One Look at You

Breaking x2

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Toby was busy working on cars at the shop but in his spare moments his mind wandered to Spencer and he wondered what she was doing. He had fixed two of the cars in the shop when he heard the door open. He looked up to see Spencer, her eyes were red and her face was puffy from crying in defeat. He opened his arms to her and she walked into his warm embrace.

"What happened?" he asked trying to avoid putting his dirty hands on her.

"My friend from back home, Mona called me" she said, "Apparently, Andrew has been cheating on me with one of my best friends. I mean I know I am not completely innocent and that I wasn't completely loyal either but I was at least going to break it off before I got serious with someone else." she sniffled.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come to you like this" she said sadly.

"No, you can come to me with anything." he said.

"Thanks" she said as she looked into his very bile orbs.

Toby walked over to the work sink so that he could wash his hands.

"So tell me what happened" he said drying his hand with a cloth towel.

"Mona said they hooked up at a party a couple of weeks ago. She would've told me sooner but she just found out." Spencer said "I'm so glad I didn't give it up to him."

Toby swallowed hard trying to ignore the comment that Spencer had just made. He had had no idea that Spencer was still a virgin.

"I'm sorry" he said hugging her. "I know you were going to break up with him anyway but I'm sure it has to hurt just the same."

Spencer chuckled "he did me a favor actually, finding out he cheated on me made it real easy to break up with him"

"That is definitely the glass half full perspective" Toby said with a small laugh.

"Now I get to be with you" she said. "That's my glass half full perspective" she said leaning into him. He met her halfway and kissed her lightly at first before deepening the kiss. They stood there kissing unaware of anything going on around them. They could finally be together without any guilt.

"So..." Toby said as they pulled apart.

"So?" Spencer mimicked.

"Tomorrow night. You and me. Our first official date. What do you say?" Toby asked.

"I say yes" she said kissing him again.

Spencer looked at her watch and realized what time it was.

"Shoot! I have to go" she said "my sister and I are having a girls night out"

"I'll call you later?" She said hesitantly.

"I look forward to it" he said. With nothing else to do Toby went back to working on one of the cars.

"So Andrew is no more?" Her sister asked as they walked along the beach.

"Completely" Spencer said taking a deep breath.

"Toby and I are going on our first date tomorrow" Spencer informed her. "I can't explain it but I think I love him"

"What happens when the summer ends?" Her sister asked pointedly.

"I can't think about that now" Spencer said.

Melissa sighed wrapping an arm around her. "Guard your heart sis, I don't want to see you get hurt."

The girls came over the next morning to help Spencer pick out an outfit.

"I have no idea where he is taking me" Spencer said. "I tried to get it out of him all night last night but he wouldn't tell me. How am I supposed to dress appropriately if I have no idea where I'm going? Whatever I pick will inevitably be wrong."

"You have got to stop stressing" Aria said.

"We'll help you" Emily encouraged.

"This is supposed to be fun, you two have been waiting for this forever" Hanna pointed out.

"I know that is why I want it to be perfect." Spencer said.

"What happened with your boyfriend back home anyway?" Ali asked.

"We're not talking about it" Aria said.

"Oh, I see" Ali said.

After about an hour the girls had picked her out a dress, shoes, handbag and jewelry.

Spencer was so excited she could hardly contain herself. She didn't know where Toby was taking her, but judging by the outfit her friends had picked out for her it was bound to be a very special night. Once she was dressed she figured she would walk over to the garage since that was where they always met up and Toby hadn't said anything about picking her up.

When she got to the garage the main door for customers was closed and locked so she went around to the employee entrance. She walked in and saw Toby pulling on a pair of grey slacks.

"Hey....wh....what are you doing here? I was going to pick you up" he said.

"Oh I didn't know" she said feeling stupid. "I just assumed we would meet here"

"I'll just wait here until you are ready" Spencer said plopping onto the cot. She furrowed her brow when her hand touched a foreign object and she looked down to see a pair of panties on the bed. She held them up to Toby waiting for an explanation.

"Spencer...I...I can explain." He stuttered.

"Toby, I need a towel!" Alison yelled from the bathroom.

Spencer stood from the bed.

"I'm gonna go" she said tears already welling in her eyes.

"No, Spencer wait!" Toby called after her. "I can explain"

"Fine!" She said turning on her heel. "Explain."

Toby stood there dumbfounded trying to formulate words.

"Explain!" She yelled after a few minutes of him stuttering.

"EXPLAIN!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. Toby stood there speechless, not saying anything.

"That's what I thought" she lightly sobbed before heading back to her parents beach house.