Chapter Eleven

A week later, and things between the once best friends still hadn't gotten better. Spencer hadn't even remember the last time she talked to Toby, nevertheless had a conversation with him. Most of her time was spent helping out Wren, or docking out at Aria's or helping Wren find a cheap good lawyer. Spencer, knew a good lawyer. Her parents. Her parent's were both great lawyers, and could easily win this case. Although, she wasn't exactly close with the two. Although, even though she wasn't close with her sister either, she was a better bet than her parents. Melissa; her sister, was also a lawyer. She was a few years older than Spencer, and maybe would help. Maybe she would connect with her sister, if it was for Wren who seemed to be her only best guy friend at this point, considering Toby totally shafted her at every given opportunity when they were alone. As in, when Wren was sleeping since Wren wasn't really out doing much lately.

Now, was another one of those moments. Wren was taking a nap, his medication made him drowsy, and it was nearly seven on that Saturday mid June day. Spencer was closed off in her room almost the whole day reading, but as her stomach growled she decided to scavenge for some food. As Spencer searched the pantries, for something simple to make considering she wasn't the best cook. She heard some one walk from down the hall, knowing it couldn't possibly be Wren her mind instantly went to Toby. She hesitantly closed the cabinet door and turned on her heels.

"Hey," She said to the man with the bright blue eyes who was awkwardly standing in the middle of the living area.

"Hi," He said softly breaking eye contact with her immediately, darting his eyes at his phone.

"Do you want to order a pizza?" She asked shyly rubbing her arm.

"I can't." He said sympathetically tilting his head. "i'm going out."

"Oh." Spencer nodded in understanding. "With whom?" She asked meekly. She normally wouldn't ask, but she had no idea what else to say. The comfortable silence they once had vanished, and filled with awkwardness.

"Um," Toby bit his lip looking down. "You don't know her."

Suddenly Toby seemed more dolled up then usually, and his stubble was cleanly shaved and she could smell his freshly put on cologne from where she was standing. Was he going on a date?she gaped. "You seem dressed up." She tried to break out into a laugh, but it sounded more like a weird cough.

"Is it too much?" He asked nervously.

"I don't know." Spencer said moving her eyes from his face down his body. He was simply wearing a dressy navy button up shirt, and black khakis. "Wait, are you going on date?" She asked widening her eyes and crossing her arms.

"Uh-" He stuttered. Why did it matter if Spencer knew? Why did he care if Spencer knew? Why did she care? Toby pushed down all of the questions with a hard swallow, and let his voice find the words to speak. "Yeah," He said softly.

"Oh." She said simply her mouthing forming an 'o'.

"Yeah,' He mumbled. "I've got to get going." His voice trailed nervously.

"Have fun." She said firmly, her eyes glaring right through him.

"Thanks." He said unsteadily. With that, Toby was out the door and could feel the heat take over his body. He almost wanted to go back inside, and just blow off Hanna to spend time with Spencer. He knew that he couldn't do that though. He knew that he had to move on. The only reason he had been avoiding her, and ignoring her so much lately was because with each passing day and each conversation he fell harder for her. He needed to stop, and he couldn't think of any other way than to do the thing he never wanted to do. Cut her off completely, although he didn't think he really had it in him. Maybe if he was lucky, he would fall for Hanna, then him and Spencer could be friends. They could put the past behind them, and be as close as they once were.

As soon as Toby left, Spencer clenched her fists and let out a heavy sigh. She stomped her way to her room to snatch her purse, and the first person she called was Aria Montgomery.

"Oh my god." Spencer mumbled into her phone after three rings of Aria not answering. "Pick up." She muttered to her self.

"Hey, this is Aria and I'm not available right now. Leave a message, and I'll call you back." Beep went her voice mail.

"Aria!" Spencer shouted into the phone. "Pick up your phone, oh my god." Spencer spat before pressing end after a frustrating voice mail. It's not like Aria was her only friend, but she was the only friend that actually knew about her feelings for Toby. Well Ezra did too, but only because he was always with her. Then an idea formed in Spencer's mind. She quickly dialed away numbers on her phone, and with three rings, the males voice greeted her.

"Hey Spence." He said sheepishly.

"Hey," Spencer said quickly. "Are you with Aria?"

"No," He mumbled questionably. "She had that thing out of town for that convention for her work or whatever." He mumbled as if he was half asleep, knowing Ezra he had probably fallen asleep on his couch watching an old cowboy movie.

"Oh," Spencer grouched. "I forgot."

"Well," Ezra chuckled. "I'm assuming you were just using me to get to Aria?" He asked with a chuckle.

"Noo," Her voice trailed with a giggle.

"Uh huh." He grunted "Well I'll talk to you later." He said firmly.

"Wait." She said desperately. "Do you want to get something to eat? I'm starving."

"Well that means I have to put some pants on..." His voice trailed.

"Ew." She scoffed. "Just come on. We haven't hung out in forever."

"You're over here all the time." Ezra laughed sheepishly.

"Yeah, with Aria. Not you."

"Well, thanks. I'm glad-"

"Ezra," She warned.

"Fine fine." He grumbled. "Want to go to the new Chinese place downtown?"

"Sure." Spencer said indifferently.

"Well, I really need to get ready and stuff, so I'll text you when." He offered.

"You sound like a girl," She scoffed shaking her head.

"Shut up Spencer." He snapped. "I just need to shower, unless you enjoy the smell of sweat, and-"

"Okay, okay." She said stopping him in disgust. "I don't need to know details, just take your shower and text me, okay?" She said with small smile.

"Alright," He murmured. "See you soon." He said ending the call.

While Spencer was making plans, Toby's plans were going in action at a fancy restaurant downtown with Hanna; the perky blond he met last week in the local bar. The date was just starting, and so far everything was going well. She was funny, outgoing, upbeat, and witty. She certainly was more care free than Spencer. Toby was confused as whether or not that was a good thing. Toby got use to the little quirk Spencer had, and he found it funny and cute. Maybe, it was just Spencer. But, no he was moving on.

"Do you normally take your dates to such extravagant restaurants?" She smirked from across the table, her eyes sparkling as she took a sip of her white wine.

"Not really," Toby murmured looking around the restaurant. "But, my friend works here, and I told her I would stop by one time. I never really had a chance to bring any one here till now." He finished.

"And I thought I was special." She said in a hushed playful tone.

"That too." He said nervously, he saw a smile creep on her face as well as his. It was true, Hanna was different than each of the other girls he had gone out in the past with, while trying to get over Spencer. He actually enjoyed being with her, he didn't feel like he was just trying to move on from some girl. That some girl being Spencer of course. No, he actually felt like maybe this could be real.

As a raven haired girl took an order from the table next to theirs, Toby grinned. She smiled brightly at the group of four, probably a family, and put her note pad into her pocket. She glanced at Toby and Hanna mindlessly, then darted her head again at them. A huge smile took hold of her face, as she walked over to Toby.

"Toby!" She smiled unbelievably large. "Hey!" She said as she hugged the tall messy haired man. "What are you doing here?" Toby nodded his head over at Hanna, who was smiling politely. Emily's face was drenched in confusion, and Toby could see it. But, to Hanna, Emily was smiling politely and offering her hand to shake.

"Hanna, this is Emily. Emily, Hanna." Toby gestured. Emily's looked back at Toby, a smile plastered to her face but, her eyes screaming 'you have a lot to explain.' Toby hadn't told her cause he was planning to surprise her like this, and he knew how Emily would react anyways. She would call him a wuss, like Holden and Caleb had. And tell him to just go with Spencer.

"Well, this was certainly a surprise." Emily gritted through her teeth, a smile still on her face. "I wish I had you guys as on of my table!" She exclaimed.

"No, I wouldn't leave a tip." Toby teased sitting back down.

"You so would." She punched him in the shoulder with an eye roll, "If not, i would just take it from you later." She laughed. "Well, I have to get back to work. But, nice meeting you Hanna." She offered with a polite smile, showing off her pearly whites before walking away towards another table.

"You two seem close." Hanna said looking back at Emily, then at Toby with a toothless smile. It looked forced, maybe she was jealous?

"You don't have to worry about her."

"I don't?" She said softly tilting her head curiously.

"No." He said surely. Emily was fully out of the closet, and she didn't care who knew. All though, Toby felt it was none of his business to tell anyone.

"Alright," Hanna said her voice trailed clearly unconvinced. It made Toby chuckle. Him and Emily more than friends? Hilarious.

At the same time that night, Spencer made sure Wren would be okay for the night, telling him that she was fifteen minutes away if he needed anything and out the door to meet Ezra at the Chinese restaurant. Ezra was one of her guy friends, yes, but not as close as she was with Wren, and Toby. If her and Toby were even friends anymore, which seemed unlikely considering how he has been treating her lately. She use to be a lot closer with Ezra, that is before him and Aria started dating. After they became an item, Spencer became third wheel until she started dating Andrew, but let's not get into that.

Spencer stepped into the restaurant, telling the host she was meeting with an Ezra Fitz. Spencer wandered the small restaurant, and finally found him in a small booth. She slid into booth, on the other side of Ezra and her face broke out into a smile. "Hey!" She exclaimed.

"Hey!" He replied. "I've been waiting for like twenty minutes!"

"I'm sorry." She groaned. "it's just I had to make sure Wren was okay." She looked at the menu perched in front of her curiously.

"Oh yeah," Ezra said in realization. "How's he doing?"

"Better." Spencer said simply. "His arms aren't exactly in the best shape, so usually we have to help him get any where."

"So it will be a lot easier when he get's the wheel chair?" Ezra questioned his voice filled with curiosity.

"It will be a step closer to easier." She shrugged eyeing the menu.

"So how's Toby?" Ezra asked nervously as if he shouldn't step into that territory. He wished he hadn't drifted from Spencer over the years, and she would still ask him for advice, as she would give him with Aria. But, things have changed. She went only to Aria for advice, while Ezra listened from a far. The last time he had actually hung out alone with her was probably two years ago.

"Good," Spencer said awkwardly keeping her eyes locked on the menu.

"Come on Spence. We did talk about this kind of stuff once upon a time." Ezra said trying to enlighten the mood with a sheepish boy grin. Spencer put the menu down quickly, and rolled her shoulders back placing her folded together hands on the rectangle wooden table table.

"I think i'll get the sweet and sour chicken." She said totally ignoring him. "With egg rolls." She added.

"Spence-"

"He's good okay?" Spencer snapped fluttering her eyes.

"I was just going to ask if I could have an egg roll." He said shyly and backing up against his seat.

"Oh." She said softly looking down at her blue nails. "I'm sorry-" She said almost in a whisper.

"I was lying about the last part." Ezra smiled, which resulted in Spencer glaring at him. "What's going on? Any steps forward?" Ezra questioned.

"More like a mile back." Spencer huffed. Ezra looked her with curious, and intrigued eyes. "He went on a date tonight." She blurted indifferently.

"Wow." Ezra said stunned. "That's weird."

"Yeah," Spencer mumbled rolling her eyes.

"Are you okay?" Ezra asked hesitantly.

"I'm fine." She muttered. "Can we just not talk about it?" She pleaded.

"Yeah," He nodded. "Of course."

After leaving the Italian restaurant, the pair with a set of piercing blue eyes headed off to go get some ice cream from down the street. Hanna, insisted since Toby had paid for dinner, that she would pay for the sweet delicious desert called ice cream. Toby liked how unlike some girls, she didn't get a small because 'that would make her look fat' but instead she got two scoops of butter pecan on a waffle cone, while Toby feeling bad she had to pay got a one scoop of simple vanilla. He was about to get coffee, only because Spencer had got him addicted to it in the last three years of knowing her. But no, that would be bad because it would be another reminder off her. It's like he was going through the breakup phase, without even getting the sweetness of the relationship. It really sucked.

"Well thank you for the ice cream." Toby said with a chuckle as he stood next to her on the sidewalk in front of his car.

"Thank me? You barely had any." She scoffed. "That toddler had more than you!" She shouted with a giggle of shaking her head.

"He did not." Toby shook his head.

"Soooo did." She said her voice giggling as she bit her lip. Both merged into a tender first kiss. "That was nice." She whispered. Toby nodded before kissing her again with more power than before, while about a block away a tall brunette sith mocha eyes and taller man with curly dark brown hair strolled down the street.

"No, you know i'm going to call her." The brunette laughed.

"No, I'm gonna call her!" The man rushed for his phone. "She's gonna answer me." He stuck out his tongue at the brunette who was already dialing the number.

"You don't even have your phone out yet," She said rolling her mocha chocolate eyes.

"I will-" He said grabbing his phone from his back pocket. Then his dark deep ocean blue eyes saw the sight before him, it looked to be Toby and some blond girl looking awfully close. Ezra had only met Toby twice, once at Spencer's twenty first birthday party Aria had thrown for her, the other at Spencer's graduation from college.

Ezra watched as Wren and Toby wrapped Spencer into a huge bear hug. After, Ezra and Aria made their way through. It was weird how before these guys, they all seemed to be that close. Maybe they had third wheeled her for a while, and he regretted drifting away from her. But, that was life. Those were her new best friends. Well, according to Aria Spencer wanted to be more than Toby's friend.

"Congrats!" Ezra said after giving Spencer a hug.

"Thank you!' She chimed brightly.

"You look so beautiful!" Aria beamed hugging her again. The two were still best friends, unlike Ezra and Spencer. But, they weren't as close. They were always glued to each other back when, now it seemed the glue had became left sticky.

"Aria stop acting like a mother." Spencer scoffed. Her parents hadn't even shown up at her own graduation, and although she seemed okay with it. You could tell she was just trying to put up a strong front if you really knew her.

"Anyways," Spencer said straightening her shoulder. " Aria I know you know these guys from whenever you come over, but Ezra just in case you forgot from the party-"

"I wasn't that drunk Spencer. You were." Ezra teased as he held his hand out to Wren first. "Wren." He nodded with a sincere smile.

"Toby." Ezra shook his hand with a firm grip.

"Ezra." Toby mimicked with a grin and shake.

"She didn't pick up." Spencer huffed, after a pregnant pause she looked at him confused. "What? Your not gonna try calling her too, and seeing if she picks up? And then gloat about it?" Spencer sneered as she continued walking. She looked back at Ezra who wasn't moving. "What?" She furrowed her eye brows.

"S-sorry." Ezra said taking his squinting eyes off the messy haired man, and the blond a block a head. "Do you want to check out the hammock shack?"

"What?" Spencer snapped as if Ezra was down right crazy. "No, i don't want to check out the hammock shack." Her voice trailed growing faint. "Should I take you to your car?" She laughed. "Are you alright?" She joked waving a hand in her friends dazzled face as he glanced over her shoulder. Whoever the couple was, was getting into the car and now driving down the road.

"Sorry," He sputtered. "I just had a weird obsession with getting one when I was little." he lied snapping back into reality.

"Okaaaaaaaaaaaay." Her voice trailed questionably.

"Well I'll see you later Spence." Ezra said as he walked across the street to his car.

"Bye." She said simply, and shook off the confused feeling that just dwelled on her. What were wrong with her friends?

Wow This chapter was pretty long. Um, yeah. So I know there hasn't been much Spoby lately but thats because it's a process. Be patient. Good things come to those who wait. Any ways, this chapter was mostly about Spencer's friendship with Ezra/Aria and Toby's first date with Hanna. I thought about skipping over the Hanna date, but i figured half of you would be curious about it. So i mind as well put it in there. Alright, I hope you liked the chapter. 10 reviews= update tomorrow. And on a side note, writing Toby with Hanna is so weird though. Like, i don't know haha. Just thought i would tell you guys. O.o