The Aftershock

Spencer's POV

On Sunday I woke up to the sound of Melissa and Ian's voices coming from downstairs. I pushed the covers off my body, put on my robe then walked downstairs. When I got downstairs there was a whole bunch of flowers covering the kitchen table and the counters.

"Did someone get a visit from cupid?"

Melissa turned around and smiled. "I told the forest I couldn't decide what kind of flowers we wanted, so she sent me all kinds of flowers."

"Wow, are you having a wedding or opening up a green house?"

"Don't be sarcastic Spencer of course these are for the wedding."

Ian walked back into the room and stood behind Melissa. "Have you made a chose yet sweetie?"

Melissa smiled and said "I really like the roses, but mother says I should pick flowers that will look good for 48 hours."

"What about lily's," I suggested.

"Excuse me?" Melissa questioned.

"Stop being ridicules Spencer…"

Melissa put a hand up to stop Ian. "No, I actually do like that idea." She turned her head in my direction and nodded. "Alright Spencer we'll try lily's."

Afterwards I got dressed in my track uniform and headed up to the trail that went through the woods. I tightened up my shoes and stretched my legs before starting my run. I inhaled and exhaled as I ran at a steady paste. When I turned the corner I heard the sound of a twig snapping. I stopped and pulled my ear buds out to listen for the noise. Crack! I spun around and heard something rustling around in the bushes. This has happened many times before. Each time this would happen it would end up being Toby just messing with me.

"Toby whatever you're doing I know it's you," I called out. "I'm not afraid!"

The rustling in the bushes grew louder. I took a step back and felt my hands starting to shake. Why does Toby always have to play this game with me? He does it ever single morning. Doesn't he understand how annoying it is?

I stepped up to the bush and yelled, "Toby that's enough!"

I rolled my eyes and turned to walk away. When I wasn't even a foot away from the bush, someone reached out and grabbed my from behind. The person that grabbed me wrapped their hand around my mouth before I could even scream. I tried screaming as loud as I could, but they came out muzzled. I tried fighting this person off, but they are too strong.

"Help!" I screamed when they removed their hand from my mouth. The quickly covered my mouth again and tried throwing me on the ground. Their arms wrapped around my neck and gave it a tight squeeze. I was so scared and nobody was around to help.

Just when I was about to give in and stop fighting whoever grabbed me, somebody ran up and threw the person off me. Once I was free I collapsed to the ground and my body was shaking. I put my hand on my aching neck and tried to contain myself. The sound of two men fighting it out in the woods was the only sound I could hear that and the sound of my heart racing. Suddenly the world went quiet, my heart was racing and my breathing was still out of control. A pair of hands came up and reached out for me.

"No let me go!" I screamed and swatted at the persons hands.

"Spencer you're fine, it's me," a familiar voice spoke.

I looked up and saw Toby kneeled down beside me with his hand on my back. Toby must have been the one who threw the stranger off of me. My breathing only increased since my attacker left. I could've been raped if it weren't for Toby or kidnapped or worse, I could've been killed. Toby may have save my life.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

I shook my head frantically and heavy sobs rocked through my body. Toby wraps both pf his arms around me and allows me to cry into his shoulder. His hands ran smoothly through my hair as he tried to comfort me.

"It's okay, you're alright," he whispered.

After my little meltdown in the woods, Toby let me come over to his house, so I could get cleaned up. He cleaned up the cuts on my wrists, neck, and on my lips. Once he fixed mu cuts and scratches, he fixed me a cup of coffee. I took the cup and held it in my hands as I stared up into the fire roaring in the fire place. Toby took a seat next to me with his hands folded out in front of him.

"What happened out there?" He asked in a low voice.

I shook my head. "He came out of nowhere."

"Did you know him?"

"He was wearing a mask I never saw his face."

"If you never saw the persons face, how do you know it was a guy?"

I looked up at him with tears in my eyes. "The person was strong and muscular. I haven't been handled like that since." I stopped talking and swallowed hard.

Flashback

After I discovered Ian watching me, I reached for a towel and wrapped it around my body. Ian kept standing there with that same wicked grin on his face.

"What the hell are you doing?"

He shrugged and said "I just wanted to get a good look at the view."

"You're sick," I hissed. "Now get out!"
When I pointed at the door Ian grabbed my arm and pulled me close to his body. I squirmed and tried to break from his hold, but he was too strong.

He brushed my hair back and said "you know I always thought of you as an attractive little bitch."

"Let me go!" I pushed him back.

"Don't act like you don't want this Spencer. You're a teen virgin and I know that you're interested in what it's like."

"I said get off me!" I yelled then spit in his face.

"You little bitch!" He hissed while whipping the spit off his face.

He grabbed me again and this time he tried to remove my towel from my body. I tried my best to fight against him. I shivered in discuss when I felt his lips on my neck. I pushed him back causing him to stumble back into the medicine cabinet. Once he got to his feet he glared at me. I'm pretty sure he would've tried that again if it weren't for Melissa's voice coming from down stairs.

"Ian, are you here?"

Ian unclenched his fist and answered with, "yeah, I'll be down in a second."

"We'll hurry up we have dinner with my grandparents tonight!"

Ian pointed a finger at me and said "if you say one word to anybody, I'll make you regret it."

After that he walked out the door slamming it behind him. Once he was gone I fell to my knees and sobbed.

End of flashback

"Spencer," Toby called out.

I looked up and noticed that Toby was looking at me with concern. When I looked down at myself I was hugging my body and tears are streaming like a river down my cheeks.

"I… I think I should go," I said while getting up.

Toby stood up with me. "Will you be alright getting home by yourself?"

"I'm not going home I'm going over to Emily's."

"Spencer, what happened just now?"

"What do you mean?"

"You zoned out a minute ago."

"I was just thinking about my attacker."

He titled his head and lowered his voice, "has this happened before?"

More tears streamed down my face, which confirmed my answer. Toby shook his head and stepped forward.

"Who did this to you?"

I shook my head, "don't worry about it. Please just forget about it."

"If someone's hurting you, you should tell somebody."

"No, nobody can know about this. You can't tell anyone about this. Please promise me that you won't say a word."

"Spencer you should report this."

"No! Please don't tell anyone about this. I'll do anything. I'll get down on my knees and beg you, if that's what you want. Just please!"

He grabbed my hands to get me to stop talking. "Okay, I won't tell anyone."

"Thank you," I whispered.

He handed me my jacket and walked me to the door. I thought it was sweet how he opened the door for me then closed it once I was out the door. I whip the tears off my face then continue my walk over to Emily's.

Who do you think attacked Spencer? How sweet was it how Toby saved Spencer? Next chapter Toby will try to get answers out of Spencer about what happened. Thanks for reading please review!