A/N: Some of you might hate me for this one, but I think you all will love this chapter. (Hint: Spoby moment) I hope you all tell me what you thought about it in a review because I had a ton of fun writing it! Once again sorry for any spelling/grammer mistakes you might find. I do try my best to fix anything when I re-read before I post. Enjoy everyone!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pretty Little Liars.
Chapter 11:
Beep Beep
Spencer rolled over onto her side and reached her hand out to hit her alarm clock. Beep Beep. The sound continued, making her to open her eyes and realize it was her phone making the sound. With a small groan, she reached over, grabbed her phone and tapped the screen to read her new message.
"Have to cancel for today. –TC". She sat up in her bed, resting her back against the headboard. Using her right hand, she rubbed her eyes before looking at her clock, 1:45a, the red numbers glaring back at her.
"Why on earth are you sending me a message at almost 2am and who gave you my cell number?" She quickly typed back and hit the send icon on the screen. Knowing that falling back asleep was never going to happen, she kicked her legs off the side of the bed and stood up, making her way out of the room.
As she switched on the light in the kitchen, her phone beeped signaling that she had a new message. Multitasking, she used one hand to open the message to read, while her other hand reached into the cabinet to grab a glass.
"Took a chance in hopes you were still awake, guess I was right. I am a detective remember? I have my ways. ;)" She laughed softly to herself, having a pretty good idea that Emily gave up her number to him, most likely at the party.
"Would one of your ways involve asking my roommate for my number? FYI, you were wrong, I was asleep, thanks for waking me up from my beauty sleep, and you now owe me. :P" She typed and placed her phone on the counter after hitting the send icon. As she waited for his response, she filled up her glass with water and ice from the refrigerator.
Beep Beep
She found herself smiling as she walked the two steps back to the counter; she could not believe that a few text messages could make her heart race as she wondered what he typed.
"I'm not at liberty to discuss. ;) You do not need any beauty sleep, you're gorgeous. How about I make it up to you right now, what do you say?"
Spencer was not sure what shocked her more, that fact that Toby called her gorgeous or that he wanted to meet up tonight. Before she could even type a reply, a soft knock broke through to her ears, causing her to freeze in her tracks.
"Are you outside my apartment right now?" She wrote back and waited for his message to pop up.
":) Maybe..."
"Shit." She muttered under breath and quickly put her phone down on the counter once more. Her hands flew over her hair, pulling out the tie that held her messy bun, letting her brown locks fall down to her shoulders. Her fingers raked through her hair in an effort to look presentable until she looked down at her outfit. She was wearing a very short pair of blue sleeping shorts with a tight fitted grey tank top. "Thank god I forgot to take my bra off before I fell asleep." She whispered as she walked barefooted over to the door.
Taking a deep breath, she slowly opened the door and to her amazement, Toby stood on the other side with that boyish grin on his face. "Hi." She smiled with a grin of her own as she moved off to the side to let him enter the apartment.
"Hey." Toby took a couple of steps in and turned around to look at Spencer as she shut the door behind her. While her back was turned, he took the opportunity to take in her appearance; his eyes started at her legs and moved up her body. Mesmerized by how well she kept in shape after all these years, he found himself comparing the two loves of his life. "Spencer looks amazing in those shorts. Eva has never looked that good in a pair of shorts. I wonder if she still runs, or if she goes to the gym. She has to do something to keep fit; man I wish Eva would go running with me one morning."
"See something you like?" Spencer asked with her hands rested on her hips and her head slightly tilted as she gave Toby an amused grin.
"Huh... No." He muttered breaking from his thoughts, he felt his cheeks turn red at being caught staring. When he saw her raise her eyebrow, he felt his nerves start to get the better of him. "I don't mean no, like I don't like what I see, because I do, you look amazing, I mean not like you don't look amazing every other time I've seen you, and I was just..." He said tripping on his words but when she laughed, he raised his hand to cover his face embarrassed that she made him feel like he was back in high school.
"Relax Toby, I was just teasing you." She laughed patting his arm as she passed him into the kitchen. "Want something to drink?"
"Water is fine with me." Toby followed behind, keeping his eyes on the ground so he would not be caught checking her out again. "You have Eva, she has the doctor. Remember that Toby." He reminded himself as he entered the kitchen and took a seat at the table.
"So you never explained what was with the 2am text message to cancel our morning date." She asked as she placed the glass of water on the table in front of him, before moving backwards to rest her body against the counter.
"I just figured with the doc..I mean, Wren back, you would want to spend the day with him." Toby said trying to keep the bitterness from his voice.
"Yeah, Wren...You want to tell me what happened between you two at the party? I have not had a chance to talk to him yet about it, but since you are here, I rather hear your side first. "
Toby studied her face, she did not seem angry at all; confused is the look that was written on her face. "I'm surprised that you waited so long to find out what happened. That isn't like you one bit."
"Scary isn't it?" She asked smirking at his raised eyebrow and placed her hands on the counter to host her body up to sit. "That I'm not the same person you once knew. I swear, you keep looking at me as if I am still 18. I have changed Toby and you have changed, we are all grown up now."
"You may be right, but I still know a lot about you that I'm sure hasn't changed in the last seven years." He said as he stood up and took the few steps to stand in front of her.
Spencer looked right into his blue eyes as he stood in between her legs and rested his hands on either side of her body. "Prove it." She whispered in her raspy voice, earning a grin from Toby.
Without breaking her eye contact, Toby moved his right hand to gentle touch her left thigh, running his fingers slowly down to her knee, stopping when his fingers found a barely visible scar. "You got this in junior year, field hockey game against Oakwood. Your guard slipped down and the other girl took a chance to take you out of the game."
Spencer remained silent as his hand move off her knee and felt as he trailed his fingers up to her forearm. "You got this one in middle school. You fell off your bike in the woods and managed to land right on the rocks. I think you had to get three or four stitches to close it up."
"Four. How do you even remember that?" She said trying to keep her breathing normal, but her heart began to race even harder as he pushed some of her hair away from her shoulder, exposing her neck, letting his fingers linger down towards her back. She closed her eyes as all his touches left her skin on fire; opening them again when he spoke.
"I told you Spence. " His voice was deep; his blue eyes turned darker as his eyes meet hers. "I know everything about you." He moved his head to the side of her exposed shoulder and started to place light kissing on her skin. "I know what makes you smiles." His moved his left hand off the counter, his fingers tracing up and down her right leg, causing Spencer to move her hand over his own, lacing their hands together.
Smiling against her skin, he moved his head to her neck, placing his lips next to her ear, he whispered. "I know what turns you on." Shifting down slightly, he began to suck and kiss the area below her ear, causing her to let out a low moan.
Spencer closed eyes as he continued his assault on her neck, she knew they should not be doing this, her mind was screaming at her to stop to him. "Toby.."She moaned as he bit down softly on her shoulder. "Toby please.." She was finding it hard to resist, she had missed these feelings that he was causing her. Her stomach felt like it was floating, her heart raced so hard that she was sure Toby could feel it through her shirt, her lips felt like they were pulsating, wanting and waiting for him to kiss them.
As if reading her mind, Toby removed his lips from her neck but instead of kissing her lips, he choose to pulled back to look at her face. He moved his right hand to the side of her face and rubbed his thumb against her cheek. "Spencer." His voice was very low, his breathing heavy but his eyes remained on her brown ones when she opened them.
She was not sure how long they had been staring at one another, but Spencer could not break his hold. Everything she knew about Toby, about their love, their relationship, it was staring at her from his ocean blue eyes. Suddenly nothing else matter, not Wren, not the twins, not her job or even the rest of her family. The only thing that seemed to matter was Toby was back in her arms, still looking at her with so much love and desirer after finding out everything he missed. There was no judgment in his eyes, something she was certain she would find when she looked. It was almost as if he did not blame her for listening to him when he said to move on, because he had done the same. They both found new people to love and started relationships in hopes to drown away the past.
With a shaken hand, Spencer reached out to touch Toby's face. Her hand started at his forehead, slowly moving down in between his eyes to his nose, finally resting on his lips. She traced his lips with her fingers, as she subconsciously wet her own, before biting down on her lower lip. She was fighting the urge to pull him into her body to crush their lips together again. She missed the way they fit pressed to each other, and she missed how his tongue felt against her own when he deepened their kiss.
At that very moment, it felt as if something blew up inside of her, her chest tightened and her stomach felt like she had butterflies dancing about, causing her body to tingle all over. Without warning, she pushed her body forward, slamming their lips together as her arms wrapped around his neck.
Toby was surprised at first, but quickly refocused on Spencer, one arm wrapped around her body; the other gripped her thigh, pulling her closer to his body. Biting on her bottom lip, he slipped his tongue into her mouth when she parted, a low moan escaping their kiss. A battle for dominance began with every movement of their lips, her hands moved from behind his head to the front of his shirt, slipping a hand under the material she smiled when she felt the definition of his stomach.
Breaking the kiss, she moved her lips along his jaw line, placing light kisses as she made her way to his neck. As her lips worked on sucking and kissing his pulse point, she pulled her hand away from his skin and began to un-do the buttons of his shirt. "Spencer" She heard him moan as she playfully bit his neck and smiled at the effect she was having on him. As her fingers unhooked the last button, she ran both of her hands over his chest and abdomen and pulled away from his neck as she brought her hands up to either side of his face, crushing their lips together again.
"Bedroom?" He questioned through their kissing after a few minutes passed and when she nodded, he slid both hands under her ass, easily picking her up off the counter.
Spencer wrapped her legs around his waist and broke the kiss for a moment. "First door on the right." She managed to get out through her ragged breathing before connection their lips again. "This is wrong Spencer, you need to stop. He is getting married to another woman!" Her mind screamed as Toby carried her into the bedroom, kicking the door shut as he moved to lay her on the bed, positioning his body above her.
She could not stop; her body would not allow it. Every touch left her skin on fire, a feeling not even Wren could make happen. He was good in bed, but she never felt the way she was feeling right now with him, not once in all the years they were together. Kissing Toby, touching him, both were playing a dangerous game. They both knew their partners trusted them and right now, they were breaking that trust.
As Toby started to run his hand under Spencer's tank top, a loud ringing from his pocket broke the silence. With a groan, Toby pulled away from Spencer, reached in his pocket to retrieve the phone and quickly flipped it open. "Detective Cavanaugh speaking." The tone of his voice screamed business, but his eyes stayed locked to her own with a playful look to them, his hand moved back under her top, drawing circles on her well-toned abdomen. She smiled at him, and used her free hand to stop him tickling her stomach, while her other covered her mouth so he would not get in trouble on the phone.
"What's the address for the scene?" He questioned as he laced their fingers, raised their joined hands and smiled at how well they fit together. "Okay, I'll see you in ten." Slipping the phone back into his pocket, he shifted his body back over Spencer's and leaned down to kiss her neck. "I have to head out for work."
Spencer closed her eyes, savoring the feeling of his lips on her skin, letting out a low moan when he pulled away and scooted to the side of the bed. "Talk about a tease." She joked as she turned on her side, watching him stand up, her eyes trailing up and down his body.
"Yeah, sorry about that." He chuckled with a grin as he worked to button up his shirt. "Probably best that I got that phone call when I did, I don't think I would have been able to stop myself and I know we both would have regretted it afterwards." She could have sworn he sounded disappointed as he spoke.
Spencer nodded, she knew he was right, and silently thanked the gods for Toby getting that phone call when he did. Neither was available and the guilt of sleeping with Toby would have pushed her to a place she never wanted to see again.
"When is your next shift?" He asked pulling her out of her thoughts, noticing he was sitting on the side of the bed looking down at her.
"Monday night, you want me to save you a dance?" She grinned up at him, reaching for his hand; she loved the feeling their joined hands gave her. She felt connected to him again, as if the past seven years never happened.
"As tempting as that sounds..."His eyes moving from her face, down the rest of her body before looking back at her eyes. "We should just get together to talk."
"Sure, just meet me outside after my shift."
"Great, I'll see you Monday night." He smiled and raised their hands to his lips, kissing the back of her hand. "I'll let myself out, you go back to sleep, you look like you need it." He joked and laughed when she hit him in the arm.
"You're an asshole." She laughed. "Go on, get out of here and solve some cases detective. Night Toby."
Before getting up from the bed, he leaned down and gave Spencer a soft kiss. "Goodnight gorgeous." He whispered as he moved away and towards the door.
As the door slammed shut, Spencer shot up in her bed, breathing heavy and confused. "What the hell…" She spoke softly to herself as she looked around the room, her eyes settled on her clock and widened at the time that read, 7:34a. She did not even remember falling back asleep and as she was about to get out of bed, her eyes stopped a half-full glass of dark liquid next to the clock. Reaching over, she brought the glass to her nose and instantly frowned. "I guess dreaming wasn't the only thing I did last night." Sighing, she pushed herself off the bed and walked out of her room towards the kitchen.
She failed to notice Emily sitting in their living room with the paper resting on her lap, her hands nursing a hot cup of coffee. "Morning Spence." Emily's voice called, almost causing her to drop the glass to the floor.
"Jeez Em!" Spencer said as she raised one hand to her heart, the other placing the glass on the counter. "You scared the crap out of me. When did you get home?"
Emily laughed and tossed the paper on the coffee table before speaking. "An hour ago, Paige had work. Wasn't that a new bottle?" She asked pointing to the bottle that was next to Spencer's phone. "Rough night?"
Spencer shifted over to the empty bottle and picked it up surprised. "I guess you could say that." She said as she rested it back on the counter and grabbed her phone, opening up her message center, only to frown again when she saw that she had no messages from Toby. "I can't believe that last night was a dream, it felt so real."
"Spencer? Are you even listening to me?" Emily was standing in front of her, waving a hand in her face.
Spencer snapped back and slapped Emily's hand away. "I am now, what did you ask?"
"I asked what happened last night with you and Wren. I thought he was spending the night."
"So did I, until he got a call from the hospital and they needed him to go in for an emergency." Spencer debated on telling Emily about her dream, worried about the reaction she would have. "Em, I think Wren is going to ask me to marry him today."
"Are you serious? That's great!" Emily smiled excitedly but stopped when Spencer looked like she was going to have a break down. "Spence, what's wrong, isn't this what you wanted? Him home with you and the boys, having that family that you kept talking about, that next step."
"It is. Trust me, it is. I want my boys to finally have a family that has their parents together and living under the same roof." She trailed off playing with her phone case. "What if Wren isn't the one I'm supposed to be with. I don't want to commit to marrying someone just because they are the father of my children."
"Is this about Toby?"
"No…maybe…I don't know." She turned away from Emily, slamming her phone down on the counter. "I had a dream about Toby last night and now I'm just so confused on what I want. I know he is getting married and I have Wren but last night, that dream felt so real Emily. I swear I can still feel his lips on mine."
"Wow, Spencer Hastings having a sex dream about a married man, I never thought I'd see the day." Emily joked nudging her friend with her arm. "We all have dreams like that Spence, its normal that you would start now that he is back. You just cannot let it rule your life; otherwise, you will never be happy with anyone." Emily moved back towards the living room, leaving Spencer to her thoughts.
"She is right. It was just a dream. I have Wren, I love him. I need move on from Toby and be happy." Her eyes shifted to her phone when she heard the familiar beeping of a new message sound. She moved her hand over the screen and opened the icon. The message was from Wren, saying he was on his way to pick her up.
With a sigh, she pushed away from the counter, leaving her phone behind and headed to the bathroom to get ready. Even if it was a dream, she did not intend to message Toby about their coffee date today, she figured after what happened at the party, he would not show up anyway.
Once in the bathroom, she turned on the shower and moved to stand in front of the sink as she waited for the water to heat. She looked over her body in the mirror and after finding nothing out of place, locked eyes with herself. "It was a dream. Nothing more than a dream, you have to let him go Spencer, move on." She said giving a small nod at the end of her pep talk. With a roll of her eyes, she softly laughed at how crazy she was acting about the situation and moved away from the sink to get undressed.
While under the stream of hot water, she hummed to herself as a distraction to stop herself from thinking of Toby. Instead, she thought about what her answer to Wren would be when he proposed. Would he do it while the boys where there so she would feel guilty about saying no? Would he wait until they were alone again at the apartment? She wondered what kind of ring he would give her.
"Spencer, Wren is here." Emily shouted from behind the closed door.
"Okay, I'll be right out!" She could not believe that time had gotten away from her and now hurried to wash her hair and body. A few minutes later, she was out and wrapping the towel around her body as she made her way out towards her room. "I just have to get changed and we can go Wren." She called to him as she walked into the bedroom.
Dropping the towel, she rushed to her dresser and pulled out a matching bra and panty set, slipping those on, she went across the room to find an outfit.
"Now that is a view I would love to see every day." Wren said with a huge grin. He was leaning against the doorframe and as she turned around to face him, pushed off and walked towards her. "If we didn't have to get the boys, I'd say you let me make up for leaving you all alone last night."
Spencer put on a grin of her own and put a hand up to push him back when his hands rested on her bare hips and tried to pull her close. "You had your chance mister, now you have to wait until tonight to do any making up that you owe. I have to finish getting ready, so out you go."
"You know how hard it is for me to let you get dressed right now looking the way you do. At least let me kiss you before you kick me out."
"Fine, one kiss, than out." She grinned as he quickly pressed his lips to her own. When he tried to deepen the kiss, she pulled away laughing. "Later, I promise. Now out before the kids send a search party for us."
Wren groaned with a smile, but back away, pointing a finger at her. "You owe me big time Spencer. See you in a few." He said as he shut the door when he left.
As the door closed, the grin fell from her face and a look of guilt replaced it. She felt nothing compared to the kiss she had shared with Toby in her dream. She did not feel the butterflies, or the fire that she had felt when Toby kissed her and touched her body.
"Today is going to be a very long day." She spoke aloud to herself and moved to finish getting dressed, as she did not want to keep Wren waiting any longer. She just hoped that when the time came to answer Wren, she will have moved passed this dream and be able to look forward to their future as a family.
