One Look at You

My Love

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"She's finally asleep" Toby said as he walked out of Fiona and Jake's bedroom. Everyone in the room was quiet. He had no doubt that each and every one of them was lost in their own thoughts.

Nothing like this had ever happened before. If he had known that this was going to happen he would have talked Jake out of his plan. Toby scanned the room looking for Spencer. When he realized that she wasn't in the living room with anyone else, he headed for the door thinking that maybe she had gone outside.

"She left" Jason said from the couch, Aria tucked under his arm in a ball.

"What do you mean she left?" Spencer had ridden here with him and Fiona.

"Her sister picked her up about an hour ago" Hanna interjected.

Toby walked out of the house sure that the massive group of people in the house could look after Fiona when she woke up. Toby had called her mother who lived down in Florida. She would be here in a few days.

He could only imagine what was going through Spencer's mind. They had just been discussing how risky racing was, now she had a very vivid example to go along with it. Toby hopped into his car and drove as fast as he could to Spencer's house. He needed to see her, he needed to look her in the eye and know she was okay.

When he finally pulled up to the house he didn't care that it was pouring rain outside & that's it was after 2 am. He knocked firmly on the door. Melissa opened the door after a minute.

Toby" she said with a shocked but still sad expression.

"Is Spencer awake?" he asked as even though he was pretty sure she was.

"She's in the shower but she doesn't want to see you" Melissa said.

"I want to see her and I'm not leaving until I do" he insisted as he could feel the droplets fall against his skin.

Melissa closed the door and he waited thinking that she was going to get Spencer. After some time the door swung open and he was startled to see Spencer's father standing there.

"I don't know what happened between you and my daughter and I don't care. All I know is that she doesn't want to see you so you need to leave son." Petted Hastings said in a clear tone.

"I need to talk to her, and the only person in this house capable of making me leave is Spencer." Toby said. Toby wasn't usually stubbed about stuff, so this was quite new to him, he needed to see Spencer, never felt like this before.

"We'll see about that" he huffed slamming the door.

He waited patiently in the rain, as the cold wind blew. One of the perks of having a minister as a step father is that he had learned patience.

Spencer eventually emerged from the house looking worse than he had expected. Something in her eyes kept him from scooping her into his arms the way he had intended. He had learned the look well. It was the goodbye look.

"Spencer" was all he could say tears choking him.

She closed the door without a word and he heard the distinct click of the lock. Toby was left there, he could feel his cloths latched onto his skin. He felt a feeling of  numbness spread throughout his body, as he stood there on her porch while the rain continued to fall.

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Toby woke up the next morning laying on a bathroom floor, whose he wasn't quite sure due to the on too many shots of alcohol he took. He blinked getting up, as his head began pounding. After a minute he recognized his surroundings. He must have gone back to Jake's after he went to see Spencer. Toby stumbled out into the living room where everyone else had passed out. He needed some water and aspirin, preferably before his head exploded.