Here is the second chapter of The Truth Hurts. Thank you for the reviews. And congratulations to FabsirellaPrincessOfPopcornia for finding out one of the important points from last chapter.

Hanna's POV

"Yeah, I think that I could do that." Jake was saying when I interrupted him.

"Sorry to interrupt you two, but I need to speak with Caleb." I said and they both nodded as I grabbed Caleb's arms and took him to the girl's bathroom.

"What the hell, Hanna?" He asked as we entered the bathroom. Luckily, there was no one in there.

"Stay here and lock the door. I'll come back in a minute." I said and didn't give him time to reply as I was already out. I searched through the crowd and soon found Emily and Paige talking. I asked them to follow me and then we found Toby and he came with us. They kept asking me what the hell was going on but I didn't say anything, just kept looking for Aria and Spencer. When I couldn't find them anywhere, I decided to tell them later. We went to the bathroom and the door was locked.

"Caleb, it's me, open the door." Caleb opened the door and we got in. As soon as we entered the bathroom, I locked the door again and closed the windows.

"Okay, what is going on, Han?" Emily was the first to speak. I look at each of them and finally answer.

"I needed to talk to you alone."

"About what?" Caleb asks.

"Did you see the guy I was dancing with." I reply and he frowns.

"It was hard not to see." I ignore the hurt look on his face as I need to focus on finding out who is that girl.

"Well, he said that he knew my mother wasn't guilty of killing Wilden and he said that he was there that night."

"Wait, so you're saying that some random guy might be the key to prove your mom's innocence?" Emily asks and I nod.

"Do did he see who actually killed Wilden?" Paige asked.

"No, but he said that there was a girl talking to him that night."

"Red coat?" Emily asked and excitement filled her face.

"That's the thing. She wasn't wearing a red coat and her hair was brown, not blond."

"That's weird. But who was it?" Paige asked.

"He doesn't know. He saved her from Wilden, but she never said her name. He only got this." I showed them the necklace and suddenly Toby, who had been quiet this whole time, decided to say something.

"This is impossible." He said and we looked at him. His face was pale.

"What's impossible?" Emily asked and he didn't answer. Instead, he grabbed the necklace and opened the heart that was in the middle. We could clearly see a photo of him and Spencer smiling to the camera. What the hell was going on?

"I gave this to Spencer on our one year anniversary. I thought that she had gotten rid of it." My mind started racing and my palms started sweating. Was this real? Was Spencer the girl that Wilden tried to kill? We needed to ask her that.

"Where is she?" I asked no one in particular, but my eyes drifted to Toby.

"I have no idea." He replied. "She was supposed to meet me and Em at the Brew, but she didn't appear. We thought that she had come here first."

"We need to find her." I said and unlocked the door. We got out of the bathroom and started looking around the school for Spencer. We called her a few times, but it always went to voicemail. When we were trying to get into the library, Emily's phone started buzzing. She picked it up and we watched as she answered the call.

"Hey, ar." She said and we knew it was Aria. I hadn't seen her since she talked to Caleb, but I guess that I just forgot about her. I hoped that she was okay. Emily's face suddenly turned from worried to panicked. She pressed a button on her phone and we all heard Aria's desesperate voice.

"Why did you do this? What did we ever do to you?"

"You weren't supposed to find out." A voice said and I soon recognized it as Ezra. My eyes went wide as I tried to understand what was going on. Suddenly, there was a scream and we heard shooting.

"OMG!" I screamed as well as Emily.

"We need to find her." Emily said.

"Yes, but how? We don't even know where she is?"

"Give me her phone, I can track where she is rapidly." Caleb said and he spent the next five minutes searching through Emily's phone until his face lightened up.

"She's in the lake, the same one where Wilden was killed." We exchanged panicked looks, but soon we got into Caleb's car and drove as fast as we could to the lake. We could only hope that Aria was okay or that she wasn't the one who received the shot. I cried desesperate in Caleb's chest as Toby drove us to the lake.

Aria's POV

I got to the lake thirty minutes later. It was pretty dark and I was freezing on my simple white blouse that didn't warm me. I looked for sights that someone was here, but there was nothing.

"Spencer?" I screamed, worried about her. When I got no answer, I started panicking. I looked around the lake and spotted some lights, so I decided to go there. I knew that I was being very stupid right now, but I needed to save Spencer. I couldn't lose her. As I got closer to the lights I could see a tall figure standing there in front of a big wooden box. This person wasn't Spencer. It was someone I knew very well, someone that I once trusted. It was Ezra Fitz. He turned around when he heard my steps and there was no expression on his face. I tried to think of reasons of why he'd be here, hoping that what I thought wasn't true. But when I saw the knife he was holding that contained blood, I knew that I was right. Ezra Fitz was –A. I wondered whose blood was that. I hoped that it wasn't Spencer's, but I doubted it.

"Aria, Aria, Aria." He said and started walking towards me. I stepped back, but I knew that soon he'd get me. I looked back to the wooden box and understood. Spencer was in there. Ezra had killed her and he had called me to come here so he could kill me too. I couldn't believe that he'd do that to me, to us, but the evidence was in front of me. I didn't have a plan, I had no way to escape. But then something came into my mind. I decided to give it a try.

"Ezra, you're scaring me."

"That's the objective. You should have learned not to come alone, Aria." He was nearing me now and I felt trapped. My breathing was really quick and I could feel my palms sweating. I was scared. No, scratch that, terrified. My hands touched my pocket and I felt relief wash over me. I could call the girls and let them know what was going on. Maybe they could save me. Maybe they could save Spencer too, if she wasn't dead yet. I put my hands in my pocket and somehow managed to hit the button to call Emily. I saw her name on the screen and she soon answered the call.

"Why did you do this? What did we ever do to you?"I asked Ezra and I felt the tears starting to fall. He didn't seem to notice that I had called Emily for he answered my question.

"You weren't supposed to find out."He had gotten a hold on me by now. His strong arm pulled me closer to him before pushing me. I fell to the ground and hit my head hard. Then Ezra pulled something out of his pocket. A gun. Why did he pull a gun if he had the knife? I didn't have time to think about it as he pointed the gun at my head and I closed my eyes, ready for the pain. When I did not felt it, I opened them again. There, lying in front of me, covered in blood, was Spencer Hastings. My best friend, the one I had come to rescue.

"Nooooooo!" I screamed and moved her so she was facing me. Her eyes were still open, but they seemed as if they would close at any instant.

"Aria." She said weakly and coughed. Her white shirt was covered in blood and so was her right leg.

"No, Spencer, don't do this to me. Please, be strong." I whispered, not noticing that I was crying like a baby. I felt her cold hand wipe away some of my tears before her eyes closed. I screamed again, but it was no use. She was dead. Spencer was dead and it was my fault. I was supposed to take the bullet, I was supposed to be the one lying on the cold hard ground. In my time of despair, I didn't notice Ezra, who was still standing in front of me. I didn't notice that he had also screamed when Spencer got the bullet.

"That bitch!" He screamed. "She ruined my plan." He said and I wondered who he was talking about when his eyes darted towards Spencer then me.

"If you tell anyone about this, I promise that you'll be just like her." He simply said and gave me a threatening look before running away. I felt relieved that he wasn't here anymore, but at the same time afraid, for Spencer. She couldn't just die, not now of all times. I turned back to her and she was still lying on the ground, looking as if she was sleeping peacefully. I knew that she wasn't.

"Come on, Spence." I sad and I started compressing her heart so her blood (at least the blood she had left) could flow through her veins and give her at least some oxygen. I tried that many times and, finally, she started breathing, heavily but breathing. I sighed in relief and kissed her forehead while I kept trying my best to make her stay alive. Many minutes later, I heard the faint sound of a car and soon Hanna, Caleb, Emily, Paige and Toby started calling my name through the lake.

"I'm here." I screamed as loud as I could and they came to me minutes later.

"OMG!" Hanna screamed when she saw me and Spencer. She kneeled down next to me and looked me in the eyes.

'Aria, are you okay?" Emily asked as she and the others gathered around me and Spencer.

"I'm not the one you should be worrying about." I replied, too tired to say anything. Their eyes widened when they noticed Spencer and Toby kneeled down next to her and took her cold hand in his.

"No, please, no." He murmured and I saw the tears starting to fall from his eyes.

"I'm sorry." I said, also crying.

"We need to get out of here." Emily said, always the first one to calm down. We nodded and Toby picked Spencer up and carried her to the car. Hanna and Emily helped me walk to the car as I had not much energy to walk by myself. We drove to the hospital as quick as we could, but it wasn't enough. All I could think about was how the man that I once gave my virginity and thought that loved me had almost killed my best friend and tried to kill me. Now I knew how Spencer felt when she found out that Toby was a part of the –A team, but the difference was that Ezra was actually on the team and he hated us, while Toby had just been trying to protect Spencer.

What did you think? Too sad? Were you surprised that Spencer was the girl that Wilden tried to kill? What about Ezra being –A? Who do you think is red coat? Tell me what you think. Next chapter comes when I get six or seven more reviews. Please guys, next chapter is really crazy and has some answers for you.