Author's Note: I'm back again! I know you guys are very anxious to see if Toby is going to tell Spencer, and in this chapter, there's a whole lot of Spencer/Toby interaction.

I know you don't want me to keep blabbing, so here's Chapter 10, the first chapter in Part II.


Chapter Ten

Spencer awoke to an empty bed and the doorbell ringing. She got up and looked outside the window, seeing that Andrew's car was not in the driveway. She sighed as she went down the stairs. She slipped on a sweater over her camisole, answering the door. She was surprised to see the person behind it.

"Toby? What are you doing here?" she asked. She noticed a brown paper bag and coffee in his hands. "And what is that?"

Toby sighed. "Can I come in?" Spencer stepped aside and allowed him in. "This is breakfast. I think you and I need to talk."

Spencer was a bit confused, but went with it. "What is this about?" she asked in a soft tone.

He shrugged. "Just about…things."

She eyed him cautiously but took the things out of his hands. She led him over to the kitchen island and set down the things. Toby followed. She looked up occasionally to see him staring at her.

"It seems like something's really bothering you," she said finally.

He nodded. "I guess you can say that." He watched as Spencer took out the bagels he had gotten and the brown paper napkins from the bag. "It's not about me. It's about a friend?"

Spencer became intrigued. "Alright. Do tell," she insisted as she took out butter, jelly, and cream cheese from the fridge.

How do I start?


Hanna looked like she was about to turn beet red. She was already halfway there. "That cheating, lying bastard!" she fumed.

Aria gasped. "Hanna! What if the baby can hear you?" she asked, placing her hands over her seemingly non-existent tummy.

Hanna rolled her eyes and scoffed. "Oh, please. Your baby is the size of my freaking pinky nail. They don't have ears yet."

"Well when they do get ears, I am not bringing them around Auntie Hanna's place, because they're going to come out swearing and flipping people off," Aria answered sternly.

Hanna rolled her eyes. "Oh, kiss my ass."

"Can we get back on topic here? Sorry, Aria; your baby won't hear Hanna and her foul mouth for a while yet," Emily informed Aria.

Aria sighed. "Thanks, Em, but that won't stop her."

Within the few weeks that Aria and Spencer had known her, Emily was inducted into their circle quickly. She got along really well with Spencer and Aria.

"This is serious. We have to tell Spencer. Otherwise, she's going to be stuck, married to a cheater the rest of her life," Emily reminded them.

"Do you want to tell her?" Hanna asked.

Emily looked at Hanna like she was crazy. "I've known her for all of about a month. And I'd like to keep my face," she said.

Hanna sighed. "I'm not telling her. I will have to fight the urge to tell her 'I told you so,' and Spencer so doesn't need that right now," she explained.

Both Emily and Hanna looked at the tiny brunette.

"Whoa, there is no freaking way I'm the one telling Spencer."

There was a dead silence except for the hum of the refrigerator in Aria's apartment. Finally, Hanna came up with an idea. "We could all tell her together," she suggested.

Emily was a bit skeptical of that. "Shouldn't Toby be the one to tell her? He's the one who found out in the first place," she suggested.

"Yeah, I'm kind of with Emily on this one. I'd like to keep my face. And my baby," Aria added.

Hanna shrugged. "I don't care how she finds out, but it needs to happen before she gets married. Not after, not during. I am not buying a thousand dollar dress for a sham of a wedding that's going to be ruined anyway," Hanna complained.

Emily gave her a strange look. "A thousand dollars for a dress you're going to wear once?"

"I go in designer or I go in nothing," she answered.

Aria smirked. "I'm sure Caleb would love that."

Emily didn't even try to stifle her laugh as Hanna shot Aria a death glare.


"Toby, we've been sitting here exchanging nothings. You still haven't even begun to tell me about what you wanted to speak about," Spencer reminded him.

Toby's breath hitched, and he still had yet to think of the best way to break this news to Spencer.

He glanced over at the clock. 12:45. He had killed quite a bit of time talking about stuff that overall meant nothing.

How should I say this? Spencer, your boyfriend is a cheating idiot and he doesn't deserve you. No…that sounds too rehearsed. Your boyfriend is a cheater. No, that isn't it, either. Sometimes, when people are stuck in one-sided relationships, one party drifts off and does the act formerly known as "adultery"; it's now commonly referred to as cheating, and that's what your fiancé is doing to you. What do you want to do? Break her heart while coming off as a jerk AND insulting her?

He shook his head, trying to expel all of those weird thoughts. "Spencer, there's something you need to know."

"I know that already. We've been sitting here for about two hours while you've been mentally debating how you're going to tell me this," she said.

It was like she knew his innermost thoughts; it was like Spencer could pick Toby's brain just by looking at him. Or is it just that obvious? "I just really don't know how to say this."

"Just say it," Spencer urged.

Just as Toby was opening his mouth to speak, the door to Spencer's house opened.

Toby felt his stomach do a flip flop as he saw the person enter the house.

It was Andrew.


Toby had no idea what to do at this point. It was obvious Andrew was caught off guard by Toby being there.

Spencer stood and walked over to her fiancé. "Andrew, this is Toby. He's one of Hanna's friends," Spencer said.

Subconsciously, Toby was disappointed that Spencer had never mentioned him before.

"And this is Andrew, my fiancé," she introduced, breaking Toby from his thoughts.

Andrew extended his hand to Toby. "It's nice to meet you."

Toby plastered on a fake smile and the two exchanged pleasantries. Out of the corner of his eye, Toby could see Spencer smiling.

"I just came by because I forgot something upstairs," Andrew explained to Spencer. She looked a little disappointed, as if she was hoping the reason for his unexpected arrival was to see her.

Toby watched Spencer as she watched Andrew go up the stairs. It was as if Toby wasn't even there at the moment.

Five minutes later, Andrew was out the door again. Toby had finally mustered the courage to tell Spencer what she needed to know.

Spencer sat down in front of Toby, but it was pretty obvious she wasn't actually thinking or concentrating on him.

"Spencer, this is really important. It's about Andrew," Toby began.

Spencer's expression remained blank. "What's about Andrew?" she asked.

"What I wanted to talk to you about!" he exclaimed. Then he took a breath. Spencer still seemed unresponsive. "Sorry, I didn't mean to yell."

Spencer didn't really seem to care. Toby was becoming frustrated.

Rip it off like a band-aid.

"Andrew is cheating on you, Spencer."


I know I left it on somewhat of a cliffie, but I'm willing to make a deal. If I get 10 more reviews, I will update sooner!

And now onto reviews:

spoby equals awesomeness: I guarantee that Toby will find out Andrew is abusing Spencer (in multiple ways), and I'm debating on which liar should tell him. But Toby and Andrew will eventually have a confrontation where Spencer is not in the room, and Toby can say whatever he needs to say. And it'll be epic. I hope.

insertnameherex: Well, I'd just like to say, thank you for reading my other story! It means a lot! "Enchanted" is just something I've been sitting on for a while, and I wanted to make a Fabrastings fanfiction because I'd been thinking about it for a while. Eventually, I'll make an Emtana one (because I think that Emily+Santana would be soulmates...Marlene King and Ryan Murphy better make it happen!). So, thanks for that and for this review. And your wish was granted. I guess you have good Karma :)

Guest (DedicatedToSpoby): I just have to say that your review was hilarious, and thank you for liking the character I based off of me :) Still debating whether or not Spencer and Tiffany will meet or if Tiffany will come back. A review about that would be much appreciated. And Toby will ask Spencer out and they'll be all cutesy and stuff.

LynnLayne18: I am glad that you enjoy my bits of Jaria and Haleb. I think that if they had shown more of Jaria on the show, I'd totally ship that, but right now, I guess I ship Jaria 2.0 (Jake+Aria) or Wesria (Wesley+Aria) or Rockria (Rock+Aria, AKA Aria+her own earrings, AKA, Aria+everyone except Ezra). And I will not make Toby cry...in this chapter, at least. Or the next one. But maybe I'll change it if I don't get some nice reviews :) And I'm not so sure it's sadder than bunnies dying...I love my bunnies. But yes, it's about as sad as my dog eating my chocolate cheesecake on my birthday, and me not having any (that was tragedy).

spobettes: Andrew might be hiding something else...

Sunset13: I think Toby might want to punch Andrew in the face, too. Hmm...

xxil0vey0uxx: Well, I don't think I'll ever do a Spoby pregnancy story that takes place while Spencer is pregnant. And then, stereotypically, Toby leaves before Spencer can say that she's pregnant and then flash forward like 4-16 years later and now Spencer hates him/still loves him, yadda yadda yadda, but then they get back together and their kid is all happy and stuff like that. I never want to do something like that. One of the reasons one of my favorite fanfictions on this site ("If You Ever Come Back To Us" by LittleSpoby2199) is my favorite is because it's sort of like that, except theirs is that Toby is taking care of their daughter, and I don't know why, but I find it so much more interesting and realistic. Anyway, I know I did something similar with my last story, but it really wasn't. I really have never seen a story where Spencer and Toby have twin girls, give them up for adoption, and seventeen years later, the girls come back to meet their parents and are thrown into something else. I've kind of seen stuff similar to Begin Again, but not nearly as much as those pregnancy stories. So thank you for realizing that my story is a little unique and different. I appreciate it very much.

Sylviecake231: I think Ezra has his funny moments and I like him helping out Emily and Spencer, but I feel like his relationship with Aria is wrong and shouldn't be condoned (since they were a teacher and student, and Aria having been through a similar situation with her father and his student makes her a little hypocritical, in my book). I especially like his relationship with the lime. I ship that Limezra (Lime+Ezra)? True love. And I definitely think that Ezria provokes the worst in Aria. She was willing to turn against her parents for the simple (and justified) notion of them disliking her relationship. She basically wanted to ruin her father's life by tattling because she didn't want to be separated from Aria. From that alone, Aria is my least favorite. And on a side note, I miss Jason. So much. Where the hell is he?

So what was your favorite moment in this chapter? #SpobyFriendship? #JariaBaby? #HannasABadass was probably one of my favorites. That or #TobyMansUp. And my last candidate is #EmilyKeepsHerFace. -Kayson