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Chapter 17

Spencer's POV

"Hanna, is she coming?" Emily whispered.

"Yeah, here she comes now," Hanna said.

"Guys," Mona said. "I really don't think we should be doing this. It's Spencer's business."

"Spencer's business is our business," Hanna said. "And I am going to figure out what is going on between Toby and Spencer one way or another."

"So let's pick another way," Aria said. "Spencer can get pretty scary when she's angry. I don't want to set her off."

"Aria's right," Mona said. "We can't push Spencer on this. When she's ready, she'll tell us."

"Well," Hanna said. "She better be ready now, because here she comes!"

Like every morning of the week, I drove to school bright and early. I parked in my usual parking spot well, my new usual parking spot. I got out of my car and entered the school. A few people waved at me, I smiled and waved back. It's like this every morning. Some people wave, some people frown, and some people even shoot spitballs. I was happily making my way down the hallway when a hand suddenly pops out and clamps over my mouth before I can even scream. The hand that grabbed me yanked me into the girls restroom. I began to freak out until I saw that it's just my crazy friends.

"Hanna, what the hell?" I shouted as soon as Hanna removed her hand from covering my mouth.

"We need to talk to you," she said.

I frowned, "and a simple, 'hey, Spencer, can we talk?' wouldn't have worked better?"

"I guess," Hanna said then smiled, "but this was funnier."

I crossed my arms and looked at them.

"What's this about?"

"This is about you and Toby," Hanna said.

I looked at Mona thinking she said something to them. Mona just shook her head and shrugged. I turned my head back to the others.

"What about us?"

"Are you guys dating?" Aria asked.

"No!" I shouted. "Why would you think that? Where is this coming from?"

"Ezra said he was worried about you guys. He noticed that Toby's been acting weird since you started tutoring him," Aria said.

"Last time I checked Ezra was Toby's manager, not his spy monkey," I said.

"So you two are dating," Hanna said.

"No."

"Then what's going on between you two?" Emily asked. "Why have you both been acting weird?"

"It has to do with my parents being uptight about some things, but Toby and I managed to work things out. We're cool," I said.

"You worked things out with Toby," Mona said.

"Yes, I'm going over to his place three times a week just like I've done before."

"What about your parents?" Mona asked.

"I figured I could use you girls as my cover story. Toby really needs my help and tutoring look good on college applications. We're helping each other out," I said.

"Wait, I'm confused," Hanna said. "Are you guys together or not?"

"Not," I said. "We're just friends."

All four girls gave her a look.

"I swear," I said more firmly. "We're just friends."

"And everything's cool between you two?" Aria asked. "Like no more screaming matches in the hallway?"