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Oh, look! My first Spoby fic! For the record, 1) I know this kind of thing has been done before, 2) I love and believe there is still hope for Spoby, and 3) I don't own PLL. Kay, enjoy. This is just the prologue, it should, hopefully, get better.

Prologue – Poor Spencer

SPOV

I walk into the kitchen as I hear rustling. I take a deep breath and hold up the key. Please be wrong, please be wrong, please be wrong, I chant to myself.

"Is this what you're looking for?" I say, trying to sound strong. The person in the black hoodie looks up. He turns around slowly and approaches me. I clench my jaw tight, steeling myself against the pain that's erupting inside of my heart. His face is hard, eyes filled with steel. Not an ounce of regret is present on his face.

"How long have you known?" His voice bares no emotion. I drop the Radley visitor pass on the counter. He just stares at it.

"Pretending not to love you was the hardest thing I've ever had to do?" I ask, infuriated.

"Spencer." I slap him across the face, hard. The phone rings and I glance back at it. When I look back to him he's gone. I squeeze my eyes shut. This can't be real. This is a nightmare. Toby loves me. He…oh god. Toby is A.

A small sob escapes my throat and I sit down, leaning against the island in my kitchen. My phone beeps. I cringe before tapping the screen to open the new text.

Poor little Spencer. Nothing ever goes her way. But you know what they say about liars. Takes one to know one. ~ A

I stand quickly and make my way to the door. Storming out of my house, I slam it shut and run towards the woods. I don't know how long I run but after some time, I reach a small clearing. I sit down in the middle out the soaked grass and cry on my knees. I ignore the storm raging around me. I know it's not safe, but nothing in my life is safe anymore.

Third POV

"Where is Spencer?" Aria demands, worried about her best friend. Hanna glances over at her startled.

"She's probably still at Toby's," Emily says, without even looking up from her computer, where she's working on homework.

"Yeah, chill Aria," Hanna tells the dark-haired girl, "We don't always answer our phones when we're with our boyfriends."

"Or girlfriends," Em chimes in.

"But Spencer always does," Aria counters, "And this," she gestures to her phone, "is not something A would have sent to just the three of us."

"Maybe she didn't see it," Hanna sighs, obviously annoyed.

"Or maybe something's wrong!" Aria snaps, "I'm going over there."

"Not alone, you're not!" Emily stands immediately. Hanna silently follows her two friends.

~BackToUs~

"Spence!" Aria calls, "She's not here." Emily and Hanna look at each other and then step away from the back door. Aria sees it's been broken and her eyes widen. She grabs some flashlights and hands one to each of her friends. She takes another one for herself and runs into the rain, turning it on.

"Spencer!" the hazel eyed girl cries, running towards the woods.

"Spence!" Emily shouts, as her and Hanna try to catch up with Aria. Aria stops dead at the clearing before lurching forwards and wrapping her arms around Spencer.

"Spencer, what's wrong?" she asks. Hanna and Emily join the others on the wet ground.

The three girls drag their taller friend to her feet and help her get back home. They all change into dry clothes and sit on Spencer's bed together. She stares blankly at the wall, numb.

"Spence, what's going on?" Emily asks gently.

"It's over. We," her voice wavers, "We broke up."

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