Rosewood High School
She was still shocked that it had happened. That she had not only betrayed her boyfriend but also her best friend. She knew in her heart it was wrong, but her head keep telling her it was right. There was nothing she hated more than keeping a secret from her friends but if this secret were to get out all her friends would leave her. She tried desperately to avoid Spencer at all cost out of fear that she might feel so guilty that she would need to tell her.
"Aria?" She turned toward the sound of the voice that was beckoning her
"Yea" she answered quietly
"What's wrong with you? You're acting weird" Spencer noticed watching her pile her mashed potatoes into a mountain
"Nothing.. I" She couldn't think of a single lie luckily Emily came to her rescue
Emily slammed her tray on the table causing a few peas to scattered across the lunch room. She crossed her arms firmly over her chest as she took her seat obviously waiting for someone to ask what was wrong.
"Em?" Aria began quietly "What's going on?"
One word escaped her mouth the one word that the girls were trained to ignore, the word they always attempted to forget "Paige"
Ever since Ali had returned Emily was caught in between staying with Paige or chasing after her first love. The two were polar opposites and each came with their own pros and cons choosing between them wasn't going to be an easy task.
"What did she do now?" Spencer asked trying hard to not sound as mad as she was
"She kissed me" Emily said quickly and quietly
Spencer and Aria exchanged glances trying to decipher if this was a good thing or not.
"I thought you broke up?" Aria asked'
"We did" Emily answered annoyed "And I was finally feeling better and then she goes and kisses me like that"
"Oh my God" Hanna said making her way to the table "Did you hear what Paige did" she joined the girls at the table not realizing that Emily was sitting directly across from her
"No! Hanna we didn't hear why don't you tell us" Emily said sarcastically
"I….." Hanna stuttered before turning her attention to the figure standing outside "Spencer why didn't you tell us Toby was back"
Spencer jumped to her feet spun on her heels and faced the glass windows I didn't know" she ran outside and quickly jumped into his arms
"It's great to see her so happy" Hanna smiled "oh gross I don't need to see them sucking face" she turned swiftly turning her attention towards the girls
Aria watched intently as Spencer kissed Toby. She knew Spencer loved Toby with all her heart but it still felt like if she told Spencer what happened that their friendship would never recover. Spencer her friends more than anything, but if she found out what she did there was no way in hell that she would forgive her.
"Aria" Emily said loudly
"What" she replied harshly
"I asked how Ezra was?"
Aria bit her lip, for a moment she had forgotten who Ezra was "Fine" she answered quietly
Hanna looked closely at Aria knowing that she was keeping a secret from them.
"I'm not really hungry I'm just going to head to the library I have a report for history I need to finish" Emily said standing up from the table with her tray
The girls watched as Emily strode from the lunch room "So who was it?" Hanna asked as soon as Emily was out of sight
"What do you mean?" Aria asked
"You're biting your lip that means you feel guilty about something and if you add the fact that you keep tapping your foot and looking towards Spencer it means you kissed someone who is close to Spencer"
Aria was shocked at the accuracy of Hanna's guess "When did you become a detective?" Aria joked
"So who was it?" she asked again
Aria whispered the name under her breath hoping Hanna wouldn't hear
"What?" Hanna asked
"Wren" aria said again this time louder
"Wreeennnn…." Hanna stuttered "the only other guy that Spencer was like completely in love with?"
"You making it sound worse than it actually is"
"Aria this is bad, this is worse than bad this is terrible! How could you have done that?" Hanna yelled
"You're a little loud" Aria looked around the crowded lunch room making sure no one heard
"You're a little crazy!" Hanna shouted back storming away from the table
"What's her problem?" Spencer asked returning to the room
Unable to form words Aria shrugged before leaving Spencer alone in the lunch room.
"Crisis adverted" she thought to herself as she sped further away from Spencer
Flashback
She held her head in her hands as her tears dripped down her face. He was gone, he had gone to chase after another woman and his son! She still couldn't wrap her mind around the fact that Ezra had a son.
"Are you okay?" asked a familiar voice
"What?" she said looking up into his dreamy eyes "oh Wren, I'm fine"
"I'm sorry not to be rude but do I know you?" he asked curiously taking a seat on the cold bus bench
"Aria, I'm a friend of Spencer's" she introduced herself gripping his hand in a loose handshake
"Why are you so upset?" Wren asked
"It's a long story" she frowned expecting to see him board the bus
"It's a long ride" he smiled outstretching his hand
Rosewood High School
Hanna walked quickly towards her locker hoping she wouldn't be late for class once again.
"Hanna" Aria called following her to the locker
"I can't talk I'm going to be late for class, and I'll get detention"
"Since when do you care about detention?" Aria asked watching as she slammed her locker shut
"Since I found out you betrayed Spencer" and with that Hanna flew down the hallway and disappeared into a classroom
Aria hit her head against the locker as she slid onto the floor when she reached the ground her phone began to vibrate.
"Hello" she answered wiping the tears from her eyes
"Aria?" the voice asked
"Wren?"
Hanna desperately tried to focus but the thousands of thoughts forbid her from paying any attention "if Spencer and Aria got into a fist fight who would win?" she thought "if they never spoke again whose side would I take?" her thoughts continued like this until she was interrupted by Emily
"Hanna" Emily whispered "isn't that Aria?" she pointed outside as a small framed girl climbed into the dark car.
"Who's that with her?" Emily asked
"Wren" Hanna whispered