Chapter 16- An Unexpected Secret.
Almost 2 weeks after Wren was arrested he had been called into court to find out what his sentence would be. Spencer and Toby were getting ready to go meet the others before heading off to the court house.
"Are you sure you want to do this Spencer?" The blue eyed boy asked; the concern he felt for his girlfriend was clear in his voice. "He put you through hell and I promised you wouldn't have to see him again"
"I want to go, hell; I need to go. Unless I see him go down with my own eyes I will never get the proper closure I need." If she was going to be completely truthful; she was absolutely terrified. The idea of being in the same room as the man that was planning on killing her just because she didn't choose him sickened her. "Toby, Just hold me."
When he looked over at the brown eyed beauty that was stood at the foot of his bed he couldn't help but listen to her command. In a flash he was by her side with his arms wrapped tightly around her waist.
"I love you Spencer; please don't forget that." He lifted her chin up so that their eyes met; she could feel her cheeks burning up. They had been together for a pretty long time now and he still managed to make her go weak at the knees and send butterflies shooting around her stomach. What she didn't know was that she had the exact same effect on him.
"I won't; I love you too." Not knowing what else to do after the silence that had filled the room, Spencer gently pushed her lips into Toby's soft ones and kissed him tenderly. Neither of them felt the need to let go of each other; this had been the first time that Spencer had let Toby anywhere near her since that night. It wasn't that she was scared of her boyfriend; it was more because she wasn't sure who she could trust anymore. After all her sister had been one of the ones in on all of this.
After what seemed like a lifetime of the couple just holding each other and every so often lifting their lips up to start yet another passionate game of tonsil tennis; Spencer got a text. She peeled herself away from him and picked her phone up off the bed; she was terrified about what it would say, in spite of everything that was going on in their lives right now they hadn't gotten a single text off of –A since the night before they went to see Melissa. As she unlocked the device she saw Hanna's I.D pop up; her heart sunk back down to where it belongs.
"Hey Spence, just letting you know we're about to set off to yours. Be ready for when we get there. Love you. Han."
Spencer chucked her phone back down and turned back into Toby's arms; their eyes meeting once again as a small smile crept across her face, it was soon matched by and even bigger grin from Toby. Breaking the connection between their gaze, Spencer rested her head onto his chest as she snaked her arms around his waist. She'd forgotten what it felt like over the past few weeks. She'd forgotten what it felt like to be so engulfed in someone's warmth that it made you forget the outside world; it was just the two of you.
"They're on their way over. I got a text of Jason earlier saying that he wanted to speak to Melissa beforehand so he's going to meet us there." She mumbled his warm skin. "You don't have to come with me today you know? None of you do. I can't imagine a worse place to be."
"Spencer, when will you realise that all of us love you to pieces. Obviously some more than others" he jabbed her playfully in the side, trying to lighten her mood "but we are always going to be here for you; whatever the problem." Just as Toby said that Spencer had realised herself from his grasp and was sprinting towards the bathroom with her hand over her mouth. Completely shocked as to what had just happened he couldn't think of anything else to do than to follow her. As he approached the bathroom door the sight before him could have broken his heart; sat on the cold tiles with her head over the toilet; was the most beautiful, prefect girl he had ever seen in his life but she was so pale, she looked weak. He hated seeing her like this, he wished he could take all the pain away from her; he would have done it in a heartbeat.
"Toby, go away. I don't want you to see me like this." Her head pulled away from the bowl as she tried to turn her face away from his stare. He was hurt that she didn't feel comfortable enough around him to let him help her.
"Spencer baby, I want to help you." As his body shifted down into a sitting position on the floor he pulled her body into him. They must have been sat there for about 10 minutes before there was a loud banging on the door to the apartment. They had completely forgotten about where they were meant to be so they hadn't been on the street to meet Hanna and the others when they pulled up. "You don't have to go to day if you don't feel up to it? The others can go and we'll stay here."
"No Toby, like I said; I need closure. Now you go get the door and explain what happened while I clean myself up." She stood up and pulled him up with her, continuing to shove him out of the door.
5 minutes later Spencer walked out of the bathroom feeling like she had never been sick; there was no evidence on her beautiful face that she had been ill. As she glanced down at her watch she noticed that they only had 15 minutes to get to the court house for the hearing.
"Are you alright Spencer? Do you know what caused it?" Aria had picked herself up off the sofa and was making a fuss out of her best friend. They had all said that Aria would always be the one to have kids first, she was born to it.
"Ar, I'm fine" she gave the tiny girl a reassuring smile as she peeled her hand away from her face "sorry for the delay, but we need to go or we'll be late." Toby smiled as he heard her say that, the girl he fell in love with was definitely still there. The one that was never late and never showed any sign of weakness; not that showing weakness was a bad thing but it meant that they could all deal with anything that was thrown at them as long as Spencer was there to see everything through her Hastings eyes.
About 10 minutes later after Caleb had run nearly every red light in order to get to the court house on time, they pulled up in the car park and all piled out onto the tarmac. As they were running up the steps to the entrance they were stopped by somebody standing directly in front of them.
"Toby" The icy voice that matched the cold figure that was stood blocking their way.
"Jenna" Toby's voice had gone from being the sweet, caring, happy voice that he used when he was around Spencer and their friends to the dark malicious tone he used only on Jenna. "What the hell do you want?"
"I wanted to tell you that you need to stay the hell away from here and go home; leave these freaks the hell alone. You belong back at home with me and our parents."
"Oh shut the hell up, you couldn't care less about me Jenna. These are my friends so don't you dare speak about them that way."
"Why don't you get it? Wren will hurt you Toby. He can tell the court things that you don't want getting out; it could get you into a whole lot of trouble. All of this for that stupid slut."
Rage took over Toby's entire body as he was about to do something he knew he'd later regret but to his surprise his hand was caught behind his back by Spencer. She was pressed right up behind him and began to whisper in his ear.
"Let the girls handle this one, they know what they're doing." As his body slowly began to calm he looked over at Jenna who had a smug grin resting on her face. Before Toby could say anything else Hanna's voice cut in.
"Who the hell do you think you're talking to? If anyone's the slut around here it's you Jenna. You skip from guy to guy that you think could help you in your ridiculous scheme; they get caught up in the drama of you Jenna. Have you noticed how all the guys you go for have pretty low self esteem. I mean look at Garret, he spent his life constantly in the shadow and of Ian and Jason so when she decided you needed him he jumped at the chance. He would soon find out that you were a colossal bitch. Oh and what about Noel Kahn? He constantly hid behind the popularity that he'd got from his brother; I always knew there was something wrong with him; he was pretty tapped in the head. Just how you like them." Jenna's face filled with rage at everything that Hanna had just said.
"What about precious Toby then? Because I went there much before dear Spencer did. You know all about that thought don't you? What does it feel like knowing that you're having my cast offs?"
"It's not cast offs if he ended it with you. What you were doing was sick and perverted; you deserved to be blind and it suited you a whole lot better."
"I think someone's jealous that I'm somehow managing to take all the glory away from the Queen Bee. Everyone loves a sob story and thankfully you helped me with mine pretty easily. Maybe I should be thanking Ali for that, everything that she did to me meant that I could come back stronger than ever an..." She was soon interrupted by a huge cracking type noise as Spencer's hand connected with the other brunette's face.
"You sick bitch. You'd planned it all along hadn't you? The two of you had planned to set the garage on fire and make it seem like you had been in there for a lot longer than you had been."
"Bravo, I knew there was a reason why you were part of this group of idiots. Spencer Hastings, always the one to figure it out. I'd never planned on getting myself blinded but man, it sure did top it all off. Plus I wasn't blind for long; why else do you think I'd wear those sun glasses all the time? The funny part is; you all fell for it."
"You're not getting away with this Jenna; there's no way."
"Oh, I think otherwise." She started to edge back up the steps before turning around and looking Spencer dead in the eye before saying "Oh and Spencer, congratulations".
AN: Hi guys, I apologise if this chapter seemed a bit off but I've been busy. Time to start revising for my final GCSE's I'm afraid :-( Please review guyss I would really appreciate it!
-Chloe :-)xx