A/N Hey everyone! This is an early update, yet again. You can thank Siretha for that! She talked me into doing what I promised myself I wouldn't do... So here it is. And this time, I'm not kidding, I'm posting on Thursday the earliest. Sorry, I have to lay down the law here. Not that I don't love you guys, because I do. So, enjoy the early arrival of this chapter!

Chapter 12

Aria, Hanna, and Emily were all sitting in silence when they heard the unmistakable chime of the Hastings' doorbell.

Hanna and Emily both looked at Aria as if it was solely her job to answer the door. Aria got up and opened the large, heavy door.

"Hi, Toby." Aria said, pulling a fake smile.

"Hi… Where's Spencer?" He asked, confused.

"She's upstairs, but we need to explain some things to you before you go up there." Aria said, leading him to the lounge area.

"Alright…" Toby was hesitant. He had no idea what the three girls were about to tell him.

"You need to hear us out without getting upset. Everything we're going to tell you is the cold, hard truth, no matter how much we don't like it." Hanna said.

"We're telling you this because we need your help if we want to help Spencer." Emily added.

"Wai… wha… what does Spencer need help with?" Toby asked.

"We're… she's… umm, confused about something, and we need to know if you know anything about it." Aria stumbled on her words.

Toby nodded to nudge them on to tell him whatever they needed to.

Hanna couldn't take it anymore. "Spencerspregnant." She spoke so fast that her words melded together. Despite that, Toby heard exactly what she said, loud and clear. His eyes widened.

"Then what am I doing here? I didn't do anything like that with her!" Toby shouted. He got up.

"Shh! She'll hear you!" Hanna said. "She's already a wreck to begin with!"

"Toby, sit. We haven't finished yet." Aria said.

"I'm not sitting. Go ahead. Finish." Toby was angry.

Aria took a deep breath. "Spencer thought she was a virgin. I made her take the tests anyway… She had… symptoms. And now she doesn't know how she ended up like this. That's why we called you. Do you remember having any… hazy nights?"

"I… I can't think right now. I need to go up and see her first. Can I? Or are you all intending to hold me down here until you get me to spit something out?" Toby asked.

"You can go. Just, don't yell at her. She's really fragile right now. She's as confused and upset as you are, and maybe even more." Hanna said.

"I won't. I promise." Toby said. He headed upstairs prepared to have a serious chat with his girlfriend. He opened the door to her room and heard sobs from the bathroom. He found Spencer on the floor, crying. She looked up at him and then turned her head, crying even harder. Toby instantly understood her pain and felt compassion for her. He wet a washcloth and wiped her face clean before he picked her up and carried her over to her bed.

She hid her face in shame as the tears rolled down her face. Toby leaned close to her and said, "Spencer, I'm not mad. I want to talk to you."

"I'm… I'm so… sorry… Toby." She just managed to get the words out of her mouth.

"You don't have to be sorry." Toby took her in for a hug. "You need to calm down so we can talk about this and figure it out. I… might know what happened. So please, stop crying."

Spencer forced herself to stop. She looked down, but Toby took light hold of her chin, and turned her face towards his. "I love you, Spencer. We're going to get through this." He said.

"I know… It's just so hard… I mean, I only just found out today." Spencer said. "What did you say? You might know how it happened? Is the baby yours, Toby? Spencer got excited.

"I'm not completely sure. We have to think over certain events." Toby said. "Do remember that morning, oh, well, you wouldn't remember… I woke up first… And left… Well, from what I can remember, which is not much, I… woke up in your bed one morning… naked. I didn't remember this until just now. I hadn't even thought about it after it happened… And I don't know why. Do you remember waking up naked? Think about it for a minute…"

"Well… Now that I think about it, there was one morning… I don't know if I was completely naked or not, but everything is really unclear… But my hair was all messy and I was tangled in the sheets… Oh my God." She said.

"Well, I think we just figured out who got you pregnant!" Toby smiled.

"That's all fine and dandy, but why don't we remember it? I mean, how do I not remember my first time?" Spencer questioned.

"Do you think we were drinking?" Toby asked.

Spencer looked straight at Toby. "We never drink. You know that." Despite her lack of parental guidance during her teenage years, Spencer was always very responsible. She took precaution with every situation.

That's when Spencer's phone beeped. She jumped.

"Who is that?" Toby asked. Now that he knew about Spencer's stalker, he had the knowledge to take a good guess. "Is that…"

Spencer interrupted. "…A." She said. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Toby took a hold of her shoulders, and upon the opening of her eyes, she saw that he was looking right at her.

"It's okay." He said, sympathetically.

Spencer looked down at her phone. New text message, it read. She pressed Open.

I may have slipped a little something into your iced teas… My bad! –A

Spencer shook her head as fluid filled her already tear stung eyes yet again. She gave her phone to Toby so he could read the text. His eyes suddenly filled with anger. But he had to calm down for Spencer. She'd been through enough for one day. He didn't want to make this a big deal, even though it was a big deal.

"Spencer, we're not going to let A get in between us. Ever. We're going to make this work for us so that this baby doesn't become anything more than pure joy for the both of us. That's what a baby is." Toby motioned to Spencer's stomach. "This is our love, only in human form. Our baby is a blessing."

Spencer looked at Toby, this time with happy tears in her eyes. "I love you Toby. Thank you so much." She said.

"You don't have to thank me for anything. It's my job to support and love you and our little baby." Toby replied. It was a seemingly tragic situation, but he was happy. He was in love with the most beautiful girl he had ever met, and she was just as much in love with him. And now they had a baby on the way. "This baby was going to happen sooner or later anyway!" He added. He knew how Spencer always wanted kids. She would often talk about how much she loved being with them and taking care of them; especially babies.

Spencer shot him a shy smile. She leaned in to give him a quick kiss. As their lips touched, she knew that everything was going to be alright. Yes, she was pregnant at only 17, but she was happy, and that was all that mattered.

"Can you go downstairs and see if the girls are still here? I want to let them know what's going on so they can go home." Spencer said.

"Sure." Toby said. He gave her a kiss on her warm forehead and headed into the hallway and down the stairs.

Hanna, Aria, and Emily looked up at him.

"Is she okay?" Emily asked.

"She's just fine." Toby answered. "She wants to see you girls."

Toby led the girls back into Spencer's room, where they huddled around a content looking Spencer.

"The baby is Toby's; I'll explain tomorrow. It's a bit of a story to tell… But, I want to thank you guys for supporting me and being here… I don't know what I'd do without you guys." Spencer said. She took them all in for one, big, loving hug. "You guys can go if you want. I'll see you in school tomorrow."

Emily told Spencer "Call us if you need us, Spence" Before she gave her a hug and left.

"Take care of my little niece or nephew!" Hanna followed Emily out.

"Spence, do you want me to stay? Or is Toby taking care of you?" Aria asked.

Spencer looked at Toby. Toby said. "If you want me to, I'll stay."

"I guess that means I'm headed out!" Aria said. "I love you, talk to you tomorrow." She walked out.

"So it's just you and me!" Toby said as he climbed on to Spencer's full sized bed.

"I think you mean you and I." Spencer corrected him playfully.

A/N Did you all like it? I sure enjoyed Toby's return. He'll be in the next few chapters also. He's not going anywhere! Please review! It helps me write, and makes me really really happy! See you all next chapter!