Chapter 10.
Emily's bedroom.
Hannah knocked on the door and was welcomed inside by Emily. She closed the door as she walked into the room and slowly walked over to Emily who was curled up on her bed, "So she's really alive huh?"
"I can't believe it, but yep she is. I just don't know what to feel about it. I hate everything she did and yet as mad as I am, and I was really mad at her, I still feel things for her." Emily sat up in her bed and held her pillow on her lap, "Why does she have this affect on me? Why? Why can't I hate her? I said those words over and over in my head and I think she believed me when we talked, but I still loved seeing her again. I didn't let her know that, but my heart just about melted when I saw her smiling at me. For a moment I forgot everything she'd done and just remembered the girl who was actually nice to me."
"I wish I could tell you what to do, but I can't." Hannah slid in beside Emily and put her arm around her, "I guess you haven't had a chance to talk to Maya since you found out about Alison?"
"No and I don't know what to say to her." Emily said, "She doesn't know that I was in love with Alison. She just thinks we were friends, but this changes things now. You know how Alison is, she's going to tell Maya about us and then Maya will dump me and I'll be alone again."
"Oh she will not." Hannah said with a smile, "I don't know Maya very well, but she seems like a good person. I don't see her being upset that you loved someone else. That is over, right?"
"I want it to be, but all I've thought about since I heard her voice was Alison. Every memory of the good times we had came flooding back and you guys never saw that side of her. She was so sweet to me when we were alone. I know she loved me in her own way, but how can I get over the fact she slept with Spencer?"
Hannah barely reacted to the news of Spencer, which caused Emily to become visually upset.
"You knew about this? I can't believe that. Why wouldn't you tell me?"
"Wait a second here, we just found out. I promise." Hannah said, once again trying to reassure Emily, "How did you deal with it? You never confronted Spencer about this, why?"
"I don't know. I guess I didn't blame her. I knew how Alison was, but I just didn't want everyone to know that Alison cheated on me and how little she thought of our relationship. I just wanted it to go away and it did, but now she's back."
"Okay, what do you feel right now? I'm here for you, so you can tell me anything. I swear I will not tell anyone anything you say. Not even Aria. So if you want to let something out then go for it."
"No, I don't think that's a good idea." Emily said, sliding off the bed and moving far away from Hannah, "Everything is so mixed up now. I have a new life with Maya, but I don't know what's going to happen with her and Alison is not going anywhere and she keeps saying she wants us to be together so she's not going to quit until she gets what she wants and she always does, so what if I go back with her? I'd be an idiot to do that after the things she's done to me and us and everyone."
"Maybe it was wrong to ask you to spill your guts right now. It's too soon." Hannah said with a cute smile, "I think you need to take some time and let all this sink in. Spend some time with Maya and see how things go. You will need to tell her about Alison or Alison will do it for you."
"Yes and that shows you that kind of person she is."
"Did she tell you what happened? Why she left?"
"She said she needed to get away and do some thinking. She said that she had Mona and Lucas help fake her death. I don't know the details, but then she got bored and wanted to come home, so now she is."
"Lucas was involved? Why?"
"I guess they both wanted her gone so they helped make it happen. Makes sense really, they sure had a lot to gain by her being gone. Lucas would be able to relax in school and Mona would get to become the new it girl, so I guess that explains it."
"But there was a dead body involved? How on earth could those two pull that off? Mona has a sharp tongue, but she's not really the mastermind type. Lucas, I just can't see him being able to do that either."
"What are you saying? Do you think someone else was involved?"
"I think I need to have a talk with Mona and find out what she knows." Hannah got off the bed and walked over to Emily, "Are you going to be okay? I can stay if you want."
"I'm fine, but thanks for offering. I need to tell Maya about Alison and yet there's so much I can't tell her about what we did and I hate lying to her because I came down pretty hard on Maya for a bit of a lie she told me. But, I have no choice, the truth has to come out."
"We all have secrets, so as long as you're honest with Maya I think she'll understand." Hannah gave Emily a hug and walked towards the door.
"I guess, but I wonder if I can be honest about Alison. She just has such a powerful affect on me. I'm afraid Maya will think I'm still in love with her."
Hannah turned around and looked back at Emily, "Are you in love with Alison?"
"As much as I hate to admit it, I think I am." Emily groaned, putting her pillow over her head, " God, I'm a horrible person. Who wants to be with someone like that? I know who, someone weak and pathetic like me."
"Would you stop that." Hannah ordered, "You are anything but pathetic. Love makes us do the strangest things and sometimes we love people when it doesn't make sense, but so what. All I want is for you to be happy. If it's with Maya that's great, but if it's with Alison, I'll support you a 100%. I hope you know that."
Emily finally flashed her pretty smile, "I do and thank you for being such a good friend. I think once I talk to Maya I'll know more about how I feel and I guess I'll take it from there."
"Don't hesitate to call me or Aria or even Spencer, because they want what's best for you to."
"You go talk to Mona, because I'm curious as to what she knows about all this. I'll talk to you tomorrow. Thanks for coming over."
"No problem." Hannah smiled, giving Emily one last hug before she walked out of her bedroom.
Emily smiled, picked up her cell phone and promptly called Maya.
Spencer's Home.
Melissa stormed into Spencer's bedroom, slammed the door behind her and marched up and stood in front of her sister, "Why did you make Jenna cry?"
Laughing at the insanity of Melissa's comment, Spencer got up from her computer chair and stared down at her sister, "Me? I made her cry? She can't cry. She's a crazy psycho who has no emotions, except maybe those of a sociopath."
"You don't have to like her, but we're kind of together now so you're going to have to deal with it."
"OMG. Are you insane?" Spencer asked, while trying to comprehend what she'd just heard, "Maybe insanity is catchy, because she's certifiable. What about Ian? Weren't you almost ready to have his baby just a few weeks ago?"
"No. I thought I should give him another chance, but there was no chemistry between us. He seemed different. He's always on edge, but the main thing is I don't feel anything for him now. But with Jenna, umm, it's so different. It's like nothing I've ever felt before and that's why I need you to be nice to her."
"You do realize she threatened me first? She came here and made all kinds of very sick threats about killing me. Yes, I said killing me. She was talking about me falling to my death from a plane. Talk about creepy."
"I don't believe that. She's never done anything to make me think she's capable of that. She's the victim here of your practical joke gone wrong. She was blind. So don't put the blame on her."
"Stop being blinded because you have a crush on her. Isn't she a bit young for you?" Spencer asked the question before thinking it through, but could tell by Melissa's reaction that she didn't like it.
"How dare you bring that up." Melissa screamed, "Jenna is 18, she's older than you the rest of you, so I'd appreciate it if you'd stop making snide remarks about her and us."
"I'm sorry." Spencer said, cringing at her chose of words, "I shouldn't have said that, but you have to take a step back and see that Jenna is no saint. I want you to be happy, in spite of all our fighting, I want that for you, but Jenna is not the answer. There's things you don't know about her that would make your skin crawl, I promise you. So please just stay away from her for your own good."
"You can't make accusations like that without backing it up."
"You don't want to hear this. You'll think I'm making it up but I'm not. If you want to know the truth why you don't ask her about Toby."
"What about him? They are step siblings. So what."
"You figure it out." Spencer said, a slight smirk appearing on her face.
Melissa paused for a few moments and then gasped at what Spencer was insinuating, "That's not true at all. She would never do that. I don't think she even likes Toby. She sure has nothing good to say about him."
"Maybe that's because he rejected her."
"You really do hate her don't you? I had no idea you were so filled with such venom for a girl who you blinded."
"Then don't ask about Toby, but do not act like she's a victim. Yes, what Alison did was wrong, but we never thought she'd be blind. It wasn't even for her. We are sorry, but that doesn't mean she gets a free pass to be a crazy bitch."
"I'm not talking about this with you anymore." Melissa snapped, turning away from Spencer.
Spencver smiled again, "Um, good because I didn't ask you to come barge into my room, so you can get out now."
"Oh I will, but mom and dad are you going to hear about your sex life with your friends now."
Spencer got up and lunged at her sister before she got to the door, pushing it closed again and pushing Melissa up against it, "Do not do that. Don't forget that you are part of it."
Melissa struggled to get free of her sister's impressive grip, but couldn't, causing her to get even more agitated, "Let go of me."
"Not until you say you won't say anything to mom or dad. That's stupid." Spencer said, "How about I tell them about your fling with Ian long before you were 18. I bet dad wouldn't be so nice to him if he knew he was screwing his daughter."
"I wonder why I ever tried to be nice to you." Melissa said, still doing her best to break free of Spencer's death grip, "Fine, I won't say anything, but leave Jenna alone. That's all I'm asking."
Spencer released her sister's hands and stepped backwards, "Okay. But only if that psycho stays away from me and my friends. You better make sure that happens."
"Stop bossing me around."
"I wasn't. I was making a suggestion, but if you're not afraid of me, then you probably should be afraid of Alison."
"What? What about her?" Melissa asked, still rubbing her wrists.
"Oh, you haven't heard? She's alive and back in Rosewood."
Melissa laughed, "Now I know who's the crazy one."
"Don't worry, it'll be all over the news by tonight." Spencer said with a confident smile, "The point is, Alison is a lot more dangerous than I could ever be and she will not allow anyone to threaten us, not even Jenna."
"If that's true, I feel sorry for you and your friends, because she is a very disturbed girl. Anyway, we don't have to fight you know? I'll keep Jenna away from here, but please don't cause any problems for her or us."
"I can live with that."
"Good. Now you can close the door on the way out."
Melissa looked down at her hands as she reached for the door, "Look what you did to my wrists? They're bruised."
"Oh they are not." Spencer said, taking a closer at them, "Well, maybe a little, but I barely touched you, you're just frail."
"You're just a bully."
"Oh right." Spencer said with an exasperated sigh, "Look, I'm sorry okay. I didn't mean to hurt you."
"I hope not, but I don't like this side of you." Melissa said with a disapproving glare before walking out of Spencer's room.
End of Chapter 10