Spencer froze when the speakers blared, and listened to the announcement. When it ended, Spencer whispered one word, "Crap!"

Spencer bolted down the hall trying to find Aria. It didn't take long for her to realize, she knew where Aria would be. She bolted in the direction of Mr. Fitz's classroom. She didn't have much time. She had to get Aria out of this. It was her fault. If she hadn't forced Aria to say anything…

Aria didn't waist a beat, turning her gaze from the speaker in the ceiling back to Ezra, "Please don't interrupt. I don't have long to explain," Aria spoke quickly, putting her hand up to stop him from speaking, "Spencer found out. I swear I didn't tell her. She figured it out on her own. My cover for all the time I spent with you was that I was at her house, so when Mrs. Wilder was conducting her little investigation, she called Spencer in, and she saw you coming out of the office, and she knew! She was urging me to tell the other girls last night and-"

The two of them turned their heads as Spencer burst through the door, "Aria, we have to go," Spencer said importunately.

Aria tossed her gaze from Spencer to Ezra and back again, "I can't I this is my fault. I have to face up to it."

"No," Spencer urged, "it's my fault. I made you tell. Now its my job to fix it."

"What can we say?" Aria yelled, gesturing to Ezra.

"'A' did this Aria, guaranteed. She's our way out! A liar's lie!"

Aria began to speak, but Ezra beat her, "Wait 'A'? The one who sent you that text?"

"Yes," Spencer shouted even though she hadn't known he'd seen one of the texts.

Their exchange gave Aria time to think. A liar's lie, "A more relevant truth," Aria muttered.

"Exactly!" Spencer said.

Aria shook her head, "But what do we have? Spencer! What is a more relevant truth than the fact that I slept with my English teacher? No matter what we tell them now, it will somehow return to this!"

"We tell them everything," Spencer said calmly, for once, "We show them the texts. We say that an unknown entity by the name of 'A' has been harassing us and that the recording was artificiated."

"But the fire-"

"Doesn't matter, we'll leave it out. We don't know why we're being harassed. Now come on. If this is going to work, we need to get out of the building. You never came here this morning," Spencer put out her hand to Aria.

She looked between Ezra and Spencer's hand, then took it, looking back at Ezra with pained eyes.

"Mr. Fitz, Aria Montgomery, Hanna Merin, and Emily Fields to the office. Now!" The loud speaker thundered.

Spencer towed Aria out of the room as she texted Hanna and Emily furiously.

Ditch school! Get out NOW! Stay away from the school and don't go anywhere anyone from school can see you! – Aria

She sent the text several times to each girl marking each as urgent.

Spencer stopped in the doorway and spoke to Mr. Fitz, "GO. Tell them you don't know where that came from. You haven't seen us today, and you're appalled by what you've heard. You know nothing," Spencer said harshly. Ezra nodded solidly and Spencer towed Aria out of the building and into the car. She put the key in the ignition just in time to remember something, "Spencer, my car's here. I can't leave it."

"The go, go get in your car and drive."

"Where?"

"To your father's. Tell him you had an emotional breakdown or something and never made it to school. You need him."

Aria nodded and raced to her car.

Spencer got out her cell phone and texted Hanna and Emily.

Come find me in the clubhouse, just like old times! - A