Chapter 6

Payback

It was almost pitch black dark when Toby finally arrived at Rosewood Park. He pulled his truck into the shadows, so that he would remain incognito. He cutoff his truck and waited. He was waiting for Andrew. He was going to make Andrew pay for what he did to Spencer and probably other girls before her.

He looked at the time and saw that Andrew was five minutes late. He shook his head about how Andrew didn't give a damn about Spencer. It's true, Toby was posing as Spencer by sending that text, but Andrew didn't seem to care that his girlfriend was stranded in a dark park alone.

Finally after another five minutes, Andrew's car finally pulled into Rosewood Parks parking lot. Toby watched as he stepped out of the car and started calling Spencer's name. When that didn't work, he tried calling her cell, but little did he know it was in Toby's pocket.

Toby took one deep breath before exiting his truck and approaching Andrew. As he was walking up, Andrew was leaving another message for Spencer.

"Spencer, you need to stop playing these childish games and call me! I'm out here at the park, so get here!" He yelled into his phone before he violently hung up.

"She's not coming," Toby said to get Andrew's attention. When Andrew turned around to face him, Toby pulled out Spencer's phone."she was never gonna come. You and I need to talk."

"Aren't you the guy that's been hanging around me girlfriend? Dude, didn't you get the hint the first time when I told you to stay away for her?" Andrew started to step closer to Toby."Why do you have my girlfriends phone? And why are you here? Where is she?"

"I have have her phone because I saw the text messages you left for her." Toby said and stepped closer to him, so now the were face to face."I'm here because I know that you're the asshole who's been putting his hands on her. And you won't have to worry about Spencer because she's never gonna see you again."

Andrew laughed before he said."Who do you really think you are? Huh? What makes you think that I'm gonna let you keep her from me?"

"We can do it the easy way or we can do it the hard way. Your choice." Toby threatened as he removed his jacket and watch to place them on the ground."Either way this ends with me kicking your ass tonight."

"Do you not know who I am?! Who my father is?!" Andrew yelled, but was stealthily taking steps back from Toby."Besides mine and Spencer's relationship is none of your business."

"It became my business when you decided to put your hands on her. Believe me when I say that when I get done with you, you're gonna wish you had never raised your hand at any girl."

Andrew was still slowly taking steps back towards his car. He was only a few steps away that's why he smiled at Toby before he quickly turned to run to his car. The only problem was that Toby didn't show up alone and Andrew just ran right into his backup.

"Sorry, man, but today you're gonna have to take your hits like a man." Caleb said before he pushed Andrew back into the direction of Toby.

Andrew tried to run left, but he came in contact with another chest. It was Caleb's friend, Jason.

"It's over, Andrew." Jason said as Andrew looked around to see he was surrounded. It was over for him when he felt Toby throw the first punch.

Spencer had a screeching headache in the morning before she even opened her eyes. For a moment she didn't know what was causing the headache, stress or the pain from the bruises that Andrew left. As she opened her eyes, she was every confused because she didn't have blue sheets or white walls in her bedroom.

She shot up in bed, which really wasn't good for her headache. As she looked around memories from the night before started flooding back into her head. She was at Toby's place. She let out a sigh of relief before pulling back the covers to get out of bed. As soon as she stood up, she fell to her knees. The pain was becoming a little unbearable, but she sucked in a breath and stood up.

She went over to her purse to get her pain pills out. The two pills slipped down her throat with ease. After taking the medication, Spencer quietly left the room to get to the bathroom. She turned the on the water to an almost boiling hot. She stripped down to nothing before she stepped into the shower and let the hot water try to wash away the shame.

When she was done in the shower, she wiped the steam from the mirror. She looked at herself, but the truth was that she didn't know even know who she was looking at anymore. She got one of the towels from the cabinet to wrap around herself before exiting the bathroom.

"Toby!" Spencer shrieked when she opened the bedroom door to find Toby sitting at the end of the bed."What are you doing in here?"

"I'm sorry, I thought you were getting dressed in the bathroom." He apologized and was about to turn his head away when he noticed a purplish marking on her leg and more around her ankles and thighs."What happened to your legs?"

"Toby, please stop." She whispered and clutched the towel closer to her body. It wasn't the fact that he was in the room with her that made her afraid. It was the fact that he was looking at her bruises and she felt judged.

"What else did he do to you?" Toby asked meekly and Spencer went pale.

"W-what are you talking about? Nobody did this to me."

"Really?" Toby pulled her phone out of his pocket and placed it on the bed."Your phone told me everything I needed to know about Andrew Campbell."

"You went through my phone!" She snatched her phone off the bed and looked at all of her missed calls, and texts. Her parents and Andrew were going to kill her."I have to go."

"Go? Spencer, you're not going anywhere until we talk about Andrew."

"You don't understand. If I don't get back to my parents or Andrew, then I'm dead." She said as she frantically looked for her clothes.

He slowly approached Spencer and touched her hand. She flinched at her, but didn't pull away. He gave her hand a friendly squeeze.

"Spencer, take a breath." He said and waited her to inhale and exhale before he continued."Now, I want you to get dressed, so you can come out and have breakfast before you leave. Okay?"

"Okay." She said hesitantly. He squeezed her hand one more time before leaving in the room alone to get dressed.

Toby walked back down the hall to go into the living room. Aria, Hanna, and Emily were on the couch having coffee while waiting on Spencer. He sat down on the love seat next to Emily. When he came back to the loft, he didn't tell the girls anything. Not about Andrew. Not about the fight. Nothing because he thought it would be better for Spencer to tell her friends herself.

"How's she doing?" Emily asked as Toby placed his bottom on the couch.

"I think she's doing better, but I know that her body has to be hurting. Trust me, I could see the pain in her eyes." Toby said and shook his head."I remember having that same look in my eyes not too long ago."

"You were in pain a lot?" Aria asked out of curiosity and Toby just shrugged.

"I had a...troubled home life and I know some of the things she is feeling." Toby explained and wished he could be more descriptive, but he really didn't want to go back down that road anymore.

"Well, Toby, even though you had a troubled home life, you turned out to be a very decent guy. Remember that because that's what's really important." Hanna said.

Everyone grew quiet when they heard the hinges on the bedroom door squeak. Spencer was finally coming out of the room. They all turned their heads in the direction of the hallway and when she emerged from the dark hallway, she looked how she always looked to everyone...perfect. Her make-up was on, her hair was done and looked flawless, and her clothes were ironed and pressed. Of course she wore a long sleeve shirt and pants to cover her bruises from her friends.

"Hey, Spencer. How are you?" Aria asked.

"I'm fine. What are you guys doing here?"

"We've been here since last night." Emily explained and gestured for Spencer to have a seat."We were worried about you, so Toby let us stay the night with you here."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to worry you guys, I was just a little busy." Spencer said as she took a seat in between Aria and Hanna on the couch.

"Spencer, we need to talk to you because you did really scare us. But those bruises on your face and body scare us even more. What happened, Spencer?" Hanna asked.

"Yeah and this time we want the truth." Aria demanded and the girls nodded their heads in agreement.

Spencer was being backed into corner. The looks on her friends faces told her that they weren't going to leave without some kind of explanation. But, Spencer wasn't ready to tell the truth. She wasn't ready to be the girl everyone pitied. She wasn't ready to be the disappointment in her family. She wasn't ready to change everything because of one big secret because she was afraid. So, she did what she knew best. She came up with the biggest lie she'd every told and everyone bought it for some miraculous reason. Everyone expect, Toby.

Surprisingly, Toby kept his word. After, Spencer ate breakfast with him and the girls he let her leave. It was the sad look in his eyes as she was leaving that almost made her stay. She couldn't because she had somewhere to be. On her way home,she tried calling Andrew, but he wasn't responding to her at all.

When she pulled into her driveway her parents and Melissa's cars were in the driveway. She slowly gathered her things and walked up the driveway to her house. Her key has just been entered into the lock when it came flying open.

"Where have you been!" Her father, Peter, boomed as soon as he opened the door.

"I was staying at a friends. I left a note for you in my room." She answered meekly because her dad looked pissed off and didn't know what he might do.

"Well, you could have called." He said as he grabbed her arm and pulled her into the house."We were worried sick."

"You were worried about me?"

Before she could say anything else, her mother engulfed her into her arms.

"Oh, Spencer, you're home." She pulled back from her and Spencer noticed her red puffy eyes."Honey, I'm so sorry about what happened to Andrew."

Of course this had something to do with Andrew. They wouldn't be worried if it didn't.

"Why? What happened to Andrew?"

"He was assaulted last night in the park." Melissa explained."He's in the hospital."

Spencer watched as the numbers change on the elevator as she went up. She came to see Andrew. After, she got more information about what happened to him, her parents instructed her to go there and check on him. The bell on the elevator dinged and she had arrived at the right floor. She walked down the halls as slowly as she could, but eventually she arrived at Andrew's door.

She didn't even bother to knock, she just walked in. She couldn't help the gasp that escaped her lips. He was beat up and he was beat up bad. She wasn't talking about just some scratches or cuts, but he had a swollen face and bruises on his face and what seemed to be quite a few broken bones.

"Spencer." Mr. Campbell called Spencer's name to her attention.

"Hello, Mr. Campbell." She greeted him and when she walked into the room, he stood to kiss her cheek.

"Hey, babe." Andrew said and reached for her hand to hold and she grabbed his.

"Hey, how are you feeling?"

"I feel like crap, but it's okay because now I've got you." He brought her hand to his lips and placed a gentle kiss.

"I am so sorry this happened, son. I promise you that this guy is never going to see the light of day again." Mr. Campbell said strongly as he paced the room.

"You remembered what the guy looked like that did this to you?" Spencer asked Andrew.

"Yeah, I knew more than what he looked like, I knew his name."

"It was that delinquent, Toby Cavanaugh." Mr. Campbell growled.

Toby understood her reasoning for lying to her friends. He's been in the same position before. He's been afraid and petrified by someone, who thought cared about him too. That's why he tried to do the right thing by fighting for Spencer like someone should have done for him. He just didn't expect to be arrested the next afternoon.

Things were not going his way right now, but he wasn't even thinking about himself. He was thinking about Spencer. He was wondering if she was safe. He was wondering if she was happy.

"Cavanaugh!" The officer yelled his name and broke him out of his thoughts."You've got a visitor."

Toby stood up to up and went over to the cell door. When the door opened an officer came in to cuff him before taking him to the visitors room. When he walked in, Spencer was sitting at a table. The officer pulled out Toby's chair across from her and sat him down.

Toby waited for the officer to walk away before she spoke."You could have told me that you're boyfriend's dad was friends with the mayor."

"Well, if you didn't punch his face in, then we wouldn't be here right now."

"The bastard had to pay for what he did. He should learn how to respect women."

"Toby, Andrew told me that he was assaulted in the park because he was being mugged, but my texts say otherwise."

"Yeah, I'll admit it. I told him to met me there, so he could fight like a man instead if being a little bitc-"

"Why'd you do it?" Spencer interrupted and he looked at her confused."I told you that no one can save me, so just stop."

"Just because you think no one can save you doesn't mean it's true. I'm want to fight for you because anyone can be saved, somehow."

"Not everyone." Spencer whispered as she wiped away a tear from her face.

"So what happens now?"

"I'm gonna bail you out because I'm know a few people in politics as well. Then after that, you leave me alone."

"Spencer-"

"No, Toby. Don't you see where we are right now? You need to stop before something worse happens and I won't be able to bail you out that time." Spencer grabbed her purse and stood up. Toby stood up too, but the officer warned him to sit, so he did."Goodbye, Toby."

He watched her walk away and when she was by the door he said. "I'll be seeing you soon, Spencer."

She turned and sadly grinned at him."No, you won't."