The Fight To End All Fights.
Spencer was packing up another box for Georgetown.
"Spencer, I need to talk to you" Toby said looking up from his book.
"What is it babe?" she asked labeling the box with black marker. He pulled her into his lap.
"I'm not going to move to Georgetown with you this fall" He said with finality.
"But Toby, we have been planning this all summer" she said sniffing away her tears.
"I know, but I changed my mind" Toby said.
"I want us to see other people" he added.
"What?!" she shrieked.
"I want you to experience college, I don't want to hold you back"
"All I want is you" she said teary eyed.
"That's all you want now, what about later? You're already talking about going abroad. I'm not saying we break up, I'm just saying we are open to seeing other people if we want to"
"Do you want to?" She asked "Is there some little hottie you have your eye on, that you'll get with as soon as I leave?"
"I love you Spencer. I want to marry you and have kids with you, but I don't want you to wake up in 20 years married to me with kids and wishing you dated more, or went to Europe. Go to Georgetown and do whatever you want. I will still be here when you get back."
"I can't believe you're springing this on me, today of all days" she yelled going downstairs.
Haleb
"Hanna, I forbid it" Ashley Marin yelled.
"You can't forbid it. I'm 18 years old now."
"Hanna, I know that you and Caleb love each other, but I don't think you should move in together."
"Caleb and I have been together 2 years" Hanna yelled
"Off and on, Hanna" he mom yelled back "Will you just listen to me for once in your life?!"
"We have to leave" Hanna said checking her watch as she grabbed her bag. Caleb followed.
Ezria
Aria was heartbroken that Ezra had broken up with her and that he was going to South America with Nicole. She knew she needed to have her own adventures but she missed Ezra. He had been such a constant in her life. She took a sip of coffee as she rang the doorbell.
"Hey Aria, come in" Spencer said wiping her eyes. She noticed toby lurking in the living room.
Did I just walk in on a fight?
"Hey, are you okay?" Aria asked
"Yeah, I'm just feeling emotional."
Spencer was about to close the door but Caleb and Hanna were right behind Aria and surprisingly so was Ezra. The three couples sat in silence.
"When did Mona say she was going to be here?" Hanna squeaked at Spencer.
Just then Mona walked in.
"Nowish" Spencer said with a weak smile.
"I hate this" Emily said following Mona inside.
Alison walked in and saw the group spread out in the room.
"I thought it was going to be just us?" Ali said looking to Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily.
"We have something to say Alison" Mona said "and we're not leaving until we say it."
"Ok" Alison said in a clipped tone.
"Alison" Spencer started "We don't feel that Charlotte should go to Welby, she should be put behind bars"
"She doesn't need jail, she needs help, help she never got"
"The State of Pennsylvania Prison has a wonderful psych ward." Toby chimed in.
"After everything she's done, hand puppets and ink blots are not enough" Aria added.
"She did horrible things" Ali agreed. "But don't you act all innocent, Aria killed Shana, Ezra stalked all of us, Mona ran over Hanna with a car, Caleb has done more illegal things than I can count. Mona, Spencer, Toby, and Ezra all helped torture us. Are you sending all of them to jail too? Why is it just the monster that I love that deserves proper punishment?"
"That's different" Spencer said and the other girls chimed in.
"No, it's not" Emily said standing and going over to Ali.
"You would take her side" Spencer scoffed
"Oh, like you didn't take Toby's side when you thought he was A, and didn't tell us for weeks" Emily spat. Hanna and Aria looked away.
"Oh like the both of you haven't checked out a time or two for your boyfriends." Spencer said.
"At least we didn't hand you guys over to A in the process" Hanna said "The four of us almost got burned alive thanks to you and Toby"
"Toby, Spencer, and Hanna, you know what it's like being behind bars. Charlotte won't get better." Ali pleaded.
"So what" Caleb scoffed "She is lucky we survived all her pranks, she could have killed, every last one of us and she almost did multiple times."
"You weren't there in the dollhouse Alison" Mona said "You weren't tortured the way we were, the way our loved ones were thinking we were dead"
"Look Ali" Spencer said "We're going to tell the truth tomorrow in court, Charlotte deserves to go to jail"
"I'm done" Ali said walking out the back door leaving it swinging open.
"Don't follow me" Emily said to her friends, chasing after Ali.
No one could look each other in the eye and they slowly started leaving the Hastings house.
The four of them never spoke again
***Five Years Later***
Emison
"Emily! We're going to be late for school" Alison yelled. Emily was the Rosewood Swim coach and Alison was an English teacher.
"I'm coming, I just can't find my phone!" she yelled.
"I have it" Ali yelled rolling her eyes.
"Oh" she said coming to the door in her track suit. As Emily and Ali left their house both their phones pinged. They exchanged nervous glances before opening the email.
September 1
You are cordially invited to a retirement party for Dr. Ann Sullivan.
Dr. Sullivan wishes to have a party filled with all the people she has helped.
RSVP at your earliest convenience.
"That's weird" Ali said.
"I think it's sweet" Emily said.
"So are we going?" Ali asked.
"Of course not" Emily scoffed.
Ping! Boop!
The girls looked at the phones.
You better make it to Dr. Sullivan's party…I'm always watching
A.F.
"Should we call….."
"No" Ali said "We'll be seeing them soon"