Thanks for the continued reviews/favorites/follows! This chapter is short but I hit a little bit of a writer's block. I should be able to have more coming in the next couple of days, but until then, here is a little bit more:

Hanna figured that this was it, they were busted and now she was going to have to deal with explaining things to Aria and Spencer, things that she still didn't fully understand herself. Just as she was about to tell Aria the truth, Spencer came flying into the courtyard. "Aria! I think it's time I drive you home. It's getting late," Spencer said, with a fake smile plastered on her face. "Huh? What about this text?" Aria questioned, looking from Spencer to Hanna with confusion. "It's complete crap, just A making stuff up to start something. Can you grab our jackets? I'll meet you at the car," Spencer quickly replied, rolling her eyes for dramatic effect. Aria still looked puzzled, but she shrugged her shoulders and headed towards the coat check. Once she was out of earshot, Spencer returned her gaze to Hanna and spoke, "Look, Emily told me about how she kissed you and you weren't into it. I promised her I wouldn't bring it up again, but I just wanted to say I think it's really cool that you haven't been weird about it." Before Hanna could even respond, Spencer was heading towards the parking lot and calling out, "See you tomorrow!" over her shoulder.

Hanna rushed back inside, scanning the gym trying to catch a glimpse of Emily. Most of the students had already gone home and only teachers and parents were left, cleaning up or standing around chatting. She headed outside and saw Emily at the bottom of the steps, rummaging around in her bag for her car keys. Hanna quickly walked down to the other girl, calling out "Hey!" as she moved. Emily saw her, sighed, and turned in the direction that her car was, but Hanna asked, "Why did you do that? Why did you cover for me when Spencer asked you about that message?" Emily shrugged, remained silent and began to walk towards her car, but Hanna reached out, grabbed her hand and pulled her back, "Em, come on" she said, as the brunette turned back around to face her. Hanna was still holding the other girl's hand and had started subconsciously rubbing the back of it with her thumb. Emily looked down at the touch, so Hanna did too, causing her to immediately let go after noticing she was still hanging on. "I know how much your reputation means to you," Emily stated simply, a slight bitterness in her tone. "You didn't have to do that for me," Hanna replied quietly, avoiding eye contact, and rubbing the back of her neck. "Yeah, I did. I know how it feels when stuff like that comes out when you don't want it to," Emily responded, obviously referring to the pictures of her and Maya that A sent to her parents. She then unlocked her car, got in, and started the engine, but before she drove away she rolled down her window. "Just because we didn't really talk last year doesn't mean I didn't know you, Hanna. Your eyes always gave you away. They still do, sometimes," Emily called out, before rolling her window back up and disappearing into the night, leaving Hanna and her thoughts alone in a parking lot, like she had done so many times before.