Spoby One Shots

46 • Highs and Lows (6x07)

"Be careful, okay?" That's the last thing she'd said to him before he went to face her tormentor. She wished that she'd told him that she loved him. Of course he knew she did, but she wished she'd said it.

Now, all she could only hope that he'd listened to her, and was being careful. God, how had things changed so much just from that morning when he came to her house and they'd made out with her in her kitchen? At least she wasn't lying to him anymore, she'd told him everything, and in his usual Toby way, he'd refused to let her put herself in danger, putting himself in the line of fire instead.

God she wished she'd gone with him, despite his insistence that she didn't.

"Toby can't call you if he's following A." Emily pointed out from her place next to the other girls on Spencer's bed. "Or if he's hurt." Spencer snapped back. She was completely on edge, pacing and waiting to hear from Toby. She hated that she'd put him in this position, although he'd been the one to insist she didn't come with him. She needed him to be okay.

"Don't go there." Aria said, trying to comfort her friend. "Like you said, Toby's a police officer, he can take care of himself." she attempted to reassure.

Just at that moment, a noise came from Hanna's phone. "Did it download?" asked Spencer, rubbing the sore spot on the back of her neck where Hanna had cut her a couple of hours before.

"Yeah it's just finished." Hanna confirmed. "Jason stopped 10 minutes ago." she said, handing her phone over the Spencer who looked at where the red dot on the map representing her brother was. Her heart rate picked up "Guys, this is just outside of Rosewood, he should've called me by now." she said, trying to stay calm although internally she was screaming. She wished with every bone in her body she could see what was going on, be there with Toby, make sure he was safe. For a moment, she got a taste of how he must've felt when she was in that godforsaken dollhouse, desperately trying to get information and hoping against hope that the person who mattered most in the world to him was okay.

"Spence..." Aria said, trying to get her best friend to see reason. Spencer slammed the phone down. "No! He's supposed to be our backup, not some one-man target!" she said, annoyed her friend wasn't taking this as seriously. "And if anything happens to him-" she cut herself off.

In the dollhouse one of the biggest things that got Spencer through each horrible moment was the thought of Toby. The thought of them in his loft, reading at opposite ends of the couch in perfect silence, the thought of his arms around her as he hugged her close, keeping her safe, the thought of lying in his bed, their breathing in sync and the sheet at the bottom of the bed, Spencer rolling on to his chest, him kissing her head and whispering how much he loved her into her hair. She could not have survived without him, nor could she live with herself if anything happened to him because of her. Too much had happened to him already. Enough was enough.

"I'm going." Spencer said, picking up her car keys. The girls faces dropped but Hanna quickly recovered. "I'll go with you." she said decidedly, getting off Spencer's bed and standing up. "Okay, I didn't let Hanna perform surgery on me for nothing." Emily agreed, "Let's go." she finished, standing up too. Aria stayed where she was, picking up her phone and dialling 911. Emily walked back in to Spencer's room and looked at her. "Come on." she encouraged. "We'll be okay." she told her friend, although she was trying to convince herself too. Aria considered it for a moment, then locked her phone and followed the other girls out the door.

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"DON'T MOVE" Toby yelled, aiming his gun at the hooded figure in the building he'd just stormed in to. He could see Jason, and watched as Lorenzo came in the other side, the hooded figure ducked under a huge pile of old furniture.