A/N: I'm back! New chapter for you all :) I think you'll really like this one. And it's over 3,000 words! I'm very happy with it. Let me know what you think!

Chapter 18

Spencer pulled up to The Grille, and not only did she find a parking space right in front, but she found Toby waiting at the door. She parked, got out of her car, and locked it before greeting her boyfriend with a kiss hello.

"Well hello there." Toby said, in response to the kiss.

"Hey." She said back, biting her lip.

"I'm glad you're here, Spence." He said as he led her into the restaurant.

"So am I." She replied.

Toby grabbed Spencer's hand as they walked behind the hostess to their table. "What do you want to eat?" He asked, as they were seated.

She answered. "Well, I could go for either just appetizers, or just dessert. Your choice." She sneakily looked over to the dessert menu, but Toby caught her.

"Well, it looks to me like you want coffee, so we'll go with dessert." He said. Spencer smiled, it seemed that he always knew what was in her best interest, and tried to make it that way. He always put his wants aside for hers.

Not long after, their waiter came by and asked for their orders. Toby took care of it. The two hadn't even discussed what they wanted, but Toby knew exactly what to order. "She would like a black coffee, two sugars, and I'll take a coffee with one creamer and one sugar. And then we'll have the cherry cheesecake to share." He knew that cherry cheesecake was her favorite. Whenever they would go out, that's what she would always order. She even attempted to make it on her own once, and although she was not satisfied with the result, Toby thought it was one of the most delicious things he had ever eaten. The waiter left to put in their order, which was sure to come out in a few minutes. But Toby took those few minutes as an opportunity.

"Would you like to know why you're here?" Toby asked.

"I know why I'm here. I'm here to have a mini date with you before we part ways for what may be more than 12 hours!" She answered.

Toby laughed that her sarcasm. "You're here because I have something special to give you." He said.

"But you've already given me so many special things… Your love, a baby… What more could you possibly give me?" She questioned, confused.

"I wanted to give you this." He said, as he pulled out of his pocket. It was a tiny ring box. "It's a promise ring, for now, but we both know that it's going to turn into something more as time goes by." He said, as he opened the box. He looked into her eyes and put the open box down on the table in front of her. "This is my promise to be here for you, always. This is my promise to never leave. This is my promise to take care of you and our baby, forever. This is my promise to love you."

At that point, Spencer's eyes gleamed with happy tears. She didn't say a word. Toby slipped the ring out of the box. It was simple, a thin gold band with a small, but noticeable diamond mounted on it. He took her left hand. It seemed like she was frozen. She was so immersed in surprise and amazement that she lost control of her body function, and only had the ability to sit there with tears in her eyes and a smile on her face. Toby gently slid the ring onto the ring finger, and she was in awe as she looked down and found the ring, beautifully displayed on her finger. It was just the right size.

Spencer didn't even think. She just stood up from her chair, leaned over the table, and kissed her wonderful boyfriend. He didn't refuse. When their lips disconnected, Spencer finally found words. "I love you." She said. Toby just smiled.

"Thank you." Spencer added. "You didn't need to do that."

Toby commented. "But I did. I needed you to know that you're the one for me."

Spencer buried her face in her hands, hiding the huge smile that wiped across her face.

They were momentarily interrupted when their coffee and cake came. Toby immediately took a swipe of whipped cream from the plate and wiped it on Spencer's nose. Spencer then returned the favor. They took their napkins and cleaned each other up before sipping their coffees and starting to eat their fairly large slice of cheesecake. When they were finished, Toby, being a gentleman, took care of the bill, and led Spencer outside of the restaurant.

"I don't want to leave you." Spencer said, realizing she would have to part ways with Toby, even for a small amount of time.

"I don't want you to leave either. But your friends are waiting. You'll have fun with them, and then I'll see you tomorrow." Toby responded.

Spencer was still not content with the idea. "Text me later?" She asked.

"I will. Take care of my baby." He requested. He said it almost a little too loudly.

"I will." Spencer said, before they parted ways.

She once again hopped in her car and drove home. She entered the house to find her three friends sitting right where they were when she left. They all looked very excited for Spencer to be back.

"What are you all so perky about?" Spencer questioned.

Hanna answered her. "The plans you were begging us to tell you about all morning! DUH!"

"Then can you tell me now?" Spencer asked.

Aria said, "Nope. We have to order dinner first… Wait, Spence, did you eat?" She started talking again before Spencer could even make a sound. "Wait, it doesn't even matter. You're eating for two anyway!"

Spencer blushed as she was finally able to put her bag and keys down. She took a seat on the couch between Hanna and Emily while Aria found a pizza menu and started to order.

"Soo…" Hanna said as she nudged Spencer.

"So what?" She asked.

Emily asked, "How was the date? What happened? Why did he ask you to come?"

"It was good, we talked, and he missed me. That was all." She replied. She tried to hide the ring on her finger. She wasn't going to take it off, but she didn't want the girls to see it yet.

Aria interrupted them. She called over to Spencer. "Hey, Spence, what does the baby want?" She was still on the phone, ordering.

Spencer shook her head. "Umm, I guess I'm in the mood for a white pizza?" She questioned herself.

Aria said, "Yeah. A plain and a white... That's it… Okay, thanks. Bye." To the person on the phone.

She walked back over to the group and said, "Okay, I ordered a plain and a white. Should be here in 15 minutes!"

"I'll go get some plates." Spencer said as she got up and headed over to the cabinet where they kept paper plates. Emily chased after her and said, "No, go sit, I've got it."

Spencer wasn't about to fight over it, so she did a she was told and sat back down. When Emily got back, they girls continued to question Spencer on her date with Toby. Spencer told them how Toby knew exactly what to order, and then they just talked about their days. But the girls were still suspicious when the doorbell rang alerting them to the fact that the pizza was there. Aria and Emily went to the door to fetch their food, leaving Hanna with a moment alone with Spencer.

"Are you sure nothing else happened?" She asked Spencer softly. "You looked really happy when you got home. I won't tell, I promise."

"Han, nothing else happened. If something happened, I would tell you. I was just happy to see him. My boyfriend makes me happy. Is that weird?" Spencer answered.

Hanna rolled her eyes at Spencer as Emily and Aria came back with two boxes of pizza. They sat down and opened the boxes, ready to dig in, when Spencer suddenly said, "OH MY GOODNESS."

Everyone was instantly alert. "What? WHAT?" Hanna yelled. "Are you okay?" Emily asked.

"I… I just forgot that I'm not supposed to be drinking coffee… And I've been drinking it like I normally do…" Spencer said, sounding disappointed in herself. For Spencer, a "normal" amount of coffee was at least six cups daily.

The girls took a sigh of relief. "I thought you were in pain or something. You really scared us, Spence." Aria said.

Emily added. "It's not so bad, just don't drink anymore. Everything's going to be fine." Hanna went over to Spencer and gave her a hug of reassurance. "It's fine, I don't think it's even been scientifically proven that coffee can hurt the baby. Like Emily said, just don't drink it."

Spencer sat and pulled a slice of pizza from the round pie. The others followed suit. Spencer asked them to forget about the baby for a bit and just talk about their days at school. Spencer was definitely enjoying being the center of attention, but the anxiety that the baby talk caused her could get overwhelming.

After they had finished eating, Aria volunteered to throw out the plates, as well as their plastic cups that they used for their ginger ale. When she had finished, she turned to Spencer and asked, "Are you okay? Everything's good?" and Spencer replied with a simple "Yeah" and a quick smile. Aria wanted to make sure that it was okay for them to proceed with the plans that had caused so much excitement.

"We're ready, girls!" Aria shouted. They started to head up to Spencer's room, bringing Spencer along with them. She was confused, yet excited. They all sat down on the bed, facing each other.

Aria started off, saying, "Who wants to explain?"

Hanna said, "I'll do it." before turning herself towards Spencer. "Well, Aria was telling us about this "Wife's Tale" thingy…" Spencer cut her off. "I don't believe in Wife's Tales." And she started moving in an effort to get off the bed, when Emily grabbed her arm. "Come on, Spence. Have some fun!" Spencer repositioned herself on the bed, hesitantly.

Hanna continued. "So anyway, in this thing, you dangle a needle from a thread over your belly, and if it swings in a circle, it's a boy, but if it swings back and forth, it's a girl. Some people do it with a ring, but since you don't have one, the needle will have to make do."

Spencer bit her lip. "Well, actually…" Everyone looked at her. "I do have a ring." She rose up her hand so everyone could see. Emily's eyes widened, Aria's jaw dropped, and Hanna smiled with delight. Spencer continued. "It's only a promise ring, but…"

Emily cut her off. "Only a promise ring?!"

"Congratulations!" Hanna yelled.

Aria took her hand and examined the ring. "Wow!" She said. "It's real!"

Spencer smiled through the excitement of her friends. She was just as excited as they were. She was happy to finally tell them. Keeping that secret to herself had been killing her, even though it was only for a couple of hours.

"We have to do this now." Aria said. Hanna squealed. "Lie down! She said.

Spencer rolled her eyes as the girls made space for her to lie down. As her head hit the pillow, she removed the ring from her finger for the first time and handed it to Aria who already had a thread at the ready. Aria tied the string to the ring, ensuring that it wouldn't get lost.

When Emily began pulling up Spencer's shirt, Spencer shrugged away, and said, "Woah! What are you doing?"

Emily replied. "Pulling up your shirt, what do you think I'm doing?"

"Is that really necessary? Spencer asked.

Hanna answered for Emily. "Yeah, it is. Now get back over here."

Spencer lay back down, and Emily continued lifting her shirt, revealing her belly. At the instant her friends saw the barely noticeable bump, they broke out in a chorus of AWWWWWWWW!

Aria had seen it a couple days prior, but Hanna and Emily had not. The first thing to come out of Hanna's mouth was, "Have you been moisturizing? You don't want stretch marks."

Spencer replied saying, "Stretch marks are going to be the least of my problems."

Aria was ready to start performing this action that would supposedly tell them if the baby was a girl or a boy. She was very impatient. "Are we finished now? I'm kind of anxious here!"

Hanna just rolled her eyes while Emily gestured Aria to go ahead and start.

Aria held the string, from which dangled Spencer's new ring. She lowered her hand, allowing the ring to touch Spencer's belly once, twice, and three times before finally lifting it and just holding it still. At first, it didn't move, but after a few seconds, the ring started to gently swing back and forth.

Spencer spoke up while the others were focused on the swinging ring. "No, Aria. You're doing that."

Aria refuted. "No, Spence. Look at my hand. It's completely still. Seriously."

Spencer rolled her eyes. She was convinced that this was a total fluke.

"Let me try." Emily said. She took the string from Aria's hand and took a turn herself, touching the ring once, twice, three times to Spencer's belly before lifting. The ring did the same as when Aria had done it. It started to swing back and forth. "Watch my hand, Spence. I'm not doing anything." She paused, and continued upon the coming of another thought. "And back and forth means it's a girl… I was honestly kind of hoping for a boy… So if I was faking this, I would have swung it in circles, wouldn't I?" She said, matter-of-factly. Spencer just shrugged.

"My turn!" Hanna said. She followed Aria and Emily's actions, and the ring was once again swinging back and forth. "GIRL!" She yelled. "It's official!"

"Nothing is official- not even an ultrasound can give 100% correct results." Spencer said. She tried to make it like she didn't believe that she was in fact having a girl, but she was thinking at this point that it might be true. But she cracked. "…Toby thinks it's a girl. He said he could feel it in his heart…" She started to grin slightly. Just the thought of Toby made her smile.

The girl's faces all lit up. Toby was really a sweet guy. He cared so much for Spencer. Hanna removed the ring from the thread and gave it back to Spencer. Her fingers brushed Spencer's bump as she said, "I wish me and Caleb were like this…" And she sighed.

Spencer knew that Hanna wasn't thinking straight. Even she would have realized how dumb that was if she had thought it through. "Oh, okay, go and get yourself pregnant at seventeen, and then tell me if you still wanna be like Toby and I. Just try it out." She said sarcastically.

Hanna then realized what she had said. "Sorry… It's just been a little rough with Caleb. I got a little jealous… I mean, now you guys have a baby, and he gave you a ring… I just wish Caleb was a little more committed." She confessed.

Spencer sat up, her shirt falling back into its place, covering up the skin that was previously uncovered. She moved over to Hanna and gave her a tight hug. "You and Caleb are going to be just fine. He's just going through a rough spot right now. And I'm sure that, when you get older, and it's time appropriate, you'll have a baby and a ring too. Trust me, it's better later than now." She said, trying to console her worried friend.

"Thanks Spencer." Hanna said in reply. She seemed to be stable, so Emily said, "Now that we have good reason to believe that the little munchkin in there is a girl, we can move on with our plans!"

"Move on? There's more?" Spencer asked. How could they possibly have planned more that this? It was a sleepover… They were supposed to pig out, watch chick-flicks and talk about boys… Well, they were obviously more focused on babies than boys now, but Spencer wondered why they would go through all this trouble to make plans around her. Were they really that interested in this baby? She knew that her friend wanted to be involved, and that was understandable, but it seemed that Hanna, Aria and Emily had some sort of… baby fever?

"Yes, there's more!" Aria confirmed. She hopped off the bed and walked to her bag in the corner, from which she pulled her laptop. She walked back towards the rest of the girls and laid her laptop down.

Spencer spoke before Aria could open her mouth. "You're not gonna make me watch Teen Mom, are you?" She asked.

Hanna answered with a simple, "Nope!"

"Juno?" She questioned again.

"We wouldn't do that to you Spence." Emily said. "Those are so fake!"

"Oh, please don't tell me we're going to watch those pregnancy documentaries." She pleaded.

Aria intervened. "No, Spencer. We're not watching any of that. In fact, we aren't watching anything at all! We are going online window shopping." She said, making a big deal. "And going on the guess that it's a girl, we can look at all the girl stuff!"

Spencer was actually getting a little excited. But she tried to remind herself that it might not be a girl. Not that she wouldn't love a boy just as much, but if she went on thinking that it was a girl, and it turned out to be a boy, it might not end well. "Window shopping only." She told the girls. "I don't want a bunch of girl clothes lying around if it turns out to be a boy, okay?"

"We promise." Aria, Hanna and Emily said in unison.

A/N: Were you guys surprised? Are you happy? What do you want to happen next? What do you think will happen next? Let me know in a review or private message! I hope you guys are liking this story! -Amanda :)