Chapter 8

Rolling The Dice


"So are you two on your honeymoon?" The receptionist asked Toby and Spencer as they were getting a room at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino.

"No, we are just on vacation and we are not together." Spencer said and elbowed Toby when he snickered.

"Seriously? You're not dating him? Because he is ho-"

"I have a boyfriend and he has a girlfriend." Spencer interrupted the receptionist and quickly sent a glare Toby's way when he chuckled.

"Well, I can tell you now that if you're spending four days with him in sin city, then you won't be having a boyfriend for long." The receptionist said before she handed over the hotel room keys."Here are your keys to the penthouse city view suite. Enjoy your stay."

"Thanks." Spencer mumbled out before pulling Toby towards the elevator.

"Lighten up, Spence. That girl was just kidding."

"It wasn't funny. I told her that we were just friends, but she was convinced that we'd still hookup."

"I'm a good looking guy and easy on the eyes. I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to hookup with me. Ouch!" Toby rubbed his chest after Spencer slapped him there hard.

They rode the rest of the elevator in silence. When it stopped they walked down the hall to their room at the end. Toby slid the key in to unlock the door and stepped in with Spencer behind him.

"Whoa! This is where we are going to be staying?" Toby said in astonishment as he looked around the suite.

The penthouse suite boasts a wet bar, separate dining area for four, oversized marble bar with bar-style seating, and spacious living room with full sofa and sleek furnishings. The suite is adorned with a variety of warm textures and fabrics, blending a combination of browns, ambers, blues and metallic neutral colors. Inside the private master suite, is a king-sized bed, plush robes and slippers, and a large bathroom with whirlpool tub, separate shower, makeup vanity and classic Carrera marble accents throughout.

"Yep, do you like it?" Spencer said as she sat down on the couch.

"Do I like it? I love it." Toby said excitedly and then gears started to turn in his head."How much did you pay to get this suite?"

Before Toby and Spencer had arrived in Nevada, they stopped at a little town along the way to get money out of the bank for clothes since this was a spontaneous trip. He didn't know how much money she took out of the bank and now he was worried.

"Toby, I doesn't matter how much it cost. We have the room now, so lets just try to embrace it."

"Okay, I'll drop it, but no more spending thousands of dollars." Toby said as he attempted to sound stern, but his grin wouldn't let him.

"Hey, there's a bottle of champagne on the bar." Spencer stood up to walk over to the bar."I guess it's a complementary gift for guests."

"Well, I'm not much of a champagne guy, but I am a vodka kind of guy." Toby said with a mischievous grin. He walked behind the bar and crouched down to start rummaging through the cabinets.

"Toby, I don't think they have vod-"

"Found it!" Toby placed the bottle on the counter and grabbed to shot glasses from the cabinets as well."I'm up for celebratory shots. How about you?"

"I've never drank anything other than champagne or wine, so I don't know." Spencer said, but Toby handed her a shot anyway.

"At first it will burn going down your throat, but after a couple of them you'll get used to it." Toby said before he raised up his shot glass and motioned for her to do the same."Here's to Vegas and for having a good time."

Spencer watched as Toby's threw his shot back, but when she tried to do that with her shot, she almost choked. Toby patted her back as she coughed a little bit.

"I hope you don't plan on letting loose too much because if you are, I won't be joining you." Spencer said and passed the shot glass back to him.

"I plan on partying hard, Spence. I'm single and I'm in Vegas." Toby said as he threw back another shot.

"What do you mean you're single? Did you forget about the devil-I mean your girlfriend?"

"I forgot to tell you that me and Alison are on a break." Toby said nonchalantly with a shrug before be flopped down on the couch.

"What? Why?"

"She said I don't pay enough attention her and she needs some time to figure us out."

"Why would she say that? And what happened to no phones on this trip?"

"Look, I called Ali the morning after we got arrested and you were still asleep. I was going to apologize for not calling her and she said she didn't care that I didn't call. She said she needed a break to figure out where we stand, then she hung up"

"Oh my gosh, Toby." Spencer went and sat next to him and held his hand."Are you alright?"

"It's okay, Spence. It hurt at first, but I got over it because if she really loved me, then she wouldn't have done that. So I say that we head down to the casino."

"No, we have to got shopping for clothes and we have to eat. Then you can go gamble away till you drop." Spencer said with a smirk as she went into the bedroom.

"What about you? Aren't you going to go gamble with me? It'll be fun I promise."

"Maybe later. I just really want to shop, eat, and relax today."

"Alright, I'll order us a pizza and then we'll nap, then shop."

"Thanks, Tobes."


After eating lunch in their suite, Toby and Spencer headed downstairs to one of the boutiques in the hotel. Spencer had to literally drag Toby away from the slot machines so that he could actually pick out his clothes. When shopping was done, Toby left and went downstairs to the casino and Spencer stayed behind in the suite to sneak a few minutes on the phone. The person she called was Jason.

"Spencer, where the hell are you?" Jason yelled as soon as he answered the phone.

"Hey, Jason. How are you? I'm fine." Spencer said sarcastically.

"Spencer, I'm not kidding. First, I found out that you were arrested. Then you just disappear. Where are you?"

"Jason, I'm not going to tell you where I am. Just know that I am safe and that I'll be back on Saturday."

"You know, mom and dad are going to kill you."

"I know," Spencer said as she looked out of her window at the view of Las Vegas."but it'll be worth it. I gotta go, Jason. I love you."

"I love you too, Spence. Try to stay out of trouble. Bye."

Spencer hung up the phone and went out into the bedroom to get ready for bed.


Toby spent a few hours in the casino until his depression got the best of him. He truthfully was sad about Alison basically dumping him. He really thought Alison might have been the one because she was the first girl he loved. He thought about that as he sat in the casino, then he slipped out to a bar down the street from the hotel.

Toby drank and drank and drank until he could barely walk. Some how he managed to walk back down to the hotel and make it to his room. He banged on the door over and over again until someone answered.

"Toby, what is wrong with you? Why didn't you use your key?" Spencer asked while he swayed unsteadily in the hallway.

"You are a very pretty girl." Toby slurred as he walked passed Spencer and into the hotel room to lie down on the couch.

"What?"

"Yeah, you are. Your eyes are like so big and brown and I could look into them all day."

"Toby, you're drunk. We need to get you in the bed."

"But I'm not tired. I promise I'll be good I just had a little bit to drink."

"A little bit?" Spencer went to stand to front of and held up three fingers."How many fingers am I holding up?"

Toby looked closely at her fingers, but they were too blurry.

"Umm...four?" Toby guessed and Spencer laughed at him saying his answer so seriously.

"No, you got it wrong now you have to go to bed."

Spencer didn't expect for Toby to stand up and tower over her. He looked at her with such intensity that she felt a little weak in the knees.

"Well, you come with me?" Toby gestured to the bedroom and Spencer's face heated up.

"No, Toby."

"Please." Toby whispered huskily as he leaned in closer to her ear. His lips grazed her ear and she shivered.

"Please, just go to bed, Toby." Spencer pleaded and Toby leaned away from her body to look into her eyes.

"Fine, Spence. I'll go to bed." Toby couldn't help himself. He kissed her. The kiss was short, but he felt something he hadn't felt in a long time. Passion. Just as quickly the kiss happened it ended."Goodnight."

Spencer didn't say anything as she watched Toby stagger into the bedroom and fall into the bed. She absentmindedly ran her finger over her bottom lip. Never in her life had she been kissed like that. She sat down on the couch and got comfortable because there was no way she was going anywhere near Toby for the rest of the night.


Toby woke up the next morning with his head throbbing. He opened his eyes and quickly shut then when he was greeted with the sun. He groaned and tried to roll over on his back, but fell to the floor instead. He let out a string of curse words as he stood up. He staggered out the bedroom and into the living room to be hit with the smell of bacon.

"Oh, good you're up." Toby looked over and Spencer was cooking in the kitchen.

"I am, but I feel like hell." Toby muttered as he took a seat at the bar.

"I guess that'll teach you a lesson about drinking until you're incoherent. What were you thinking, Toby?"

"I don't know, Spence. All I remember is being in the casino and then I started thinking about Ali, so I went to a bar."

"That's all you remember?" Spencer asked a little afraid that he might have remembered their kiss. She wasn't going to let one drunken kiss ruin her friendship or relationship.

"Yeah, I don't even know how I got back to the hotel or how I found the room. Thanks for putting up with me last night."

"You weren't that bad. Now eat because you need to shower because you smell like a bar." Spencer teased and Toby rolled his eyes.

"Yes, mom."


They ate breakfast in mostly silence because of Toby's hangover. After breakfast Toby volunteered to do the dishes while Spencer took a shower. When she got it the shower it was Toby's turn. While he was taking a shower, she decided it would be a great time to make another phone call. This time she called Alex.

"Spencer, baby, are you alright?" Alex asked as soon as he picked up the phone.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I miss you."

"I miss you too. I wish you would come home Spencer. Jason, told me that you'd be back on Saturday and about you getting arrested. Where are you, Spence?"

"I'm just getting away for a few days."

"Hey, Spence, where are the towels!?" Toby yelled out to her from the bathroom. Spencer cringed because if she heard, then Alex heard him.

"Is that Toby? Are you with him right now?" Alex said calmly, but Spencer knew he was upset.

"Yes, I am...with Toby." Spencer said hesitantly."But it's not what you like."

"It's not what I think? Spence, you disappear with a guy and are probably doing gods now what and it's not what I think." Alex was yelling, but Spencer wasn't too happy about what he was insinuating.

"Look, Toby needed my help with some things and I couldn't just leave him. He needed me to be here with him."

"I'm your boyfriend, Spence. And I need you to be here with me. Call me when you get back to Rosewood because we have a lot to talk about and it can't be done over the phone." Alex said before he hung up.

Spencer felt a tear fall from her eye, but she quickly wiped it away. She shouldn't be crying because she didn't do anything wrong. The kiss that happened was a mistake, a drunken mistake. Other than that things haven't been romantic just friendly.

"Spence, are you okay?" Toby asked once he come from out of the bedroom with fresh clothes on.

"I'm fine. Me and Alex just had a fight, but we'll be okay."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"No, I don't."

"I bet I got something that'll cheer you up. Shots." Toby said excitedly as he headed over to the bar to get his favorite choice of alcohol.

"Did you learn nothing from your hangover?" Spencer teased as she watched her friend line up multiple shot glasses on the bar.

"I did, but I think that tonight me and you need to let loose. We need to just forget about all our relationship problems and have fun."

"And drinking away the days are how we are going to do it?" Spencer grabbed the shot that Toby handed her.

"How about this. For today we drink, go to the casino, and go to a few clubs. Then for the rest of the trip we can do whatever you want to do. Like, site seeing or something. Deal?"

Spencer thought about it for a moment. She was stressed out about a lot of things and the situation with Alex was just another thing on her plate. Maybe Toby is right. Tonight she just wanted to let loose like he does.

"Deal." Spencer agreed and they downed their shots, but she knew they were just getting started for the day.