Chapter 21
Aria's phone buzzed as she sat on her bed with Emily flipping through magazines. The fear of it being A surfaced and she took a deep breath before looking at the screen. When she saw it was only Spencer she relaxed, that is until she opened it. SOS.
She looked at Emily and she too was looking at her phone, confused. Nothing needed to be said. The two of them jumped off the bed and were out the door before either one of her parents realized what was happening.
Hanna was waiting on the front steps of Spencer's house when Aria and Emily arrived. To Aria she looked scared and confused, but she managed to hold her composure when she asked, "Do either of you know what this is about?"
"Probably something about her interrogation at the station today," Emily stated.
"I can't believe she actually went," Aria noted.
"We won't know until we ask, so let's just go in there and see what's going on," Hanna ordered.
Aria nodded and the three of them knocked on the door together. "Hello girls, Spencer's in her room," Mrs. Hastings greeted clearing the path for them to enter. The girls nodded and rushed up the stairs nearly tripping over each other's feet as they raced to the room. The door was open so the girls just walked in. Spencer was sitting on her bed, fingers flying over the keys. She looked up immediately and stopped when she spotted the girls.
"Thank god, you're here," Spencer said, "Could one of you close the door?"
Hanna took care of it and the three of them approached the bed cautiously. Emily was the first to speak, "What's going on Spence?"
"I was at the police station and I remembered something from the night Ali died. Do you remember how I told you Alison and I fought that night?"
Aria watched as everyone nodded.
"Well, apparently the fight didn't end in my living room. It continued into the woods, and I got so upset that I tackled her to the ground and put my hand over her mouth."
"What does this mean?" Emily asked.
"It means that Ali died of suffocation and I remember smothering her. It means I look very guilty if the police ever find out about it."
"Do you think you did it?" Hanna asked.
"I don't know. That whole night is such a blur now that I don't even remember when the argument happened. I know what I saw on that video, and I know what Ian implied, but still. If that gets out, they'll probably charge me."
"Well we won't let that happen," Hanna declared, "I don't believe that you could kill Alison, and I won't let you start believing it either."
Aria saw Spencer smile, then her expression changed. It was serious as she said, "There's something else I want to talk to you guys about."
The girls were scared of what might come out of her mouth next.
"It's about Toby."