Author's Note: Hello fanfictioners and Spobettes! Welcome to my new Spoby fanfiction. I have written another Spoby story before called That Night that's followed the plot of the show. I have found that I enjoy writing stories that have a new plot and don't follow the story line of the show, and I have more fun writing those. So this story is going to be AU, but still staying true to a lot of events on the show. I had to have my own answers to the new A and other things just to tie the story together. So without further ado, lets get into the story. (please read the end authors note too! Important!)

Prologue.

Graduation.

The single most important day that Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily have been looking forward to for months. Sure, everyone was excited to leave the hell hole known as high school, but not as much as these girls. For the past year and a half, they have been tortured by an anonymous source known as A. First, it was Hanna's best friend Mona, and recently they discovered the latest stalker was Jenna Marshall, who was now behind bars along with Garrett Reynolds, since he was proven guilty of killing Alison Dilaurentis, the girl's old best friend. Now that Graduation day was right around the corner, the girls had a chance to leave Rosewood for good.

Well, actually they weren't getting to far away. Because of Aria's still strong relationship with their former teacher Ezra Fitz, the girls agreed to attend a college about an hour away from Rosewood, where Ezra teaches. That way Aria could still see him and all the girls were close to their families. Also, now that Emily recently got about together with Samara, they could see each other. And of course, same with Spencer and Toby, who have been together almost a year without break ups and a year and a half since he kissed her in the parking lot of the motel. Emily Aria, and Spencer were in good, happy relationships, but the same couldn't be said for Hanna. The three girls were at her house now, banging on her bedroom door.

"Hanna! Open up!" Spencer shouted.

"Yeah, come on. Let us in!" Aria added and Emily continued knocking on the door.

"Go away!" Hanna's muffled voice was heard from the other side.

"Please, Han. Let us talk to you. We wanna help." Emily pleaded.

After a few moments of silence, they heard the door unlock and seconds later the door opened to reveal a very upset Hanna. Tears fell from her eyes, rolling down her cheeks and her eyes were red and splotchy. The girls sighed in sympathy and rushed in to hug and console their best friend.

A few nights ago, Caleb broke the news to Hanna that he was moving to California after graduation to be close to his family. This of course, crushed Hanna and she had been locked in her room ever since.

After calming Hanna down, they were all seated on her bed. Spencer was the first to speak up.

"Hanna, how much have you packed?" she asked.

"Ummm," Hanna started, nervously, then nodded at a box in the corner of her room. "That's all I have so far."

"Hanna," Emily began, swinging her legs off the bed, "you've only packed one box? We're graduating tomorrow!"

"Yeah, seriously, and we leave Saturday. Do you want us to help you finish?" Aria said, hopping off the bed with Emily.

Spencer remained on the bed since Hanna as resting her head on her shoulder. "ummm, that'd be great. Thanks guys." Hanna replied, softly.

The reason the girls were packing was because they had recently bought a house that was near the school. They were all living together and moving in the day after graduation. Hanna and Spencer watched as Aria and Emily packed some of Hanna's clothes in boxes. Spencer was about to help them along with Hanna. She watched as Hanna walked over to her dresser. Hearing her sigh, she walked over beside her. Hanna was holding a framed picture of her and Caleb.

"Don't worry, Han. You'll get through this. Everything will be fine." Spencer told her quietly.

Hanna sighed, "What do you know? You only have the best boyfriend in the world."

Spencer sighed, taking the photo and placing it downside back on the dresser. She squeezed Hanna's shoulder, than they both went to help Aria and Emily

Graduation day had finally arrive and the girls were excited as ever. Hanna had agreed to forget about Caleb for the day, so she could enjoy her graduation. Although, Hanna flinched when his name was called to get his diploma. Luckily Aria, because of their last names, was close enough to send her a reassuring glance and Hanna perked up instantly. Hanna was even happier that both of her parents had showed up to watch their daughter graduate. Kate had switched schools, so neither he or Isabelle were present. Both of Aria's parents came and seemed okay despite their divorce earlier that year. Seated with them were Mike and even Ezra. He was, of course, was seated next to Ella. Byron still wasn't fully okay with the idea of his daughter and her former teacher and his former coworker dating, but he has grown more and more accepting. He doesn't even look constipated when his name was brought up. As for the faculty and staff at Rosewood High, they believe the reason Ezra attended that night was to see his former students graduate. But they didn't know he was here for one in particular. Though, he had formed a close friendship with Emily, Hanna, and Spencer over the past year as well. Emily's ad was able to be released for a week to see his daughter graduate. He was sitting with Emily's mother, Pam, and Samara. She and Emily have been in a relationship for two months. Samara realized that Emily was forced into getting her friends number after hearing so many stories about the stalker who sabotaged her and her friends. She had helped Emily through a rough time after Maya and waited until Emily was ready to be in a relationship. Emily still missed Maya, and Samara knew that, but they made each other happy and that's what mattered. Spencer had the biggest group of people sitting in the crowd to support her. Both of her parents were there, proud of their daughter for graduating at the top of her class, despite all the turmoil she went through this year. Melissa was also there. She and Spencer had called a truce and got along great. Spencer was there for her when Melissa lost her baby. Also there was Jason, who had become a real brother to her now and he and Melissa got along as well. Both of her parents treated him well, too. And then next to Jason was Toby. He had supported her through everything. He as long with her family and friends smiled as she gave her valedictorian speech. Spencer was beyond happy that all the people she loved were there to witness this special occasion.

After the ceremony, the four girls hugged and congratulated each other before going to their families. Spencer was immediately wrapped up into the arms of both of her parents.

"We're so proud of you sweety." He mom said and he dad quickly agreed.

Then she moved on to hug Melissa. "I'm happy for you, Spence." They both smiled. Melissa continued. "Your speech gave mine a run for its money." They both laughed and then she hugged Jason, who smiled. "Congratulations, Spence." He said.

"Thank you." She smiled.

As she parted from their hug, she saw Toby standing behind Jason, smiling, his eyes as blue as ever. This made her smile even more. She ran to him and he wrapped his arms around her, spinning her around. They laughed as he set her back on the ground. When the parted, Toby took her hands in his and looked he in the eyes. Spencer could have sworn she saw tears forming. "Spencer, I love you so so so so so much. You know that right?" he asked, tears on the verge of falling. Her eye brows pulled together in confusion and worry. "Yes, of course."

"Never, ever forget that." He said, cupping her cheeks. "Promise me you'll always remember that." Their foreheads were touching now.

"I promise," she stated.

He pulled her in far a kiss and she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I love you too," she said as the pulled away briefly before kissing again. She tangled her fingers in her hair and he ran his hands down her arms to rest on her back. They could have gone on forever, but the sound of Melissa's voice brought them apart.

"Hey, you two, save that for later. It's time for pictures." Melissa joked and everyone chuckled. Soon, Spencer was posing for photos for everyone. She smiled, but she couldn't help but wonder what the deeper meaning of Toby's words was.

Spencer smiled as she placed a picture of her and Toby on her night stand. It was taken at graduation the previous night, her favorite one of the evening. Though, it wasn't posed. Aria had hijacked her camera while they weren't paying attention. She and Toby were facing each other, her hands around his neck and his on her waist. Their foreheads were touching and they both stared into each other's eyes, smiling. That ended after hearing Aria shouting "Oooohhh! This is going on facebook!" They all laughed and Spencer and Toby blushed. Emily and Hanna rushed over, squealing, "Let me see!" and staring over Aria's shoulders. She remembered Hanna shouting, "aww, look at our Spoby!" She had laughed and rolled her eyes at her friend. Hanna had been calling her and Toby that for months saying it sounded cute, and Spencer couldn't help but agree.

She was standing in her new bedroom at her new house, unpacking boxes. She was snapped out of her trance when she heard Aria calling her from the living room.

"Spence! Toby's here!" she smiled to herself and walked out of her room to the living room that had yet to be furnished.

"I'll leave you two alone." Aria winked before going back to her own room, and Hanna and Emily were in their own.

"Hey!" Spencer greeted, kissing him, but was surprised when he didn't kiss back. She frowned, assuming the worst. "Is everything okay?" she asked.

He sighed, "Spence, there's something I need to tell you." He looked at the ground. "I would have told you last night, but I didn't want to ruin your day."

Spencer was scared. What was going on?

"Toby, what is it? What's wrong?"

He gulped and took a deep breath, looking back up at her, his eyes greyer than usual. "I'm moving." He stated, his voice cracking.

Spencer's heart dropped. "W-what? How can you be moving?" she asked.

"I got an amazing job offer for a construction business, but it's in LA." He explained quietly.

"You're going to California?"she asked, her heart breaking more and more. Tears were filling her eyes. She couldn't lose him. They've gone through so much, she wouldn't let him slip away again. "I'll go with you." She said. Tears slipped away.

"Spencer you can't." Tears were falling from his eyes too. "As much as I would love that, your friends and family are here."

She took a shaky breath, "We could try a long distance relationship." She tried.

"Spence, you and I both know those almost never last." Saying these things were killing him.

"But-"

"I'm not going to have you wait for me here, have you tied to me. You'd be unhappy. I can't do that to you. I'm not going to hold you back."

She was fully crying how. How did he now know he was the only one she wanted to be with?

"Toby-"

"I have to let you go," he whispered. It hurt him so much, but he wouldn't be the one to hold her back, keep her from her friends.

"I love you so much." She said collapsing in his arms. They were both hysterical crying.

"I love you, too." He mumbled into her hair. They both fell to the floor, holding each other in their arms. After crying and whispering their love to each other, they stood up. Toby cupped her face, whipping away tears with his thumbs. "I am going to miss you so much." She whimpered.

"I'll miss you too." He declared, kissing her. She didn't want to separate, but oxygen came necessary and they pulled apart.

"I love you."

"I love you."

Toby ran his hand down her arm and gripped her hand. He backed away, not letting hre hand go until they were too far apart. Spencer watched him walk out the door and as soon as it closed, she fell to the floor crying. Hanna, who was originally going to her car to get more boxes, had stopped and watched the whole encounter. Her heart broke more and more with each word spoken. It killed her to watch her best friend break. She quickly rushed over to where Spencer was on the floor, gathering her in her arms. Soon, they were both intertwined, crying together. Crying for themselves and each other. They both lost the love of their lives and they were broken. But, they were both glad they could help each other through it. It was not long before a very confused Emily and Aria wandered into the room to find their best friends curled up in a heap on the floor. They both hurried over to console them. Hanna calmed first, but still cradled a very upset Spencer in her arms. She mouthed to Emily and Aria that she'd explain later. They nodded. Everyone knew that this was going to be a bumpy summer. But, none of them knew the worst was yet to come.

Authors Note: So whadda ya think? I'll have the next chapter or well chapter 1 up soon, but tell me what you think so far! It's going to be a time jump and the next chapter will have a summary. And about Jenna being the new A and Garrett being guilty. I wanted to have some ending to that story before I started mine so if you don't like that I made Jenna and Garrett guilty of that stuff, don't worry, it won't be playing a big part in the story. Also, I'm going to do more Spencer/Hanna friendship since you don't really see that on the show. There's a lot of Spencer with Emily and Aria but never really Hanna. I did like when Hanna confronted Toby in 2x23 for Spence though. So I will have a lot of Spanna but also a lot of Sparia and Spemily as well! And if you don't lie Emily and Samara, I'm sorry. I liked Samara and don't get me wrong, I liked Paige and Maya, but since there wont be any Samara anytime soon on PLL, I decided to have her in my story. So it'll be mainly Spoby, but you'll see Haleb, Ezria, and Emily/Samara. Okay I've rambled enough. Thanks for reading and don't forget to review! Review = fast update! (: Bye! xxxMelody