Chapter 1

Emily stepped out of the shower. The heat from the water quickly fogged over the mirror as she opened the sliding doors. She grabbed the towel off of the hook and began to dry herself off. As she stood in front of the mirror she could see bits and pieces of herself where the non-evaporated water trickled down the mirror. She stood there for s few minutes just staring at the mirror.

She had thought that the shower would make her feel better but it hadn't. It had only given her more time to think about everything. Emily wished nothing more than to be normal. She had a boyfriend named Ben who was a seemingly amazing guy. Every girl in the school wanted to date him but he had chosen her. Somehow she felt like she should have felt happy about that but she didn't.

The truth was that Emily didn't even like Ben, or at least she didn't think that she liked Ben. He was an okay guy but the plain truth was that it just didn't seam right being with him. She knew why. She had been trying to avoid it for a while now but it was getting harder and harder. She felt like her secret was taring her apart little by little.

She had come to the conclusion that she felt different when she had gone to summer camp in the summer after her freshman year with her best friend Alyson.

The summer sun beat down on Emily as she stepped off of the school bus. Rosewood was having a summer school six day field trip. She and twenty-eight other kids were going to camp out for six days and five nights. Emily kind of resented the fact that she had to be in summer school because she failed Physical Science but Alison, her best friend, was with her and she knew that she was going to have the best time ever.

"Emily help me carry my bags." demanded Alison as the driver unloaded everyone's luggage from the back of the bus.

Emily let out a sigh and rolled her eyes. Aly could be so blunt sometimes; and selfish. She knew that she had her own bags but of course she would end up helping her because Alison could talk her way into or out of anything. Plus there was just something about Aly that made Em want to do anything for her in order to make her happy. She didn't know what it was but it was as if her legs turned to jelly whenever she was around her.

Others at school called her Alison's little lap dog but she tried not to let it bother her much. That was hard because she could be very sensitive sometimes.

"Aly you do know that I have my own bags to carry right." answered Emily as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Emily c'mon are you actually going to make me beg?" asked Allison, "Besides we are going to have a cabin together. We can come back for your things. It's not like anyone is going to take your clothes."

Anyone else would be hurt by Aly downsizing them but Emily was so used to it. Aly always talked about her, Hannah, Aria, and Spencer. She loved to mess with them and blackmail them. Individually she had enough dirt on each of them that would ruin their lives forever. She always seemed to find out their deepest darkest secrets.

"We are friends and friends tell each other their secrets. It keeps us close." she would say.

"Okay. " said Emily hesitantly giving in.

She walked over to Alison and picked up a few bags than trudged slowly over to the cabin that her and Alyson would be sharing for the next few days.

During those six days her whole life had changed forever. She had found out things about herself that she had known before. She had endured her first love and also her first heartbreak and it was over just six days.

A lot had changed since then. For one she, Hannah, Aria, and Spencer had realized that Alyson was not as invincible as they all that. She went missing the summer of their sophomore year, exactly a year after the end of summer camp. They had all decided to have a camp-out in the barn behind Spencer's house. That night was the worst thunderstorm ever in Rosewood. The girls weren't going to let that spoil their fun though. They drank and spilled secrets over a game of truth or dare.

Soon they had all fallen asleep. Spencer had woken up to a loud thud of thunder. The barn doors were open and banged furious against the walls as the violent wind thrashed leaves and debris all over the place. Spencer looked around to see if any of the others were awake. Sure enough they were all asleep in their sleeping bags. Everyone except Alyson. Spencer had decided to try and look for her. She had found Alyson's bracelet on the floor and then nearby there was blood. Spencer screamed and ran as fast as she could back to the barn to inform the others.

It had been a terrible time for them and everyone else in Rosewood. There was grieving and anger and flat out confusion. Everyone had said they didn't know who could ever possibly want to hurt Allison but deep down they knew it could be a lot of people. Aly always anjoyed making peoples lives miserable.

She never showed any mercy and someone repaid the same actions her.

After that night the girls had all slowly drifted apart. It seemed as though the only thing ever holding them together was Alison. Before her they had all been so different. Alison had made them popular and powerful, well she had made herself powerful and used the others to get there. She had dirt on them all and never ceased to stop reminding them of that fact. For Emily it was the fact that she had feelings for girls, for Aria it was her father's affair that she had kept a secret for what seamed like forever but was merely a year, Hannah's was her intolerable desire to fit in confiding in an eating disorder and shoplifting to get there, and for Spencer it was the fact that she seamed to want everything her sister Melissa had including her boyfriends.

Aria played with her bracelet as she stood in front of Ezra's door contemplating whether or not to knock or simply walk away. Ezra was her forbidden love, her Romeo. She was Juliet, young yet driven by the love she had for Ezra. It was true they were not supposed to be together but, as in the tragic tale, their love burned strong.

He was her English teacher. She had met him in a bar before school had even started. He had that he was new to Rosewood. Small talk led to something more. He was everything she could ever want in a guy; smart, driven, accomplished, caring, gentle, and she had to admit sexy. He was a great guy whom just so happened to be about five to six years older than her. Though they both realized that if anyone had ever found out about them there would be serious repercussions they just couldn't bare to stay away from each other.

Aria let out the breath she had been holding and knocked on the wooden door before her. It was early, about seven o'clock but she had to talk to Ezra. After the argument the night before she felt like so much was left unsaid. She realized that she And 'Mr. Fitz' had escaped a bullet.

Noel was going to rat them out but ended up getting busted for 'stealing' the answers to a bunch of midterms. Aria didn't know whether to be thankful that 'A' had saved her relationship or nervous about the fact that now her secret lied in A's hand who could do anything he or she wanted with it and had already displayed their unlimited resources they had to do it with.

The apartment door slowly began to open and Ezra poked his head out. When he saw Aria he sighed and looked to the floor. She was hurt by this but she knew deep down that there was truth to his argument. If they were caught HE would be the one that ended up in jail, not her. She would just end up heart broken.

"Why are you here?" asked looking up at her.

He loved Aria, there was no doubt about it but he hated having to hide it from everyone though he knew there was no possible way they could end up a 'normal' couple. He would never be able to kiss her in public or held her hand as they walked down the street. He could never sweep her off her feet or have romantic dinners at restaurant. Not anytime soon at least.

"Please can we talk?" asked Aria almost pleading.

Ezra hesitated but after a few seconds he stepped back allowing Aria to enter the house. His house apartment was simple yet cozy. It was all the necessities and none of the distractions.

"I was thinking and what you said last night is true. If we get caught its you that's going to be the one thats hurt the most. As much as I want to be with you I care about what happens to you more. I don't care that we have to hide us because even though was can't be a normal couple we still get to be together and I live for that but if you think that its truly too risky then I don't want to hurt you." said Aria.

Aria knew that if A decided to rat her and Ezra out and he ended up getting fired or sent to jail then it would be all her fault. She didn't want to risk that. Especially after he had done so much for her and had tried everything to be as normal a couple as possible for them.

Ezra gave no reponse and so she began to walk toward the door with her head down but he lightly grabbed her arms and puled her towards him. He kissed her tenderly on the lips.

"Screw the consequences." he whispered before kissing her again.

He just couldn't let her go.

Spencer stood in her kitchen and watched as Wren walked from the barn to his car with a cardboard box in his hands. He had been doing this for a good hour at least. Spencer's guilt deepened as Wren looked over to her peering from the window and gave her a small reassuring smile. She hadn't meant for thing to happen like they did. She didn't understand what was wrong with her. First it was Ian and then Wren. She didn't like hurting Melissa but she just couldn't help it.

She never thought that Melissa would ever catch her. She had always went under the impression that Alison would be the one to inflict the pain, not her. She guessed that it was probably because of the fact that Aly went missing.

"Are you happy now?" asked a voice behind Spencer.

Spencer turned around and Melissa was standing on the other side of the kitchen table at the bottom of the stairs. Her arms were crossed across her chest and he eyes were red and puffy from crying. She was angry. Spencer knew that this was her fault. She didn't know what she could possibly say to make any of this better so she just starred at her.

"So now you have nothing to say!" spat Melissa.

"I'm sorry." said Spencer simply.

Melissa shook her head angrily.

"Sorry won't fix this. You ruined my life!" yelled Melissa before walking out of the house and towards the barn.

Silent tears streamed down Spencer's face as she stayed turned away from the window not being able to watch anymore. She heard the rumble of Wren's Toyota Camera as it sprang to life and her heart sunk.

She and Melissa had never been close, even when they were little, but she was still her sister and she did love her. She hadn't done what she did out of spite and she definitely had not wanted to hurt Melissa like she did. Things had just gotten of hand.

Suddenly she felt her cellphone vibrate in her pocket. She took it out and opened the anonymous text message she had just received.

Looks like this problem took care of itself. - A

Spencer threw her phone angrily across the room and sank to the kitchen floor. She hated A. Hated A with a passion.

Hannah pushed her plate away from her. She was in no mood whatsoever to eat. Seth had broken up with her the previous night because he thought that she had feelings for someone that she didn't. She had tried to explain things to him but he just wouldn't listen to her. She knew that her relationship with Sean was going nowhere but they had still been together for a while and she had loved him. She just hadn't been in love with him.

"Hannah you have to eat." urged her mother.

Hannah just gave her mom a look. 'If only she knew', thought Hannah. Her mother didn't know about how she used to feel when she was fat. She didn't know about the times that she had spent crying because people called her names like 'hefty Hannah'. She had never told her mother none of this and she wasn't planning on it. Especially the time when Alison had 'helped' her fix the problem.

There were two reasons for this; one was that she was ashamed and the second was that she still had thoughts of doing it.

Hannah's phone jumped around the table as it began to vibrate. She saw the name anonymous on the screen and sighed deeply. It just wasn't the time for A to make everything worse.

She opened the text reluctantly and read it.

'Do as mommy says. It's not like you can't fix it after. You'll always be Hefty Hannah to me.' - A

"Why can't you just leave me alone!" yelled Hannah as she slammed her phone on the table.

She looked up to see her mother with a shocked expression on her face. Hannah looked back down at her plate and shoved it off the table. The plate fell to the ground and the shattered sending glass and food flying.

"Hannah!" yelled her mother.

Hannah didn't reply. She merely grabbed her phone and book bag, threw it over her shoulder, and rushed out the door; slamming it behind her. Her mother jumped at the sound of the door slamming. She starred at the door in shock. Hannah was not acting like herself lately and it was worrying her.

For four pretty liars life was hard and it was only going to get harder.

Well I hope you all liked it

Review

This story is going to be centered all four characters but mainly Emily and Hannah.

It doesn't really follow the order of events in the show for instance Emily isn't out yet and no one knows about her and Alison, Hannah hasn't been hit by the car and may still have the eating disorder, Melissa just found out about Spencer and Wren, and Aria's Mom doesn't know about the affair her dad had yet. And Aly hasn't been found dead. Yet.