Chapter 14

Aria's POV

I love my new home, Ezra didn't let me see it decorated until I moved in, it is amazing.

When you walk through the front door its a wide open hallway, directly in front of you are the stairs going upstairs, the kitchen is massive, its all black marble work tops, a top of the range oven, top range fridge/freezer, the front room has a huge TV with a top of the range gaming console for the boys, mine and Ezra's room is huge, it has the nicest bed and leads into a small boxroom which will make a perfect nursery, Wes's room looks like something from the future with the latest gaming computer. The nursery is totally empty at the minute and hasn't been decorated, Ezra wanted me and him to do that together.

Ezra talked his mother into stumping up for the house and the furniture and to pay for Wes's upkeep. I can't believe that he made her do it but he did, she has also given us some money to help with getting everything that we need for the baby, maybe she does have a heart after all.

I finished unpacking about an hour ago, me, Ezra and Wes are sat in the front room watching a film. Wes is glad that there is enough furniture for him to sit on even when me and Ezra are lounging on the sofa together.

It is amazing to know that I am starting my own family, it fills me with contentment, this is how my life is going to be.

Mom says that she is going to approach the principal and explain the situation, she said I might have to transfer out of Ezra's class so that there isn't a conflict of interest but that it should all be okay, I hope to good she's right, Ezra seems to think she is so I guess I have to believe it.

"I'm going to go to bed" I tell Ezra when I wake up.

"Okay babe, I'm going to watch the end of the film and I'll be up".

I nod and kiss him, its nice knowing he's going to be joining me in bed every night.

"Night Wes".

"Night Aria".

Spencer's POV

I need some more. I can't do this, I can't stand feeling like this. Its only a matter of time before I have another panic attack, I can't stop them coming, I've had four or five in the last hour, it might be six in two hours, I don't know.

I am so hungry, I really need something to eat, something like a ice cream sandwich, oh a ice cream sandwich sounds so good right now. Mom is down there though.

I get off my bed and go to the bathroom. I see myself in the mirror. I look awful, my hair is plastered to my face, my skin has a layer of sweat covering it, I am as white as a ghost, there a bags under my eyes the size of suitcases and I can see my cheekbones, they are sticking out way more than they ever did.

I guess I haven't eaten much the past few days, or has it been a week? I really can't remember the last time that I ate anything. I suppose its been a long time though.

I hear Mom shut the front door and drive away. I tiptoe downstairs and check that no one is in the house, I can't let Dad or Melissa see me. Oh, wait, Melissa isn't here is she? That's right, she left, she left me alone here with Mom and Dad, she left me to cope with it all on my own, how could she?

I want to fall and cry but I have to get something to eat and get back to my room, I don't know when Mom is going to be back and I can't let her see me, she will ship me off to rehab, I can't let that happen, not in my senior year, I'm going to college in less than a year, I get to go to my dream school, not the one that Mom and Dad and Melissa went to and wanted me to go to, no not Upenn, I get to go to Yale, I'm going to study and become a doctor, Mom and Dad wanted me to study law and become a lawyer just like them but I don't want to, I want to become a doctor, I want to help people and make them better.

I can get over this blip, in a few days I will stop feeling so bad, I won't need these pills anymore. Once I'm out of Rosewood, there will be no more A, no more crap off Mom and Dad, no more drama or trouble. I will be out and things will be good.

I end up making a cheese sandwich, a ice cream sandwich is too messy, it'd get everywhere.

I take my food up to my room and eat it, I climb back into bed and fall asleep.

Hanna's POV

Things are going really well with me and Caleb, its like it used to be, well almost anyway.

We've spent the last few hours at my house, baking cookies, watching films and... well some other stuff.

Caleb just left to go to work, he got a job with a I.T firm, he fixes people's computers. He loves it there, he works after school most nights and weekends so I barely get to see him which kind of sucks but he is making enough with his job and fixing people's phones to live in his own place, him staying out of foster care is worth not getting to see him as much as I would like. His Mom offered to help him out by paying his rent but he wouldn't let her, male pride I guess.

Mom lets him have dinner here four nights a week and in return he fixes stuff around the house and stuff like that.

"Alright babe, I have to get to work. I'll see you later".

"Owh, can't you stay a little longer?" I ask him.

"Sorry, I can't. I have just enough time to get home, change and go straight to work".

"Okay, well call me when you've finished work?".

"Sure" he says with a smile. "Talk to you later", Caleb kisses me and leaves.

I think about calling Aria but she's probably busy, I have barely seen her since she moved in with Ezra, I'm happy for her but I miss my best friend, Spencer has been kind of AWOL too and whenever I want to spend time with Emily it has to be doing something that Taylor can come along too which I don't mind but sometimes it gets a little annoying.

Mom is away in New York on business so I'm home alone for the rest of the week. It scares me that I will be totally alone and if A tries to do anything to hurt me I won't have anyone to help me.

I grab a bag of chips from the kitchen and go into the front room to watch a film. A knock at the door makes me jump as I'm putting the DVD in.

I sigh and go to answer it.

I open the door and see Detective Wilden standing there with another officer that I don't know. Ugh, great.

"Yes?".

"Hello Hanna, is your mother home?" he asks.

"No, why?".

"When will she be back?".

"Not for another week, why?" I ask insistently.

"Well Hanna, we would like you to come to the station when your mother is back because we have some questions for you about the attack on Jenna Marshall" he says in a condescending tone.

"Well Detective Wilden, you have been lacking on your stalking, I turned 18 last week so I no longer need my mother to accompany me to the station so if you have questions, let me get my coat and my bag and lets go".

Wilden looks at with a smirk on his face.

"Okay Hanna, well good to know that you're co-operating with us. You can go and get your bag and your coat and we will go like you said. Oh, don't forget your keys and I'm going to need you to bring some I.D with you please".

I turn and grab everything I need and then get in the car. I'm not liking being locked in the back of a car that Wilden is driving, its unsettling and I cannot wait for this to be over.

I have never been so glad to arrive at the police station.

"If you would like to follow me Hanna" Wilden says as he opens the car door for me.

I follow him into the station and he shows me into a box room with a table and four chairs.

"Take a seat Hanna" Wilden says and points to the furthest side of the table.

I sit down and look up at him. "How can I help you Detective Wilden?".

"I'm going to need to see that I.D of yours Miss Marin".

I get my I.D out of my purse and hand it to him with a smile.

Wilden looks at it for a moment and hands it back to me.

"Thank you Miss Marin. Now I'd like to ask you some questions".

I look at him, what is he waiting for?

"Miss Marin, do you know Jenna Marshall?".

"Yes, I do".

"Are you aware of the attack on Jenna Marshall?".

"You know I am, you questioned me and my friends about it the other week".

Wilden glares at me and clears his throat.

"Where were you on the night of the attack?".

"Like I told you last time you asked me that I was at home studying".

Wilden chuckles slightly. "Well Hanna, the thing I've noticed is that all of your friends have the exact same story as you".

"Everyone in my grade probably have the same story, we had our midterms the next day" I tell him.

"So what you are saying is you were all studying separately?".

"Yes, that is what I am saying".

"Well why weren't you together? I mean you four are usually inseparable right?".

"Emily was looking after Taylor, Spencer prefers studying on her own, Aria was stuck at home because her parents were away and they were expecting a delivery or something so I was left to study on my own".

"Well what about your boyfriend? Didn't you see him?" Wilden asks.

"Caleb was working that night and went straight home because he was working late that night".

"Mmmhmm. This all seems a little convenient Hanna".

I see the officer next to Wilden wince slightly and look a bit awkward.

"Look, I have answered all of these questions twice now so am I under arrest? If I am then I would like to call my lawyer and if not then I would like to leave because this is a waste of my time, its a waste of your time and its a waste of his time" I say and point to the other officer in the room.

"Okay Hanna, you are free to go...for now" Wilden says darkly.

"Thank you" I say, get up and walk out.

I can't believe that he just dragged me in there for nothing.

I think about walking home but think better of it. I call Emily.

"Hey Em, can you give me a lift home? I just got out of the police station and I don't want to walk home on my own".

I fill Emily in on the details and she agrees to come and get me.

"Hey Em, thanks for picking me up" I say as I get in her car.

"That's okay, why were you at the police station?".

"Wilden wanted to ask me more questions about what happened to Jenna".

"Again? What did you say?" Emily asks.

"I answered a few of his questions and then told him that if I was under arrest I wanted a lawyer and if I wasn't I wanted to leave".

"You said that? What did he do?" Emily asks.

A cry comes from the back of the car, I turn around and see Taylor in her car seat.

"Yeah I said it and he said that I could leave".

"You think he's going to be talking to all of us again?" Emily asks.

"I don't know Em, probably, he seems hell bent on harassing us all" I tell her.

"Yeah, you got that right. Do you want to stay over tonight? I miss seeing you all, maybe we could ask Aria and Spencer too?".

"Yeah, that sounds really good" I tell her. I hope Aria and Spencer want to have a sleepover, I've missed them too.

"I'll call Aria when we get back to mine and ask Veronica to take Taylor" Emily says.

We pull into Emily's drive and go into the barn. Emily calls Aria while I play with Taylor much to Emily's annoyance because she keeps insisting that Taylor needs to go to sleep, she's a baby, she has all day to sleep.

"Okay, Aria said that we can sleep at hers. I'm going to take Taylor to Veronica and go get Spencer, do you want to come with me or wait here?".

"I'll come with you" I tell Emily.

Emily picks up Taylor and we go to the main house.

I run up to Spencer's room.

"Hey Spence" I say and walk into her room.

I can't believe my eyes when I walk in, Spencer is on her bed with what looks like sick all over her mouth, there are two or three pill bottles on the floor.

"Spencer, are you okay?" I ask and walk over to her.

Spencer doesn't say anything, I touch her shoulder and try to wake her. I don't see her chest moving or anything to say that she's breathing, I panic and run out.

"Mrs Hastings, Mrs Hastings" I yell as I run down the stairs.

Veronica stands at the bottom of the stairs. "What's wrong? What is it?".

"Its Spencer, I...I, I don't know what's wrong with her but she's not moving".

Veronica runs up the stairs and heads to Spencer's room, I follow and so does Emily once she has Taylor in her bouncer.

"Spencer" Veronica calls and shakes Spencer by the arm, just like when I did it there was no response. Veronica puts the side of her head near Spencer's face.

Gross, she's going to get sick in her hair.

"Call 911 Emily, now!" Veronica yells after a minute or two.

Emily dials her phone and I can hear her talking to the operator.

Everything slows right down as I realise what's happening here. Oh. My. God. It seems like everything is going slowly but at the same time it feels like only seconds have past before Spencer is being rushed to hospital.

Emily pulls me out to the car and shoves me in the front seat, I barely hear her tell me she's going to get Taylor.

Emily gets back in the car.

"I've called Aria, she's going to meet us at the hospital" Emily says as she starts driving.

I can't believe this is happening, what has she done?

About half way to the hospital I come to and start talking to Emily. I can tell by her face that she knows this isn't good, why did she do this? Its been months since Spencer last took pills, god knows how long she's been taking them this time, she hid it really well.

Why couldn't she of come to us? Me, Emily and Aria could of helped her, we could of done something at least, I get why she wouldn't tell her parents that she was taking those pills again but she knows that she can always come to any of us about anything, at least I thought she knew.

We arrive at the hospital twenty minutes after I found Spencer. Aria meets us at the door.

"Guys, what is going on?" Aria asks us as she gets to us.

"I, we don't know yet" Emily says. "I think Spencer overdosed on those pills that she used to take. Hanna went up to see if she wanted to sleep over yours and then started yelling for Veronica and that's when I went up and she was laying on her bed with sick everywhere, she wasn't moving" Emily says and a tear rolls down her cheek.

Aria gives Emily a hug. "Come on, we should go and see what's going on".

"Sure, let me get Taylor out the car" Emily says and gets Taylor out of her car seat and cradles her in her arms.

We all go in the hospital and find Veronica eventually after we get pointed in the right direction.

Aria's POV

1 hour later

We all sit next to Spencer's bedside, her mother went to make some calls about 20 minutes ago leaving us alone with her.

The doctors pumped Spencer's stomach but it didn't do a lot, they said that Spencer took the pills too long ago for them to be able to pump them out of her system. We just have to wait and see what happens.

"Does anyone have any idea why she did this? I mean what happened?" I ask Hanna and Emily.

"I have no idea, she was fine the last time I saw her" Emily says, Hanna nods in agreement with her.

"Yeah, same here" I say.

There has to be a reason that Spencer started taking the pills again, she swore to us that last time was it, there would be no more.

"What's going to happen to her?" Hanna asks.

"I'm betting that her parents will be sending her to rehab once the hospital let her go home" I say.

"Can they do that though, I mean legally she is an adult now" Hanna says.

"I have no idea but if it will help her then lets hope they do send her to rehab because next time we might not be sitting in hospital waiting for her to wake up" I tell them.

No one says anything for a few minutes until Spencer's Mom returns.

"You girls may as well go home, its going to be a long night, if anything changes I will ring you" Veronica says.

None of us want to go but Emily needs to get Taylor to bed and we all need to sleep.

"Come on, Hanna I'll drop you off at home" Emily says.

"Why don't you guys stay at mine anyway, if anything does happen them we can all get back down here together and Ezra and Wes can look after Taylor" I say.

"Have you got anywhere for Taylor to sleep?" Emily asks.

I nod, "Ezra has a travel cot that she can use".

I drive my car home and Hanna and Emily follow behind me.

I set Hanna and Emily up with duvets and pillows in the front room and make us all something to eat.

We eventually all fall asleep in the front room a couple of hours later

Sorry about taking so long to update again. I wanted to clear something up, the girls at this point are 18, I know that I made a mistake earlier in the story by saying they were 17 but that was just my brain refusing to work.

Keep reading and reviewing :) I'm going to need some more reviews on how I can make this story better.