AN: Thank you for the reviews. I'm happy that you are liking this story.
I didn't come up with the name of the chapter, I got it from one of the PLL books and there is a part of this chapter that was inspired on the books too. If you have read them all, you would probably catch the resembles to an interaction between Spencer and Zach.
I haven't had much time to check the grammar and spelling and I'm sorry if there are any mistakes. If you find something wrong with it just let me know and I'll fix it.
Chapter 2: Some strip and some tease.
It was a cold spring night in Philadelphia. Usually, a certain brunette named Spencer Hastings would have stayed home studying and freaking out about final exams and assignments. Spencer was the kind of girl who would normally study more than needed. She didn´t even needed to study or open her textbooks to be at the top of her class and she knew it, but still she always felt the need to study more than the rest of the normal people. Tonight it was different. Instead of staying home and act like the nerd she could sometimes be, Spencer was getting ready to go out for some drinks with one of her best girl friends, the one and only Hanna Marin. Being honest, Spencer wasn't too thrilled about going out and drink on a school night, especially with the semester being so close to an end and Wren being far away. But Hanna, who never really cared about finals, practically forced her arguing that they didn't spend time together anymore, which was kind of true.
So there she was, doing her hair and make up on a Thursday night and waiting for her blonde friend to pick her up, but of course Hanna was late. 24 minutes late to be exact.
"Where are you? I'm about to change back into my pajamas" Spencer texted Hanna, a little annoyed at her friend's delay.
"Around the corner. GET DOWN NOW!" Hanna texted back.
Spencer got out of her apartment and waited for Hanna for almost 5 minutes,freezing outside her building. She was a little angry when she saw Hanna's car but she took a deep breath trying to calm herself down.
"Seriously ,Han? You more than half an hour late." Spencer complained while getting on the passenger sit.
"I'm sorry Spence." Hanna smiled like it wasn't a big deal at all. "I just had a hard time deciding what to wear. I have the feeling that tonight is going to be the best night ever" she emphasized the words best and ever, "I wanted to look perfect for the occasion."
Spencer sighed and rolled her eyes at her friend. She should have known better. Hanna's intentions weren't as pure as hers. "Oh No. No, no, no, no. NO!" She practically yelled. "You said you wanted to spend some quality time with your best friend, a.k.a Me. Not go to a bar and hit on guys while I sit alone and watch you."
"Don't freak out, Spence." The blonde said calmly. "I promise I won't leave you alone. What I meant is that we are going to have fun. Like we used to do before you became a boring housewife."
"I'm not a housewife and I'm not boring. I'm just in a very serious relationship. My party girl days are over." The brunette said as she punched her blue-eyed friend playfully on the arm.
Hanna rolled her eyes and pinched Spencer's leg "I'm sorry to break it to you but you never were a party girl, Spence" That was true. The Party Rock Anthem wasn't written for Spencer. That doesn't mean she never went to parties and got wasted. In High School she was one of the most popular girls so she had to be present in some of them. But she preferred to stay home and watch a movie or have sleepovers with the girls.
"By the way Han, I love your dress. Where did you get it?" She asked admiring the ultra short red wine satin dress Hanna was wearing.
Hanna smiled at the acknowledge of her awesome new outfit. "Tyler bought it for me the other day, after our date."
Spencer was confused now. Who the fuck is Tyler and why is he buying Hanna clothes? "And Tyler is?"
"I've told you about him. He is the guy I met a couple of weeks ago in Cascamorto."
Spencer opened her eyes in shock. Hanna had told her about this guy but she wasn't expecting her to go out with him. "I think I'm not following you. You said he was obese, ugly and not really that nice. Why would you go out with him, Han?"
The blonde at the wheel rolled her eyes without taking her sight away from the road. "You might be in a relationship with Dr. McHottie but that doesn't mean we all going to end up with the real life version of Prince Charming. What really matters is what it is on the inside." Blondie made a pause "of his wallet." She mumbled, but Spencer heard it and didn't like what her friend said. That was so unlike Hanna. Ever since she and Caleb broke up, Hanna had changed. A lot. She started to party more than usual, her skirts started to get shorter and shorter, and she was always with a different guy, each richer than the other. It was obvious that she was still aching for Caleb and she was only behaving like that because she didn't want to be alone but wasn't ready to open up to someone else.
Spencer decided to ignore that last comment and both girls remained silent for a while. They were halfway to the bar Hanna had chosen when Spencer decided it was time to ask Hanna to do something she had wanted to do all day. "Can I ask you a favor?" Hanna mumbled a sure and Spencer continued. "I forgot my Neuro Textbook at Toby's and I need it for my class tomorrow morning. His apartment is just a-"
"I know where he lives. His roommate is my ex boyfriend, remember?" Hanna said with an annoyed tone. "I really don't want to go there and let Caleb ruin my night. Can you pick it up tomorrow before your class?"
"He has to work really early tomorrow. I talked to him before you picked me up and he said Caleb wasn't home. I'll be quick."
Hanna growled in disapproval but she agreed to go to Toby's anyways. If Caleb wasn't going to be there then it wouldn't be that bad to make a quick stop, right?
Spencer felt bad; she was partly lying to her best friend. Caleb wasn't going to be there, that was true but the part about her textbook was the lie. She knew where she had left it. It was on her apartment, to be exact on her desk next to her laptop. Then why she had told Hanna her book was at Toby's? It might sound stupid and maybe pathetic, but ever since Toby told her that he was planning to propose to Delfina, Spencer had tried to spend every possible moment with the couple in an attempt of showing Toby how wrong Delfina was for him. So far her plan wasn't working, but didn't know what else to do, so she stuck to her plan hoping that one day Toby would realize how fake his girlfriend was and that he was going to make a huge mistake by marring her. Not that Delfina had ever done something to prove Spencer she was fake, but the smart brunette had the feeling the Argentinian was hiding something, and her instinct was never wrong.
A few minutes later the two friends found themselves knocking on Toby's door. Hanna made Spencer promise like 3 million times that their stop wouldn't last more than 5 minutes. Of course this was a lie. Another one. Since Spencer's book wasn't there, she was going to pretend to look for it with Toby's help and it would take a while until Delfina gets boring of Toby not paying attention to her, and go home. Eventually they would give up on the search for the book and maybe she could ask Toby to join her and Hanna at the bar and that way she wouldn't end up alone in case Hanna met a new and richer guy to hook up with. The plan sounded perfect in Spencer's mind and she was determinate to make it work.
After a few knocks Toby opened the door and invited the girls in. His apartment was a completely mess. There were pizza boxes and dirty laundry all over the place. It was obvious that it was a men's apartment. Spencer was about to nag about it when something caught her attention. It was Delfina, in the living room, dancing in front of the TV. If you can call that dancing. The song of the video Delfina was imitating was something in Spanish that neither Hanna nor Spencer could understand. The girl dancing in the video was making very suggestive moves and ripping of her school uniform in front of everyone, including parents and teachers.
"What is she doing?" Spencer whispered to Toby. Hanna was biting her bottom lip to avoid laughing.
"I have no idea. I was taking a shower and when I came back she was doing that." Toby whispered pointing at his girlfriend. Even he had to admit that Delfina looked ridiculous.
Delfina fell on her knees and put her hands on the floor while she shake her head in trying to look sexy like the slutty blonde of the TV. That's when everyone, including Toby, started to laugh hysterically causing Delfina to realize she was being observed.
"Hello Hanna." The blonde said smiling. Turning her head to Spencer her smile fade away. "Spencer! I haven't seen in you in, what? 18 hours. I was starting to worry about you." Her voice filled with sarcasm.
"I forgot my Neuro book yesterday here. Toby is going to help me look for it in his room, where I probably left it. Maybe you should go back to do whatever you were doing." Spencer faked a smile and turned to Toby as she attempted to go to his bedroom.
"You don't have to tell me what to do. I'll go with you. If I help you maybe you can leave sooner." Delfina said walking to Toby and kissing him slowly on the lips like she was trying to mark her territory or something.
Spencer rolled her eyes, the disgust she felt, being showed all over her face. She knew Delfina was annoyed at her presence. But who wouldn't be? The beautiful girl with mocha eyes had practically moved in there, not letting the couple alone for a second. To Delfina, who never like Spencer, the brunette was a jealous bitch who wanted to steal her man. Of course, those weren't Spencer's conscious intentions…maybe unconscious…
Once in Toby's room, Spencer started to search for the nonexistent book with Toby's help. Delfina sat on the end of bed and watched every move the tall brunette made. That annoyed Spencer, her plan wasn't working, and the dumb bitch wasn't going to leave anytime soon. So she tought that, maybe if she wasn't leaving, make her look stupid would help. She just needed to find the right time and right thing to say.
"Are you sure you left it here, Spence? We've looked everywhere already." Toby, who had been silent for a couple of minutes, spoke up as he picked up some of his floorplans and placed them on his desk.
"Yes I'm sure. Can you keep looking, Toby?" Spencer lied, giving him the lost puppy look that she knew Toby couldn't say no to.
"Ugh. This is so boring." Delfina complained from her spot on the bed.
"Then you can go back to the living and talk to Hanna or maybe you can start to dance again." Spencer said faking a smile.
Delfina gave up, she was too bored to stay there and keep an eye on them. "Yeah, I think I'm going out there. I need to practice anyway."
"Practice for what?" Spencer asked before Delfina could get up of the bed.
"My new job! I just got a bartender job at Delilah's but I want to audition to be one of the dancers. I start tonight, so probably I should leave in a couple of minutes."
"Great. The opportunity I was waiting for." .Spencer thought. "Toby, isn't Delilah's the strip club you went with your coworkers for your boss' bachelor party?"
Toby blushed. He felt embarrassed not only at the fact that his girlfriend landed a job in a strip club, but at his best friend knowing about it. He knew she wasn't going to use that kind of information for good. He knew Spencer was going to mock him about it for years to come and of course use it as one of her arguments to convince him that marrying Delfina wasn't a good idea. "So, have you checked if your book is on that drawer?" Toby was desperate to change the subject but it was too late.
Spencer ignored Toby and focused on her arch-enemy. She was going to enjoy this so much. "So, you want to be a stripper? Interesting. Have you been trained in pole dancing?" She smirked.
"I've tried, I even took a class once but pole dancing is kind of difficult." Delfina sounded confused, she wasn't sure if Spencer was being nice or was trying to make fun of her but she didn't care, she proud of her new occupation.
"Oh really? You know Delfi… I don't know if Toby have told you, but in high school I was on the pole dance team. If you need any help with some moves…" Spencer peeked at Toby, his face completely red and he was glaring at her. She knew he was going to kill her later, but she couldn't let the opportunity of scoff at his girlfriend pass by.
"Oh My God!" Delfina screamed, sounding almost as annoying as Janice from Friends. "I had no idea. Maybe I can ask the owner if she needs another girl!"
Spencer giggled. This girl was so stupid. "Yeah!" She sighed opening her eyes the bigger she could. "Maybe we can be lap dance partners." She said in a creepy tone.
"That would be awesome. I never really liked you because you seem so uptight and all that, but now that I know we have something in common, well, you know." Delfina sounded sincere. Could she possible believe everything Spencer was saying? "I gotta go now." She got up from her spot and walked towards the bedroom door, Spencer and Toby followed her.
Sitting alone on the leather couch of the not so comfortable living room was Hanna. She looked annoyed and Spencer was sure that her friend regretted asking her out. It made her sad knowing that she was being selfish and had ruined part of their girls night, but now that Delfina was about to leave they could go to the bar and try to make it up for Hanna.
"Bye baby." Delfina pecked Toby and then surprisingly hugged Spencer. "I see you soon Spence, maybe we can go shopping together one day." This shocked Spencer, what have she done? She only mumbled an "okay" and Delfina finally left.
Hanna, who was shocked at what her eyes had seen, stoop up. "What was that? Are you friends with her now?"
Spencer was about open her mouth and tell Hanna what had happened but Toby was faster than her. "They were bonding over lap dancing and stripping." He glared at Spencer, still angry about the way she had mocked Delfina and then glanced back at Hanna. "Did you know that nerdy here was in the imaginary pole dance squad back in high school?" He smirked.
"There was a pole dance squad in Rosewood Day and I just find out?" The blue-eyed hottie asked confused.
Rolling her eyes at the naïve blonde in front of her, Spencer said "Imaginary, Han. I was just making fun of her and things went out of…" she was interrupted by the door opening. It was Caleb. "Hi Caleb." She said nervously. Now Toby wasn't the only one who wanted kill her, Hanna was going to help him do it. Fuck
"Hi Spence." The man said, then glanced at Hanna and smiled. Even if they weren't in good terms he couldn't help to notice how beautiful she looked with that outfit. "Han! Wasn't expecting to see you here. Did you dress up for me?" His eyes traveled Hanna's frame up and down a couple of times as he said that.
"Actually, we are just leaving." She grinned disgusted and then glanced at Spencer. "Come on Spence, if we want to make it t-"The lights flickered and everyone looked up to the light bulb until the lights went back to normal. "to the b-" Hanna's words were interrupted by the darkness that filled the room immediately. "Great." She sighed.
"So, I guess you are not going anywhere." Caleb said, almost sounding like a douchebag.
"Oh, no. I'm going home." She answered getting her way to the door.
Toby was near the window, looking at the dark streets. "I don't think that's a good idea. Maybe you should stay here until the power comes back. It's not safe to drive in the dark and angry. I'm going to get some candles from the kitchen."
"Toby is right. I'm sure it won't take long." Spencer added.
"That's what you said about coming here to get your book, Spencer. You promised it would only take you 5 minutes but we've been here over an hour. And now not only my perfect night got ruined, I'm also stuck here for the rest of night WITH CALEB" The blonde yelled
"And being here with you is such a delight." Caleb said sarcastically.
"Ugh. I can't believe this! Why don't you just shut up and go to sleep with Jenna Marshall or the first slut that crosses your way or whatever." Hanna yelled back.
Toby was back from the kitchen and was standing next to Spencer with a lighted candle on each hand. They looked at each other in shock when they heard that. Hanna and Caleb broke up more than a year ago and both refused to talk about the reason of the break up. Learning that Jenna was responsible of that, was a huge shocker for Spencer and Toby, especially because of the dark past they shared with her.
"Oh My God, you are going to bring that up again?" Caleb looked at the ceiling frustrated and back down at Hanna again "We weren't even together when that happened."
Although, Toby and Spencer were shocked and intrigued at this new information, they knew that staying there and listen to the former couple fight wasn't a good idea. Toby left one candle on the coffee table and took Spencer's hand leading her to his bedroom and shutting the door close. He left the other candle on the nightstand and threw himself to the bed, Spencer laid next to him and looking at each other they busted into laughter. They weren't sure of what was making them laugh, maybe it was because of the randomness of the night or how ridiculously loud the yelling coming from the living room was, but they couldn't stop laughing. They laughed and laughed until they stomachs started to hurt, tears became to fall from their eyes and their laughter became soundless.
"Can you believe that Caleb slept with Jenna?" Spencer asked trying to catch her breath.
"No. But I also can't believe I slept with her." Toby said sounding a little serious.
Spencer sat on the bed and hugged her knees. She looked down at Toby and sighed "I guess we are gonna be here for a while, what do you want to do?" she asked in trying to change the subject, she surely didn't want to remember Toby's past with Jenna or talk about it.
"Mmm." Toby sat next to her and placed his hand on her knee. "I would normally suggest Scrabble or Mad lips but without electricity is kind of impossible, so I was thinking you could show me some of the dancing skills you were bragging about earlier. How about a lap dance, baby?" He lifted an eyebrow and bit his bottom lip trying not laugh at the shocked look in Spencer's face.
"What?" Spencer said annoyed. Could he be serious?
"Maybe you, as the former Capitan of the Rosewood Day's Pole Dance team could give me a demonstration. It was hard not to picture you falling down a pole up si-"
"Ew! You are a perv." The annoyed brunette interrupted Toby and stoop up. "I'm going to go"
Toby was enjoying seeing Spencer so annoyed. It was the perfect revenge for the mockery she had put his girlfriend through. Although he didn't approve Delfina's new job and considered it a bit degrading, she was still his girlfriend and for some unknown reason he loved her. For Toby it wasn't fair the way Spencer had treated the blonde.
"Prude" he called her when she was halfway to the bedroom's door. He knew that if there was one thing Spencer hated to be called was a prude.
Spencer felt her blood coming up to her face. Being called a prude infuriated her, she wasn't one and she hated that people always get the impression that she was one, when she was in fact very open-minded. But she knew Toby was aware of that and him calling her a prude could only mean one thing, he was playing her. And oh, Spencer surely loved to play games.
She turned around and took off her black leather jacket and threw it to the floor sensually. Slowly, she walked towards Toby, her mocha eyes filled with lust, fake lust of course, the light of the candle making her skin glow in a sexy way. Toby, who was sited on the edge of the bed was confused now, he never expect Spencer to react like that, he only wanted to annoy her and laugh a little but this reaction was completely different. She looked sexier than usual. The brunette sat on his lap, both legs on each side of his thighs. She brought a hand to his hair, moving her fingers around in quick, half-hearted circles.
"Spencer? What are you...Spence, I was just..." Toby tried to explain but she interrupted him.
"Shh! You wanted a lap dance and I'm going to give you more than just a lap dance." Her raspy voice sounded sexier when she whispered.
She trailed finger up and down his chest and abs, biting her bottom lip. Toby was frozen; he was enjoying what she was doing, he felt the need to touch her and kiss her .He knew it would be wrong to do it, but he was just guy and Spencer was trying to seduce him. However he decided to do nothing but look at her, he wasn't sure if she was being serious of just teasing and he didn't want to risk looking like an idiot.
Spencer slowly began to unbutton her white gauze blouse. First one button, then a second button, then a third one. She stopped in the third knowing that her white lace bra was now visible and that Toby was staring at her breasts. She got closer to him, looking deeply into his eyes before she whispered to his ear. "You know Toby, two can play this game." She pushed him so he was laid on his back now and she got off his lap giggling and buttoning her blouse again.
The blue-eyed man groaned in frustration. How could he be so naïve and fall for that? It was obvious she was playing and she was good at it. "That was cruel."
"Well, you started it." The brunette said in between laughs. "You should have seen your face Toby, do you really thought I was going to give you a lapdance and strip f-"A pillow hit her on the face. "This is on, bitch." She jumped to his bed and grabbed another pillow and started to hit him with it. He picked out the pillow of the floor and hit her back.
All sudden, the two found themselves jumping in the bed and fighting with the pillows, laughing like kids. That was one of the things Spencer loved the most about being around Toby, he always managed to get her inner kid out and with him she never felt ashamed of being childish. It was just about having fun and being silly, it was refreshing.
"That's going to teach you not to tease me like that, Hastings" Toby said still jumping and hitting her body with his pillow.
"I wouldn't have done that if you didn't call me a prude." She hit Toby's face.
"Prude." Toby kept jumping and covered his face with the pillow.
"Call me prude again and I'm going to kick your ass."
"I don't think you are strong en-"
Spencer tackled him and pushed to him the mattress falling on top of him. Toby pushed her off easily and flipped her around so he could be now on top and tickled her stomach.
"No!" Spencer screamed "Please, Toby! Stop!"
He kept tickling, loving the sound of her laughter. Spencer tried to fight him and make him stop but Toby was stronger than her and she couldn't push him off her. Toby didn't look like he was going to stop the torture any time soon so between laughs she bit his arm, not hard enough to hurt him. He groaned and stopped the tickling, Spencer gain control of the situation and got on top of him again. Toby, not wanting to lose again against Spencer tried to flip her around but they both ended up falling to the floor. Toby on top of Spencer.
"Are you ok?" He asked her, breathing heavily against her chest.
"Yes." She answered beneath him, looking into those deep baby blue eyes that were so close to her. "Do you still going to marry Delfina now that she is a stripper?" She asked sounding serious, neither of them moving from the current position.
"Would you hate me if I do?" He asked softly, removing a strand of hair off her face to look better into her mocha eyes.
Spencer wasn't sure why he was asking her that. She could never hate Toby, not matter what he do, he would never consider hate him. She always thought he knew that but apparently he didn't. She was about to answer this question when a ray of light almost blinded her and forced to close her eyes. The power was back. Toby immediately got off of her and took her hand to help her stand up. Both noticed that the yelling comming from the living room had stopped, wondering how long had they been distracted in their own little world to realize that Hanna and Caleb were silent.
The best friends walked outside of Toby's bedroom to the living room. They both looked at each other with their mouths wide open after seeing what was taking place in the leather couch. It was pretty much what Toby had imagined would happen before knowing Spencer was teasing him. Caleb was shirtless, Hanna's dress was unzipped and she was sitting on his lap, both caught up in a heavy make out session.
Spencer cleared her throat making the former couple to jump off each other. Hanna zipped up her dress as quickly as she could and smiled at her friend, acting like nothing had happened "Ready to go home, Spence?"
Spencer mumbled a yes and shortly after both girls were out of the apartment. "Do you think we can still make it to the bar?" Spencer asked.
"It's almost 2 am, Spencer." Hanna smiled as they walked down the stairs.
"So, are you and Caleb back together?" the curious brunette asked.
"No, I'm not forgiving him that easily." The blonde stated. "But my instincts were right, tonight was the best night ever." Hanna winked her eye at Spencer and smiled. Looking at her she noticed something in one of Spencer's chocolate curls and took it off. "You had this on your hair." She gave Spencer a white feather. "How did it got there? What were you and Toby doing in his bedroom?"
Spencer smiled at the memory of her crazy and random night. "Let's just say I had a pretty great night too."
AN: I think this chapter kind of suck, I hope you don't hate it.
I promise you are going to love next chapter!
xoxo
Amelia.