PREVIOUSLY-
"She just keeps saying she's sorry. She's sorry." He says.
"Oh god. I'll be there shortly." Spencer said, biting her lip.
"What?" Alex asked.
"My mom." Spencer said before taking off.
When Spencer got to Toby's house she could hear her mom.
"Hello?" Spencer called out as she walked in.
"Hey." Toby said as he ran to the door.
"What is she saying?" Spencer asked.
"That's what I'd like to know." Toby said. Spencer walked past him, only to see her mom on the couch, her mascara running down her face.
"Mom?" Spencer said quietly.
"Oh, Spencer!" Her mom cried out.
"Mom. Stop. It's not your fault." Spencer said quietly.
"I should have stopped him!" She said loudly.
"You couldn't have. It's my fault." Spencer said.
"Noo." Her mom said shaking her head.
"Lets take a walk." Spencer said, helping her mother up. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Alex pull up on the curb.
"Okay." Her mom said.
"Let me just take care of one thing." Spencer said, slipping out of the door. Alex was getting out of the car when Spencer got there.
"Hey." She said, giving him a half hug.
"Hey. What was that about?" He asked, nodding In that direction.
"My mom. I don't know. She said she... She was sorry?" Spencer said shaking her head.
"And what does, Toby, think about this whole situation?" He asked.
"Well... Uh, He doesn't know." Spencer said, looking down.
"He doesn't?" Alex asked.
"Yeah.. You're the only person, that, really knows..." She said kicking a pebble.
"Really?" He asked.
"Yep." Spencer said.
"Wow.."
"Well, uh.. I have to deal with my mom.. So.. See you later?" Spencer said.
"Yeah. How about tomorrow, we try out the kiddie roller-coasters?" Alex said jokingly.
"It's a date." Spencer said smiling. Alex gave a slight wave before getting back into his car and driving away. Spencer sighed as she walked back to the house. Spencer knew with all of her heart that she loved Toby, but what was this feeling? Spencer took her mothers hand and walked her outside.
"This is nice.." She whispered.
"Yep." Spencer said.
"Toby seems nice." Spencer's mom said.
"He is." Spencer said.
"Then whats the problem?" her mom asked.
"There is none." Spencer said.
"Hmm." Her mom said.
"What?" Spencer asked.
"Maybe the problem is, that you have no problem." She answered. Spencer stopped. "I saw the way you looked after that kid drove off."
"I love Toby." Spencer said.
"Are you trying to convince me that? Or yourself?" Her mom asked.
"I don't know anymore." Spencer said.
"Let me help." Spencer's mom said.
"Okay." Spencer said.
"How does Toby make you feel?" She asked.
"Like, I'm safe. And loved. Like when I'm with him... Nothing can go wrong." Spencer said, a whisper of a smile on her lips.
"And the boy?"
"Alex. He makes me feel... New. Like I don't have a baby. Like he's falling for me, for me. And I think I'm falling too." Spencer said slowly.
"Hmm." Spencer's mother said.
"Toby made me believe in love at first sight. But Alex helped me believe in love." Spencer said, her smile growing.
"I think you already made up your mind." Her mom said smiling.
"I think so too." Spencer said.
"Go go tell him!" Her mom said a huge grin on her face. Spencer stopped smiling.
"I can't." She said,
"Why not?" Her mom asked.
"Toby." Spencer said.
"Why?" Her mom asked.
"My feelings have changed. But I still care about him. And he is the father of my baby." Spencer said.
"So you're going to pretend you still love him. And just forget about this.. uh... Alex?" Her mom asked.
"It's the only thing I can do. I still love Toby. I'm just confused." Spencer said.
"Feelings like this come onc lifetime." Her mom said.
"I know. But for Toby, am I the receiver? I couldn't bear, hurting him like that." Spencer said.
"But for your happiness? Do you want to live your life un-happy?" Her mom asked.
"I will be happy." Spencer said.
"With Toby?" Her mom asked.
"I will have a baby girl. She will be my happiness." Spencer said.
"But there will always be that hole. That ache when you see him getting married, or him happy." Her mom said. Spencer crumpled down on the sidewalk.
"I don't want to say it." She whispered.
"You're going to have to." Her mom said.
"I... I'm falling in love with Alex." Spencer whispered.
"Good.. Good." Her mom said.
"I still love Toby, but we lost.. we lost our spark. Our flame. I will always love and care about him.. but we grew apart.." Spencer whispered as a tear fell down her cheek.