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Chapter 8

Can Spencer and Toby learn to work out their differences or will Toby end up calling a quits to their tutoring sessions?

Ezra walked into Toby's apartment and found him sitting on his couch just strumming on his guitar. He seems a little bummed out right now. What could possibly be bugging him? Toby has been sitting around for hours playing all kinds of songs on his guitar. Right now, he's playing "Just The Way You Are" by Bruno Mars.

Oh her eyes, her eyes Make the stars look like they're not shining

Her hair, her hair Falls perfectly without her trying

Ezra sighed and sat down on the end of the couch. He clasped his hands together and leaned forward.

"Alright, dude," he says. "What's eating you?"

Toby sighed and stopped singing, "I don't know."

"Yes, you do."

He grumbles and tightens his fist around the neck of his guitar.

"She's just so frustrating!" He hisses.

"Who is?"

"Spencer! She's the hardest headed- most stubborn girl I have ever met! She's stubborn, yet I can't get her out of my head! I can't get those brown eyes, her perfect brown hair, and her smile. Oh my god, her smile. I just...I can't get her out of my head. I want to hate her the way she hates me, but I can't. She's just so she's so...She's so beautiful and I tell her every day."

Ezra shook his head, "wow, dude, you got it for her bad."

"I-just...I don't know what it is about her that has me so...so..."

"So in love?" He finishes.

"Maybe," Toby sighs. "I don't know. A girl has never rejected me before. Spencer's different and I like that."

'Cause you're amazing Just the way you are

"I have never seen you feel this way about anyone," Ezra says.

"I've never felt this way about anyone."

"Did you try telling her that?"

"She won't listen."

"Maybe you should try giving her some space; then see what she does."

"I'm hurt," Hanna says. "No, I'm not just hurt, I'm shocked. I'm outraged."

"It's not that big of a deal, Hanna. Let it go," Spencer said.

"Let it go!" She exclaims. "I cannot let it go. You lied to me."

"I didn't lie to you."

"You didn't tell me that you're tutoring Toby," Hanna says.

On Friday, Spencer sat with her friends at lunch just like every day. The girls are a little upset with her for not telling them that she's tutoring Toby in French. Although her friends seem to have a lot of fire built up, she is not in the mood to argue right now. Last night, she stayed up all night thinking about everything that happened yesterday. She thought about school, her tutoring session with Toby and how he keeps trying to win her over. Why does he care so much? He's a famous singer and could have a ton of other girls. Why does he chose to mess with her? What makes her so special? She thought a lot about what her sister said. Could her fear and anger from being hurt by Alex be affecting her opinion on Toby? Toby's not the first guy she rejected after Alex. This one guy from her decathlon team, Andrew, asked her out a couple times and both times she turned him down. The fear of getting hurt may be what's keeping her from opening up to someone else.