"She wants you to move in with her?" Hanna asks incredulously
Spencer looks up at her "That's what she said."
"Well I'm for anything that'll get you out of my room. I'm tired of your snoring." Alison says looking up from her plate
"Really? Then why were you blowing up my phone all night asking why she slept over my house?" Aria retorts
Alison frowns at Aria "Shut it." throwing a grape at her
"Aw you missed me." Spencer teases
"Yeah. She slept at my house to fill the void." Hanna says unscrewing the cap to her water taking a sip ignoring Alison's glare "So was he cute?"
"Yes but he wasn't the one she was looking at." Aria replies raising the grape to her lips
Spencer rolls her eyes and pulls out her phone starting to scroll through her contacts "See for yourself." handing her phone to Hanna watching as she raises her eyebrows
"Can I have him?"
Alison looks at the picture "I don't think you're his type Han."
Hanna looks at her "What do you mean I'm not his type? You don't even know him." giving Spencer her phone back
"I've seen him in the gay district." she replies calmly
Aria smiles "Since when do you go to the gay district?"
"Yeah, when I took you there you said all the colors made you nauseous." Spencer adds
"No I said your shirt made me sick." Alison corrects "Melissa dragged me there to help her find something for your birthday."
Hanna and Aria exchange looks and burst into laughter
Spencer feels her face contort and hears Aria and Hanna break out into fits of laughter
"My sister took you to the gay district to shop for me?" she asks finding the whole thing both ridiculous and unbelievable.
"Well to be fair it was when she first found out, and because of who she is she just assumed your whole taste had changed."
Spencer frowns "And you just went along with it?"
"Well I obviously did a good job if you didn't know it wasn't from anywhere else." Alison defends "Plus I wanted to see how Melissa would act. She actually made a friend."
Hanna smiles "Wait. Did Melissa set Spence up?"
Alison shrugs "I didn't see him there when I went with Melissa so I don't think so."
"No my parents set us up."
"So his parents know?"
Spencer shakes her head "He said he just tells his parents that he's too busy for a girlfriend."
"Well at least he's cute." Hanna shrugs
"We're going off topic here." Aria says "When did you see him?"
Alison curses internally "Well I'm straight. If that's what you're trying to ask." looking at everyone seeing that they're all unaffected "I needed a man's opinion for my outfit to the EDC Festival."
Spencer smirks "Viraj."
Ali nods smiling at the mere thought of him
"Viraj." Hanna swoons "I miss him. Does he still work there?"
"He basically owns it. He practically has girls busting down the door to get to him."
Aria looks at Spencer "You sound jealous."
"Please. I'm still his number one priority. He drops everything for me." Spencer replies breezily
Ali lets out a small laugh "Yeah until I walk through the door."
Spencer looks at her "He prefers brunettes."
"Excuse you." Hanna says offended
"Except you Hanna."
"So what time are you and Toby hanging out?" Aria asks taking a sip from her water
"After this."
Aria groans "You're leaving after lunch?"
Hanna huffs watching as Spencer nods in response
"You're not blowing us off are you?" Alison asks
"What? I would never." Spencer says mock offended "It's not like you guys have ever bailed on me. Especially you Ali."
Alison glares at her watching as she stands up slinging her bag over her shoulder when the bell rings "Have fun in physics." smirking at the looks they give her
Spencer parks her car into the last remaining spot. Cutting the engine she takes her keys from the ignition grabs her purse and gets out of her car closing it behind her pushing the button on the key to lock it.
"Hey." Toby greets when she reaches him
"Hey." giving him a quick hug "Is this place any good?" she asks as they reach the door
"For a mexican chain restaurant." he says opening the door motioning for her to go in first
After ten minutes of waiting their seated at a table for two and handed menus
"So, what's good here?" Spencer asks looking at the menu
"Honestly I've never gotten anything but the chicken enchiladas." he admits looking slightly embarrassed placing the menu on the table
"Not very adventurous." she teases
"You sound like my sister." he replies smiling
Spencer feels a chill down her spine at the mention of Emily "Is she gay?"
Toby looks up at her
She feels heat rise to her cheeks "Sorry. I didn't-"
"No it's just that I didn't expect you to be so blunt about it. But to answer your question, pretty much."
"Pretty much?"
"She likes girls, but whenever she talks to them they brush her off, assuming that she's joking." he watches Spencer nod "I take it that you know the feeling."
"Yeah." she takes a deep breath "And my friends laughing in the distance doesn't really help." rolling her eyes at the memory "I took them to this place called Eagle and everybody but me was approached. They didn't drop it for two months straight."
Toby lets out a small laugh
"What?"
"It may have something to do with the stick up your but."
She scoffs
"It comes out about three minutes into conversation." he shrugs "At least in my experience, but I'm very easy to talk to."
Spencer smiles "And modest. But just so you know it's your eyes." picking up her glass of water
"So how do you..." he trails off
"The only place where I'm taken slightly serious is at Nubu's." she says eyeing him expecting a reaction
He looks back up at her "You go to the gay district?"
She nods "I've never seen you there, but my friend said she has." a smile on her face as he frowns "I showed them the picture you accidently took on my phone."
"You put it as my contact picture." he groans
"Yeah. Hanna thought you were cute then my friend Ali shut her down saying that she wasn't your type."
"Ali?" he asks "Blonde hair? Kind of" he pauses, hesitant "um...bitchy?"
Spencer smirks "So you know her?"
"Emily." he corrects "She doesn't like her because Viraj dumped her for her."
Spencer smiles stifling a laugh "Then she would absolutely hate me."
"You have him wrapped around your finger too?"
"He went as far as introducing me to one of the girls that shut me down because she thought I was kidding."
"Still together?"
"Lasted for a month. My parents found out we were together and she didn't want to be with someone who's parents didn't approve of her."
Toby nods his head "So that's why your parents are trying to set you up with me?"
She takes a deep breath "Yeah. About that I-'"
He waves his hand "Like you said as long as we make our parents think we're straight, we'll be good. What we need to figure out is how we'll pull it off."
"Have you ever thought about telling them?"
He scrunches his nose "They're the type of people who change the channel when an out celebrity comes on their tv screen." a sad smile appearing on his face "Have you ever tried to bring a guy home?"
She looks at him "If I brought a guy to my parents, they'd see right through it."
A waitress walks up to them "Have you guys decided or do you need more time?" she asks
Toby smiles at Spencer who sends a glare back at him
"I'll have the chicken enchiladas."
"Okay." she says writing it down "And your two sides?"
"Refried beans and spanish rice."
She nods writing it down turning to Spencer looking up at her
"I'll have the no bull nachos and the fiesta platter."
She blinks tilting her head at Spencer who smiles in response "Okay. Do you want that along with the meal or do you want that before you leave?"
"After we get the bill."
"Already boxed?"
Spencer nods
"Okay." she responds picking up their menus tucking them in the crook of her arm and taking their cups before walking away
Toby looks at her
"My friends want me to bring them something."
He nods "She was…"
"Judgy?" Spencer prompts
"I was going to say stalling but yeah that too." smiling
The rest of the 'date' went good after they finished eating they got the bill and Toby insisted on paying and after two minutes Spencer gave in but said she paying next time to which he agreed. After Spencer got the boxes they got up and left, Spencer and the waitress exchanging looks before she walked out of the door.
"I think she had a thing for you." Toby says when they're outside
Spencer smiles "Doubt it."
"This was nice." he starts "I actually had fun with you."
Spencer looks at him
"Oh, no I didn't-"
She waves him off "I completely understand. I mean we don't really know each other. I didn't know how this was gonna go either."
He gives her a smile, obviously relieved
"So if this were some alternate universe and you weren't gay, you think you'd ever be interested in me?" a hint of a smile on her lips
He frowns at her "What kind of question is that?" he asks as if he was offended
She takes a step back from him slightly shocked
"Of course you're a total catch." smiling at her
She feels her face soften "You're a dick." letting out a small laugh
"No but seriously. I'd be all over you. But you don't have what I'm interested in and I don't have what you like either." he sighs "Tragic. My sister however."
"I don't think she-"
"Please. She wants to hear all about this. I was half tempted to invite her but I didn't want to be a third wheel. Maybe next time."
She smiles at the thought
"But you have to bring me someone. Even if he's just...eye candy." he stops eyes widening "No, better yet, maybe you should bring Ali."
Spencer raises her eyebrows "You're kind of a terrible person." she jokes watching him laugh it off "So did you drive here?"
"No my friend dropped me off."
"Oh do you need a ride home?" she asks
He opens his mouth but stops seeing something in the distance "Actually here's my ride right now."
Spencer turns her head to see a silver convertible approaching them, recognizing the driver immediately as they stop the car right beside them
Toby smirks at her reaction to the driver "Spencer you remember Emily?" watching as she gives him a death stare but turns back to Emily giving her a small wave watching as she smiles back at her "Hey." before looking back at Toby "Come on little brother."
Spencer looks at him "Little brother?"
"Her birthday is two days before mine."
She tilts her head, eyes widening in response
"I'm adopted." she says from her car seeing Spencer's face
"Stop saying that." he says sounding annoyed
Spencer smiles at him thinking it was cute
"Well it's true." she responds like it was nothing "So how was the lunch I was banned from?" she asks
Spencer frowns turning her attention to Toby who gives her a small smile and shrug
"So Spencer I'll see you tomorrow?" he asks
"Can I come this time?" Emily adds
Toby looks at Spencer "Can she?" he asks making sure Spencer knew he was talking about Ali
Spencer looks at Emily who has her eyes locked on her biting her lip before meeting Spencer's eyes quickly looking away seemingly embarrassed at being caught "I don't see why not." she responds finally taking her eyes off Emily
"Well I'll see you tomorrow." Toby says giving her a quick hug goodbye before getting Emily's car nodding to Spencer
"On one condition-" she hears Toby say before Emily drives off, barely stopping at the stop sign