Sparia one-shots

Comforted

Spencer fell to her knees beside her bed gasping for air between her violent sobs. She clenched her sheets between her fingers as she rested her forehead on the mattress. She couldn't move, couldn't think, couldn't speak. All she could do was cry. Her knees ache and her throat is dry and scratchy, each breath feels like she is swallowing sandpaper. Her breathing quickens and quickens but she can't stop, can't breathe but can't stop breathing all at the same time. She is trapped in her own body in her wild panic and can't slow down, can't do anything but sob. 

Melissa hears the front door slam and knows that Spencer is home, she listens as her sister runs to her room and slams that door too. She deems this as normal behaviour and is about to go back to her book but she hears a dull thud and loud cries so she leaps up from her chair to investigate. Spencer and Melissa may fight like cat and dog but before anything else they are sisters and they are willing to do anything for each other. 

What Melissa finds in her sister's room is exactly what she feared. Spencer is having a panic attack. She is unsure of what to do so she kneels gently behind her younger sibling and places her hand on her shoulder as she calls out her name. Spencer responds by grasping at the hand tightly as she tries to ground herself. "Mel-Melissa?"

"Spencer listen to me, try to breathe." Melissa is trying to stay calm herself but her sister isn't calming at all. "I'll call for help okay?" She moves back so she can search Spencer's pockets for her phone, locating it quickly in her back pocket. She opens it up and punches in the pass code that she hadn't bothered changing since the last time her sister figured it out and scrolls through the contacts and finds the name she was looking for. She doesn't hesitate to dial the number and place the phone to her ear as she stokes up and down Spencer's arm gently. 

"Hey babe." Comes a gentle greeting.

"Yeah, not Spencer. Melissa."

"Melissa what's wrong? Why are you using Spencer's phone?"

"No time to explain, you need to come here now, it's Spencer." Aria doesn't need to hear anymore before she grabs her jacket and is out of the door after muttering a quick 'on my way' to Melissa. 

"You hear that Spence? Aria is on her way, she's going to make this better." Melissa mumbles unintelligible words to Spencer for several minutes, Spencer has barely calmed and Aria still hasn't arrived. Just as she is about to call her again she hears the door go. "Upstairs!" She shouts, letting Aria know where to look. 

Aria had driven like a crazy person to get to Spencer. She knew that she had gone to break up with Toby so something must have happened. The drive that is usually leisurely seemed to take hours but when she did arrive she didn't even lock her car before she was inside the Hastings' home. 

Aria barrels through the rooms until she locates Melissa holding a fragile Spencer. "I think she's hav-"

"Panic attack." Aria cuts in as she moves to Spencer's side. She directs her hands to her own chest and changes her own breathing to deep breaths. "Spencer It's me. It's Aria. Feel my breathing and try to copy it." She continues to direct the girl on what to do until she begins to listen to her and try to change her breathing. After the first few breaths Spencer's eyes open for the first time since Melissa had found her. "That's it baby, just like that." 

Melissa watches in awe as Spencer calms within just minutes of Aria's arrival. She had no idea what was happening but whatever it is is too intimate for her to be there. "I'm going to leave you to it, let me know if you need anything." She murmurs to Aria.

"Can you get her some water please?" Aria asks as she throws a glance towards the retreating form, making sure that she receives a confirmation which she does. 

As Spencer's breathing becomes much slower and calmer she also regains her ability to think clearly which only leads to her embarrassment as she leans her head on Aria's collarbone, just above where her hands were resting on her chest. She simply revels in the soft touches that Aria was leaving on her back as she soothes her, "Sorry." She whimpers.

"Shh." Aria rights her gently."It's alright babe, just relax for me." Spencer allows herself to do just that. The tension leaves her shoulders and her hands move from Aria's chest around to her back to pull her closer. 

"How about we move onto the bed? As much as I love your floor, it's a lot harder than it looks." Aria suggests as she begins to move, clearly stating that it wasn't really a choice. Spencer allows herself to be pulled up and gladly follows Aria to the bed, laying her head on her chest. Melissa re-enters, carrying a large glass of water with ice, she holds it up for Aria to see before placing it on the bedside table and leaving once again after throwing a soft smile at the two girls. She was glad that Spencer had calmed down now, if anything she's a little jealous that she wasn't able to calm her own Sister down but Aria was but even she knows that the two girls have a special connection. 

Aria pulls herself up to grab the glass and gestures for Spencer to take a sip. "Drink some, I'm sure your throat is killing you right now." Spencer does so with enthusiasm. "Want to tell me what caused that? Was it Toby?" She asks softly. 

"He didn't take it well." Spencer didn't give any more information but Aria wasn't willing to push her after what had just occurred. She simply pulls the girl closer and places a kiss to the top of her head. 

"I love you Spence." She whispers gently as she brushes her fingers through the taller girl's hair and watches as her eyelids begin to droop. 

Spencer let herself inhale the sweet scent of her newfound love as her eyes closed, she knew that Aria will always be there for her now, she had proved that today and she had never felt this level of love for anyone before, everything is new but it couldn't be more perfect. 

"Love you Ari." She whispers back before letting herself succumb to the enticing depths of a restful nights sleep.