Synopsis: it's the day after Alison's memorial, the liars are at the Rosewood high to take their SAT's but thing don't go according to plan thanks to a severe storm they are stuck some of the liars are behaving odd, A is messing them not to mention dodging parents, detective Wilden and would be suitors, who else will the storm blow in? Secrets may be revealed, some relationships end, and some may start

Sequel to B29, Rainy Night In Rosewood and prequel to I Thought She was the One

This is part of the Welcome Back to Rosewood Series I am working on, believe it or not this was a one shot, but I am breaking it up since I think it will make it easier on the reader.

Pairings: Jason/Aria Noel/Aria Sean/Hanna Alex/Spencer Wren/Spencer Toby/Emily Maya/Emily Alison/Emily Ezra/Aria (speculation)
Characters: Spencer Hastings, Hanna Marin, Emily Fields, Aria Montgomery, Jason DiLaurentis, Darrin Wilden, Alex Santiago,
Characters mentioned: Alison DiLaurentis, Jenna Marshall, Toby Cavenaugh, Maya Ste. Germaine

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Look What the Storm Drug In
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01:48 pm – Spencer (moments before students allowed to leave)

Spencer Hastings was doing her best not to lose it again she was sure that the storm and enforced confinement to Rosewood what passed as Rosewood High's storm shelter had already caused her friends Aria and Emily to go mental. Neither girl seemed to be able to keep their mind on the situation at hand which included Spencer's, and Aria's mothers running around the school, Detective Wilden watching their every move and A somehow messing with them. It all started yesterday before the girls even showed up this morning to take the SAT exam.

the day before – Spencer, Emily, Hanna, Aria

It has been raining since yesterday afternoon, it started as a light sprinkle almost immediately following the dedication of Alison's memorial. After several minutes, it stopped and people continued on about their day, Spencer, who stayed home to study for tomorrow's SAT's with Alex, got a surprising visit from Ali's brother Jason that still left Spencer puzzled, hurt and angry, and she would most definitely be sharing it with the girls. Hanna went to the mall for some quality mani, pedi, shopping time with her mom and Mona Vanderwaal. Aria decided it would be the perfect day to dig through the dusty stacks of books at her favorite used book store, she had an even more surprising run in with Ali's brother, that her sore, but with a huge smile, that she was still sporting today, she would most definitely not be sharing it with the girls. And like Spencer Emily planned on studying for tomorrow's SAT's as well. After the initial sprinkling of rain, it seemed like it was all over, but about a half hour later it started sprinkling again and within no time it became a heavy downpour drenching the unsuspecting citizens who happened to be caught out in it.

All through the night and morning the lightening crashed, thunder rolled, wind whipped the trees in its fury and the rain steady, but in their infinite wisdom the SAT proctors who were having troubles making it didn't cancel the day's exams until a good portion of the students from Rosewood High and other area school taking the exams had already arrived and conditions were too dangerous for them to leave the school. Our four favorite liars, are obviously among those stuck inside the hallowed halls of Rosewood High.

8:00ish am - Spencer (test scheduled to start at 8:30 am)

Spencer gathered the other three girls wanting to tell them about Jason's visit. Hanna was her usual bubbly self, admiring her fabulous manicure, but Emily and Aria seemed off. Emily was always nervous, but today she is unusually extra twitchy and Aria just seemed too happy, nobody is that happy to be getting an exam over with no matter how well prepared they are, that's what Aria told them when they first arrived and Aria was practically skipping through the door. She shook her head as she watched her two friends, maybe they had just had too much caffeine.

"After the memorial, I went home to study an..." before Spencer could finish a loud gasp came from Hanna the other three girls turned to look at her worried.

Hanna was clutching her pearls, literally as she was wearing a long pearl necklace that went fabulously with the teal top she had on, anyway she was clutching her pearls, an over the top look of surprise on her face, "Oh my god! Spencer Hastings went home to study! What next, will Barack Obama become president? Oh wait, he has. Old news move on Spence, get to the good stuff, like did Alex come over to study," Hanna winked, "with you?"

Spencer glared, Aria laughed and even twitchy Emily grinned.

"He did, but that's not the point." Spencer could swear she heard Hanna muttering under her breath that he must not be doing something right then, and she was not even going to dignify that with an answer, really who did Hanna think she was dealing with here, "He does everything right!", did she just say that out loud, yep by the look on the girls faces she definitely had and from the sudden quieting of those around them and the looks in her direction she had done so loudly. Spencer felt her face burning as it turned red and her so called friends were laughing especially Hanna.

"Anyway," she began again, " I was home, studying and guess who shows up at my house? " Now Hanna and Aria took turns making smart ass guesses. Hanna: the Biebs, Aria: Silvia Plath, Hanna: Beyoncé, Aria: David Bowie. Spencer's imperious look had Hanna stuttering to a halt and Aria looking at her shoes which were impressive even if she said so herself,

Emily ever the peacemaker asked, "Who was it Spencer?"

"None other than Jason DiLaurentis." Well, she thought smugly, now she had their attention especially Aria's, who for some reason looked like she was about to freak out, maybe she had a run in with him as well, she would have to asked her about it as soon as she told the girls what happened, "So I am sitting at the kitchen table everything laid out, note cards, post its, highlighters, a big pot of coffee brewing, waiting for Alex to get there and I hear a knock. Obviously, I thought it was Alex, but there stands Jason looking all smug and superior" Aria starts to protest on Jason's behalf, but Spencer holds up a hand to stop her.

"You always did have a soft spot for him Aria." Hanna said rolling her eyes "Jason might be gorgeous and hot, but he is a jerk especially when we were only trying to help with the memorial, that was Spencer's idea to begin with, you got the fountain made and we were the ones that got the bench and everything that was donated. He just came in and took it over like a jerk wad."

"Alison was worried you had a crush on Jason until she found out about your major crush on Noel" Emily was trying to calm things down, "Remember when she realized Aria had a crush on Noel."

Aria remembered her face getting warm, they were at the lake and Noel was walk by at the same time the sun beamed down on Jason, he had ran by to catch a football his blonde hair shining like a halo, his swim trunks riding low on his hip bones, and shirtless looking all muscley and hot, sweat glistening on the firm toned skin covering his chest and abs as he moved, she could her the rain beating a rhythm as her hands moving over his muscular shoulders and nails digging in his back as he..."Aria, Aria."

Yes, she loved it when he screamed her name over and over and..."Ouch!" Hanna had pinched her, hard, she reached up to rub the offended flesh giving her friend an indignant look, why the hell had Hanna pinched her, that really hurt, she would probably have a bruise.

Spencer was snapping her fingers in her face, she looked closer, "Aria, um are you... drooling?" Aria was mortified she had somehow started thinking about last night, "Did you have a seizure? Are you epileptic?"

"What?" Aria gasped "No! I was just thinking." She was going to have to get it together, or the girls would know about the Jason thing without her ever saying a word.

"Uh huh" Hanna said in a singsong voice, "And I know about who!" She grinned proud of herself for helping the two of them get together. And here she had thought Aria had gotten over her crush on Noel after she had acted like the dates she has been on were no big deal, she got it now? Aria was just playing it cool and it was totally working she practically had Noel Kahn eating out of the palm of her hand, nice! Maybe she should try that with Sean, her mind going automatically to her own dilemma.

Aria tried to look nonchalant, "Uh you do?"

Hanna giggled, "You have the same look when Noel walked by just now as you did that summer when he walked by at the lake and Ali caught you staring at him." apparently, Noel Kahn had a habit strolling by the right place at exactly the right moment. Like now, that summer Ali had seen Aria fantasizing about Jason, but he had already run past. A then twelve-year-old Aria, had been crushing hard since she first met Jason a year earlier, that was the first time she had ever seen him shirtless and was completely mesmerized by a seventeen-year-old Jason. When Alison noticed Aria's love sick expression she looked up and seen Noel Kahn walking by grinning and waving at someone and thus believed Aria had a major crush on Noel and she never contradicted it. Alison would have been enraged if she knew who Aria really liked. Once again Noel saved her with his perfect timing except this time he had grinned and waved at her, the way she appeared to be looking at him, "and thanks to me you're dating him." Crap she had forgotten all about Noel, they had only gone out a few times, but that could give someone the impression that they were dating.

"Okay, enough about Aria's love life" thank you Spencer, Aria thought, "now that we've established she isn't epileptic just in love with Noel," Aria winced, maybe she had thanked Spencer a bit early, "let's get back to Jason" yup definitely too early. "Anyway, he shows up to my house and says he has something to give me."

"Oooo what did Jason want to give you Spencer" the dirty minded Hanna said jokingly, Aria wanted to smack her.

"Would you let Spencer get on with it Hanna!" Aria snapped, Hanna gave her shocked look but shrugged thinking Aria was probably embarrassed because they had teased her about Noel.

Spencer nodded her thanks to Aria, "He gave me Alison's bracelet remember the ones she had made for each of us after the Jenna thing? "The girls started to interrupt, but she held her hand up to indicate that she wasn't finished, "he also apologized for the way he acted to us saying he was overwhelmed since his parent sent him to take care of Ali's memorial." it pissed Aria off the way his parents keep sending him to do these thing they can't "handle" Jason hadn't been clean that long and it was like they kept putting him in these situations that could make him relapse! "And he knows about the Jenna thing," Emily and Hanna gasped and Aria was surprised, "it gets better. Alison told him that I was the mastermind of the Jenna thing and that the four of us pushed her to do it and that we would not let her tell the police."

"And he believed her?" Emily gasped.

"Not until he talked to Jenna and she confirmed Alison story. I told him what happened, I asked him if he believed me, but he didn't answer. You guys I think Jason believes were the ones responsible for that fire." The four girls looked at earn other nervously, but Aria remembered something Jason said and she knew she was going to have to tell them about seeing Jason. Of course, she wasn't going to tell them everything, but just enough so they wouldn't have to worry.

"You guys, I seen Jason yesterday after the memorial also."

"Why didn't you say anything?" Emily asked

Aria shrugged, "I don't know, I guess it didn't seem important at the time."

"Aria, he could be going to the police right now?" Of course, as their luck would have it they heard the door open and Detective Wilden walked through the doors, his eyes landing on the four girls immediately a sadistic smirk twisting what would have been a handsome face if he weren't such a dick. "Aria you got to tell us what Jason said right now."

Too late "Ladies, imagine finding the four of you here."

"Where else would we be," Spencer said trying to remain calm, only the slightest tick at the corner mouth gave away her unease, "today is our SAT's."

"Yes of course" the principal motioned to the aggravating detective. With a smirk, he said, "I'll be talking to you ladies later, don't run off now, you hear." he chuckled callously, this time he was sure he had something on them.

As soon as he walked off Spencer turned to Aria, "Spill, now. He thinks he knows something."

"I was leaving the coffee shop, heading to the book store, nobody was out because of the rain, I saw a car pass me and stop and the passenger door opened of course It was a little eerie, because of the storm the streets were deserted and I didn't know who it was," that was a lie, Aria knew who it was immediately since their eyes met as he drove by, she had thought he was going to just drive by, her hesitation when he stopped and opened the door was caused by surprise, "anyway as I continued walking he called my name then I see who it is. I was so mad about the way he acted if it had not been raining I would have never gotten in with him." Aria you are such a liar, it could have been raining chocolate drops and Diet Coke and Aria would have still gotten into that car with Jason, her feelings were hurt, she wasn't mad and he didn't even have to call her name, she just went to him with barely any hesitation. The girls nodded in understanding. "At first he didn't say anything." Well that at least was true she congratulated herself, they had been too busy kissing. "Then out of the blue he apologized, I think it must have been after he visited you Spence because he said he was sorry about how he treated us and about being taken in so easily."

Spencer's shoulders relaxed some, but being Spencer she wondered if maybe he went to the police before he talked to her, or before he talked to Aria "Then what happened?"

"You know Jason's not a talkative guy Spence he didn't really say much else and then he dropping me off at my house," she wondered if stuff like, oh God, don't stop, fuck that feels good, of fuck yeah, harder, faster, deeper, slower, right there, Jasonjasonjason, oh yeah Aria just like that, cum for me baby, oh god baby oh god, and "we're out of condoms" counted as conversation. She doesn't think so and he did drop her off at her house, several hours later just minutes before her curfew, so technically she didn't really lie and Aria felt pretty good about telling the truth. "Whatever reason Wilden is here I can almost guarantee it has nothing to do with Jason.

Spencer seemed to relax a little more and then Alex strolled toward her, he wrapped his arms around her shoulders and kissed her temple. If Hanna wasn't so wrapped up in trying to get Sean to sleep with her, and Aria wasn't so crazy about everything Jason and Emily wasn't so confused about her feelings for Maya and Toby the three girls would have swooned when Alex smiled at them in greeting. Spencer was so cute with him and she really did like him a lot, if only she could forget another pair of brown eyes and another pantie melting smile everything would be great, but Wren is hard for her to forget, it's different with Wren than Ian, Ian had set out to seduce his girlfriend's fourteen year old sister just to see if he could, but Wren and Spencer really has feelings for each other, it's wrong on so many levels, he was he sisters ex-fiancé, and he was still too old for her now in a few years at their age wouldn't be huge deal, but now it was.

Alex leaned into Spencer and whispered, "You want to go someplace quiet and brush up for the vocab."

Spencer gave him a quick kiss, "I like the way you think Mr. Santiago.

"Mmmm, then let's go Miss Hastings." Hanna, Emily and Aria all glanced at each other and smiled Alex and Spencer were too cute together.