A/N: Sorry for the lack of Hanna or Aria in the stories, I know y'all probably like 'em too.. but I'm still working on Spencer and Emily getting together! Haha. Thank y'all for reading!

Chapter Fourteen

"You should free up your weekend," Spencer said, her voice a little hoarse, as if she's getting sick, and she sounded exhausted. Because she had skipped Friday's practice, Coach Pacheco had punished her with double practice, to make up for her missed hours, for the past couple of days.

"Are you coming over?" Emily said, excited about that thought. It's one of the best things she's heard all day.

"Thinking about it," Spencer said, "I could use the getaway.."

"Well, you know you're always welcome here." Emily said, she closed her eyes. She kept subconsciously reaching to the other side of the bed where Spencer had slept during the weekend that just passed. "What are you planning?"

"I don't know yet." Spencer let out a yawn.

"How about you let me plan?" Emily suggested, her brain started going into tangents about what she would like to do when Spencer came over.

"Sounds dangerous," Spencer said.

"Only to someone who's used to taking charge," Emily waited for a response.

"Okay, fine," Spencer said, "Looking forward to it."

"Great!" Emily said, surprised that Spencer had surrendered quickly, without arguments. Wow, she must really be tired. "Do you want me to let you go so you could rest?"

"It's fine," Spencer yawned again. Emily felt bad, she wanted the girl to rest but she insisted on staying awake. She wished that Spencer was next to her so she could just hold the girl til they both fell asleep. She hoped that over the weekend, she could have enough courage to tell Spencer about her feelings, but was scared to make the first move or that she would ruin their friendship.

Emily stayed on the phone until she herself had fallen asleep, saying nothing to Spencer but tried to enjoyed the rhythmic sound of her breathing (with the occassional static from the call,) and the call had disconnected.

When Emily woke up, she still had the phone in her ear. She had a brief moment of thinking that she was the one to fall asleep during the conversation, as it was what usually happened before, and she quickly said, "Hello? Spencer?" not realizing that the call had been disconnected for a few hours already.

She got ready for school, and when she was done she rushed to the garage to look for things that she may need for when Spencer gets there for the weekend. She had planned something special, and she wanted it to be as memorable as possible. She had considered talking to Samara about her plan, to get a few input on how she should approach the situation with Spencer, but thought maybe she would be busy with ROTC; she decided to take a visit to the cafe and bother the barista, Ninja, instead.

"You have to be honest with your feelings," Ninja said, smiling reassuringly at Emily. "And if she's your best friend, she will try to understand, but of course I am hoping that she likes you back."

"Yeah," Emily said, swirling her cup around, "It's just the last time I tried that, it didn't exactly work out that way either. She wasn't a good friend afterward."

"Maybe she wasn't a good friend to begin with?" Ninja said. "Spencer doesn't look like that; in fact, Daniela thought you guys were a couple already."

"Really?" Emily asked, looking up from her cup at the girl.

"Yeah, she was like, 'aww, why couldn't we look as cute together as those two.' Probably didn't help that you couldn't get your eyes off each other, huh?"

"I thought she was just uncomfortable with being at a different place."

"She looked like she'd fit right in."

"Yeah, I think when I came out to our friends, they had thought that Spencer would come out first." Emily let out a small laugh, "But she never did." She sighed, "What if I was wrong about her?"

"Well, you'll never know unless you tell her, right?" She turned around to see a group of girls walking into the cafe, "Guess break's over." She smiled at Emily, "Good luck with what happens and let me know how things go?"

Emily sat in her last class, tapping her pen against the desk in anticipation of the end of the school week, but was mostly excited (and a bit nervous) for Spencer's visit. She had everything ready and packed in the trunk of her car, but knowing Spencer, she'd probably insist on taking her car- Emily didn't mind, as she had liked watching Spencer from the passenger seat. But for tomorrow, she would have to drive because she couldn't trust herself giving directions to where they were going. Plus she liked the idea of being in charge of this weekend.

She almost ran out of class when she realized that all the other students were watching her. She smiled shyly and as she reached the door, her phone rang. "Hey, Em," Spencer greeted.

"Please tell me you're not changing your mind about coming over?" Emily said, her excitement going down.

"No, no, I'm still coming." Spencer said, "But I will be in pretty late, because I have to go to practice. I will try to leave as early as I can, but I will definitely be there."

"Okay, great." Emily said, "I can't wait to see you."

"I will call you before I leave." Spencer added, "Missing you already."

"Bye." Emily hung up her phone and was about to put it in her backpack but felt it vibrating and a notification sounded that she just got a text message. Excitedly, she thought it would be a text from Spencer, but her heart sank when she opened it.

The text included a few photos of Spencer with another girl, sitting at a coffee table, laughing together- and another of Spencer and the same girl hugging. Emily scrolled through the message to find a note:

You've replaced me, how does it feel to be the one replaced? - A