Spencer's POV:
I open my eyes and take in my unfamiliar surroundings. Oh yeah, I'm in Aria's room. I look behind me and I see a still sleeping Aria with her arm draped over my torso. I look at the alarm clock on her desk and notice it's 8:46. I should get home. Aria starts to move a little. Good, now I won't have to wake her up. She laces her fingers with mine. I guess not. She pulls me closer to her. I internally groan, I guess I can wait a few more minutes. Sleep overpowers me once again and my eyes close.
Aria's POV:
I'm awoken by a knock on my door and hearing it open. I sit up and see my brother Mike standing at the door frame. I let go of Spencer and sit up. She groans and rolls over, grabbing onto me. I ignore the cuteness clinging onto me as I direct my attention to my brother. "Yes? What's your reason for barging into my room?" "Dad made breakfast for once. He wanted me to come get you." Spencer starts to move a little but doesn't wake up. "So, who's the chick?" Mike asks gesturing to Spencer.
"Just one of my friends." Mike raises an eyebrow. "Doesn't seem like it." I feel a blush appear on my face. "Imma head down, I think there's enough for her too." With that, Mike turns and walks out of my room, closing the door behind him. I look over at my alarm clock. 9:35. 'I should get Spencer up.' I gently shake her shoulder until her eyes open.
She rolls on her back and stretches. "Good morning." I laugh. "Good morning." She smiles at me. 'That morning voice.' I see her look at the clock and mutter "shit," under her breath and then she stands up. "Hey, what's the rush? We have breakfast downstairs today." She runs her fingers through her hair. "I was hoping I could get back home before everyone woke up. Showing up in the morning draws attention to me and I don't like being the center of attention." She looks at her phone. "Great, it's dead." She slips her shoes on.
Spencer's POV:
I feel myself panicking. I look at Aria and I see her beginning to laugh. "Hey, this is serious why are you laughing?" She calms down. "It's just you panicking is adorable like just wow." She comes over to me and grabs my phone. She puts it on the charger and then takes my hand. "Let's go get breakfast. There's no use running out in a panic if you're gonna get grilled either way."
She pulls me down the steps and into the kitchen. Aria lets go of my hand as we're met with a table full of food. "Glad you decided to join us." Byron says as he turns around to face Aria. "Oh," he is taken back when he sees me. "I didn't know you had company Aria. Why didn't you tell me?" She shrugs. "We got back late so I let her spend the night." I can tell that they don't talk to each other much. "Well okay, well she's welcome to eat breakfast with us." He smiles before extending his hand to me. "Byron Montgomery" I shake his hand. "Spencer. Spencer DiLaurentis" I say, not entirely used to the name change. "DiLaurentis? Like your friend Alison DiLaurentis?" Byron asks directing his question to Aria. She nods, "They're sisters." "Oh, I didn't know Kenneth had another daughter." He tries to dig deeper into my family business but Aria stops him.
"We're gonna eat now." She grabs my hand and directs me toward the food. We fix our plates. "Let's all eat together today." Byron says but Aria objects. "We're going upstairs." Once we get there Aria sits on her bed and begins eating. I sit across from her and start eating mine. "Sorry about my dad, he's not normally home this early." I shrug. "It's alright. Thanks for saving me from having to tell my life story though." I say in between bites of bacon. "No problem."
I hear my phone buzz and I grab it. "Wow." "What?" Aria asks as she tries to look at myphone. "I got 9 texts and 6 calls from my dad." I text him that I'll be home soon. "I should get going soon." I take a bite from my pancakes. "After I finish eating." We laugh together. "I think cooking is the only good thing my dad does and even then he doesn't do it often." Aria says before finishing off her eggs.
Once we were both done I grabbed my things and we made our way down stairs. We put our dishes in the sink and then we walk out to the car. The short drive from her house to mine went by too fast and the next thing I knew we were outside of my house. "Um, I'll see you." I grab her hand and she looks at it then back at me. "Yeah." She smiles and we move in to hug. "I had a great time." She says before pulling away.
I feel the butterflies flutter in my chest. "I did too." I open the door and begin to step out. "Text me." She says before I close the door. I stick my head back into the car. "Will do." I say with a smile. I close the door and make my way to my front door. I unlock it and walk in. "Spencer?" I hear a voice come from the living room. "Yeah." I say back and I'm met with my dad. He hugs me. "Where have you been? I was worried. Why didn't you answer my calls or texts?" he rushes me with questions. "I went to the movies with Aria and we fell asleep at her house. I'm sorry, my phone had died and I didn't charge it until this morning." "Aria Montgomery? Alison's friend? Why we're you out with her?" he questions. I shrug, "She asked me to hangout." I see him visibly calm down. "Okay, just. If you're going somewhere tell me first, okay?" I nod my head. He turns and walks away. 'That went easier than I thought it would.' I walk to my room where I get my things ready for me to shower.
Aria's POV:
I get home to see a familiar black car. I pull in and my three friends step out. "Hey Aria, where've you been?" Alison asks with a questioning look on her face. "Your house." I say, technically not lying. "Really? You we're looking for me?" I don't say anything. "Of course you were so that's why I forgive you for talking to Spencer when I told you not to." I roll my eyes. "Okay, what do you want?" "We're going to a concert tomorrow." Emily chimes in with a smile on her face. "What concert?" I ask. "Alison won't tell us, she got the tickets and told us." Hanna says with an annoyed look on her face. "Anyway, you're going so be ready by 3, it's in Philadelphia." I sigh. "Okay but why didn't you just text me this?" I fold my arms across my chest. "Cause we're going to the lake so go get ready." Emily says. "You guys suck at giving me a notice in advance." I laugh as I make my way into the house.
I grab everything I need and then I slip into my bikini with a pair of short shorts and a tank top over it. I run back out and get into Emily's car. "Ready." "Took you long enough." Alison says from the front.
Once we get to the lake we find a spot and unload everything. I put sunscreen on myself and then I lay back on one of the chairs. I close my eyes as I take in the sun and listen to everything around me. The sounds of the lake near us washing over, the birds flying over us and the conversations going on around me. "Emily, can you put some sunscreen on me?" I hear Alison ask followed by a small "Yeah," from Emily.
I begin to block out everything and my mind drifts back to Spencer. I think she likes me. Or at least I hope she does. She might not though… she still hasn't texted me. Maybe I should text her? Where's my phone? I open my eyes and look around for my phone. I find it on top of my bag. Yep, nothing… Maybe I should just wait it out and let her make the first move. I slip my phone into my bag and close my eyes.
"What's been up with you Aria?" I open one eye and see Hanna sitting next to me. "Huh?" I ask confused. "You've been different these last couple of days, is it because of the whole Ezra thing?" "What? No I'm over him, I'm not different." I say but she gives me a look. "Aria, you can't be over a guy you loved that fast." I shrug. "I think I fell out of love with him before we broke up though." I sit. Hanna looks at me, trying to form words. "Then why did you stay with him?" I shrug. "I don't know and to be honest Hanna, I want to leave Ezra in the past. He did some stupid things and kept secrets from me and I just don't wanna think about it anymore." I say. "Okay." Hanna says, backing off. I
need a drink
Spencer's POV:
I spend most of my time glued to the hips of my father and his wife. "Let's go clothes shopping." Jessica suggests and my father nods his head. He makes a turn and starts driving towards the mall. "Alison loves shopping." I hear Jessica say before I tune her out. I can finally text Aria without them asking questions. "Hey." Is my first message. "Hey : ) I thought I scared you off for a minute lol" I look at the message and my eyebrows scrunched together. "Why would I be scared off?"
I press the send button and moments later my phone vibrates. "Cause ya know… I kind of broke down last night… idk…" I read over her message and then prepare mine. "No lol I would've texted you before but I was kinda glued to my dad's hip. Him and Jessica wont leave me alone." My phone vibrates again and this time Jessica speaks up. She lets out a chuckle before speaking to sound more casual. "Wow Spencer, sounds like you're popular. Could it possibly be a
boy back home?" she questions. I laugh, probably more than I should have. "No- no- no- no just a friend. A female friend." "Oh, what's her name?" she asks. I ignore the part of me that wants to ignore her and answer her question. "Um, Aria-" she cuts me off. "Aria Montgomery? I didn't know you guys were friends." I nod my head and then mutter a 'yeah'. "If I knew that I would've gotten you tickets to go to the concert with them tomorrow." "Oh, no, It's okay." I say attempting to shut the idea down. I really don't want anything to do with Alison. "Ya know what, I can get you a ticket." She pulls out her phone. "No, it's okay." I say again. "No, it's okay. I have it." She taps on her screen a couple of times and then clicks her power button. "Done." We pull into the mall parking lot. I look at the message from Aria. "Oh that sucks wyd rn?" My fingers hover over the keyboard and I type the last message before I have to get out of the car. "They're forcing me to go to the mall and I guess I'm going to be going to some concert with you tomorrow."
Aria's POV:
A smirk plays on my lips as I learn the new information. "Oh really?" I press the send button. I begin to type another message, "And how does Alison feel about this?" After a few minutes without a reply I lay my phone on my chest and look up at the sky. I take in the sun's warmth as my mood is slightly lightened. "Yeah and idk it just happened like 10 minutes ago. Her mom found out I was hanging out with you and decided to get me tickets so I'm guessing Alison
doesn't know yet." I look at the message. "Do you know who we're going to see? Ali wont tell us." A minute passes and then I get a last message. "Idk and I'll text you later She's making me try on clothes : (" "Alright" I send and then slip my phone back into my bag.
Spencer's POV:
I lay in my bed scrolling through Tumblr when I hear yelling out of nowhere. "No! It's not happening." That's Alison. "Yes, you two are sisters and you need to get along." That's my dad. Our dad. "I don't care. She's weird and will ruin the whole night!" That's Alison again. "You don't know that. You've barely spent any time with her." "I don't want to spend time with her!" I don't wanna spend time with you either. I think. "You need to be nicer to her." That's Jessica. It's silent for a few moments and then I hear Alison say, "Fine." I hear her stomp off to her room and slam the door behind her. Well then… That was exciting.