Characters for this chapter: Aria, Spencer, and Toby. Also Mr. and Mrs. Hastings.
Aria's POV
*Friday July 1st*
Spencer and I were currently having a meeting with Mr and Mrs. Hastings to discuss some things about our court date on Tuesday July 5th. Toby was still suspended from Rosewood PD so he was babysitting Jayde.
"Spencer and Aria, both of you have a good reason and as long as you say the right things in court then things will go in your favor." Mr. Hastings said
"I don't see any reason why the judge should give you girls any more then community service." Mrs. Hastings said
"What would happen if Aria or I happen to get jail time?" I asked
"Aria would have to serve her time but with you Spence we should be able to get you out." Mr. Hastings said
"I know Spencer's your daughter but what you do for her she would want you to do for me." Aria said
"If that's what Spencer wants then I agree." Mrs. Hastings said
"Yes, Plus dad you have to help both of us or neither of us. That was the deal and mom agreed to it." I said
"Your mom may have agreed but I don't. Aria got you into this trouble and when you think about she is a bad influence on you." Mr. Hastings said
"How is Aria a bad influence?" Spencer asked
"You got pregnant at 18 and just a few months after Aria had a baby." Mr. Hastings said
"Aria is my best friend and I will stand beside her for life." Spencer said
"I'm sorry but it's true." Mr. Hastings said
"Peter, you can't tell our daughter who she can and can't be friends with." Mrs. Hastings said
"I want what's best for our daughter. " Mr. Hastings said
"Spencer's 19 now and she is capable of making her own decisions. It's our job to guide her along the way and help her with the mistakes she makes." Mrs. Hastings said
I got up to leave.
"Where are you going?" Spencer asked
"Spencer, it's obvious your dad doesn't want me here." I said
"Aria, please stay. If my parents won't help you then I am not going to let them help me." Spencer said
"We will help you this one time Aria but you need to promise to keep Spencer out of trouble from now on." Mr. Hastings said
"I'm sorry for getting Spencer into trouble. I promise it won't happen again." I said
Spencer and I went back to the apartment.
"How did the meeting go?" Toby asked
"How do you think it went?" Spencer asked
"Not so good because you don't seem happy right now." Toby said
"My parents well mostly my dad didn't want to help Aria but they would do anything to save me from going to jail." Spencer said
"Spence, your parents have no obligation to help Aria and they are helping you because they love you." Toby said
"Is my friendship with Aria that much of a bad influence that you don't want me to be friends with her either?" Spencer asked
"Spence, I never said that." Toby said
"I know you never said that but that's exactly what my parents think." Spencer said
"Don't worry about it. Your parents can think what they want to think but that will never stop us from being friends." I said
*Tuesday July 5th*
Spencer and I are in the court room. Toby is here for Spencer and my mom is here for me so Jason is watching Jayde. I wasn't looking forward to seeing Jake in the court room but I couldn't wait to get this day over with.
"Aria, explain why you broke into Jake's apartment." The judge said
"Jake and I were dating. We got into a really big fight. I knew our relationship was going downhill but I didn't expect it to end the way it did. He locked me out of his apartment with my daughter locked inside with him. I know Jayde's birth certificate says Jake is the father but he isn't. I did what I had to do to get my daughter back safely and that meant breaking into Jakes apartment because he wouldn't let me back in." I said
"Spencer, explain why you helped Aria." The Judge said
"Arias my best friend and she has been since we were kids. I knew if the roles were reversed she would help me. " Spencer said
"Now I would like to hear what your Lawyers Mr. and Mrs. Hastings think." The Judge said
"Aria would never do anything to intentionally hurt someone but she did what she had to do to protect her daughter. With this in mind I wouldn't consider what Aria did breaking and entering. It's more like breaking and rescuing." Mrs. Hastings said
"Spencer at the time thought quickly and she thought helping Aria was the best choice. In reality it probably wasn't the best choice but Spencers best friends are like sisters to her. With this in mind Jayde is almost like Spencer's niece." Mr. Hastings said
The court session went on an hour break for the judge to decide.
"You did great and so did Aria." Toby said
"Toby, once this is over with do you think you will be able to return to work?" Spencer asked
"I called Tanner but she's not returning any of my calls." Toby said
"Well maybe if you walked into the police station and asked to talk to Tanner." I said
"I'm not allowed on Rosewood police station property unless Tanner calls me in for another meeting." Toby said
The hour went by fast and court was back in session.
"I have decided that Aria and Spencer are guilty of breaking and entering. Both girls will have to serve 100 days in jail and 25 hours of community service after that." The Judge said
Spencer and I were both crying. This was going to be harder on Spencer because she would be having her baby while in police custody and then not be able to see the baby until our 100 days was up.
"Wait, If it's not to late I would like to drop the breaking and entering chargers against Aria Montgomery and Spencer Cavanaugh." Jake said
I looked at Jake and mouthed the words "Thank You"
"It technically is to late but as a judge I will make a one time exception. Aria and Spencer you will still have to complete 25 hours of community service but will no longer have to serve jail time." The Judge said
Court was over. Community service would be nothing compared to the jail time we could have gotten.
*Friday July 15th*
Toby still hasn't gotten his job back at Rosewood PD. I told both him and Spencer that I would get a job to help pay for the apartment rent since I am still living in it. The only place that I could get a job at right now was the Brew.
"Aria, I haven't seen you in months." Ezra said
"I need to ask you something. This may sound crazy but if I needed a job would you give me one?" I asked
"I only have a part time opening right now but yes you can have the job as long as you don't mind me being your boss." Ezra said
"No, I mean yes I do mind but I can get used to it." I said
"Are you available to start today because the Brew is really busy and I'm short on help." Ezra said
"Sure thing boss." I said
*Saturday July 23rd*
I love my job at the Brew. Having Ezra as my boss isn't that bad. I'm making $10 an hour and I get tips. It's the middle of the afternoon and I just got off my shift. Jayde's 1st birthday is in 3 days so tonight we are celebrating her birthday.
My mom is coming over to the apartment. Hanna, Emily, Alison, Jason and his 2 girl will also be at the party.
Later that night we were about to cut the birthday cake. Jayde only gets a few little bits of the vanilla ice cream cake and the rest is for us.
"Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday, dear Jayde ,Happy birthday to you" Everyone sang the song.
"How old are?" I asked Jayde
"Say a number Jayde." Toby said
"1 daddy." Jayde said
1 was the only number Jayde learned so far so this question was to easy for her. Jayde was still calling Toby daddy. This wasn't bothering anyone except Spencer.
"This is all your fault Toby." Spencer said
"Spence, I'm sorry. This isn't my fault. Jayde doesn't know and I'm around her a lot so it was bound to happen."
"Well maybe if we didn't have Aria and Jayde live here then this wouldn't have happened." Spencer said
"Spence, Jayde is 1 so just play along with it for now and when she's older we will tell her." Toby said
"Who's we? Me and you or Aria and you?" Spencer asked
"Lets not argue about this right now Spence. At least not in front of everyone else." Toby said
"Can you say 1 mommy?" I asked to make Spencer stop fighting with Toby
"1 mommy." Jayde said
"Can you two stop fighting now?" I asked
"Yes, sorry. It was wrong of me to get upset about Jayde calling Toby her dad." Spencer said
The rest of the party went on without fighting.
Thoughts on this chapter?
Are you happy with how Spencer and Aria's court session went?
Should Toby get his job at Rosewood PD back in the next chapter?
Do you like that Aria has a job at the Brew now and Ezra is her boss?
What do you think Toby meant when he said We? Did he mean Spencer and him or Aria and him?
Next chapter is August. Spencer will go into labor in the next chapter. What do you want Spencer to be doing when her water break? Should Toby be with Spencer or away from Spencer and she calls him in a panic?
Also coming up after that will be a special Haleb reunion (I think about 3 chapters away).
Thank you for reading. Reviewing would be great as well.
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Sorry for taking longer to update this story and some of my other stories as well.
