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"Em? You coming?" asked Hanna. Emily was standing at her locker when Hanna came over to ask if she was going to lunch.
"Uh yeah" said Emily feebly as she closed her locker. Hanna looked at Emily concerned, "What is up with everyone lately? When Spencer was at mine the other night, she was in a really weird mood. She was distant, and you, you've been acting strange too. The only seemingly normal one is Aria. But I haven't seen her outside of school because she's been spending all her time with Fitz. What is going on?!"
Emily stopped in the middle of the hall and stared at Hanna wide-eyed. Hanna looked at Emily, "What? I'm not allowed to have a random outburst every once and a while?"
Emily's face broke into a smile, which caused Hanna to laugh, "I'm just worried about everyone. Is it A?" Emily shook her head, "No, it's not A" Hanna put her arm out stopping Emily, "You'd tell me if it was?" Emily smiled and nodded, "Of course".
Hanna exhaled as they started walking again. As the turned the corner to the canteen, Hanna spotted Spencer and Aria. Hanna took a seat beside Spencer and Emily hesitantly took the seat next to Aria facing Spencer.
"So, how's everything with you?" asked Aria to the group. Spencer kept her head down, looking into her pasta, Emily too, but taking a sly glance at Spencer every few seconds. Aria raised an eyebrow, "What's up with you two?"
Hanna looked from Emily to Spencer, "Beats me. They won't tell me anything". Emily looked across at Hanna for a few seconds until she caught Spencer staring at her. They held each other's gaze across the table for a few seconds before Spencer got to her feet.
"Where are you going Spence?" asked Aria. "I forgot I have a meeting for the Decathlon team. I'll see you in Chem later" Aria shrugged her shoulders.
Hanna glanced at a table across the canteen, "Unless the rest of the team forgot too, I think Spencer lying" "What do you mean?" asked Aria. Hanna nodded towards the table across the canteen.
"But why would she lie?" asked Aria inquiringly. "I don't know, but something is definitely up" replied Hanna.
"I'm gunna go talk to her" said Emily getting to her feet. "We'll come with you" said Aria grabbing her bag, but Emily put her hand on her shoulder, "No. She doesn't need us all to question her. I'll let you know what I find out, but for now, just let me go" There was a pleading tone in Emily's voice that worried Aria, "Yeah, sure".
With that Emily left the canteen in search of Spencer.
When she was gone, Aria turned to Hanna, "Ok, what the hell is going on with everyone?" Hanna moved into Spencer's seat across from Aria, "That's what I've been trying to figure out, but no one will tell me anything" said Hanna exasperated.
"Is it A?" "No. Emily assured me it wasn't" The two girls sat in silence for a few seconds before Aria looked at Hanna squinting, "You don't think…No" and she went back to eating her salad.
Hanna looked at Aria, "What?" "It's nothing. It's stupid" Hanna sighed, "Oh come on, spit it out!" Aria put her fork down, "You don't think something, happened, between them. Do you?" Hanna was taken aback, "What?!" Aria shrugged her shoulders and returned to her food, "See, I told you it was stupid".
Hanna shook her head, "No, that's the best reason we've had so far".
Aria looked at Spencer, "Whoa, Spencer and Emily". Hanna laughed "Spemily" "They'd make a cute couple" said Aria smiling. "Yeah, but it's kind of weird" said Hanna shrugging. "Well we don't even know for sure that that's what's up. So don't say anything to them until we get some more info, deal?" "Deal" replied Hanna. "Wait, when you say, get some more info, does this mean we're going investigating?" asked Hanna. Arian smiled and nodded.
This is going to be fun, thought Hanna to herself.
As the girls continued on with their lunch, Aria started giggling. "What?" asked Hanna smiling "Spemily" laughed Aria.
"What? Every couple deserves a ship name. Yours and Fitz is Ezria. Caleb and I are Haleb" "Ezria?" questioned Aria. "Oh you love it" said Hanna very matter of fact.
"Spemily" giggled Aria once again.
Well I hope you liked this chapter. It was a bit longer than usual but I'm sure no one's complaining about that. Anyway, don't forget to leave any comments or queries by reviewing.
