One Look at You

Band Of 2 Brothers

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Spencer took a deep breath as she walked into the garage. She had stopped by the ice cream place on the way. She had changed into a pair of skinny jeans and an oversized tank top. Toby was covered in grease up to his elbows as he worked on a car.

"Hey," she said beaming her biggest smile at him. "I brought us some ice cream," she said holding up two individual sundaes.

"That's great," he grinned "just let me get washed up" as he finished on the car he was working on.

They ate in companionable silence, sharing glances and smiles.

"Toby," Spencer began when they were done eating "about this afternoon..."

"What about it?" he asked taking her hand.

"I changed my mind," she said after a minute "I want to be with you completely."

He gave her a confused expression.

"I want us to have sex" she clarified.

Toby appeared to be mulling over her words.

"Baby, come here," Toby said pulling her onto his lap "where is this coming from?"

"I just want to be with you" she lied. She didn't want him to know that she was doing this so that she wouldn't lose him.

"Spencer," Toby began "I don't think we should rush into anything. You were with Andrew for 2 years and you never had sex with him"

"That's different" she complained. She was starting to feel insulted that he was refusing to have sex with her.

"How is it different?" he asked brushing a lock of hair out of her face.

"Andrew and I were both virgins" she admitted "until he decided I wasn't worth waiting for"

"Look at me, Spencer" Toby said as he took her chin so he can lock eyes with her "You are worth waiting for."

"How come you were happy to make out with me and then the second I put the brakes on, you take me home?"

"I was just surprised. I wasn't sure how to handle it," he said shrugging.

"You thought I was going to have sex with you?" she said "You took me there to have sex with me"

"No, I did not take you there for that," he said exasperatedly. "I would be lying if I said I didn't want to have sex with you. I thought we were on the same page this afternoon until you said stop and then I wasn't sure how to handle it and I guess I handled it wrong."

"What you've never been turned down by a girl before," Spencer said jokingly before she saw the look on his face. "Never?" She looked at him with a little shock

"No," he said as he ran his fingers through his hair. "You may have noticed the group of people I hang with is a bit intense. We have a very carpe diem philosophy."

"How many?" she asked.

"What?" he asked.

"How many girls have you slept with?" she asked her eyes burning with determination.

"A few," he said shrugging.

"You're lying I can tell," Spencer said crossing her arm and pointing at him with the other. "Why don't you want to tell me?"

"Because I don't want you to look at me the way I know you are going to when I do" he admitted.

"Try me" she challenged.

"I don't know exactly, at a guess I'd say around 12," he said thinking.

"12" Spencer repeated with widened eyes .

"If I could take back being with them I would," Toby said "I don't think I have ever felt about another girl the way I do about you Spencer"

Spencer kissed him as they laid down on the cot. After a few kisses, they fell asleep.

It was early the next morning when Spencer woke to the sound of an opening door. She opened her eyes and saw Toby's friend Jake. He looked like hell. His brown hair was going every which way and his brown eyes were peering through the little slits.

"Jake!" Spencer called to him. He cringed at her voice and she realized that he was probably hungover.

"Is Toby here?" he asked weakly not his usual boisterous self.

Just then Toby appeared from the back of the shop.

"Hey man, what's up?" he said

"I need to talk to you....alone," he said peering at Spencer.

Toby walked over to Spencer and kissed her deeply.

"I'll call you later," he said as he led her out the front door.

Toby's POV

"Ok, what is it?" Toby asked sitting down. He knew Jake well enough to know that he was in some serious shit.

"I need you to help me," Jake said. "I want you to help me set up some big races for this summer and I want you to fix up my car."

"Jake, we've always agreed we wouldn't hustle people." Toby said, "messing with the cars, that's bad business."

"Dude, it will be fine. We can handle this," Jake said.

"Making the cars faster is making them more dangerous to drive and some of these out of town racers are dangerous too," Toby said.

"I need to make money, fast," he said, "This is the only way I can think of to do it."

"Are you in some kind of trouble?" he asked.

"It's Fiona" he admitted "She's pregnant"

"You want to get an abortion?" he asked.

"No, we decided that we are going to get married and have the baby but babies are expensive and shit. You know Fiona and I don't have health insurance and it's gonna need all kinds of shit." He said.

"Come on, do this for me man. I need your help, Fiona, and the baby too."

"Fine, I will do it" he relented. Toby was torn. If anyone else had asked him to do it, he would have said no. Jake was like a brother to him, he couldn't let him down. He had a pit in his stomach and he didn't know why.

"I don't want the other guys to know about this" Jake said "about the racing or about Fiona's pregnancy yet. She isn't ready to tell people."

Toby nodded.

"What does she think about this little racing plan of yours?" Toby asked.

"She just told me to be careful," he said, "she worries about me."

"Well, I better go, I left an hour ago to get ice cream, chips, and dip." He said shaking his head "pregnant women"

"Hey Jake!" he called as Jake was walking out of the garage.

"Yeah?" he said turning back toward him.

"Congratulations, and be careful"

Jake smiled with pride for his unborn baby. "Take care of yourself Cavanaugh"

He then turned around and started to walk away out of Toby's vision.