Chapter 2

Spencer's POV

I woke up with a headache and a stiff neck. I look over and see my beds empty. Good. I'm glad that nuisance is gone. I stand up and stretch. Gross. I smell awful. I get my things together so I can shower.

I poke my head out of my room and examine the hall. Hmm I wonder how they got everything cleaned up so fast. I quickly walk out and close the door behind me. I make my way to the bathroom and lock myself in. I take in my surroundings. The all white room was beautifully decorated in an underwater theme. Ocean trimmings, a customized toilet seat and seashells engraved into the sink were over the top. I'm never going to get used to this.

I turn on the water and it instantly gets hot. I strip down and get in, letting the water fall on me, easing my tense muscles. I wash my hair and shower and then get out. Once I'm dressed in a fresh set of clothes I walk back to my room. "What to do. What to do." I mutter to myself. I look out my window. Let's just go for a walk.

I grab my phone, keys, and wallet, putting them all in my bag. I make my way out of the house and down the sidewalk. Yes Spencer. Let's have an adventure. I walk for another 10 minutes before I'm over it. I'm normally a very active person but right now - with the sun beating down on me - I'm not enjoying myself.

So what now? I let out a sigh and wipe the sweat off my forehead. I walked until I see a shop. Rear Window Brew... Hmmm... I could go for some coffee right about now. I make my way into the shop and I'm immediately rewarded with air conditioning. I let out a sigh of relief.

I walk up to the counter and I ring the bell, getting the attention of a dark haired guy. He comes up and smiles. "Hi, welcome to The Brew, what can I get ya?" I give him my order and I'm handed my coffee within minutes. "Thanks-" I look at his name tag. "Ezra" he smiles again. "No problem." If I wasn't gay… is all I think before walking to a table and sitting down.

I pull out my phone and look through my social media. Since I spent most of my time studying back home during the school year I only had one friend - Alex- and even then we only hangout when I'm at the country club so I was done with catching up pretty fast. Once I finish my coffee I get up and go. Time to go... Home…

Walking into the house I'm met with that girl again. She sits up and looks at me. "Uh... Hi." She says. I let out a sigh and I begin walking to my room. "Wait." I stop dead in my tracks. I don't look back but I let her speak. "I just wanted to say I'm sorry, last night was weird. I had a bad night... Or way too good of a night." She mumbles the last part to herself. I start walking again. "But I mean it. I'm sorry." Ugh I should be nice. Stopping in my tracks again I turn and walk over to her. She immediately stands up. Awe she's so short. I extend my hand.

"Spencer, Alison's half-sister" She looks at and me and then at my extended hand. She looks back at me with an enormous grin and then meets my hand. "Aria, Alison's best friend." We lose contact after a few seconds and my hand feels the loss. Aria plops back down on the couch and pats the spot next to her. "Sit." I roll my eyes. "I'm not a dog." I sit next to her. A chuckle escapes her lips. "Okay, so what's your favorite show?" She turns to me, showing off a smirk. Damn she's cute. I look down and shrug. Gross! Stop blushing. I mentally curse.

"I don't watch TV when I'm home-" "What!?" Aria exclaims. "So you've never seen Teen Wolf? They're all just such babes." Ugh she's sounding like a straight girl. Good job crushing on someone that's not even into girls. "Nope." Her mouth hangs. "Wow so what do you do? Back home I mean." She calms down. "Study." She looks at me quizzically. "Really? Just studying?" I'm so lame. Studying? Really? "Yeah." "Well I'm going to help you out. I'm gonna teach you how to have fun. How long are you here?" "Just until school starts in September, then I go back with my mom." She nods and looks as if she's gathering information in that cute head of hers.

It was silent with an exception of the TV for a few minutes before she spoke up again. "Give me your number." She pulls out her phone and hands it to me. I enter it in and hand it back to her. A few seconds later I get a text "Guess who -A" I laugh as I save her contact. We fall back into a weird but strangely comfortable silence.

The moment is ruined once we hear the door unlock and open. Alison and two of her other friends enter. They look between me and Aria and I see the two behind Alison smirk while Alison glares at Aria. I should go. "umm..." I stand up. "See ya." I swiftly escape the room and make it back to mine. And this is why I don't leave my room.

Aria's POV

Fuck. I hate when she bitches at me. "Aria I told you to stay away from her." I roll my eyes. "Okay, why Alison?" I challenge her. "What is your issue with me trying to be friends with her? She doesn't care about last night anymore so why do you?" Uh oh.

I can tell she's about to blow up on me. "Get out." She says through clenched teeth. What? Emily grips Alison's shoulder in an attempt to get her to face her and calm down. Alison jerks her shoulder away. "Get out. I don't wanna see your face. I was trying to help you but fuck it." She points to the door. I'm so confused. "Get out." She says one final time before I grab my stuff and walk to the door.

"Alison what's going on with you?" I hear Hanna say before I walk out of the house. I start walking the small distance from Alison's house to mine. What the hell just happened? I get to my house. "I'm home." I mutter in the empty house. I slump up to my room and plop on my bed. Maybe Spencer knows why Alison is acting weird about her. I pull out my phone and prepare a text. "Hey Spencer :)" A few minutes pass before my phone sounds. "Hey." I roll over on my back. Be casual. "wyd?" "Watching the first ep of Teen Wolf lol" I smile. "Really? Isn't it just the best XD" "well I can't judge that until I finish it but so far it's promising. :)" My thumbs hover over the letters as I think of what to reply. "Thank me when you finish it" "I will." I lay my phone on my chest and I slowly began drifting off to sleep.

Sweat dripped from my body and stained my sheets. I wake up and try to regulate my heartbeat and I calm down. This is the same reaction I used to have when I had nightmares as a kid, only this time it wasn't a nightmare. Why won't that dream go away?

I bury my face in my hands and I try to get a grip on what's real and what's not. That felt too real. I lie back on my pillows and let out a heavy sigh. I really wanna hangout with Spencer.

Spencer's POV

"We should hangout tonight. You up for it?" I stare at the message and my heart begins to flutter. I'd love to hang out with her. I quickly typed back "yeah when and where?" I message and then got up from my bed. I had retired to my pajamas an hour ago and I slipped on the outfit I had on earlier. "Like an hour? And it's a secret. I can drive us there. I'll pick you up." "Okay" I grin at the thought of hanging out with her. Why am I so happy to hang out with her? Who is this girl anyway?

I sit back down on my bed as I process my thoughts. Okay, maybe I like this girl… This possibly straight girl… This odd girl who crashed my room drunk only a night ago. I like her. My mind doesn't know how to process the information. Maybe I should cancel. I pull out my phone and begin typing a message.

Or maybe I should hang out with her… I delete the message. I groan. Why does this have to be so weird! I sigh and run my fingers through my hair. Okay, I'm going.

Aria's POV

"Okay, now where should I take her?" I ask myself as I pace through my room. Not Noel Kahn's party, she's not ready for that. I sit on my bed. Okay, a movie is a start but next weekend- I stop my thoughts. Whoa, 'next week?' aren't I getting ahead of myself. I stand up as I make my final decision. Let's just take it one day at a time.

I text Spencer when I'm outside her house and she comes out to my car. "Hey." She smiles. That voice… "Hey" I say as she buckles up. "So, where are we going?" I shake my head. "What'd I say Spence, It's a secret."

I start up the car and drive down the road. "At least tell me how long it'll take." She wines. "Nope." I say and turn up the radio to drown her out. She plops back into the seat and sighs. We arrive at the theater ten minutes later. "A movie?" She asks. I nod. "Yeah, I figured it's a start-" We walk in and buy our tickets. "I mean, I can't just take you to a rager on the first day." She chuckles. "You're right. I'd probably end up sitting on the couch disconnected from everyone. I'm not exactly a people person."

We hand the worker out tickets and he rips them in half. "Theater 3" he says blandly. "Thanks." Spencer says with a smile on her face. "So are we gonna get snacks?" she says gesturing to the concession stands. I laugh. "No, I have everything we need." I tap on my bag. "Ohh." We walk to theater 3 and find seats in the middle. The previews come on and gives me time to pull out our snacks.

"I wasn't sure what you'd like so I got what I think are the best." I pull out a pack of regular Skittles, gummy bears, and Sour Patch Kids. "Wow you basically have an entire store in there." I laugh and then continue pulling more things out. "Can't go to the theater without M&M's" I set the bag down on the ground and set the pops I had in our designated cup holders.

"So like." Spencer began before eating a handful of skittles. "What if one of the workers catch us?" I shrug. "They'll probably think we bought it here. Plus," I eat a sour patch kid, "what are they gonna do? We're in here already and they're not gonna check us." The theater grows dark and the movie begins.

Spencer's POV

Half way through the movie Aria yawns and rests her head on her hand. She can't fall asleep on me, this is her thing. She shifts positions and closes her eyes. She shifts again and lets out a sigh. I look at her and chuckle. She can't get comfortable. "Don't laugh." she hits my leg. "I'm gonna use you as a pillow, okay." she lays her head on me before I could object. Who the hell am I kidding? I would never object to her laying her head on me. God this girl smells great.

Aria's POV

Spencer gently pushes me away. Okay. Fine. I begin to pout a little. I just wanna sleep. She lifts the arm of the chair between us and then reaches behind me, grabbing my side and pulling me closer to her. That's more like it. I rest my head back on her. Wait. How am I supposed to sleep now? I listen to her heart beat as it sounds like it's ready to rip out of her chest. What is she nervous or something? Why is her heart beating so fast? I glance at her face and see that she's trying to focus on the movie.

Even though it's dark, the light from the movie shows the blush on her cheeks. She's so cute. My heart's probably beating just as fast. We probably look like a couple or something. Not that I would mind... Wait. I do. I don't know this girl.I need to get out of this. Like now.

"I gotta go to the bathroom." I whisper, getting out of her grip. I quickly shuffle past people and make my way out the theater. This is going way too fast… and that's coming from the queen of fast-tracking things. I walk to the bathroom and go to the mirror. I let out a huge sigh. What does this mean? I run my fingers through my hair. Confusion courses through my brain.

I like her, I know that for a fact. I just… I don't normally like girls like this. The only person I can even compare how I feel now to is Ezra… and that didn't end well. But then again, Ezra was a cheating bastard with a kid he never told me about… What am I supposed to do?

Spencer's POV

Not exactly sure what to do I wait. Fuck. I so overstepped. Spencer you fuck up. I mentally beat myself up. Well you can't do anything now, she probably doesn't wanna see you anymore. Say goodbye to your new friend. I let out a sigh and sink lower into my seat.

A few minutes pass and Aria comes back. She sits in her seat but doesn't cuddle into me like before. Damnit, I fucked up. She turns to me and whispers "To be honest I have no idea what's going on." She chuckles."Update me?" I laugh and scratch the back on my neck, "To be honest, I don't know what's going on either." "Wanna get outta here?" she jerks her head towards the exit. "Sure."

This time both of us get up and quickly leave the theater. "So where to?" she asks. I shrug. "I don't know. I haven't done much sightseeing since I've been here and I don't know what's here." I stop and think. "Except this one place, a restaurant my dad used to bring me to when I was a kid. Apple Rose Grill or something like that." I say and Aria's face lights up. "I know what you're talking about. My family used to go there before my parents separated." I see it drop once she finishes her sentence. "We don't have to go if you don't want to." She looks at me with a slight smile.

"No, it's okay. It's been awhile since I've been there so we should go." We walk to her car and we drive 20 minutes there. "Just how I remember it." I smile. "Do you mind if I ask?" she says as we take our seats. I raise an eyebrow, "Uh, ask anything." She sits forward in her seat, "What's your whole situation with Alison and stuff like you all share a dad how did that all work." I sit back as I think of how to explain the situation. "Um, so like my parents dated in high school and got together one night when they were working for the same person and basically I was conceived." I chuckle. "Um, my dad found out about me when I was like 1 or 2 when my mom let it slip and at a high school reunion." I pause as I attempt to get the rest of the story in order. "Me and my dad started having secret visits until I was 10 and then they slowed down because his-" I use my fingers as quotation marks. "Normal family was starting to get suspicious." "May I take your order?" a waiter walks up with a pen and note pad. I stop my story and turn to them, telling my order.

Once the waiter walks away I continue. "My mom's husband found out and they got a divorce and he went and told my dad's family." "Wow." Was all Aria could say. A few minutes passed before she spoke up again. "Are you and Mr. Dilaurentis close?" she asks, use to calling him by his last name. I shrug. "I guess. Way closer than me and Alison or Jason. Especially closer than me and his wife but, I guess. I think of him as my dad. He was there for me more than the one I actually lived with." My eyes instantly find the table with my fidgeting hands on it. Aria's hand covers mine and I look up at her and I can see that she understands. Her hand breaks away when she sees the waiter above us with our drinks.

"Your food will be out in a minute." He says and then walks away. I sit back in my seat, "So I've told you all about me, you tell me about yourself. Ms. Party Animal." I joke. She laughs, "Well." Her head falls to the side as she thinks of what to say. "Well, I grew up here with my mom, dad and little brother and we moved to Iceland for a little bit and then we came back and shit hit the fan." She laughs but I can tell she's holding back tears. "Um well my dad cheated on my mom and they got divorced and my mom left us." I move from my seat and I sit next to her so I can hold begins to cry. "Ugh, I can't believe I'm crying on the first date."

I can tell she tenses as the words leave her mouth but I choose not to question her on it. "It's okay." I laugh and she wipes away the tears. "I guess this is the only time I've really talked about it." She sniffles. "You can talk as much as you need." I say, releasing her and looking her in the eye. "Thanks." Our moment is broken once again as the waiter comes by. "Um, I believe this is yours." He places a plate down in front of Aria and then one in front of me. "Thank you." I say one final time before he walks away.

Aria's POV

Who is this girl even? She gets me to open up without even trying and I can't believe I called this a date. I mean, it feels like one, but still. I start eating my food and so does Spencer. Why do I like being around her so much? Why does Alison want me to stay away from her so bad? I put my fork down and I look at Spencer. "Um, hey. I have another question." She puts her spoon down. "Go for it." I look down at my food then back at her. "What's up between you and Alison? Like she's really against us hanging out." Spencer's eyebrows furrowed. "Um, I don't know. To be honest we haven't really talked to each other. We tend to just stay out of each other's way." Spencer says confused.

"How come you asked to hangout if Alison didn't want us hanging out with each other?" I laugh, "Cause I think you're cool and I don't really care what Alison says, even if she is one of my best friends." I feel my cheeks begin to heat up. I go back to eating my food. "So what are we doing after this? Or do you wanna call it a night?" Spencer asks. 'I really don't want this to end.' "Um… I don't know. We could always go back to my place?" I suggest. I see Spencer smirk. "Okay, but only if we can watch Teen Wolf." I smile. "We can always watch Teen Wolf."

Spencer's POV

I watch as Aria unlocks the door to her house and we walk into the darkness. She puts her finger to her mouth and points upwards. We slowly walk to and up the steps, careful not to bump into anything and into her room. She plops down on her bed and turns on the TV. It blares throughout the room and we both have mini heart attacks as she quickly turns down the volume. We're silent for a second, checking if we woke anyone. We begin laughing once we realize we didn't. Catching her breath Aria lets out a loud "Shhh" with her finger to her mouth again. I catch my breath and calm down as I sit next to her.

"I have it on DVD" I laugh, "Oh shit, I didn't realize I was in the presence of an uberfan." She shrugs. "Okay, I'll own it." She puts one of the season one DVD's in. "Did you watch the second episode yet or did you stop at one?" "I stopped." Aria clicks the second episode and then hops back on her bed. She scoots up to the head of the bed. I wonder if she'd care if I lay next to her. My nerves cause me to start shaking slightly. Shit. I close my eyes as I attempt to calm myself.

I hear the theme song play and then suddenly I feel a tug on the back of my shirt. "Come lay with me." Aria whines out and ends it in a giggle. I feel my nerves get worse. Chill out Spencer. I slide up so I'm lying next to her. Stop shaking Spence. She pulls me so she's holding me. She knows. Fuck. Get it together. "Sorry, you're just a really good cuddle buddy." She giggles. I close my eyes and my nerves begin to calm. Focus on the show and not the girl. I try to tell myself not to get caught up in who is holding me but I can't help it. I fall asleep before the episode ends.

Aria's POV

I felt her calm down as I held her. I hope she likes me and isn't just really scared of me. I know breaking down in front of her probably freaked her out and if that didn't then calling what we were on a date probably did it. I try to push those thoughts away. I'll ask her about everything in the morning. I feel her breathing even. Awe, she's sleep. I look at the show and see that the episode isn't even half way through with. I reach over, careful not to wake the girl above me and grab the remote. I turn off the TV and close my eyes.