Hanna awoke that morning to her phone ringing. She scrambled from the roll out bed and grabbed her phone. It was her mom calling. She answered, already worrying about what this call could be about. What her mother was about to say, was the last thing she expected.
"Hello?" Hanna said into her cell phone.
"Hanna, I knew you were lying to me." She started as soon as Hanna said hello.
"What?" Hanna asked, tensing up.
"I just got a picture of you all snuggled up with Emily. If you two are together, that's fine. I just want you to be happy. But now I know someone is messing with you. They took the picture in your room Hanna. You and Emily were asleep." Ashley said.
"Mom... Spencer took that picture." Hanna lied. "I told her to send it to you so you would know. Surprise."
"Hanna, it was from a blocked number. If there's something more-"
"Mom, Mona's locked away, there is nothing more, okay? The picture was a joke. Look we are trying to have a fun weekend. I love you, but I gotta go." Hanna said, feeling terrible.
"Okay Hanna. I love you too." Her mom didn't sound too convinced as they hung up.
"S.O.S." Hanna yelled loudly. Emily jumped up, and the others came quickly to the room Hanna and Emily were in.
"What? What is it?" Spencer asked half asleep.
"My mother just called to inform me that someone from a blocked number sent her a picture of Emily and I, sleeping. Cuddled up. Now she knows we're together." Hanna explained.
"What did you tell her?" Emily asked.
"That Spencer took it and sent it to her as a joke. To show her, surprise, we're together." Hanna answered.
"Thanks a lot." Spencer said looking at Hanna with wide eyes.
"Well I had to think of something quick!" Hanna exclaimed.
"Someone, 'A', was in your room, Hanna. Watching us sleep." Emily shivered.
"Don't you lock your doors?" Ezra asked the question once again, half asleep.
"Yes I lock the doors!" Hanna snapped. "We all try so hard to keep ourselves safe, and 'A' always figures out how to get past us. I'm sure that 'A's been in your apartment, Ezra."
"I hope not." He looked worriedly at Aria. As much as she wanted to comfort him and say she was sure 'A' hadn't been there, she couldn't.
"This is all driving me insane!" Emily exclaimed.
"Em, calm down." Aria tried.
"Yea, you say that now, until 'A' comes into your room while you're all cuddled up with Ezra and snaps photos of you two!" Hanna yelped.
"Well technically they would have to come to his room at the apartment..." Aria gave a smirk as she trailed off. "I'm sure 'A' has been there." Ezra groaned when she said that.
"I'm telling you, you don't know what you have gotten yourself into." Emily said to Ezra.
"Thanks, Em." Aria said with sarcasm.
"Well, we are all going to be tormented, so we might as well be tormented together." Hanna stated.
"Look, I think you all need to start thinking back at who would want Alison to suffer most. Who did she do the really bad things to?" Ezra asked, obviously trying to help them out.
"There are a lot of horror stories of Ali. She made a lot of lives a living hell. Including our own, sometimes." Spencer explained.
"She was cruel to you all, but yet, you were still her friends?" Ezra asked confused.
"Well, the cruel things she did to us were almost like lessons." Spencer said.
"We all need to just let this go for now and enjoy this weekend. I will enjoy it, if it kills me. I need liquor. And something strong." Hanna said, changing the subject. Spencer laughed.
"I'm with Hanna on that. Ezra and Toby could grill hamburgers?" Aria suggested in question.
"Yes, 'A' is on the prowl, Hanna wants liquor and Aria wants burgers. Sounds legit." Spencer said.
"Well, I'm not letting 'A' ruin this weekend." Hanna said.
"You know, strangely, I agree with you both. It's time for a party." Spencer said, shrugging her shoulders and smiling. The boys just shrugged off the 'A' business, and fired up the grill. As they engaged in conversation, the mood began to lighten, and the 'A' stuff was temporarily pushed to the back of their heads.