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Toby fanned himself as the ceiling fan wasn't doing its job properly, or maybe it was because the heat wave was so intense that not even an A.C. would manage to keep up. Drops of sweat were dripping from his forehead now and then. He had long forgotten his shirt on the floor of his room, and he was pretty sure his short would be next very soon.
Apart from the low noises of the fan on top of him and the noises Maria was making downstairs, his house was silent. His dad was barely home, and when he was, he was on his office doing God knows what. Toby was very much used to being just him and Maria, mostly just him. It had been this way since he was around 12.
Deciding he would do something to get rid of the heat he was feeling, he got up and changed his shorts for a swim trunks and grabbed his car key, deciding that riding his bike would earn him a sun burn on the back.
He sent a text to the first and probably only person he thought of, Spencer, telling her to put bikini on and wait for him because he would be arriving shortly.
Hopefully for Toby, she was in a very similar position he was moments before, except she didn't have a fan or an A.C., so her way out was to put her hair up, along with a tank and a very short shorts, and still she was feeling really hot. So hot to a point where she couldn't and just wouldn't sit down to study.
When her phone buzzed to Toby's message, she immediately smiled, thanking God she had gotten a bikini wax the day before, otherwise she would have to come up with an excuse not to go wherever Toby wanted to take her. It was amazing how even though finals were driving her up the wall she still had time to herself, something every woman her age needed no matter what.
She quickly put a black bikini on along with the same shorts she had on previously and a white tank top. In a beach bag she put a bottle of water and also a hat, sunglasses and a sunscreen, and then she left her condo to wait for him outside.
Once he pulled up in front of her building, she got into the front seat with him, the inside of his car cooled off thanks to the air conditioning system.
"Hey." She pecked his cheek quickly smiling as he resumed his drive.
"How are you?" He asked, stealing glances at her face.
"Feeling hot." She giggled.
"Yes indeed." He teased her, feeling her palm against his bare forearm.
"Shut up." The giggles made clear as always she wasn't mad.
"Sorry. It's really hot today though. I was melting in my room."
"Yeah, tell me about it. Anyway, where are we going Tobs?"
"Somewhere where we can cool off."
"Pool?" She raised her eyebrows hopefully.
"Nope."
"Beach?"
His smirk told her the answer as she tried to remember where the closest beach was, she had been there for almost a whole year and she had yet to go sightseeing.
"Isn't it too far away?"
"Are you kidding, have you ever been out and about in LA? Santa Monica is like 20 minutes away from here, plus traffic. But, today we're going to Venice Beach, just because. Did I interrupt your study party?" He chuckled, eyeing her quickly, turning his attention back to the road in front of him.
"How can someone study with this heat? Seriously, I tried, but then I couldn't concentrate and then I gave up."
"How about Aria? I thought she'd come along." Spencer smirked, raising one eyebrow.
"She's in the library with some friends. Then she'd go over to someone's house to do whatever, or at least that's what she told me."
"Is someone jealous of her best friend?" Toby poked under her ribs to tease her.
"No, of course not. I'm going out too, why would I be jealous of her?" Her other eyebrow raised, confusion on her feature, even if Toby was a little bit right, but he didn't need to know that.
"Because she's your best friend, and when she goes out without you, you keep wondering where and what she's doing, and most important with whom."
"Alright, whatever Tobs." She smiled, turning up the radio volume, absent-mindedly humming along to the songs she knew, and oblivious to Toby's sweet smile to her.
It took them exactly 30 minutes to get to the beach due to a minor accident on their way there. After he had parked his car on the last shadow he managed to find under a palm tree on the beach parking lot. The place wasn't full at all, but the spots that had shadows in it, were occupied, assuming everybody needed a break from the sun today. Since it was a business day, the beach wasn't packed with people, just a couple of people here and there.
After Toby turned off the engine, he opened his door and got out, the difference between the cooled car and the outside heat evident. Spencer had already opened her door, but Toby quickly got to it and opened it wide open so she could get out.
"Thanks. Didn't know you were such a gentleman." She smiled, teasing him just as he did to her when she got in the car, readjusting her beach bag on her shoulder.
"Well I have my moments." He winked her way after making sure the car was locked, both walking to the sand, which, by the way was so hot they had to hop from one foot to the other to a cooler part, near the shore.
Laughing, Toby placed the towel he got it at home on the sand, so they could put their things there, claiming that territory as theirs for the time being.
"Better put on some sunscreen." Spencer warned him, putting her bag on top of his towel, leaving her flip flop beside it.
"I didn't bring any." He pouted, looking cutely at her as she presented her sunscreen to him.
"Well luckily I can borrow you. Now turn around." She smiled, motioning with her fingers for him to turn as she applied some cream on her palm, pressing against his back.
Toby jumped at the sudden contact, laughing afterward, Spencer joining him.
"Cold."
She spread all over his back and shoulders, making sure she hadn't forgotten one single spot.
"Can you return the favor?" She smirked, handing him the sunscreen.
"Of course." He smiled, softly spreading the cream against her back, he was so gentle that Spencer even closed her eyes so the feeling of his hands on her back would last longer, but as soon as every skin was fully covered his hands were gone.
The rest of their bodies, they put it individually. Toby finished first and was off to the ocean in front of him.
Spencer watched him as he stopped with the water hitting his ankle and while he looked at the horizon, standing still.
She took of her last clothing article and put it in her bag. Checking to see if her bikini was covering everything properly like it should, she followed Toby's footsteps on the sand. She made a run to Toby and jumped on his back, knocking out his balance so them both fell into the ocean water.
It was just the right temperature for them to get rid of the heat they were feeling previously. While Spencer emerged from the water and Toby hadn't, so she just waited, looking around for him.
Though it seemed minutes to her, it was only seconds for him. He swum underwater and grabbed her ankle, dragging her down with him. They started both laughing and splashing water at each other's faces.
"ALRIGHT. Stop it." Toby did as she ordered and walked over to her, putting his hair back in place.
"Do you know how to float?" She asked, blocking the sun away from her face.
"Yup. Why?" He saw her biting her lower lip. "Want to learn?" She nodded smiling cutely at him.
"You need to turn around then." She did so, and then she felt his hands on her legs and on her back, making her lay down.
"Now keep it steady." He let go of her, as her legs and arms were spread on the water. She did float, but for a few seconds.
"I have so kind of problem."
"Of course you don't. Here, I'm gonna show it to you and then you can do it." She smiled at him and watched him float on the water like it was the easiest thing ever.
Once he was on his feet again, she tried again, trying to imitate every single detail she saw on his body. He held her again, the exact same way, but a tinkling sensation was felt by there pair, deciding to just ignore it for now.
Spencer's butt started to fall, and it would bring her whole body down, so without much thinking he put his hand there and pushed it up, then watching as she floated by her own, now for minutes.
"Holy crap. Thank you Toby, I've tried to do this and my dad never taught me." She threw her arms around his neck, and hugged him quickly, the weird yet good sensation she felt making her pull away much quicker.
"Sorry to touch your..." Toby blushed, looking down at the water. Spencer blushed too and decided to ignore it, walking over to their things.
"Where you going?" He asked following her.
"Tan a little bit." She smiled and lay down on his towel, grabbing a sunglass from her bag.
"Hey, I'm familiar with this sunglasses." He teased her, sitting down beside her.
"Yeah, it's yours. Busted." It was the same sunglasses Toby had borrowed her when they went skating along with Aria and Holden.
"You can used it." She winked at him before putting on the sunglasses and laying down on her tummy.
Being a man, he couldn't help but let his eyes check her out, from her feet to her hair, he didn't find one single thing he didn't like. Okay maybe her boobs could be bigger, but he liked it how they were.
And then, he was busted, she caught him checking her out.
Quickly getting up and mumbling a whole bunch of stuff, Spencer laughed at his silliness. The only thing she made out of the things he said was if she wanted ice cream, and just as quick he was walking away.
"Hey Toby!" She screamed after him, still laughing.
Abruptly turning around he tripped on his own feet and almost fell on the sand, his level of embarrassment at its highest.
"You forgot the money." Spencer waved 5 dollar bill at him.
"Yes. Money." He grabbed the bill and continue to run away from more embarrassing moments.
Fortunate when he came back with two ice creams, Spencer didn't ask anything about before. They ended up having a great time, tanning and swimming. But just like everything that's good must come to an end, their little get away did too, just when the sun was beginning to set.
Toby dropped her off in her condo and went home, with a big smile on his face. Even Maria asked what it was all about, and he had to come up with something stupid, that he was sure she knew it wasn't true.
Spencer on the other hand, got home to a silent apartment, no Aria to ask where she was and who she was with. She had to admit she missed all the questions and teasing she would bring up. But maybe she was just jealous because for the first time since they had moved to L.A. Aria was out with some other friends.
The good side though, Spencer was really bounding with Toby, and that was a good thing right?
A/N: I am extremely sorry for the delay, vacations just end with my inspiration. As funny as it sounds, classes are what give me ideas to write, and let's be honest, the rough path Spoby is going through in PLL just kills the mood to write fluff stuff. So here it is. Hope you enjoy, and sorry to make you guys wait so long. This chapter's idea was layla's. So thank you so much. I promise I'll try to update sooner.
Love you guys xoxo