"What do you mean Ali's alive?" She asked. "We went to her funeral."
"Well, I just got a call from her." I explained before I grabbed my head. "Fuck, I have the worst hangover."
"Well put some clothes on and I can make you some bacon." She suggested.
"Oh, now you want me to put some clothes on?" I quipped.
"Well I don't mind seeing you naked, but the rest of my family might." Aria replied. I couldn't help but giggle as I put the pajamas that she had given me back on. "Speaking of which, are we going to tell anyone about this?"
"You mean about Ali or what we did last night?" I responded as she began to get dressed. She definitely did have a nice little ass.
"Well both." She stated.
"Ali said that we could tell Spencer and Emily, but no one else and also that she doesn't want to be found." I explained. "She also said that she's not sending the messages. As for last night, do you want to tell anyone?"
"I don't really know." She admitted. "Though, before we go into anything, I need to tell you someone. Before school started, and a little after, I hooked up with Mr. Fitz, but that's over now."
"Okay." I agreed.
"I just don't wanna go into a relationship without being honest." She replied. "That is if you want a relationship."
"I don't know what I want right now." I declared. "I still have to break up with Sean. How about we meet up with Emily and Spencer tonight and we'll tell them about Ali together."
We then went downstairs and she began to make me breakfast.
"So I thought you didn't eat bacon." I declared. She seemed to have become a vegetarian since getting back from Iceland.
"I've been experimenting with a new thing called pollotarianism, which excludes beef and pork, hence the turkey bacon." She explained.
"Does it taste like regular bacon?" I asked.
"Yes." She replied.
"Okay, then I'll try some." I agreed.
After breakfast, I got a text. I was a little shocked to see it. This one was from A.
"Aria and Hanna sitting in a tree f-u-c-k-i-n-g. -A" It read.
I decided to rush back into the house and show it to her.
"We have a problem." I explained to her as I showed her my phone and her jaw dropped.
"How does A know about this?" She asked.
"How does A know anything?" I responded. "We can't leave this the way that it is now. We have to do something before A can."
"Well what are we supposed to do? Are we supposed to come out of the closet?" She replied.
"I don't know, but we have to do something." I pointed out. "We can't just let secrets build up. What if A knows something about your dad's affair and tells someone?"
"They do." She replied.
"Well then you should tell your mom before Miss I Know Everything does it for you?" I suggested.
At that moment, Mrs. Montgomery walked into the kitchen.
"I see you two are finally up." She commented.
"Mom, I have something that I need to tell you." Aria declared. "Last Halloween, before we left, I saw Dad doing something. I don't have any proof because the only other witness was Alison, but he was having an affair with one of his students. I've kept this a secret so long because he asked me to, but I can't do it anymore. I'm sorry."
The woman then began to cry. I still thought it was the right thing to do.
"Thank you for telling me." She replied before she left the room still in tears.
"I hope that I just did the right thing." Aria stated.
"Well maybe we could all learn to tell the truth a little more and we wouldn't get in such bad situations." I suggested. "So I'm going to tell Sean the truth."
After breakfast, I put some clothes on and prepared to go.
"Could you do me a favor?" I asked her. "It's nothing big."
"What?" She replied.
"I was wondering if you could die your hair pink again." I declared. "I meant what I said about it last night."
"I can do that, but we really need to figure something out about us." She replied.
"We can talk about it later." I agreed.
I went to Sean's house. I hoped that he was back from Noel's by now. I knocked on the door, preferring to discuss things outside.
"We need to talk." I declared.
"Last night got really weird." He responded. "I think it would be best if we just put it behind us."
"I wanna break up." I told him bluntly. "Something's changed and I don't think we should be together anymore."
"Is this because I wouldn't have sex with you?" He questioned.
"That's part of the reason, but the main reason is last night, I had sex with someone else." I explained.
"Who?" He inquired.
"Aria." I answered. I did it. I told the truth. "I don't want to be with you anymore."
"Hanna, whatever you think you're feeling isn't real." He argued. "It's not natural. Girls aren't supposed to like other girls."
"If it's not natural, then why are there so many gay people?" I challenged.
"It's because they choose to like the same sex, but you're just confused." He replied.
At that point, I slapped him.
"You know if I had known that you were like this, I never would have been with you in the first place." I said. "Even if I don't like girls, which I'm pretty I do to some extent, I definitely don't like homophobes."
With that, I stormed off. I wanted to go to the mall and I felt like actually paying for something for a change. I wanted to buy something that Aria would love to see me in. Even though I didn't know what kind of clothes she liked. Well I did know one place I could check out. I texted Mona to meet me at the mall.
"So where are we going?" She asked. "Are we going to do our usual thing?"
"No, we're going to pay this time." I replied. "There was actually a new place that I wanted to check out."
"Where?" She questioned before we headed to the store. "Hanna Marin, what are we doing outside of Hot Topic?"
"I wanna try out a new look." I explained as I looked at her. "I broke up with Sean and I want to try something new."
"Why did you break up with Sean?" She inquired. "Was it because he wasn't meeting your needs?"
"Well yes, but that's not the main reason." I answered. "I have someone else that I want to be with and that person likes this kind of style."
"Who could you possibly like that likes dressing like a wannabe vampire?" She asked. "The only person I know that's ever shopped is Aria and…oh. Is Hanna all lezzy with her bestie?"
"You are my bestie." I pointed out. "And because you're my bestie, you'll keep this a secret until I'm ready for it to come out. Now I want to try some things on here. You're welcome to go somewhere else if you want."
"I'm actually interested in what you'd like look if you got turned." She joked. "Hopefully being bitten in the neck won't hurt too much."
"I might have to bite you if you don't shut up." I stated.
"Oh, I don't think Aria would like that very much." She quipped and I rolled my eyes.
After an hour's worth of deciding, I finally came out wearing a black leather jacket, blue tank top, black pleated miniskirt with chains on it, black knee socks, blue heels and blue extensions in my hair.
"Damn, you are one hot dyke." She replied.
"I don't really like when you say it like that." I admitted.
"I can say it like that if I want since it also applies to me." She pointed out. "Though, I always thought if you were going to go gay, it would be with me."
"Well Aria was there in the right place at the right time." I stated. "Besides, we probably wouldn't be able to work as a couple. Anyway, do you think that Aria will like seeing me like this?"
"If she doesn't, she's an idiot." Mona replied.
I decided to go see Aria again before we went to meet Emily and Spencer. I hoped that she would like how I was dressed. I wasn't entirely sure how to tell my mom, but my change in style would probably be the least of her concerns. I didn't know how she would take it, but she did cover up my shoplifting. I knew that she would still love me.
I went inside after Mike let me in. He said that she was in her room, but he didn't look very happy.
"Aria?" I asked as I called into her room.
"I'm working on my hair." She said. She seemed to be in the bathroom.
"I'll just wait in your room then." I replied.
After 15 minutes, she came out sporting the familiar pink streaks in her hair.
"Whoa." She declared as she looked at my outfit. "What are you wearing?"
"Do you like it?" I asked her.
"It looks nice, but it doesn't really look like you." She explained.
"Maybe it could be me." I argued. "Who's to say that dressing like this is a bad thing? Do you think that I pull it off?"
"Yes." She replied. "But I don't want you to change your style just because it's something that I like."
"I like these clothes." I admitted. "I feel comfortable in them. I love that you love them, but that's not the most important thing. So I told Mona, or she kind of figured out on her own. I think that we should tell Emily and Spencer."
"Do you think that they'll be able to handle the fact that Ali's alive? What are we even supposed to do about it?" She asked. "Do we just go 'Hey, Ali's not dead.'?"
"It could work." I stated. "Let's just go meet them and we'll figure it out."
We went to meet in the park. It was where we always used to go when we didn't go to Ali's house.
"Whoa, Hanna, did you steal some of Aria's old clothes?" Spencer asked.
"No." I remarked. "Now sit down. The two of us have some important information to tell you."
"What's this about?" Emily asked.
"This morning I got a phone call…from Alison." I explained.
"That's not possible. Ali's dead." Spencer remarked. "It had to be someone else. They found her body."
"How do we know it's her body?" Aria asked. "According to Hanna, she knows about but isn't A."
"Do you know where she is?" Emily asked hopefully.
"No." I answered. "I don't even have her number. The important part is that we know that she's safe. There's also something else that we need to tell you."
"Last night, Hanna and I had sex." Aria told them.
"With whom?" Spencer asked.
"Each other." I replied. "We slept with each other. I was a little bit drunk, but I still remember all of it and it was great. I broke up with Sean because of it."
"So does that mean that you two are gay then?" Emily questioned.
"It means that we're not exactly straight." I said. "I don't know what I am right now. There's also one more thing."
"Before my family left for Iceland, my dad was having an affair." Aria explained. "This morning, I finally told my mom about it and I don't know what's going to happen next."
"We'll figure it out." I promised as I held her close.
"This is going to definitely take some getting used to." Spencer replied. "So how are we going to fine Alison?"
So it looks like Aria's not the only one with a style change. Do you like Punk Hanna? Also Aria managed to tell her mom before A did. Please don't forget to review.