The house was creepy, I mean, really creepy. Setting of a horror film type creepy. Aria's hand wrapped around mine and I pushed open the gate. It wasn't like we had much to be afraid of, we were all together, and that is when us Liars are at our strongest, but that constant fear of 'A' that was always there. Spencer put her hand on my waist, "I'll go first Em, I used to live here, I know what we're looking for." If I'm being honest, I was glad someone else went first, I try and act all cool and confident, I've been perfecting it since ninth grade but I was still terrified. Always terrified.
Spencer gently twisted the door knob, I could see her hands physically shaking, we were all scared. This was where 'A' had lead us too after all, they had to have something up their sleeve. The door swung open gently, no creepy squeaking noises, no bogy man jumping out at us, just a dark corridor. Spencer took a deep breath and put her left, and I remember it specifically being her left, foot into the house. That's when the screaming started.
It was loud and shrill and I knew the scream well, I'd heard it before. The hairs were standing up on the back of my neck. I had Goosebumps and my teeth started chattering. "HELP ME." The voice screamed, the screaming was loud and the panic was setting in, it had all happened so fast but the screaming stopped. And everything was quiet.
I looked over at Aria, Hanna and Spencer.
And at the same time.
We all screamed the same thing. We all recognized the screaming.
"ALI!"