So I promised FUNKYSHAY an update today (even though I was sick all night with food poisoning), and I'm feeling a little better, so I'm gonna go ahead and start this update! Hopefully I can get it done by tonight so FUNKYSHAY can wake up a happy camper! :)

As usual, I hope you enjoy the update, and tell me what you think!

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The girls all ordered their breakfast after Hanna's little talk with Emily and they all ate in comfortable conversation, everything seemed great until Emma shifted uncomfortably in her seat. Evelyn put her arm around her girlfriend's shoulders and tried to catch her gaze.

"Emma, are you okay?" Evelyn asked, her blue eyes dulling to a shade of grey with concern.

"I don't feel so good…" Emma muttered, shaking her head slowly.

"Let's get you to the bathroom, right now!" Spencer and Evelyn helped her up and hurried her to the bathroom.

"Maybe we should go help…" Hanna said, looking between Aria and Emily. The other girls nodded and hurried to the bathroom behind the other three. When they got into the restroom, they heard Emma gagging from one of the stalls.

"Is she going to be okay?" Aria asked Spencer, who stood with a worried look on her face as Evelyn held Emma's hair back.

"I don't know, does anyone else feel sick?" Spencer asked the girls, who all shook their heads.

Just then, all four of their phones buzzed at the same time and they immediately knew. Spencer felt her blood boil as she reached for her phone simultaneously with the others. They all checked their screens to find the same text message.

Who wants some Ipecac on their waffles? –A

"That bitch…" Spencer muttered, walking over to the sink and leaning forward on her hands and staring into the mirror, trying to control her anger as the other girls processed what just happened. Emily nervously bit her lip and walked up beside Spencer, who was now staring down into the sink.

"Hey, it's gonna be okay. We haven't let A break us yet and we're not going to," Emily put her hand on Spencer's back and rubbed up and down. Spencer looked at her girlfriend and spoke in a low whisper so that Evelyn and Emma couldn't hear.

"Emily, this is all my fault…anyone who ever gets remotely close with me outside of us four always ends up getting hurt," Spencer scolded herself.

"Spence…this is not your fault. A is just trying to screw with us. And I know it's cruel. But we have to be strong for the sake of everyone we know," Emily said, wrapping her arms around Spencer and stroking her hair.

"Hey guys, I think we need to call an ambulance," Evelyn poked her head out of the bathroom stall with a worried look on her face.

"I'm on it," Aria jumped to help, dialing 911 immediately.

"Hey, I'm gonna go get our things from the table," Hanna said to Spencer and Emily, who both nodded. Hanna walked back to the table and saw the little black book that had their check inside. Hanna cursed herself for forgetting about the check and picked up the booklet along with everyone's things that they'd left at the table. She carried it all back to the bathroom and stumbled inside.

"We forgot this," Hanna handed the black book to Spencer.

"Right, the check." Spencer opened it, expecting to find a bill for all of their food, but instead she found something else. A note, written in red marker, laid inside.

"Guys," Spencer said to the other three, calling them into a half circle around the sink.

Breakfast is on me, bitches. – A

"What the hell?" Aria asked worriedly.

"A was here!" Hanna said, "He…she…IT followed us up here! They're probably staying in the same hotel and everything!"

Spencer shivered at the thought. Did A know about her and Emily having sex? Did A have something they were waiting to use against them? And most of all, who was A going to hurt next?

…

"How is she?" Spencer asked anxiously as she greeted Mrs. Shepherd outside Emma's room at the local hospital.

"She's going to be fine; they're just giving her some fluids and some nutrients to get her back on her feet. She'll be out of here in no time," Laura explained, placing a comforting hand on Spencer's arm.

"I can't believe this happened…" Spencer shook her head in disbelief as she and Laura stepped into Emma's room.

"Hey," Emma smiled weakly.

"Hey, how do you feel?" Spencer asked.

"Better, but still pretty weak," Emma nodded.

"The nurse said she needs a lot of fluid in her system right now," Evelyn added in from her seat in the chair adjacent to the bed.

Spencer nodded, "As long as it helps you get better."

"Listen, Spencer, thank you for coming along. I know it's been weird between me and Emily after everything, so it means a lot that you came," Emma admitted.

"I just want to know that everything's okay," Spencer said quietly.

"Where are the others?" Evelyn asked curiously.

"Back at the hotel, packing up. We have to check out and head back to Rosewood today," Spencer explained. Emma nodded.

"And, Emily is okay with you being here? Because I don't wanna step on anyone's toes. I know she feels like I'm in the way sometimes," Emma smiled softly.

"What do you mean?" Spencer asked inquisitively.

Emma smiled knowingly, "I see the way she looks at you, Spencer. She loves you. And when I talk to you I can see her tense up, even if we're just friends. She's protective, and I don't blame her, but I just want to make sure you're not messing up with her by being here."

Spencer thought about what Emma said. It all made sense when she thought about it. Emily had said it was okay to go to the hospital and see Emma. But had she really been okay with it? Spencer wondered if Emily was holding anything back from her.

"She understands that it's okay to be there for friends sometimes. But Emily…well, let's just say it's been a while since she could really trust someone in a relationship and now that we're together, I feel like she doesn't want to lose that trust. She's okay with me being here because she trusts me, not because she's okay with it," Spencer explained logically to herself and to Emma.

"You guys seem very close," Emma nodded.

"We're closer than close. We know almost everything about each other and have been through a lot together. That's where the trust comes in. Emily has trust issues and well…she's slowly starting to let people in again. So just give her time and space and she'll warm up to you," Spencer smiled.

Just then, Spencer's phone rang and she looked at the screen. It was Emily.

"Hey, Em." Spencer held up one finger to Emma, Evelyn, and Laura as she spoke.

"Hey. What room is Emma in?" Emily asked.

"Room 19 on the second floor."

"I'm coming up. Hanna and Aria and I already checked out so we came to get you," Emily explained.

"I'll just come to you-," Spencer began.

"No! I'll come to you. I want to see how Emma's doing anyway," Emily said, covering for the fact that she mainly just wanted to be with Spencer and Emma so she could keep an eye on them.

"Okay, I'll see you in a minute." Spencer hung up and furrowed her brow.

"Is Emily here?" Emma asked.

"She's coming up for a minute before I have to get going with the other girls," Spencer explained.

"Emily is your girlfriend?" Laura asked. Spencer turned toward Mrs. Shepherd and nodded.

"Yeah," Spencer couldn't help but smile, despite the situation, "Me, her, and our two best friends have to drive back to Rosewood soon, so she wanted to say bye to Emma and Evelyn."

Emma looked towards Spencer, "Despite all this, I really did have a great time Spencer. Getting to hang out with you, Emily, Aria, and Hanna was really fun."

"I had a great time too. I'm just so sorry this had to happen," Spencer sighed and shook her head as she heard footsteps in the doorway. Spencer turned around to see Emily.

"How are you doing?" Emily asked Emma.

"I've been worse," Emma replied simply. Emily nodded before directing her attention to Spencer.

"Um, Emily, this is Emma's mom, Laura," Spencer said, motioning to the young-looking mom.

"Hi, Emily. It's nice to meet you!" Laura extended her hand and Emily shook it politely.

"Nice to meet you too."

"Mom, Emily is a champion swimmer. Didn't you swim in high school?" Emma asked.

Laura's face lit up, "I did swim! I went to state all four years, won twice. You're a champion, eh?" Laura asked, impressed. Emily blushed and shook her head in modesty.

"I do okay," Emily nodded.

"Yeah, okay enough to beat every record in the books!" Spencer added.

"Wow! You must have a lot of schools interested in you!" Laura smiled.

"A couple, yeah," Emily nodded. "But I'm just hoping I can go somewhere close to Brown," she added, smiling at Spencer.

"That shouldn't be a problem, as long as your academics are good as well," Laura assured her.

"They are!" Spencer nudged her girlfriend.

Emily switched gears and looked over at Emma and Evelyn, "Emma, thank you for inviting us to the concert. We had a great time. It was really great to get to know you. And it was nice to meet you Evelyn."

"We had fun too, I hope we can try again sometime. Hope fully some time when I won't get sick!" Emma joked.

Emily gave a dry laugh, "Yeah, another time," she looked at Spencer, "Are you ready?"

"Yeah," Spencer walked over to Emma's bed and leaned down to give her a hug, "Feel better, and keep me updated! Bye, Evelyn," Spencer waved as she pulled back from Emma. Laura looked at Emily as all this happened and noticed her shift her weight and cross her arms uncomfortably. Spencer walked towards the doorway where Emily stood.

"Sorry we had to meet again like this," Spencer apologized, "What is it with us and hospitals?"

Laura laughed a little at the brunette's dry joke, "No idea. But it was nice to see you, regardless. Good luck with school. Emily, it was a pleasure," Laura said warmly.

"Thanks," Emily smiled.

"Well, I'll talk to you guys soon! Bye," Spencer waved, lacing her fingers with Emily as they departed for Rosewood.

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On the way back, Hanna drove, Aria sat in the front, and Spencer and Emily sat in the back seat. For a while they just talked, listened to music and tried to avoid the subject of A. Mostly they just didn't want to believe that A had followed them to the hotel. Just thinking about it was enough to creep them out. They arrived back in Rosewood around 2 o' clock that afternoon. Hanna first stopped at Spencer's house.

"I'll walk you up, Spence." Emily unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car with her girlfriend. Hanna rolled her window down and called to Spencer.

"Bye Spence, we'll text you!" Hanna smiled.

"Bye!" She heard Aria call from the passenger seat.

"Bye guys," Spencer half smiled, grabbing her things and walking up the drive way with Emily by her side.

"I'll call you tonight," Emily smiled.

"Okay, I love you," Spencer said, her arms coming to wrap around Emily.

"I love you too," Emily leaned in and gave Spencer a nice, wet kiss.

They were broken apart by the loud noise of Hanna's car horn. They both shot the blonde a dirty look before looking back at each other and leaning in for one last kiss.

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Hanna and Emily arrived back at Hanna's house and immediately went up to their room, exhausted and in need of some rest.

"My feet hurt so bad!" Hanna complained as she kicked her shoes off and began changing into some comfier clothes.

"No kidding. I just want to lay down!" Emily agreed, also changing her clothes. Hanna finished changing into her sweats and hopped onto her bed as Emily looked for some pajama pants across the room in her underwear.

"You must drive Spencer crazy with all that lingeree you wear, Em!" Hanna teased. Emily furrowed her brow and laughed a little.

"I don't know, I just wear what I think is cute," Emily shrugged, deciding on a pair of light blue polka dotted pants and a white tank top. She pulled them on and sat cross-legged on her bed, pulling a pillow onto her lap and leaning onto it.

"All I know is Spencer was slap happy this morning when she came into Aria's and my hotel room. Last night was really special to her," Hanna smiled, knowing Emily still felt weird about the whole Emma thing.

Emily looked at Hanna thoughtfully, "You don't think she regrets it?"

"Are you kidding? It meant the world to her! I can see it in her face," Hanna assured the swimmer.

"It meant a lot to me, too. It was one of the best nights of my life. I'm so happy that Spencer told me she was ready to have sex. It was a big thing for her, and now I feel so close with her, you know?" Emily asked.

"Yeah. When me and Caleb first had sex there was just a new bond between us, and it takes a lot to break that afterward," Hanna said.

Emily nodded and jumped a little when her phone beeped. Thinking it might be Spencer, she eagerly checked and frowned at what she saw. On her screen was a picture of her and Spencer kissing passionately at the concert. It was obviously them and underneath the photo was a message.

How romantic! I'm sure Mommy would love to hear all about it! Tell her or I will. – A

Emily lost the color in her face and she felt sick. She looked up at Hanna, who seemed confused.

"What is it?" The blonde got up and came over to Emily's bed. Emily silently showed her the message and picture.

"Is that enough to break it?"

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A is getting ruthless! I'll try to keep him/her at bay, but A is really working hard to get into my story! ;) Hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for the feedback!