We got to Radley and Caleb messed with the security system. But I couldn't wait and ran around to the fire escape. In the car I realized why Jenna had taken Toby to Radley. There were a lot of tragedies that occurred in Rosewood and the biggest were the fire, Alison's death, and the suicide of Marion Cavanaugh.
I got up to the roof and my theory was confirmed. Toby had Jenna pinned to the ground and they were both very close to the edge, too close.
"Toby!" I yelled and ran towards the opposite side of the roof.
But I quickly realized I had made a mistake. Toby looked up at me and lost focus on Jenna. She took it as an opportunity to kick him in the gut. Surprisingly she had a lot of strength, and she used that strength to shove Toby. And to my horror I watched as Toby fell off the roof, but not before taking Jenna with him.
"NOOOOOOOO!" I screamed and my legs were no longer able to hold me up.
It was like a repeat of earlier tonight, except worse because I had seen it but wasn't able to do anything.
"Spencer!" I heard Toby call my name.
But I was just imagining it, right? There was no way he could have survived that fall.
"Spencer!" He called again.
Twice couldn't be imagination. Could it? I got up off the ground and walked over to the edge. I hesitantly looked over the edge and gasped. There he was hanging from a window sill about two floors down. And once again relief washed over me at the fact that he was alive.
"Toby, oh my soul, are you alright?" I called down to him.
"Yeah, but I don't know how much longer I can hold on." He told.
"I'll get help. Just please, don't let go." I replied then ran to the door.
I went down two floors and found Caleb and Mr. Cavanaugh already there, probably headed to meet me on the top.
"Spencer, did you find them?" Caleb asked me.
"Jenna shoved him off the roof. But he caught the edge of a window on this floor." I told them and pointed to the room I believed it was.
"And just how do you expect to get into someone's room when it took me six minutes to get through the front door security?" Caleb questioned.
"Actually that isn't a patient room. I believe it's a storage room." Mr. Cavanaugh told us.
"Great, luck seems to be on our side for once." I commented and got a couple of bobby pins and put them in the lock.
"Spencer, there's no way that's actually gonna…" Caleb started to comment. "Work."
Under different circumstances I would have given him a smug grin or said something sarcastic. But Toby was the only thing on my mind right now. I hoped that I hadn't taken too long and hopefully it was the right door. I went straight for the window and started opening it. Again it was luck that this was the storage closest and the windows weren't barred.
"Toby?" I asked as I looked down, hoping to see him hanging on and not lying beside Jenna on the pavement below.
"I'm here, Spence." He answered.
"Step aside, Spencer. I've got him." Mr. Cavanaugh told me and I was a bit surprised.
Nevertheless I stepped aside and let him pull Toby up. I didn't like Mr. Cavanaugh for a lot of reasons why. Number one being that he cared more about Jenna than his own son. But all those reasons were forgotten when he pulled Toby through the window, to safety.
"Dad?" Toby looked up at him in shock. "What…what are you doing here?"
"It's a long story, but it's not important right now." Mr. Cavanaugh shook his head. "Are you alright?"
"I will be, but Jenna won't. I tried to hold on to her but she…slipped. I'm sorry." Toby told him.
"You have nothing to be sorry for. Jenna got what was coming to her." His father told him and everyone looked at him in surprise.
"Yeah, don't blame yourself. You tried and that's a lot more than I would have done." Caleb told him.
I had waited while Toby had his little moment with his dad, but I couldn't wait any longer. I ran over to him and hugged him as tightly as I could.
"Don't ever scare me like that again." I whispered into his shoulder.
"I'm…"
"And don't say you're sorry." I interrupted knowing that's what he would say.
"I won't. I promise." He assured me and I understood both meanings. "Are you alright? And don't say you're fine."
"I'm okay, and I'll be even better once you're taken care of." I told him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
I was grateful to Mr. Cavanaugh but I didn't feel comfortable giving a Toby a real kiss in front of him yet.
"He'll be taken care of soon, Spence. An ambulance is only a few minutes away." Caleb told me and I nodded in thanks. "If I ever step foot in this place again it'll be too soon. I don't know how you did it as much as you did, Toby."
"It wasn't easy but it was worth it." Toby told him.
A couple minutes later the police and the ambulance arrived. I was highly annoyed when the ambulance drove off with Toby to the hospital but I had to stay behind for more police questioning. But Caleb drove us to the hospital as soon as we were done with the police.
"Toby," I said quietly and gently shook his shoulder.
"Hey, what took you so long?" He asked, slightly teasing, once he opened his eyes.
"You know I never would have left your side I if had things my way right?" I asked him, stupid police questioning.
"I know." He replied and squeezed my hand. "Where are Caleb and my dad? Are they okay?"
"Yeah, Caleb went back to tell Hanna and Mona what happened. He wanted to make sure you were alright first, but Hanna was calling him every two minutes." I told him. "As for your dad, he's in the parking lot on the phone with your stepmom. And she is not happy."
"I can imagine. I'm surprised my dad left her behind and came here in the first place. Why did he come?" Toby wondered.
"You'd have to ask him that. I haven't talked to him much." I answered.
"Let me guess, you didn't give him the time of day?" He asked knowingly, and I nodded.
Honestly, I felt a little bad for not trusting Mr. Cavanaugh earlier and giving him the cold shoulder. Who knows how long it would've taken Caleb to find me if he wasn't with him. And Caleb could've pulled Toby through the window but it was good to have another person around.
And now it was sort of impossible to doubt that he did care about his son.
"I would've been the same towards him if things our roles were reversed. But I'm glad they weren't, I don't know what I'd have done if Jenna hurt you."
"Nothing happened to me." I assured him and gave him a long needed kiss.
Well, nothing physically happened to me really. But I wasn't about to tell him what I found in the woods, even if it did turn out to be Garrett with a fake tattoo.
"Are you sure about that?" He asked me, seeing that something wasn't right.
"Of course, I'm fit as a fiddle compared to you. Speaking of which, what has your doctor said?" I changed the subject.
"That I'm lucky it didn't get infected since I didn't get it treated sooner. But I'll be fine. And you can question my doctor for the finer details later." He told me.
"Oh you can count on that." I laughed and then grew serious. "But for now, I don't need details. After believing twice in only a few hours that I lost you, I just need to know that you're okay."
"Twice?"
"It's a long story. One I'm not quite ready relive just yet." I replied quietly.
"Well, I'm not going anywhere, Spence." He promised and gave me a gentle and comforting kiss.
"Good morning, Hanna." I said several hours later when I woke up.
I spent about an hour with Toby then left with Caleb. I didn't want to leave but Toby talked me into it. When I got to Hanna and Caleb's I crashed as soon as my head hit the pillow.
"More like good afternoon. It's almost one thirty." Hanna informed me. "But don't freak out, you went through all lot and deserve sleep more than anyone. You already look better than you did last night. But how are you really? And how's Toby? All Caleb said was that he's fine."
"I'm alright, considering the circumstances. And Toby will be okay." I replied.
I then told her what the doctor had told me. But apparently I was being too technical and all she got was that he would be on crutches for a bit.
"He's not going to have the crutches at the wedding will he? You know, it's only a month and two days from today." Hanna pointed.
"I haven't even thought about the wedding. I've just been trying to make sure we're both alive. But he doesn't have a broken bone so he should be off of them by then." I told her. "But it doesn't even matter to me whether he is or isn't."
"Same, but it would make for some cool photos if he was. Just imagine the stories you could tell your kids one day." Hanna joked, perfectly lightening the mood like she always did.
"I don't know about that, I wouldn't want to scare them." I said.
Then I started to picture what it would be like to have kids. I could see them being scared and running to our bed in the middle of the night. Then Toby getting up and checking for monsters under the bed. I could also see us going up to the hill as a family for a picnic and going to the beach for a summer vacation.
I always wanted to be married before I thought about kids, but as Hanna had pointed out it wasn't that far away. And I smiled at the thought of a newborn with a six-pack in the hopefully soon future. But I'd talk with Toby about it first, and unfortunately now didn't seem like the right time to have that conversation.
"So, Jenna's really gone this time." Hanna stated.
"She's really gone." I nodded in relief.
I felt a little badly that Jenna was dead. But only because Toby felt like it was his fault, which it was not. He tried to hold onto her but anyone else would have just let her fall.
"I'm glad we don't have to worry anymore. But I was looking forward to you and Toby staying with us for a bit." Hanna commented.
"Caleb didn't tell you?" I asked in surprise.
"Tell me what?"
"We talked and Toby and I are still gonna stay here. You're still on bed rest and need company and the loft has a lot of stairs which would be a nuisance since Toby's on crutches. It just makes sense, plus our stuff is here. And Toby's dad needs a place to stay so he'll be in the loft while we're here." I told her.
"Yes!" Hanna cheered. "This is gonna be so much fun! And now it'll be under way better circumstances."
"Yeah, now I'll be able to enjoy it more." I agreed.
"Hey, when will Toby be out of the hospital?" She asked and she looked like she was planning something.
"We're not sure yet. But it'll be before the weekend for sure." I told her.
"If he's out of the hospital by Thursday, you know what we should do right?" She hinted.
"Thursday night video game competition." I stated. "We definitely should. But we need to get some practice in. I don't know about you but I haven't played much lately."
"Same here, the controller and games are in the ottoman." She told me and before long we were into the game and ready to kick our guys' butts.
Yay! Toby is alive and Jenna is dead! Who's happy about that? Lol I think I already the answer. I hope you enjoyed that this chapter had a little bit of everything. I figured everyone could use a little Spanna fun and Spoby fluff. Next chapter has a lot of Spoby and Spencer has a talk with Mr. Cavanaugh. And you will see the video game night soon as well. Thanks for the great reviews! Keep it up :)
