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So I forgot to tell you that this is obviously AU. A never existed and so on.

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Chapter Two

Let's skip ahead a few years, to when the nineteen year old girl is now twenty one. Two years later the three musketeers are the best of friends. They even live together, which caused complications with her boyfriend, well now ex-boyfriend.

After just a few months of living with the men with the names Toby and Wren, her boyfriend stomped on her heart which led her into the arms of another.

"He's a asshole." He whispered into Spencer's mess of her tangled hair, hugging the small girl's frame tightly, as if he would never dream of letting her go. He secretly didn't want too. He came home from being gone for a two weeks from visiting his parents, to find her moping on the couch, and eating Ben and Jerry's: Red Velvet Cake, which was actually his ice cream. After noticing how up set she was though, he didn't bother joking around with her about it, he hated seeing her like this. Even though he barely saw her like this anyways, she was one of the strongest, scratch that, was the strongest girl he's ever met.

"No, he wasn't." She mumbled harshly through a sobs. "It was my fault." She whimpered. "I'm just-" She grumbled with a heavy sighed as she pulled out of his embrace and looked into his bright caring blue eyes. "I'm a mess." She said softly, soft enough that if the TV's volume was up any louder Toby wouldn't have heard her.

"No," He said as he placed his gentle hands on her shoulders. "You're Spencer Hastings. You're anything but a mess." He said genially with a sympathetic grin. "I'll help you get through this." He said clearing his throat, as he took his hands off her shoulders, and now they were no longer touching.

"Look at me," She gestured to her self with a scoff of disbelief. "I could star in Taylor swift, and Adele break-up music video!" She gestured to her baggy sweats, her old boy friend's stained with new melted ice cream sweat shirt, and a messy bun in her hair.

"You look fine," He chuckled under his breath. "Do you want me to kick this guys ass?" He asked with a playful smile as he lowered his head and voice, as if it were a secret.

"No," She shook her head with small smile.

"What happened?" He asked after a pregnant pause.

"I don't know," She shrugged as she slumped back onto the couch and plastered her eyes to re-runs of 'Friends'. "He thinks that I wasn't faithful, and was cheating on him." her voice trailed as she rolled her eyes, and the brims of her eyes yet again filled with tears.

Toby's eyebrows furrowed as he took a seat next her on the couch, a full cushion away. "What? That's ridiculous." He said simply, his eyes on her steadily.

"yeah," She scoffed with an eye rolling and a gulp. She looked over at Toby, her eyes still puffed and filled with hurt. "Have you ever been hurt like this?" She blurted. Over knowing Toby for the past two years, he never seemed to be the one to stay in a relationship for long. The longest relationship of his, that she knew off, lasted two months with some perky red head who was obsessed with taking pictures.

"Um," he mumbled looking at his hands. "Yeah," His voice sounded distant.

"It's just," She mumbled, scrunching her nose "I've never seen you in relationship for too long."

"I've been hurt," He clarrified "But we never actually dated." He admitted sheepishly.

"Oh," She said awkwardly with a gulp, but her eyes were deeply intrigued. Toby took a deep breath, he knew telling her about his former relationship issues, would take her mind of hers, and it's not like he actually cared anymore about this high school potential sweet heart anyways.

"I was friends with her for a while." He admitted clenching his fists, "And then in Junior year, I started looking at her as more than a friend." He admitted glancing over at Spencer, who's eyes were glued to him. "Then in the summer between Junior and Senior year, I admitted how I felt." He said gloomy. "But she rejected me," He said sternly. "Then started dating one of my best friends." He wasn't about to out Wren, it was all over now. He didn't even know why she was so important, she was simply puppy love. He was naive, and foolish and she was just a girl. He wondered if Spencer would just be 'just a girl' to him one day, but she was different. He felt stronger feelings for her, than Holly; the potential sweet heart from high school. It didn't really matter though, Spencer and him could never happen. Both, him and Wren agreed that they were all just friends.

But now, they were all single. The rules were about to change.

"Wow," She said widening her eyes. "Real best friend."

"Yeah," He nodded awkwardly after a short pause.

"Did you love her?" She asked bluntly. Spencer Hastings was never the one to be subtle, when wanting questions, she would go after them.

"You know," He said softly. "I thought I did." He admitted amazed at the words coming out of his mouth. "But, I was wrong." He said sternly. "I was just naive, and stupid."

"Hmm," She mumbled, her eyes far away. "The same thing with Andrew." She said her voice still distant. Andrew was her ex-boyfriend. "I think I've just been with him for so long, that" her voice trailed. "I've kind of closed the door, of having feelings for any one else." She said slowly.

"Yeah," He mumbled with nod. "Well that doors open now, right?" He asked.

"It's opening." She said as she scooped the last scrap of Ice cream out of the container. "Sorry, about eating all your Ice cream." She said sheepishly as she stood up to throw the empty container away.

"You ate every single one?" He said astonished with a grin of dis belief, turning his head at the girl who was plopping the empty container into the garbage can.

"You were gone for two weeks!" She defended. "Along with half this town," She added as she slumped back on the couch.

"Well it was the holidays." He said awkwardly.

"Yeah," She muttered rolling her eyes. Toby didn't know much about her family, but he knew she wasn't exactly....close with them. Out of the two years of knowing her, he witnessed her communicating with them once. Over the phone. Toby wasn't much better with his family either, though. He mostly visited on the holidays, and that's it. She never really talked about her family, and Toby wasn't the one to impose, so he had only asked her about them once. She simply replied 'There just... too much.' But Toby wasn't nosy, he cared for her, and would listen if she ever needed to talk, but if she didn't want to, he wasn't going to force her.

"Maybe I could stay with you next year?" He offered. "I hate knowing you were just sitting here like this the whole time I was gone."

"It wasn't the whole time." She said bitterly. " I went out with Aria on Christmas Eve."

"You were alone on Christmas?" He exclaimed. Last year, he remembered her mentioning that she attended Andrew's parent's house, which apparently she always attended too. But, given they broke up, there was no chance she went this year.

"Calm down," She rolled her eyes. "I'm not five. I'm twenty one. I don't need someone dressing up like Santa Clause, and giving me way-to-many gifts, that I don't even have room for anyways." She said as sternly as she could, but Toby saw in that their was a glimpse of hurt, and yearning in her dark chocolate eyes. "You don't need to stay here with me next year." She added with mumble.

"Well it is a year away," He smiled crookedly with his voice trailing. "Speaking of presents," He said opening his duffle bag next to him, that he slumped down when he first came into the door. "I got you something." He said fumbling around his bag.

"Oh my god," She said frantically. "I forgot to get you something," She said briskly. "I've just been so concentrated on Andrew-"

"It's fine," He said waving his hand as he continued to search the bag. "You cleaned out my ice cream stash," he said playfully "You're giving me a better health."

Spencer just shook her head with a giggle at her friend, who's eyes were still plastered to the red duffle bag he was digging through. "You didn't have too-"

"Stop." He said sternly as he finally pulled out a wrapped medium sized box. The wrapping paper had Santa Clauses all over it with a blue back ground. It was perfectly wrapped, and of course it was because Toby had magic hands. As in, he could draw very well, and majored in being architect.

She smiled at him before opening the small package, she wasn't expecting much, the last present she got from him was a book. An excellent book it was. Spencer tore away the wrapping paper to reveal a small jewelry box, it was beautiful. It was made of of red cedar wood, and the top had engraved roses, and vines over it, and the letters 'Spencer' carved into the side of it.

"This is-this is beautiful." She stuttered softly as she opened and closed the box mindlessly.

"I made it." He said nervously. At the time he didn't think it was pushing the bar between friendly, to something more. But now, it seemed like it did, especially since she was now single.

"What?" She said stunned her eyes shifting from the box to the boy in front of her. "Toby," She cooed.

"I use to work with my dad with carpentry back in high school, and I guess I still have the hang of it." He said sheepishly with a shrug.

"Hang of it?" She scoffed. "Toby, this is great. You have a real talent." She awed.

"I just," he shrugged. "I didn't know what to get you, and-"

"I don't need an explanation." She grinned genially. "Thank you." She said softly as if her words were being vacuumed from her. She gave him another grin before bringing him in for a hug of gratitude.

"so," She said tracing her fingers on the top of the jewelry box. "What'd you get Wren?" She asked awkwardly.

"A doctor bobble head." He admitted with a chuckle.

"wow," She smiled sheepishly. "Wren get's a bobble head, I get a hand carved jewelry box." She squinted eyes at him playfully suspiciously, "I must be special."

"Yeah," He said softly with a nod. It almost felt like they were having a moment. No, they were just friends. Desperate to get out of this awkward pause, so he asked a question he already knew that answer to. "So when is Wren coming home again?"

"Tomorrow night." She said leaning back into the couch. "I'm suppose to pick him up from the airport," She said as she turned her head back to the screen. 'Friends' was now over, and now 'One tree hill' came on. "You could come too." She added taking a glance over at Toby, "I'm sure he would love to see you came home early." She smirked.

"Okay," He agreed.

Spencer was happy that the holidays were now over, and she wouldn't be alone anymore. Getting over Andrew would be a lot easier with her two best guy pals at her side. Right?