A/N-The official 1st Chapter of BMASPTL. For those of you who do not know this an AU-ish story. Spencer is currently with Alex (will change because I am a Spoby fan and this a Spoby story), Alison was killed, but Ian was convicted for her murder, Hanna and Caleb haven't met yet, Melissa stayed with Wren, and Toby and Jenna never became siblings. Italics are Spencer's thought.

Chapter 1

The Perfect Life

Perfect. The word Perfect means conforming absolutely to the description or definition of an ideal type. It is said that no one can be perfect, but in Rosewood there is one family that is considered to be perfect or the closest thing to it. The Hastings have everything they could ever want, but that's what it looks like on the outside, people have yet to know what happens behind closed doors. Peter and Veronica Hastings were having marital problems because of Mr. Hastings infidelity. The eldest daughter Melissa is the perfect child she is intelligent, outspoken, and successful, but no one would have ever guessed that she once married a murder or that her British fiancé cheated on her with her sister and she took him back, because she was desperate for happy ending. The youngest daughter, 16-year old, Spencer Hastings is as equally bright as her sister Melissa, but her parents would always choose her Melissa over her. This is what sparked the rivalry between the two siblings and the fact that Spencer kissed her sisters fiancé, Wren.

Spencer felt extremely guilty for what she had done, but truth be told she didn't even like Wren she was just glad someone finally picked her instead of her sister. A few weeks after the Wren situation her family and Melissa finally forgave her for her indiscretion. It turned out to be a good thing for Spencer because a few days later she met Alex Santiago at the country club. When her family were angry with her about Wren she started to spend more time away from home and when she couldn't go to one of her friends homes she would go to the club and Alex would keep her company. Spencer and Alex have been together for about 7 months now and her parents absolutely loved him as much as she did. Yep, Spencer had it all perfect friends, perfect family, and a perfect boyfriend. Spencer would have never thought that meeting a certain carpenter over the summer would make her reconsidered everything she thought about her seemingly perfect life.

It was a normal summer day in Rosewood, but not for Spencer Hastings today was the day she would be interviewing handy men and women to rebuild the family barn. The barn was being rebuilt, so that it would be suitable for Spencer to live in during the rest of highschool. Spencer didn't have to go to the Brew for the interviews until later in the afternoon. Right now Spencer and Alex were sitting in her living room just talking and enjoying each others company.

"Do you need me to go with you to the Brew today?" Alex asked with a warm smile. Alex has curly brown hair, beautiful brown eyes, and the warmest smile Spencer had ever seen.

"No that's okay, you have to work and it's only about two or three people" Spencer shrugged, but still returned Alex's smile with one of her own."I'll miss you though"

Alex smiled again and leaned in to kiss Spencer on her lips. The kiss got pretty heated when Spencer moved her hands into his hair, slightly tugging at it. Alex grinned into the kiss and took hold of her hips. He was about to lower her onto the couch until his phone rang. Alex broke away from the kiss a little to quickly for Spencer's liking and she frowned a little.

"It's work, I have to go" Alex said while looking at Spencer with disappointment in his eyes.

"Okay, I love you" Spencer responded, giving him a quick peck on the lips.

"I love you too" Alex said giving Spencer a kiss on the cheek and headed out of the backdoor of the Hastings residence

Spencer sat their alone in her house ,like she did on most days, thinking about Alex.

Alex was the perfect guy for me right?

I really do love him, don't I?

Spencer snapped herself out of her thoughts when she saw the time on the clock. It was time to head to the Brew, so Spencer picked up her keys and purse then she headed out of her house.

The Brew was Spencer's home away from home because they always had the thing Spencer loved the most, coffee. Spencer's friend, Emily Fields, worked at the Brew and would regularly sale a cup of coffee to Spencer everyday. Once Spencer walked through the door she was greeted with sight of Emily, sitting at a table alone drinking tea and reading a magazine, probably on her break.

"Hey Em" Spencer said while walking up to her friend.

" Oh.. Hey Spence" Emily said " What are you doing her I already made you two cups of coffee today"

Spencer chuckled at Emily's remark to her coffee addiction and sat in the empty seat next to her.

"I came here because I have to interview people to rebuild the barn" Spencer said "But...If you didn't mind, would you make a cup while I wait for the first person to show up"

Emily just smile at her and said " I figured you'd ask that." Emily got up to go make the coffee, leaving Spencer alone. Spencer sat there reading the magazine that Emily was previously reading. Until someone tapped her on her shoulder and called her name. Spencer knew that accent anywhere, it was the same one that caused her to make a terrible decision. Spencer finally looked up at the man, after a moment of hesitation.

" Wren..." Spencer said attempting to fake a smile, but it wasn't working" What are you doing here?"

Wren took the seat across from Spencer and looked straight into her eyes.

" The same thing you are getting coffee" Wren said with a small chuckle " I saw you sitting over here and thought that this would be a good time to talk about...us"

"Wren, there never was and is never going to be an us" Spencer said firmly hoping that he would take a hint and leave.

But no, being persistent as always Wren stayed seated in the chair.

"Spencer, I know I've caused a lot of problems for you..." Wren lowered his head a little, like he also felt guilt for his actions "But remember I'll be here for you when you need me."

Wren smirked at Spencer, before reaching across the table placing his hand over hers, a flirtatious look in his eyes. Spencer had a look of disgust on her and removed her hand out of Wren's grasp.

"Wow" Spencer scoffed " Look Wren I know what your trying to do and it won't work because I will never want you."

Wren cleared his throat, before saying" I'm sorry if I wasted your time Spencer."

Wren got up from the table and headed for the exit. Until he turned around and said " if you ever want to reconsider, you know where I'll be."

Spencer rolled her eyes, as she watched him walk out of the door. Emily walked back over to the table with Spencer's coffee, after witnessing Spencer and Wren's confrontation.

"Are you okay Spence?" Emily asked with a concerned expression on her face

"Yeah, Wren is irrelevant to me, so just forget about it" Spencer said with a small grin to reassured Emily that she was okay.

"Well, alright then" Emily said about to turn back around and get back to work, then she remembered the guy who came in asking about the handy man job " Oh Spence I almost forget, a guy is here for the interview."

"Did he tell you his name?" Spencer asked

"Yeah, his name is Toby.""Emily smirked "Toby Cavanaugh"

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