Lost and Found Chapter 12

Spencer hung up her phone, smiling. She had just gotten finished talking to Noel, who had agreed to help her and Aria find their birth parents. The thought of having her entire family together made her very happy. She knew, of course, that Aria and Noel were already perfectly happy with their families now and she understood that. She had no intention of replacing that. But she also knew that they'd be happy finding their real parents and having them in their lives.

Spencer, leaning up against her housemate's headboard, glanced at Caleb, who was looking at her questioningly, from his desk.

"Why are you so smiley?" he asked.

"No reason. I was just talking to Noel." She told him.

"Kahn? Uh-isn't he with Jenna Marshall?" I didn't know that you two were-"

"God, no!" Spencer cringed. She surprised herself with that response. She had only known about Noel being her brother for a few short hours and already the accusation of them dating grossed her out. "We are not a couple."

"So why were you talking to him just now?" he continued.

Spencer bit her lip. "Can you keep a secret?"

Caleb furrowed his eye brows but nodded. "Yeah. What is it?"

Spencer scooted closer to him from her spot on his bed. "When my parents fled town, they left me a note. Mostly, it was a crappy attempt at an apology. But, they also said that I was adopted. So, I did my research and though I didn't find my parents, I found my siblings. I'm part of a set of triplets. Noel is my brother. Aria Montgomery is our sister." Spencer gasped for air after completing her story.

Caleb stared at her in disbelief. "The three of you are related?"

Spencer nodded. "Yup. And we are going to work together to find our parents."

"Wow." Caleb sighed.

"Yeah, but you have to promise not to tell anyone."

Caleb nodded. "Yeah, yeah, of course. Now that I think about it, you and Aria do look similar."

Spencer cracked a smile. "Yeah we have the same hair and eyes. Noel's are blue so I'm guessing one parent had blue and the other brown."

"It's so weird though. You've all known each other for 16 years and without a clue."

"It's surreal." Spencer agreed.

The two friends sat in silence for a moment before Spencer stood up. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have another phone call to make."

Caleb raised his eye brows. "Who is it this time?"

Spencer just shrugged her shoulders before leaving his room and heading for her own. She dialed the person's number as she slumped down on her bed.

"Hey, Spence! I was wondering when you' call." Toby answered on the second ring.

"Hey. Yeah I'm sorry about rushing out earlier. I had a…family emergency to tend to." She told him.

"It's fine." He assured her. "Is everything ok?"

"Yeah, everything is great now." She said honestly."

"That's good. I wanted to thank you though for today. It really helped and I actually had fun."

Spencer chuckled. "I'm not sure how fun French can be but It was no problem."

"Ok the French was not fun, but hanging out with you was."

Spencer blushed. "Thanks. You're not the worst company either."

Toby laughed. "Thanks. So I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah, see you. Good night, Toby."

"Good night, Spencer."


Aria woke up Wednesday morning feeling different. It was only the third day of her junior year and her life had flipped upside down. Yesterday she had learned she was really adopted; her parents weren't really her parents and her brother and her were not really related. Instead she was part of a set of triplets. Spencer had come over yesterday to drop the news on her and Noel. It was no secret she had been upset that she was lied to all her life, but now she was mostly filled with curiosity. What were her bio parents like? Why did they put her, Spencer, and Noel put up for adoption? She was hoping to find out those answers by finding them along with Spencer. She had no idea how long it would take but hopefully it would all be worth it in the end.

She had pretended to be asleep when her mom came home the previous night. Aria had planned on avoiding her for now. It was hard looking at the person who you believed to be your mother your whole to find out she really wasn't. It wasn't that she thought her mom wasn't her mom anymore. It was just that it suddenly felt different. Aria loved her mom all the same but now that part of Aria's heart that always ached suddenly made sense. It belonged to her real parents. She wasn't going to replace Ella, but she craved to meet and bond with her biological mother.

So this morning, Aria had rushed out the door, calling over her shoulder to say she was eating breakfast at the Brew.

She had gotten there earlier than usual, so barely anyone was there this early. She grabbed her coffee and bagel and took a seat on the couch in the back. She pulled out her book to busy herself until she could head to school. Occasionally, the bell over the door would ring, signaling a new customer's arrival, so Aria would glance up to see. About ten minutes into Aria's stay two customers in particular caught the brunette's eyes. One shared some of the same features of the girl herself. The two teens were laughing and talking while ordering their drinks. When they received their orders they finally looked up to see who was watching them.

"Hey Aria," Spencer said, making her way over, Caleb following suit.

"Hey guys," Aria greeted back with a smile. "What are you two doing here so early…together?"

Aria's sister and best friend glanced at each other. She caught a silent conversation bounce from their eyes. Since when have they been friends?

Caleb spoke up. "Uh, we got partnered up on a project together so we met up to go over some things."

"Oh okay." Aria said, nodding her head. Totally not buying it. She'd let it go for now.

The three continued to talk for a while about random things, finding themselves comfortable with each other even though some of their relationship was still new. As It grew closer to school time, Spencer told Caleb to go on ahead and she'd see him in glass for their "project". Caleb nodded, getting she wanted some time with her new found sister.

"So, Noel called me last night," Spencer started as they packed up their belongings, "He's in and wants to help us."

Aria smiled. "Really? What made him change his mind?"

The taller girl shrugged. "No idea, but I'm glad."

Aria nodded.

Spencer continued. "So we should exchange numbers. That way we can start planning what we're going to do."

"Oh, yeah. Hand me your phone."

The two girls swapped phones and added themselves as contacts.

"So I'll see you later then, sis." Aria joked.

Spencer giggled. "Bye."


Aria day went on smooth from then on. She had made plans to visit Ezra around lunch. She needed to tell him about her mother being in the same building as him 24/7. When the lunch bell rang she was already speeding down the hall towards his classroom. The halls were basically cleared by then; most students racing to be first in the lunch line. There was one person she noticed still at his locker. As she passed she glanced into Ezra's room. He was grading papers at his desk. He could way a minute or two.

She made her way to the boy as he was shoving books into his locker. He noticed her as soon as she was by his side. "Hey, Noel." She greeted quietly.

"Hey." He said back, carelessly.

She sighed. "Spencer told me you decided to help us find our parents. What made you change your mind?"

He ignored her, taking a text book from his locker.

"You can talk to me you know. We're-"

He cut her off. "Brother and sister? Yeah, I know. Just because we share dna doesn't all of a sudden mean thick as thieves. Yes, I agreed to help you two but I didn't agree to all the mushy sibling bonding. So unless you have any news on finding our parents, I've got other things to worry about."

Aria's eyes narrowed. That was harsh. She'd known Noel all her life. Yeah, he could be an ass, but never had he been so rude to her before. You'd think after what they found out yesterday that something would change. She didn't expect them to be buddy buddy but still. Something was definitely off with him and it didn't just have to do with his new family status.

Noel seemed to notice his tone just after had said it. He hadn't meant to come out so rude but he was stressed. His parents were gone until the weekend on their never ending business trips. He was still figuring out how he'd manage as a father. And now he had biological family shit to deal with.

Aria took a deep breath. She felt as if she had to walk on egg shells with him. "Noel, is everything-"

She was cut off again, but by another voice. "Ms. Montgomery, Mr. Kahn, is everything alright out here?" Ezra.

The pair looked over at the man standing in his doorway. Noel and Aria glanced at each other once more as Noel shut his locker.

"Everything's great Mr. Fitz. I was just leaving."

Aria watched as he made his way down the hall toward the cafeteria, not bothering to look back.

She turned he attention to the other man a few feet in front of her. His eyes silently asked if everything is okay. She gave a tight smile and followed him into the classroom. Ezra looked out into the hallway again before closing the door.

"Was everything okay? It looked pretty intense with you two."

Aria sighed. "Yeah. I think Noels going through some stuff and he won't let me help."

Ezra raised his eye brows. "I didn't think you two were friends."

"It's complicated."

He nodded, walking over to his desk.

Aria continued. "So my mom got a new job the other day."

Ezra looked up at her again, confused. "That's great…"

"Here. At Rosewood High." She elaborated.

His eye brows shot up. "Oh. Uh, that's, um"

"Yeah." Aria stated. "Just thought you should know."

He nodded again, walking back over to her."Thanks for telling me. I'll have to watch out for her. Make sure I make a good impression."

Aria scoffed. "Good. She's very picky."

"Should I be worried?" he asked, slightly joking.

Aria giggled. "Very."

Ezra smiled. "So I was wondering if you'd like to come over to my apartment this weekend. I can cook. Rent us a movie."

"You cook?"

"Oh yeah. You need to heat something in the microwave, I'm you guy."

Aria laughed. "Okay, how about I cook and you just stay in charge of the movie."

Ezra chuckled, leaning against his desk. "Fair enough. What movie would you like to see?"

"Hmm. Dear John? The Vow? Oh! Magic Mike!"

"I'm sorry, are you going on date with me or Channing Tatum?" Ezra retorted.

Aria smirked. "We'll see. Bye Mr. Fitz." And before he could say anything, she was out the door.


Like every day, Noel had driven Jenna home. It was routine they had established as soon as he had acquired his driver's license mid last year. Though, these past few days, their rides have added more tension and awkward-ness. I guess you could blame it on the elephant in the room er-the baby in the car.

"So," Jenna began, "I have a doctor's appointment booked tomorrow. It's during our lunch time so I don't need an excuse for my parents if I were to go in the afternoon. Would you like to go with me?"

Noel smiled slightly. "Of course. What are they going to do?"

"An ultrasound. They'll tell me how many weeks I am, the estimated due date, and how the baby is doing. Overall it's just a check up." She explained.

"So we'll get to see the baby?" Noel asked.

Jenna smiled. "Yeah, we'll see our baby."

Something about that thought made Noel's stomach flip. It got more and more real every day. "I'll call you later okay?"

Jenna nodded, leaning over to kiss him quickly. "Love you."

"Love you, too."

Noel watched as she exited his car and made her way up to her porch. She waved to him before going inside. He waited until the door was shut to drive away.


"So what's up with your mood swings lately?" Hanna questioned, laying on stomach horizontal on her bed.

Spencer, form her spot on Hanna's day bed, where she has spent the night numerous times, looked up questioningly at her friend. "What?"

"You know. Monday you're happy and you're parents are all lovey dovey. Tuesday you're depressed because of some family issues. Finally today, you're all rainbows and unicorns again but for some unknown reason."

Spencer shrugged, turning back to her homework. Hanna however wasn't letting this go. Closing her magazine, she sat up and looked straight at her brunette bff. "Spencer what's going on?"

"Nothing," she murmured, not looking up from her text book.

"Oh my god, are you pregnant?" Hanna exclaimed.

Spencer's head shot up, eyes wide. "What?! No!"

"Oh I know. You're still a virgin. I just wanted your attention." Spencer rolled her eyes. "Now that I do, you wanna tell me what's going on?"

Spencer sighed, getting up from the day bed and going to sit across from Hanna on her bed. "Look, I can't really explain much now because I honestly am not sure what's going on. All I can tell you is that my family is much more complicated than I though. As soon as I have everything figured out you'll be first to know."

Hanna smiled content with that answer."Good, just wanted to make sure my girl's ok."

Spencer smiled back.

"So, reverting back to the previous topic, planning on losing you v-card anytime soon?"

Spencer's eyes widened again. "What-"

"I mean you might as well have already with all that eye sex you and Toby were having today at lunch. "

"Hanna!" Spencer gasped, hitting her friend with a pillow.

"Come on, it's so obvious." Hanna laughed

"What about you and Caleb? At least I actually talk to the guy I like. You just stare at him stalker-like from a distance." Spencer retorted, laughing as well.

Hanna gasped, taking her turn to hit Spencer with a pillow. The two girls laughed, clutching their stomachs. This is just the thing Spencer has needed these past few days.


That night after dinner, Spencer set up a three way call between her, Aria and Noel. She waited patiently for them both to answer.

"Hey guys it's Spencer." She began after they picked up.

"Well yeah, I have caller ID."

Spencer rolled her eyes at Noel.

"Ignore him," Aria spoke up. "He's been cranky all week."

"Hey, I don't have to help you two." Noel retorted.

"Yeah, but for some reason you want to or you wouldn't have called me yesterday." Spencer shot back. "Anyway, we need a game plan. I want to start searching as soon as possible. I figured we could all use some time to let things sink in."

"Agreed. I want to start searching tomorrow." Aria added.

"How about during lunch? That's as good of time as any." Spencer suggested.

"Uh, I can't tomorrow during lunch. I uh, have a study session." Noel spoke up again, sounding distracted.

"Well would you be okay if Spencer and I started anyway? We can meet up after school and catch you up." Aria said.

"Whatever."

Both girls rolled their eyes, even though they couldn't see each other.

"Well, I guess I'll see you both tomorrow." Spencer concluded.

"Yeah, good night!"

"See ya."

"Night!"

As Spencer ended the call, she couldn't stop the smile on her face. As weird as it was, the call felt like a real conversation between siblings. And the fact that they'd begin finding their parents tomorrow wasn't so bad either.


A/N: So this may be posted a technically a day late depending on your time zone but here it is! And its one of my longest chaps so I hope it makes up for it!

Few things

1.I want to make sure my way of explaining the parents thing seems realistic and understandable. How Aria doesn't want to replace her mom yet she is yearning to find her birth mom. Hopefully I'm doing ok with that.

the pace of the story doesn't seem too fast. I don't want to waste time getting into the search but I don't want it to happen too fast so let me know what you think of that/

Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I gave some Spoby, some Ezria. I had to add Spanna because I love their friendship. And of course some Sparia/Spaleb. I love their friendships too. Please let me know what you think in the reviews. Also I want between 5-10 reviews on each chapter before I update, but I think y'all can do it! Your reviews are amazing!

Quick shout out to pllfanaticforev. She left the nicest review ever! It was so sweet and amazing and I was seriously smiling through the whole thing! Thank you so much for the long review and I'm really glad you like the story! I hope I continue to please and that you continue to enjoy!

Up Next: Sparia…Spoel….Jenna/Noel baby checkup. The search begins.

xoxMel