POV Hanna
When Spencer got here she let herself in, "Hey Han. Where's Aria?" she asked looking around the little apartment.
"She's at Ezra's. I'm ready to go. What movie did you want to talk through?" I asked her, grabbing my bag as we walked out.
She laughed, "I honestly don't care since I know we're not really going to watch very much of it." she said.
When we got to the theater we got tickets to some movie that I can't remember the name to. When we got seated the previews were just coming on. My phone buzzed.
'Now would be the perfect time Hanna. You have until the movie starts before I tell. Last. Warning.-A'
Alright so I get at least ten minutes to gossip before I have to do some major explaining. "So how was your morning with Toby?" I asked her not even bothering to look at the screen. My heart is starting to beat faster then I'm comfortable with, but I'm trying to ignore it.
Her cheeks turned a bright red, "Well, we went about five or six miles outside of the city limits of Rosewood and pulled over on the side of the road where we didn't think we would be in anyone's way and we made out for about an two or three hours, then we got some late lunch and came back into town. He had to get to work so I went home for a little bit to get changed." she informed me giving me a run through of her day. "How about you? Get to take care of Aria?" she asked me.
"Yeah. Caleb also came over and we sat and talked for a little while. We had a good time. Oh, grocery shopping this morning was interesting. I had no idea what to get, so I just got whatever I thought we needed. Then as I was checking out Jenna came up to me and told me she knew what I was doing, and how Aria and I moved in together to get revenge. It was really weird." I informed her.
"Wait Jenna came up to you? Out of the blue? With no one with her?" she questioned me trying to get everything that I just told her together in her head.
"See had a seeing eye dog with her, and I'm sure that someone brought her there and was waiting for her somewhere. I left as soon as she walked away from me. I have know idea what she meant, but I can assure you that I have no idea what she was talking about." I informed her. I looked at the screen, the movie is starting. Great. My heart started to accelerate.
Spencer's phone buzzed. She looked down at it, then looked up at me with a very confused look on her face. "Hanna, why haven't you told me this before?" she asked me almost horrified. I know what she is looking at, and it's not pretty….
"What are you talking about? What happened with Jenna just happened this morning." I said trying to stall.
She looked at me annoyed, "That is not what I'm talking about. -A just sent me a text." she informed me, handing me her phone.
'Oh Spencer, you should really talk to Hanna about her bulimia. While you're at it you should ask her about Aria's little cutting problem.-A'
"Oh, that." I said giving her, her phone back, trying to make it sound like nothing big, even if it is a very big thing.
"Yes that, Hanna. You're bulimic? And Aria? She's a cutter? Is that why you two moved in together? Does your parents know?" she said asking questions faster than I can answer them. I can see it in her face that she is freaking out.
"Yes, I am a recovering bulimic. Yes, Aria is a recovering cutter. Yes, that is the main reason why we moved in together. No, our parents do not know and we don't plan on telling them. Not yet at least. We'd have to answer questions if they knew." I said answering her questions knowing that this is probably hard for her to hear. It's hard for me to hear.
"Why haven't you told me this before, with out -A bringing it up? Hanna, this is like, really big. Does Emily know?" she went on with the questions.
"I haven't told you because Aria and I are getting things under control, and neither of us wanted to put the extra stress on you or Emily. We barely even told each other, and no we haven't told Emily although I'm sure that -A has beat us to it." I informed her.
"Too much stress? Really Hanna? I think we can handle helping two of our best friends ever with them physically hurting themselves! How long has this been going on?" she said. I can see a tear forming in her eyes, and she is struggling to keep her voice down so we don't draw attention to ourselves, and so that we don't bother the people actually trying to watch the move.
I took a deep breath, "With me, it's been going on, off and on since before Alison died. She caught me on one of my binges and showed me how to throw-up. After I got happy with my body I stopped. Then things started to get crazy again with -A and being arrested I started doing it again. Aria told me that she's been cutting herself since the night after we got arrested." I told her with tears coming out of my own eyes, thins is not an easy thing to tell one of my best friends.
"That long? Wow. I'm glad that you're taking care of it though." she said. For the first time I believe Spencer Hastings is at a loss for words. She has no idea what to say about this. "Aria doesn't really have a sinus infection does she?" she asked me after a few minutes.
I nodded my head no. "She cut herself again, and she had done it so many times in the same area that it got really infected, and the wound is so deep that she can barely move. This morning she couldn't even keep down yogurt. She is getting better though. She went to sleep after that and when she woke up she was able to get up long enough to use the restroom and for me to help her change her clothes. She's with Ezra right now." I informed her about the truth of Aria's illness.
She looked dumbfounded. "It's that bad? Why haven't you taken her to the hospital if it's that bad?" she asked me in disapproving way.
I rolled my eyes at her, I would never let anything too bad happen to Aria! "Spencer. Do you really think that I would let something like that go without being looked at? I called Wren and he came to look at it. He gave got her as taken care of as he could and gave her some antibiotics." I told her so she would calm down.
"Oh. You said that she's with Ezra, does he know about all of this?" she wondered.
"Yeah. I kinda told him everything. I even told him about -A; don't be mad! I had to because of Aria. I also told Caleb everything." I told her preparing myself for the worst in response from her.
"You told Ezra and Caleb before you told even me or Emily?" she said looking really hurt that I didn't tell her before I told Ezra and Caleb.
"Ezra needed to know about Aria's hip, and Caleb also needed to know about Aria. Then he also caught me throwing up so I had to tell him about me too." I informed her trying to make her feel better about all of this.
"Why did Caleb need to know about Aria?" she asked me looking a little confused as to why my boyfriend had to know about Aria.
"Because he came to the apartment earlier and as he was walking in, Aria got sick, and you could see her wounds so I had to tell them something, and I am tired of keeping the truth from him." I informed her.
She took a deep breath, "Alright….. What can I do to help?" she asked me. It looks like she has gotten all of the answers that she can handle for the moment. This is a lot to take in, but we have talked about worse though.
My mind shifted to fit her question. " Well, she is going to be spending the night at Ezra's, so it'd be awesome if you'd spend the night with me so I don't have to be alone. I still don't really trust myself being alone right now." I informed her, "But I might be having dinner with my mom, I honestly don't know at the moment." I added.
"Well, we can have dinner with our families and then meet back up at your apartment I'll bring popcorn and you bring movies?" she suggested.
I smiled at her and gave her a hug. "Sounds awesome." By now the movie is more than half way over and we don't even know what is going on but we regardless look at the screen and try to make sense of the rest of the movie.
When the movie was over we walked outside. "Alright Hanna. You know that we need to go talk to Emily now, right?" she said looking at me like my mom did when I was little and she said that I had to clean my room. Oh, wait… That was last week…..
"Yeah… She said that she was going swimming. She should be home by now though. I'll give her a call and we can go over to her place to talk." I said pulling my phone out of my purse and we walked to my car.
The phone rang twice before she answered. "Hey Han. I thought that you were with Spence." she observed seeing that it's me calling her.
"I am. Listen we need to talk to you about something really important. Are you at home?" I asked her.
"Yeah, but I was just about to go out to pick up dinner for me and my mom. She didn't feel like cooking tonight. I think she might have the same thing as Aria, she doesn't even want to get out of bed." she informed me.
"I'll pick up whatever you want, and we can meet up at your house?" I suggested to her trying making things easier on all of us.
"Umm, just get some Chinese takeout, get two of what I usually get." she requested.
"Alright we'll be there in fifteen minutes." I informed her and hung up my phone handing it to Spencer to put in my bag so I can keep my eyes on the road.
When we got to Emily's she let us in, gave her mom her food and the three of us walked to her room so we could talk in private. "So what is it that you guys wanted to tell me about? Don't you want Aria to be here if it's important?" she questioned us knowing by the looks on our faces that this is something big, really big.
"No she's with Ezra. It's the anniversary or something and they wanted to spend the night together. But what I need to tell you is something really big, and I don't want you to freak out about it because it is being taken care of." I informed her and then proceeded to tell her the entire story.
The look on her face was a lot like Spencer's, and her questions were a lot like Spencer's. I answered them, and then we all sat quite for a moment. I looked at the clock on my phone, it's already eight o'clock. I didn't think that it was so late. I guess I'm not going to be meeting up with my mom…
"Well Spence we should probably leave Emily to eat and take care of her mom. I want to go look for movies." I stated getting up from Emily's bed and walking to the door.
Spencer nodded her head and joined me. "Hope your mom gets to feeling better. You need anything just call." Spencer said to her as we walked out her bedroom door, and we let ourselves out.
We left for the movie rental store, and as we walked in Spencer's phone buzzed, she looked at it and her face when white. "What is it?" I asked her knowing that it's most likely -A.
She looked like she could drop everything and run right now. "Toby's at the hospital. One of the people he's working with dropped a hammer from a story up and it landed on his hand. They think it's broken." she informed me.
I put the only movie I had chosen out back and took her hand walking in the direction of the exit. "I'll drive you." I told her knowing that she is going to want to go see him as soon as she possibly can. I would want to do the same if it were Caleb.
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