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Chapter Five-

I Must Confess

Disclaimer: I do not own Pretty Little Liars, in anyway, only this story.

"Running away was easy; not knowing what to do next was the hard part."
― Glenda Millard

Much to Spencer's displeasure, the weekend was soon over, which meant that it was Monday and Spencer had to go back to her classes. She enjoyed a big breakfast with Emily —something she rarely got back when she lived at home,with her parents—before she got ready for the day ahead of her. She left her apartment a bit early, just in case she ran into Toby downstairs, so she would have enough time to talk to him. She took the elevator down to the lobby and was happy to see that the construction had been started for the day. She looked around for Toby, hoping that he had seen her and would come and talk to her. Sure enough, she spotted Toby making his way over to her.

"Hey," he greeted her.

"Hi. How are you?" Spencer asked, politely.

"I'm fine, how are you?"

"I'm great!" she replied, enthusiastically. "So, I was wondering if you wanted to come to my apartment tonight and maybe watch a movie?"

"I'd love too. What time?"

"Whenever you're done work is fine."

"That would be around seven."

"That sounds great!" Spencer said, pleased with her plans. "I have class now, so, I should probably get going. See you then?"

"Yeah, see you then," Both of them stood there for a second, neither not wanting to just walk away. They didn't feel comfortable kissing either, because they hadn't token that step yet, and it would be awkward to have it then. So, they both settled on a small hug. Happy with it, they both walked away from each-other, Spencer going to class and Toby going back to supervising.

Spencer had came home from her classes at four. She ate a early dinner and got ready for the night. At five Emily came home.

Spencer pulled her away from her studying long enough to ask her, "Is there anywhere you could go to tonight? Toby's coming over for a movie and I would rather not have my roommate as a third wheel and make it super awkward."

"Why can't I just stay in my room and study? I won't bother you guys," Emily said.

"Please! Can you just study at Samara's or something? You're both in the same classes, so you can just studying together! Doesn't that sound fun? And then after you guys can give each-other a reward, if you know what I mean." Spencer winked.

"Fine! I'll go to Samara's! But, only because I would rather not hear you two going at it tonight."

"Emily! We haven't even kissed yet! I just don't want Toby to feel awkward, with you here, seems you've never meant before, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Emily left to go gather up her things and leave.

Spencer spent the rest of her time before Toby came, cleaning up around the apartment and making sure everything looked perfect. When seven o'clock rolled around Spencer had everything ready, including the popcorn. She sat on the couch waiting for Toby to come. She waited, and waited, for him to come and had to keep reminding herself that he said around seven, not exactly seven.

Finally at seven thirty, the doorbell rang. She prayed it was Toby. She walked to the door and opened it up. She was happy to find that it was in-fact, Toby standing there.

"Why, hello there, handsome,"

"Hello, beautiful," Spencer blushed. It had been a long time since a male had called her beautiful. "Sorry, I took so long, I actually got off work at six thirty,but, I had to go home and eat, then shower, and take care of some other business, before I came. I came as soon as I could though."

"It's okay, the popcorn may be a bit cold, but the TV is still fine," Spencer joked.

Toby chuckled, following her over to the couch, "So, what movie will we be watching?"

"You can choose." After Toby had picked out a movie, from Spencer and Emily's large collection, and made sure that Spencer wanted to watch it too, Spencer put it into the DVD player and pressed play.

"This is a nice apartment you have. It's very clean," Toby commented, looking around. Spencer praised herself, for cleaning it beforehand. She knew it would pay off.

"Thank you."

After a few moments passed, Spencer asked, "Would you like something to drink?"

"Okay, water is fine." Spencer paused the movie, then made her way to the kitchen and poured the drinks, then brought them back to the living room. She gave one to Toby and kept one for herself, then sat back down on the couch; this time closer to Toby. She un-paused the movie and felt herself cuddling into Toby more, when he put his arm around her shoulder.

The movie was almost finished when Spencer looked up at Toby to see him staring into space, seemingly thinking about something and not paying much attention to movie. "Is something wrong?" Spencer asked, knocking him out of his daze.

"Uh, no. No, I'm fine."

"Okay then," Spencer said, turning her attention back to the movie.

When the movie was over Spencer and Toby both stood up, and Toby started walking for the door. "I should probably go now."

"You don't have too.."

"But, I do have too. Sorry, I just have something to do. I had a great night though."

"Me too," Spencer agreed. She moved more closer to Toby and stood on her tiptoes. She leaned her head up, as Toby leaned his down. They meant each other's lips halfway in a kiss. It was a soft, and slow. And both participants would agree that it was perfect, just what they were waiting for. When they pulled away, Toby opened the door and said, "Goodbye, Spencer," before turning around and leaving.

"So, how was your movie night, last night?" Emily asked, the next morning.

"Great. Toby seemed a little distracted, but we ended up kissing before he left, so that made up for it."

"I'm happy for you. You seem to really like him."

"I do."

"So, when do I get to meet him?"

"I don't know," Spencer said, standing up of the chair she was sitting on, at the kitchen table and walking to her room to get ready for the day.

When she was finished getting ready, she started on her way to her first class of the day. When she reached the lobby of the apartment building, she spotted Toby walking towards her again.

"Hey, again," he greeted once he reached her.

"Hello."

"I had an amazing time last night, by the way."

Spencer nodded, agreeing, "Me too."

"So, I was wondering if you weren't busy if you wanted to go out to lunch today? I know we only went out last night, but I'm busy for the rest of the week."

"Sure! I don't have class then, so, that sounds great!"

"Okay. Meet me at the Apple Rose Grill. At twelve-thirty?" The Apple Rose Grill was a restaurant first located in the nearby town of, Rosewood —where Spencer and her friends were from— but after a few years the owners opened two other restaurants in Philadelphia and Ravenswood.

"Sure, see you then."

Spencer found that class was going a lot slower than usual. Probably because she was so excited about her date with Toby. That's why when class had ended at twelve-o'clock, Spencer was the first one to get out of her seat and out the door. She got in her car and drove to the Grill, trying her hardest to not break the speed-limit.

Once she arrived, she looked around and found Toby siting at a table near the back, and she made her way to him.

Mid-way through their meal, Toby decided it was time to bring up something big, "I think it's time I tell you something. I was going to tell you last night, but, I chickened out. That was what was on my mind. But, I think I should tell you now, before we get to far into this relationship. And I want you to know that I understand if this changes things and you want to break this off."

"Go on.." Spencer said, starting to get worried.

"Well, I have a son. He's adopted and his name is Greyson." And suddenly the wheels in Spencer's had started to turn. And her brain started to piece things together. That's why his name sounded so familiar! He was her son's adoptive father! She couldn't take this. It was too much. She needed to leave. She couldn't do this anymore. Did he know that she was his mother? No, he couldn't because she made sure he didn't know her name while he was adopting Greyson in fear of someone finding out about her unplanned pregnancy. Which is why she used her middle name on Greyson's adoptive paper's. She needed to leave, and she needed to leave now.

She jumped up from the table, mumbled, "Sorry," and ran out the door. Then, she ran to her car and started to drive off.

A/N: I know, I know. You probably have to have your legal name on adoptive papers, but this is a story, it is not real life, so just ignore it.

But, anyways. If I get eight reviews for this chapter I will update Wednesday! If not, I won't update until at least next weekend. I usually only get 3-5 reviews per chapter, but I know you guys can give me eight reviews because for one; I got 19 reviews on chapter two (when I asked if I should have Ezria or Jaria). And two; This story has 31 followers, so, I know at least that many people are reading, and if you're reading, you can review. And plus, I gave you mostly all Spoby this chapter!

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