A/N- Sorry for the late update, but thank you for all of the great reviews. :)

Chapter 5

No More Hiding

He's been angry before, he's even been pissed off. But seeing Spencer's face like that had Toby mad as hell. When he asked her what happened to her face, she just stood there like a deer caught in headlights. He got out of his truck, so that he could see her face better in the darkness.

"What happened?" Toby asked as calmly as he could through his clenched teeth.

"Toby, it's nothing. Just leave it alone."

"What? Spencer, look at your face! I not gonna leave it alone, so tell me what happened!"

"Look, it's none of your business. It was an accident, okay." She lied and she could tell by the look on his face that he wasn't buying it.

"An accident? So what kind of accident and don't give me a bullshit line about falling down some stairs or you accidentally doing it to yourself."

"Toby, you need to leave now and leave me alone." She turned away from Toby and started walking towards her house, but Toby was right behind her.

He wasn't giving up because something was seriously wrong and he could see the fear in her eyes."Please, talk to me."

"Fine, you want to know what happened?" She quickly turned so that she was facing him again."It happened because there really was an accident. I went to the doctor, so just leave it alone."

She walked into her house intent on keeping Toby out, but he slid inside the house with her.

"You and I both know that I'm not buying that." He stepped closer to her, but she took a step back."I see it in your eyes. You're lying. Please, just be honest with me."

He was getting desperate and Spencer could hear it in his voice. It was weird because even though he was angry, he was being gently with her. When Andrew was angry, he was just angry.

Spencer wiped away the tears that were starting to fall down her face."I can't, okay? You can't tell anyone about my bruises and you can't talk to me...ever again."

"Bruises? You have more on you?" He squinted his eyes and looked more closely at her body and could see a distinct marking around her neck."Who's hurting you? I promise that if you tell that I can protect you."

"You can't, Toby." Spencer sadly chuckled and wrapped her arms around herself."Don't you see? Nobody can save me."

"Well, Spencer, if you don't want me to tell anyone then I won't." He said seriously and gently squeezed her forearm."But you have to spend tonight with me at my loft."

"No." She pulled out his reach and went over to the backdoor to open it for him."Goodbye, Toby."

"Nope, I'm not going anywhere." Toby flopped down on the couch and put his feet up on the coffee table."I want to make sure you're safe tonight. So it's either stay with me tonight at my loft or we take a trip down to the police station. Your choice."

"You can't do this." She couldn't believe he was talking to her this way in her house. He was giving her an ultimatum and she didn't like it.

"Oh, but I can and I will. Come on, Spencer, it's an easy choice. Don't make it hard on yourself."

She could either go spend the night with a guy she barely knew or have him call the police about her bruises. That one phone call to the police could ruin her life and her family would probably hate her forever for ruining the Hastings name.

"I need to get some things. Wait here." She grumbled as she bumped him with her shoulder as she went up the stairs. That might not have been a good idea because her shoulder was bruised, but she really didn't like Toby right now.

Spencer went up to her room to get some pajamas and a change of clothes for tomorrow. When she was finished getting her things, she decided to leave a note for her parents. It's not like they'd care, but it was still right to let her parents know that she was spending the night with a friend because she wasn't going to tell then it was Toby.

After it seemed like she had everything she needed, she closed and locked her door. She went into her closet and moved her stuff around until she was in the very back of her closet. In a pair of old boots, she pulled out her pain medication. Her body was hurting and she needed it and she needed it too if she was going to survive the night with Toby.

She grabbed her things and headed back to Toby. Surprisingly he was sitting in the living room anymore. She didn't know where he was.

"Toby?" She called out his name and got no answer in return.

She walked through the living room and when she turned the corner there he was in the hallway. He was just looking at a picture with a blank expression on his face.

"Toby?" He finally looked up at her. At first his expression was hard and cold, but when he saw it was only her, he smiled.

"Ummm...sorry I was just..." He glanced back at the picture and then back to her."You have a sister?"

"Yeah, her names Melissa. She lives in Philly, but she comes to visit...a lot."

"You don't really like her do you?" He asked with a slight chuckle.

"Why would you say that?"

"Because I can see it in your eyes.

She squinted her eyes at him and cocked her head to the side."You know, you say that a lot. That you see stuff in my eyes."

"Well, your big brown eyes are hard to resist looking at." He glanced down and took her bag from her hand."I'll take this. Let's go."

His loft wasn't too big, but it wasn't small either. He didn't care about the size because it was his home. It was his safe place. Compared to Spencer's house, his place probably seemed like a shoebox to her.

"Welcome to Casa De Toby." Toby said as he unlocked his front door and flicked on the lights.

Spencer stepped inside and suddenly very nervous. She was spending the night with a someone who was practically a stranger. He could be a killer, a psycho, a rapist, or a...

"Spencer?"

He was talking to her and she didn't even realize it until he said her name."I'm sorry. What?"

"I asked if you were hungry? I was gonna order Chinese food because I haven't eaten tonight."

"Yeah, I am. Just get me whatever." She saw before he pulled out his cellphone to place the order.

While he was on the phone, Spencer decided to do a little snooping. First, she went over to his bookcase. He had a wide variety of different genres that really appealed to Spencer's taste. She moved on from the bookcase to a shelf over by the t.v. On the shelf were pictures of him and a woman. He had the same eye and hair color as the women, so she assumed that she was his mother. Oddly enough there were no other pictures of Toby's family expect for his mother.

"You don't have any siblings? What about your dad?" Spencer asked once Toby got off the phone. She watched as he stiffened, but he relaxed a moment later.

"Me and my dad really haven't talked ever since he got remarried when I was fourteen. I couldn't live with him or his new family. So it's just me. My mom died when I was thirteen." He walked over to Spencer and joined her in looking at the last picture of him and his mother."She was sick for a long time, but now she's in a better place and that's all I can ask for."

"Why don't you and your dad talk? Or to the rest of your family?"

He cleared his throat before speaking."It's just some family issues. I feel like I'll be better off on my own."

"You don't like being alone."

"What makes you think that?"

She smirked at him as she said."Because I can see it in your eyes."

He laughed and shook his head at her."Alright, I think that's enough about me for tonight. Tell me about you. About your family."

"You know, I would, but I'm kinda tired and I want to shower before the food gets here."

"Okay, I'll let you get settled in for the night," He smiled at her as he lead her down the hallway."but this discussion isn't over."

He opened his bedroom door at the end of the hall. The bedroom only had a queen-sized bed, two beside tables, a dressed, and a desk with his laptop on it. His bedroom walls were a light shade a of blue with hardwood floors. And his bed had a blue and black comforter set.

Toby dropped her bag onto the bed and turned around to see her hesitating in the doorway."You can come in Spencer. You don't have to be afraid of me, I promise I won't bite."

"It's not you. It's just...I don't know what you're expecting from me."

"I'm expecting for you to make yourself at home and relax. The bedroom is all yours and I'll be sleeping on the couch. The bathroom is the room next to this one, the towels are in there. And help yourself to anything." Toby said before he went over to his drawers to get his own clothes out to sleep in. He turned to her as he was leaving and said."I'll come get you when dinner is here."

He closed the door behind him and she suddenly was alone. The first things she did was reach down deep into her purse and got out her pain killers, and took two. She sat down on Toby's bed and started going through her bag to get her pajamas. She was feeling kinda of tired, so after she got her things out, she decide to lay down for just a moment. The pillows and the sheets smelled just like Toby. She cursed herself for actually smiling at that fact.

"Spencer, wake up! Spencer!" He had to help her before she hurt herself.

Toby was just sitting in the living watching t.v. after changing. As he was waiting for the delivery guy, he heard screams coming from the back room. He instantly hopped up and ran down the hall to check on Spencer. When he opened the door, Spencer was screaming and thrashing her arms and legs. So Toby just acted on instinct.

He ran over to her and enveloped her into his arms. She wouldn't stop screaming, but she stop thrashing around when Toby's used his body strength to hold her limbs down.

"Spencer, relax! I'm here and nobody's gonna hurt you, I promise." He whispered into her hairs as he stroked her hair."You're gonna be okay. Just calm down for me, please."

"Don't touch me!" She screamed over and over again, until she just stopped screaming and started to cry."Please, don't touch me."

"Shhh, you need to be held right now. You're safe. Do you hear me?"

"I don't want to hurt anymore." She said meekly as she continued to sob into his shirt.

"I know. Relax. I'm here." He held her closer to his body and moved them into a laying down position.

Toby held her until she cried herself to sleep. She was so peaceful when she slept. It was like she had no worry in the world. He used his fingers to brush two stray hairs behind her ear. She's been asleep for a while, but Toby felt the need to stay just for a little while longer. While, Spencer was asleep, he called Emily and told her that Spencer was with him. She and the girls insisted in coming over to check on her. When he heard the doorbell rang, he slowly removed himself from Spencer's arms as went to the front door to let in the girls.

"Hey, Toby, is she okay?" Aria asked as she, Emily, and Hanna entered his loft.

"She's fine, but she's a little banged up."

"From what?" Emily asked.

"Honestly, I don't know. She wouldn't tell me, so maybe she'll tell you guys after she wakes up." Toby said truthfully because he didn't know what happened to her.

"She's asleep? Has she eaten anything?" Hanna asked.

"No, but Chinese food is on the way and you guys are welcome to stay and eat with us."

"Actually, Toby, we were kind of hoping to spend the night here, so that we could be here with Spencer when she wakes up." Emily said."Is that okay with you?"

"Yeah, no problem." Toby turned and pointed down the hallway."She's in the bedroom asleep, but try not to wake her."

"Okay, thanks, Tobes."

Toby watched them disappear down the hall and into his room. He was about to walk into the kitchen to get him something to drink when he hear a bing noise. He looked around and saw that Spencer left her cellphone on his coffee table, he picked it up to put it in a safe place, but a message popped up on the screen.

Spencer, where the hell are you? And why aren't you at home.

-Andrew

Andrew. Toby remembered that he was Spencer's boyfriend. He didn't understand how her own boyfriend couldn't tell something was wrong with his own girlfriend. He was about to put it away when another message popped up.

Damn it, Spencer. If you don't call or text me and I have to come find you, then you'll regret it. Get home now.

-Andrew

Toby furrowed his eyebrows at the message. He didn't understand why her boyfriend would send her threatening texts like that...unless... His thoughts were interrupted by another message.

Spencer, as soon as I get my hands on you, you are gonna wish that you picked up the phone. Call me back.

-Andrew

It finally clicked for Toby. It was him. Andrew's the reason for her pain. Andrew's the reason for her lies. Andrew's the reason why she had fear in her eyes. Andrew is the one who's destroying her. Toby couldn't stop himself. He sent Andrew a text posing as Spencer.

I'm at Rosewood Park because my car broke down. Meet me there?

-Spence

He knew what he was doing and he knew Spencer would probably kill him for doing it. But Toby didn't care all he could think about right now was beating the crap out of Andrew at any costs. All he saw was red

Finally! I'll be there in ten

-Andrew

"And so will I." Toby muttered to himself. He placed Spencer's phone on his shelf. He left some money and a note of the coffee table, so the girls could pay for the food.

Toby grabbed his jacket and keys, but before he left, he went down to his room. He peeked inside to see the girls all cuddled around Spencer. All it took was for Toby to see Spencer's sweet face with a bruise on it to set him on fire. He now that knew what he was going was right.

He left his loft quietly and went down to his truck. He was going to go see Andrew. He was going to help Spencer.