All of the girls walked into the school. Everyone was staring at them, but they were used to it by now. With Ali dying, resurrecting, and then all of the other deaths that had to do with rosewood, this was the same exact thing, except this time the girls were uncomfortable. Any movement someone made towards the girls made them jump. Just last week the girls were found after being kidnapped. All eyes were on Andrew Campbell after he was released from prison. This meant that "A" was still out there somewhere, and that the girls were in more danger than they had ever been in. Ever since they got out, the girls seemed to have new types of relationships. Aria and Hannah were the best of buds now and Emily and Spencer confided in each other the most. The two actually were falling in love with each other without the other one having any idea. Emily and Spencer spent most of their time together at one or the others house, and sometimes Aria and Hannah would tag along. Hannah knew that Spencer had a thing for Emily, but was unsure if Emily felt the same for Spencer, so she left the two girls to their own business.

Spencer went to Emily's after school and they both were exempt from homework for the next few weeks, so they just cuddled and watched a movie. Emily's head was resting on Spencer's shoulder while Spencer leaned against the arm of the couch. They were both starting to fall asleep, and although it was a school night, all of the girl's parents didn't bother telling the other girls that they couldn't spend the night at a one of the others house. They knew it helped the girls sleep, so when Pam walked into the living room to check on them, she ended up telling them to go to bed. With that, the two girls went to Emily's room and changed into pajamas that Emily pulled out of a drawer from her dresser. She tossed Spencer a t-shirt and a pair of running shorts. She put on a pair of plaid female boxers and a tank top.

Emily was restless all night and was tossing and turning which led to Spencer waking up and pulling her into her chest to make her feel protected. To be honest that is all Emily ever wanted from Spencer. That is always how she felt around the brunette. Emily drifted off to sleep within the next minute.

By morning both girls felt completely rested. This was new. Since the kidnapping, all of the girls had a hard time falling asleep. The girls went down stairs to eat breakfast that Pam made for them. After eating they both headed off to school in Spencer's Mercedes since they both knew that they would be spending the night together again. When they arrived at school, Hannah and Aria were waiting for the girls at their lockers. Hannah of course had a cheesy grin on her face that Spencer knew all too well.

"Hey love bugs, how's it going" Hannah said with a grin on her face that started to contort into a wink and her licking her lips in a sensual way.

"Hannah! Why do you have to do that?" Spencer asked knowing fully what the answer would be.

"What are you talking about Spence? I'm just making friendly conversation. I was just wondering what you two did last night. Is that too much to ask?"

"Yes, because your mind is wandering into the inappropriate area, besides, we just watched a movie and then went to bed."

"Did you sleep in the same bed?"

Emily started to blush. She knew she liked Spencer she just didn't know if Hannah knew. It was a little scary for her to fall in love with her best friend. She didn't want to lose her, so she never said anything.

"Does it matter Hannah?" Emily heard Spencer ask.

Hannah just replied with a giggle and a very committed head nod. After that the bell rang and the girls separated and headed to the first class of their day.

All that Emily could think about for the rest of the day was Spencer. It's like her mind shut off all other circuits, and the only one that was still open was the one that had to do with the conversation was that morning, Emily couldn't help but wonder if Spencer liked her or not. After seven hours of hell, the final bell rand and all of the girls walked out the double door exit together.

"What are you guys doing today?" Aria asked the group.

Hannah shrugged and stated she might go to the mall, and Spencer and Emily looked at each other and agreed that they would head over to the Hastings' residence. This of course made Hannah grin ear to ear. Spencer gave her a glare as a warning to back off. With that, the girls went their separate ways.

Spencer and Emily were on their way to the Hastings household in a comfortable silence, neither girl minded though. this gave them each the time to think about the other girl sitting just a few mere inches apart.

Emily's heart felt like it was going to beat out of her chest. she thought for sure Spencer could heat it. little did she know that Spencer was thinking the same thing as her, only about her own heart.

The car slowly turned into the driveway of the lawyer daughters mansion. Emily turned towards Spencer and smiled. The two girls spent what felt like forever smiling love struck at each other. Neither of them made a move though. Instead Emily shook her head out of its haze and quickly opened her car door.

Spencer sat in her car for a few more moments wondering to herself what just happened. She ignored the weird feeling inside of her body and walked into her house after Emily.

"Hey Spence" Emily called.

"Yeah, whats up Em? Spencer yelled her reply to Emily who was upstairs in the bathroom.

"Can you come here for a second?" Emily nervously responded.

After Spencer heard the quiver in Emily voice she jolted and ran up the stairs as fast as she could to get to Emily. When she got to the bathroom she peaked inside seeing a pale and shaking Emily. she ran to her side holding her by the hips so that the girl wouldn't fall after her knees became weak with anxiety.

There it was. In red marker on her bathroom mirror was the dreaded message the girls had been waiting for.

"You should really be careful girls, the way you two looked in the car gave me goosebumps. I wish I had seen the look you two shared while you were with me." -A

Both girls fell to the floor holding each other in fear.

"How had A gotten into the house so fast?" Spencer thought.

Spencer pushed Emily and herself up off of the floor and sent out an S.O.S. to the other girls and quickly retreated downstairs to lock the doors and widows.

About ten minutes later Aria and Hannah showed up at Spencer's front door with concerned faces. Spencer hurried them into through the door and all of the girls sat in the living area and began to talk.

After Aria had questioned what was so urgent, Spencer and Emily both explained what happened.

An hour after the incident all of the girls gathered at the door to say goodbye to Hannah and Aria. After they left it was just Spencer and Emily again. When Spencer locked the door and turned around, she was faced toward the raven haired girl who had tears in her eyes. she immediately grabbed her and pulled her into her body tightly while Emily sobbed into Spencer's shoulder.

"Shh, Em its okay, i'm here, you're okay." Spencer whispered. She slowly tried to move them to her room upstairs. when they reached her room she grabbed clothes Emily could change into, so that she could sleep.

When Emily was changed Spencer quickly got into comfortable clothes as well and cuddled up behind Emily.

Emily wouldn't stop moving around, so Spencer grabbed her by the hips and pulled her close. really close. she placed her head in the crook of Emily neck and whispered "I've got you, I wont let anything happen to you ever again." a few minutes passed and both girls breathing evened out indicating that they in fact had actually fallen asleep.