Broken Pieces

In My Veins

          

"She wanted to say 'Don't leave me,' but she couldn't do it, not again. She was so tired of begging people to love her." - Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

"Spence." Hanna Marin called her friend but no answer "Spencer!" The blonde called again in a louder tone to get the attention of the girl who was glazed outside the window.

"Hi?" Spencer murmured without looking at her.

"So it's true that Melissa is pregnant?" Hanna was lying in bed curious to hear the news, but talking to Spencer at that moment seemed out of the question.

"That's what I heard." She was more interested in seeing the house on the other side of the street, more precisely someone across the street.

"Oh." Hanna appeared on Spencer's side, finally understanding what was holding her attention "He's handsome. Very much." Hanna confessed.

"Yes." Spencer agreed.

Toby Cavanaugh was in front of the house where he had moved a few weeks ago, was washing his motorcycle, one of the only belongings he brought with him. Her father remarried, and the new family decided that Rosewood would be the perfect city to live in. He had several doubts about that. Everyone there seemed to look crooked, and the news that he had spent a year in reform school had spread like viruses.

He did not want to explain that it was all a mistake, and no one wanted to know his version of the facts either, so why would he waste his time?

Something in the front house caught his attention, he saw when two figures in the window disappeared quickly, but not without distinguishing one of them. The girl who lived in the big front house. The daughter of the senator and the lawyer. Toby had seen her a few times, from the distance, Spencer seemed out of tune with her family, he had noticed that.

He noticed, too, her beautiful brown hair and the way she moved. She noticed the hard look, the sad expression, but it was not his problem anyway. He decided his bike was already clean enough the way he wanted and then went inside the house to take a shower, after this he would ride on his bike and go without knowing exactly where, he had many things to think about.

Spencer still felt her heart beat hard and fast when she left for school a few minutes later, Hanna laughed at the panic-stricken face her friend had.

"We were looking outside the window, that's all. You don't need to worry about this" Hanna said as she entered the passenger side of Spencer's car. "Emily just texted me, she needs a ride."

"Right." The brunette replied, forgetting her new neighbor, and beginning to think about the many homework she would need to do that week. She who had always been good at math was struggling with trigonometry and still had a super-important French test.

"Are we going to Noel's birthday on Friday?" Hanna asked.

"If you all are..." Spencer shrugged. "I think it might be cool."

"Of course it's going to be fun, Spence." Hanna rolled her eyes. "He may not be a good guy, but all the parties at his house are epic."

Spencer stopped in front of the Emily Fields house, her other best friend. Spencer, Hanna and Emily along with Aria and Alison were inseparable, they are friends for many years, grew up together and it was funny how Spencer still felt alone even surrounded by them.

"Sorry for making you change your path, Spence. Ali couldn't come to pick me up today. "

"No problem, Em." The three of them headed to Rosewood High, where Ali and Aria were already waiting for them. The day was tiring for Spencer, she did not remember signing up for so many classes, much less attending all those clubs that even included theater and spelling.