A/N:I'm so sorry I haven't updated this story in a while.
So enjoy the chapter below.
Chapter Two
"I've got to go fix everything," Spencer said getting up and walking out.
She walked casually to the Rear Window Brew, and straight up to Toby's loft. She stood there wondering if she would knock on the door, she has also considered just leaving but she knew she couldn't. She felt she needed answers so she knocked on the door.
"Hi?" Cassidy asked. Spencer stood in front of the brunette girl. Taken back at the women in front of her. She looked at the engagement ring that sat on her finger. That could have been my ring. She thought.
"Hey, I was wondering if I could speak to Toby?" She asked.
"Oh, I'm sorry you just missed him. I can tell him you stopped by if you want?" Cassidy inquired.
"Yeah could please just tell him Spencer Hastings needs to talk to him," Spencer said.
"Sure, would you like to come in?" Cassidy asked.
"Ah no, sorry I can't I actually have to meet my friends downstairs," She replied.
"Okay well bye." Cassidy responded.
Caleb and Toby both sat in the nightclub/bar Lime Rack. The fanciest most chic hip bar in Rosewood.
"So Toby your wedding is happening in three weeks. Just think in three weeks you'll be married and have a wife, but on a more serious note have you even talked to Spencer at all?" Caleb inquried as he drank his beer.
"Yeah, I've seen Spencer, I gave her an invitation to my wedding, but about what happened between us three years ago and Shaylene's death, we haven't talked. I guess it's just better for us not to open that door," Toby explained.
"Right, are you scared to tell her how you feel about her and that incident? You two need to talk about what happened back there, because it's just going to haunt you." Caleb said.
"But how am I suppose to talk to her about this, every time I try she shuts that chapter of our lives down," Toby declared.
"That up to you on our your going to talk to her about that situation." Caleb replied.
"Enough about me, what's going on between Hanna and you? Speaking of marriage when are are you to going to tie the knot?" Toby answered.
"Her birthday's around the corner she going to be 29 soon, I'm going to ask her to marry me!" He responded.
"That's great man," He said.
Spencer entered Burberry and sat down on the couch that laid in the store. Hanna had walked out and saw her friend.
"Hey Spence, you don't happy? What's wrong?" Hanna asked, sitting beside her friend.
"I haven't been happy for a while now. Three years to be exact. I went over to Toby loft and guess who opened the door?" She asked.
"His fiancée?" Hanna took a guess.
"Correct, so she opened the door, and I asked for Toby and she said I had missed him, and she asked me if I wanted to come in. I honestly thought she was going to be a complete bitch, but she isn't." Spencer explained.
"It's funny how she's a brunette too," Spencer continued.
"Damn Toby definitely has a type," Hanna murmured to herself.
"Have you two even talked after you know what happened three years ago?" Hanna inquried.
"No, I saw him the other day but I don't want to go down that road again," Spencer answered.
"Well your gonna have to," Hanna replied.
"What's going on between Caleb and you? When are you to gonna get married?" Spencer said.
"I don't know soon I hope," She said happily.
"Have you spoken to Aria in awhile?" Spencer asked.
"Yeah, she actually called me yesterday. She's going to fly in for the reunion tonight. Ezra, her, and James. It's going to be fun having the gang back together," Hanna explained.
"It's okay you can always ask one of your exes to go with you?" Hanna replied.
"I don't need a man to make me happy!" She shouted leaving.
Emily had hired a new guy named Chase who was going to help around the shop, when she wasn't there.
"Okay so this is the coffee machine just dispense the coffee and the one on the right dispenses the cream," She explained to him, as she showed what to and what not to do.
"I got it Em, I've made coffee before. I owned a coffee shop last year The Brew Palms. I suppose you've heard of it," He said laughing
"Ha ha, I know I've tasted your company's coffee and it's not that good so don't get ahead of yourself Chase," Emily answered.
"Alright Fields I get it,"
"I need you to cover a shift for me tonight since I'll be going to my high school reunion," She responded.
"Will do so," he said smiling.
Cassidy had given Toby the message Spencer needed to tell him.
"Hey Tobes, earlier today a women stopped by the apartment her name was Spencer Hastings and she wanted me to tell you she needed to talk to you? Should I be worried?" She said giving him the cup of coffee she had made him.
"No, you shouldn't be worried. Did she say what she needed to talk to me about?" He asked.
"No she just wanted me to tell you that," Cassidy said.
"Okay. I've got to go get ready for the reunion. Are you going to come with me?" Toby inquired.
"No, it's your high school reunion. I don't want to intrude. You go and have fun babe, I'll see you tonight," Cassidy replied.
"You won't be intruding besides I want to show off my fiancée," Toby responded.
"Well I guess we have a reunion to get to!"
Spencer knew she lied to Hanna about needing a man to make her happy. Truth was she did need a man to make her feel a way she hasn't felt in a while. But the only man to ever make her feel that was Toby. It was no use because three weeks from now he'd be married, and she definitely didn't want to become a home wrecker and have both Cassidy and Toby hate her.
She needed some coffee and walked right into the Rear Window Brew. She was actually thinking of ditching the reunion at this point. She was going to have to put on a facade which wasn't hard for her since she has done it her whole life. But seeing the man she loved with someone was just her breaking point. Although they had broken up three years ago, never means for Spencer at least that she'd never stop loving him. He was her complete match. He was the only person believe it or not to make her feel happy again, and not to mention that they shared a child together.
"Hey, can I get a coffee make it black and strong please," She asked Chase.
"Coming right up, so going though a bad breakup huh?" He inquired making her coffee.
"I'm sorry if this sounds rude but since I don't know you I don't want to talk about it," She scoffed.
"Alright I completely understand, that'll be three dollars and twenty cents," He replied.
"Yet again that may not be a bad thing," She said paying him.
"What's not a bad thing?" He asked getting more interested.
"That I don't know you. You see the thing is I have a high school reunion to get to but I'm contemplating whether to go or not. I definitely don't want to see my ex-boyfriend who I'm still in love with, and his completely beautiful brunette fiancee. It's just going to shred me into a million of pieces. I'm just not ready to see him move on. I know I know that's pretty selfish of me," Spencer responded wrapping her hands around her Styrofoam cup.
"I get what your going though believe me, my ex-girlfriend was the women I thought I was going to marry and have a life with, but clearly she didn't feel the same way about me. She cheated on my with her ex-fiance, and I'll always still love her I mean she gave me something special in my life," Chase answered.
"It's different your ex-girlfriend cheated on you with her ex fiance, while my ex-boyfriend is getting married to his new fiance Cassidy," Spencer scoffed.
"Wait did you just say Cassidy? As in Cassidy Dunlope?" He asked.
"I don't know her last name I just know she has brown hair, blue green eyes and is wearing the engagement ring I was suppose to have," Spencer said.
"Well do you want to go to your reunion now? Like with me maybe?" He asked.
"Are you asking me out on a date Chase?" She questioned.
"Sort of, but as a friend," He said.
"Well then I'd love to come."
20 minutes later..
"Where the hell is Spencer?" Aria said to Hanna.
"I don't know probably sitting in her apartment watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S and eating tins of Chunky monkey, and deep down even if she won't admit it. I know she still loves Toby, but I feel she needs to leave the Toby train and move on," Hanna replied.
"It's not that easy though Han, they shared a child together, it's not easy for her to let go of that void. The space that was once filled with love from her boyfriend and her daughter," Aria explained.
She tapped Hanna's hand gesturing her to look towards the door, where she saw Spencer and a really cute guy.
"Hey Aria, oh my gosh. It's so good to see you again. Where's your husband and son?" She asked.
"Oh Ezra is with the guys, and James is with Mike and Mona so god help me," She answered.
"Guys this is Chase um what's your last name? Cunningham. Guys this is Chase Cunningham. Chase this is Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin, Emily Fields and Cassidy," She said introducing them.
"Chase I asked you to watch the store?! What the hell?" Emily declared.
"You to know each other?" Spencer asked.
"Yeah, she's my boss." He said nervously.
"Okay well, Emily don't blame Chase. I'm the one who asked him to come with me. It's my fault," Spencer responded.
"Chase!" Cassidy said.
"Cassidy what are you doing here?" He asked.
"Well I'm here with my fiance actually. He's here somewhere. How are you doing?" She asked.
"Like you even care Cass," Chase hissed.
"I do care about you okay, clearly you didn't get the memo of us just being friends," She replied.
"If you think I'm here to win you back. I'm not," He scoffed.
Spencer sat at the bar where she had shots of tequila lined up on the counter.
"Keep em' coming," She told the bar tender.
"Whoa, slow down there. I think you had to much to drink," Toby said sitting beside his ex-girlfriend who he still loved.
"Toby don't tell me when I've had to much to drink okay. Why are you even here. Shouldn't you be with your fiance?" She said.
"Cassidy actually went to go say hi to an old friend, and I thought I'd do the same. Spencer what's going on with you? You haven't touched a drink since her death," He softly spoke.
"It's okay you can her name, and I just thought I'd try something new," She replied.
"Well you could try something other than drinking Spence, it's not something you'd do. I know your strong, intelligent, sophisticated, and beautiful. For hell you could jump out of a plane, but something other than drinking Spence. Remember how you over came that. I know your better then this," He spoke.
"Why her, why out of everyone in the world you chose Cassidy? The smart, beautiful, blue eyed girl," She asked.
"I chose her because I love her Spence. Getting married is something nerve racking for me, I didn't think I'd marry Cassidy, but being with her made me fall in love with her. I knew that we were so alike, but so different," He explained smiling.
"Imagine that. You don't get it do you? I know you still love me Tobes. You always have and always will. So what we had wasn't special. Okay Toby if you say that," Spencer hissed.
"I love you as a friend Spence, but there is no going back I'm sorry. It hurts me to see you like this. It's not what I want," Toby said.
"It's not what you want?! Let me tell you something, what we had was special Toby you and I both know that. You can hide your heart, but your not very good at it. We had a child together Tobes. It was half of me and half of you. You can't tell me you don't miss her. She was something special. We had promised to love each other forever," She responded.
"I do miss her everyday and I live with that guilt in me that I could have done something to save her. Spencer we've both moved on. You with that new coffee tender guy and Cass and me," He said.
"Whatever and FYI he's just a friend. I don't blame you for her death and neither did she okay? She loved you, like I did," Spencer replied.
"I should get going, Cass is waiting." Toby said.
"Right okay, before you go I need to tell you this, "Nobody ever forgets their first love," She answered walking away.
Review. Let me know what you think? Cassidy and Chase yikes!. Do you want more Chase? I'll update next Friday. Until then tootles my lovely friends.
Sierra