Wedding Bell Blues part 1

Spencer's POV

My sister's wedding is tonight and my whole family is freaking out. Melissa was having a crisis where she couldn't figure out what to do with her hair and makeup. She couldn't decide if she wanted to have her down and curly or have her curly hair up in a bun. My mom tried calming her down, but it was no use. The strange thing about it was my mother blamed me for my sister's hair crisis. I guess I can add that to the list of things she'll blame me for when the wedding goes wrong.

On Friday I came to school with a bad headache. It was all because of the fight I got into with my family this morning. When people didn't respond to Melissa's wedding invitations they accused me of not sending them out, because they thought I was trying to ruin the wedding. People did call us back our phone just wasn't working. My family never apologized for that. Instead they yelled at me again for not making sure the phone worked. That's two more things I can add to the list.

"Hey Spencer," Emily said, while sitting next to me at lunch.

Aria, Hanna, Maya, Caleb, Toby, and Ezra all sat down with me. It's not that I wasn't in the mood to see my friends I just didn't feel like talking to anyone. I rested my head on my hand and mumbled a hello. This was not going to be a good weekend for me. I can tell, because I'm acting grumpy around my friends. Normally after I have a fight with my parents I would forget about it and go on living my life. This time I just can't take it anymore.

"What's wrong with you?" Caleb asked.

"Nothing I'm just really tired."

"So your sister's wedding is tomorrow," Aria said. "Are your parents overworking you?"

"Yes and they're treating Jenna like a fragile little china doll."

"Uh oh trouble in Spencer world," Toby said.

"What happened this morning?" Emily asked.

"My sister was having a hair crisis and somehow it was my fault."

"How is your sister's hair your problem?" Hanna asked.

"I don't know that's just how my family works. Whenever there's a problem they automatically blame me. That's why I'm praying nothing goes wrong at the wedding tomorrow."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Aria asked.

"No, not really," I said, while standing up. "I think I'm going to head to class early."

Toby's POV

"Spencer has a free period next," Hanna said.

"She probably wanted to be first to the library," I teased. "That nerd."

"Okay," Aria said. "Was is just me or did anyone else notice the bruise on Spencer's neck?"

"What bruise?" Ezra asked.

"I noticed it too," Emily said. "I didn't say anything, because I didn't want to upset her more."

"Do you guys think Spencer's abused at home?" Hanna asked.

That made me raise an eyebrow. That could explain why Spencer's so jumpy all the time, especially in her own home. Maybe it's somebody in her own family that keeps attacking her. It could be her father or Melissa's fiancé. I'm pretty sure the person I fought off the other night was a guy. Spencer wouldn't want me telling them that, so I decided to play dumb.

"Spencer seems fine to me."

"She is not fine," Aria said. "Spencer's all jumpy and hates being left alone. She's even afraid of the dark now."

"Hey Caleb's afraid of the dark too and nothing's wrong with him," I teased.

"Hey!" Caleb exclaimed.

"You guys this is serious," Hanna said. "Somebody has to talk to her and I don't think it should be one of us girls to talk to her."

"Why shouldn't we talk to her?" Emily asked.

"She won't tell us anything. She needs to have someone that knows how to get answers out of her," Hanna said.

All of a sudden everyone looked at me. Of course I was planning on talking to Spencer, but I can't have them know that. Whatever's going on with Spencer, she'll want to keep that to herself. As much as I hate that I have to respect that.

I shook my head. "No, not happening."

"Toby," Hanna said. "I know you don't like Spencer, but she's going through something serious. One of us has to talk to her and we all know she won't tell us what's wrong. She needs someone who's tough and can get her to talk."

"I don't know guys. I really don't want to pry into Spencer's life."

"If you care about Spencer at all even if you only care a little bit you would do this," Emily said.

"She was your friend once, so don't you dare try and tell us that you don't care about Spencer," Aria said.

"Okay fine I'll do it, but I can't guarantee I'll get anything out of her."

After the lunch bell rang I stood up and walked down the library. Spencer always spends her free period in the library, so I figured this would be a good place to look for her. I finally spotted her sitting at a table with her head resting on her hand. She looked kind of pale and she had dark circles under her eyes. I also noticed that her hair is kind of messed up today. I walk over to her table and sit across from her. She looks up at me, but doesn't yell at me to leave.

"You look life crap."

She laughed, "Yeah I feel like it too."

"I take it you've been busy with wedding details."

"You would be right."

I leaned forward and lowered my voice. "Have you figured out who attacked you?"

She shook her head. "No, but I think I have an idea about who."

"Do you think it could be someone who will be a part of your family?"

"You think it was Ian?"

"Maybe," she shrugged. "I don't know."

"Did you tell your parents what you think?"

"I've never even told them about the attacks."

"Why not?"

Spencer's POV

I told my parents that I caught Ian watching me take a shower and that he tried to rape me. Melissa and Ian walked in halfway through the conversation. When Melissa heard what I was talking about, she got angry. She wasn't angry at Ian, she was angry with me. She accused me of lying, so I could ruin her relationship with Ian. When my parents asked Ian about it that only made things worse.

"Why would you lie about such a thing?" Mom asked.

"I'm not lying!" I yelled.

"You're always trying to ruin my life Spencer!" Melissa shouted. "First you cause complications then you pull poor Ian into the mess."

I faked a laugh. "I'm telling you Ian's not poor or innocent." I turned to look at my parents. "He was in the bathroom watching me take a shower then he started grabbing me. Guys you have to believe me."

"Why should we?" Dad asked.

"Because I'm your daughter and I wouldn't lie about something like this!"

"Easy for you to say," Melissa said. "You're known for lying."

"Mom dad, please don't let Ian stay at this house. Who knows what he'll try to do if you all leave again."

My mother sighed and looked up at Ian. "Ian is what Spencer telling us true? Were you spying on Spencer?"

Ian looked puzzled. "No of course not. Do you know how wrong that would be?"

"There you see," Melissa said. "Ian wasn't watching Spencer. Spencer just made that up to draw attention."

"I'm not lying he's lying!"

"That's enough Spencer!" My dad shouted. "Now go upstairs you're grounded until Monday."

The next thing I know Toby's weaving a hand in my face trying to get my attention. I finally snapped out of it and smacked his hand away. If I tell my parents that Ian's the one who's been attacking me, they will never believe me. They didn't believe me when I told them he tried to rape me. They always think I'm trying to ruin Melissa's life and draw attention to myself.

"Where was your head just now?" Toby asked.

"Nowhere," I said while standing up. "I better get ready for my next class."

I collected the rest of my stuff then walked out of the library. After school the girls came to the mall with me to help me pick out a dress for the wedding. I know I should've done that sooner, but I didn't want to. When I told my mother that I didn't have anything to wear she freaked out. She told me to buy a dress after school today. Now here I am trying on hundreds of dresses for something I really don't want to go to. Who would want to go to a wedding of your sister marrying the devil?

The first dress I tried on was a tan color that stopped at the knees. It comes with a silver belt and match high heels. I asked the girls what they thought about the dress and they all told me to pick something else. The next dress I tried on was a white dress with white lace on the back. It comes with a hand bag and white high heels. The girls thought it looked okay, but it was kind of itchy. Aria was getting tired of waiting and picked something out for me. She picked out a silky blue dress that went down to my knees. The dress came with a dark blue wrap and a pair of blue high heels. Both Hanna and Emily liked the dress Aria picked out for me, so I decided to get it.

After I paid for the dress, the girl and I walked around the mall for a while. Hanna bought a couple pairs of shoes and a new outfit to wear for her date with Caleb tonight. Emily bought herself a scar and a new hat. Aria bought herself a cheetah print jacket. In two hours I will be attending the wedding of my sister and the devil. It's a shame my friends weren't invited. Now I won't have anyone to talk to besides my rude relatives.

"Spencer, how are you going to survive five hours with your family without us?" Aria asked.

I sighed and said, "I don't know."

"Will your parents even notice if you don't show up?" Hanna asked.

"No, but when they look at the photos and don't see me there then they'll say something."

When we walked out of the mall my friends stopped to stare at something, I turned to see what they were looking at then I saw it. My jaw dropped and my eyes popped out of my head. Ian was sitting in a car with some blonde girl. Ian whispered something to the girl and she giggled. He kissed the blonde girl then she got out of the car. Ian was fliting with another girl hours before his own wedding.

"Oh my god Spencer, wasn't that Ian?" Aria asked.

"Yes it was."

"You have to call Melissa right now," Emily said. "You can stop the wedding."

"No, I'm not even going to bother telling Melissa."

"What?" Aria said. "Spencer you have to tell her."

"Why should I tell her the truth if won't believe me?" I asked. "If Melissa wants to go ahead and marry a no good two timing creep then I'm not going to stop her."

"You should at least warn her," Hanna said.

"No, she can figure it out on her own. I'm finished with all of this," I said then walked away.

Toby's POV

I'm really mad right now. Jenna is a part of this really huge wedding and now my whole family has to go. Jenna is one of the bride's maids in the wedding, which is strange to me. Jenna has only been in Rosewood for a little over a month. Who would she know well enough to be a bride's maid? My father is going to the wedding and he is making me go too. He said that he wants me to get the idea of what a real wedding is like. His wedding is at the end of December, which is less than a month away.

Right now I'm standing in front of the mirror trying to figure out how to get my stupid tie on. I've never worn one of these. Actually I wore one on picture day freshmen year, but I had help getting my tie on.

"Next!" The photographer called out.

Dammit I'm the third person in line and I still haven't figured out how to get my tie on. My mother asked if I needed help this morning, but I lied and told her I could get it. Now here I am struggling to get my tie on. The photographer called next again. Now I'm really freaking out. I can't take a picture with my tie all messed up. I will look like an idiot. Spencer, who has already gotten her picture taken passed by me. She stopped in front of me and laughed once she saw me struggling.

"Do you need some help with that?"

"No, I got it," I lied.

"Next!" The photographer shouted again. Shit I'm after this person.

I sighed and finally gave up. "I need help."

Spencer giggled as she stepped forward to fix my tie. I'm not sure how she did it, but somehow she got it tied. I don't even remember seeing her do it. All I did was blink my eyes then it was done. She stepped back and patted me on the chest.

"There," she smiled. "Now you look handsome."

"Next!"

"Thank you Spencer, you're the best."

"Toby let's go!" My father shouted.

I sighed and finally gave up trying to get it tied. It looks like I'm going to the wedding whether I get my tie tied or not.

Toby is getting ready to go to someone's wedding? Anyone want to guess whose wedding he will show up at? Maybe Spencer won't be going through her sister's wedding alone.

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