"Toby! What happened? Is she alright?" I asked in a panic as Cece and I headed towards him in the waiting room of the hospital.
"I don't know, I think so but they didn't tell me much." Toby admitted sadly.
"Thank you, Toby, for getting her here. I don't know how something like this could happen." I told him shaking my head in guilt.
I knew I should have stayed home! What was I thinking leaving Spencer alone on Friday the thirteenth? Thank goodness for Toby though.
"It's not your fault, Jason. There's no way you could have known." Cece comforted me.
"I'm going to find a nurse or a doctor and see what I can find out." I told them and headed in the direction of the nurses station.
"Can I help you?" A middle-aged nurse asked.
"Yeah, I want to know how Spencer Hastings is doing. I'm her brother." I told her.
"Okay, just a second." She told me. "Alright, Miss Hastings is down the hall in room 215. She's on oxygen due to the amount of smoke inhaled, but lucky she didn't receive any burns. And she'll be kept overnight because of a possible concussion. I'll have a doctor tell you when you can see her. It should only be a few minutes."
"Thank you," I nodded and then walked back to Cece and Toby.
I was glad I got a helpful and friendly nurse that told me everything I needed to know. It reminded me of the first time I brought Spencer to the hospital.
It was about a month and a half after I found out that Spencer was my sister. We had been hanging out together and things were great. Until she cut her hand and I had to bring her to the emergency room. The doctors were busy taking care of Spencer's hand and I had left to go call my boss to tell him I would be late.
"Can you tell us where Spencer Jill Hastings is? We're her parents." I heard a family female voice ask at the nurses' station as I walked back to Spencer.
Oh, great! Peter and Veronica were here, I was going to get it. They were always hesitant about letting Spencer and I hang out together. But now I'd probably be banned from seeing her.
"Jason, what are you doing out here? Why aren't you with Spencer?" Peter demanded.
"I had to make a call. I was just on my way back." I told them and continued walking.
I could feel the daggers they were shooting at me as I walked ahead of them to Spencer. And once we got there they didn't say a word but I knew a lecture of some sort was coming.
"Oh, Spencer, I'm glad you're alright. You have no idea how worried I was when I got a call from the hospital." Veronica said completely overreacting.
In my opinion she was probably faking it. She never gave too much though towards Spencer. But since the fire she was a little more concerned about her. But right now she was over doing it.
"I'm fine, Mom." Spencer told her.
"You're lucky you are this could have been a lot worse." Peter stated. "Jason, how could you let this happen? We trust you with our daughter and you go and let her get injured. You have to pay extra attention when you're taking care of her."
"I'm really sorry, Peter. It won't happen again. I'll keep a closer eye on her next time." I told him and I felt guilty for letting it happen this time.
"I do not need extra attention." Spencer stated in irritation. Under other circumstances I would have laughed at her need to stay independent no matter what. "And it wasn't Jason's fault. It was mine and that stupid table's fault."
"Spencer, what are you talking about?" Veronica asked her.
"I was going down the stairs and I miscounted. I thought I was at the bottom but I was really on the second to last one. So I tripped and knocked over the little glass table on the landing. That's how I cut my hand. It was not Jason's fault." Spencer explained.
"Well, we're glad you're okay now. And in a few minutes we should be able to take you home." Veronica told her.
"But I'm going home with Jason." Spencer said confused.
"No, you're not you're coming home with your mother and I." Peter told her firmly.
"No, we agreed that I could spend the whole weekend with Jason. And it's Saturday afternoon so I get the rest of today and tomorrow." Spencer told them.
After a few minutes of debating Peter and Veronica gave in and let Spencer go back with me. And once we were in the car Spencer started cracking up.
"What's so funny?" I asked her.
"You are. Whenever you said something to my parents you sounded so scared and nervous." She said while still laughing.
"I was not. I just felt really guilty because of what happened." I said defensively although she was right. But I had no intentions of telling her that.
"Whatever, Jason." She laughed and shook her head, clearly seeing through me.
"Jason, finally! How is she?" Hanna demanded as soon as she saw me.
"She's fine, Hanna. We'll be able to see her in a few minutes. And they're keeping her overnight because she might have a concussion." I told her as I sat down next to Cece.
I looked around and saw that Caleb, Emily, and Mona were also there.
"Thank goodness, I've got to text Aria the good news." Hanna said quickly as she got out her phone.
"Where is Aria, I thought all five of you would come together. You all used to do everything together?" Cece asked curiously to make the time pass.
"She's with her dad in New York for the weekend." Mona answered.
For the next few minutes everyone continued to make small talk. But I didn't pay much attention and I don't think Toby was either. Finally a doctor came over and told us that we could see Spencer and that visiting hours for nonfamily were ending in an hour.
"Come on you guys, let's go." Hanna urged with excitement.
"You all go ahead, I think I'll wait." Toby said a little hesitantly.
"Good idea, maybe you should go and get her a cup of coffee. She's not going to be happy about staying overnight but that'll make it a little better. Plus you'll get major brownie points." I joked with him and then led the group to Spencer's room.
I opened the door and the others came in behind me. Spencer was sitting up and awake. And looked small surrounded by all the monitors and stuff.
"Hey, Spence, how're you doing?" I asked her as I sat down in one of the chairs.
"I'm stuck in a hospital bed, Jason. How do you think I'm doing?" She stated with as much sarcasm as she could.
"Well, considering the amount of sarcasm you're using you must be doing okay." Hanna commented.
"Hello to you too, Hanna," Spencer mumbled. "Who else is here?"
"It's me, Caleb, Mona, Emily, Cece, and Jason obviously. Oh and Toby is off somewhere getting you coffee." Hanna told her.
"Toby? Why is he here?" Spencer asked and I could see the confusion clear as day on her face.
"Believe it or not, he's worried about you, Spencer. And he's the one that found you in Jason's apartment." Caleb told her.
"Toby did? I don't remember that."
"What do you remember?" Emily asked her.
"I heard a weird noise so I grabbed a baseball bat and went to check it out. I smelled smoke so I headed for the door. But something took the bat from hands and I hit me in the head with it. Next thing I knew I was waking up here." Spencer told all of us.
"I'm sorry, Spence, I should have been there and I wasn't." I apologized.
"Jason, it's not your fault, end of discussion." She stated leaving no room for argument. "Besides, how could you have known? And I practically pushed you out the door to go on your date. How was it by the way before you got a call saying I was in the hospital?"
"It was alright. The dinner was good but the movie was boring. I was glad to have an excuse to leave." Cece joked. "And speaking of leaving I should probably go. I'm glad you're okay, Spencer."
"Thanks, Cece," Spencer nodded and smiled.
"Bye everyone," Cece waved and I followed her so I could walk her to her car.
"Thanks for coming to the hospital, Cece." I told her as we walked out.
"No problem, I'm glad I was otherwise you might have had a panic attack." She teased. "How are you going to get home? Your car is still at my place."
"I'll get a ride with Toby or maybe Hanna and Caleb if I have to." I shrugged.
"Okay, call me tomorrow." She said kissing my cheek and then she drove away.
I was walking back to Spencer's room when I heard two people whispering. There were talking about Spencer and my apartment. I peeked around the corner to see who it was and saw Jenna and Toby.
"This wasn't part of the plan, Jenna. I never agreed to this." Toby whisper shouted at her.
"You want to know what wasn't part of the plan? You rescuing her." Jenna shot back angrily.
"I went over there to talk to her, Jenna. When I saw her I couldn't just keep walking, I had to do something."
"Well, thanks to you playing the knight in shining armor, the police suspect you. That's right; they think you caused another fire. And this time you won't be sent to reform school for a year."
"You set this up didn't you? You knew all along I would find her so I would get the blame. I thought I've been doing everything you asked me to. Why this?" He demanded.
"I already told you this wasn't part of my plans. It's a huge setback. But I know how to fix it. Garrett still owes me a few favors." She told him. "Now go see your soon to be ex-girlfriend."
"One day you are going to pay for this, Jenna." Toby threatened.
"Whatever helps you sleep at night." Jenna said and I could hear her smug attitude.
I turned and walked the other way so that neither of them saw me. It was still weird to think that Jenna could see now. But at least it reminded me that Spencer had a chance at it too. Spencer wouldn't tell anyone, she would say she was cautiously optimistic, but I knew that she really hoped it would work.
I was standing right outside the hospital doors and I saw the others come out. I figured Toby had gone to see Spencer and they were giving them alone time. What did Jenna mean by soon to be ex-girlfriend? I knew Toby would never willing break up with Spencer and neither would she. Something was going on between Spencer and Toby. And whatever it was, Jenna was behind it.
A few years ago Alison was behind everything and Jenna seemed to follow in her footsteps. They were a lot alike and that's probably why they hated each other. Alison had caused a fire and so had Jenna. Alison had gotten away with it, but there was no way Jenna was. She had gotten revenge on the wrong person and I was not going to lose another sister.
So I don't know about you guys, but my favorite part was the flashback. I wanted to show how things were between before coming to Rosewood. Next chapter has something...well I can't say. But there is some comic relief at the end for you. A game is played by Spencer and Hanna vs. Jason and Melissa. Get ready for some over competitive fun ;)