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Walking to class, Spencer and Aria looked sleepy but happy. They had had a great night of sleep and were ready for another party or hang out session with the guys. But duties came first and so they have to attend class before doing anything else. Yes, of course they could ditch it and just have fun, but it wasn't in Spencer's nature to do that, so they were stuck with classes.
Camera in hands while Spencer held a bunch of books against her chest, Aria waved at Holden, who was walking towards them.
"So I talked to my mom yesterday. She asked me when we were going home for the holiday." The small brunette spoke up right after hugging Holden hello.
"When finals are over in a month." Spencer rolling her eyes as if her friend had asked the most stupid question of all time.
"How are you girls?" Holden asked, linking arms with Aria.
"Good."
A warm hand covered Spencer's eyes from behind, startling her, even know she figured out who it was in less than a second.
"Hey Toby." Aria greeted him, giving him a side hug. Spencer imitating her right after.
"You scared me for like half a second." She smirked so he knew she wasn't mad at all.
"Sorry. Has Holden told you about the party he's having again?" Earning a slap in the back of the head from the host himself Toby shut up immediately.
"You see… it's not exactly a party. It's a bar we're going to because my dad got a couple of VIP invitations but he doesn't want to go."
Spencer lawyered side of her mind concerned her, thinking of the many illegal things they would do in just one single night.
"We're not even 21, no ID's no VIP's." Toby sunk his fingers on her side, tickling her hips, ending it with a single poke. Aria laughing at her friend.
"Don't be such a party pooper Ms. Hastings. A buddy of mine is already hired to deliver me our fake ID's by Friday, and then we can go party!" Holden explained his brilliant plan.
"Alright I guess." Easily giving in, Spencer bumped her hips purposely on Toby's side to knock his balance off, not succeeding since he was a skater and this part of his brain worked amazingly.
"You're all invited girls and fag." Holden laughed along with the girls beside him and walked away to class before Toby could even process what he just called him.
"You're the gay one Holden." Cavanaugh yelled after his good friend, but unfortunately some course supervisor was a few feet ahead of them, taking offense on his language and considering bullying.
"Toby, run to class right now or you're in trouble." Spencer whispered once she figured the supervisor approaching them. Toby caught on with her warning, turned around and ran to the nearest building.
Pretending to be enrolled in a deeply serious conversation, the girls watched as the man caught up to them, blocking their way forward.
"Excuse me Misses. What is the name of that boy who just ran away?"
"What boy Mr. … Schneider." Aria let Spencer did the talking.
"The one who was talking to you a minute ago." He was getting mad and his chubby face was getting red, Aria wasn't sure why, the heat or emotions.
"You see Mr. Schneider I'm not exactly sure which boy you are talking about, we talked to at least a dozen of men on our way to campus."
"You either tell me his name or you two will get in trouble instead of him." Aria stepped in front of Spencer, speaking up defensively.
"His name is Jason."
"And his last name do you mind sharing?" Though his face was back to a pinkish color, his voice still showed signs of anger.
"I'm not sure, he's not our friend, he was just asking for directions." Spencer had to fight a chuckle showing on her lips as she looked down smiling.
"If you're lying, you're both in trouble as well."
"Yes Sr., now we better get to class before we really get in real trouble. Goodbye." Aria pulled on Spencer's arm and they quickly walked to their classes, quietly giggling to themselves.
"You so own me one Cavanaugh." Spencer caught up to Toby after their day filled with classes was over, slapping his upper arm not too hard, but hard enough to hurt a little bit. Aria had left earlier since her class ended a couple of hours before.
"Ouch?" Toby tilted his head at Spencer, wondering why she would just slap him out of the blue. "Why is that?"
"Almost got myself in trouble because of you."
"You're up to some adventurous ride?" His eyebrows were high, suggesting something Spencer wasn't quite sure.
"What kind of ride?" When a smirk added up to his suggestive face she knew Toby was up to something crazy and she wasn't sure if she would like that.
With his motorcycle keys spinning around his index finger, Toby grabbed her hand in his and walked them over to the street where he had parked his bike in the morning.
"Toby I'm sure this is not a good idea." Her heart was beating really fast against her ribs indicating how nervous she was, she was sure if she couldn't contain it, it would jump right out of her chest. Her breathing had sped up 3 times the normal rate of a human being, perhaps she looked like an asthmatic in desperate need of her remedy.
"Yes it is. Your house is just a few blocks from here. I'm not going to kill."
"I really hate you right now, more than I did a couple of weeks ago." Though she was a wreck inside, Spencer climbed up behind Toby and tried to stay still, not wanting anything bad to happen while she was on top of this monstrous machine Toby called a bike.
"Hang on tight." Her front was against his back while her arms were around his torso, holding a little bit too tight. She could feel him breathing against her, and with every breath he took she had already taken 3. Maybe it was her own heart beat indicating the blood was racing through her veins, or maybe it was the adrenaline on her system, but she could swore she could also feel his heart beating against her chest, slowly and rhythmically beating.
The feeling of the wind on her face, messing her hair up, was the best feeling Spencer had felt in a while. She understood part of why Toby liked to ride this instead of any other vehicle.
Not more than 5 minutes later Toby pulled up to her apartment, watching as she got off the bike and verbally thanked him for the great ride home.
"Do you need help with anything since I own you one?" She simply struggled, smiling at him.
"If you want to, feel welcome. I'm going to study for a couple of hours then I'll take a shower and then I'm going to eat. I don't really think there's much you can help with."
"Perfect, I can cook something for the three of us."
"What makes you assume Aria is home?" Spencer smirked, trying to outsmart him.
"Because she is glancing down at us from the window." Spencer looked up, and there was Aria, on their front window, waving at them smiling innocently.
"If you're cooking then you better go buy some groceries because we only have noodles and salad with some frozen leftovers." The way she wrinkled her nose showed how much she wouldn't appreciate any of the foods she had home.
"Alright, no problem. I'll just go home, change clothes, grab the car and go to the supermarket." Smiling, Spencer waved at him goodbye just before stepping in.
"Hello tiny A. We are having a guest over later on he's cooking us dinner, but I believe you already knew all of this since you were spying on us.
Besides Spencer's allegations, before she came in, Aria jumped on the couch and pretended to have been there all afternoon, her legs resting on the armrest while her head rested on a cushion, the TV turned on in a total random channel.
"And who may that guest be, may I ask?" Spencer placed her bags on the living room floor near the center table in front of the couch Aria was laying on, and sat down on top of her tiny fragile brunette friend belly, both laughing, Aria more with more difficulty than Spencer of course.
"Santa Claus, Aria Montgomery, he's bringing your presents." The sarcasm in her voice was evident as she rolled her eyes and tried not to smile.
"Cool, now get the heck away from me before I die from lack of oxygen in my lungs."
"Is not your lungs that need oxygen though, it's your cells, and mostly your brain. And not all the oxygen you inhale is transferred to your veins, just a minimum your cells need in a small period of time." Spencer got off from top of her and walked over to her bathroom as she heard Aria's laughter behind her, deciding to take a shower now than later when Toby would be over.
Spencer took her time to relax and to stop thinking of all the things she had to memorize before finals would come up. The feeling of the warm water hitting her back was just enough to get all of those things far far away from her mind, disappearing into Never Never Land.
After she put a sweat pant on along with T-shirt, her usual stay-at-home clothes, she found herself with already 5 books in hands, all ready to be read. Laying with her belly down to the bed, Spencer opened all 5 books in front of her, letting out an annoyed sigh she didn't know she had it in her.
While she read and highlighted all the important things and subjects on her books, her unconscious kept wondering when Toby would arrive so she would have an excuse to abandon her study and make him company while he cooked them dinner.
to be continued
A/N: I am so sorry, again… My school has been crazy, so many exams on November. Thank God now I'm done and I have, December, January and February to update for you guys. I already have a couple of episodes written on paper. So I promise that if I get 10 reviews on this chapter by tomorrow I'll post the next chapter by tomorrow at night, and… if I get more 10 reviews on tomorrow's update I'll post another chapter on Thursday. I'm dead serious guys. I really wanna make it up to you. I promise I'll have all the ideas you are giving written down somewhere throughout the story, and thank you for actually writing them down, keep doing that and I'll love you forever. Again, I'm sorry and I'm so happy you guys are enjoying this story as much as I do. Toby's past is coming up soon…. –wink-wink- Love your support so very much. Thank you once again, and don't forget to review, so I can update tomorrow. :)
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