I'll Meet You Half Way--Sparia
When Spencer had gone to college, she’d broken up with Toby for a simple reason: she didn’t want to do a long distance relationship. She was going to Washington DC, and he wanted to stay in Rosewood. Maybe she was being selfish or difficult, but she didn’t care. Long distance didn’t suit her.
Yet somehow, here she was five years later, in a long distance relationship. With Aria Montgomery. It would only be for a couple of months, Aria promised. She just needed to wrap things up with the book, and then she’d join Spencer in DC. (Spencer needed to get back to work, and besides, she didn’t want to spend any more time in Rosewood than absolutely necessary.) That was six months ago, and Aria was still in Rosewood.
Despite the distance, they were actually doing okay. They both made frequent visits to each other, and they’d become well acquainted with a small town halfway between their respective homes. But sometimes it was hard to be apart, especially after a bad day.
With her boss’s angry e-mail in mind, Spencer picked up the phone and called her girlfriend.
“Hey, babe. What’s up?” Aria answered. Spencer sighed heavily, already packing an overnight bag.
“I need to see you,” she said, not even paying attention to what she was grabbing. There was a pause.
“Are you breaking up with me?” Aria asked. Spencer nearly dropped the phone.
“What? No! Why would you think that?” she asked. She could practically hear Aria’s shrug.
“I don’t know. You said you need to see me and you sound upset,” she explained. Spencer rolled her eyes.
“I’m not going to break up with you. I am upset, which is why I need to see you. I need my girlfriend tonight,” she said. Aria smiled on the other end of the phone.
“Have you left yet?” Aria asked. Spencer shook her head, then remembered Aria couldn’t see her.
“No, I’m getting ready. Why?”
“I’ll meet you halfway,” Aria offered, already getting up to pack her own bag.
“Are you sure? I don’t mind coming all the way. I know this is unexpected and—”
“Spence, I’m sure. Besides, Ezra is on another one of his benders, so I doubt he’ll be sending chapters my way anytime soon. It’ll be good for me to get away for a while,” Aria said. Spencer made a face, and was glad her girlfriend couldn’t see her.
The truth was, Spencer trusted Aria one hundred percent. She was her best friend, even before she was her girlfriend. But that didn’t make it any easier for her to accept that they weren’t in the same city because of Ezra Fitz. She understood that Aria’s boss was putting pressure on her to get the book, and she knew that without this book there was no way Aria would get the transfer she was hoping for. Still, it was difficult. For one thing, while she trusted Aria with her life, Spencer didn’t trust Ezra one bit.
“Spence? You still there?” Aria asked, bringing Spencer back to the present.
“Yeah, meeting halfway sounds great to me. I’ll see you soon,” she said.
“See you,” Aria replied, and Spencer clicked off her phone.
Spencer sighed, and finished packing her bag. With any luck, they wouldn’t have to plan these overnight rendezvous for much longer. Hopefully, someday soon, they’d be living together.