Spencer POV:
Hi I'm Spencer hastings, and this is my life according to me. I live in a small town, actually a small island in Hawaii. My parents are big time lawyers who travel a lot. I have three friends, aria who's probably my best girl friend, then there's Hanna, and Emily. This girl named Alison used to be our friend too. But once she became a cheerleader she was "too cool" for us. My best friend, Toby said she was a bitch anyways. Toby and I have been best friends since we could remember. Our parents are beat friends, so we've known each other since birth. He was born exactly two weeks after me. We have double parties sometimes. He's popular and a football player, I see why everyone would like him. Me on the other hand, I'm a complete nerd. I'm the girl who always knows the answer, and b's are unacceptable. Yet Toby tells his friends not to ness with me, and sticks up for me (even when my parents get upset with me) he's always had my back. Junior high was quite an experience. Ali is the it girl, so when she picked me and my friends it was a huge deal. A mixture of excitement and surprise is how you can explain it. Emily was the jock swimmer, with a nice smile. Aria was an art freak who kept to herself. Hanna was the one who ate her feelings after her dad left. So for us to get picked was a shock, but we were in with everyone once Ali choose us. The five of us were joint at the hip. But the last month's entering Hugh school she's been drifting away. She never texts back, dosent show to sleepovers, only hangs with her cheerleader friends. So I guess the four of us will take on high school together without her. Toby and i spent the summer on the beach. Taking pics, tanning, swimming , surfing ect. Qw had two more weeks til school, so we were living it up! We were at the boardwalk getting smoothies when this guy came up next to me. "Hey beautiful, what's your name". Before I could speak, Toby said " her name is taken" and pulled me into him by the waist. "Call me when you get rid of him" he smirked. "Call me when your not a Douche bag" I smirked. His smile faded as he walked away. This keeps happening every time we are at the boardwalk. "Ugh" I groan sipping my smoothie. "What's wrong Spence?" Asked letting go of my waist. "Not not you, your fine. Why do these douche bags keep approaching me?" I asked angrily. "Probably because your hot" he smirked. I smacked him in his chest playfully. "I'm serious" I said laughing "so am I" he said throwing away our cups. "You're such a flirt" I said walking towards the beach. "You love it" he laughed. "Wanna go shower, and watch a movie?" He asked. "Sure my place or yours" I said. "Do you have those good chocolate strawberries?!" He said excited. "Told my mom to buy some since you were coming over" I said trying to hold back laughter at how excited he was. "Then let's go!" He started running towards the house. "Loser" I faked cough. The rest of the summer was spent mostly like thus. Except when my friends would join Toby and I. We've been in highschool for about a month. I'm breezing through it no problem. Just a lot of work, nothing a hastings cant do though. Toby on the other hand us struggling. So he comes to my house after school and we study (with chocolate strawberries of course). He can't come over today since his parents said they wanted to talk to him today. Probably about the C he has in Spanish. I decide to give him a call. So I rolled off my bed, and hit # one on speed dial. "Hey this is Toby, and Spencer!!!! Shut up Spence its my voicemail! Leave a message at the" beep his voicemail went. He always answers my calls. I started getting worried. When he couldn't sleep he called me at midnight to come watch a movie. When these girls kept sending me nasty texts, and I wanted to cut myself.....again, I called him at three am and he came with our strawberries and horror movies. We always send an sos if we need each other, my girlfriends came up with it. But we never miss a call from each other. Idk what it is, but I'll give him his space. He'll come to me when he's ready, he always does.
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I was putting my books in my locker, when I see him down the hall. He looks like he was up all night, and I could see he'd been. Crying. As I walked toward him the bell rang. At this point I'm extremely worried about him, but I go to my first class with all my girlfriends. "Hey Spence! How are you" Aria said giving me a hug. "Team sparia!" Hanna yelled, and Emily put us on Snapchat. I gave them the "nows not the time" look. "What's wring Spencer?" Emily asked concerned. "Its Toby" I said trying to be strong. "Did he finally admit he's in love with you?" Hanna asked. "Han, their just friends!" Aria said clearly irritated. "He didn't answer the phone when I called him." I said. Emily and Aria looked down,, knowing he doesn't ever do that. "It doesn't have to mean that" Hanna said. "Yeah maybe he's just busy or something" Emily pitched in. "You know exactly what it means" I said as the teacher told us to take our seats. The rest of the day was just a hour. School is easy for me, but today I couldn't even focus. Finally the final Bell rang, and I got ready to walk home. I walked home alone for the first time in forever ( frozen quotes thou:) ) when I got home Toby was sitting on my bed. "Hey" I said quietly "hey" he whispered. "I used the spare key, I hope you don't mind that I use the spare key". He looked down, " of course not" I said setting down my backpack and sitting down next to him. "I've been worried about you" I said. "I know Spence, and I'm sorry. I just needed some time to figure this out. Because I don't know how to tell you this". He looked into my eyes " you can tell me anything " I said grabbing his hand. "You know that" I stated. "Spence, my dad lost his job". "Why were you afraid to talk me that" I asked a bit confused. "We can't afford to stay here Spence, we have to go live with my grandma.....in Florida" tony said. I tried to hold back the tears, but I couldn't. I put my hands over my face, so he couldn't see me. When I calmed down, u looked at him to see him crying too. "Stay with me tonight?" I asked. "My parents aren't home, and it'd be just like old times. He smiled and nodded his head. I laid my head in his lap, and he laid down and played with my hair. I'm gonna miss the little things like this.
