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Chapter Three

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Spencer woke up to her alarm ringing, telling her that she only had 30 minutes to get to school. She shot out of bed, threw up, and changed. She tucked her arms into a large, sweater. And pulled on her UGGs. She brushed her teeth, did her hair, and applied her makeup.

Her phone rung as she was in her car, on her way to school. She tucked her phone in between her shoulder and head.

"Hello?"

"Hey, I called your parents to check on you? They didn't even notice you left. Where are you?"

"On my way to school? Where else would I be?"

"I dont know Spencer! Jesus. You need to tell me if your going to leave, you cant just wander around anymore."

"And may I ask why you suddenly care so much?"

"Hmm, I dont know. Maybe its because your carrying my fucking kid! And maybe it could have to do with the fact that -A is still out there, and that they are doing everything in their power to kill you!"

"Whatever."

She hung up. She took the last few sips of her coffee, and pulled into the school. She checked herself in the mirror, and got out of her car.


Her first class of the day was hell. She was in her russian history class. Toby was frantically texting her, wanting to make sure everything was fine. Andrew Campbell was sitting behind her poking her with a pencil trying to get her attention, and to top it all off, Alex, her ex-boyfriend was sitting next to her, giving her the stink eye. Who was he to give her the stink eye? Who exactly did he think he was to her? She scoffed. Please! He was just another guy, another guy that loved her and left her. At least now Toby was stuck with her.

"Miss Hastings?"

"Huh?"

"Are you going to answer my question?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear the question. Could you repeat it please?"

"Well, maybe I wouldn't have to repeat myself if your phone would stop going off. I asked, Why did Peter the Great return to his home in Kolomenskoe from Moskow?"

"He was sent back, after his sister was in control of Moskow."

"Very good."


Spencer pulled her books out of her locker and pushed them into her bag. She slung the bag over her shoulder, and took a sip of her pepsi. She slammed her locker shut and walked towards the doors. On her way, Andrew walked infront of her, and blocked her way.

"What are you doing?''

"I need to talk to you."

"Yeah, and I need to get to the doctors. So please call if you need to talk to me. I'm late."

"This is important."

"Fine. What?"

"Well, prom is coming up. And I know you and that Cavanaugh kid broke up, so I was hoping you would be my date. Will you go to prom with me?"

"No! Toby and I got back together. God Andrew! Just get out of my way!" She yelled. She stormed past him and out the doors. She walked to her car and unlocked it. She was about to get in when a tan truck pulled up next to her. She locked her car and walked up to the truck. As she was about to get in, Toby jumped out and slammed the door. He ran up to the to thw other side of the truck, where Andrew was chasing after Spencer calling for her. Andrew got to her first, and grabbed her arm, spinning her around and almost knocking her off her feet. She screamed in agony as he squeezed her arm. He was alot stronger than her after all.

"Spencer. You should know better than to say no to me. Your nothing against me. I dont take no for an answer. Just except that I'm better than you, and do as I say."

"I have a boyfriend." She panted.

"Leave. Her. Alone!" The two highschoolers heard from behind them. Toby stood there, looking strangely bull-like, his fist's balled, his lips sealed, his face red. Suddenly, without warning, Toby came barreling at Andrew, knocking the younger boy on the ground. Toby practically shoved Spencer in his truck, and drove off.


At Toby's loft, Toby took Spencer's hand and dragged her into the house.

"What was that!?" He shouted

"I dont know! He's crazy!"

"He wouldn't have done that without reason Spencer! What the fuck did you do to him?"

"He asked me to go to prom with him, and I said no! Thats all!"

"You know your a horrible liar right?"

"I'm not lying!"

"Go."

"What?"

"Dammit Spencer I said go!" He shouted.

"Toby." She squeaked, he stared at her, with cold blue eyes. Her eyes filled with tears and she gulped. She nodded and walked slowly out of his loft. She walked over to the brew and called Mellisa.

"Hey, its Spence. I'm stuck at the brew, Toby got mad and kicked me out. My car is at school. Can you come pick me up?" She left a message in Mellisa's voicebox.

She dug through her school bag, and pulled a non-narcotic pill bottle out of it. Spencer was prone to panic attacks if she got worked up enough. She went to the bathroom and took a few. She leaned up against the stall door and sank down to the floor. She burried her face in her hands and took deep breaths. The pills weren't working. She counted back from 20 in russian. There was a ticking in her head, like a bomb, ticking, to keep the time untill it blows up. Her head was pounding, her body shaking. Tears were free falling down her face now. She stuck her hand in her bag and popped a few more pills, no longer caring if she took to much, she just wanted it to stop. She screamed, as Emily happened to walk in after hearing the comotion in the ladies room.

"Spence?"

Spencer didn't say anything.

"Spencer I know your in there! Open the door!" Emily yelled as she got worried about her friend. Spencer ignored her, not wanting Emily to see her like this. She took more pills.

"Spencer I swear to god I will knock this god damn door down if I have to! Open the door!" Emily yelled again.

"Spencer open the god damn door!" This time it was Paige who was yelling, also worried about what might be happening in the bathroom stall. Spencer took more pills, the pain and panic not stopping. More tears ran down the three girls faces. The bathroom door opened again, as Aria and Hanna came running in.

"Whats going on?"

"Its Spencer. I think she's overdosing." Emily said. Spencer emptied her pill bottle and dug through her purse for another. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head and her temple hit the cold ground. The girls screamed as the heard Spencer fall.

"Call 911!" Aria yelled.

"Call Toby!" Hana added in panic. Emily and Paige slammed their bodies against the door. Hanna and Aria joined in after making the calls. The girls faces were drenched in tears by now. A few seconds later, a tall, young blonde boy came running in.

"Where is she?!" Toby yelled, his own face drowning in tears.

"In the stall." Emily cried. Toby slammed his body against the door, with all his might, and it budged a tiny bit.

"Spencer! Spencer please! Please open the door!" He cried, the medics came running into the bathroom, they used a tool to open the door and loaded Spencer onto a streacher. Toby rode in the ambulance with her, and Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Paige followed close behind.


At the hospital, the Hastings family met up with Spencer's friends. Toby was in her room, waiting for her to open her eyes, which the doctors said was probably not going to happen. Veronica looked into the room, and let out a sob.

"My baby!"

Mellisa, who blamed this on herself, sobbed into her fathers shoulder.

The doctor came up to the Hastings Family and the four young high schoolers.

"Miss Hastings is in critical condition, and I cant say for sure whether she will live or not. The chances of her living are slim to none though, it would take a miricle. And if she does live, the fetus will probably pass on."

Aria sighed in destress.

"Who's going to tell Toby?"

"I will. Its my fault she's dying. I should've gotten to her faster."

"Mellisa no, its my fault, I should've gotten into the bathroom faster."

"I should've taken her call." Melissa said, she walked into the room.

"Toby? I have news from the doctor."

"I shouldn't have gotten mad, shouldn't have kicked her out. I didn't mean it!" Toby muttered through his tears.