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Note 1: In Italics, the storyteller speaking (moi ^^)
Note 2: This chapter is directly linked to last chapter because the line time will starts after the scene of Hanna's house (middle of last chapter) when the girls talk and Aria left to pick up his brother Mike; everything happen the same day that last chapter; the scene of Talia's apartment will be almost at the end of the chapter
Note 3: Like it was told in chapter 25 'Let me be your Hero', Aria believed that she killed Shanna
Note 4: Like in the series… Mike has a thing with Mona; Spencer had a little addiction with pills in the past
Note 5: During the talk of Alison & Blair, they will talk about one of the events that happen in chapter 16 'To Die For'
Chapter 28 – Betrayal
(In Hanna's house)
Emily was the 1st one to leave and then Aria follows. Only Hanna and Spencer stood together for a while.
Hanna. – "Emily is acting strange…"
Spencer. – "Yeah…"
Hanna looked to the other girl and crossed her arms when she said. – "And what is it with you?"
Spencer. – "Me?!"
Hanna. – "Don't play dumb with me! I may be blonde but not that kind of blonde! You look like shit! Are you on drugs again?!"
Spencer gulped. – "I-I-I don't know…"
Hanna. – "How you cannot know?!"
Spencer. – "Because I swear that I haven't taken any pills or anything but I feel like before, like when I was taking them…"
Hanna. – "Do you think that '-A' is drugging you?!"
Spencer. – "That's a possibility…"
Hanna. – "How?!"
Spencer. – "I just told you I don't know ok! But I think that I know how to figure it out…"
Hanna. – "How?"
Spencer. – "I put some video cameras in my house so if anyone went in; they will appear on tape… I hadn't had the time to check all the videos yet but I hope I will found something…"
Hanna. – "Ok then, I will help you… we will check those tapes until we found who's the fucker messing with your head…"
Spencer smiled. – "Thanks…"
The two girls went to Spencer's house to look for the videos.
(In the soccer field of Rosewood school)
Aria went to pick up his little brother after his soccer practice; she parked in front of the soccer field and she noticed someone hidden and spying into his little brother. She approached and she shook this person from the shoulders.
Aria. – "What the hell are you doing here?! I'm calling the cops!"
Mona. – "Calm down little Aria! I'm here to protect Mike! He's in danger and that's all on you!"
Aria. – "What are you talking about?!"
Mona. – "You killed Shanna! And that pissed off dangerous people!"
Aria gulped. – "So -A is planning to take revenge on me with my brother?!"
Mona. – "Is not –A, it's Jenna!"
Aria. – "She's blind!"
Mona smirked. – "She's pretending to be blind but believe me she's not! She is more dangerous of what you might think and Shanna was someone very special to her… Jenna wants revenge!"
Aria. – "So what I can do?"
Mona. – "We can't escort him forever so I think that our best option is to ask –A's help to stop Jenna…"
Aria. – "Are you fucking serious?! You want me to ask –A for help?!"
Mona. – "It may be shocking for you but if anyone can stop Jenna to do something is –A!"
(The sound of a whistle announced the end of the practice)
Mona. – "Look the practice is over, I will let you to watch over him now… don't let him alone… I will try to contact –A and propose to him a deal in order to ensure Mike's safety…"
Aria looked to the other little brunette and her face showed a little of mistrust
Mona. – "I know that you have no reasons to believe me but I do care for him and I don't want anything bad happen to him… please just… keep an eye on him ok…"
Mona left and Aria stood speechless for a while until she approached to his brother and they both went home.
(In the Montgomery's house)
Aria. – "Mike where are you going?!"
Mike. – "To my room… Jesus, what's wrong with you today?"
Aria looked nervous and replied. – "Nothing… just let me check something first…"
The little brunette surpassed his brother on the stairs and she entered to his room first, she started to inspect all over the place and Mike looked at her confused.
Mike. – "What are you looking for?! Get out of my room!"
Aria doesn't pay attention of his words and continued looking for any threat. She approached to his gym equipment and as soon as she touched it, it completely broke and some pieces hit her foot, the little brunette lay on the floor with a little of pain as his brother approached.
Mike. – "Aria! Are you ok?!"
Aria. – "Yeah… I guess so…"
Mike looked to the floor and he took in his hands some bolts…
Mike confused. – "That is weird…"
Aria. – "What?!"
Mike. – "The nut and the bolt don't match… I was planning to exercise right now… if I would be under that, it would have smashed my skull…"
Aria gulped and the fear appeared in her face as she started to believe in what Mona said to her earlier. Mike went for a little of ice for her foot when she received a call from a private number.
(On the phone)
Aria with a shaky voice. – "Who is it…?"
Cece (-A). – "Hi Ar… a little bird told me that you need my protection…"
Aria gulped. – "It was you who…?"
Cece (-A). – "I can keep on the line that bitchy Jenna but I have a price… are you willing to make a deal?"
Aria. – "How I know that Mike will be safe?"
Cece (-A). – "Well you can have a little of faith on me or take the risk of Jenna hurting your brother…" (Mocking smiles) "So what is going to be?"
Aria gulped. – "What do you want?"
Cece (-A) smiled. – "It's simple, I want you to keep your mouth shut about Shanna… no matter what happen, you will not say a word…"
Aria. – "Ok… you promise me that Mike will be safe?!"
Cece (-A) smiled. – "You have my word… pinky promise!"
She hung up and his brother got back. She was very pale and his brother noticed it.
Mike. – "Aria, are you ok?"
Aria gulped. – "I will be… we will be ok…"
Mike looked confused; he didn't understood what she wanted to say with that, so he continued helping her to put the ice in her foot.
(In Blair's apartment)
After her discussion with Emily about the cheating, Alison went to talk with Blair about Emily in her apartment.
Alison. – "She cheated on me! Can you believe it!"
Blair. – "Calm down blondie!"
Alison yelled. – "You can't ask me that!" (She pointed out her body and said) "How she could cheat having this!"
Blair laughed. – "Oh dear…. Is your ego hurt?!"
Alison huffed. – "Why did she look for something else?! Don't I satisfy her?! I may not have a lot of experience as Emily…" (She murmured) "She's my first and only…' (She increased the volume of her voice for the next sentence) "But I saved my V-card for her! How she could do this to me?!"
Blair. – "Well she was hurt and drunk so…"
Alison glanced to her and said. – "In what side are you?! You're my friend not hers!"
Blair. – "Come on Ali! We do stupid things when we are like that… wasted… or should I remember you that just a few months ago I found YOU here in my door completely drunk and trying to kiss me?!"
Alison remembered and she got speechless as she sat in the sofa with a pout.
Blair. – "You shouldn't be so severe with Emily… you could have made the same mistake Ali, the difference here is that I stopped you, I didn't take advantage on you at that state…"
Alison smiled. – "That's because you're a great person…"
Blair smirked. – "Yes I'm… and I'm also super-hot! So you can't blame her either to be jealous of me…" (She pointed out her body and said) "Have you looked at me?! You need to be blind to don't be jealous of this gorgeous body!"
Alison laughed. – "OMG! I don't know who is more egocentric, you or me!"
Blair sat in the sofa beside Alison and said with a smile. – "Mmm… that is a tricky question… I do love myself a lot…"
Alison laughed, for a moment she could minimize her problems.
Blair smiled as she saw Alison more relaxing. – "Do you feel better?"
Alison. – "A little, thanks for making me laugh…"
Blair. – "Always, that's why friends are… so what are you going to do now?"
Alison. – "Mmm… to be honest I'm not sure…"
Blair. – "We both know that eventually you're going to forgive her…"
Alison rolled her eyes and smirked. – "Yeah but not right away… she has to suffer a little…"
Blair smirked. – "You're a sadist!"
Alison glanced at her friends and they continued talking and laughing; for a moment Alison started to get lost in her thoughts and Blair noticed it.
Blair. – "What are you thinking?"
Alison. – "Mmm… there is still something that doesn't fit in my head… can you do a little research for me?"
Blair. – "Of course… "
Blair took her laptop and they started to look for something.
Blair. – "What are we looking?"
Alison. – "I want to know everything about this woman Talia…"
(In Spencer's house)
Spencer and Aria were looking to the videos but until now they have found nothing on them.
Hanna received a sms from Emily and she left for a moment, before she left, the blonde asked to Spencer to take a break as she was with Emily, the brunette looked exhausted and she nodded accepting the idea.
Spencer made a little of tea for her, once her tea got ready she decided to walk in her backyard and clear her head; as she was walking, she heard some noises coming from the barn, so she approached and enter into the barn; she got shocked when she recognized who was there.
Spencer. – "Melissa!"
Melissa. – "Hi Spence…"
Spencer. – "Wha-What are you doing here?! Where have you been all this time?!"
Melissa. – "Please Spence, don't say anything! I just came to pick up some of my stuffs, I'm leaving the country today; please just let me go without saying a word!"
Spencer. – "And how are you going to do that if every cop is looking for you?! With what money?! Are our parents helping you to scape?!"
Melissa. – "They are just doing what is best for the family…"
Spencer smirked. – "Of course they are helping you! Unbelievable!"
Melissa. – "Please Spence, you need to stay quiet… please act as you didn't see anything…"
Spencer gulped. – "You hurt my friends! Ali almost died because of you! Emily could have died because of you!"
Melissa. – "I'm sorry for what I did to Emily but Alison saw it coming for her! It's karma Spence! You can't trust her! She's evil! She's playing with you and your friends! She's –A!"
Spencer. – "You're insane! Cece is –A"
Melissa smirked. – "Cece and Alison have been working together all this time! You're the smart one, how is that you can't see that!"
Spencer shook her head as she didn't want to believe what Melissa was saying.
Melissa. – "All this time Cece and Alison have been very close, Alison is double crossing you! She's going to use you like always and try to make you pay for her sins!"
Spencer. – "I can't believe you…"
Melissa smirked. – "You will see it with your own eyes…"
Spencer sighed. – "I'm out of tea… I'm going to prepare some more and when I'm finished I hope don't see you here!"
Spencer started to walk to the door and when she was in the frame of the door she turned and looked to her sister in the eyes.
Spencer. – "It might be wrong… but I still care about you Melissa… you're my sister and I hope you get help and better one day…"
Spencer went to her house and decided to don't look back to the barn. She decided to go back to her room and continue to check the videos; as she was seeing one video, she froze as she found something on it.
Spencer in shock with the open mouth said. – "OMG! I can't believe it!"
The brunette took her phone and sent a message to Aria, Hanna and Emily: "SOS"
As soon as she sent it, Aria and Hanna arrived.
Aria. – "Where are Ali and Em?"
Hanna. – "Don't make me talk about those two; they had a lot of drama to deal with… Emily cheated on her with Talia!"
Aria. – "OMG! I can't believe it! Ali doesn't deserve that…"
Spencer huffed. – "Perhaps she does… that and more…"
The other two looked to Spencer with confusion, Spencer explained to Aria what she said to Hanna earlier about the cameras and everything except her recently encounter with her sister. She didn't share with her friends her encounter with Melissa. She showed to the two girls a video, in the video it showed a hoodie blonde into her house and putting something in her thermo's coffee. And as impossible as it could appear; the blonde looked a lot as Alison.
Spencer. – "I believe that Alison has been gabbling us from the beginning and she's messing with us… I do believe that she's the person of this video…"
Aria. – "Do you really believe it was her?"
Spencer nodded
Aria. – "Why would she do something like that?!"
Spencer. – "I don't know! Maybe because she's an awful human being!"
Hanna. – "She might want to have you under drugs because you're the smarter one from us…"
Spencer. – "Yeah, in my 5 sense I'm very positive that I couldn't fall for her act of 'good person'…"
Hanna. – "We should register her home to found more proofs, if she's really putting something in your coffee, the drugs must be in her house…"
The girls started to walk towards Alison's house and in their way they found Emily.
Aria. – "What are you doing here?"
Emily. – "I need to apologize to Alison; I can't lose her for something stupid I did…"
Hanna. – "You don't have to feel sorry for that backstabbing duplicitous bitch!"
Emily. – "Don't talk about her like that!"
Spencer grabbed Emily from the arm and said. – "You need to watch something…"
All the girls went to Spencer's house.
(In Talia's apartment, around 11pm)
(Knock knock)
The old woman opened the door and her eyes got bigger when she saw who was there standing in her door.
Talia gulped. – "What are you doing here?"
Alison glanced at her with a lethal look. – "Being angry at you for one…"
The blonde stare to the other woman and without asking she fought her way into the place.
Talia. – "You can't get in just like that!"
Alison turned towards her and looked her in the eyes when she asked. -"Who hired you?!
Talia confused. - "I don't know what you're talking about"
Alison mocked. – "Liar! Who?! It was Cece right?! Or Jessica?!"
Talia started to walk again towards the door and she said as she opened it. – "You don't know what are you saying… please leave! How did you found out where I live?"
Alison crossed her arms and smirked. – "I did my homework on you Talia… you're married and before coming to Rosewood you were in Philly, you and your husband had a restaurant but the business didn't go well and you acquired a big debt with the bank.."
Talia looked surprised and she closed the door and approached to the blonde.
Alison smirked. – "You couldn't pay back and you lost everything… you was in bankruptcy but just recently as an act of magic, your bank account passed from 0 to a number of 6 figures… how is that possible? I do believe that Erza is generous with his employees but not like that…"
Talia gulped; Alison approached and they ended very close, Talia was taller but she got intimidated by the little blonde in front of her.
Alison glanced and smirked. – "Start talking! Emily never cheated on me isn't it?! All was a setup of Cece or Jessica or both! I want answers and I want them now!"
Talia. – "You will never make me talk!
Alison smirked. - "I believe you..."
The blonde pull away and started to type her phone.
Talia. - "What are you doing…? Aren't you going to kick my ass in order to make me talk?!"
Alison smirked. - "I'm not going to put a finger on you lady and make of you a martyr… I'm calling the cops and informed them how an adult took advantage of a drunk minor!"
Talia. – "I didn't touch her!"
Alison. – "And you will never do!"
Talia launched herself against Aliso, the blonde couldn't call the cops at the end and Talia was looking for a fight; Alison didn't want to fight.
As they both were struggling, Talia whispered in Alison's ear in order to provoke her to fight.
Talia. – "Emily has an exquisite body; I could feel it when I undressed her…"
Alison got really angry and she ended punching Talia on the face and making her nose bleeding; Talia fell into the floor.
Alison. - "Don't you dare to talk about her!"
Talia smirked. - "Ha ha ha… it was easier of what I thought making you lose it… she was right; Emily is your weakness…"
Alison looked confused and before she noticed she felt something in her neck. The blonde touched her neck and felt the tranquilizer dart on her… She fades in a second; as she started to lose conscious; she could heard the voice of someone else in the apartment.
Cece. – "Well done Talia, here is one part of the money; you will receive the rest when you do the next part of your job…"
Talia. – "Ok…"
Cece approached to Alison and said to the blonde. – "No so taught now! Are you?!
Alison closed her eyes and everything became black.
(In Alison's room at midnight)
Emily. – "We shouldn't doubt about Ali…"
Spencer. – "You're in love of her; you can't have a vote on this! Didn't you see the video! She's working with Cece, she and Cece are –A!"
Emily. – "No, it can't be…"
Hanna was looking behind the bed and found something.
Hanna. – "I found something…"
It was a bag of pills and sedatives. Spencer took it and throws it to Emily's face.
Spencer. – "What more proofs do you need to open your eyes Emily! She has been playing us from the start!"
Emily was still hesitating about what their friends were telling her when she received a call.
(Phone ringing)
Emily. – "Hello…"
Talia with a shaky voice. – "Emily… Emily I need your help!"
Emily concerned. – "Talia, what is wrong?!"
Talia. – "Alison… she… attacked me…"
Emily. – "What?!"
Talia. – "Please come! I think that she wants to kill me! Please Emily! I need you to stop her!"
Before Emily could say something the phone call ended. The brunette told to her friends what Talia told her and they went with her to look for Talia; in the way of Talia's apartment, Spencer called to the police in order to catch Alison in the act.
(In Talia's apartment)
Talia was shaking Alison in order to weak her up.
Talia. – "Come on weak up! Weak up!"
Alison started to open her eyes and as soon as she started to be more awake, Talia put a gun in Alison's hand and guided Alison's finger to pull the trigger in order to shoot Talia's arm. The sound of the shot made Alison to be awake at 100%.
Alison. – "What the hell?!"
The blonde was looking with big eyes her hand with the gun and Talia on the floor, as she was still processing what was happening, the other girls arrived and because they found the door opened, they went into the apartment with the cops. Alison turned her head and looked with shock everybody; she looked with confusion how Emily approached to Talia in order to help her to stand up. Emily turned towards Alison and launched to the blonde a look of disappointment as the brunette grabbed Talia from the waist.
Alison. – "I- I… this is not what it looks like…"
Tanner approached to Alison and asked her. – "Put the gun on the floor Alison! You're under arrest! Put the gun on the floor and your hands on your head! Now!"
The blonde obeyed the instructions, she was still processing how she ended in this scenario; Tanner was handcuffing Alison and saying her rights…
***Music background: The sound of silence by Disturbed***
Tanner. – "Alison DiLaurentis you're under arrest for attacking Talia Sandoval and for being the 1st suspect in the murder of Shanna Fring…"
Alison. – "What?!"
Tanner. – "We found this afternoon Shanna's body and we received an anonymous tip that put you as the main suspect in her dead…"
Alison. – "What?! I didn't kill Shanna!" (She looked up to Aria and said to the brunette) "Come on Aria! Tell them that you shoot Shanna by accident; tell them what happen that night that you found Erza bleeding in his apartment…"
The little brunette just gulped without saying a word.
Alison. – "Aria! Say something!"
Hanna. – "Really Alison! Blaming Aria for your crimes, that's low even for you!"
Alison started to cried and said. – "I didn't do anything! I'm innocent!" (She turned her look to Emily and said to the brunette) "Please Em, tell me that at least you believe me…"
Complete silence of Emily and the brunette looked down as she wasn't able to look at Alison into the eyes.
Tanner. – "Come on Alison, move…"
Alison. – "This is a set up! Cece set me up! Come on! How you can't see it!"
Spencer. – "Shut up Ali! No one believes in your lies!"
Alison yelled. – "I didn't kill Shanna and I didn't shoot this bitch Talia! She's working for Cece! She shoots herself!"
Emily said as she was comforting Talia. – "Ali stop lying! What you're saying about Talia doesn't make any sense!"
Alison turned her head towards Emily and when she saw her hugging Talia and hearing those words from her, she felt her heart being broken in little pieces.
Alison launched an ironic laugh and she said with pain in her voice as she looked to Emily in the eyes. – "You… You will put the girls and everybody else always before me, isn't it?! No matter what I do, I will always be the villain, right?! You will always prefer to believe and back-up them first!"
Emily didn't reply to Alison.
Tanner. – "Come on Alison, we have to go!"
The cops took under custody Alison; as they took her, Alison didn't stop to look at Emily with sad eyes... the cops put her in prison immediately.
As Alison arrived to her cell, she found a paper under her pillow. She started to read it…
-A message "I told you that those bitches don't deserve you… time to open your eyes Barbie…"
Alison smashed the paper in her hands and she sat in her cell. She cupped her face with her hands and started to cry.
Next chapter: CH 29 - Sacrifice
