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Chapter 7

Spencer tutors Toby in this chapter. I wonder what's going to happen.

A drizzled rain splattered across the windshield. Spencer tried to keep up with Toby as he lead the way to his place. She assumed he lives in some big four story house with enough bedrooms to home to the whole neighborhood. He probably has a bathroom big enough to hold a swimming pool. A few minutes later, they pulled up into a two story sized parking garage. Spencer wondered why they stopped here. Toby parked in one of the spots and she parked right next to him. Toby got out of his truck and waited for Spencer to get out of her car. She finally did after a while.

"Let's go," he says

"Go where?" Spencer asks.

Toby just smiles and leads the way to the elevator. He presses a button and they wait patiently for the elevator to arrive. Soon enough, the double doors slide open, and Spencer and Toby step inside. She watches him press the number four then the doors close. The elevator shutters a bit as it goes up. A minute later the tin doors slide open to reveal an empty hallway leading the way to apartments. They step off the elevator and make a right. Toby leads the way and stops when they come to apartment 313. He unlocks the door and steps to the side allowing Spencer to walk in first. She's surprised by what she sees.

The apartment has two bedrooms, a bathroom, a closet area, a pleasant sized kitchen, and a family room. His main bedroom has one double bed, a three door dresser, two bedside tables, and fan circulation above their heads. Across the hall to his bedroom is the bathroom. There's only a shower, a toilet, a mirror cabinet, and one sink. Down the hall from the bathroom is where he records his songs. It's supposed to be the second bedroom, but Toby uses it as his recording studio. The kitchen has a fridge, three counter tops. One of the counter tops has a sink built in. The other two have wooden drawers and cabinets above. He has a mini sized fridge, a stove, and a microwave. His family room is a nice size. It has plenty of walk room. A recliner and a three person couch. He has a flat screen t.v. set up in the front of the room. Right beside his t.v are three bookcases. One of them contains his movie selection, the middle one contains his music selection, and the one by the window contains his book collection. All the furniture in his apartment looks like it was handcrafted and made out of fine wood.

"You live here?" Spencer asks.

"Yup."

"I-I thought you lived in a big house or something."

"Well, I used to, but when I moved back to Rosewood I decided on living in an apartment. Only one person lives here, so I figured I'd keep my living space small and simple."

"You're the only one who lives here?"

"Yup," he says. "Well, sometimes my manager, Ezra would crash on the couch, but most of the time it's just me."

"Where does your girlfriend live?"

"Oh, she lives in the medium sized White House located in Rosewood on 5ft/4th street," he says with a grin.

Spencer glares at him when she realized that he just pointed out where she lives.

"I'm not your girlfriend."

Toby shrugs, "Not yet. Well, in that case I don't have a girlfriend."

"Enough messing around, we got work to do," she says.

"Right," he nodded. "Sorry. I'm going to get something from the fridge, you want something?"

"Sure."

"What?"

She shrugs, "anything's fine."

He walks away and comes back with two fruits: a pear and an apple. He holds the two fruits out in front of her.