Zack Gordon 5x11+ Fan Fiction
Chapter 1- The Big Decision
Author's Note: Hi, as the summary says, this will be a literate story, as in everything that happened in the show up until the beginning of 5x11 will still apply (and as you will see I basically copied most of the opening scene from the episode and changed the end of the scene). This story will feature the POVs of the four main Liars, although it will be just narrator's view and Spencer's in chapter 1.
Spencer, Emily, Hanna, and Aria walk down the sidewalk in town, heading towards the police station. They are nervous, but they know they are doing the right thing. But suddenly, a group of TVs the girls were passing, on display behind glass, flash on and the girls are stunned by what they see.
On some of the TVs there are pictures of Alison in a nurse's uniform at a hospital.
"It's picture of Alison at a hospital" Emily says, though she doesn't seem to recognize it.
"That's when Alison visited me in the hospital" Hanna states, "After my accident at Mona's party"
Suddenly the words "We're all in this together –A" appear over the picture.
"We…we can't talk to Tanner now" Spencer decides grimly, still in shock.
"Wait, why not?" Aria wonders, and Hanna has the answer.
"Because if the cops see this, no one will believe that we didn't know Alison was alive before"
"But these pictures don't show…"
"There are security cameras in the hospital, Aria. No one noticed it before, but they can go back and find the whole visit on record if they look".
"Oh, ok" Aria says.
Emily nods slowly. Spencer keeps staring at the TVs, and her face fills with rage. She storms away from the group and grabs a brick that is on the ground nearby.
"Spencer!" Aria warns as Spencer walks past them towards the glass. Spencer raises the brick, but Emily grabs her arm from behind.
"Don't do it, Spencer, there's no point!" Emily insists.
Aria puts her hand on Spencer's shoulder and says, "Yeah, she's right. Just put it down."
Spencer contemplates for a few seconds without budging, until suddenly one of the TV screens change again. Now it shows the four girls standing in front of the window, Spencer holding the brick. Spencer gasps and their eyes all widen. Then another TV next to it displays a message: Try it, I dare you. They back away, Spencer lowering the brick, and they look around at where the camera might be, but they can't find it. Spencer drops it on the ground with a sigh, and says, "Well, I guess that's it then?"
Aria shrugs and Hanna mutters "Hate that bitch", while Emily keeps staring at the TVs, deep in thought.
"Let's just get out of here, guys" Hanna suggests, and starts walking back to the car.
Spencer and Aria slowly turn to follow, but Emily says, "No, wait a minute!"
The other girls stop and turn to her.
"Guys…" Emily says, "A already has these pictures, which…don't only prove Hanna saw Alison, but also that Alison wasn't kidnapped, or at least was free enough to visit the hospital…"
"Which neither Alison nor Cyrus mentioned to the police" Aria adds.
Emily nods. "Exactly, but A has not shown this to the police and ruined Ali's story yet!". She pauses and waits to see if her friends get her point.
"Yeah, but that's just until we take a step into the police station" Hanna comments.
"Not necessarily!" Spencer says with sudden realization, "That's a good point, Em! A wants Ali's story to hold, because…because if it is proven wrong, Alison will have to admit that she disappeared to hide from A!" Spencer looks at Hanna to see if she understands.
Hanna considers this with a nod, and adds, "Which of course A doesn't want the police to know, I get that". Hanna pauses, and takes in a breath and glances around nervously before continuing in a whisper. "But if A knows we are going to tell the police the truth anyway, wouldn't we just be forcing A's hand, you know, to make sure we won't be believed?"
Spencer takes a moment to think about that, but Emily chimes in, also in a hushed voice "Not if we say we thought her visit…all of her visits, were not real- which is the truth, right? I mean, there seemed to be clear evidence at the time that she was dead, and Alison always appeared to us when we were somehow mentally unstable, so we would think it's our imagination".
The other girls nod, and Aria notes, "Well then we have to hurry over there right away!"
"Yeah" Spencer agrees, "Let's go tell the truth". The girls all nod at each other, and start walking to the police station again.
Spencer POV
Spencer, Emily, Hanna and Aria walk into the Rosewood PD and head to the desk. The officer sitting behind it looks up at them and says, "Hello there, how can I help you girls?"
Spencer notices that his nametag says T. Whitefreez. Spencer tries to talk, but despite her previous confidence, now that they were doing it she was unsure what to say, and apparently so were her friends.
The officer sighs and says, "Come back when you remember how to talk, then"
"No, we can talk" Spencer assures him, but still hesitates when he raises his eyebrow.
Emily picks up for her. "Um, we would like to confess something to the police, so can we please speak to Lieutenant Tanner, if she's available?"
The officer nods with clear admiration of their decision, even though he didn't even know what they were talking about.
"Sure thing" he says, and picks up the phone beside him, dials a number and waits. He glances at the four girls, and a thought seems to hit him as his eyes widen.
"No way…" he mutters. "You're those girls she is so obsessed with, aren't you?". Spencer nods.
The officer chuckles to himself, and then a voice is faintly heard responding on the other end.
"Hey, it's Tyler. Guess what, Linda? This might be your lucky day. Those girls who brought their friend back from the dead just came into the station voluntarily to confess something to you!" He listens for a bit with a smile, which suddenly turns into a frown. "Well, yes, that's possible I guess…" Another pause, then he nods, "Yes, of course, and I'll have them wait here for you…" Officer Whitefreez briefly listens again, and then looks at the girls curiously. "Uh, no, it's just four…no, she isn't…yep I agree, well good luck with this!". The officer hangs up.
"Alright, could you young ladies wait over there, please?" he gestures over to some chairs in a corner nearby, and Spencer says "Sure", but then she remembers something crucial.
"And, Officer Whitefreez? I want to let you know that, if you haven't received something already, there is a very good chance that shortly someone will contact the police anonymously and try to undermine our credibility. But please believe me when I say, although we don't know who specifically the person is, it is someone who has been trying to hurt us in any way possible for a long time now. They will stretch the truth or even lie to make us look bad, but I swear we're here to tell the truth."
The officer was listening intently, and the grave expressions of her friends clearly back up what she said. He replies, "Alright, I do not believe we have received anything like that yet, but I'll keep that in mind if we do and will relay this to my coworkers if necessary."
"Ok, thanks" Spencer says.
The girls head over to the chairs and Whitefreez calls to them, "Tanner will be here in five minutes, and she's really happy that you came".
Spencer calls back an "ok", and then Aria tells her quietly, "And we sure know what two people are not happy that we're here".
"Won't be happy" Spencer corrects her as they all sit down in adjacent seats, from left to right it was Emily, Spencer, Aria then Hanna. "Well," Aria says, "Yes, Alison probably doesn't know what we are doing, and I'm not looking forward to her reaction…" Aria gulps and Emily adds, "It's not just you".
"But," Aria continues, "A most likely knows that we're here now…"
"True" Spencer admits.
Aria then mutters "Though it is still possible that-" She stops with a wince and glances at her friends, who were waiting for her to finish. She shakes her head and says "Nevermind"
Spencer however has an idea of what Aria was thinking, and she would prefer Aria say it herself, so Spencer pursues it.
"No, Aria, what were you going to say?"
"Nothing…I was just thinking that, uh it was really good that you remembered to warn the officer about what A might do, that will probably be vital for us" Aria smiles, but Spencer doesn't buy it and narrows her eyes.
"Ok, thanks, but again, what were you about to say before, because it wasn't that. It had something to do with A knowing we're here, right?"
Aria sighs. "Ok, fine. I was just considering that…call me crazy, but part of me is starting to wonder…what if Alison is A? If she is, that would mean she must already know that we are betraying her."
Spencer is about to assure her that it isn't such a crazy idea, but Emily responds first.
"No, Aria, let's not go there. It's already hard enough for me to accept that Ali let us down and hasn't really changed, but to think she was actually orchestrating all this torture on us-" Emily shook her head, and looked like the thought made her want to cry. "That would be just insane, that's even crazier than…when Spencer joined the A team!"
Spencer quickly turns to look at Emily. "That was not for real!" she protests instinctively.
Emily is about to respond when Aria speaks up first, with clear bitterness. "Oh, you kidnapping Malcom was pretty darn real!" Spencer winces, and resented that Emily had to remind Aria of that old wound.
"I already apologized and explained it, Aria…"
"But I don't think you really understand what you did. You made me have to break up with Ezra. Do you know what would have happened if he found out that Malcom- whom he thought was his son- was kidnapped?"
"Yeah, he might have suffered close to how you suffered when you found out about his book!"
Aria's first reaction looks like she wants to argue, but after a few seconds she relents and gently says "Ok, Spence, you have a point, and sorry for bringing that up, I know you didn't do anything irreversible"
Spencer, however, isn't done. "Also, do I have to remind you that you are still broken up with Ezra because of that book?"
Aria's demeanor changes right back to defensive. "Well, that's my decision to make, not yours!"
Spencer chuckles, "Fine, but you're crazy Aria!". She makes a friendly smile to assure Aria she's only teasing, but saying that word reminds Spencer of something else bothering her. She turns to Emily.
"Which reminds me, Emily, how could you say Ali being A is crazier than me joining the A team?"
"I meant the concept; we didn't know your plan at first…"
"I know what you meant. It's still offensive!"
Emily stares at her, confused. "What, would you like to be called crazy?"
Spencer rolls her eyes. "No, what I mean is I'm surprised you'd think that me betraying you guys like that, for real, makes that much more sense than Ali being A!"
Emily seems offended by that comment, but does not respond. She takes a deep breath in.
"Okay, Em, fine, I'm sorry I said that" Emily exhales slowly while looking off into the distance.
Spencer starts to continue by saying, "Look, I understand that-"
"No, it's alright Spencer, you were right to correct me" Emily interrupts, her voice suddenly sounding sad and guilty. "I don't- can't- think of Alison as our friend anymore. And speaking of being right, I really need to go apologize to Paige…" Emily bends over and presses her fingers to her forehead. "Gosh, she was right all along, but I was blinded by an old love I should have been over"
"Well, remember, Em" Hanna says gently, "It's not like Paige could have known for sure at the time that Alison hadn't changed, so she was making an assumption, too"
"That's true Hanna, but it doesn't really matter. She was still being more logical than me."
"Perhaps" Hanna agrees softly.
Spencer gives Emily a sympathetic look and rubs her back.
Then suddenly the door opens, and Tanner walks in. She looks at the girls and smiles as she walks over to them.
"Hello girls, I'm so glad you decided to talk to me" Her eyes then narrow. "I just hope you are going to tell me the truth, now. I had a feeling you girls were hiding something before."
Spencer nods. "We will".
"Then come with me, let's talk"
Author's Note: So what did you think of chapter 1? Did you notice the (very corny) joke I made with the officer's name? I will be doing something similar (maybe not as clever or corny) with all of the other new characters I make up, by the way. The other three girls will each have a part in their POV in chapter 2. And don't worry- Alison will be physically in the story in probably all of the chapters after chapter 2. Just because I support Paily does not mean I plan to write Ali off the story, or make her character any worse than the actual show has suggested (but in my opinion, it's already pretty bad…as of now).