Pretty Little Lovers Untamed

Author's Note: A little bit AU. Spencer isn't with Toby.. Aria is broken up from Ezra. Emily is still mourning over Maya and isn't with Paige. Hanna is with Caleb though, so there. Contains Sparia, Emillison, Haria, Haleb.. Maybe more. Lol. Woops, I'm a ship-whore. ;) Enjoy.

Chapter 1

Spencer Hastings tapped her long fingers on her paper coffee cup and watched her three best friends conversing in the Brew. Hanna was complaining about how her new skirt didn't fit the way she wanted it to, and Emily was doing her best to try and care. But it was obvious that she wasn't the least bit interested. Her eyes passed through Hanna and she stared longingly out the cafe window. Hanna didn't seem to mind though, and kept right on chatting, pinching the fabric of her skirt between her thumb and forefinger, making a comment about how it didn't even FEEL right now that she'd brought it home, and maybe the cashier switched it out when she wasn't looking.

Spencer was ignoring her too. Lately she hadn't exactly felt like herself and so she'd been unable to focus on much of anything. Well, anthing but Aria, which was a troubling issue in itself. She was quietly sketching in a plain-sheeted notebook that lay in her lap and Spencer watched the eldest Montgomery child drag her blue Papermate inkpen over the paper. From her position on the opposite leather couch, Spencer couldn't tell what it was that Aria was drawing, but she knew it had to be good. Aria was actually a fantastic artist. It was just that she hardly ever had the inspiration to actually draw anything. But lately she'd been sketching everyday and Spencer was eager to actually see the sketches. So she sat her coffee to cool on the coffee table between them and crossed over to the chair beside Aria and sat down as smoothly as possible. She was over-conscious because Aria gave off this smoothness that Spencer could only envy. In comparison, the youngest Hastings daughter was stressed and over-controlled, almost unable to let loose. Aria's lifestyle both terrified and excited her.

"Whatcha got there?" she asked her friend and leaned over to look over Aria's shoulder. She was wearing a blue-and-white-plaid button up shirt, tight light colored blue-jeans and knee-high lace-up brown boots. Her hair was down and pin-straight.

"Uh, nothing," she said, and closed the notebook quickly before Spencer could see anything more than a graphite blur. "Just some doodles." She shoved the notebook into her big Hobo bag, that matched the color of her boots exactly. Then she made the mistake of meeting Spencer's creamy chocolate eyes. Her breath caught in her throat and she was stuck just staring at her.

"It didn't look like just doodles," Spencer pressed and reached forward and pinched Aria's thigh playfully. "What're you hiding Montgomery?"

"A ginormous credit card statement?" Hanna said, and yanked Aria's bag into her lap, inspecting the handles and the logo on the front of it. "How the Hell did you afford this?"

"My mom sent it to me," Aria replied, and grabbed her bag back, before Hanna could start searching the inside of it too. She was grateful for the distraction though, because it allowed her to break eye contact with Spencer. Just the fact that doing such a thing was so difficult frightened her. What was the matter with her? Hadn't she just been pining over Ezra Fitz..? And now she was.. Well. She was..

"AND the boots?" Hanna's eyes were wide. "Do they even sell those in this COUNTRY?"

"Another present," Aria shrugged. "Mom's trying to make up for being away and so she's sending me all this stuff."

"Lucky!" Hanna sipped her coffee and then leaned back against the chair she sat in and looked up at the cafe ceiling, already bored with the conversation. Her phone beeped a moment later and she scooped it up off the table in front of her legs and checked the text, always a little worried it would be A. But it was just Caleb. He wanted to know what he should wear for their fancy date later. She texted back happily, finding his worry to be absolutely adorable.

Spencer reached forward and retrieved her coffee from where she'd sat it. She drank a few gulps of it and then she raised a perfectly manicured eyebrow at Aria. "You're not getting off the hook that easy. I'm still going home with you right?"

Originally the four of them had planned to have a sleepover since it was Friday, but Emily ended up having plans with family, and Caleb asked Hanna on a romantic date and she bailed on the girls.. So now it was just Spencer and Aria, which was bound to be interesting. Aria's dad was away at a conference, and Mike was staying at his friend's house for the weekend so the two girls had the place to themselves. Aria had managed to score them some alcoholic beverages and Spencer was kinda looking forward to letting loose. Or at least making an effort to let loose.

Aria blinked her big moss-colored eyes and looked at Spencer sort of stunned. "I mean, if you want to. You.. Do want to, don't you?"

"Of course I do, Aria," Spencer rolled her eyes. "You think I just up and changed my mind? It's Sparia night, isn't it?"

Aria's heart fluttered just a little bit when Spencer called them "Sparia". She knew that it was just a silly nickname, but she couldn't help but get all flustered when it was used. "Yeah, of course it is." She nodded, feeling sort of light-headed as she looked into her friend's face. Truthfully, Aria was secretly wishing that the night would get canceled to save her from the awkwardness she knew would ensue that evening. They were going to get drunk together and.. Well that wasn't a good idea. Not with how Aria had been feeling about the other brunette lately..

Emily got up then and tossed her half-drank coffee into the garbage. She grabbed her phone from the table and shoved it into her back pocket. "I gotta get home now," she announced. "See you guys later. I'll text you when I'm free."

Hanna stood up too, "I gotta go too, actually. I'll walk with you, Em, wait up." She got her stuff and the two dissapeared out of the building right afterward, leaving the other two girls still sitting in their cafe chairs.

"You wanna go now?" Spencer asked her, "Or do you want to sit around and sketch some more things I'm not allowed to see?" She gave Aria a michevious smile, hinting at the fact that she intended on finding out her secret later.

Aria smiled at her innocently, "I don't know what you're talking about," she said and then checked the time on her phone. "It's already almost seven. We could go ahead and go. Maybe order in some Chinese or something. That sound okay?"

Spencer got up first and held out her hand for Aria. When they're hands linked together, Spencer's heart sped up slightly. She pretended it was because of the coffee and then pushed that hand temporarily into the pocket of her navy blue hippie dress. But then, right after, she bent and adjusted the strap on the back of her sandle and then fingered the band holding her braid together. She had it pulled over her right shoulder, and it lay there, perhaps making her look more like an innocent school-girl than she actually was.

After she put her bag on her shoulder Aria waited for Spencer to get her things together. She looked really cute today. The dress she was wearing was really casual, but of course, Spencer looked like a model in it, just like everything else she wore. And the braid.. Aria found herself reaching out to touch the braid, right above where Spencer herself was messing with the hairband. "Are you trying out a new hairstyle?" She asked her.

Spencer's hand fell back to her side and she bit her lip before answering. "Yeah. I thought I would. You wore a braid last week and.."

"You made a fashion choice based on something I did?" Aria was really surprised, and also, incredibly flattered. "That's really sweet, Spence."

"You looked cute in it," the taller girl shrugged and tried to make it seem like less of a big deal than Aria was making it. It made her feel embarassed and Spencer didn't deal well with feelings that made her feel out of control or awkward. That's why she was struggling so hard with her newfound preoccupation with Aria Montgomery. "I mean you always look cute, Aria, but the braid was really cute." She sighed, feeling like an imbecil. "I like the straight hair too. And when it's not straight." She shook her head. "Can we just leave? Hunger is making me ramble."

"Did you just compliment me?" Aria followed Spencer out of the cafe and to the Toyota Highlander that the Hastings parents had given her. "Did you just compliment me like four times?"

"Why are you so surprised?" Spencer pushed the little unlock button on her keys and then climbed into the driver's seat. "Am I a bad friend? Do I not tell you guys when you look nice?" She started the vehicle up and turned to Aria.

The girl shook her head and buckled her seat belt. "Not often. You're usually stuck in Spencer-land, which consists mostly of homework and clues about who A could be, I think. Not compliments for Aria."

Spencer licked her lips, she let her eyes scan her friend's form and then she turned back to the road. "I'll give you a heck of a lot more if you let me see what you were drawing later."

Aria laughed and ran one hand through her shiny dark hair. "I'll think about it, okay?"

XXX