spence," Aria said, scoffing, "And yes he is. You can't say anything because you have literally been at Toby's just as long."
Spencer was quiet as Aria let out a little laugh.
"I'm gonna go," Spencer said after a second, "Toby just came back with some meds and I'm exhausted. Can you bring my assignments over after school tomorrow?"
"Of course," Aria said, "Let me know if you need anything else."
"Will do," Spencer said, "Thanks."
"Was that Aria?" Toby asked, handing Spencer the Pepto bottle.
"Yeah," Spencer said, taking a swig of the pink chalky liquid, "I called her to let her know what was going on."
"Alright," he said, taking the bottle back, "Now, are you ready to sleep or do you want to do something else?"
"Can we watch a movie?" she asked, "I'm really sleepy, but I'm not sure if my tummy will let me sleep yet or not."
"Sure," he said, grabbing a movie and putting it in.
Spencer put her head in his lap as he rubbed her belly, trying to help ease some of her discomfort. She got up twice more to use the bathroom, and he insisted she drink some Gatorade to help replace everything her body was rejecting.
Eventually, the pepto started working and Spencer fell asleep wrapped in Toby's arms.
There it was! I hope you all liked it. More to come soon hopefully!