Author's Note: I am doing this just as fast as I can, so I'm sorry, no responses tonight!

Day Twelve: Clarity by Zedd ft. Foxes

I wondered what ever brought Spencer Hastings and Toby Cavanaugh together.

While I was still "alive", I would never have pictured the two of them together. Spencer was an alpha, born to lead, born to fight, and born to win. Toby was simple, didn't wish for much, and believed in hope. Hope, the fabled maiden who guides the naïve, innocent souls through the darkness, sometimes off a cliff, sometimes into a pool of crystalline, sweet water. I'd say the former is much likelier.

But, as "dead" Alison (i.e, me) observed, they both changed drastically. Spencer still had to be the best at everything, but she got more independent, and therefore, fell from favor on the social hierarchy of Rosewood High. Hanna gained the popularity with her sidekick, Mona Vanderwaal, and quickly disposed of Emily and Spencer. Emily, of course, had her quasi-friends in the jocks. Spencer, however, was left alone. Maybe that made her more like Toby Cavanaugh than she ever realized.

On the other hand, Toby had taken the fall for our stupidity, a move Spencer would never make. She would surely have sold us all out.

I never thanked him for what he did for us and I likely never will. At least, not until I grow up a little more. I'm cold and heartless.

But looking at the two of them, I'm happy for them both. Even though there was a time I genuinely thought I hated Toby Cavanaugh, he made Spencer happy. Friends want their friends' happiness.

I saw how he looked at her and I found myself growing jealous. Jealousy wore away to warmth and I could feel their love.

Well, it certainly complicated things.

I watched the flounder helplessly as A ruined everything. It was an overly-dramatic romance movie.

As much as Spencer wouldn't want to admit it, she actually needed him; he kept her sane and grounded (well, if you don't count that Toby-induced stint at Radley). Conversely, he needed her. She made him happy, probably for one of the first times in his miserable life. She gave him confidence and strength, much like that he gave back to her.

I thought, somewhat selfishly, of how I fit in this whole equation. I wondered if I was a catalyst in any way. I guess my "death" was. But I still wonder if they'd be together, had my "death" never happened.

Fate, maybe, might have brought them together anyhow. I saw it as they were soulmates.

Fate and the stars pulling them together aside, they belonged together.

Admittedly, I think I was pro-Wrencer when I went into hiding (that's Wren + Spencer, for those of you still stuck in the 70's). After seeing their fight for each other, though, I was pro-Spoby (Spencer + Toby).

Maybe it was my own change in character that prompted my change in heart. I became less angry about everything. It didn't feel real, especially after the hell I put him through. Wasn't he supposed to be bitter? Wasn't he supposed to hold that grudge and use it against me, especially then, as I was down? That was what I had been taught for most of my life, anyway.

"Alison?" Spencer asked, breaking me out of my deep thought.

She came out of the bathroom wearing this silky blue robe. Her hair was gathered into a haphazard bun in the back of her head.

I was at hers, Hanna's, and Emily's apartment. Hanna and Emily were in Hanna's room, while Spencer and I were in her room. Spencer had wanted me to help her get ready.

Out of all the girls, Spencer was the most forgiving and understanding when I came back. She was just as stoic as the rest of the Hastings, but more understanding than Hanna, Emily, or Aria.

"Can you help me pick out a dress for this party?" she asked before she walked into the closet.

Though she didn't see it, a small smile crossed my cupid bow lips. I was really happy I was here with her.

"Spence, you look amazing," I said as I watched her put in her earrings.

"Thanks, Ali," she said as she searched for the second earring in her jewelry box.

I was about to say something else, but there was an urgent knock on the door. Hanna quickly entered the room with Emily following.

"Are you ready? You're going to be late to your own engagement party," Emily said to Spencer, barely acknowledging my presence.

"Yeah. Are you ready, Alison?" Spencer asked me as she closed her jewelry box.

"Yes." I looked at Spencer's bare hand. "Oh, Spencer! You forgot your ring," I said, scolding her for a bit as I recovered her ring and handed it to her.

She smiled as she slid it on her finger. "I can't get used to it on my finger," she confessed as she moved it in the light, making it sparkle. I smiled at her.

Later on, at the party, I caught up with the future Mr. & Mrs. Cavanaugh.

"Are you guys planning on moving in together?" I asked curiously before taking a sip of pink champagne.

"We're actually looking for a house together," Toby told me before giving Spencer a loving look.

I smiled. "How many bedrooms?"

Spencer narrowed her eyes, but I could tell she was both curious and challenged by my question. "Alison, are you insinuating something?"

I smirked. "Not really. I'm just asking you the question that everybody wants to know."

Spencer and Toby both waited for more.

"Are you planning on having kids anytime soon?"

They both shifted uncomfortably.

"We've been trying already," Spencer revealed, glancing over at her fiancé nervously. I saw Toby put his arm around her waist protectively.

I smiled. "Well, I hope it happens soon," I said to them.

I was about to leave, but I turned around to watch him kiss her sweetly.

"I hope one day to have a love like you two do. It's like some sort of Shakespearean romance, but…with a happy ending," I said abruptly.

Spencer gave me a genuine smile before taking his hand in hers.

"He's my remedy," she said, "for…all the insanity and horrible things in this world."

She placed her head on his shoulder, right between his head and shoulder. Perfect fit.

"You guys are too perfect," I repeated.

Toby smiled, and in his eyes, I saw forgiveness. I had finally been forgiven by him for all my misdoings.

So this was what forgiveness felt like.

Okay, next one shot is Total Eclipse of the Heart. -Kayson