Author's Note: Hey everyone! I am so sorry I haven't been updating so much lately. I started volleyball at my school and have been exhausted, so I'm trying my best to update when I can. I promise I won't drop or forget about this! Also many people keep saying 'I want Spencer and Toby to be together!' Well of course they'll be together…. Eventually! But it wont be for another few chapters! But there will be plenty of Spoby scenes, but not couply so soon!

IMPORTANT: Last chapter I mentioned that if you guessed the two guest starts (2 males) coming up in the the next chapter (chapter 12) that you could make a cameo in an upcoming chapter. Someone did get both of the boys right, but I need to make sure I have the right name used for the cameo. So please comment your exact same answers again, with your name clearly typed at the bottom of the review saying it is the name you want to be used! Thank you!

P.S. I've been watching Drake and Josh, and Drake just said his fave book was Catcher in the Rye. Of course immediately I thought of Spoby!

No let's get into the chapter!


He was engaged, engaged to her best friend. He wasn't hers anymore, this wasn't right.


Chapter 11: Home Alone

"Okay! Just a few more boxes!" Hallie shouts excitedly as she walks into Toby's apartment followed by Emily, Aria, Ezra, and Ryan, each holding boxes. Hallie plopped hers down next to the couch. Toby walked out of the kitchen, where he was making room for some of Hallie's things. Hallie planted a kiss on his cheek before walking back out the door, to the elevator to get more some of the last of the boxes.

The six of them had been moving boxes from Hallie's car up to Toby's apartment on the fifth floor for about thirty minutes now. Toby's apartment, which he previously shared with Caleb, who was looking for another apartment right now, has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a den. The den contains a computer, tv, and pullout couch, where Ryan was currently staying.

Toby walked over to where Aria was standing, holding a box. "Thank you for helping us move Hallie's stuff here." He said to her, trying to be friendly. To be honest, he knows Aria isn't his biggest fan, since after he broke up with Spencer a few years ago. But he was hoping they could both make an effort to get along, for the sake of this whole situation. He hoped she'd say 'you're welcome' or something like that, but instead she glared at him and set Hallie's box down in front of him, then turning and walking back out of the apartment.

"So where are Spencer and Hanna?" Ryan asked speaking up.

"They're helping Caleb find an apartment." Ezra said as he and Ryan made their way out of the apartment to help Aria and Hallie with the last boxes

Toby turned around and saw Emily standing behind him. He raised his eyebrows at her and she nodded towards the kitchen. The two of them made their way into the kitchen. Toby headed to the fridge, pulling out a can of Pepsi, "Do you want anything?" he asked over his shoulder.

"A bottle of water, please." She said, as he passed her one.

"So what's up?" he asked.

Emily leaned against the table. "Oh you know, nothing much. Just that my friend Toby is getting married to someone that's not Spencer. And now I'm helping him and his fiancé, not Spencer if I might add, move in together. But other than that…" Emily said casually. She watched at Toby sipped his soda, looking at her about the can. She sighed, "You know I feel like I'm backstabbing her just being here, Aria and I both." She started getting angrier and louder.

"Emily what are you talking about?" he asked, oblivious.

"Are you kidding me? You really don't see what you're doing to her?"

"What are you-?"

"Spencer! It is killing her to see you with Hallie, knowing you are weeks away from marrying her, and she has to plan the whole damn thing!" Emily practically screamed.

"Yeah, right. What about Drew? She seems pretty happy and in love with him!" Toby shouts back, not believing that Spencer still had feelings for him.

Emily groaned. "You are so blind! Can you not see she still lo-" Emily was interrupted by another voice filling the kitchen.

"Hey is everything okay?" Hallie asked.

Toby and Emily turned to face the blonde in the doorway.

"Yeah, everything is fine." Toby lied, looking from Emily back to Hallie.

Emily nodded. "Are there any boxes left?"

Hallie shook her head, "Nope, that was the last of them."

"Ok, well, then I'll be going. Bye Hallie, Toby." With that Emily squeezed through the doorway and left the apartment.

Hallie shot a questioning look at Toby, who just shook his head, sipping his soda.


"Okay Miss Hastings, master realtor, what do you think of this one?" Caleb asked jokingly, walking into another open apartment with Spencer and Hanna. Spencer giggled, surveying the place. The three of them have been apartment hunting a good part of the afternoon. At everyone one they saw, Spencer would make sure it was perfect. So far none were. Whether the bathrooms were too small or the kitchen wasn't big enough, Spencer would find something wrong with it. Caleb wasn't nearly that picky, but Spencer insisted she knew what she was doing. She said she would find him a great place and Caleb wasn't about to argue with her. Hanna went along with Caleb because honestly, she wanted to spend time with him, but she wasn't sure she trusted herself alone with him. So she begged Spencer to come along with them. Spencer agreed, because she wanted to help out her friend, and she didn't want to spend her day bring Hallie's stuff to Toby's. It would hurt too much.

Right now, Spencer was examining apartment number eight. So far things were looking good. As soon as you walk in, the living room is straight ahead, passing a dining room on the left side. When you get into the living room there is a place for a couch, chair and across a TV on the wall. There is a door leading out onto a balcony. On the left side of the living room, there is a door leading into the kitchen. On the right side, there is a door leading into the bedroom, which has a connected bedroom. After checking each room, Spencer smiled. "This is it." she says, "Its perfect. Great size, enough space, good for your budget. You may have found the perfect apartment."

"Really? Han, what do you think?" Caleb asked, turning to the blonde who had barely spoken a few words all day. Caleb loved having Spencer with him, she was one of his best friends and she had been a big help today. Though, when it comes down to it, he wants Hanna to have the final say. Her opinion matters most. In his mind, he wants her to be okay with it, hoping someday she would be living here along with him.

After a few beats of silence, Hanna gave a small smile, "It's awesome. You should totally get it."

Caleb and Spencer exchanged glances, smiling.

"Well that settles it, let's get it." Caleb says.


"So we'll be back in soon with all the food!" Hallie said before walking out of the apartment with Toby, leaving Aria, Ezra and Ryan behind. Toby and Hallie were going to pick up lunch for the five of them to eat. Emily had left a while ago to hang out at Samara's.

Aria sighed, plopping down onto the couch, with a slight groan. Ezra sat beside her, wrapping his arm around her, rubbing her arm gently.

"What's up?" Ezra asked, curiously. Ryan took a seat on the arm chair next to them.

Aria looked from Ezra to Ryan, than back to Ezra. "It just keeps getting worse. I mean first Spencer has to help them plan their wedding, and then she has to watch Hallie move in with him?"

"Well, Hallie and Toby are getting married; they were bound to move in together eventually." Ryan said, with a chuckle.

"Yeah, I know that," Aria rolled her eyes, "but it's all happening at once, and it's so hard on Spencer. And the whole time I was hoping that Toby would just realize he was meant to be with Spencer. How can he not freaking tell she still loves him?"

Ezra chuckled at his girlfriend, who gave him a small glare. Only did she turn away when Ryan spoke up again.

"And it's not like Toby doesn't feel the same way. It is so obvious he still has feelings for her."

"Then why hasn't he done anything about it?" Ezra questions.

"I think it's because he doesn't think Spencer still has those feelings. And there's also the fact that she's with Drew. He doesn't want to get in between them." Ryan explains.

Aria than suddenly sits up. "That's exactly why Spencer won't say anything; because of Hallie and the fact that she thinks he doesn't love her anymore!" Aria turns to look at Ezra with an excited face, only to be met with his confused one. "This is great!"

Ezra sits up now, "What? Both of them are miserable. In what way is this great?"

Aria sighs, "If we can convince both of them that the other one has feelings for them, then they can dump their significant others and be Spoby again!"

"Wait, Spoby? What?" Ezra says, more confused than before.

"So how are we going to do that?" Ryan asks, both he and Aria ignoring Ezra's confusion.

"We'll have to come up with some sort of plan. Get them in the same room or something. I'm sure we can get Hanna, Caleb, Emily and Samara in on this too." Aria says.

"Okay but-" Ezra starts before being interrupted by another set of voices.

"We're back!" Hallie's voice echoes through the apartment "Get the food while it's still hot."

The trio stood up to face Toby and Hallie in the doorway.

"Awesome, I'm starved!" Aria says with a fake smile, before turning to the other two men behind her and whispering, "We'll talk later."


Caleb and Hanna were currently in Caleb's new apartment, unpacking his belongings. He didn't have so much, since he used to share most of his things with Toby, but he did have a bed, clothes, dresser, and a bathroom. And until he got a fridge, stove, and microwave of his own, he could just order pizza, or raid the girls' house. Spencer had left about twenty minutes ago, and Hanna stayed by to help Caleb unpack. It was about five 'o' clock and they were in his room, unpacking clothes at the moment.

"So why did Spencer have to head out so early?" Caleb asks, folding a t shirt and putting it onto his bed, which was just a mattress at the moment.

Hanna was handing up some clothes to put into the closet, "I think she was tired. She's been under a lot of stress lately."

Caleb chuckles, "Yeah I'd be too, having to plan a whole wedding and all, that's about two weeks away."

Hanna scoffs. "Yeah and the fact that it's her ex's and best friend's wedding doesn't help either."

"Yeah," he shakes his head, "I don't think I could do it."

Hanna turns to him, furrowing her eyebrows curiously. "What?"

"Be a part of a wedding where I'd have to watch my ex marry someone else."

Hanna nodded, agreeing, "Yeah, me either." She said softly, "I don't think I could handle watching the person I was in love with, be with another person."

Caleb nodded, "I wouldn't be able to handle not being with that person."

Hanna's heart was beating really fast. They were both well aware they were no longer talking about Spencer and Toby. Hanna missed him and Caleb missed her. They both took a breath before speaking.

"Caleb,"

"Hanna,"

Caleb chuckled, "You first."

Hanna sighed, "I miss you Caleb, I really do. And it hurts no being with you. So I think we should go out one night, but not like a date date. I don't want us to be so committed just yet. We don't have to tell the others about it and it won't make us automatically boyfriend and girlfriend just yet."

Caleb was still trying to digest her words, since she talked so fast. After a while he spoke, "So like a friendship date?"

Hanna nodded, with a slight smile. "Yeah, like a friendship date."

Caleb smiled too, "Okay, I can to that."

"Good, so it's a date." Hanna declared, her smile increasing.

"A friendship date." Caleb corrected with a laugh.

"Right," Hanna laughed, too, "A friendship date."


Spencer loved a lot of things. She loved spending time with her friends, going out or staying in. She loved curling up with a good book on the seat by the window while it was raining. She loved the feeling of getting an answer right in class or scoring the highest on a test. But one of the things she loved the most was curling up on her couch with a blanket, a cup of coffee, a bowl of chocolate chip ice cream, and her entire collection of the F.R.I.E.N.D.S episodes and watching them. Normally she wouldn't do this at six thirty in the afternoon or without Hanna. But Hanna was still helping Caleb, and Emily was out with Samara and Aria was with Ezra. So she couldn't have a buddy. Also a storm was coming in and she had nothing else to do. Right now, Spencer was watching one of her all time favorite episodes. The title is The One with the Embryos. That is the episode where Pheobe is waiting to see if she can have her brother's baby for him and his wife (weird, yeah, but the show is amazing), but that's not the reason its her favorite. Also in the episode, Monica and Rachel make and bet against Joey and Chandler to see who knows each other better, and they end up betting their apartments. Ross asks them a series of questions from different categories and they answer as many as they can. Spencer knew all the answers and every word of the episode since she had seen it so much, but it was still just as funny.

The episode was about halfway through when Spencer heard a rattling from the other side of the front door. It sounded like someone was working the keys. Who could that be? Emily? Aria? Hanna? Spencer wondered to herself. She looked up, when the door opened.

"Hey," the person greeted.

Spencer reached over to grab the remote to pause the TV show. "Toby?" she said, surprised that he'd be here. "What are you doing here?"

Toby shut the front door, after he had walked all the way in. "Hallie said she left one of her boxes in her room. Apparently her hair dryers in that box and she can't go a day without it."

"Yeah, that sounds like Hallie." Spencer laughs, "You can go get the box, you know where her room is."

Toby offers a smile, "Thanks Spence," he says, walking down the hall to Hallie's former room.

Spencer sighs, touched by the fact he still calls her Spence. She also realized they had a normal moment. Without any awkward silence or nervousness. Maybe they could make this work.

Spencer resumed her episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S, just as Toby walked back in the room.

He laughs, "Still addicted to this show, I see." He sets the box beside the couch, sitting beside her.

Spencer nods, smiling, "Yep, always will."

"Well of course, it's a good show." Toby says, turning to the tv, "Oh, is this the one where they make the bet,"

"To see who knows each other better." Spencer finishes at the same time he does and they both laugh. "This is the one."

Toby turns to her, "I remember, this one was always our favorite."

Spencer's heart leaps, hearing him say our favorite. She turns her head to face him. When she does, she sees he is a mere few inches away from her. Her breath hitches, as he begins to lean in slightly. Toby wasn't thinking straight, he was too busy lost in Spencer's eyes. The eyes he loved and missed. Spencer was about to lean in as well, so their lips could connect again, but a huge thunder clap knocked her back into reality. He was engaged, engaged to her best friend. He wasn't hers anymore, this wasn't right. She blinked twice before whispering, "You should get the box to your place before the storm," she pulls her head back slightly, "Hallie's probably worried."

Toby sighs. "Your right." He stands up, grabbing the box again, and walking to the door. Spencer watches his him, trying to hold back the hurt and the tears forming in her eyes. Toby opens the door, before turning back to her, "Goodbye, Spencer." He smiles slightly, before walking out the door and shutting it behind him.

Once he's gone, Spencer does let a tear fall. "Goodbye, Toby."


Author's Note: OHH! Aria, Ezra, and Ryan are plotting! SOOO What did you think? I think this was a pretty good sized chapter and it turned out much better than I expected and I had a lot of couply stuff with Haleb and Ezria and even some Spoby! Also, that episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S I was talking about is my ultimate favorite episode. If you're a fan of the show, you should know what I'm talking about. If your not a fan and haven't seen the show, or you just haven't seen that episode, it's a good one! You should watch it! The whole show is an amazing so if you haven't seen it, I strongly recommend it! It's a really hilarious show!

Okay don't forget to review and leave your guess for the two guest appearances of male characters in the next chapter and your name so you can have a guest cameo! If no one gets it, I will just ask the first person who comments that has a FF account so I can PM them! But someone did get it right on the last chapter, I just want to make sure I have the right name! So make sure you follow the message at the beginning of the chapter up there!

Alright that's it! See you soon! (:

xxxMelody