Chapter 10

Toby's POV

The air was getting colder and the nights getting darker. Storm clouds gathered overhead and flashes of lighting lit up the sky. The winds are picking up and the trees tops are swaying back and forth. I've been waiting here for an hour and Spencer still hasn't answered my texts. The thunder crackling across the sky made me jump. The air was getting damp and the smell of rain filled my senses. The winds continued to pick up creating a loud whistle as it blew through the bushes and trees. I wish I still had my sweater, because no it's getting really cold. The longer I waited, the more nervous I got. What if something's wrong? What if Alison figured it out and is in the barn confronting Spencer right now. Maybe I should go in to the barn to make sure she's okay. Right when I started to move from behind the bush, I heard saw the barn door open.

Spencer was walking out of the barn and Alison was fallowing her. Alison was telling Spencer something and Spencer just looked angry. The two girls walked across the yard and disappeared inside Spencer's house. I don't remember Spencer leading Alison in the house as part of the plan. Something is not right. I moved out from behind the bushes and slowly snuck up to Spencer's house. There was a light shining from her living room window, so I figured that's where they are. I tried to stay hidden as I peeked into the window to see if Spencer was okay. Alison and Spencer were in the living room having a very heated discussion. Alison was taunting Spencer about something, but she wasn't taking it well. Clearly whatever Alison is saying to Spencer is pissing her off. Spencer has this look in her eye that I've never seen before. It's a dark look hidden deep inside her angel eyes.

"I am sick of your games!" Spencer hissed. "We all are."

"Trying to get me voted off the island," Alison spun Spencer back around, so she couldn't leave. "It won't work."

"Well I don't think you'll have a choice."

Once again Alison's words stopped Spencer from leaving. "I made you Spencer!"

Spencer turned back around and looked at Spencer in disbelief. That's when I knew that this would not be ending well. Spencer does not respond well when people talk about how Alison has her wrapped around her finger. She likes to think of herself as her own human being who makes her own decisions.

"I made all of you," Alison continued. "Before me were some goody goody in plaid that did whatever mommy and daddy told her to."

Oh crap now Spencer is defiantly going to blow. She can handle people ragging on her for being in Alison's group, but pulling the Hastings cards crosses the line. That's one thing she can't stand. Spencer is going to blow her top right there in front of Alison. She may even blow her cover. I just hope that she can try to keep herself calm, but unfortunately I know her to well.

"You are so full of yourself!" Spencer hissed. "You think that just because you brought us together you can treat us like puppets?"

"But you are," Alison smirked. "Don't you see that?" Alison stepped dangerously close to Spencer and even I knew that that's not a good idea. "You don't exist without me."

Spencer held back a chuckle as she said. "Really Ali? Then tell me this. What is a leader without any followers? Because it seems to me the question isn't whether we will exist without you, but whether you will exist without us and is far as I'm concerned you are dead to me already!"

I was silently applauding her in my mind. Spencer finally let Alison hear what she deserves to hear and she did it without blowing her cover. Alison and Spencer glared at each other for the longest time. Then Alison pushed past Spencer and walked out the back door slamming it behind her. Spencer inhaled and exhaled deeply as she quickly made her way towards the stairs. I was thinking okay good she's going upstairs to cool off, but then she stopped.

"Go upstairs Spencer," I whispered to myself.

But Spencer didn't go upstairs. Instead she marched right back down the steps, walked out the side door slamming it behind her, and ran after Alison. I didn't know what to do. If I go after her Alison might see me and think something's up. If I don't go after her Spencer could do something really dangerous and end up getting hurt. I bit my lip and quietly trailed behind Spencer. Spencer was running after Alison yelling and screaming for her to stop.

"Hey! Hey! This conversation isn't over!"

"It is over Spencer!" Alison hissed. "And so are we."

"Don't you walk away from me," Spencer warned. Spencer picked up a shovel and held it up. "Dammit Ali I said stop!"

"You're way out of your league Spencer!" Alison shouted.

Spencer tightened her grip on the shoved and gave Alison a deathly glare. I watched in anticipation of what might happen. I need to step in. if I don't Spencer could do something that she will regret for the rest of her life.

"Really Ali," I heard Spencer's voice echoing throughout the night. "Are you sure about that?"

For a second Alison looked a little frightened. "Why don't you put that thing down before you hurt yourself?" she sneered.

Spencer raised the shovel higher like she was getting ready to hit Alison with it. Then she started walking towards Alison with the shovel held tightly in her hand. When she tried to swing the shovel she lost her balance and fell to her knees. Alison went to help Spencer up, but found something else instead. I tried to get closer to see what Alison picked up that Spencer dropped. When I made out what it was my eyes widen.

"No," I whispered.

Alison looked down at the pill bottle then back up at Spencer. Spencer looked ashamed of herself and tried to snatch the pills back, but Alison was quicker.

"Are you speeding?" Alison asked.

Spencer looked so ashamed with herself that she didn't know what to say. I could tell by the look in her eyes that she was feeling upset with herself. Alison repeated her question, but Spencer didn't say a word. Instead she walked away dragging the shovel behind her. But Alison wasn't letting her get away that quickly.

Once again I fallowed them over to Alison's house, but made sure they didn't see me. Alison was trying to get Spencer to talk about the pills, but she refused to speak. Alison kept pushing her to speak and it got to the point where Spencer was begging Alison not to tell anyone. Alison promised that she wouldn't say a word. I can't believe she's been taking pills I thought she stopped that. Alison told Spencer to go back to the barn and sleep it off. Spencer nodded and walked away with the shovel behind her. Of course Alison didn't follow Spencer to make sure she got back to the barn okay. Instead she walked in the other direction towards the Montgomery house. Once I was sure Alison was gone I followed more closely behind Spencer.

I was about to call out for her until I heard something rustling through the trees. This most have caught Spencer's attention to, because she stopped walking towards the barn and headed in that direction. There was a blonde girl that looked like Alison running through the woods. Something inside Spencer snapped and Spencer started running after the girl screaming out Alison's name.

"Spencer!" I called out.

Spencer continued to run after the girl with the shovel in her hands. The girl saw Spencer coming, freaked out, and ran. That only ticked Spencer off even more. The alcohol and the pills that Spencer had tonight is probably messing up her vision and sense of thinking. I ran after Spencer to try and stop her, but I lost track of her. I heard a scream then ran in that direction. When I found Spencer she was standing over the blonde girl who is lying on the floor begging Spencer to stop. Spencer kept walking closer and closer to her with shovel held above her head.

"Spencer stop!" I called out.

"Alison is getting what she deserves!" she hissed.

"That's not Alison!"

Spencer snapped her head up at me. Her eyes burned into mine. There was a storm ragging on around us, but not as fierce as the storm brewing in Spencer's eyes. I walked closer to Spencer until I was within touching distance. I reached out and put my hand on her arm.

"Spencer look at me." I spoke calmly. "You have to stop."

Her stare softened and her breathing subsided some. The blonde girl was still sitting there in fear about what would happen next. All of a sudden Spencer dropped the shovel on the ground and fell to her knees. That's when the blonde girl took the time to get up and ran away. I knelled down beside Spencer to try and help her calm down.

"Spencer."

"Toby?" she looked at me with confusion. Her breathing got heavier as she looked around to check out her surroundings. "Where am I?"

"You're in the woods behind Alison's house."

She touched her forehead as if she was just hit in the head by a brick. "What happened?"

"You had a fight with Alison."

"Does she know I'm –A?"

"I don't think so, but she saw the pills."

She sighed and ran both of her hands through her hair. "I'm sorry I ruined everything. I wrecked our plans and all of our hard work just went down the drain."

I rubbed her back soothingly. "I don't care about the plan all I care about is you and if you're okay."

"I'm okay I think."

She looked back up to get a good look at me. I don't know if she noticed this before, but I got my haircut tonight. Instead of having a mop of hair it's not short in the back and gelled up in the front. She ran her fingers through my hair and caressed down my face.

"You got a haircut."

"Um yeah it's a new look."

The tattoo that I got earlier was showing and Spencer saw it. She ran her fingers across the black ink.

"901 Free At Last?" she questioned.

"It's a long story and I have to get you back to the barn before the girls wake up."

When Spencer tried to stand up she stumbled and fell back to her knees. Clearly she is in no condition to walk around on her own. Spencer made a low giggling noise when I picked her up and started carrying her bridal style back to the barn. Normally Spencer would protest and say she's fine, but Spencer is half out of it. She laid her head on my shoulder as I carefully carried her across her yard, towards the barn. I set her down outside of the barn and made sure she was able to stand up on her own before letting her go.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm just tired."

"Go inside and lay down."

She nodded and whispered, "Okay."

"Promise me you won't take anymore pills."

"I promise."

For a moment Spencer and I stood there looking at each other. If I'm going to make my move now would be the perfect time, but I'm still nervous. What if she really doesn't like me? She makes it seem like she does, but maybe I'm just seeing what I want to see. I've wanted to kiss her since that day she helped my move Jenna's things into my house. I've tried to kiss her several times before and each time we were interrupted. Now here we are and no one is around. If I'm going to make my move I should do it now. Spencer stood there as if she was waiting for me to kiss her, but I just couldn't do it.

"Goodbye Spencer."

"Goodbye Toby."

I cursed myself silently as she turned to walk inside. Hurry up and do it before you lose your chance forever. My mind was yelling at me to do it. Spencer opened the barn door to walk inside. If I don't do this now then I will never get another chance.

"Spencer, wait."

I reached out for her arm and slowly spun her back around. She opened her mouth to say something, but before she could my lips where already on hers. She was stunned for a second, but that quickly melted away as her arms came up to wrap around my neck. I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her closer to me. I was getting ready to pull back thinking that Spencer probably doesn't like this, but as soon as I pulled my lips away from hers, she kissed me right back. I felt her hand touch my chest gently as our lips moved against each other's softly. This is the best damn kiss I've ever had. It's a lot better than I imagined. As much as I wanted to keep kissing her, I knew I had to let her go. I broke the kiss when my lungs started burning for air. Spencer was left breathless as she leaned her forehead against mine.

"Wow…" She smiled. "It's about time you kissed me Cavanaugh."

I smiled too and said, "Goodnight Spencer."

"Goodnight Toby."

I removed my hands from her waist and slowly started backing away from her. Spence bit her lip and smiled. She held my hand until It got to the point where she couldn't reach me anymore. I smiled at her one last time before disappearing into the night. I was hallway down her street when I realized I never told Spencer about my plans. I'm not going back to juvie. Instead I will be spending a year at a construction site interning for a personal carpenter. It's going to be really hard for her to contact me, because that company is always busy and moving around. I don't know when I will get the chance to tell Spencer that. If I leave without telling Spencer, she's going to think that I just kissed her then ditched her. I never did get to tell Spencer that I love her. When I got to the end of the street there was a blue car waiting for me. I opened the door and slipped into the front seat.

"Did you do what you needed to do?" he asked.

I nodded, "Yeah I'm all set."

"Okay, now let's get out of here this place gives me the creeps."

"Thanks for the help Caleb."

Cliffhanger. So this chapter was a lot sucker then I thought it would be, but hey at least Spoby finally kissed.

The next chapter will take place 1 year later. Alison will still be alive and Spencer is not playing –A right now. That may change when she sees the boy that kissed her one night then left without a word. Toby comes back to Rosewood to try and fix things with Spencer. What do you think will happen between Spencer and Toby when he comes back? The only way to find out is to keep reading.