Closer Than Ever

Chapter 8

Spence's POV

After my chat with Drea, I decide to confront Ashton. I knock on his wooden door and when he didn't answer, I swear, I was going to knock the door down myself.

Why am I so angry? I think. I should be happy for them.

I didn't have time to continue my thoughts because my brother swings the door open with a goofy-looking expression on his face.

"Hey, Spence." he says, not even keeping eye contact with me.

"Hey, Ash! Anything new?" You can practically hear the sarcasm dripping in my voice.

"No...not really." he mutters, trying to close the door on me.

"Okay. Ash, this is not working. Try harder." I say, my foot keeping the door wide open.

He sighs and still refuses to tell me, so the anger that's built up inside of me finally blows.

"I talked to Drea! I know you two are dating!" I yell at him. I storm back into my room and slam the door shut.

I hear footsteps and a gentle knock on my door. I don't bother to open it, and Ash comes in quietly, taking a seat on my bed.

"Spence, why are you so upset?" he asks, his eyebrows creasing together in concern.

"Why did I have to find out from my best friend that you two were dating? I thought you trusted me," I say, hurt in my voice. Ash immediately shakes his head.

"No, Spence, I just thought you would get mad-" I raise my hand for him to stop.

Well, clearly I am, but you wouldn't care, would you?

"If you and Drea break up, what will happen to the four of us?" I say, my voice low in a whisper.

He falls silent, debating my question, and I can sense him forming a list of possibilities in his head. Mostly bad ones, and I don't even want to think about it myself.

Toby's POV

I'm sitting in my room, papers and books sprawled out everywhere, but I'm not studying. All I can think about is how if Spencer were here, she'd yell at me to clean this mess up.

Why am I even thinking about her so much?

I reach for my camera, right on my nightstand, and clean off the lens with a tissue. I can't think about Spencer right now. I need to buckle down and focus, as she'd say.

Okay, Toby, stop. I tell myself, frustrated.

I hear a knock on my door, and I put my camera down.

"Come in," I call, noting that it's probably Drea. But so late? She's playing with a locket around her neck, and I squint to read the words engraved on it.

Always, it's written. She came back from basketball with it, but I didn't think much of it. Maybe she bought it somewhere.

"You okay?" I ask, confused. She doesn't usually come into my room to talk.

"What?" she says, looking up from her locket. "Why wouldn't I be?"

"It's just..." I search my mind for the right words to say. "You seem...lighter. Happier."

She looks taken aback, like I caught her red-handed on something, and her face grows red. What is going on?

"I'm fine, Tobes. Nothing's wrong with me, actually. In fact, I haven't been better." she says quickly, like she's covering up for something.

Okay, now I'm suspicious.

"Did anything happen at the basketball game with Ashton?" I challenge her, waiting for her to spill. She doesn't. She just sits there, fiddling with the locket, and I start to put the pieces together.

She went to the game with Ashton.

Came back happier, and with a locket.

Oh. My. God.

I stare at Drea, realization filling my mind. Ash and Drea are dating?!

When Andrea sees me looking at her, she sighs in defeat.

"I can explain-" she says, but I cut her off.

"No, it's fine, I'm...happy for you guys. You two acted like you were practically a couple, anyway." I say, still in a state of shock that my best friend and sister are together.

"Oh! Thanks!" Drea says, her voice a surprised tone, like she expected me to full on rage at her or something. I should've, I would love to see her reaction.

"Well, uh, night, Toby." Drea says, getting up and walking out the door.

"Wait!" I call, my heart pacing at what I'm about to tell her.

"What's up?" she says, turning around to face me. My throat goes dry, but I say it anyway.

"I like Spencer-" she cuts me off, laughing.

"I know."

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YOYOYO IT'S DONE SORRY FAM @diyqueen16 HAD THE ROUGH COPY AND WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO ME

p.s I wrote 700+ words instead of doing my homework BE PROUD

-fearlesstrash