Okay, so I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this story...and honestly I'm way behind on Pretty Little Liars, so I don't really know what's going on...but I guess that's okay cause this story is a bit AU...
...Anyway if someone is liking this story, thank you very much for that. Here's chapter 2.
"It's not…" Ali was shaking her head, "this can't be real."
Emily too was nodding along, "yeah," she chuckled, "it's just some stupid joke."
"I bet it's Mona." Aria quickly jumped in. She was nodding her head, her eyes wandering around the area, looking for the small girl. "Where'd she go anyway?"
Years have passed and things have been grand…but I'm back bitches and this time everything will end! Xoxo
-A
Hanna looked up from her phone, her head shaking. "No. Guys Mona has changed. She's not the same as she used to be." She glanced at Spencer for help, but her girlfriend only motioned to the phone. "Look, see it's an unknown number. I have Mona's number in my phone."
"Hanna, she could have another phone. It wouldn't be the first time." Emily chimed in.
"Look, it doesn't matter who it is." Ali said, "just pretend it didn't faze you. Whoever it was will see that we're not affected by it and they'll just drop the game."
"What if it isn't a game?" Aria asked after a few seconds.
"That's exactly what it is." Spencer said, "just a stupid joke. Let's put our phones away and go about our business. Just act natural." She was the first to slip her phone away before she moved to put her arm around Hanna again, watching as her friends put away their own devices. "Everyone knows what happened here." Spencer began again. "It could be anybody."
"It seems I'm about two drinks short." Samara said, returning to the group. "Gone five minutes and you've almost multiplied."
Emily retrieved her drink with a smile, "Samara, you remember Aria."
"I do, it's nice to see you again."
"You too." Aria smiled back.
"And I don't remember if you've met Alison." Emily continued, motioning toward the fifth girl.
Samara shook her head, handing the other two drinks off to Spencer and Hanna, "no, I don't believe I have." She moved to shake hands with Alison, who greeted her with a smile. "You know I could go and get you two drinks if you'd like." Samara said eyeing Aria and Ali.
"Oh, no." Aria shook her head, "thank you, but I'm sure Ezra already has one for me."
"That's right." A man's voice chimed in, pulling the girls away from their conversation. Ezra stepped into the group, a smile plastered to his face as he handed the drink off to his wife. "Girls, it's good to see you all again." His eyes darted around the faces before he turned to Aria, "so what'd I miss?"
"Nothing." Aria replied, "we're just catching up…did you find Jenna?"
"I don't think she's here yet." Ezra replied, taking a sip of his drink.
"Well," Ali backed away a bit, "hate to break up this reunion but, uh, I got a few people I'd like to check up on. I'll see you guys in a while, yeah?"
"Yeah."
"Of course."
Hanna looked down at her glass before, she said, "yeah, me too, guys. I think I'm gonna go scope the place out."
"I'll come with." Spencer replied, before the pair of them moved away from the other two couples. "Are you okay?" She asked, taking in Hanna's change of attitude.
"I'm fine, why?"
"Why?" Spencer stopped, pulling Hanna around to face her. "Because you were all smiley like 10 minutes ago and now your just gloom."
Hanna only shrugged, "sorry."
"No, come on Han, talk to me." Spencer pleaded, "is this about the text? Really, I don't think it means anything. I honestly believe it's just a joke. Somebody wanted to get us worked up and it didn't go as planned. Right?"
"Right." Hanna nodded along, taking a drink of her beverage. "It's not the text okay." She shrugged, "I'm with you, I think it's a joke as well…I just…I didn't really think Ali would show up."
"And you're upset that she did?"
"Of course I am." Hanna started, setting her drink on an empty table. "She made my life hell, okay? Calling me hefty Hanna, making me feel like I was worth nothing. She's not a good person Spence. And you all seemed so pleased to see her tonight."
Spencer moved forward, setting her own glass down beside her girlfriends. "Do you wanna get out of here?" She asked seriously. "We can go catch a movie, go out to dinner. Just go home if you want."
"Spencer-"
"You're the only thing that matters to me Hanna, I want you to feel happy." She shrugged, "and you should've never listened to her, because you were never hefty." She grinned when Hanna nodded along, before the blonde took her hand and started pulling her toward the dance floor. "What are we doing?"
"We're gonna dance." Hanna said, "I know how much you wanted to come to this reunion, so I'm not going to make you miss is because I'm slightly miserable here."
"That's not making me feel any better."
"Here's the thing." Hanna shrugged, "I'll give this dump a chance if you give Mona one."
Spencer went to object, but Hanna waved it off, moving their arms as they swayed back and forth. "Come on, Spencer. She really has changed. And she's so much better now. You'll see."
Spencer sighed, moving around with the beat as she looked toward the blonde, "I'm not making any real promises." She told her, "I'm not saying we'll be best friends…but if it's important to you that I get on better terms with Mona than I'll try."
"Thank you." Hanna smiled, "it's all I'm asking."
Spencer twirled Hanna into her arms with an adoring smile. As the pair danced together her eyes roamed around the room. There were plenty of familiar faces. The room was full meaning most of whom were invited had shown up. She swayed backward, eyes searching for one person in particular.
"Are you looking for him?" Hanna asked, noticing her wandering eyes.
"Hmm?" Spencer glanced down before her eyes traced the area once more, "yeah. I would like to know if he's here."
"If he is, can we not make a scene?" Hanna pleaded, "I know it's been a few years, but I'd still like everything to be somewhat decent between us."
"Don't worry." Spencer soothed. The pair danced until the end of the song before Spencer pulled away, "I'm gonna run off the restroom?"
"You need me to go with?"
Spencer shook her head, "no, it's more of a one person thing." She smiled, "don't worry, I shouldn't take too long." She gave Hanna's hand a quick squeeze before she maneuvered through the sea of people, exiting the gym. She took the hallway straight down to the girl's bathroom and stepped inside with a sigh.
She'd hate to admit it to everyone outside, but that text had made her nervous. Scared even. When she pulled her phone out to reread it, a chill crawled up her spine. Hanna was kind of right. Maybe they should've just let the past stay in the past. Maybe they shouldn't've come at all. Spencer eyed the message again before moving over to the sink. She ran the water a bit, before scooping some into her hands splashing it onto her cheeks.
She was nervous. Way nervous. She had plans this evening, ones that involved getting down on a knee, and pulling out a ring. It'd been three years. She was ready for a bigger commitment, ready to take the next step.
She was sure that Hannah had no idea about her plans. Like most of the time, the blonde was pretty oblivious to things going on around her.
But like everything Spencer had to execute this perfectly. She needed Hanna to be taken by complete surprise. She needed her to be focused on something else that way when the time came she would be blown away. That's why Spencer was hell-bent of the two of them coming here tonight. She wanted Hanna to be around old things. Old friends. Acquaintances.
Spencer moved her shoulder bag up to lay on the counter top, pulling out the small red velvet box. She flipped open the top, carefully examining the ring. It still seemed to be untouched and completely in order. Ready to be put to use in a few hours.
After the reunion. That's when Spencer planned to do it. Melissa was supposed to be at their apartment setting up rose petals and a candlelight dinner in about an hour. She'd given Spencer her full support when Spencer had told her all about the proposal. Honestly, Melissa had been happy to help.
She examined the ring for a moment longer before snapping the lid shut and slipping the box back into her bag. This was going to be a long night. Zipping the bag shut, she let it fall to her side, before retrieving her phone once more and texting her sister.
Please, don't forget to set everything up. I need it all to be perfect.
-Spence
She glanced back into the mirror, checking her appearances, before moving to fix her hair a little. As she pushed away from the counter to grab a paper towel her phone buzzed from its spot on the counter. Spencer wiped her hands with the towel before trashing it and moving to grab her phone.
Spencer and Hanna, couple of the year. The only way it could ever be better were for a ring to appear. Plans were made, soon to be broken. This is one moment I can't wait to ruin. ;)
-A
Spencer stared at her phone for a moment longer before breaking away from the counter. Phone in hand she oved to check the stalls, one by one she tapped each door, pushing them open to be met with nothing.
Her eyes traced the room, looking for any sign of a camera, but to no avail.
Her phone sounded again, causing her heart to freeze. She slowly brought her hand up, and opened the message.
Hey, there's no reason to be nervous, okay, Spence. Don't freak out. Hannah has to say yes! And don't worry about a thing here. I've got everything under control.
-Melissa
The panicky feeling in her gut settled, but only for a moment. There was something telling her this wasn't just a joke. Spencer quickly tucked her phone away before she moved to exit the bathroom.
"…So that was that." Mona said cheerfully, "romantic, right?"
"Totally." Naoimi agreed.
"You're so lucky, Noel's a great guy." Riley added.
Mona noticed Spencer exit the bathroom, "hey, Spencer, are you enjoying yourself?"
"Like you don't know." She bit back, she hadn't meant too, really, but something in her had just snapped.
Mona frowned, pushing away from the wall, "I'm sorry. I'm not sure I understand."
Naiomi and Riley seemed to sense this was a private matter so they made their way back into the gym. Spencer stood near the door with a glare, her jaw set.
"Spencer?" Mona asked.
"Hanna thinks you've changed." Spencer told her, "but that's because she can only see the good in people. But I know you. I know what you're capable of. So how'd you do it? Huh? Microscopic cameras?"
Mona shook her head, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Spencer rolled her eyes, "cut the act Mona. You did it to us once, I'm not gonna let you do it again. You stay away from me and my friends. I'm warning you."
"Spencer…" Mona trailed off as Spencer pushed past her to rejoin the reunion. The younger Hastings pushed her way around the crowd until she finally spotted the girl she was looking for.
"Mind if I cut in?"
Ezra shook his head, stepping away from his wife. "Not at all."
"You wanna dance with me?" Aria asked with a grin.
Spencer shook her head, "no, actually I need to talk."
Aria's eyes wandered around Spencer's face, her expression catching her attention. "Yeah, okay." She turned to her husband, "I'll be back."
"Take your time." Ezra assured.
Spencer pulled Aria out into the hallway, glancing around as she did so. "Hey." Aria started, "what's wrong? Who are you looking for?" She glanced around.
Spencer turned to Aria, "no one." She said quickly. "Look, I'm not entirely sure that text was just a joke."
At those words Aria seemed to stiffen, "what do you mean? Sure it was."
Spencer shook her head, "no, look." She reached into her bag and snatched her phone before pulling up her second text from A. Aria's eyes traced the screen before she looked up to Spencer, "is it true?"
Spencer nodded, moving to grab the velvet box from her bag. She showed Aria the box and the smaller girl couldn't help but gush over it, "aw, Spencer, that's beautiful. What are you plans? Are you doing it here?"
"No."
"Ah, so back at home, with the comfort of privacy?"
"Aria." Spencer said strictly, "can we please focus on the text?"
"Right." Aria nodded, shrugging her shoulders, "well, just because the message was accurate doesn't mean the threat is real."
Spencer watched her for a moment longer before shrugging herself, "then how did they know I was going to propose? Aria, I've only told my parents, Hanna's parents and Melissa. I'm telling you this is real. It's happening again and I think its Mona." When Aria gave her a questioning glance she shrugged, "she was standing outside the bathroom just after I got the text."
"So what should we do?"
"Find the others and let them know what's going on. But we can't tell Hanna about the text."
"So we'll just tell Emily and Alison…but I think Ezra and Samara should know too. They both know what happened back in high school."
"Okay." Spencer nodded, "all right, no secrets.
And done! Thanks for reading (if you did) and please let me know what you think. I don't mind criticism.
