"Are you sure you're okay going with the Hastings?" Tara's grandmother asks as Tara got ready for the funeral. She is dressed in a simple black dress, which falls to her mid thighs and has a sweet heart neckline. The dress has straps that are made into a bow. To wear with the dress she has a pair of black pumps.
"I'm fine, grandma, you don't need to worry." Tara tells her as she grabs her black clutch purse. A car honks causing Tara to glance towards the door. "That's them. I'm getting a coffee with Spencer when the funeral is over, so I might be home a little later."
"Take all the time you need, sweetie, but call if you'll be any later than ten." Tara nods and kisses her mother's cheek before heading out the door.
She smiles at the Hastings before getting into the car where Spencer was sitting. "Hey." Tara gives her a sad smile as the car begins to move and head to the church.
The Hastings family and Tara don't say much on the way to the church, all of them unsure what to say. When they arrive they head towards the church and find Emily heading up the steps with her mother. Spencer's parents embrace Emily's mother as Emily hugs Spencer and then Tara, each of Emily's hug lasting quite an amount of time. When Tara pulls out of the hug, she looks at Emily with a sad look.
"Come on, let's head in." Tara says, lacing her hand with Emily's and doing the same with Spencer's hand before leading them inside.
"Mrs. DeLaurentis, I am so sorry for your lost." Tara says.
"Oh, Tara." She embraces Tara and then Emily and Spencer, who both repeat what Tara says. "I want you three to sit up front. It's what she would have wanted." She tells them, causing Spencer to nod.
"Of course." The three start down the aisle and sit down. Emily sat in first, then Tara, and then Spencer. It wasn't long before Hanna joined them, none of them really saying much besides hello.
Tara remains holding Spencer's hand as they sit in quiet before Aria joins them, they move down to make room for her. "Poor Ali." Emily finally says after a long moment of silence.
"Can you believe what a scene this is?" Hanna asks.
"It's everything Alison loves." Tara says. "The attention of it all."
"Alison would have loved it." Aria agrees.
"Popular in life and death." Spencer adds on. Hanna passes down a flask to Emily, who looks ready to start crying again.
"No thanks, I don't-"
"Today, I think you do." Hanna tells her. Emily takes it as Aria's phone goes off, causing all four of them to look at Aria with nervousness and with them on the edge of their seats. "Anyone, we know?" Hanna asks as Aria checks her phone.
"No, it's just my mom sending me a text." Aria says, shaking her head. The group relaxes, only a little bit.
"Emily and I aren't the only ones who got messages from 'A' are we?" Aria asks. The four look at each other in answers as whispers break out. Spencer and Tara turn and both their eyes widen as they saw who walks through the door.
"Oh, my god." Spencer and Tara say together. Isaac Cavanaugh and Jenna Marshall walks through the door. Isaac is the one who leads the blind Jenna, looking not too happy in doing so.
"It's Jenna." Spencer says softly.
"And Isaac." Tara says as the group looks at them before turning around. Tara isn't the only one who doesn't turn back around. She looks at them for a moment longer. Isaac lifts his eyes and his eyes meet with Tara. Tara freezes as she looks into his eyes. Even from this distance, she can see how brilliant blue they truly are, it almost takes her breath away. Isaac continues to stare at her until Jenna says something, causing him to pull his eyes off Tara and look towards Jenna.
Tara turns back around and lets out a heavy breath. They move down when the DeLaurentis joins them. "Did you see that Jenna Marshall and Isaac Cavanaugh are here?" Mrs. DeLaurentis asks. "I didn't realize they were friends with Ali."
"They weren't." Spencer says, causing Tara to give her a look. Tara turns back and looks at Isaac, who she find is looking at her already. She blushes and turns back around.
"The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away." The preacher begins.
The time in the church isn't too long and soon they are all heading back out of the church. Hanna and Aria walking hand in hand as Tara walks with Spencer and Emily on either arm. "Emily, Tara, Spencer, Aria, and Hanna." The girls stop and look towards the man who walked over to them. Tara can see already that the guy is cocky and arrogant.
"Do we know you?" Spencer asks.
"I'm Detective Wilden." He takes something out from his inside suit jacket pocket. "I understand you were all good friends with the victim." He hands a card to Spencer.
"Yeah, we were." Aria tells him.
"I'm gonna need to talk to each one of you."
"We talked to the police when Alison went missing." Tara tells him.
"And I intend to go over every one of your statements. As this is no longer a missing person investigation. It's a murder." The girls fall silent as he says this. "And rest assured, I will find out what happened that summer." They watch him walk away before Jenna and Isaac walk out of the church. Isaac's eyes meet Tara's, causing the girl to lower her eyes to her black painted nails. When she looks up again Isaac is helping Jenna into a car.
The girls turn back around and face each other. "Do you think he knows about-" Aria begins to say.
"No." Emily, Spencer, and Tara asks.
"No. How could he?" Hanna asks. Their phones all go off together, causing them to look at each other worried before pulling out their phones.
"Oh, my god." Aria says.
"It's from-" Hanna begins.
"I got one too." Emily says.
"Same." Tara whispers.
"I'm still here, bitches." Spencer reads out.
"And I know everything." They read together.
"A." Tara finishes.
