Authors note: I'm literally at the airport right now but you guys were so amazing with the reviews I had to update, even though its early! I didn't get much of a chance to edit this chapter so I'm sorry for the mistakes! I realize that KT has been featured a bit less heavily than the other girls who are supposed to be the "liars." Dont worry, there a lot coming for KT, whether you like her or hate her you will enjoy some of it. So I pretty much told you what to expect for this chapter so...

Disclaimer: I don't own HOA or PLL

"Patricia," her mother said, putting her hand to her forehead. "I still can't believe you're going to testify for the boy who killed your best friend."

"He DIDNT kill her. And that's a fact. I know it. That's why I'm going to testify." Patricia said strongly. She looked at herself on the mirror. She was wearing a gray strapless dress with black stripes. The back side went down a bit further than the front. Her hair was in a bun, and she was wearing a black leather jacket and black hoop earrings. She put on her heels and was ready to go.

"Next to testify, Patricia Williamson." the judge announced. Patricia stood up on the podium and looked out. EVERYONE in town was there. Everyone from school, all her friends, teachers, Ben, neighbors, everyone.

"Miss Williamson," the attorney said. "You claim that you know for a fact that Eddie did not kill Joy Mercer."

"Yes, I do."

"How?"

"I think you should first tell us why you're so convinced that Eddie did it! What are you doing, pulling random boys with a criminal record off the streets and accusing them of committing crimes?!" she cried.
She saw Eddie sitting in the front row, he was handcuffed, but not dressed like a prisoner. He was still wearing a t-shirt and jeans like always. He'd never admit it, but he was so proud of her. Everyone thought she was just some slut who was best friends with Joy. He knew she was more.

"You want to see our proof? Then here. We got this from an anonymous source." The lawyer pulled up a picture on her iPad. It was from the night of Joy's death. Her and Eddie seemed to be agruing by a tree, and it looked heated.

"Unless you have an actual picture of him beating her, that doesn't qualify as proof." Patricia spat.

"It's a lead. And thats enough to bring him into court."

"Well, what you don't know is that I also saw Eddie that night, after that confrontation."

"How do you know it was after?"

"Because, while I was with him he fell back against a tree and got a small cut on the right side of his face. And In that photo, the right side of his face is shown, no cut. Joy was killed AFTER we met up. I heard the scream myself. So as long as he's not a vampire, it wouldn't have healed!" Patricia spoke eloquently and confidently.

"I see." The lawyer was extremely embarrassed to be thrown off by a 16 year old. "May I have a moment to get things together?" the lawyer asked.

"10 minutes." the judge agreed. Patricia stepped down from the podium. She walked over to see Eddie, who was now standing talking with his lawyer.

"Well done Patricia." Eddies lawyer said.

"Thank you."

"I think I see a career in law in your future." he complimented.

"Can i have a moment to talk to Eddie, in private?"

"I suppose." Patricia dragged Eddie to the back waiting area.

"You were... Incredible. Just amazing." he praised, clearly on awe.

"You think?"

"You are definitely gonna be a lawyer one day."

"Maybe."

"Look, im just scared that they're gonna start asking questions about why you were there. We can't let them find out that we..."

"Ya. I know. I won't." she promised. The door creaked open.

"Sorry to interrupt Trixie." Ben said poking his head in. "But they need you back out there."

"Of course! Thanks Benny. Just a moment." Once he was gone, Eddie burst out laughing.

"Benny? That was the best pet name you could come up with?"

"He calls me Trixie, it wouldn't be right if I didn't call him something."

"I call you Yacker, but you don't call me anything."

"Ya, well we're not dating" she sassed. Eddie winced at the obviously uncalled for remark.
"Sorry." she said shaking her head. "That was stupid to say. But I do have a nickname for you."

"What is it?"

"Weasel."

"Pleasant enough."

"Much more pleasant than the second thing I thought of. We better get back out there."

"Ya, we better." He kissed her lips softly, though he knew he shouldn't. He couldn't help himself. Unfortunately, neither could she.

They were interrupted by the vibrating of Patricia's phone. Eddie exited the waiting room and Patricia opened the message.

Stop spoiling my plan. Eddie needs to go to jail. Don't let him get on your good side. Just to make sure... I left a little attachment to make sure you don't make him look too innocent.
-J

There was an attachment at the end of the message. Patricia opened it and gasped. It was her and Eddie. In the woods the night of Joys death. Kissing. The caption read:

The one the lawyer had isn't the only photo I got. This goes to every person in the room if you don't do exactly what I say.

Patricia walked out and then back up onto the podium. She texted back:

What do you want?

The response:

Talk to Eddie after the trial. He has something to tell you. Just make sure you don't believe him, for your own good Patty!
-J

"So Patricia," the lawyer started again. "Why we're you meeting Eddie in the woods? Planning the murder for a few hours later?"

"No, we were talking."

"About what?"

"Nothing that concerns you." Ben eyed Patricia with suspicion. It was clear everyone was wondering what they were walking about.
"If you can't tell me, then he isn't innocent."

"It was personal."
"Yes, it WAS, now tell me."

"I saw him at a bar earlier that day. We had talked for a while and he asked me to meet up with him later. We just has a conversation about who knows what."

"So you're dating then?"

"I object!" Ben cried from the audience.

"No," Patricia said as calm as possible. "We aren't dating. In fact we hate each other. We were just settling an argument from earlier. It was about something stupid, I can't remember what."

"I see." the lawyer said. "Cant remember huh?"

"Umm," the judge said. "I think I've heard enough. I haven't heard anything here today that makes Eddie Miller look guilty by any means. Therefore, my verdict is not guilty!"

There was an uproar of happiness in the crowd. The cops removed the handcuffs from Eddie and he ran over and gave Patricia a huge hug.

"You owe me, big time." she whispered in his ear.

"Nice work baby!" Ben cried. He picked Patricia up and spun her around. Eddie couldn't help but be a little jealous, though he would never admit it. His phone vibrated and he looked at the text.

Time to tell her. You either kiss the girl or miss the girl. Like I said, tell her, or I tell everybody. I have the photo, I own you.
-J

Once everyone had left the court, Eddie dragged Patricia back into the waiting room.

"What?" she asked.

"Look, I need to tell you something." Patricia gasped. Whoever J was told her that Eddie had to tell her something, but not to believe it. J was convinced Eddie was out to break her heart.

"Ok. Tell me."

"I was trying to tell you the other day but then Fabian came over. This, us, we keep... Connecting. And im wondering why. Then I realized, I like you."

"What?" Patricia kept telling herself he was trying to break her heart. He probably said that to all the girls. She had a boyfriend. She had Ben. "Is that what you say to all the girls you hook up with? And then two days later when they fall for you, you break their hearts?"

"Well, yes, that used to be me. But, all those girls came running to me and I didn't wanna say no. I never actually liked any of them. You're different. You make me run to you."

"According to you, every guy wants to run to me and get his hands on me."

"I know. And now I see why. I know your not just another member of the slut hut. You're so much more than that. I've never actually fallen for someone before so I didn't know what I was feeling the first time I kissed you. Actually, it was even longer ago than that."

Patricia gulped at his speech. She wanted to more than anything to jump into how arms and say she liked him too. Wait. She liked him too? She bit her lip.

"Eddie, I have a boyfriend."

"I know you do, and I know you don't like the fact that we've been sorta seeing each other behind his back."

"It's something Joy would've done, and I feel bad."

"For Ben?"

"For me. I'm confusing myself. I thought Ben was right for me. I thought I liked him. Then I realized that I had never actually liked a person before. A cute guy would like me and Id agree to date him. But, then I actually started to like someone, and it was so different. I wanted to always find ways to talk to him. And when we kiss, it's so different from when I kiss Ben, or anyone else. It's so hard to stop once we start."

"I know." Eddie walked closer to her.

"Thats why we can't start." she said, stopping him.

"Oh."

"We're both just confused. We think we have feelings for each other."
"No, I know I have feelings for you."
"We both have feelings for each other. But we will move on. I have someone. Someone who loves me. And soon you'll find someone too. And forget about me. Which is why his wont work. I'd much rather be in a regular relationship than a special one where I get my heart broken."

"Oh. You're certainly not Joy. You're not a heart breaker, well at least not on purpose."

"I know that by next week you'll have some new cute girlfriend and will forget this whole thing."

"I wish I could say I agree."

"Bye Eddie. See you at school Monday." She waved to him as she walked off.
Eddie was now experiencing another new feeling. Heart break. A text came in.

Awww. Heartbroken yet? All part of my little plan. Thing I'm finished? The torture has just begun Miller.
-J

Patricia also got a message.

Nice work Patty! Way to dodge the bullet! You didn't hear it from me, but he was faking. As if he would actually like you for anything other than your looks. Aww don't cry, then everyone will see beyond your fake tough exterior. Xoxo
-J

Patricia read the message, trying not to believe it was true even though she knew it was. She felt tears forming in her eyes, and started to run. She ran all the way home and collapsed into a pile of tears.

KT heard a knock at the door and went to answer it. She gasped at the face standing in the doorway.

"Amber?"

"Hi Kt. Can i come in?" Amber asked.

"Of course." KT motioned in and the two girls sat on opposite couches.

"About what I said," Amber said. "I realized that you deserved to know the truth. I mean, if you felt the same way as I did... Then I want to tell you what happened."

"Ok." KT said hesitantly.

Flashback:
Amber and Joy were in a classroom alone. Just laughing and talking.

"You know Ambs," Joy said. "If I told the girls about you, they'd be so jealous I had another super close friend. One as pretty as you." Amber blushed.

"I wish I could get to know them better."

"But I wanna keep you all to myself." Joy smiled at her fondly. And then Amber kissed Joy. It was a mistake, but Joy kissed back.

"Joy, I don't want to be with Alfie, I want to be with you." Amber said, spur of the moment.

"Ok, then dump him."

"What? How?"

"Just dump him. Don't say why, just do it. And if you tell anyone about me being... You know, I will make you regret it." Amber nodded.
End Flashback

"So you just dumped Alfie for Joy?" KT asked, sipping her cocoa shed made for Amber and herself.

"Ya, and he was mad. He promised to destroy Joy and everyone close to her for taking what was important to him."

"Wait a second... How did he know it was Joy." KT was now confused.

"I think he had a feeling that she put me up to it. She was always torturing him. I think he wanted revenge." KT gasped.

"You think Alfie is J? AND the killer?" Mara gasped. All four girls were in Patricias room.

"Good." Patricia said. "Now I can kill him personally." She wiped a few stray tears from her eyes. Willow hugged her.

"It's gonna be ok Patty. And I don't believe it. Me and Alfie, we were really close." she comforted.

"And Joy took you from him too. She tortured him." KT said.

"And now he's torturing me." Patricia croaked.

"Hes torturing us all. Jerome hasn't spoken to me since he ran off the other night. I think J is trying to keep him away from me." Mara said.

"No, it isn't possible! J texted me mean things about Alfie!" Willow realized.

"He was probably trying to play victim." Mara said.

"I don't believe it." Willow crossed her arms.

"Patricia," KT asked. "Why are you so upset anyway?"

"Umm, she got crushed. In two ways." Mara tried to explain.

"Eddie pretended to like me so he could take advantage of me." Patricia sobbed.

"What? Why would you think that?" KT gasped. "Wait, have you guys been hooking up again."

"Yes. But J, or Alfie, has been warning me since the beginning that he was a heartbreaker. Then J texted me that Eddie had been put up to saying he liked me. Probably for money. It was stupid of me to even be nice to him." Patricia kept wiping away her tears.

"You really liked him." Willow said with sympathy.

"No. I still really like him. And it's a problem." Suddenly, all the girl's phones started to vibrate. They pulled them out and read the message.

Now you see what I'm capable of. Patricia's heartbroken, who's next? Remember, I know everything about you.
-J

Authors note: Awww PEDDIE! That was so much fun to write! And I know some of you have been suspecting Alfie the whole time, however, next chapter your suspicions may change. And no one said that Joy's killer and J were he same person, but it's a possibility. So, Patricia has been like the main "target" lately. But, now we see that Eddie is being tortured, probably the most. And he genuinely likes her. Aww. But, J is satisfied with Patricia for a little while. Excited to see who she'll to after next? You should be! Looking ahead to chapter 4:
- A hot boy brawl
- Jeromeo is back and heavily featured!
- KT/Amber friendship
-Amber becomes closer with the girls
- Tons of relationship drama
- J's next target
See you next time!

Responses:

Sibuna4260: It will get more interesting as it goes it ;)

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SilverPebbbles: It's never to late to start! Seriously! I just started last year and watched about every episode season 1-3 in about a week because it's literally so addicting! Breakups will defiantly be happening shortly. And Peddie in court is both cute and heartbreaking at the same time! Ya, the Amber thing is going to take a bit of explanation which you will get by chapter 6.

Bondlikesuperglue: Yay I'm glad you like it! The whole situation with Amber is going to be a little weird- I have to admit it. You will learn a bit more about that shortly. Peddie is gonna be really good in upcoming chapters :)

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