It was Saturday morning, Spencer had brought coffee over to Toby earlier. They were sitting at the kitchen table, reading newspapers and stealing glances.
Toby's phone buzzed, he checked it, quickly typing a reply before setting it back down on the table.
"Who's that?" Spencer asked.
"No one," he replied, smiling at her before looking back down at the Rosewood Observer.
She frowned, turning the page of her own paper. He looked up at her face, she didn't look impressed but he let it slide.
A while later his phone rang again, he answered it.
She mouthed "Who is it?"
He just mouthed back "No one," before standing up and going into the next room to speak. This infuriated Spencer, folding her paper and downing the rest of her coffee she decided to go, she was getting ready with Emily and Aria at the Montgomery's anyway, her dress and all her other bits and bobs were in the boot of her car anyway.
She scribbled down a note on his newspaper, it just says:
See you at the church.
Grabbing her coat, she let herself out of the door. Padding down the stairs towards her car. She climbed in, still a little annoyed at him, he never kept secrets from her.
Admittedly, she wasn't just annoyed, she was upset, really upset. She thought they could tell each other everything, obviously not.
As Aria opened the door, Spencer only managed a smile. Aria closed the door after her, taking a bag out of her hands and guiding her up the stairs.
"Hello Spencer," Ella called from the kitchen.
"Hi, Mrs. Montgomery!" She retorted.
"Hey Spence," Emily greeted warmly, from where she was sitting cross legged on Aria's bed, brushing out her long hair.
"Hey Em," she set her stuff down, sitting next to her on the bed.
"Spence whats up?" Aria asked, noticing her tone of voice. "Nothing," Spencer said, shaking her head.
"Spencer." Aria persisted.
"It's Toby."
"What? You guys haven't.."
"No, no not that." Spencer said, cutting Aria off. "He's just acting really...secretive. And he's never like that, I just thought we could tell each other anything."
"Oh Spencer, I'm sure it's nothing." Aria soothed.
"Yeah, Toby is probably the most honest guy in this town." Emily insisted. "I guess..." Spencer said, sighing.
"Look lets just have a good time getting ready, Toby's meeting us at the church yeah?" Aria asked.
Spencer nodded, "You're right, let's go."
"Zip me up?" Aria asked, Spencer stood up from where she was curling Emily's hair, and pulled the zip on the back of Aria's dress up.
"What do you think?" She asked nervously, fixing it under her arms.
"You look amazing," Spencer grinned, Emily turned around, nodding in agreement.
Aria hugged Spencer, she felt so much love for this girl, she was always so strong but she knew Toby was her weak spot. She didn't want to see Spencer miserable for one second.
Spencer slid into her dress, adjusting it around her body. "Sit down," Aria said, pointing to the chair. Spencer did as she was told, sitting down in the leather chair. Aria took her hair into her hands, pulling it up then letting it down again.
"Up or down?" Aria asked Emily, she slid off the bed coming over to look.
"Up, she always has it down, it looks good."
Aria took the brush, pulling Spencer's hair up into a bun, pulling a few tendrils down around her face. Emily ran over, grabbing the curling iron and curling the few pieces of hair that framed her face.
"There," she smiled.
Emily was sitting on the window seat, mirror in one hand, mascara in the other. Spencer decided to call Hanna.
"Hey Han, how are you?"
"Ugh," she groaned down the phone, "I'm getting ready with Kate and Isabelle. Basically I'm in hell."
"Well, you'll have us to cheer you up at the church."
"Oh yeah, that reminds me you guys are in the front row to the left, with me."
"Wait why are we at the front?"
"Because I am, and I want you guys there."
"Okay, front row it is."
"Uh, Kate is calling. I'll see you there."
"Okay Han, good luck with Kate and Isabelle!"
"We're sitting in the front row," Spencer turned in the chair, Aria was on the floor by her closet, pulling through shoes. "Oh okay." She said, Spencer could tell she wasn't really listening.
"Why do we have to sit in the front row?" Emily asked, shoving her mascara back into the make-up bag, and pulling out some blusher.
"Hanna asked us to, I had to agree. How was she last night?"
Emily shrugged, "The same as she has been since Caleb left. She sits on her own, staring into space."
"That's awful," Aria commented before pulling out her favorite pair of Chlo s. She stood up and stepped into them, being the shortest of the girls she could rarely wear flats.
It felt good to be that much taller, that was until Spencer put her shoes on. She noticed Aria's expression, but couldn't do anything but laugh.
"I hate you," she joked, clipping her necklace around her neck. "What time is it?"
"Five past one," Emily replied, glancing at her watch.
"We need to get going," Spencer said.
Aria brushed herself down, grabbing her bag.
"Let's go."
They loaded themselves into Spencer's car, Spencer sent a quick text to Toby before she started the car, letting him know they were leaving.
Emily hit the button to turn on the radio, turning down the volume a bit.
"God Spence, what were you listening to that loud?" She exclaimed, Spencer shrugged.
Aria leaned forward from the backseat, "Spence, if you're worried about whoever Toby was talking to, you should just confront him."
"I don't want to seem like a possessive girlfriend who needs to know everything." Spencer said, gripping the wheel as she turned off the street.
"It's probably nothing," Emily tried to soothe her.
"Yeah...yeah." Spencer said to herself, focusing on the road.
As they pulled up outside the church Hanna was waiting by the door, staring at her feet.
"Hey," Spencer said, greeting her with a hug. Emily and Aria did the same.
"How are you?" Aria asked, stroking her arm.
"Fine." She replied shortly.
"How's your mom?" Emily asked, she hadn't been up when Emily had left for Aria's.
"She's in bed, I think she just wants today to be over...she's not the only one." Hanna said.
"Oh! Hanna's friends! How nice to meet you! I'm Kate."
The girls swung around, to be faced with Kate's soon to be step-sister.
"Gee Han, your dress is looking a little tight, you might want to lay off the cake a little." She smiled.
"She looks better than you ever will," Spencer said, narrowing her eyes.
"Yeah, Hanna looks hot. You...look like a diseased Barbie." Aria added for good measure. She shot them a dirty look before storming into the church. "Wow, what a bitch." Spencer commented, folding her arms across her body. "And after this I won't be able to get away from her." She looked so sad, slumped against the wall.
"Where's Toby? Shouldn't he be here by now?" Emily asked, looking around.
"Yeah, maybe he decided not to come?" Spencer said dryly.
Hanna looked at her funnily, but decided not to comment.
"Let's go in," she said, walking slowly into the church, the other girls following her.
They slid into the front row.
"Fifteen minutes to go," Hanna commented miserably.
Spencer checked her phone for the hundreth time, what was going on with Toby? Was he going off her? Was he just too nice to say?
Five minutes to go, she knew there was no hope of him coming now. Was this his way of telling her it was over?
After all they had been through he was just going to let it all go? The very thought sickened her, he was the one thing that kept her sane, the first person who had truly cared about her.
Or so she thought.
They closed the door ready for the brides entrance in a few minutes.
The girls stared at the alter, none of them talking, none of them in a particularly good mood. They heard the large oak door open and slam. Aria rested her head on Emily's shoulder, Spencer squeezed Hanna's arm.
Suddenly, there was a familiar voice in her ear.
"Sorry I'm so late, I had to pick something up." Toby whispered.
"What did you-" Spencer began to say, turning around.
There sitting next to Toby in all his glory.
Caleb.
I'll continue from where I left off in the next chapter.
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