Chapter 11
I don't normally comment on the amount of reviews I get, but lately they seem rather low. If I don't know if people are reading this story then I get lazy and lose the energy to update. I have other stories I can be writing too, so I may take more time to write my other stories. I will still update this story just not as much. Thank you to those of you that do read that means a lot to me. Okay enough rambling on to the chapter.
Toby's pov
I'm running out of time. I only have five days before I end up waking up in a screwed up world. I have to hurry up and fix things with Spencer before I lose my mind and every memory I had with her. That could really hurt Spencer too. Here I am spending all this time with her telling her I love her and the one day I might wake up not having any memory of it. Spencer would go back to being more heartbroken, hurt, and confused.
Today Spencer and the girls are helping Hanna with her eating disorder. I'm happy that Spencer is willing to help Hanna, but it's also taking up my time with Spencer. On Monday Spencer asked me to join them on helping Hanna and I agreed. We met at the Brew haft past two and all of the girls were there. Caleb also showed up to give Hanna more moral support. We all stood around while Spencer sat down with Hanna, so they could talk about Hanna's problem.
"Okay Hanna," Spencer started. "Tell me why you went back to self-harm."
Hanna took a shaky breath before answering. "I starved myself, because I was fat and disgusting."
"Who said you were?"
Hanna shrugged "Alison made I clear to everyone else that I was."
"You're not fat or disgusting Hanna. Don't let Alison's or anyone else words tell you wrong."
Hanna shrugged and shade a few tears "I just wanted to feel pretty for once."
Spencer reached forward and took both of Hanna's hands. "You are beautiful, but this path you're going down is very dangerous and you know that. You need to stop harming yourself."
"If I keep eating I'll get fat," Hanna cried.
"Hanna look at you," Aria cut in. "You're skinner then a Barbie doll. How skinny you've become is not healthy."
"When you look at yourself in the mirror you see yourself as what you fear you look like and not how you really look," Spencer said.
"But Alison…"
Spencer cut her off "who cares what Alison thinks? You are beautiful and you have friends that care about you. Caleb is head over heels in love with you."
Hanna's face lite up as she said, "Caleb likes me? I always thought he looked at me as just a friend."
Caleb smiled and said "correction I love you."
Hanna stood up and smiled "really?"
"Yes really you goof," Caleb teased while poking her side.
Hanna leaned up on her tippy-toes and kissed Caleb in front of everyone. We all smiled and awed at them. Seeing Caleb and Hanna together made me smile. When I looked over at Spencer, she was smiling too. After Caleb and Hanna pulled away she turned to Spencer and smiled.
"Thank you for the help Spencer and I promise no more self-harm. You really are a great friend."
Hanna made Spencer sit up, so she could hug her. Eventually the other girls joined in on the hug. This sight looked beautiful. For the first time in many years the girls are reunited. I watched as Spencer held her friends in and held them tight. Once they pulled away I asked if I could talk to all of them alone in the corner.
I asked Spencer's friends and Caleb to help me with Spencer. The girls didn't question me on it they just agreed. Emily made food for us. Aria made a playlist. Caleb helped me set things up. Hanna was with Spencer helping her pick out an outfit. Everyone agreed not to tell Spencer the surprise I made for her. Once we had everything set up Caleb, informed me that Hanna is on her way with Spencer.
We all waited patiently for Hanna to show up with Spencer. I'm a little nervous about this surprise, because I don't know how Spencer will react. Caleb tapped me on the shoulder and pointed at something behind me. I turn around and see Spencer standing there in a white and black knee length dress with matching high heels. Her hair was wavy instead of straight like it's been and her makeup was its light shade it used to be.
A gentle breeze blew through her hair and the smell of her perfume filled the air. Spencer looked absolutely beautiful. A small smile spread across her face when she stopped in front of me.
"You look amazing," I said.
She smiled and blushed, "thank you."
I turned around to thank our friends for all their help. They nodded their heads and then walked away. Spencer looked at me currishly when I turned back around. She noticed that I had stuff set up in the back of my truck and a blanket laid out for us.
"What is all this?"
I smiled and said "this is our first date, well second."
"Lying out under the stars is one of our dates?"
"Yeah, we used to sit up here and talk about how screwed up our families are."
She looked at the truck and then smiled back at me. The she reached for my hand and lead me towards the truck. We climbed up into the back of my truck and lay down curled up with each other. My fingers ran through her hair and her head was on my chest. My arms looped around her waist and my lips are pressed against her forehead.
"Toby, can I ask you something?" She spoke up out of the blue.
I shrugged and said "anything."
"How and why did you fall in love with me?"
I smiled to myself, "there are so many reasons why I fell in love with you."
She looked up at me, "what reasons?"
"'One you're beautiful, two you're smart and three you were my best friend, you still are. The list of reasons why I fell in love with you goes on, but the main reason why I fell in love with you, was because you saved my life. In that other world I was in a very dark place and I had no one. You came to me and filled my life with meaning and hope. You gave me a purpose to live and I can never thank you enough for it."
After I got done explaining I pressed a loving kiss on her lips. When I pulled away there were tears streaming down her face. I whispered her name and gently whipped her tears away.
"What's wrong?"
She shook her head as more tears came down her face. "I'm sorry you're trying so hard to get me to remember, but I just can't! I don't know what you're talking about. These memories the way we lived I just… I can't."
"Spencer, shush listen to me. What is going on is not your fault, it's mine. I wished my life away when I already had the best thing I could ask for, you."
I whipped the tears off her face and tilted her head up, so her eyes are looking into mine. I caress my thumb over her cheek and slowly pull her head closer to mine. Her eyes flutter close as my lips connect with hers. The moment our lips touched, fireworks shoot up in the sky. No literally fireworks really shoot up in the sky.
We pulled away to look up at the fireworks for a minute. The many colors of red, white, green, purple, and blue lite up the sky. Spencer's hands came up to cup my face bringing my in for another kiss. I ignored the loud banging of the fireworks and focused on the girl in front of me.
Her hands reached up to unbutton my shirt and she pushed it off my shoulders. Next I scanned my hands down her body and slowly pulled down the zipper on the back of her dress. I give her the lightest of touches, my fingers running smoothly over her skin. Her breath caught in her throat when my lips touched her neck. She moaned and arched her neck giving me more room.
I felt her hands tugging on my belt, I pull back to take of my belt and pulled my pants and my boxers down. Next my hands scanned down to remove her panties and pulled them down her long skinny legs. Once all of our clothes were of I positioned myself in front of her. She gasped loudly when I entered. We both moaned as we moved together. Her nails dug into my back as I moved faster against her. She moaned, gasped, and yelled out my name.
After going at it for a while we finally collapsed on top of each other. Spencer tried hard to catch her breath, but she was still overwhelmed. Once she had her breathing under control she curled up next to me and rested her head on my chest. I pulled the blanket up around us and cuddled closer to her. Spencer fell asleep a few minutes later with my lips pressed against her forehead.
Yes I know this chapter wasn't great, but like I said I'm getting lazy. Lazy equals short/crappy chapters. I hope some people did enjoy it. Well until next time.
