Chapter 2

A Different Kind Of Day


The alarm sounded at seven-thirty, like it always did everyday. Toby rolled over on his side to turn off his alarm on his nightstand. He got up out of bed and stretched his muscles. He immediately went over to his window and opened up his curtains to a bright and sunny day.

"I can feel it...today's gonna be a good day." Toby mumbled to himself under his breath as he smiled to himself.

He moved himself away to the window to go to the bathroom. He hopped in the shower and brushed his teeth. Fixed his hair up, so that it wouldn't hang over his eyes, Alison loved his hair like that. Spraying on a little cologne and changed white V-neck and black pants, then he was head down stairs for breakfast.

As he entered the kitchen he found a note on the fridge.

Had to be to school early and mom and dad had to be at work, so breakfast is cereal.

-Jenna

Toby rolled his eyes and threw the note in the trash. He settled down at the table with his bowl of Cap 'n Crunch. He heard a car door slam and he glanced down at his watch. He already knew who it was, so he didn't act surprised when his friends Caleb, Holden, and Noel came into the kitchen.

"Where's the breakfast at man?" Noel asked as soon as he entered the kitchen.

"At your house." Toby teased and Noel nudged him in the shoulder.

"Toby, seriously what's going on with your step-mom? She hasn't been cooking and she knows we like to eat." Caleb chimed in as he sat at the table with his own of cereal.

"Maybe, that's why she stopped cooking. I guess she realized know that all our food goes into all of your stomachs." Toby teased again, but this time they laughed at his joke.

"Guys, hurry up, we've got to be to school in twenty and we all know Toby wants to suck face with his girlfriend for at least ten." Holden joked and Toby pushed him off the counter as he put his bowl in the sink.

"Keep talking about Alison and you'll be wishing you kept your mouth shut." Toby threatened, but they know he was just kidding because he was smiling and helped Holden up off the floor.

"Alright, lets get out of here. If I'm late to Mr. Fitz class, he said he'll give me detention." Caleb said as he put his bowl in the sink as well.

"Why's that so bad? You practically live their." Noel asked

"Because I promised Hanna that I'd stay out of trouble for a little while."

"Let's get out of here before sketchy has to deal with the wrath of the blonde." Toby said as he picked up his backpack and walked outside with his friends following him.

Toby went straight to his motorcycle when he got outside. As he was putting on his helmet, he noticed his friend Emily and her girlfriend, Paige, leaving her house. Emily smiled and waved at him, so did Paige. He smiled at both of them and waved before putting his helmet on. He revved the engine on his bike and then took off with his friends following behind him in Noel's car.


Toby arrived at school minutes later and parked in usual spot on the side of the building. He took off his helmet and when the people that were passing by him saw him they waved. He politely waved back because he was used to people knowing him because Alison knew the entire Rosewood High student body. He didn't have a problem with Alison having a lot of friends, but sometimes he wondered of those people were his friends because they liked him or because they liked Alison.

He took a deep breath and looked around for his friends. He spotted them by Noel's car with their girlfriends. Caleb was with Hanna, Noel was Aria, and Holden hanging out with Samara. Samara was gay, so she and Holden were just the best of friends. Alison was nowhere to be found . It didn't surprise Toby all that much because Alison sure liked to mingle with different people, so she was probably with Mona and Kate.

Toby didn't stand around much longer, he headed inside the school when the bell rang for school to begin. He walked down the hallways filled with students and waved when they waved at him. He made it to his locker within a few minutes and began to get his books for Mr. Fitz class. He felt two hands cover his eyes and he immediately smiled.

"Guess who?" The voice asked and Toby smiled and turned around to kiss his girlfriend.

"Ali, where were you this morning? You didn't meet me at my bike like you usually do."

"I was busy, but I'm here now. Sean's having a party this weekend and we're going." Alison said and kissed him again before he could even say yes or no to going.

"Okay, babe, but-"

"Will you look at her." Alison snarled and nodded her head in the direction of a girl.

Toby looked to where Alison was looking. All he saw was a backside, but it wasn't a bad looking backside. The girl had her hair up in a ponytail and wore a preppy like outfit with knee high socks.

"What's wrong with her?" Toby asked when he didn't see anything odd about her.

"Spencer Hastings is the biggest geek I've ever seen. I can't believe she actually shows up when nobody wants her here."

"Alison, stop it. That girl didn't so anything to you." Toby said and Alison scoffed while she rolled her eyes. He closed his locker and shook his head at his girlfriend."I have to get to class."

Alison may not have liked him telling her what to do, but she still kissed him before he left. Toby walked past the girl and tried to get a glimpse of her face, but it was buried into a book. He shrugged it off and walked into Mr. Fitz class. He took his usual seat in the back with Caleb and Aria would sometimes sit with them, but today she sat in the middle of the class.

"Why the glum face, dude?" Calve asked when he looked over and saw the look on Toby's face.

"Alison just being Alison." Toby said and let out a deep sigh and Caleb understood, so he let him be.

Toby was distracted until he noticed something or someone that caught his eye. It was that girl that Alison was making fun of in the hallway. He still couldn't see her face only her backside because she sat all the way in the front. Toby leaned up in his seat trying to get a glimpse of her face.

"Mr. Cavanaugh." Toby sat back down when he heard Mr. Fitz say his name."You're so interested in the class that your standing up in your seat, so why don't you answer the question for me."

"What question?" Toby asked confused and it caused the kids in the room to chuckle.

"I asked if anyone knew why, according to Polonius, has Hamlet gone mad? You seem so interested in the class and the book to know the answer."

Toby looked out at all the eyes watching him and surprisingly he wasn't one bit nervous. He looked up at Mr. Fitz, waiting for an answer.

"Polonius thought Hamlet went mad because he...killed someone?" Toby said in more of a question and the class laughed and Mr. Fitz shook his head.

"Polonius thought Hamlet went made because he is in love with Ophelia." A raspy, but beautiful voice said once the room was quiet. Mr. Fitz smiled at the brunette that Alison was making fun of.

"That is correct Miss Hastings. Mr. Cavanaugh, you might want to follow in her lead and actually read Hamlet."

"He probably doesn't understand the words, you know boys like him my think their big, but their brains are really small." The voice said again and that kind of ticked Toby off when the class started to laugh at him, again.

"Dude, you just owned by a smart chick." Caleb snickered next to him and Toby punched him in the shoulder.


Mr. Fitz continued the class and Toby continued to stare at the brunettes backside. She didn't speak for the rest of the class, but Toby didn't mind because at least she wasn't embarrassing him anymore. Toby don't know why, but he was curious to see what her face looked like. That's why when the bell rang, Toby jumped out his seat and tried to get past the other students to get to the front. He saw her leaving the room and was about to go after her.

"Mr. Cavanaugh, I need to speak with you before you leave." Mr. Fitz said stopping him from going after her.

Toby let out a deep breath and walked up to Mr. Fitz desk." Yes, Mr. Fitz?"

"Toby, we need to talk about your grade. You're failing this class and I spoke with some of your other teachers. You're failing French and Physics, as well."

"No, I can't fail! My dad is going to kill me. I-I can do extra credit or something, please." Toby begged with his blue eyes desperately pleading with his teacher.

"Toby, I can help you out with extra credit for this class, but I don't know about others. You need to get a tutor or something before you need to sign up for summer school or worse twelfth grade, again."

Toby ran a hand over his face and through his hair."Do you know a tutor that can help me?"

"I'm pretty sure if you ask Miss Hastings very nicely, then she'll help you."

"Are you sure because I've never even met her, but I feel like she doesn't like me already."

Mr. Fitz chuckled and handed over a copy of Hamlet to Toby."Use your charm that I hear you have on the girls."

"I'll try my best." Toby nodded at him before leaving the classroom in search of Spencer.


Toby spent the majority of his school day in search of Spencer. He never found her again and it was lunch time, so he was hoping she'd be there. Toby sat the table him, Caleb, Sean, Noel, and Holden sit at everyday. Alison, Hanna, Emily, Aria, Paige, Kate, Samara, and Mona sat at the table next to them.

"Do you guys know when Spencer Hastings has lunch?" Toby asked and his friends looked at him strange.

"Why, Toby? Want to get a little redemption for the way she made a joke of you in class?" Caleb teased and Toby glared at him.

"What? Geek Hastings made of the man, Toby Cavanaugh?" Sean asked still teasing Toby making their friends laugh.

"Don't call her that and I need to just talk to her." Toby said.

"Awww, does Toby have a crush on the geek." Noel said loudly causing the girls to look at their table."Alison, you better watch out. A geek is trying to steal your guy."

"Screw this." Toby growled in frustration as he stood up and marched away from his table. He liked his friend, but sometimes they didn't know when to stop with the jokes.

Toby wandered around the vacant hallways just thinking. Usually, his days weren't like this. Alison was usually nice and his friends usually were nice too, but today was just different. He walked to his locker and opened it up. Along the inside was pictures. Pictures of him and Alison with their friends.

Something caught his eyes and he noticed a brunette head into the library. Toby grabbed his sack lunch and headed into the library. He signed in like it was required and then scanned the room. He walked all the way to the back to find her sitting at a table.

"Spencer?" Toby said her name just to be sure it was her. She looked up and Toby swore that she had the most beautiful brown eyes he's ever seen. She wasn't ugly at all, she was pretty-no scratch that she was beautiful.

"Can I help you with something?" Spencer asked when he was staring at her too long.

"Ummm sorry, I'm Toby and I was wondering if you could tutor me." He asked and Spencer scoffed. People always wanted to use her for her brains and call her a geek or nerd behind her back.

"No, I'm sorry I don't tutor, anymore." Spencer said and went back to eating her lunch. She expected him to leave, but he sat down next to her.

"Please, I'm begging you. I can't fail unless I'll have to repeat the twelfth grade. I'll do anything, I'll even pay you, please." Toby begged and his blue eyes were slowly sucking her in.

"Alright, fine, meet me here after school."

"I can't. I have to work after school, but I get off at eight and could meet you at your house or mine."

"I usually don't tutor outside of school, but you sound desperate, so meet me at the Grill, tomorrow at nine."

"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." Toby thanked her repeatedly as he smiled and he almost thought he saw a smile form on her face.

"No, problem, but don't be late or else you won't find me there." Spencer said sternly and Toby nodded his head.

"I need help in English, French, and Physics do you think we'll have enough time to go through all those subjects in a few weeks or months?"

"You might hate me by the time we're finished, but I promise I'll get you passing." Spencer said and Toby laughed a little and this time she actually smiled. He liked it when she smiled.

Toby started taking his lunch out and putting it on the table. He looked out the corner of his eye to see Spencer looking at him like he's gone mad.

"I'm sorry, but can I eat lunch here? My friend are being assholes and I don't want to go back to them right now."

"It's fine." Spencer said and went back to eating her lunch.

"Thank you, again." Toby said again as he started eating his lunch with her.