The girls woke up the next morning feeling oddly excited. Tonight was going to be the first sleepover since the entire "incident." Aria was excited to have some sense of normalcy as well as have her friends around so Spencer wouldn't be constantly checking on her. Spencer was nervous and excited; she was glad Aria was feeling up to company, but still a little nervous considering the events of the previous night. The couple was currently seated on a loveseat downstairs in Spencer's living room.

Aria rested her head on the taller brunette's shoulder, while Spencer had her arm wrapped loosely around Aria's waist.

"This can't last forever Aria." Spencer stated quietly.

Aria lifted her head off Spencer's should and turned to meet the older girl's gaze.

"What do you mean?" Aria asked, curious.

"This…bubble! Where it's just you and me and we pretend like you didn't get ra- attacked." Spencer finished carefully, catching herself before saying the "R" word.

Aria stood up, suddenly feeling suffocated with Spencer's arm around her. Her breathing sped up and Aria began to pace the living room. Something about Spencer almost say…rape was really messing with her head.

"I know that Spencer." Aria snapped.

"Look, it's great the Hanna and Emily are coming over tonight and I am so proud of you for telling them. But eventually, your parents are going to come back and so are mine." Spencer reminded her softly.

"I thought we were going to take this slow Spence! I don't want to tell anyone else, you and Hanna and Emily are all the family I need!" Aria shouted, quickly losing a battle for control with her emotions.

"I didn't ask for this! I don't want this; I don't want to live like this anymore!" Aria screamed, tears now cascading down her face.

Spencer made a move to get up and gather the smaller girl in her arms, who looked as if she'd break at any moment. When she saw Aria start shaking and trying to calm herself down, she restrained herself, knowing that her girlfriend needed to able to save herself sometimes too.

"I don't want to have anymore meltdowns or freak outs. I don't want the constant urge to flinch and run away from everything." Aria finished more calmly as tears continued to pour out of her eyes.

"Baby this part doesn't last forever. I know you didn't ask for it and you've done nothing to deserve this but it happened and we can't take it back. All we can do is get through this." Spencer said lovingly, getting up off the couch and taking one of Aria's hands in her own.

"Together." Aria whispered.


Hanna and Emily were back at their house packing for the sleepover that night. A strange silence fell over the pair. Very rarely was their silence, considering how talkative Hanna could be. Emily was trying pack but she couldn't seem to get all of her things into one bag. She tried and tried but she couldn't fit it in. The tan girl became frustrated very quickly with the simple task, the stress of the past 2 days hitting her with full force. Suddenly Emily's head was swimming, her best friend Aria had been raped, she was in love with her other best friend Hanna and there was nothing she could do about either of the two things.

Emily tensed as she felt a pair of soft arms encircle her waist and felt Hanna's chin on her left shoulder.

"It's okay Em, calm down." The blonde girl whispered soothingly.

"What's okay Hanna? Nothing is okay!" Emily cried, tears silently beginning to fall from her eyes.

"Emily I know that this is hard for you, it's hard on all of us but don't you think Aria would want you to be strong? Don't let this get you down okay? We'll get her through this, I know we will." Hanna said encouragingly as she gently wiped the tears from Emily's cheek.

Emily was suddenly aware of the close proximity between them. She could smell Hanna's sweet perfume and the minty scent of her toothpaste. She was suddenly aware of how relaxed she felt with Hanna's arms around her and how close the blonde's lips were. Taking the risk, Emily closed the short distance between them. Hanna melted into the kiss and eagerly kissed Emily back. Emily depend the kiss, turning around and wrapping her arms around the shorter girl's waist. Hanna froze and gingerly pushed Emily away.

"Emily I-"Hanna began softly.

Emily cut her off by running out of the room and leaving Hanna alone with a shocked expression on her face.


Hours later, Emily returned to their house. The tan girls walked right past Hanna on the stairs, grabbed her bags for the sleepover and slowly trudged back down the stairs.

"Em I was hoping we could talk about-"Hanna started to ask.

"Ready to go?" Emily cut her off in a tight voice.

Hanna only nodded before walking behind Emily and into the passenger's seat of the car. A silence took over the car, much like the one that had filled their bedroom. Hanna played absently with the radio while Emily kept her eyes glued to the road.

"Okay this is bullshit. First you kiss me and then you run away and now you won't even talk to me." Hanna states angrily.

Emily let out a sigh "I don't want to talk about this, pretend it didn't happen."

"What if I don't want to?" Hanna asked, vulnerability clear in her voice.

Emily's eyes snapped over to Hanna at once, looking for any sign that the other girl might be joking. She studied her face, finding nothing but genuine emotions and said "I…really?" Emily asked hopefully.

"Yes. Emily you're my best friend, my go to girl, my roommate and so much more than that. I love you as a friend and I'm really starting to fall for you too. That kiss was amazing and I don't want to forget about it just because you're scared. I'm sorry I pushed you away, I get that may have confused you but I wanted you to know that I like you." Hanna stated fiercely, the honesty clear in her voice.

"You have no idea how long I've dreamed you'd say that." Emily said gleefully. She leaned over to kiss Hanna but was stopped by a car horn and an angry shout to "watch the road!"

The two girls giggled and Hanna intertwined their hands and rested them on the console of the car.

"Hanna Marin, will you be my girlfriend?" Emily asked playfully.

"Hmmm" Hanna pretended to think it over.

"I'm offended!" Emily scoffed.

Hanna laughed and gave Emily's hand a squeeze "It would be an honor Ms. Fields."

Not much later the new couple pulled into the Hastings's driveway. Hanna moved to get out of the car only to be stopped by Emily.

"Wait, should we tell them?" Emily asked carefully.

"Why wouldn't we? They're dating each other." Hanna asked confused.

"Do you really think Aria needs this right now?" Emily asked, worried.

"Em this is good news! I defiantly think Aria needs some of that right now." Hanna says, flashing Emily that gorgeous smile she loves.

"Alright, we'll tell them." Emily concedes unable to resist Hanna's smile.

"Yay!" Hanna squealed as she raced up the sidewalk and up to the front door. Emily playfully rolled her eyes and got out of the car, gathered their stuff and joined Hanna at the door.

A few seconds later Spencer appeared at the door.

"Hey guys, come on in." Spencer welcomed warmly.

"How is she?" Hanna asked.

Emily locked eyes with Spencer as if trying to tell her that Hanna didn't know Aria had run away or that she had gone out and brought her back.

"She's doing better, still a work in progress. Still a lot of break downs but we're making progress." Spencer said slowly, keeping her eyes locked on Emily.

"We wanted to tell you guys something. You and Aria." Hanna said excitedly, taking both Spencer and Emily's hands and dragging them into the living room where they found Aria asleep on the couch.

"ARIA! Time to wake up!" Hanna yelled to her playfully, shaking the smaller girl awake.

Spencer shot daggers at Hanna for waking Aria up. Emily put a comforting hand on Spencer's back.

"Sorry, she's just really excited." Emily apologized.

"It's fine. She just better not wake up my girlfriend again." Spencer said, relaxing.

"Wha...Hanna? What time is it? Where's Spencer?" Aria asked, her tone taking a slightly panicked edge towards the end.

"I'm right here baby. Are you okay?" Spencer asked, her eyes looking Aria up and down for any signs of panic or distress, ready to intervene.

"I- yeah I'm okay. I just thought you left." Aria murmured, suddenly finding the couch very interesting.

Spencer let out a quiet laugh "I'll never leave you. You should know that by now."

Spencer crossed the room and sat down on the couch, gently pulling Aria into her side and smiling when Aria slowly wrapped her arms around the taller girl's waist.

"So Emily and I have some news to kick off our sleep over. We're dating!" Hanna said excitedly.

Aria and Spencer's eyes widened in shock. Aria recovered first "Wow that's amazing! I'm so happy for you guys! We can go on double dates!" Aria said excitedly, getting up to hug Hanna and Emily. She hugged Hanna first, tensing slightly when Hanna pulled her tight which did not go unnoticed by Spencer. Emily locked eyes with Spencer before pulling Aria into a loose hug which caused the small girl to remain tense, no matter how hard Aria tried to hide it. The small girl quickly retreated back to her seat next to Spencer.

"Wow guys that's awesome. Congratulations. I'm happy for you guys." Spencer said genuinely. The tall brunette got up and hugged both girls tightly before rejoining her Aria on the couch.

"Thank you. Both of you, it means the world to have your support." Emily said with a smile. She pulled Hanna down next to her on the couch opposite the other couple, intertwining her fingers with Hanna's.

"Okay, now let's get this party started!" Hanna cheered.

Okay, so that's part 1 of the sleepover. Part 2 should be up pretty quickly, depending on if you liked part 1 haha. Sorry there wasn't too much Aria and Spencer, but I'll put a lot of fluff in there for them next chapter. So there you have it, Emily and Hanna got together. For the sake of this story, we're pretending Hanna and Caleb already broke up and Maya just never happened. Thanks for reading my story and please leave a review of what you liked or would like to see. Anyways, please review and thanks for reading. More Hanna and Emily? Or less?