It was the pale morning sun that woke him up. Or maybe it was that he felt Spencer stir slightly next to him, her hair streaked in different places on her pillow. Toby opened his eyes slowly as he tightened his grip around his girlfriend's waist. He felt her warm body press against his, and he could feel her steady breathing. How could it already be morning? Toby only wanted last night to last forever. He was sure his voice would be weak from singing to her all night, but after she had fallen completely asleep, he stopped. Not because he didn't want to keep singing, but because he loved how she drifted away to sleep on his chest, and he thought singing would keep her up. But, to be honest, he was exhausted. It was a secret, but after Spencer fell asleep, he left the bedroom. He was going to make this Christmas special for her. No matter what it took.

He had actually planned this out, beforehand. He bought her small gifts, not huge or anything, but he wanted to make her feel special. Toby gently had pried Spencer off of him, and he quietly got out of the bed. He slid on a new pair of plaid boxers, then his signature blue pajama pants, smiling at the vivid memories that came along with them. He hid presents in his laundry room, a hidden door was behind the washer for safes, but he used it for her presents. Throughout the night, Toby placed small gifts around their now decorated Christmas tree. Most of them were small things like things from Cathy Jean, one of Spencer's go to stores, and other small things he made. Toby placed each present gently under the tree, and the last item was his most scary present. It was a small box, small enough to fit in the palm of his hand. Nerves shot through him. What if she wasn't ready? Toby shook those thoughts away. This present would be the last one. The small ring. An engagement ring.

He loved her more than anything in the world. And if he wanted to do this, he had to do it right. But he knew he was going to spend the rest of his life with her. He knew it. And he was hoping, praying, she felt the same way…

So yes, his nerves grew then, as Spencer was beginning to wake up. Spencer rolled over beside Toby, and she gently placed her body across his, her arm around his torso, and she rested her head in the crook of his neck, breathing in slowly. She felt so soft in his arms; he was holding his world in his arms. He smiled as she let out a small yawn, and he lightly then pressed a kiss to her cranium, then he stroked her hair away from her face. When he looked out of the window, he saw that the sun was peeking out from behind a bunch of low cut trees in the distance. The sun rose quite quickly, and the light danced into his room, and reached his feet, then slowly trailing up to his torso, then reaching Spencer's face. The light brought out the smallest details about her, and Toby was mesmerized by her. From her pink lips, to her simple two freckles on the left side of her face. He lightly touched her cheek, caressing her face. Spencer smiled slightly underneath him, and she opened her eyes to meet his. Her eyes were far lighter than usual, the sun adding a gold tint to them. Spencer reached up, touching his face under her soft palm. They stared at each other, admirable.

"Merry Christmas Spence." Toby whispered. Spencer's eyes widened. "Is it really?" Spencer got up, pulling the sheets around her. She smiled, and she lightly pressed a kiss to his lips. "I can make us some coffee." Spencer tried to get up, but Toby grabbed her arms, and she turned to face him, and he pulled her back down, kissing her neck. She was laughing, trying to push him off. Toby jokingly began to tickle her stomach, and Spencer's eyes became daggers. "Oh, no! Stop, stop!" She was laughing, but also trying to keep a serious face, which just made Toby laugh even harder. Suddenly, Spencer frowned, and he stopped. But then her smile grew to become menacing, and she slid out from under him, grabbing his arm, and she flipped herself on top of him, pinning him down beneath her, her hair blanketing around Toby's face. "I win." Spencer whispered over him. Toby smiled, and lifted his hand to touch her sun lit cheek. How was it possible for such beauty to exist? Even more importantly to him, how was it possible that she was his? She was perfect. He didn't care if she would deny it, but she just truly was perfect, and so much more. Always so much more to him.

"Spencer, just to warn you, I heard some pretty weird things last night." Toby mocked. Spencer furrowed her eyes at him. "What do you mean?" Toby smiled, and sat up with her straddling him, and kissed her forehead lightly, breathing in her vanilla scent. "Get dressed, and go check for yourself." He exclaimed, and Spencer smiled. She got off of him, and she walked gracefully over to the corner of the right side of the room, grabbing his hideous penguin boxers, and she slipped them on, before she walked over to his closet doors. She walked inside, and after a few seconds, he saw her walk back out, her long brown hair thrown over to one side of her head as she adjusted one of his white t-shirts onto her perfect frame. She leaned against the wall, smiling at him. "Is this a trick?" She asked, then walked over to the bed, and crawling onto the bed, sitting criss-cross across from him. Toby shook his head, "No."

Spencer nodded, and she got off the bed, and went over to the vinyl player that was against the wall in his room, and she got her bag from the floor next to it, and she reached inside the box, pulling out a small box that was wrapped in red and green striped wrapping paper. Toby smiled at her, and she jumped onto the bed, handing him the box that fit in her hand. "What is this?" Toby asked, touching each of her knees that were across from him. She pushed the gift towards him. "Open it." She smiled. Toby gave in, and he took the box from her hand, and she brought her hand to her mouth, smiling. Toby tore the paper gently from the box, and he saw it was a small black box. He looked back up to her. "Don't stop, just go ahead Tobes." She laughed, touching his knee with hers. He looked back down at the box, and opened it. Inside was a silver locket. Small, simple, but it truly made his heart fill with… even he didn't know. Joy? Happiness? Love? Yes, love. Definitely love.

Toby then pressed the side of the locket, and the front opened up, and inside he saw Spencer and him. It was a small picture of them, Spencer was laughing of course. Toby was carrying her wedding style. She was wearing a blue graduation outfit, and he remembered that day she graduated from Rosewood High…

"When do you think she'll be coming out?" Mrs. Hastings sat next to Toby in the row of seats placed outside. The front of the school was now gathering all of the students. Toby's eyes searched for her, but he couldn't find her in the sea of blue capes. Toby spotted Emily among the crowd of loud students, and Emily caught his eye, and smiled. Toby waved at her, smiling back. Emily took a small bow before heading back towards the crowd. Toby felt his heart pound, longing to see his beautiful girl among that sea of blue.

Once everyone was settled in, they began to call out names alphabetically. He heard a few names he recognized, each student grabbing their diploma seemed to take forever for him. He was frantically searching for her. Suddenly it got to Emily's name, and he clapped and called out, "Go Em!" Emily heard him and she laughed as she took the diploma from Principal Hacket.

After, he knew Spencer would be coming out soon. He felt himself grow more and more excited to see his girl finally get her diploma. Soon, Principal Hacket called out, "Spencer Hastings." And Toby saw her walk out from the crowd, her smile innocently cute, and Toby stood up and let out a loud whoop for her. Spencer looked over and she laughed, as she took the diploma from his hand. Spencer's parents laughed, and everyone sitting down turned to Toby, and just stared. He didn't care though, that was his girl up there. Spencer began to walk back down to where she had to sit. And Toby whistled, and Spencer yelled over him, "Thanks Toby!"

After all the names had gone through, the Principal smiled, before calling, "Ladies and gentlemen, your class of 2015!" They all stood, and he thanked God Spencer caught his eye. Spencer along with everyone else grabbed their hats off, and threw them into the air with loud laughter. Toby watched as Spencer and her friends laughed, and Toby caught her eyes again. He winked at her, and she blushed.

Things got chaotic after that, with all the students rushing to find their parents. Toby looked for Spencer, in the huge crowd of crying parents and overly excited students.

"Toby!"

An angelic voice called from his right side, and he instantly turned. She was smiling at him, her hair curled loosely around her face, her cape draping to the ground. "Spence!"

She ran over to him, throwing her arms around him. "I did it! I'm finally done." Toby wrapped her closer into his arms, and rocked her slowly. "I'm so proud of you baby, you're amazing, you know that?" Spencer laughed. "Thank you Toby. Thank you so much." He let her go, and looked at her. "Why are you thanking me?" Spencer seemed to reach an emotional point, and she had small tears in her eyes. "For everything. I love you." Spencer smiled, and her perfect square white teeth seemed to glow, just like everything about her. Suddenly, Toby reached under her, and her lifted her up, and kisses her, holding her in his arms. Mrs. Hastings and Mr. Hastings actually smile. Really smile. And Emily snaps a picture of them with her camera she brought that day. Toby broke away from her, and whispered to her, "I love you too. Happy Graduation, Spence."

Toby looked down at the picture now, seeing the clear happiness shown between them. He loved it. It was the perfect gift. He looked up at Spencer, and he said with every ounce of meaning, "I love it Spencer. This is perfect." Spencer smiled, and kissed his cheek. "I'm glad you like it."

He wrapped the locket around, and he gently placed it on his side table. "Now, go ahead and check the living room." Spencer laughed, and got off the bed, running out like a child, which brightened Toby's heart. Toby followed shortly after her, and he saw her face when she saw how he decorated beneath the tree with presents. Her mouth dropped, and she turned to face him.

"Toby! You did not!" She exclaimed, as he wrapped his arms around her waist. "Yeah, I really did though." Spencer pried him away. "Toby, oh my God, this is far too much, you didn't have to do this for me!" Toby hugs her waist tighter, kissing her neck. "I wanted to. Plus, I already have the best gift this world could've given me. You." Spencer turned around, and lightly kisses him. "Thank you. This has already been the best Christmas ever, not because of the gifts"—

She said, turning to face the presents, then turning back to him, "…but because I got to spend it with you."

She meant what she said. Spencer just wanted to be with him, that's all she ever wanted. She was still deciding whether or not to make him return the gifts, she thought this was all way too much. But the way he was looking at her, like all that mattered was her, she knew he probably would not let her make him return those presents. Toby smiled at her, and walked over to his couch, sitting down. "Go ahead, open your presents."

Spencer rolled her eyes, then laughed, before she sat on the floor like a child, and took the first gift. It was a pink bag, and Spencer smiled. "Really Toby, this is too"—

"No excuses, Spence!" He laughed, crossing his arms, and winking at her. She turned back to the bag, and lulled out the white wrapping paper, and inside was her all time favorite Stella perfume. Spencer laughed. "Always my favorite, thank you Tobes."

He nods, and he then gets up, and leans next to her, and she reaches for a bigger gift, then she feels Toby's arms go around her waist as she begins to take the tissue paper out. Inside, is a beautiful coat. It's a black color, having straps to wrap around the waist, and pockets that was super soft on the inside. The coat easily seemed to be two-hundred dollars. "Oh my gosh, Toby, this…" But she felt him hug her closer. She was about to argue, but by the way he was holding her, she was sure he meant every bit of all of this.

Spencer continued to open gift after gift, each time more than shocked and overjoyed. There was one gift that was a picture frame with her and Toby hugging. Spencer had her head against his chest, and Toby's arms were coiled around her. It was from the day he came back from his trip to find answers about his Mom. It was outside of the school, and Emily must've taken a picture.

Spencer stared at Emily for a few seconds, thinking about finding Alison. It had been already a long week, and Spencer was tired. She saw Emily's gaze turn from her, to something behind Spencer. She noticed, and turned around, the morning breeze blowing her loose curls behind her back. She caught her eyes on the truck she had seen many times before, and her boyfriend who was getting out the brown truck. Spencer couldn't help but feel the joy of seeing Toby again. He wore a blue leather jacket that had red and white stripes going down the sleeves of his arms. He also wore jeans, and under his jacket he had a blue t-shirt with a red collar. Some of the top of the shirt was button up, showing some of his neck. He smiled at her as she began to walk towards him. "Hey." Spencer called over to him. "Hey." He called back. He reached arms length from her, before she spoke up. "I think you should probably hold me right now, otherwise I'm going to explode and you'll have to explain that to the custodians."

He laughed at that, and she smiled, as he pulled her into him, hugging her over her shoulders, drawing her close. She breathed in his leather scent, before whimpering, "I can't wait for that long again." Toby froze, before she felt him rub her back gently. "It was just a week."

Spencer frowned, complaining, "No, it was more like two." He held her for another moment, before letting her go. "Did you find any answers about your Mom?" She asked, still holding one of his hands. Her looked down at their hands, before answering, "Some, but not enough."

Spencer sighed, before she jumped at the sound of a car screeching towards them, and a car horn. A blue mustang came rushing towards them, the driver Mona with sunglasses pulled over her eyes. Toby grabbed her waist, pulling her back, as the car sped past them towards the school. "There was a time Mona would've driven right through us. She must be making progress." Toby whispered over to her. "Yeah, and she's working on her aim." Spencer swallowed, and Toby grabbed her hands, and pulled her lightly against his side, kissing her forehead. "Are you okay?"

Spencer looked up at him. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just, I missed you a lot." Toby smiled, squeezing her side lightly. "I missed you too Spence." Spencer stayed next to him for a minute, closing her eyes. Then, the loud bell ran from the school and Spencer groaned. "I have to get to class." She said, pulling away from Toby, looking at the school doors. Toby laughed, and grabbed her around her waist, then kissing her on the lips. She let herself fall against him for a few seconds. "I need to probably head back to the loft anyways, to unpack. Do you want to come over later? I found some things about my Mom, and, I guess I just want you to be there with me to have someone to talk to about it."

Spencer nodded, backing away. "I will, I promise. I'll call you after school, okay?" Toby stood there, and smiled. "Okay."

Yeah, she remembered that day. She felt so bad for him, about his mother, about how much it hurt him to not have the answers he wanted. But, now, he let her rest, and finally is at peace. Sure, she still felt the sorrow for him, but he was happy now. He was happily with her.

There was one more gift, but Spencer had no idea about it. Spencer began to stand, and walked over to Toby, kissing his cheek lightly. He touched her waist. "Thank you Toby. This, this was amazing." Toby smiled. He grabbed her hands, and stood up. "There's… one more gift for you."

Spencer laughed lightly, looking up at him. "Another?" Toby nodded, before walking over to the tree, and reaching up above Spencer's height. Spencer's eyes followed his steady hands, as he grabbed a black jewelry box. Spencer felt her heart stop, then beginning to beat fast. Toby slowly lowered down, and stood in front of her. He grabbed one of her hands, and Spencer let her free hand fly over her mouth, tears filling her eyes as he slid down to one knee. "Toby…" Spencer cried. Toby looked up at her, his eyes searching hers.

He rubbed his thumb over her knuckle, as he opened the box with one hand, and inside was a diamond ring, simple, but beautiful. Spencer felt her tears fall over her cheeks, as he opened his mouth to speak.

"Spencer Jill Hastings. I love you, more than anything in this whole entire world. I love you, everything about you. I never knew that I could love someone as much as I love you. You're my everything, my one and only, my girl. Maybe it was the way you healed me after I thought I could never be saved, or, maybe it's how you trust me with everything, and how I trust you with everything. Spencer, I promise you I will be there for you for the rest of your life, and I'd never let anyone hurt you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, no matter where we are, or what situations we are in, I know I'll always love you. I, God, I love you so much Spence. And I will spend the rest of my life proving to you that. Will you marry me?"

Spencer breathed out, her hands shaking violently. "Toby…"

TO BE CONTINUED