Aria's POV

I got to the school and immediately spotted Caleb. Jake and I walked to him as he sat next to the desk with food and drinks.

"Hi, Caleb." I greeted him and he smiled in return. He and Jake shook hands and I took some time to look for Hanna. "Where's Hanna?" I asked him and he motioned to the middle of the crowd, where Hanna was dancing with some guy I didn't know. What the hell was she doing?

"She said that it was a bet with your brother." Caleb replied and he looked at me as if expecting me to deny his words. I wanted to say that I had no idea what was going on, but, as good friend, I lied to him.

"Yeah, Mike is so immature." It wasn't a lie at all. Mike IS very immature, but I had seen him grow up these past days and become a real man, not just a little boy. He was even acting like an older brother, even though he was two years younger than me. I sighed and looked back at Hanna and the boy. She'd have a lot to explain later. Caleb and Jake started talking about guy things and I decided to look for the other girls. Soon I spotted Emily and Toby getting in, but Spencer wasn't with them. Where the hell was Spencer? She was supposed to come with Toby, since he was her boyfriend. I have noticed that she has been acting really strange over the past weeks and I've been really worried about her.

The other night, she was sitting on her couch and I went to visit her. As soon as she heard the door opening, she jumped from the couch and grabbed a knife from the desk in front of it. She looked around with a scared look on her face and I opened the door carefully. As soon as she saw it was only me, she let go of the knife and hugged me. I hugged her back and since then I couldn't stop thinking that something was terribly wrong. At school, she has been much quieter than usual and I noticed she hasn't been eating right. She is a lot thinner and pale. Every time me or the girls ask her what is wrong, she simply say that she's fine and ignores us completely. I think that Toby has noticed this also, but he never says anything, at least I never hear him saying anything because we're not that close.

I shake these thoughts and walk to Emily and Toby, who smile at me and greet me with hugs. When I hug Toby, it feels awkward, but I like it. Spencer is my best friend and since he is her boyfriend, he cares about her as much as I do.

"Where's Spencer?" I ask them and they exchange worried glances, but don't say anything.

"She's probably coming late." Emily murmurs and she spots someone and her eyes lighten up. "Excuse me, I need to talk to Paige." She leaves just me and Toby, and we stay in an awkward silence for a few minutes, before he leaves saying that he'll get something to drink. As soon as he's gone, my phone beeps and I sigh before getting it.

"Wanna know what's wrong with Spencer? Meet me at the lake and you'll find out. Bring someone and you'll never see her again. Kisses –A

I gasp as I read the message. –A has Spencer, -A has taken her away from us. I start hyperventilating, but try to control my breathing and it soon goes back to normal. I need to be strong, for Spencer. I put my phone back in my pocket and look around. No one is looking at me, so no one notices when I leave the room and enter my car. At least that's what I thought. If I had been more careful, I'd be able to see the small figure clad in a red coat that watched me with mysterious blue eyes. But I don't notice her, just as I don't notice Jake looking for me with panic in his eyes. My mind is only focused in Spencer right now and the thought of what's happening to her crosses my mind and I feel all the color drain from my face. I drive as fast as I can to the lake, hoping that she'll still be alive when I get there.

Toby's POV

As soon as I get to the school with Emily, a feeling of uncertain washes over me. I don't know why, but I suddenly feel like something's terribly wrong. I just ignore it because it has happened many times. Ever since the first time that me and Spencer went to Radley searching for information about my mom I've noticed the changes in her. I've been extremely worried, but I decided to let it go because it might be just all the pressure. I had no idea how wrong I was. If I had tried at least a bit to understand what was really happening to her, I would have known the horrible secret she has been keeping. I could've helped her, but I didn't. Just because I'm an assole, so concentrated on my dead mother that I almost had a dead girlfriend.

I notice Aria coming over to us with worry on her face and I wonder if she's also worrying about Spencer. We have never been close, but I know that she is Spencer's best friend, out of the four girls. We greet her with hugs and it feels awkward but nice. Emily soon leaves to find Paige and I feel the tension in the air as soon as she's gone. Aria and I have never had a conversation before and we don't know what to say. As minutes passes, the awkwardness is unbearable so I say that I have to get something to drink and leave her alone. I don't look back as I walk to the drinks table and this is one of the worst mistakes I ever made. If I had looked back, I would have seen Aria get a message and her eyes go wide. I would have seen her getting in her car and driving away from the party, away from Rosewood and into the danger. I could have helped her, just like I could have helped Spencer, but I didn't. Because I'm stupid.

Hanna's POV

As I was dancing with Travis I noticed Aria coming to where Caleb was standing. Shit, I thought, she may tell him that there is no bet and I'll have to explain everything. I try to ignore the bad thoughts and go back to talking to Travis.

"I was there that night."

"The night Wilden was killed?" I asked him, surprise filling my voice as well as excitement.

"Yes. I was just driving when I heard someone screaming, so I decided to check who it was."

"And who was it? Was it my mother?" I asked him, relief washing over me as I thought that I might find out who really killed Wilden.

"No, it was a girl. She's around our age. She was talking to Wilden and she screamed.

"Was she blond?" I asked, hoping that he'd say yes. I was so close to finding out who killed Wilden and get my mother free.

"No, she had brown hair. She was wearing a golden dress and… that's all I remember." He says.

"Who could that be?''

"I don't know. But she wasn't the one that killed Wilden. They just discussed and he tried to suffocate her. I couldn't just let him kill her, so I went there and punched him in the face. He fell to the ground and I helped the girl, I don't know what her name was, get up and took her to the nearest hospital. I kept glancing at her from the drivers sit and she looked pretty sad. When we got to the hospital, I went in there for a minute to get help and when I came back she was gone. The only thing I have is this." He held a familiar necklace with the shape of a heart and gave it to me. I examined it for a while, but couldn't tell whose it was.

"Why didn't you tell this to the police?" I asked him as I put the necklace on my purse.

"Because it would have looked like I killed him." I gave him a look and he kept talking. "Look, my dad and Wilden never liked each other and I had no proof that I was helping that girl, I don't even know who she is."

"So you're gonna stay quiet, which may destroy my family." I stated and he gave me a sorry look. If only I knew who that girl was, I would be able to get out of this mess. Travis let go of me and he left me alone in the middle of the crowd. How much of a gentleman, I thought as I went to where Caleb and Jake were talking.

So this just came to my mind while I was doing my geography essay. It isn't my best work, but I hope you like it. This will be a short story that starts at 4X11 and will be probably around five or six chapters. Maybe more. Read and REVIEW, please! Who do you think is the girl that Wilden tried to kill? Five reviews and I post the next chapter.