An hour later the four girls sat in the hospital waiting room since Peter and Veronica Hastings occupied the two chairs in Spencer's hospital room. Hanna broke the tense silence first. "Do you think she's going to-"
"Hanna." Aria interrupted, shaking her head at the blond.
"What?" Hanna looked indignant. "I was just asking."
Aria took a shaky breath. "I don't even want to think about it."
"Sorry." Hanna apologized quietly.
"It's fine." Aria forgave her, forcing a weak smile.
"I should probably call Caleb." Hanna said to no one in particular. She dialed his number but he didn't pick up so she sent him a message. "I can't take this anymore." She complained after another moment of silence. She stood up. "I'm going to go get coffee, does anybody else want anything?"
Emily and Aria shook their heads. Allison rolled her eyes and stood up. "Are we really going to pretend like this isn't happening?" She demanded. "Spencer was shot. We shouldn't be sitting in a waiting room doing nothing. We need to find Jenna before she chooses her next victim."
"Really Ali?" Emily stood up, crossing her arms. "Spencer was shot, and we're staying here in the hospital where there are doctors trying to save her life right now." A look of hurt flashed briefly across Allison's face. Betrayed by the loyal one.
Her face hardened. "Fine." She looked at the other girls. "Are either of you going to side with me?" She demanded.
Aria, the peace keeper, sighed and shrugged. "I mean; we don't even know where Jenna is." She looked worried.
Allison looked exasperated. "I know, that's why we need to find her! Think about it Aria," She stepped towards the brunette, "Jenna could've shot Ezra. How would you feel then?" Aria understood what Allison meant.
Aria's expression changed instantly. "I didn't mean to kill Shana." She said in a low, angry voice.
Ali tilted her head. "Really?" She said in a falsely sweet voice, "Then what did you mean to do?" She asked Aria.
"Alright that's enough." Emily stepped in between the two girls.
Alison glared at her. "Thanks a lot for having my back, Em." She said before storming out of the waiting room.
Emily hesitated for a moment before calling out, "Ali, wait." And following her.
Aria sighed. "Thanks for the help Hanna." She told the blond.
"No problem." Hanna didn't even look up from her phone.
Emily caught up to Alison outside the hospital. "Where are you going?" She went after Ali.
Alison whipped around. "I'm going to go find Jenna, whether you guys come with me or not."
"Ali…" Emily trailed off, with a half guilty expression. "Look, can we just sit down for a second?" She gestured towards a bench. The two girls sat down. "I just want to stay with Spencer until she's at least out of surgery. Once we know she's okay, then I promise I'll help you find Jenna. But in the mean time, it's not safe for you to go out looking for her all by yourself." Emily looked at her friend, concerned.
Alison stood up, "I'm sorry, but I can't just sit around and do nothing while she's still out there." She turned to leave.
"Ali!" Emily grabbed her friend's wrist. "We don't even know that Jenna shot Spencer." Alison looked surprised, enough to sit down at least.
"Who else could've shot her. No one else was there." Alison stared at Emily, wide eyed.
"We don't know that." Emily said grimly. "We know Noel didn't shoot her, he was already… you know. And right know we all believe Mary Drake."
"Exactly." Ali pointed out. "So no one else could have shot her."
"Ali, Jenna's blind. She couldn't-"
"She could, and she did." Alison said firmly.
Emily stared at her hands, trying not to be hurt. "We should go back inside."
Alison sighed, possibly feeling a little guilt. "I'm sorry, Em." She uncrossed her arms. "You're right, maybe Jenna didn't shoot Spencer."
Emily gave her a weak half smile before Alison grasped her hand and the two walked back inside the hospital. They stepped out of the elevator and headed towards the girls. "No news." Hanna told them gloomily in response to Emily's hopeful look. Emily sat on a stiff chair, and Alison squeezed her hand in a reassuring gesture. She exchanged a meaningful look with Aria.
"Wait." Emily sat up, narrowing her eyes in confusion.
"What's wrong?" Alison asked, concerned.
"Is that Caleb?" Emily asked incredulously, looking at a dark haired young man at the desk. She turned to Hanna. "I thought you couldn't get ahold of him?"
Hanna paled and swallowed. "I didn't." She shook her head, glancing at the other girls, different thoughts running through their heads. "What do you think the odds are that Spencer put him on her emergency contact list?"
"Pretty slim." Aria admitted.
Emily stood up. "Caleb?" She called. Caleb turned around, a look of confusion flickered across his face briefly before he saw Hanna's tears and immediately walked over and embraced her.
"What're you doing here?" He asked her, pulling out of the hug.
Hanna sniffled, her face turning pink again. "Um, we were in the house. And she just," Hanna shook her head. "She just came out of nowhere. Caleb," Hanna looked at him. "Jenna shot Spencer." Shock and disbelief was written across his face, but he just hugged Hanna, knowing there was nothing he could say.
"You guys are okay?" He asked the girls grimly. They nodded.
Hanna wiped away a tear. Emily frowned. "Wait, if you didn't know about Spencer, why are you here?" She asked Caleb.
Caleb took a deep breath. "Uh, the hospital called me. Toby and Yvonne were in a car crash."
"Oh my god." Aria put a hand to her mouth.
"Is he okay?" Emily asked Caleb, swallowing hard.
"We're not sure yet, I was just going to check." Caleb replied, looking solemn.
After he left, Aria looked at the girls. "We don't seriously think this is a coincidence do we?" Aria asked them. "I mean, Spencer gets shot, and Toby and Yvonne's car just suddenly crashes?"
"Well if that's true, Jenna had to have been working with someone." Alison realized, leaning forwards.
"Not necessarily." Emily shook her head. "Technically she could've done something to the car before she left for the house."
Hanna looked disbelieving. "I doubt Jenna knows anything about cars. I think Noel did something to the car." She told the girls, who started arguing about the car.
"Em, Em wake up." Hanna shook Emily awake.
"What?" Emily sat up, blinking sleepily.
"You fell asleep." Hanna told her as Emily looked around her, remembering where she was.
She bolted up from her curled up position in the uncomfortable chair. "Is there any news?" She asked Hanna, half worried half eager.
Hanna shook her head, looking sad, "No, not-"
"Girls!" Veronica Hastings came walking towards them.
"Is there any news?" Aria asked her.
Veronica nodded, looking relieved. "Yes. Spencer's going to be okay. The surgery went well, and she should be awake soon." She told the girls.
Hanna let out a breath she didn't even know she was holding. "Oh thank god." She hugged Aria.
"You girls can come in and see her if you'd like." Veronica smiled slightly.
"Okay, thank you so much." Aria smiled at her.
Emily stood up follow the girls to Spencer's room. She looked around and realized Ali was gone. "Wait, where's Ali?" She asked, sounding panicked.
"Relax Em." Hanna sounded slightly exasperated. "She just went out to get coffee from the other room."
"Oh, okay." Em relaxed.
No one could blame her, Aria thought. Alison did have a habit of disappearing. "Do you want to wait for her, or-" Aria asked Emily gently,
"No." Emily shook her head. "That's okay. We should be there when she wakes up."
The girls walked down the hallway into Spencer's hospital room. Hanna hesitated only a moment before opening the door. She was worried she wouldn't be able to deal with seeing Spencer again. There was so much blood before, she'd looked dead. But Spencer looked different now. The blood was gone, and some of the color had returned to her face, though she still looked pale. Her arm was in a sling, but Hanna couldn't see the bullet wound.
Aria, the compassionate one, walked over the hospital bed first, and gently grasped Spencer's hand. Spencer's eyelids had begun to flutter open. Hanna let out a loud sigh of relief, and the sight of Spencer's brown eyes open. Spencer blinked at the ceiling for a moment, disoriented before realizing where she was and sitting up. "Hey." Aria smiled at her, speaking quietly.
Hanna quickly walked over to Spencer and hugged her. "I'm so glad you're okay!" She exclaimed.
"Me too, but you're kind of crushing me." Spencer told Hanna, laughing slightly.
"Oh god, sorry." Hanna pulled away quickly. "Did I hurt your arm?" She asked, concerned.
"No, it's fine." Spencer smiled weakly.
"We're so glad your awake." Emily told her, gently hugging her, but was careful not to hurt her arm.