Just Me And My Girl (Part 2)
Spencer sat there looking at the pregnancy test. She felt like it was mocking her.
"So?" Hanna asked, but Spencer couldn't speak.
Hanna looked over her shoulder. "Oh my god. Spencer you're pregnant!" Hanna said clapping her hands.
Spencer began to cry.
"Honey, don't cry, it's going to be OK" she said trying to reassure her.
"Can you pick Chloe up from her art class and bring her here? Tell her I had a work thing?" Spencer asked sobbing softly.
"Of course" Hanna said as Spencer went out to her car.
"Are you alright to drive?" she asked worriedly.
"Yes, Hanna, I will be fine" she said as she walked out the door.
Spencer dove back to her house and sat on the couch despondently.
Pregnant. She shook her head still not believing it. She had assumed that Chloe would be it for her. She and Toby had briefly considered having another child when Chloe was about five. A month later he was back globe hopping taking his very expensive pictures. Spencer had always been too proud to say the way that she felt. She wanted to ask him to stay so they could be a family. She had wanted more babies and a daddy for Chloe but any man she dated that was ready for that type of commitment quickly got shown the door. Colin and Wren were the only men she had ever been serious about. She'd been engaged to Wren when Chloe was 6. They had planned to get married and have babies. It was the happiest Spencer had ever been, aside from when she was with Toby. Wren had called off the wedding though when he'd overheard her telling the girls that she was basically settling for Wren because Toby wasn't ready to commit. Spencer had been devastated and Toby had come to town for a couple of weeks to comfort her, then he was gone again. Spencer was pretty sure the way Colin had been acting that he was about to propose. That was gone now too. Spencer knew she was putting off calling Toby. She knew she needed to she was pregnant with his child.
The phone ringing had shook her from her thoughts. It was Toby.
"Hey!" she said with fake enthusiasm.
"Hi" he said "I have some big news"
"Oh?" she inquired.
"Yeah, I have a new address because well I bought a new house" Toby said "I'd like to have you and Chloe over for dinner tonight, there's some things we need to discuss"
"Oh wow!" Spencer said "well we'll definitely be there"
"Great" he replied. "I'll see you about 6 then"
"Ok" she said hanging up. Spencer was stunned. Toby had bought a house. He had had the same bachelor pad apartment since Chloe was 6 years old. Spencer couldn't stop from wondering. Maybe he was finally ready to settle down. Maybe they were finally going to be a family.
Her phone pinged and she looked to see Toby had texted her the address. Spencer decided after dinner she'd find a moment alone with Toby to tell him and decide how to go about telling Chloe. She was terrified of telling Chloe. She didn't know if she would be happy, sad, jealous? She'd been an only child for 15 years. Now all that was changing.
Spencer went to Hanna's to pick up Chloe.
"So what did Toby say?" Hanna whispered as they pretended to have coffee and gossip.
"We're having dinner at his new place tonight, I'm going to tell him then" Spencer whispered.
"Hey mom" Chloe said coming into the kitchen.
"Hey, my little rockstar" she said calling her by her childhood nickname.
"I thought you had work?" She inquired.
"I did" she said "I weaseled out of it. Your dad wants to have dinner with us tonight at his new place."
"Oh, ok" Chloe smiled "could you tell me how I happened?"
"Huh?" She asked not sure she'd heard right.
"Well, today in health class we learned about conception, and so Madison was telling me the story of how she was conceived and it was so romantic, so I was wondering about my conception" Chloe said.
Spencer shot Hanna an evil glare.
"Now, I don't believe I have heard this romantic conception story so do tell" Spencer said sarcastically.
"Well" Chloe said "Madison was telling me how her grandma had forbid her mom from seeing her Dad because he was a "bad seed" and so she snuck out to meet him and he got her this $10 ring and then he took her to a B and B where he convinced the elderly couple that ran it, they were newlyweds and they got a room for the night."
Spencer glared at Hanna; Madison was in fact conceived in a tent on Hanna and Caleb's first date, it was sort of romantic at the time but not a mothers shining moment.
"Did you also tell them how you and I skipped to the pharmacy the next morning for plan B?" Spencer whispered in Hanna's ear.
"I'll tell you the story on the way home we have to change and go to dinner with your dad" she said.
"Kwoe!" Olivia, Hanna and Caleb's youngest came tottering over. "You weaving?"
"Yes, my little munchkin" she said picking up the toddler. "I'll be back soon" she said plastering kisses on the tots face until she was in a fit of giggles. The view warmed Spencer's heart. Chloe was going to be a great big sister.
Spencer drove out the 45 minutes to Toby's new house. She tried not to think about how close it was to her home town of Rosewood. On the way Spencer had told Chloe about her conception.
"I don't want to lie to you Clo" she began "your dad and I were friends, I was dating this older guy that was trying to pressure me into doing it with him. I decided I was ready, I went over to his apartment and I saw him in bed with my sister. I called your dad because none of my friends answered the phone. He'd gotten into a fight with his dad and was staying at a motel. I met him at his room and we did it. It was the worst 2 minutes and 47 seconds of my life and I'm including the 6 hours and 54 minutes I was in labor with you. No regrets though, from me or your dad, you're the best thing that's ever happened to either of us."
Chloe smiled.
"I want you to promise me something" Spencer said.
"What's that?" She said
"Promise me you'll wait till you're in love to have sex, and if you're thinking about doing it, tell me and I'll get you condoms and the pill. I don't want you having a baby until you're absolutely ready."
"I promise" she said taking Spencer's hand and squeezing.
Spencer finally pulled up to the big white house with a two car garage.
"l can't believe that Dad bought a house in suburbia. That's so not like him." Chloe said as they examined the house.
"Well maybe he's ready to stop being a world traveler" Spencer said. "Come on, lets go" Spencer said trying to hide her excitement so that Chloe didn't suspect anything.
Spencer rang the doorbell and Toby answered after a minute.
"Hey!" He said enveloping Chloe in a hug.
"It's a nice house" Spencer said looking around and noticing how clean it was.
"Toby?" A feminine voice came from the kitchen. "Oh good you're here!" A brunette bronze skinned woman said coming into the foyer.
"Chloe, Spencer, I'd like you to meet Yvonne, my fiancé." He beamed.
Spencer felt like there was a pit in her stomach and all she wanted to do was grab Chloe and race home and cry herself to sleep. She plastered a fake smile on her face. Chloe looked at Spencer for her cue of how to react and quickly plastered an almost identical look on her face.
"So, when's the wedding?" Spencer asked with as much fake enthusiasm as she could muster.
"Next month" Yvonne beamed. "Toby and I are so excited to get moving on to the next phase of our lives" she smiled putting an arm around Toby.
"Are you pregnant?!" Chloe blurted out.
"Chloe!" Toby snapped shooting a look at Spencer.
"Do you know what he did?" Chloe blurted out. "He got my mom pregnant when she was just 16 in a cheap motel. They weren't even together!"
"Chloe calm down, young lady!" Toby said in a fatherly voice Spencer was pretty sure she hadn't heard him use since Chloe was 3 and had taken to throwing her full pull-up at Spencer.
"Young lady" she scoffed at his choice of words. "He's gonna get bored of you and leave you the same way he left us"
"Spence, a little help here" he said gesturing to Chloe.
Spencer was speechless both at Chloe's behavior and because there was a 50/50 chance that this Yvonne girl was knocked up with his kid.
"You know what, never mind, get married, have kids you'll love more than me, I don't care, go to hell!" Chloe said running out to the car.
Spencer was surprised by Chloe's reaction. She was beginning to worry about telling Chloe about her pregnancy.
"She's just surprised" Spencer said "you're springing a lot on us, this engagement is really sudden"
"But it's not" Yvonne interrupted "we've been together over a year"
Spencer couldn't breathe at those words. Two months ago they had fucked each other and he had a girlfriend/fiancé the whole time?!
Spencer walked out unable to speak.
"Spencer, come on let's talk about this" he called chasing after her.
"Is she pregnant?" Spencer cried.
"Spencer..." Toby started getting closer to her.
"Is she?" She sobbed "is she pregnant?"
"Yes" Toby admitted.
Spencer let out a sigh.
"Go to hell" Spencer cried getting into the car.
***Yvonne's POV***
Toby was in the living room pouting over the fact that his daughter and ex are upset he's getting married. Oh well. I know I shouldn't have lied to Toby and faked a pregnancy but I wanted to marry him, and no one, not even that brat and he bitch of a mother were going to stand in my way. Toby walked into the kitchen looking lost.
"Toby?" She asked hesitantly.
"I just got a call from a Dr. Fairbanks" he said. "Spencer and Chloe were in a car accident. I have to go."
"I'll go with you sweetie" Yvonne said "after all Chloe is going to my soon"
Toby and Yvonne quickly made it to Rosewood Memorial.
"I'm looking for my daughter, Chloe Cavanaugh, she was in a car accident" Toby told the nurse at the front desk.
"Room 105" the nurse answered. He walked in to see Chloe lying in a hospital bed she had a cast on and cuts and bruises on her face. The teen smiled at Toby until she saw Yvonne was with him.
"Get out of my room!" She yelled at Yvonne. "I don't want you in here!"
"Chloe, honey..." Yvonne started.
"Don't call me honey, you're not my mom, where's my mom?"
Toby nodded his head indicating to Yvonne that she should leave.
"This accident was all your fault, how could you spring a fiancé on mom like that, she was devastated. That's why we got in the wreck."
"Chloe, your mom and I don't have romantic feelings for each other" Toby said.
"Right" Chloe said rolling her eyes "then why was she a mess driving home and wrecked the car?! You and mom think I'm so stupid and that I don't know you two fuck each other every time you come see me? I fucking walked in on you once"
"Watch your mouth!" He reprimanded. Chloe didn't normally swear like that. "You never walked in on us" he said uncertainly.
"I was five." She said with a look of disdain on her face. "I had a stomach ache and I went to mom's room. I saw you on top of her, at the time I just thought you were bouncing on top of her. It wasn't until I knew what sex was that I knew that's what you were doing. You told her you were going to give her another baby. After you left I asked if I was going to have a sister or brother and she said no and she cried"
"Chloe" Toby said trying to think of an explanation.
"I wasn't 100% sure you guys were still doing it but I stopped at the house to get my sketchbook during your last visit, let's just say I heard enough to know for sure. And then you call her and tell her you bought a house, and tell her you're engaged. You're so insensitive. I can't even talk to you right now."
All of a sudden Chloe closed her eyes and began seizing. A group of doctors and nurses pushed him out of the room to tend to her. Toby decided to go check on Spencer.
Spencer was pretty banged up. The doctor wouldn't give him any details because he wasn't her husband. Toby thought that was such crap. They shared a child. They were each other's emergency contacts for crying out loud. Toby sat in the ugly beige chair provided and took Spencer's hand.
"I'm so sorry" he said "I never wanted to hurt you"
Toby heard Spencer's phone buzzing in her personal effects bag.
He picked it up, thinking he should inform whoever it was of her condition. By the time he had pulled it out of the bag the caller had hung up. When he looked at the screen he saw about 10 messages from Hanna. He read the top one nearly dropping the phone in the process.
Spencer! I'm dying here, how did Toby react to finding out he was going to be a dad again?
"You're pregnant" he whispered putting his hand on Spencer's belly. Toby had been hoping for this for a long time. Toby leaned down kissing her belly the way he had when she was pregnant with Chloe.
"Toby?" Spencer murmured.
"Hey" he said.
"You know?" She whispered
"Yeah" he said "I'm going to be there for you. I love you, you're the love of my life. I'll make this work"
He kissed her passionately until she winced in pain.
"I'm sorry" he said pulling away.
Spencer let out a gasp as she looked through the glass door digging her nails into his arms.
Toby turned to see a woman that always struck fear in Toby's heart.
"Mrs. Hastings" he muttered under his breath.
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