Chapter 3.
Spencer stands there with a weary look on her face but then she hears Aria coming up behind her.
"Spencer, it's a little hard to walk fast in 6 inch heels." She says slowing the pace of her walk and her voice on the word 'heels.'
Just then Toby opens the passenger side door to the silver SUV not giving Spencer a word in edge wise and the SUV drives off. Spencer turns around and walks, past Aria, heading for the car at the end of the block.
"Spencer? Spencer!?" Aria yells, Spencer just keeps walking, slowly, not looking back. Aria begins to pick up the pace in her walking to catch up to her. "Spencer, what just happened?"
"He's gone." Spencer mumbles.
"He what?" Aria says confused, walking as fast as her little legs will take her.
"And Amelia? Who's Amelia? Where did he meet her? How could he move on from me so fast?" Spencer continues to mumble.
"I don't know Spence? Who is Amelia?" Aria continues.
"Aria please." Spencer says stopping for a second.
"Spencer what just happened with you too?" Aria says grabbing Spencer's arm.
"Nothing Aria, nothing happened. Toby has moved on to some other girl named Amelia. Supposedly she's his girlfriend, that's who was in that car. He wants nothing to do with me anymore." Spencer tells her.
"Oh, Spence." Aria says.
"Stop." Spencer says pulling her arm out of Aria's hand.
"Spencer?" Aria looks up at Spencer.
"This is all your fault. You are the one that made me come here and see him, talk to him." Spencer says to her.
"Spencer, I was trying to help you." Aria tells her.
"But, Aria you just made it worse." Spencer says as she begins to start walking again.
"Not, how I see it." Aria says.
"What?" Spencer says stopping to look back at her.
"Spencer, you're going off to college in 3 months. You weren't going to be able to take Toby with you to London. The way I look at it you needed this. You needed to see that Toby had moved on." Aria says to her.
"You knew?" Spencer says looking back at Aria in shock.
"Knew what?" Aria looks at Spencer with confusion.
"That Toby has a new girlfriend." Spencer asks her,
"Of course not." Aria says while crossing her arms from the brisk night wind.
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On the way home its dead silent for the first 20 minutes. But, then Spencer looks at Aria. Aria looks back at her.
"What?" Aria asks her.
"Nothing." Spencer looks back forward and shrugs.
"No, what were you going to say?" Aria continues.
"You said that I'm going to be at college in 3 months." Spencer says, looking at her again.
"Yeah, and?" Aria asks her.
"Well, so are you." Spencer says.
"Okay?" Aria is so confused.
"You can't take Ezra with you, but, wait you guys haven't broken off again have you?" Spencer attacks her with the question.
"Spencer this isn't about me."
"Aria, just answer the question." Spencer tells her.
"Fine. No, Spence Ezra and I have not broken it off, and we probably won't." Aria says slowing the car for a right turn.
"What do you mean you won't?" Spencer asks questionably.
"Because, I'm most likely not going to college." Aria tells her.
"Aria what are you talking about? You have to go to college." Spencer looks at her.
"Not if I can't." Aria says.
"What do mean can't? You have a college acceptance, and this can't be a money issue." Spencer says. Aria looks over at her and then back forward to the road. "Aria? What is going on?" Spencer continues. Just then Spencer sees a movement as Aria removes her right hand from the stirring wheel and places it on her stomach. Spencer mouth goes wide open, "Aria, you're not?" Aria looks at Spencer again.
"3 months." Aria says. Spencer is silent in shock. "I found out two weeks ago."
Spencer manages to mumble out, "Who knows?"
"No one. Well now, except you." Aria says calmly.
"How are you so calm and collective about this? Aria you're going to have a baby." Spencer says. There's silence in the car for what felt like an eternity. "How did you know?" Spencer says to break the silence.
"Well, I felt like something was wrong and then for like 3 days I kept getting sick. I thought it was just a bug. But, then I realized that I was late, like really late. So, I figured I better take a test, or 5." Aria says.
"And?" Spencer says.
"And, obviously now were here. I went to the doctor last week. They said I'm about 13 weeks. Which I figured out was the exact time frame for me and Ezra's first slip."
"Aria you have to tell him." Spencer says to her.
"I know Spence. I just don't know when or how."