It's 11:34am on a windy March morning. Alison decided to go to the graveyard and visit her mother with Emily. Hanna tags along so she can visit Mona. They walk into the graveyard, each holding a bouquet of flowers.
"I'll be on the other side of the graveyard," Hanna said.
"Do you want us to go with you when we're done?" Emily asked.
"No. I need to do this alone."
"Just text us if you need us."
"Okay," Hanna says in a doleful tone. She nods and walks away to Mona's grave. Alison and Emily walk to Mrs. DiLaurentis' grave. Alison looks at her mother's headstone, put her hand over her mouth and started crying. Emily turned Alison around and wrapped her arms around her. "I can't do this, Em." She cried harder.
"You have to be strong Ali." Emily wiped Alison's tears away. "I'll be right here," she says. Alison takes a deep breathe. She took a few steps closer to her mother's headstone. She started fiddling with the flowers in the bouquet.
"I'm sorry mom." Tears started rolling down the side of her face. "I hated you so much for protecting the person who tried to kill me. But during my time away, I've managed to forgive you because I realized it was all my fault." She wiped her tears away. "If I didn't treat people the way I did, none of this would've happened. I would still have you in my life." Tears started to roll down Emily's cheek. "For those two years I was away, I've regretted not reaching out to you. I just wish I could hear your voice again. I wish I could hear you yelling at me to clean my room or do the dishes."
Alison took another deep breath, trying to hold back her tears. "But now it's too late. When I saw your body, my whole world came crashing down. I hated the feeling I had when I realized I was never gonna hear your voice again. And I wish you could get to see your little girl grown up. I finally found someone that makes me happy and knowing that you won't be here by my side, hurts so bad." Alison started crying again. Emily grabbed her hand. "Before I go, I just want you to know something." She paused. "I love you mom and I'm sorry for everything." She looked at the flowers. "I know roses were your favorite." She laid the bouquet of Roses on her mothers grave. She blew a kiss to her mothers headstone. Emily laid down her bouquet of roses as well. "I'll miss you," Ali said. She turned around to Emily. "Thank you so much for being here, Em."
"I wouldn't want to be anywhere else." They started to walk back to the car. She looked at Alison.
"Do you feel better knowing you finally got to say goodbye?" Alison looked at the ground and then back at Emily.
"Yeah. It just sucks, you know." She paused. "I need my mom, Emily." Tears started rolling down her face again.
"I know. Come here." She brought Alison closer to her and wrapped her arms around her.
"I love you so much, Em."
"I love you too, Ali."
At the same time Ali was talking to her mother, Hanna arrived at Mona's grave with her bouquet of flowers. She walked closer to Mona's headstone.
"Mona, if you're listening, I just want you to know that I'm sorry for everything. You were my best friend when no one else wanted to be. You were there for me through everything that I've been through. You may have been the cause of some of those things, but I know you only did those things out of love for me." She takes a deep breath. "I felt so bad for treating you the way I did. You didn't deserve to be deserted when the other girls and I became close again when the real reason we became close again was because of A." She paused. "Because of you."
She fiddled with the flowers. "I still remember when we went shopping and and that ladies wig fell off." She laughed as she remembered the moment. "We had some crazy times together. Remember that summer you stayed at my house and we left that fake note on the kitchen table saying we were gonna run away? My mom searched the whole house and she called the cops. I felt so bad but it was so funny. If only she looked in the basement. We were down there for like five hours, waiting to see if she would come down there to check but she never did." She looked at the other flowers on Mona's headstone. "You were the best friend that I ever had. And I don't know what I'm gonna do without you in my life." Tears rolled down her cheeks. "I'm so sorry Mona. You didn't deserve to die like that. You were just trying to help." She wipeed her cheek. "I love you. And I'm gonna miss you so much." She laid the roses down on Mona's grave. She began to walk back to the other side of the graveyard when she heard someone whispering her name.
"Hanna," the voice said, whispering.
"Who's out there?" she yelled.
"Hanna it's me." Hanna turned around and sees a familiar face coming from behind a bush. She squinted her eyes. "Mona?"
"Surprise!" Mona said, trying to lighten the situation.
"But, you're dead."
"Do I look dead to you?"
"But if you're not dead, then whose funeral did we go to? Please don't tell me this is like the Alison thing all over again."
"Well, kinda. Sorta. Then again, no. It's nothing like the Alison thing."
"Is there even anyone in your grave?"
"No, they didn't find a body, remember? But the person who died was very special to me."
"Who?" Hanna said, searching her mind trying to find an answer.
"My sister."
"Your sister?"
"Yeah. My identical twin sister. Her name was Mina."
"You had a twin?" She looked at Mona with a shocked yet confused look on her face.
"Look Hanna, I don't have much time. Come with me to my car."
"Why?"
"I can't risk anyone seeing me." Hanna walked with Mona to her car. They got in the car and continued their conversation.
"But how could that have been your sister? You were in Radley... twice."
"I know. That's where things get crazy." Mona took a deep breath.
