Author's Note: Today totally sucked but I am so determined to get this done that I've decided to abandon Spanish homework. Adios Español. Hasta la vista (y no puedo poner el signo de exclamacion invertida, pero...no me opines)! I probably just murdered that Spanish and I'm half Mexican. Tu eres un fracaso, Kayson...

Day Thirty-Two: I'll Be Waiting by Adele

Hanna winced as she watched her boyfriend and Holden across the table act like idiots.

"Jesus, did I make a mistake agreeing to go out with him?"

Luckily, her best friend quickly came to rescue her. Spencer placed her tray down beside Hanna, distracting Caleb and Holden from whatever it was that they were doing. She sat down with a sigh.

"What's up with you?" Hanna asked as she watched Spencer pick up her lunch and then put it down abruptly.

Spencer sighed. "Kind of annoying watching obnoxious couples make out in front of your locker when you really don't want anything to do with Valentine's Day," she answered.

"I'm worried I'm about to see them start making out," Hanna said as she looked at Holden and Caleb.

Caleb was about to say something in their defense when Emily and Toby walked up to the table.

"Where's Aria?" Emily asked before sitting down next to Spencer.

"Art club meeting or something," Spencer answered as she crossed her arms and glared at her lunch.

Emily shrugged dismissively. She turned to Spencer. "How many carnations did you get?" she asked.

"I got like seven pink ones and a red one. Says it's from anonymous, but I already know it's from Andrew," she said glumly.

"Hasn't Andrew had a crush on you since, like, the seventh grade?" Hanna asked.

"Yeah, but he's not good with hints," Spencer said before picking up her water bottle.

"Is anyone going on a date later besides Hanna and Caleb?" Emily asked.

There was a moment of hesitation. Finally, Toby spoke for the first time since getting to the table. "I am," he answered finally.

The whole table turned to face him. One pair of brown eyes bore into his more than the rest.

"Who is it?" Holden asked.

"Just…a girl in my calculus class," he answered dismissively.

Spencer looked away, not wanting to think about it anymore. Hanna looked over her shoulder at Spencer to see her reaction. Emily just sat back uncomfortably. The mood of the whole table obviously changed.

Spencer finally spoke up. "She must be a saint to have to put up with you," she said before taking her tray and getting up from the table. Toby was speechless.

Hanna looked at everyone at the table before running off to follow Spencer.

When Hanna finally caught up with Spencer in front of her locker about three minutes later, Spencer was pacing around in the hallway.

"Hey. So I take it you're not too happy about Toby's date?" Hanna asked.

Spencer gave Hanna her signature look. "It doesn't matter to me."

Hanna rolled her eyes. "Spencer, you can't pull that 'It doesn't matter' bullshit. We share the same X chromosome. I know it's just BS," she said abruptly.

Spencer was kind of impressed. "Wow, Hanna. It seems as though you actually paid attention in Bio this quarter."

Hanna smiled brightly. "Yup. Spermatogenesis and oogenesis. Those are the biggest words I know now. And I even know how to spell them. S-P-E—"

"Okay, Hanna, this isn't a spelling bee. You don't have to go all Spencer on me," Spencer told her with a laugh.

Hanna just smiled. "I at least got you to laugh. Can you please tell me what's going on with you and Toby?"

Spencer shrugged. "I just…miss him. I know I really only went out with him for a month but…I don't know, I just got those butterflies in my chest every time I saw him. It was weird," she recalled as she leaned against her locker.

"Okay, you guys were dating for longer than a month; it just wasn't official. It was more like a five month deal. And don't give me those doe eyes. I know that you and he used to rendezvous in last period prep behind the gym. I have my spies," the blonde told her smugly.

"I'm going to get Caleb back," Spencer muttered quietly. She sighed. "I feel so stupid saying all of this. But he was like…you, almost. He practically knows me more than I know myself. I was really stupid and immature and…I just wasn't thinking when I broke up with him," she lamented.

Hanna rolled her eyes. "That's really melodramatic, Spence. Why are you telling me all of this, anyway? I mean, your passive-aggressiveness with him aside, I think you two are adorable and you're both to freaking scared to admit that you're scared. Just tell him! You were too cute when you guys were together. You're my OTP," she told Spencer.

A week later, Spencer and Toby were sitting awkwardly on Toby's front steps, waiting for Holden and Emily to get there so they could all study together.

Spencer felt awkward as she rubbed her palms against her jeans. She started to feel really guilty for things she was leaving unsaid. But she was willing to admit everything she had done wrong and confess her sins and be a better, nicer, more giving person and all that crap Hanna told her to say.

She looked over and realized she really wanted him to hold her. She looked down at the steps again insecurely. Maybe even the mention of the word love…

"I wonder where they are," Toby said, interrupting her internal monologue.

She looked over at him. "Can we talk about…stuff between us?"

He gave her a skeptical, not mocking look (so uncharacteristic of him).

"I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry…for being a bitch to you and I probably should've been nicer."

"What are you talking about?"

She glared at him. "You know what I'm talking about."

"Well, what do you want me to say? I'm so happy you're still reliving crap that happened like three months ago?" he asked.

She gave him a fake laugh. "You're so insufferable! I'm trying to apologize to you when you're the one who brought on half of that crap and now you're patronizing me?"

He rolled his eyes. "You've always had this idea that everyone is out to get you, Spencer. I wasn't trying to patronize you," he answered.

She crossed her arms. "I can't wait for Emily and Holden to get here. You're unendurable."

"And stop using big words, okay? It's annoying."

"Well do I make you feel like an idiot when I use big words?"

"Yeah, and it's annoying. You always have to be the smart one."

"It's better than you having the pleasure or an excuse to call me stupid."

"You're not stupid. You're the smartest person I know. But you have this 'Better than you' vibe."

"I don't think that!"

"You seem like you do!"

"You're impossible."

"You're really pretty."

She was about to say something else, but realized what he had just said. "Really? You think I'm pretty?"

"You're the prettiest girl I've ever met," he confessed quietly.

She was about to say something else, but Emily and Holden came walking up to the Cavanaugh house.

"What did we miss?" Emily asked.

Spencer and Toby both said nothing as Spencer reached for Toby's hand.

MizzIsTheFizz: They don't really happen that often, but it happens more often when my stress and freaking out is mixed with physical activity. Thank you! I tried.

AL3110:IDK what your face looks like, but I like dark red or ombre maybe, but it has to be done by a good colourist.

NewEnglandMuggleGirl: Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it!

eveningshades1107: Well I did this Spoby twist on friends and did it Spoby as passive-aggressive frenemies, which is actually drawn from my real life, if you really want to know the whole story, but I'm sure nobody does since my life is not a play (unlike Marina *cough* Electra Heart). Yeah, I miss those review-convos. And where's Maria? Oh, Maria! Where are you? I miss her. Anyway, I was calling for you; maybe it'll work for her. Ugh, Abby is just...evil. That woman is evil. I read the case file that the Hylands have against her and the company which produces DM and I feel so bad for poor Paige! Apparently she's so scarred by Abby's constant harassment, she gets panic attacks (ugh, hate those) and she actually has emotional damage. Ugh, that makes me so mad, especially since Paige seems like she'd be so sweet and she never talks back! No, no, no, of course not. Abby never blames anything on Maddie. And I laughed! I was watching a season one episode where Paige forgot her solo and Abby said it was an embarrassment and completely and utterly unacceptable that Paige ran offstage when she forgot and LO AND BEHOLD, MADDIE DOES THE SAME THING NOT A SEASON LATER. And what does Maddie get? A rub on the back. And I beg to differ. Okay, I haven't seen every single episode of Glee ever, but I've seen pretty much all of seasons 1, 3, and 4 and there are not nearly as many plotholes as in PLL, but maybe I wasn't really paying enough attention. Then again, I don't think Glee needs to be as consistent because stuff that already happened isn't nearly as relevant as it is in PLL. I just can't bring myself to watch Glee without Cory Monteith (RIP). Not sure when the AU will get posted, but I've been staring at it for a while :/ I think she should get fired because we had a quiz today and I swear she didn't talk about half the things on the test and she COMPLAINED when we were asking her questions about some things on the test. No, no, no, I think the sexiest thing ever on this show was Ezra's eye-sex with chickpeas (I may despise his relationship with Aria and sometimes even him, but his relationship with chickpeas? OTP right there).

Okay, I'm going to wrap this up quickly and I do not have time to bitch and moan and complain about my life right now even though it's bs and today was awful because my momalach will be here any minute.

The next one-shot will be I Am Not A Robot by Marina and the Diamonds and I'm CRYING AND SCREAMING TEARS OF SWEET HAPPINESS because I've been waiting for this one-shot ever since I started this thing.

Don't forget to comment/rate/subscribe and oops that's YouTube again. I've been watching too much Swoozie and Jenna Marbles and Nigahiga and ADoseOfBuckley lately (who is basically a Canadian, male, more obscene version of me, at least, when it comes to ranting).

Bye! -Kayson