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The Moments

Today was the day that Toby was leaving with his family for Boston. In less than an hour he would be gone. His dad asked him to do some last minute errands and Toby stopped by my place on his way to say goodbye.

"How long will you be gone?" I whispered trying not to show how sad I was.

"I don't know, Spence." Toby sighed. "To be honest I don't really know anything about this other than the fact that I'm expected to be there."

"I'm going to miss you."

"I'm going to miss you too. I'll try to call you if I can. I promise."

"You better keep that promise, Cavanaugh." I tried to threaten but instead my voice started to crack.

"I will." He promised and he wrapped his arms around me. "I'll be back before you know it."

"You know, I've never been to Boston before. Bring me back a souvenir?"

"Of course, anything you want."

"What I really want is for you to stay. But I guess I can settle for a sweatshirt or a t-shirt." I sighed dramatically.

"I was thinking a coffee mug would be a more practical gift. You can never have too many of those, especially you." He joked.

"You got that right." I laughed.

For a little while we just held each other, right up until he had to leave.

"I guess you have to go." I thought aloud when I heard his phone beep.

"Yeah, my stepmom says they're almost ready." He replied sadly.

"I don't want to hold you up and cause problems. It'll probably be bad enough without you being late." I told him although I wasn't quite ready for him to leave.

"I shouldn't be gone long. I'll let you know when I'm coming back as soon as I can." He assured me.

"I'm gonna hold you to that."

Instead of replying with words, Toby leaned in and kissed me. It was a long kiss and it was our way of saying goodbye since neither of us wanted to say it out loud.

"I love you, Spence." He whispered.

"I love you too, Tobes." I replied and I kissed him again.

This time no words followed the kiss. Toby gave me a strong hug and then I heard him walk down the porch steps.

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"What should we do now?" Hanna asked.

I had gone over to Hanna's so I wasn't sitting at home all day missing Toby. Mona, Emily, and Aria also came over and we were all hanging out together.

"I don't care as long as it's not another game." Emily told her.

"Well, I'm trying to keep Spencer's mind occupied so she doesn't miss Toby so much." Hanna stated.

"I've seen you around with Toby. It's obvious that you are so perfect for each other and he loves you. But other than that I don't know that much about you guys." Aria commented.

"Yeah for people who don't hold back on being super sweet in public, you're pretty private." Emily agreed.

"There's not that much to tell. We love each other, we hang out a lot and go on dates, and he's a really sweet guy." I shrugged and my cheeks flushed in embarrassment. I hated being in the spotlight.

"Toby is definitely the sweetest guy ever. What is the sweetest thing he's ever done?" Mona asked me.

"How am I supposed to answer that?" I laughed. "There is no one thing that's better than all the others. But there is one thing that's pretty high up there."