A Love We Deserve-Toby & Aria

Chapter 21

Aria's POV:

We decide to go into Philly for dinner. We never really had a night out together, so it's almost like our first date. He drops me off in front of the restaurant and he parks the car. I wait for him outside and about five minutes I see him walking down the block, I wave. We walk in together and get a table close to the back. We just talk, make jokes, and laugh. It feels like everything that happened earlier never happened. I'm out on a date with someone I love and not worrying about if Spencer or anyone catches us, it feels like earlier today never happened, it feels perfect.

**Two hours go by and we are back at Toby's loft*

We decided that we are going to be different and watch a scary movie instead of a romantic one. Toby's in the kitchen making the popcorn while I'm setting up the tv when my phone goes off. I walk over to the couch and grab my phone out of my bag. I go numb, it's a text message from Spencer. She wants to know if we could talk. I'm about to reply when Toby walks out of the kitchen and sits on the couch next to me with the popcorn. "Who is it?" "It's my mom." I lie because I have to clue how to say your ex girlfriend and my possibly former best friend wants me to talk and we miss our movie night. "She wants me to check up on something back at my house." I look up and see his sad expression. I rest my hand on his shoulder. "I'll just be right back okay." He still looks sad. "It won't take long." I lean over and kiss him. He grins "Okay. But you owe me later for postponing movie night." I smile and kiss him goodbye. I grab my bag and my blazer, I text her back saying okay. I walk out of the loft and close door behind me. I'm on the stairs when my phone goes off again, its probably Spencer but I check it anyway. I turn to stone when I see a new text message from a blocked number. "Spencer isn't as innocent as you may think she is -A"