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*2 years ago*
They stood there shocked. Their best friend Alison Dilaurentis was rifling through her drawers haphazardly packing.
"Ali, please don't go" Emily pleaded.
"This is crazy" Spencer said.
"We can call the cops" Aria suggested.
"You're gonna get yourself killed" Hanna added.
"Wilden is after me!" She explained as she packed. "He knows I saw him kill that girl, he won't stop until I'm dead or he is" she said as she pulled out a gun from the back of her dresser tucking it in the back of her waistband.
"I'll only use it as self defense, I just gotta get out of town until the cops can catch him" she explained "I'm only going to be gone a couple weeks."
She looked over, in the corner stood her boyfriend Toby. He was kicking at the carpet with his foot.
"It's only going to be for a couple weeks, Tobes" she said going over to him she placed a hand on his chest as their blue eyes locked.
"Don't go" he said quietly. She knew he didn't like being vulnerable in front of people and he'd never gotten along with her friends. It wasn't that any of them disliked any of them it was more that Toby and her friends were just different and they'd never taken the time to think of him as anything other than Ali's boyfriend.
"I'll come with you" he said. Toby's home life was bad, his dad wouldn't miss him, he'd have to stop drinking for that.
"No!" Ali said forcefully "if something happens to you I'll never forgive myself"
She kissed him.
"I'll only be gone a couple weeks" she said "I love you"
"I love you too" he replied.
And with that she was gone.
*Present Day*
It was 11:30 at night on a Wednesday when Alison stepped off the bus in Rosewood. There was no one around. After 9:00 the town was all but a ghost town. She slowly walked home not knowing where else to go. The town looked the same, some stores had become other stores but on the whole it was the same place she'd left two years ago. Her friends would be graduating in about a month. She didn't know what any of them had been up to.
She walked into her house. She could smell alcohol from the kitchen. She rolled her eyes. Jason drunk again. She was shocked though when she saw Jason trying to usher her very drunk mother upstairs. Her dad was practically passed out on the couch.
"Don't worry dad" Jason said as he passed the couch. "I'll open up the office in the morning, just like I have for the last two years."
Ali didn't know what to say so she dropped her duffle bag onto the floor with a thunk and they all turned.
"Oh dear god I'm hallucinating" Ken said before fully passing out.
"Alison!" Her mother yelled running towards her. She hugged her, relaxing into her drunken embrace.
"Let's get you to bed mom" she said helping Jason. "We have a lot to talk about but I think it's best if we leave it til morning"
"Okay honey" she said going upstairs. Ali made coffee pouring herself a cup before it was even done brewing. Jason came back down.
"You gonna say something?" Ali asked when all he did was stare.
"Look what the cat dragged in" he said dryly as he poured coffee for himself.
"What a warm welcome" she said sarcastically.
"Well, I'm sorry, I've been taking care of the two grown babies that became our parents after you walked out on us." Jason yelled.
She sighed about to apologize when Jason cut her off.
"You know Ali" he said "this town may look the same but I hope you weren't expecting to walk back into your life with everything right where you left it. The people you left behind don't exist anymore"
With that he stormed off and she wondered when the booze hound that used to be her brother had grown up.
She called her friends but no one picked up. That's okay she thought to herself it's late. She left her house and started walking before long she was in front of Toby's house. It was all boarded up but Toby's dads town car was in the driveway. She bravely walked up to the house and knocked. After a few minutes she knocked again. All of a sudden the door opened and there stood Daniel Cavanaugh. He was, unlike anything she remembered in that he was clean and sober.
"Alison?!" He said hugging her. "Aren't you a sight for sore eyes?"
"Hey Mr. Cavanaugh" she said awkwardly not knowing what to say. "What happened to the house?"
"They said something about a gas leak but they haven't ruled out arson" he said.
She nodded and idly wondered if he had accidentally set the house on fire.
"I was looking for Toby" she said as she pointed to the stairs as if asking for permission to go up.
He opened his mouth to say something then closed it.
"Ali how long have you been in town?" He asked.
She looked at her watch.
"About an hour" she said he nodded.
"Toby doesn't live here anymore" he said.
"Oh of course he's 20 now, is he living here in town?" She asked.
"Yeah" he said as if he was hiding something "but he's out of town now. Should be back tomorrow"
She nodded.
Ali left and went to Emily's house it was all dark but there was a tree that went right to her window so she climbed it and crawled through the window. She sat on the edge of the bed. She brushed Emily's hair out of her face. She woke up.
"Ali!" She yelled before she put a hand over her mouth to quiet her. Mrs. Fields would have a fit if she saw her here having crawled through the window in the middle of the night.
"It's me" she whispered "this is not a drill" she said jokingly.
Emily sat there stunned.
"Hey" she said "I was in the neighborhood, I came by to see Toby but he doesn't live there anymore. Did you guys all keep in touch after I left."
"We're all good friends" Emily said pausing.
"Ali there's something I have to tell you"
Ali shook her head as a way of saying "not tonight" and promised to get caught up with all the girls in the AM. She curled up on Emily's bed and went to sleep.
On the way to the brew to meet the girls Emily told Ali how she'd finally come out to her parents and how she was dating a wonderful girl named Samara.
"I'm so proud of you Em" she smiled "I know how much you struggled with that"
Emily nodded.
"Jason said everything was different now, I guess he was right"
"Yeah Ali about that" Emily started.
"I can't wait to see the girls" Ali squealed and Emily allowed herself to be cut off.
Emily linked arms with Ali as she brought her into the brew and over to their usual spot.
"Guess who crawled through my window last night" Emily said in a light-hearted manner.
"Samara" the two girls said on cue.
"No" Emily said.
"Look up!" She said. The blonde was on the computer and the brunettes head was in a book.
Aria and Hanna finally locked eyes on Ali.
"Oh my god" they said. Aria was in shock as Hanna slowly got up and went to hug her.
Ali looked them over. Hanna had lost a lot of weight. And she had a style similar to Alison's old style. Aria had gone from punky goth to a more classy sophisticated look.
"Here's your latte babe" an older bookish looking guy said handing Aria a cup.
"Thanks" she said kissing his cheek.
"We have dinner with my mother at 7" he said reminding her.
"Hey baby" a guy who looked a cross between a biker and car thief came over sitting next to Hanna.
"I brought donuts" he said holding two white pastry bags.
"Caleb!" The bookish guy said coming over again. "How many times have I told you not to bring pastries you bought somewhere else into my cafe?!"
"We're hungry man!" He said handing the bag to Aria who was dipping her hand in.
"Aria?!" The guy asked.
"You refuse to sell apple fritters" she said unashamedly taking one out of the bag.
"So what's Spencer been up to? I'm surprised she's not here" Ali asked.
"She actually graduated early" Aria said "you know Spencer" she said taking a bite of her pastry.
Ali nodded.
"Oh man" Aria said looking at something behind her.
"Assume crash test positions" Hanna said "I can't look"
"Guess who's back?" She heard the deep voice she'd remember anywhere.
"Yeah, guess who?" Emily said swiveling Ali's chair. Ali's jaw dropped. There in front of her was a sun kissed Spencer Hastings wrapped around her equally sun kissed boyfriend Toby.
"How was the honeymoon?" Caleb asked unaware of the history. "Did you even make it out of the room?"
The word "honeymoon" rang in her head as her eyes flew to Spencer's ring finger noticing the small diamond ring.
Spencer went to hug her but Ali stood up, offered an "excuse me" and ran off.
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