So I was doing my biology homework, minding my own business, when I was suddenly hit with the idea: What if Spencer was in the lake instead of Jenna? Basically –A pushes Spencer in the lake, Toby is still in Rosewood, and this deals with everyone's reaction. I don't think I saw a story like this anywhere else… Hopefully you guys like it!

The party was in full swing at Paige's house as guests rushed over to Emily Fields, the birthday girl. Aria pushed through the many students who she knew from Rosewood High in order to get to her best friend.

"Happy Birthday!" she exclaimed to Emily, once she got to her.

"Thanks!" Emily replied, hugging her friend.

They started to push through the crowd to go find a quieter place.

"Did Hanna come?" Emily asked.

"No, she wasn't really in a… partying mood."

"Of course, I totally understand, I was just wondering. Where's Spencer? I could have sworn I saw her before."

"Yeah, she's here. I don't know where she went though."

"Let's go look for her," Emily said.

The two friends looked around the house for their missing friend, but there was no sign of her.

Emily started getting a little worried. "What if –A got a hold of her?"

"Don't worry, Em, maybe Toby decided to come and she's off somewhere making out with him. Text him. In the meantime, let's look in the upstairs bathroom."

Emily nodded and pulled out her phone. She quickly hit Compose New Text and searched through her contacts until she found Toby Cavanaugh. She quickly pressed on his name and sent her text: Is Spencer w/ you?

Toby answered very quickly, to her surprise. She and Aria were halfway up the stairs when she got a text back. I thought she was w/ you at your party. Sorry I couldn't come by the way. Text me when you find her.

Will do she texted back. "Spencer isn't with Toby," she informed her friend.

"Let's not panic yet. She's probably in the bathroom."

But she wasn't in the bathroom, and the two girls were getting extremely nervous.

"Maybe she's talking with friends?" Emily stated, her voice a little shaky.

They searched through the whole house, calling her name. There was no sign of her anywhere. The only thing they found was her jacket draped across the back of a kitchen chair.

"So we know she's definitely here," Emily said. "We know she didn't leave."

"Wait a sec," Aria said, slapping her forehead. "She said something about going to the garage to get fireworks, and then setting them up outside."

"God, Aria, there was really no need to give me a heart attack like that."

The two friends laughed, and went over to talk to Emily's girlfriend, Paige, and Aria's boyfriend, Jake. Jake was talking to Paige about how he was teaching Aria karate.

"Yeah, I think I'd like to learn how to do karate. And Emily too!" Paige exclaimed to Jake as she saw her girlfriend and her girlfriend's best friend walking over.

"Oh God, what are you getting me into this time, Paige?" Emily laughed, giving her girlfriend a light kiss on the cheek as a greeting.

"I was gonna sign us up for karate. Jake is the teacher of that karate place in Philly. You know, so we could be protected from you-know-who."

"Wait," Jake said, cutting in. "You girls need protection from somebody?" He looked at Aria, who was glaring at Paige, but to him she just shrugged.

"Paige," Emily hissed. "No, Jake, just in case something happens, you know, with bad people out there."

Jake didn't look like he believed them, but he didn't mention anything. "Hey look, I see some of my friends here. I'm gonna go catch up with them, see ya later." He gave Aria a kiss before walking to the opposite side of the room to talk to people his own age.

"Paige, can you be any more subtle?" Emily growled.

"I'm sorry, Em! I totally forgot that he didn't know!" Paige exclaimed.

"Just don't let it happen again," Emily warned, "God, where the hell is Spencer? Does it really take that long to set up fireworks?"

"Paige, me and Em are gonna go look for Spencer. I think I saw Trisha Kallanan trying to steal a vase from the living room, you should go make sure she didn't take it.

"I hate that girl!" Paige groaned, and stalked off to the living room.

Aria and Emily walked throughout the house again, looking for Spencer. They started on the second floor, and she wasn't there. They went through the first floor, where they saw Paige in the living room arguing with Trisha, who was holding a vase. Aria stifled a laugh. They went downstairs to look for Spencer, maybe she was still looking for fireworks? But that wasn't the case. Spencer wasn't there.

They went outside to look by the lake for their best friend. Aria saw Jake, who looked like he was getting ready to leave.

"Hey," Aria said, tapping him on the shoulder. "Leaving so soon?"

"I'm just really tired, and I have to get up early to teach tomorrow," Jake explained.

"Please, just stay a bit longer?"

As Aria tried to persuade Jake into staying just a little longer, Emily wandered a little away from them. She didn't want them to feel like she was invading. Her chocolate eyes scanned through the forest, looking for any signs of Spencer. Her eyes widened as they saw a figure face down in the lake, and that figure looked a lot like Spencer.

"SPENCER!" Emily screamed. She started to try to run through the water, and she heard Jake come running in after her, after hearing her scream. She and Jake started dragging Spencer out of the water. They laid her down on the dock. It was truly frightening. Her lips were almost blue and slightly parted, and her eyes were wide open, staring straight ahead at nothing. She was barely breathing, and Emily could feel her breaths getting slower by the second.

Aria was already on the phone with 911, and Emily heard her say, "…found her in the water, don't know how she got in…" She was getting hysterical.

All of a sudden, Jake put his index and middle fingers against Spencer's neck. "Oh my God, she's not breathing!"

Not breathing? Emily realized that Jake was right. She couldn't see her friend's chest rising and falling down anymore. Her eyes widened and she wasn't able to form words. She was vaguely aware of the party guests crowding around, wondering what was wrong. She barely felt Paige gently pulling her away from Spencer and Jake, as he started to perform CPR on her until the ambulance got there. She scarcely heard Aria screaming and crying into her cell phone, with the patient operator who she was relaying everything that was going on to. All she could do is stand and pray as the ambulance lights got closer and closer…

So um, that's the first chapter. I'll be posting the second one soon, possibly tomorrow. The second chapter will probably be part in Spencer's POV, Emily's POV, and maybe a little of Toby's. Please review, reviews really motivate me to write more and tell me what I could do to improve the story… What do you think? Remember, every review motivates me. :)

~GA1999