"When did Aria start seeing Jason?" Ezra asked, glad that he was sitting with his back to them.
Spencer glanced over his shoulder at her best friend and brother on the other side of the restaurant. "A few weeks. I didn't find out about it until today though. I was going to tell you tonight."
"Is that what you wanted to talk about?" he asked, thinking she had sounded too upset on the phone for that to be the reason.
"No. That has nothing to do with what I wanted to talk about." Spencer said, wondering if she would be able to say the words when it was time.
"So what did you want to talk about?" he was trying to stay focused on Spencer and not the couple across the room.
Spencer took a breath and opened her mouth, fully expecting the words to stick in her throat and refuse to come out. But they didn't. They practically fell out of her mouth and onto her plate. "I'm pregnant."
Ezra's blue eyes widened in shock and he flashed back to the last time he had heard those words. It had been Maggie then, and it had been his child. This time it was Spencer and he knew there was no reason for him to freak out. He had never even thought of Spencer in that way. But for some reason his heart had jumped into his mouth and his stomach was now lying at his feet. Maybe it was simply because she was so young and he did care about her. "You're what?"
Spencer noted the look on his face. Like she had just thrown a bucket of ice cold water on him. "Pregnant. I found out last week. It's Toby's."
"Have you told him yet?" Ezra asked.
"No. I haven't told anyone yet." She said. "I don't even know if I can tell him."
"You have to tell him." Ezra said, reaching across the table to take her hand. "Trust me. I've been there."
"That's why I wanted to talk to you. I have no idea what to do."
"Are you sure you're okay staying here?" Aria asked. She couldn't help but wonder what Ezra and Spencer were talking about across the room. He was holding her hand and she looked scared and pale. Aria was worried.
"I'm fine." Jason assured her. "Are you? You look…distracted."
She brought her attention back to him. "Yeah. I'm fine." She saw no reason to alert him to the fact that Spencer looked like she was about to throw up.
"Spencer's not seeing him now, is she?" Jason asked. He would kill him if she was. He had no business dating his students.
"No. He's just helping her sort through some things." Aria said as Spencer stood up and half ran to the bathroom. She set her fork down and pushed her chair back. "I'll be right back, Jason."
"Spence?" she called as she entered the bathroom, her voice echoing back to her. She could hear Spencer in one of the stalls, throwing up. "Are you okay?"
Spencer emerged from the stall after a moment and wiped her face with the back of her hand. "No."
Aria hurried to wet a paper towel and help her friend clean up. "What's wrong? You looked upset out there. Did Ezra…"
"No." Spencer said, leaning against the counter. "Toby."
"I don't understand." Aria said. "Spence, what's going on?"
"I'm pregnant, Aria."
Aria was surprised that her legs didn't give out, but she grasped the counter anyway as she stared at Spencer with a look very similar to the one Ezra had given her. "Pregnant?"
Spencer nodded. "It happened that night."
Aria did the math quickly. Spencer would be about two months along. "Does Toby…"
"No. I haven't told Toby." Spencer said, cutting her off again. "I told Ezra and I told you. No one else knows."
Spencer's phone rang. It was a text message. Both girls stared at it for a moment and Spencer handed it to Aria.
"I'm picturing a newborn with a six-pack. –A." Aria read out loud.
Spencer was certain she was going to be sick again. She sank to the floor and didn't try to stop the tears. A knew she was pregnant and had quoted the exact words she had said to Toby one day. Once she was able to calm down she explained this to Aria.
"What does that mean?" Aria asked. "Is Toby still A?"
"I don't know." Spencer sobbed. She clung to Aria as if she was the last thing keeping her from going over the edge. "What am I going to do Aria? A knows I'm pregnant."
Aria didn't know what to do. She was just as scared as Spencer as she held her and stroked her hair, trying desperately to think of something. Toby couldn't be behind this. He wouldn't do something like this to Spencer again, would he? She'd kill him if he did. "It's okay Spence. We'll think of something."