One Look at You

Fights

⚠️WARNING: SEXUAL REFERENCE⚠️
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"You look beautiful" Toby said as Spencer got into his car.

"Where do you want to go to eat" he asked.

"I don't care" she said with a shrug "you know what's good around here"

"There's a pretty decent sandwich place on the way" he suggested. She nodded in reply. There was something very easy between them. They didn't have to force conversation. Spencer relaxed into the leather seat of the car and rolled down her window. The air still smelled salty but it had a freshness to it now that the rain had come through. Spencer inhaled a gulp of air.

"I love it here" she said out of nowhere.

"Is it different from home?" Toby asked.

"In some ways yes and in some ways no" she said.

"It's a small town, everyone knows everybody's business, and the kids you go to kindergarten with will be in your senior class. New people show up occasionally but it's like no one comes and nobody leaves and you can just look ahead and see life 50 years from now being exactly the same" she said dreamily.

"Like you're in a bubble town" Toby said. "Ocean Crest is like that."

"Or a dystopian post-apocalyptic world" Spencer said almost to herself.

"So how's it different" he asked disrupting her thoughts.

"Well there's a mall" she said jokingly. "There's a small lake me and my friends go to in the summer. It's not much different, I guess."

Toby pulled into a small gravel lot. The 'sandwich place' was a shack that looked like it had been built in a day. Toby ordered two grilled cheese sandwiches and an order of fries and sodas. They got their drinks and sat at a picnic table.

"Are you racing tonight?" Spencer asked as she sipped her soda.

"Probably" Toby said pausing "I need to be honest with you, Jenna and Garrett are going to be there tonight, just so you know"

She thought about that. She didn't know exactly what this deal of theirs entailed.

A man in a Hawaiian shirt brought over their food. She took a bite of her sandwich. There were multiple cheeses, including a cheese sauce, and a tomato, the sandwich was grilled to perfection.

"This is really good!" She said enthusiastically. The fries were golden brown and crisp. She was surprised by how salty the French fries were and it must have showed on her face because Toby was grinning widely at her. She got used to the fries after she ate a few.

"So what do you think?" Toby asked.

"It's delicious!" She said "not exactly what I'm used to"

"I suspect there will be a lot of that this summer" he said teasing her slightly.

She smiled back "you're probably right"

She wanted to ask him a million questions about tonight. Were they supposed to tell people they were going out or hooking up? Were they supposed to grind on each other and obnoxiously make out with each other? Toby didn't seem to have a care in the world, which both impressed and annoyed her. He seemed to be a go with the flow type person where she was always so precise and structured. She could learn some things from him, then again they could probably both learn from each other. She decided to just go with the flow and see where the night would take them.

They finished their meal and got back in the car. Toby turned on the radio to a country station, he sang along softly. The sound of his voice was comforting. She looked over at him. He was relaxed, leaning back against the seat with one hand on the wheel. She was enjoying the car ride. She had always enjoyed them but tonight with the breeze on her face and Toby by her side she felt more content than she had in a long time. She could imagine the two of them just driving for hours, listening to the radio and holding hands. She found herself comparing Toby to Andrew. Andrew was a lot like her, he was structured and scheduled. After just a few days in Ocean Crest she began to feel like Andrew didn't know how to have fun and enjoy life, then again maybe she didn't either.