"Hey, not to ruin the moment, but I need to use the lady's room." Spencer stated as she stood up. "Could you come with me, Han?"
"Sure, I could use a trip to the restrooms."
Together the two of them walked off towards the restrooms and left Caleb and I to watch their stuff.
"So, how long have you and Spencer been together?" Caleb asked me.
"We've been friends for a long time, but it wasn't anything more than that until recently."
"Is she the one you missed so much and always talked about?"
"Yeah, there isn't much I missed in Rosewood, but I did miss her. And then once I finally got back I had to wait a few days before I could finally talk to her." I told him and laughed remembering how Caleb would complain about how love sick I was for Spencer.
"That's a tough break, man." He laughed shaking his head. "I can understand you a little more though, now that I have Hanna. We haven't been together long but I don't think I could handle a year without her."
"It sure as hell wasn't easy, and I wouldn't have left if I had more of a choice." I sighed.
"You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. You know better than anyone that there are things in the past I don't like bringing up. But what exactly did happen?"
"Spencer and Hanna were friends with a girl named Alison, she was the queen bee and a total you know what. She didn't like me because I was the one guy that didn't give the time of day. When she found out that Spencer and I were hanging out she tried to get us to stop. But we never listened."
"So what, did the control freak decide to make you pay for going against her?" He asked sarcastically and I laughed despite myself at his description of Alison.
"It was the 4th of July back in '09. I was cleaning out the garage and Jenna came in…to talk." I told him and vaguely hinted at what Caleb already knew. "I was trying to make her leave when the door slightly opened. At first I thought it was wind but then I saw somebody throw something in. A few seconds later a firecracker went off and the shed caught on fire. I was standing closer to the door so I could've gotten out. But Jenna was stuck and I decided to help her."
"You're a lot nicer than I am." Caleb mumbled.
"The fire spread really fast since there were a lot of cardboard boxes. I was trying to figure out the best way to get out when Spencer came running in. She helped both of get out, but the worst part came after we got out of the garage. The glass in the windows shattered and flew everywhere. I got a couple of cuts on my arm but Spencer and Jenna…"
"Is that how they ended up…?" He asked quietly with a sympathetic look and I merely nodded.
"Someone saw the fire and called the fire department. All three of us were taken to the hospital. I was treated for the cuts from the glass and I also had a burn on my leg. The nurse stepped out for a minute and Alison came in. Told me that I was going to take the blame because someone had to and it wasn't going to be her."
"Of course she was going to shift the blame to someone else and get off clean." Caleb rolled his eyes.
"I told her to leave me alone and that I wouldn't do it. Then she said if I didn't Spencer would get hurt more than she already was. I made the mistake of asking about Spencer and Alison threw it in my face that she probably wouldn't be able to see again. She said it was my fault, that if I hadn't been friends with Spencer, she wouldn't have run in and would still be okay."
"That's a load of bull! I've known Spencer for an hour, but I already known that she's stubborn but she cares. I'd bet anything that she would've run in whether she knew you or not. Something tells me that Spencer never put up with Alison's crap so she was glad to get you both out of her way."
"Regardless, she still got hurt helping me." I said staring at the ground.
"No, she got hurt because of Alison." He insisted, he reminded me a lot of Spencer when it came to the stubbornness department. "You got to stop blaming yourself for stuff, man."
"I know, but that's easy said than done." I nodded. "Thanks for listening though. Spencer has said the same thing a lot but when you say it, I believe it a little more."
"Well then, you should listen to Spencer because she's right. And you're welcome, not that I had a choice really, you always get stuff off your chest whether I want to hear it or not." He said sarcastically but I knew he really meant what he said.
"Hey, you've done your fair share of talking stuff out too. And you were the one that brought it up." I pointed out.
"Yeah, yeah whatever," He mumbled.
"Caleb! Toby!" Hanna shouted as she ran over to us. How she did in those heels I'll never know.
"What's wrong?" Caleb asked her.
"Where's Spencer?" I asked at the same time immediately noticing her absence.
"I was hoping she found her way back here." She said sounding really worried.
"We haven't seen her since you two left for the bathrooms." Caleb told her.
"No, no, no, no, no! I was afraid of this." Hanna said and she was really starting to freak out and so was I.
"Why, what happened?" Caleb asked, he seemed a bit panicked but he was handling this better than me and Hanna.
If something happened to Spencer, I don't know what I'd do.
"I told Spencer I was waiting outside since I hate public restrooms. I walked a few feet away to throw my gum in the trash. Then Melissa came out of nowhere and wanted to know where Spencer was. I told her she was in the bathroom then she left with Ian." She explained quickly then paused to catch her breath. "I went back to the bathroom and the door was closed. But not just closed its jammed shut. I think Spencer might be stuck inside."
"Calm down, Hanna, maybe she left when you were talking to Melissa." Caleb said to relax Hanna but I didn't believe it and I'm sure he didn't believe it himself either.
"No, she wouldn't do that. She's really independent and thinks she doesn't need help, but she wouldn't go off on her own like that." Hanna insisted.
"Hanna's right, Spencer wouldn't do that." I spoke up. "Come on; let's go get that door open."
I headed towards the restrooms at a fast pace. Caleb was right beside me and somehow Hanna was keeping up with us. Caleb and I tried without success to open the door. And it wasn't a weak door that you could bust open like you see in the movies.
"Need help?" Someone asked and I turned around to see Garrett Reynolds.
"Yeah, you didn't happen to bring a crow bar did you?" Caleb told him as we moved out of the way.
Garrett laughed at some private joke and then stared at the door for a bit.
"I didn't bring a crow bar, but ironically enough that's what's keeping the door shut." He commented as he pulled on the piece of metal wedged between the door and the frame.
"How did we not see that?" Caleb mumbled as he face palmed.
"Out of my way!" Hanna demanded and I had forgotten she was there. "Spencer! Spencer, are you okay?"
I couldn't see inside the bathroom from where I was standing but I could hear Spencer's reply. "Where's Toby?"
"I'm right here." I told her as I pushed past Garrett.
Hanna wrapped her arm around a trembling Spencer and brought her out of the bathroom. Hanna walked Spencer over to a bench and sat her down.
"I was so worried, Spence. Are you alright?" I asked as I sat down beside her and hugged her close.
"I am now." She said quietly.
"Spencer, you are not alright! You were trapped in a bathroom!" Melissa stated and she did not look happy.
"Yeah, Melissa, I know. I was there." Spencer told her with heavy sarcasm.
I struggled to hold back a laugh because I knew that would make Melissa worse. Melissa ignored Spencer comment and started shouting at Garrett.
"Garrett! How did this happen? I thought you were in charge of security to make sure things didn't get out of hand? You're lucky she's not hurt!"
"Calm down, Honey." Ian said coming to stand beside her.
"Don't tell me to calm down!" Melissa shouted him and moved away.
"I really am sorry, Melissa, but this was accident. And Spencer is fine so there's no need to be so upset." Garrett tried to smooth things over but Melissa didn't look like she was letting this go.
"No, it wasn't." Melissa said quietly but you could still hear a threat. "Come on, Spencer, let's go home. You've been through enough tonight."
Melissa was right, Spencer had been through a lot, but I didn't want to let her out of my sight after what just happened.
"Thanks for worrying about me, Mel, but I want to stay with my friends." Spencer told her.
"No, you're not; you're coming home with me and Ian. I don't want you hanging out with him, and I'm sure Mom and Dad would agree." Melissa demanded and I knew she meant me when she said him.
"Of course they would agree with you, Melissa, they always do." Spencer stated and then smiled as if she knew something that Melissa didn't. "But I'm not hanging out with Toby, I'm on date."
I was surprised by Spencer's words and didn't see what came next coming. Spencer's lips found mine and in front of Caleb, Hanna, Melissa, Ian, and Garrett, we kissed like nobody else was around. Eventually I heard Caleb coughing and Hanna pretending to gag. Spencer and I pulled away laughing.
"About time, I was getting ready to follow Melissa, Ian, and Garrett and leave you two." Hanna stated trying to sound mad but I knew she wasn't.
"Not that they would have noticed." Caleb mumbled.
"Give us a break; I've heard that the two of you are not shy on PDA." Spencer called them out.
"Spencer Hastings the girl who is always absolutely right about everything." Hanna sighed dramatically and then all four of us burst out laughing.
I never thought I would think this. But I couldn't wait to have another double date with Hanna and Caleb. I had fun tonight and I was happy. To quote Spencer, I was cautiously optimistic that everything would be alright.
So I want to begin with a shout-out to caitycaites this chapter was for you. I hope it gave you what you wanted to know about the Spencer/Jenna Thing. And I hope the rest of you enjoyed as well. I was originally going to do it as a flashback but it didn't work out so sorry for not having one this time. But I'll make it up next chapter with one from Toby's POV. That's right, two Toby chapters in a row. It will mostly be Jason, Spencer, and Toby hanging out together. But back to this one, who do you think trapped Spencer? Did Melissa distract Hanna on purpose? And what inside joke was Garrett laughing at?