p class="MsoNormal"Continuation/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Aria wait", Spencer begged. "You don't know what happened"./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanAria couldn't help but shake her head at the statement. She could no longer accept anything Spencer said, she couldn't be trusted with her own safety not when it came to him. "Ok someone needs to tell us what the hell is going on" Hannah demanded, she herself had been failing at holding back tears the entire time. Hannah felt powerless, seeing her friend curled up to Emily like a dying child. Hannah jumped at the idea of learning who did this to her friend. She welcomed anger over this feeling of powerlessness. Hanna knew deep down in her gut that Spencer could never be the same. Yet she found it hard to not expect Spencer to sit up, shrug off this fear and approach this from a logical stand point. Hannah stood in disbelief , waiting for Spencer to reappear. But Spencer only cried harder as she felt Hannah's eyes on her. She could no longer look at anyone. She turned her head into Emilys chest trying to disappear into Emily. Hannah turned away from Spencer, a physical pain engulfed her chest. "Who ever did this needs to pay", she said out loud. Her voice breaking with every word spoken. Aria and Hannah shared a look suddenly Hannah remembered she wasn't the only one feeling this. With just that realization alone, she felt just an ounce better. Hannah reached out to Aria who in return reached out across the bed. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanTheir eyes locked as their hands made contact. Spencer watched the interaction happened, she didn't think it was possible but she felt something in side of her break./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanShe had forgotten about this, about them like that. Sure in her head she knew they were really good friends but this feeling, Hannah and Aria leaning on each other in a time of pain. Spencer felt jealous, angry, betrayed, hurt and stupid all at once. How on earth did she lose this. "wren" a voice at the back of her head answered./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Spence, it's us, you can trust us". Emily tried to reason with her shaken friend./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You guys won't understand, you don't understand". Tears now freely fell from Aria's eyes as she heard her friends words. But Spencer didn't know how to get herself out of this situation. If she told the truth either way she would end up screwed./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Come on Spencer you can do this tell them who did this to you", Hannah spoke up her voice shaky and hoarse. She turned to fully face Spencer, Aria still holding her hand. She could see it on the tip of Spencer's tongue./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanThe hospital door burst open. A furious Toby locked eyes on Spencer. His bright blue eyes held a tint of red and bulging making his eyes look almost inhuman in a way. A cry of terror escaped Spencer as she fumbled with what sounded like words of plea. She didn't want to believe her eyes. No not now, just a moment longer. Toby was definitely going to kill Wren this time. His eyes engulfed on her soaking up her tear stricken face and bruised body. Spencer didn't even realize her mouth was moving trying to talk Toby down. Hannah watched as Spencer go deeper into her shell trying to contain herself./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I-I ca- ca -can explain", She finally was able to manage. Hannah quickly spun around and stepped in front of Toby, blocking his view. Seeing her friends reaction, she no longer needed her to say it out loud./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"What are you doing here"? Toby focused on Hannah, trying so hard to contain a rage he hadn't felt in a long time./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Hannah don't", Spencer begged./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I heard what happened to Spencer and I just wanted to come by and see if she's ok". Spencer didn't know how she was going to get out of this, or better yet how Wren was going to get out of this. Some thing was bound to come out at any moment. Aria watched Spencer confused, their was a genuine span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanfear in Spencer's eyes at the sight of Toby everyone saw it, Emily felt it as well. Aria could see Emily grow more protective as Spencer cuddled deeper into the embrace. There was something big Aria was missing here./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You need to leave", Hannah replied her voice firm. She would be damned if she let him into this room. Toby didn't back down, he wasn't going to let Spencer return to that monster not again. He had made up his mind he would lock her in a cage if he had to. He started to raise his hands to push Hannah out the way./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Toby", Aria called out to him. She herself couldn't believe what she was about to see. She starred at his hands which were inches away from making contact with Hannah. He froze, his eyes moving past Hannah to lock onto Aria. He realized how bad it would have been if he did in fact put his hands on Hannah. Emily had never seen Toby like this, she felt Spencer tremble in her arms. Emily's chest tighten as her mind started to make connections and assumptions. Quickly following guilt. All the while Aria watched observing Toby. "I think you need to go cool down, Spencer is safe with us here", Aria spoke, her voice firm. Toby tried to move around Hannah but once again the blonde stepped infront of him. This time the blonde in heels pushed him into the door. Toby's back made a loud thud, as a hush fell over the room./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"If I ever see you near Spencer again I will kill you", Hannah roared her eyes red, voice thundering throughout the room. Aria could feel soundwaves bouncing off the wall. She quickly moved to stand next to Hannah in case he decided to do something. Aria's green eyes unapologetic and focused, waiting to see what Toby's next move was. Aria had worn sweats and a hoody to the hospital, she was half expecting to fight, but she never thought it would be Toby. He could feel all their eyes on him, except for her. He knew she would be hiding now. Toby decided to let it go, Spencer couldn't hide forever sooner or later life is going to catch up to her. He felt angry though, it was clear what ever friendship they shared was now gone and he had enjoyed their friendship. But he cared about Spencer so much more. " Get out", Hannah kept screaming. The blonde girl didn't scare him, but Aria did. The look on her face told him, she was deadly, he wasn't fooled by her size. Aria was the most lethal out of all of them right now and she was watching him closely./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanToby left the room without another sound./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanSuddenly Emily felt the guilt 10 times over. Why did she not see something so wrong when Spencer didn't want Toby around. How could she have been so blind. Spencer never avoided people, so she should have seen how odd it was when Spencer wanted Toby out of the group. Instead she gave Spencer a hard time which in the end just isolated her from everyone./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Spencer I am so sorry, I should have seen it with Toby", Emily apologized. Spencer closed her eyes. She gave up on speaking it didn't matter anyway. She knew she should speak up and tell the truth but she couldn't. The fact is they just got rid of Toby for her, she didn't care what the reason was anymore, that was one problem that was solved. She let her self relax again her shaking came to an end. Hannah now beside the bed again rubbed her shoulder softly. Aria watched Spencer closely there was something else going on here that she didn't know. How Toby acted, how terrified Spencer was, it was genuine terror. Maybe Aria didn't know everything. She knew that it was with Toby Spencer disappeared with she never questioned if Spencer had been willing or was she forced. Not until now. What had she just seen? Was Toby really about to put his hands on Hannah?/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Aria", Hannah called to her friend. She could see there was something on Aria's mind, something she knew that she wasn't telling them./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Hannah you can't put your hands on him like that, it's dangerous", Aria spoke up./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I couldn't help it/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"It was Toby that hit Wren right"? Aria asked Spencer/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Yes", Spencer answered./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Oh my god", Hannah spoke her voice a fraction of what it was before. She sat down near the foot of the stiff hospital bed./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"What happened"? Emily asked. Spencer could feel the eyes of her friends on her, Aria was either going to tell them or she was./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You guys can't tell Wren about Toby, you just can't. If you care about my safety you won't", Spencer stated./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Why can't Wren know"? Hannah asked. Spencer stumbled for the right words./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Because he just can't, so promise me you won't"./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Aria wait", Spencer begged. "You don't know what happened"./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanAria couldn't help but shake her head at the statement. She could no longer accept anything Spencer said, she couldn't be trusted with her own safety not when it came to him. "Ok someone needs to tell us what the hell is going on" Hannah demanded, she herself had been failing at holding back tears the entire time. Hannah felt powerless, seeing her friend curled up to Emily like a dying child. Hannah jumped at the idea of learning who did this to her friend. She welcomed anger over this feeling of powerlessness. Hanna knew deep down in her gut that Spencer could never be the same. Yet she found it hard to not expect Spencer to sit up, shrug off this fear and approach this from a logical stand point. Hannah stood in disbelief , waiting for Spencer to reappear. But Spencer only cried harder as she felt Hannah's eyes on her. She could no longer look at anyone. She turned her head into Emilys chest trying to disappear into Emily. Hannah turned away from Spencer, a physical pain engulfed her chest. "Who ever did this needs to pay", she said out loud. Her voice breaking with every word spoken. Aria and Hannah shared a look suddenly Hannah remembered she wasn't the only one feeling this. With just that realization alone, she felt just an ounce better. Hannah reached out to Aria who in return reached out across the bed. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanTheir eyes locked as their hands made contact. Spencer watched the interaction happened, she didn't think it was possible but she felt something in side of her break./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanShe had forgotten about this, about them like that. Sure in her head she knew they were really good friends but this feeling, Hannah and Aria leaning on each other in a time of pain. Spencer felt jealous, angry, betrayed, hurt and stupid all at once. How on earth did she lose this. "wren" a voice at the back of her head answered./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Spence, it's us, you can trust us". Emily tried to reason with her shaken friend./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You guys won't understand, you don't understand". Tears now freely fell from Aria's eyes as she heard her friends words. But Spencer didn't know how to get herself out of this situation. If she told the truth either way she would end up screwed./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Come on Spencer you can do this tell them who did this to you", Hannah spoke up her voice shaky and hoarse. She turned to fully face Spencer, Aria still holding her hand. She could see it on the tip of Spencer's tongue./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanThe hospital door burst open. A furious Toby locked eyes on Spencer. His bright blue eyes held a tint of red and bulging making his eyes look almost inhuman in a way. A cry of terror escaped Spencer as she fumbled with what sounded like words of plea. She didn't want to believe her eyes. No not now, just a moment longer. Toby was definitely going to kill Wren this time. His eyes engulfed on her soaking up her tear stricken face and bruised body. Spencer didn't even realize her mouth was moving trying to talk Toby down. Hannah watched as Spencer go deeper into her shell trying to contain herself./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I-I ca- ca -can explain", She finally was able to manage. Hannah quickly spun around and stepped in front of Toby, blocking his view. Seeing her friends reaction, she no longer needed her to say it out loud./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"What are you doing here"? Toby focused on Hannah, trying so hard to contain a rage he hadn't felt in a long time./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Hannah don't", Spencer begged./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I heard what happened to Spencer and I just wanted to come by and see if she's ok". Spencer didn't know how she was going to get out of this, or better yet how Wren was going to get out of this. Some thing was bound to come out at any moment. Aria watched Spencer confused, their was a genuine span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanfear in Spencer's eyes at the sight of Toby everyone saw it, Emily felt it as well. Aria could see Emily grow more protective as Spencer cuddled deeper into the embrace. There was something big Aria was missing here./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You need to leave", Hannah replied her voice firm. She would be damned if she let him into this room. Toby didn't back down, he wasn't going to let Spencer return to that monster not again. He had made up his mind he would lock her in a cage if he had to. He started to raise his hands to push Hannah out the way./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Toby", Aria called out to him. She herself couldn't believe what she was about to see. She starred at his hands which were inches away from making contact with Hannah. He froze, his eyes moving past Hannah to lock onto Aria. He realized how bad it would have been if he did in fact put his hands on Hannah. Emily had never seen Toby like this, she felt Spencer tremble in her arms. Emily's chest tighten as her mind started to make connections and assumptions. Quickly following guilt. All the while Aria watched observing Toby. "I think you need to go cool down, Spencer is safe with us here", Aria spoke, her voice firm. Toby tried to move around Hannah but once again the blonde stepped infront of him. This time the blonde in heels pushed him into the door. Toby's back made a loud thud, as a hush fell over the room./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"If I ever see you near Spencer again I will kill you", Hannah roared her eyes red, voice thundering throughout the room. Aria could feel soundwaves bouncing off the wall. She quickly moved to stand next to Hannah in case he decided to do something. Aria's green eyes unapologetic and focused, waiting to see what Toby's next move was. Aria had worn sweats and a hoody to the hospital, she was half expecting to fight, but she never thought it would be Toby. He could feel all their eyes on him, except for her. He knew she would be hiding now. Toby decided to let it go, Spencer couldn't hide forever sooner or later life is going to catch up to her. He felt angry though, it was clear what ever friendship they shared was now gone and he had enjoyed their friendship. But he cared about Spencer so much more. " Get out", Hannah kept screaming. The blonde girl didn't scare him, but Aria did. The look on her face told him, she was deadly, he wasn't fooled by her size. Aria was the most lethal out of all of them right now and she was watching him closely./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanToby left the room without another sound./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanSuddenly Emily felt the guilt 10 times over. Why did she not see something so wrong when Spencer didn't want Toby around. How could she have been so blind. Spencer never avoided people, so she should have seen how odd it was when Spencer wanted Toby out of the group. Instead she gave Spencer a hard time which in the end just isolated her from everyone./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Spencer I am so sorry, I should have seen it with Toby", Emily apologized. Spencer closed her eyes. She gave up on speaking it didn't matter anyway. She knew she should speak up and tell the truth but she couldn't. The fact is they just got rid of Toby for her, she didn't care what the reason was anymore, that was one problem that was solved. She let her self relax again her shaking came to an end. Hannah now beside the bed again rubbed her shoulder softly. Aria watched Spencer closely there was something else going on here that she didn't know. How Toby acted, how terrified Spencer was, it was genuine terror. Maybe Aria didn't know everything. She knew that it was with Toby Spencer disappeared with she never questioned if Spencer had been willing or was she forced. Not until now. What had she just seen? Was Toby really about to put his hands on Hannah?/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Aria", Hannah called to her friend. She could see there was something on Aria's mind, something she knew that she wasn't telling them./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Hannah you can't put your hands on him like that, it's dangerous", Aria spoke up./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I couldn't help it/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"It was Toby that hit Wren right"? Aria asked Spencer/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Yes", Spencer answered./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Oh my god", Hannah spoke her voice a fraction of what it was before. She sat down near the foot of the stiff hospital bed./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"What happened"? Emily asked. Spencer could feel the eyes of her friends on her, Aria was either going to tell them or she was./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You guys can't tell Wren about Toby, you just can't. If you care about my safety you won't", Spencer stated./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Why can't Wren know"? Hannah asked. Spencer stumbled for the right words./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Because he just can't, so promise me you won't"./p