prologue.
Veronica Hastings sighed. For the first time since Melissa was 2, Veronica was angry with her eldest child. Melissa had claimed that she didn't want a younger sister to compete with, thus shouting out she hated her mother, resulting in being sent to bed for then night. She rubbed at her temples, then lifter her phone to start a three-way phone call.
"Ashley."Her older sister by a year, Ashley Marin answered first.
"Hang on Sis, we gotta wait for the other two."Veronica was referring to her twin sister and younger sister of two years.
"It's Ella."Her little sister exclaimed excitedly down the receiver.
"Hey Ellie, we're just waiting on Pam now."
She heard a click, then a chuckle. "The twinie, the better looking one, is here!"Pamela, her twin sister giggled.
Veronica could already feel her anger evaporating, changing too something closer to despair then upset. "I don't know what to do, girls. Melissa doesn't want Spencer, and told me she hates me. You know how Peter is. Competitive and likes to be the center of attention. As long as its positive attention, and Melissa has inherited that from Peter."She cried down the cellphone to her sisters.
"I know how that feels, baby sis."Ashley said, "Lola is the same, only she's refusing to talk to me. Told me the other day she already hated Hanna. Broke my heart."Ashley mumbled, her pregnancy hormones now playing up.
"You guys think thats bad?Wayne accidentally, air quotations around accidental, told me he didn't want Emily!"Pamela explained, "but he apologized, and now won't shut up about her. As if trying to prove a point." The three girls with family problems sighed. Ella, still quiet.
Ella eventually spoke, cutting of her older sisters speech, and ramblings. "Guys, well Ash, and V, drop you're kiddies off at mine, tomorrow, and Byron can watch them, whilst we go shopping for our daughters and nieces!"She grinned, knowing her sisters would jump at the chance to go shopping for their daughters and nieces.
Aria, Ella's daughter was due on July 10th, Hanna, Ashley's baby was due on 11th July, then Spencer, Veronica's daughter was due the day after Hanna, and Emily, Pam's baby due the day after Spence. It was, of course, strange. But it worked, because their babies would grow up to be best friends.
"Yes!"Ella's three older sisters exclaimed in unison. They giggled, before making plans too meet at the Montgomery house for noon tomorrow.
"The girls will get along eventually."Pam said to Ashley and Veronica. "They ARE sisters after all. Maybe they'll get over it when they see you're gorgeous girls after they are born!"She smiled encouragingly.
"I hope so."Ashley and Veronica muttered. "Bye."The four sisters said, before hanging up, all excited about the next day.
C1.
Spencer Aria Hastings giggled. She was sitting on her bedroom floor, watching as her three best friends, her three cousins, the three girls who were more like sisters than anything else to her, play fight and screaming fake insults at one another. "OK, Ria, Emmy, and Han."Spencer shouted out through her hysterical laughter, wiping at her eyes. "I think thats enough."She laughed, motioning for the three girls to help her up.
She was always the more sensible of the four. The more intelligent and level headed one. They didn't mind that they had a calm and collected one, because she was fun to be with, their best friend, and kept them, well usually, out of trouble.
"C'mon Spence. Get you're self up, lets go ask Aunt V for dinner or something."Aria Emily Montgomery laughed. She yanked Emily Hanna Fields and Hanna Spencer Marin from the bed, and they waited by Spencer's bedroom door, waiting patiently as Spencer fixed her bed and placed her book, too kill a mockingbird back in its original place before they traveled down the Hastings stairway.
"Mom,"Spencer yelled from the living room as they walked through it to the kitchen, in sync with the other girls, except they yelled out "Auntie V,".
Veronica Hastings sighed, she slammed her notebook down on the counter. "What?"She grumbled, the hard days of work catching up to her.
"Dinner?"Spencer asked meekly. She was used too seeing her mom like this, but her best friends were not. The three were only here for the night because her aunts Ella, Ashley and Pam were busy for the night. Her mom and dad didn't have as strong relationship with her. The only one from her family she had a bond with was her older sister of 4 years, Melissa Liliana Hastings. Sure, the competed over almost everything, but they were both there at the end of the day for a hug, to watch a movie, or to cry. They could always count on each other.
Spencer would be the first to admit she was jealous. Jealous of the relationship her parents had with Melissa, but she wasn't one to complain, or show of her feelings. She stored it for the future. Being 10, and feeling like you had no parents, it should be hard. But thats how life has been for Spencer Hastings since she was 6. She was used to it now.
"I'm dropping you four off at Mrs DiLaurentis' house. You know, the ones who just moved in next door, with their kids, Alison and Jason?"Veronica said, rubbing her temples, and trying hard not to glower at the four younger children, realizing it wasn't their fault that she couldn't work now. She was a workaholic, as was her husband, Peter. They both worked very demanding jobs, being Lawyers. They were barley home, which is why Melissa basically lived at the Marin's, with her best friend and cousin, Lola Elizabeth Marin. Hanna's older sister.
Spencer chose to spend most of her days at the Montgomery house, which is why Emily and Hanna spent most of their time there too. There was no separating these four best friends.
"OK,"The four girls mumbled, looking to the floor.
Veronica this time glared at the girls. "Well, go get you're stuff then."She huffed, turning around to finish the work she was doing, and sending a text too her sisters, informing them were their daughters would be and why.
"We are ready, Momma."Spencer smiled angelically at her mother. Aria, Hanna, Emily and Spencer linked hands, worried about what would happen for the night.
Veronica smiled lightly at her three nieces and daughter. Sure, they didn't get along, and they didn't spend time together, but she did love her daughter. "Lets go then girls. I've already spoken to you're mothers, girls. There OK with you staying at the DiLaurentis' house. I've also spoken to Mrs DiLaurentis. Alison is looking forward to meeting you four."
Spencer just shuffled her feet on the DiLaurentis porch as her mom knocked on the door. She didn't want to be here. She didn't do well with strangers. Her mom knew that, so why she was bringing her, and the equally shy girls here, was a mystery in her mind.
"Hello, Hello!"A stern looking woman greeted Veronica, not even smiling at the uncomfortable girls.
Veronica's smile faltered, leaving the girls here, was that such a good idea? "Hello,"The four girls replied, looking at each other uneasily.
"Are you sure you're okay with having them for the night?"Veronica asked, double checking. Once Mrs DiLaurentis nodded, she looked down at her four companions.
"OK, I'll see you four in the morning. I love you."Veronica smiled, kissing her daughters and nieces, then leaving them in the care of Jessica DiLaurentis and Paul DiLaurentis.
As soon as Veronica was gone, Jessica glared at the girls. "Alison is up in her room. I don't want to hear a sound from any of you."
"But what about dinner?"Emily asked.
"There is none."Jessica snapped at the youngest of the four. Spencer growled.
"Don't shout at her."She growled out, taking Emily's hand and marching past the elder woman and up the foreign staircase, trying to find a strangers bedroom.
Alison DiLaurentis stepped out of her bedroom, her goal was to complain to her mom about how long the four girls were taking. Instead, she bumped straight into Aria.
"Whoa!"Aria cried, falling backwards into the arms of her three best friends.
"You OK, RiRi?"Hanna asked. Before Aria got the chance to answer and say she was fine, Alison cut in.
"Sorry. C'mon."she moaned, dragging Aria and Emily by the hands to her bedroom. Spencer and Hanna looked at each other, grumbling.
"I'm Alison, but you can call me Ali."Alison smiled once she'd shut her bedroom door and her and the others sat around her bedroom. Spencer and Aria were sat on her love seat, Emily and Hanna sat on the floor in front of them.
"I'm Spencer, this is Hanna, Aria, and Emily."Spencer said, pointing too herself and her friends.
"Oh come on, don't you have nicknames?"Alison sighed, raising a dainty eyebrow.
"Obviously, but they are for us to use only."Hanna snapped. Alison's ice blue eyes locked with Hanna's.
"Fine. I'll make up my own for you then." She looked at them. "You can be Pence. You're Emmie, you can be Tiny Ria., and Hanna. Hanna, you can be Hefty Hanna."
"Excuse me?"The four girls shouted in unison. "Hefty Hanna, Tiny Ria?"the screamed. "NO!"
"OK, OK. Calm it. Fucking hell."Alison sighed, she leaned against her pillows, rolling her eyes. Spencer raised a perfect eyebrow.
"you must be 10, and you just cussed?"She said, outraged.
"So?"
For the rest of the night, the four best friends and their new acquaintance spent the night lounging around her room, not talking, apart from the odd question too get to know each other.
Hiya, PLL fandom. I'm not sure about this yet, I know what I want to write, I just can't get it out. This is only a rough copy of chapter one, so I'm editing it now. Please, enjoy it, I can take constructive criticism, just not spitefulness.