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*Italics=flashback

Chapter 8

Stand By Me

His lips didn't feel the same when Spencer's lips weren't on his. His lips felt cold, lonely. She must have been feeling the same way because of the way she would absentmindedly touch her lips and smile. He was happy because he put that smile on her face, even though he knew he probably won't see it again after tonight.

It was late when they left the park. She just couldn't stop kissing him. Having his lips on hers was like her very one little taste of freedom. But sadly it had to end sometime and it was ending now. He was walking her back to her car to signify the ending of there evening.

"I'll make sure that I return the shirt whenever I can." Spencer said to break the silence.

"No, it's okay. You can keep it for as long as you like." Toby said with a shrug even though on the inside he was hoping that she'd keep it and wear it a lot.

"I had fun today. Actually this was the best time I've ever had." She admitted and smiled up at Toby. She could help, but notice how his eyes shined in the moonlight.

"I did too. I had some much fun that I don't want it to end." He said as they finally arrived at Spencer's car.

"Toby, I know that things happened today with us, but-"

"I know. You still don't want me to be around you because of what might happen to me." He said and she shamefully put her head down. He used his fingers to lift her head up, so she could look at him."You're trying to protect me, Spence. Who's gonna protect you?"

"I stopped worrying about me a long time ago."

He stroked her cheeked with his thumb. Her skin was so soft and delicate. He didn't understand how anyone could lay their hands on someone so sweet and beautiful. She didn't deserve it, no one deserves it.

"I really like you." He confessed as he leaned down to lean their foreheads together.

"Toby, you and I...we can't."

"If you don't want it to happen," He kissed on her jaw and trailed kisses up to her ear where he whispered."then tell me to stop."

She couldn't because she loved the feeling of warmth he was giving her. She didn't know why, but the simplest touch from him brought her alive. It was something that Andrew couldn't even do. Something that Andrew could probably never do.

"I don't hear you saying anything." he whispered as he kissed his way back to her mouth, but pulled back to look at her instead of giving her a kiss.

"Goodnight, Toby." She said before she leaned up to give him a light kiss on the cheek.

"Goodnight, Spencer." He watched her turn away from him and get into her car. She started it up and he tapped on her window. She rolled it down and he smiled at her before he said."I'll be seeing soon."

"No, you won't."

"Really? Because you've said that before, but for some reason we keeping running into each other."

"I still think you're stalking me..." She teased.

"No, I'm not stalking you and I don't believe in fate. Think of it more as luck."

"Luck?" She questioned and he leaned into the car to kiss this time on the lips fully.

"Yep, luck. I must have the best in the world to get to do that." He winked at her as pulled back and stepped away from the car."Okay for real this time. Goodnight."

"Goodnight."

He watched her drive way. This time it wasn't just his lips that felt cold now, but his whole body. That girl was going to be the death of him. He had to get his head together.

He walked back to the shop to lock up and get his belongings. He packed up the rest of his stuff and locked up the place as he left. He walked down the street to get to his truck, but didn't expect the sight he saw. Someone trashed his truck.

The truck was spray painted on and it looked like his driver side window was smashed. The hood and body of his truck looked like it'd been hit with a sledgehammer or crowbar multiple times. His tires were slashed and it seemed like that's where the destruction ended

He slowly approached his truck and began to see some of the words that were spray painted on his truck. They words were, so bad that Toby couldn't believe anyone would say them out loud. He peeked inside his truck as saw a red note attached to the steering wheel.

He opened his truck door and the broken glass slipped out, making him cut his hand."Shit!"

He ignored the pain and snatched the the note off the wheel. He opened it and it said:

See what happens when you touch things that don't belong to you?

He crumbled up the note and threw it back in his truck. He couldn't believe how the night went from great to terrible. He pulled out his phone and dialed for help.

"Hey, it's me, Toby. I need your help."

Spencer pulled her car into her driveway. She immediately noticed that all the lights were out, so that meant everyone must be asleep. Tonight must be her lucky night. She quickly and quietly exited her car and walked to the backdoor.

She quietly opened the backdoor and slipped inside. She stood there a moment to make sure that no one heard the door. Once it seemed like it was safe, she quietly walked up the steps to her bedroom. She threw her purse onto the bed and turned on her lamp. She turned around to go to her closet, but was greeted with the sight of Andrew sitting in her chair.

"Andrew! You scared me." She said and Andrew didn't respond at first, he just gave her a long hard stare.

"If you're going to cheat on me, then don't do it when we're in the same small town." He said as he tossed his phone onto her bed.

She looked over at the phone to see what Andrew was trying to show her. She covered her mouth with her hand to hide her surprised reaction. On his phone in front of her was pictures. Pictures of her and Toby. Pictures of her and Toby kissing.

She turned back around to face Andrew, but immediately felt a strong sting on her cheek. He had hit her and she knew that he probably wasn't finished. He grabbed by her throat and began to squeeze, trying his hardest to squeeze the last breath out of her. He backed her up against the wall as she started to struggle and squeezed her neck tighter.

"What is it, Spence?" He asked asked with a furious voice and a fire in his eyes."Am I not good enough! I don't cheat on you, I buy you nice things, and I love you. Why isn't that enough?!"

"Andrew...please." She begged as her airways were starting to close up.

"You better be thanking whatever god you believe in that I'm on crutches because if I weren't you'd be getting it much worse." He threatened because it was true. He had to use one crutch to hold him up and was only able to use one hand to choke her.

"I'm...sorry."

"Sorry is not gonna cut it this time, Spencer. I am going to-"

Spencer didn't know what happened because she was almost to a point of blacking. She left her body go numb as she slid down the wall as she was trying to catch her breath. Once she started to regain oxygen, her vision was becoming more clear and she could see Andrew. Expect, he wasn't towering over her, but was face down on her floor.

"Leave." Spencer looked over to see Melissa standing in the her doorway, holding a field hockey stick.

She put the pieces together and concluded that Melissa must have hit Andrew."Is he...is he dead?"

"No, he's unconscious, but you need to get out of here now before he wakes up." Melissa warned as she threw down the field hockey stick and rushed to Spencer's side. She helped her little sister up off the floor and examined her face and neck.

"Melissa, why are doing this? Why are you helping me?"

"Shhh, we don't need to talk about this now." Melissa said and Spencer's heart stopped when she heard Andrew groan and slightly move."Spencer, you need to go now. Just leave the house and come back tomorrow."

"Go? Go where?"

"Just go your friends house...or...or," Melissa was quickly trying to think of somewhere she could go where she'd be safe. That's when she looked on Spencer's bed and saw Andrews phone. She picked up the phone and pointed to the picture."Go to him."

Spencer didn't have a chance to respond before Melissa handed her, her keys and was pushing her out of the bedroom, and locking the door behind. She didn't want to leave Melissa because she didn't know what Andrew might do when he woke up. But she had a feeling that Melissa was going to be okay. Spencer took one more long stare at her bedroom door before leaving the house like Melissa told her to.

"I can't believe someone would do that to your truck for no reason." Caleb said to Toby as he was driving them to Toby's apartment.

Toby ended up calling Caleb for help because he couldn't get anyone to come tow it. Caleb showed up a few hours later because of the long drive from Rosewood. He examined the damage of Toby's car and was shocked himself. He called Jason to come by in the morning and tow it to a mechanic. After that, Caleb and Toby got into the car and headed back to Rosewood.

"I don't think it was for no reason." Toby said and passed the red note left in his truck to Caleb.

"What did you touch?" Caleb asked and watched as Toby turned his head away from him to avoid eye contact."Or who did you touch?"

Toby let out a deep sigh before turning back to his friend and said."I kissed Spencer."

Toby expected Caleb to be shocked, but the reaction he got was much more than shocked. Caleb was so shocked he pulled over and put the car in park.

"Have you lost your mind?" Caleb questioned.

"Look, I like Spencer. I want to be with Spencer at any cost. That truck meant nothing because she means more."

"Toby, didn't you learn your lesson the first time? When you beat him up, you went to jail." Caleb argued, but Toby still didn't care."This time he ruined your truck. Imagine what he could do to you or worse Spencer. This guy and his family has power in this town. Power that you can't compete with."

"I'm not trying to compete. I'm trying to make Spencer feel safe and happy."

"Toby, I know that you really care about her, but do you really think that her leaving him to be with you is going to help her get over the abuse?"

"It is. I can take care of her. I can protect her like someone should have a long time ago. I can help her."

"How? You couldn't possibly understand what she goes through because you-"

"I do know what she goes through!" Toby yelled back, finally fed up with the conversation about what's best for Spencer."I completely understand everything she's going through." He knows all too well.

He wasn't doing anything, he was just in his room working on one of his model cars. It used to be something him and his father used to do together, but now that his father got remarried there was no more bonding time for them.

Toby was actually building the model car to take his mind off something. He glanced up at the clock on his wall and saw that it was 8:00 PM. It was Saturday night and it was his father and stepmothers date night. He always dreaded every Saturday at 8:00 because of one person. His stepsister, Jenna.

He knew that sooner or later, Jenna would be walking down to his room in the basement for him. His room used to be upstairs, but Jenna wanted that room, so of course he had to move down to the basement. She's been coming into his room every Saturday at the same night for months.

He absentmindedly touched the bruise by his eye where Jenna smacked him when he refused to touch her. When his parents asked him what happened, he told them Jenna did it, but they believed Jenna and made Toby apologize to her for lying before they sent him to bed with no dinner.

Ever since then, Jenna has been getting her way around the house and with Toby. His father never believed him, even when he showed him the bruises. Once Jenna started threatening to tell people that he's been forcing himself on her, he had no choice, but to keep quiet.

The hairs on the back of his neck stood up when he heard the basement stairs creaking. He knew she was coming. He tried to relax because he should be used to this by now, but he couldn't stop his heart from thudding in his chest. He heard the door hinges cringe as it opened.

"Toby." Jenna said his name in a singsong voice as she entered the room."It's date night."

He slightly flinched when she touched his shoulder and turned him around in his chair. She was wearing a lacy type of lingerie that she swore he loved, but actually hated anything she wore to seduce him. She grabbed him by the front of the shirt, making him stand up.

"I was expecting you to come to my room. Why didn't you come up?" She questioned in what seemed to be her seductive voice, but to him it only made him want to vomit.

"This isn't right. You know that it isn't right."

She chuckled like what he was saying was a joke when he was serious. She started to unbutton his shirt and run her fingers over his chest.

"There's nothing wrong about us, Toby. We're not really related."

"I don't want to do this. I can't keep doing this."

She ignored his words and walked behind him. She ran her fingers through his hair and at the nape of his neck. She rested her chin on his shoulder as her arms wrapped around him.

"I'd be so easy to your daddy and my mommy that you've been forcing yourself on me. They already don't believe you anyways. Imagine what they would say if I told them you raped him." She laughed again and Toby could feel the tears start to form in his eyes, but he held it in or else she would it him.

She walked back around to his front and slid his shirt off his shoulders."You have no idea who you're dealing with."

She pushed him into his bed fairly roughly. She kissed him once on the lips before she stood back up and began to remove her lingerie. This is where Toby would close his eyes. He didn't want to see, he didn't even want to be there. He would always do this and he would always think he was somewhere else. Somewhere else where he was happy and safe.

"Toby...I'm sorry. I didn't know." Caleb apologized and Toby just brushed it off.

"Look, nobody knows expect you so please keep it to yourself."

"I just can't believe that this happened to you-"

Toby held up his hand to stop Caleb from finishing."Look, I don't want to talk about it. Can you just take me home."

"Sure. Whatever you want, Tobes." Caleb said as he started up the car again and headed back out into the road.

She knew that he wasn't home, but that wasn't going to keep her from waiting. For a little over an hour, Spencer has been sitting on the steps of Toby's loft. She didn't have her phone because Melissa didn't give it to her. She couldn't call and make sure that Melissa was okay or if Andrew was okay. She wanted to call Toby or the girls or anyone because she didn't want to be alone.

Almost on cue, a car pulled up into up in front of the Brew. She didn't have to take a second glance to see it was Caleb's car. She was surprised to see that it was Toby who got out of the passenger side. She looked at him and could instantly see the sadness, hurt, and frustration on his face. As if he knew he was being watched, Toby lifted his head up and his eyes locked with Spencer's.

He didn't expect her to be here. He expected her to be home with or family or somewhere with Andrew. He didn't feel like having company tonight, but she would be the exception. He closed the car door and said goodbye to Caleb before walking over to his staircase.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" He asked once he was face to face with her.

"I came...I came because-" Spencer didn't get a chance to finish before his hand softly brushed over the red mark on her cheek. She watched his current emotions fade away and a new look of sadness and anger replace it.

"I know why you're here. I'm glad that you came to me for help." He said as he leaned in to gently kissed cheek.

"Look, I can't go home and I need a place to stay tonight." She said meekly before she said."Can I stay with you again. Please?"

"You don't even have to ask." He grabbed her hand with his uninjured hand and held it tight."Come on, let's go get some ice on your cheek."

She pulled him into a quick hug before she pulled back to look in his eyes."Thank you."

He nodded his head and kissed the top of her head. He held her close as they walked up the stairs and into his loft.

*I know that The One Piece was supposed to be updated next, but I got a little stuck on the epilogue for it. So the new order is:

You're My Foundation

The One Piece

She'll Always Be His Girl

For Keeps