Spencer's POV

Aria's voice never ceased to amaze me. She was truly talented, and the thing was, she didn't even know how good she was. Sure, she knew she was proficient at writing and drawing and stuff, but she had no idea how well she could sing. I was positive that if she ever wanted to make a career out of singing, she could do it, no problem.

Despite her alluring voice, my mind wasn't paying much attention to my short friend on the stage. Sure, I was looking at her, sort of, but my mind was elsewhere. Actually, it was with the beautiful blonde sitting next to me. I tried to shake off the thoughts I was having, I knew it was wrong. I was in love with Toby, so why should my mind be straying to Quinn? I didn't have an answer for that.

Suddenly Aria's voice faded and I realized that the song had ended. Moments later, she appeared back at the table.

"That was amazing," Emily said as Aria sat down.

"Why didn't you tell us you could sing!" Hanna demanded as Aria downed the shot of tequila that I had ordered for her.

"She probably didn't know," I said.

"Guys, I'm really not that good," Aria insisted.

"No, you are," Quinn said, "You could probably get signed if you wanted to. I could see you signing with some country label."

Aria blushed.

"And you can play guitar, too. Labels love it when their prodigies are musicians not just singers," Quinn added.

Aria looked at me, "We all look surprised, why don't you?"

I shrugged, "I've heard you sing before. I already knew how good you were."

She looked incredulously at me.

"When…you know what nevermind, it's your turn," she smirked at me.

"Alright, alright," I said getting up from the table, "I'm nowhere near as good as Quinn or Aria though."

As I walked to the stage, I realized I had no idea what I was going to sing. I got the acoustic guitar from the man by the stage and made my way to microphone. I was sweating now. I wasn't horrible, but I wasn't as good as Aria or Quinn. It bothered me a little bit that they were better than me, but it was in the same way it bothered me that Emily was better at swimming than me. They were my friends, so it was different than if it had been someone like Andrew Campbell from high school, or something.

"Hi," I said nervously into the microphone. "Um, I'm Spencer, the one who keeps telling people to come up here and sing, so, uh, I guess it's my turn."

I saw a couple people chuckle in the audience.

My stomach was in knots. Why did I agree to this?

I could feel the air in my lungs constricting as I saw Quinn looking expectantly up at me from her seat. I didn't understand what was happening. I didn't normally have stage fright. I'd given plenty of speeches before. I was a Hastings. I'd perfected the art of public speaking. So why did it feel like I couldn't speak?

I took a deep breath, realizing I still didn't have a song. I looked around at the entire audience, my eyes settling on Quinn. A song popped into my head, and I went with it.

"So, uh, I hope you like it," I said, still mostly looking at Quinn before I started playing the guitar.

Quinn's POV

I saw Spencer looking at me. Her eyes seemed to betray her. They seemed nervous and incredibly vulnerable, which I already knew she hated. But they also held some sort of conviction, and determination, to continue.

"What day is it? And in what month?

This clock never seemed so alive
I can't keep up and I can't back down
I've been losing so much time"

Spencer's eyes were locked with mine and it seemed to me like she was singing this song to me. I wondered if she was. Maybe that's why she hasn't broken eye contact with me to look at everyone else. Maybe that's why she seems to have some weird determination to go through with this even though she seems really uncomfortable being up on the stage.

"Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you"

She really can't keep her eyes off of me. But then, I can't seem to tear my eyes away from her gaze either. I know why I can't, but I can't help but wonder what her reasons are. I wonder if she's not really as happy with Toby as she lets on. Maybe just maybe, she wants me the same way I want her. No. That's nonsense, she couldn't possibly want me like that. I'm just getting my hopes up.

"Why are the things that I want to say just aren't coming out right
I'm tripping on words
You got my head spinning
I don't know where to go from here"

I can't get the idea that she's trying to tell me something with this song, even though I know the notion is ridiculous. Oh God, her friends are going to kill me if she wrecks her relationship with Toby for me, but wouldn't that be wonderful? Not the wreckage of her relationship, of course, but the prospect of a relationship for Spencer and I?

"Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you"

God, her eyes are so warm, they're just so inviting, how could I not want her? She's beautiful and smart, she can sing and play guitar, she's nice and she's warm and she's athletic and she's perfect. How could anyone blame me for falling for her? Oh god, I can't be falling for her. Too late.

"There's something about you now
That I can't quite figure out
Everything she does is beautiful
Everything she does is right"

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