Best friends always know!
Emily, Aria and Hanna knew something wasn't right, Spencer was nearly one hour late and that was so unlike her. The girls kept trying her phone and when someone eventually did answer, it wasn't Spencer but her mother. Mrs Hastings told the girls that Spencer had gone to get Melissa's phone that she had left in the church but that that was forty five minutes ago and she was yet to return. The girls were worried, spencer always stayed in contact. Then surprisingly, Hanna had a brilliant idea, why don't they try Melissa's phone. Emily dug through her phonebook knowing that Melissa's number was in there somewhere and after several agonising minutes she began to dial the number.
Spencer was cold, the pain had suddenly faded and all that she felt was an impenetrable cold. She was coming to accept that this was it, this was the place where Spencer was going to die, but then in the distance she heard a phone ringing loudly. At first she thought she was delusional on the verge of death, but then the ringing seemed to get louder and louder and when she found the strength to turn her head she saw it, her sister's agonizingly pink mobile phone. She struggled to reach it with what felt like a sprained wrist, but with a grimace she did and almost exploded with relief as she read Emily's number off the screen. She tentatively pressed the answer button and the sound of her best friend's voice sent her over the edge, "Spencer where are you, are you ok?" , Emily questioned and Spencer croaked out, "b..ell tower, he…lp me", before losing consciousness on the cold, wooden floor.
Emily, Aria and Hanna knew something was really wrong with spencer and they rushed to the church, with Aria calling an ambulance from the backseat, but nothing could have prepared them for what they found when they reached the church. They saw Spencer's handbag on the ground and followed the trail of an open nail polish bottle to the stairs that led to the bell tower. "Spencer", they called as they made their way up the stairs but were met with no reply, but when they turned the corner they realised why, there on the floor was the crumpled and beaten form of their best friend.
Panic set over them as they rushed to her side, Hanna and Aria could barely contain their sobs at the sight of their half naked, bruised friend, but Emily knew she needed to stay strong and be practical because that is what Spencer would do for them. She was pleasantly surprised to hear that Spencer was still breathing and upon hearing the ambulance in the distance she resolved to hold her best friend's hand until the paramedics arrive.
Spencer was rushed into the ambulance with Emily by her side, Aria and Hanna followed behind in Hanna's car, hoping to tell Mrs. Hastings what had happened before Spencer was rushed into the same hospital that her sister was already in. Inside the ambulance Emily's heart was racing as Spencer was hooked up to drips and monitors, still struggling to regain consciousness. She began to wonder about the extent of what her best friend had suffered, but one thing she was pretty sure was the culprit, she just knew it had to be Ian.