Hanna's POV
I looked outside in the morning. I saw my mom talking to a cop, who thankfully was not Officer Pervert. The cop drove away and she walked over to me looking pissed.
"I never want to see another fucking cop in front of this house." She seethed. "I thought you were done with this crap."
"Mom, I didn't total his car. It is fixable." I pointed out.
"You do realize that there is nothing that I can do about this, don't you?" She asked. I was pretty sure that she could offer to pay for the damage. That would probably work.
After she went inside, I left to meet the girls. We were going to where they planned on putting up a monument for Alison, despite the fact that she probably wasn't dead.
"So, how bad did your mom bust you for destroying Sean's car?" Emily asked.
"I didn't destroy it. I just damaged it." I corrected. "And I didn't get busted. Everyone is being mature about it."
"Okay." She replied.
"Well then. The town is going to put in a new bench and we can plant some flowers and there will even be some art tiles on the ground." Aria explained.
"Why are you going to be art tiles?" Spencer asked as she took a seat on the old bench.
"They'll be messages, pictures and whatever." Emily replied.
"You mean like little headstones." I quipped.
"Hanna, we do not need your sarcasm." Aria stated. I was pretty sure that my sarcasm was always needed.
"So, it's weird what happened to Toby Cavanaugh." Spencer declared. He was dead.
"Why do you think it's weird?" Emily questioned nervously. Why was she so nervous about it?
"Don't you think it's strange when a young guy seemingly in good health has a heart attack?" Spencer questioned.
"He probably had an undiagnosed condition." Emily reasoned. I really didn't care either way. "I mean it's not like he was murdered or anything."
"I guess you're right." Spencer agreed. "It just doesn't add up to me."
"Is that a hickey on your neck:?" I asked as I examined the blonde. She definitely had a red mark there.
"No." She stated as she covered it up with her hair. "It's a bug bite."
"Who have you been hooking up with?" I questioned with a grin. Spencer didn't have a boyfriend, although to be fair none of us did anymore. Ben broke up with Emily because she apparently kissed Maya in the photo booth, even I was pretty sure that was something drunk girls did.
Aria's POV
"Hey there's a hot teacher." Spencer remarked. I hoped that she wasn't talking about Ezra. I looked over and of course he was. He was on a bike. "Hey Mr. Fitz."
They then started to tease him and I had to resist the urge to blush.
"There are teachers that you don't wanna see on a bike and then there are teachers you do." Spencer stated. I couldn't keep the blush in anymore.
"Come on, guys. We don't need to do any inappropriate fantasizing," I stated.
"Well I heard you were being all flirty with Noel at the party." Hanna remarked.
"I wasn't flirting with him. He was flirting with me and I didn't want anything to do with him." I argued. "Noel Kahn is an ass and I would never ever go out with him. So, are you and Ben still over?"
"Yeah, there's no going back once your pour beer on your girlfriend's head." Emily said. I still couldn't believe that Ben had done such a thing. It wasn't like him at all. Of course, I didn't really know him since we never really hung out with any boyfriends.
Emily's POV
The next day, I was wearing a maroon unzipped hoodie with a black tank and high-waisted grey skirt and my usual sneakers. I met up with Maya at school because we needed to talk about the party. We weren't gay. We were just drunk.
"Hey." I greeted her.
"I got something for you." She declared as she went into her bag and pulled out a jade scarf and put it around my neck. "I saw this and thought it was the greatest color ever. I was right and it matches your eyes. You look so pretty."
"It is pretty." I stammered before she gave me a hug. Okay, now I was a little bit confused. There wasn't any sort of memorial to Toby at the school, probably because he was just the guy who burned down a garage with his stepsister inside. I didn't even know what happened. One minute, he was trying to rape me and then all of a sudden, he was dead. It didn't make any sense and I had to find out what could have caused it. I didn't think it was a normal heart attack. It had to be something that I did.
I then walked into the cafeteria where Aria, Spencer, and Hanna were.
"Hey Em. Nice scarf." Spencer complimented.
"Thanks." I replied.
"I've never seen it before. Is it new?" Hanna asked.
"No." I lied.
At that point, Hanna's phone began to ring. She looked at it and looked shocked. Who could be calling her to elicit such a reaction.
"Hanna?" I asked.
"It's my dad." She declared. She looked a bit confused, relieved and happy before she answered it. "Hi Daddy."
She then walked out of the cafeteria.
"Has she even talked to her dad since he left?" I questioned.
"Not that I know of." Spencer replied.
"I'm not sure." Aria added before her phone went off too. "Oh my God, Hey Monday are coming to Philadelphia."
"Who's Hey Monday?" I asked. Aria gasped.
"It's Aria's favorite band." Spencer replied. I suddenly felt like I was in trouble for not knowing that. She definitely wasn't going to be taking me to the show.
Hanna's POV
I stood outside as I took the call. I couldn't believe that I was talking to my dad.
"You can't expect me to come back to Pennsylvania and not see you." He said. "But if you're busy…"
"I'm not busy." I stated. I could drop whatever plans I had to see my dad, if I had any.
"Then I'll come by and pick you up at 7:00." He declared.
"Okay, I'll tell Mom." I agreed. "So, have you talked to Mom lately?"
"No." He responded. "I will see you tonight."
"Bye." I declared before he hung up.
Aria's POV
I walked into Ezra's classroom. I was wearing a black lace vampire cat tee with detachable sleeves and pink lace shorts with mismatched red and black knee socks and black heels.
"So, I saw you on your bike the other day." I remarked.
"Yeah. I saw you too. I waved." He reminded me. "I would have stopped but you were with your friends."
"My friends thought you had nice legs." I stated with a blush.
"Do I have nice legs?" He asked with a grin.
"They're alright." I retorted. "But things are a little awkward under the circumstances."
"Aria, what are the circumstances?" He asked. I really hadn't thought about that. We had sex once and kissed a few times and I took a shower in his apartment the other night. (He was not in there with me.)
"Well, I guess we're kind of together." I explained. I wouldn't even call him my boyfriend. "All I know is this isn't smart."
"Well we need to talk about what you told me the other night and we can't do it here between classes." He explained. "Can you come to my place tonight? I can make chili or steak."
"I can be there at 7:00." I replied. "But can you make sure the food is ready when I get there?"
I also thought it might be a good idea to bring takeout just in case things didn't go as planned.
In the hallway, the four of us listened to Hanna talk about her dad.
"He has to be in New England for a few weeks, but he's making a trip to see me." She explained.
"That's great, Hanna…" Emily remarked before trailing off.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Hanna asked. I noticed Spencer had the same look. Apparently, her and Emily were thinking something I wasn't. What was it that they were thinking about?
"Do you think that maybe he's here because of the thing with Sean's car?" Spencer questioned.
"No. Of course not, besides even if he was, at least he's here." Hanna remarked. That was the important thing.
"Spencer." A teacher interrupted. "I was going to tell you in class, but here you are. You essay in Russian History was wonderful. I really loved your angle. I think that you should submit it to the Golden Orchard. You could win some prizes and maybe even you'll get Don Bluth's attention."
I wasn't sure if that would be cool or not to meet him.
Emily's POV
The bell rang and I decided to put the scarf in my locker. I then went into my science class…forgetting Maya was in my science class.
"You're not wearing the scarf anymore." She said.
"It was getting hot, so I put it in my locker." I replied.
"I hope you don't have a problem with wearing it." She stated.
"No. I like it." I declared. I was beginning to think that maybe Maya actually did have a thing for me and I wasn't sure how I felt about it. Maybe I would need to kiss her not under the influence of alcohol to really know.
Aria's POV
Later in the day, I found that my mom was preparing some dinner.
"You're making Chicken OMG on a Monday?" I asked.
"Well I thought I would surprise your father." She explained. "How much do you want?"
"Actually, I was going to go to dinner with Spencer tonight." I declared.
"Well Mike is going to be out too, so I guess it'll just be us." She stated.
"That's great." I declared as I was once again hit with the images of Meredith and my dad. I had to get them out. I had to tell her, but I couldn't do it right now. Ali always wanted me to tell her, but it was harder than that.
Spencer's POV
I was in Hanna's room helping her pick out clothes for meeting her dad.
"So, wait. You wrote that essay with Melissa's ex-fiancé." She said as she held up a blazer. "Are you afraid that they'll find out if enter the competition? How do you even know you'll win?"
I just looked at her.
"Oh right. You're a Hastings. It's something you do." She declared before I handed her a new blazer. "I need this to be the perfect outfit. My daddy hasn't seen me since I lost the weight."
She was wearing a royal blue blazer with a dress that was almost pointillistic in its use of blue squares.
Emily's POV
I decided to go see Maya at work. She worked at this cupcake place.
"Hey, can I talk to you for a second?" I asked. "Do you think you can take a break?"
"Let me talk to my manager." She said.
A few minutes later, we went to the side of the building. I wanted to tell her what happened with Toby, but I didn't think she would believe me. I had my doubts that anyone would believe me.
"We need to talk about that kiss." I declared.
"I personally thought it was great." Maya replied. I blushed. "Why, did you not?"
"I was drunk and now I'm confused." I stated.
"Well there's only one way to sort things out." Maya pointed out. She then pressed lips against mine. It only lasted for a few seconds. "Now if you excuse me, I have to get back to work."
Hanna's POV
Just before 7:00, my mom and I were getting ready. I wasn't sure why she was getting ready. I was pretty that he didn't come to see her. The doorbell rang and I went over and hugged him.
"God, there's barely enough left of you to hug." He joked.
"I missed you, Daddy." I told him.
"Hello, Tom." Mom greeted.
"Ashley." He reciprocated. It didn't look like they were close to getting back together. He then looked at me. "Are you ready to go?"
"Just don't keep her out too late, Tom." Mom said.
We then stepped outside.
"It's a new car, so I hope you don't mind if I drive." He replied. That was when I realized something.
"This is about Sean's car, isn't it?" I asked. "Mom called you."
"There's more to it than that." He replied.
"If you're going to yell at me, let's go back inside. Or why not just do it here." I rambled.
"I didn't come back to yell at you." He said. "I came to help you through a rough spot. You're a good girl, but you let your emotions get the better of you sometimes. You used to be great at climbing trees, but you also had problems getting back down. I'm going to do whatever I can to help. Now I'll take you wherever you want to go."
Aria's POV
I went to Ezra's apartment. It was kind of roomy even though it was small. Of course, he was 23 and had his own apartment, so that was pretty good. I wondered if he was fan of Hey Monday. He had this old typewriter that I decided to play around with.
"Do you use this?" I questioned.
"As a paperweight. Though, I do like it as a reminder that books used to be written on something other than laptops." He said. "You like it."
"It's nice." I replied.
"So how are things at home?" He asked me.
"Fine. My mom and dad are having a date night." I explained.
"Well maybe they're going to work things out." He opined.
"They can have all the time alone in the world, but she's going to miserable when she finds out." I declared.
"Have you considered that maybe your mom does know about this?" He questioned.
"No, there's no way that she would still be with him if she knew." I responded.
"You would think that, but when my mom and dad told my brother and I they were getting divorced, we were stunned. They were both cheating, but that wasn't the reason why they split."
"That's your family, not fine." I pointed out. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"All I'm saying is that this isn't your problem." He remarked. "Your dad may have told you not to tell her, but things will be fine."
"I'm just trying to deal with it." I told him.
"They're the ones who should be dealing with it." He argued. His tone was starting to anger me. "Your parents need to figure this out for themselves like adults."
"Like adults?" I retorted. "Well I knew this wasn't going to work out. You liked me when you thought I was college, but now that you know I'm under 18, that's how you treat me."
"That is not what I said." He replied.
"If I am such a child, why am I here?" I challenged.
"I don't see you as a child. I definitely don't see you as a child. That's why I called you here because we need to figure this out." He explained as he sat down next to me.
"Well you can start by leaving my parents out of it." I said.
"You're the one who told me about it in the first place." He declared.
"This was a mistake. It's not something a responsible adult would have done." I said as I grabbed my bag and left. It looked like I would be eating out.
The following day, we were all at school as Hanna talked about her night with her dad.
"It was incredible." She said. "I had so much fun."
"Where did you go?" Spencer asked.
"Jolly Roger's." Hanna answered with a smile.
"The lame amusement park?" Emily questioned. It wasn't lame.
"It's not lame." Hanna argued. "We walked around and talked and I told him about what's going on. He wants to take me to a real dinner tonight. He said he has something to tell me. I think he might want to spend more time with me. Maybe I'll be spending the summers in Maryland."
"Would you go?" I questioned.
"I wouldn't move away but I would like to spend more time with my dad." She replied.
"Good for you." I responded. At that point, the bell rang and Ezra walked into the room. It was weird how we all had same English class.
"Am I the only one bothered by Atticus's hypocrisy at the end of the novel?" He asked. He then went on to explain how he thought the lawyer was hypocritical. I was pretty sure it didn't have to do with the book at all.
"He was protecting Boo Radley." Spencer pointed out.
"Protecting him from what?" Ezra challenged. "The justice system? He's supposed to be an officer of the court but instead he's conspiring to cover up a crime. Not to mention, he's willing to let his own son take the fall for something that Boo Radley did."
"It was a trade." I pointed out. "Mr. Ewell was going to kill those kids and Boo saved them. He was feeling guilty over Tom Robinson, so he offered his son to take Boo's place. It's like a sacrifice."
"It's very noble. Too bad Jim was unconscious. He could have had a different opinion." He pointed out.
"Jim would have said yes." I replied.
"Are you sure about that?" He challenged.
"He was brought up right." I explained. He then proceeded to attack another student for an answer that he gave. He really needed to not let his emotions seep into his work.
After class, I was angry as well.
"Wow, Fitz is not in a good mood today." Noel stated.
"Go away, Noel." I told him. "I'm trying to deal with a real problem."
"What's the problem?" He questioned.
"Why do you care?" I retorted.
"I'm just trying to offer a listening ear. I know what you think about me, but I'm actually a good listener." He said.
I couldn't believe that I was going to tell him this. I hadn't even told any of the other girls. I didn't expect him to tell the whole school because he hadn't told the whole school he and Alison had had sex.
"Okay, so in Halloween freshman year, Alison and I found my dad was having an affair as in literally witnessed it." I explained. I still had the image of Meredith's breasts in my brain. "My mom doesn't know about it and I'm not sure if I should tell her."
"Well your mom isn't going to be happy when she finds out and she probably won't be happy when she finds out that you knew for so long, but in the end, it probably is the right decision to tell her. I also don't think Fitz has the right to talk to you like that, teacher or not."
Hanna's POV
I went to the restaurant to meet me dad. We sat at the bar while we waited for our table. At least that's what he told me. I was a bit confused by everything.
"I'm honored to get you two nights in a row." He remarked.
"Dad, it looks like there's a few empty tables, so why are we waiting?" I questioned.
"I just wanted to talk. How are you about what happened with Alison?" He replied.
"Well sometimes I just want to be somewhere else for a while." I answered. I hoped he would get the hint."
"You mean somewhere you could clear your head or get a different perspective?" He asked. I nodded. "Hanna, there's something else we need to discuss first."
"What do we need to discuss?" I asked. At that point, a woman and her daughter walked in. This normally wouldn't be worth mentioning, but they started to walk over to us. Even worse was the fact that he kissed the woman.
"Hanna, this is Isabel, my fiancée and her daughter Kate." He introduced. I was in shock. I couldn't believe it. On top of that, she looked like she was pregnant.
"Fiancée?" I repeated before she hugged me.
"I am so happy to meet you, Hanna." She said before she gave me a hug. "You are going to be a great big sister."
Spencer's POV
Since everyone was out of town, I decided to call Wren over so we could talk about the essay. I was wearing a blue checkered peplum top and navy slacks. I heard the doorbell go off and I saw him holding a potted tree.
"I picked this for you from the garden," He slurred.
"You're drunk." I commented.
"One does not come unfortified to the House of Hastings." He declared. Did he forget the part about my parents being out of town?
"Well I wanted to talk about the essay, but it looks like we won't be doing that." I replied. At that point, he dropped the plant and broke the pot. "I'm going to have to find another pot exactly like that one now."
I leaned down to pick up the mess and he fell and started chuckling and I started to giggle. I couldn't help it. It was funny.
"Your face is very fair." He commented.
"That would mean a whole lot more if you weren't wasted out of your mind." I retorted. He then leaned in and I kissed him. "So, it looks like you won't be able to go home tonight."
Aria's POV
That night, I went to the Ezra's apartment and started to chew him out. He deserved it. He was a dick to me in class.
"Okay, you're right." He said. "I don't know anything about you."
"Well I was expecting more of a fight than that." I admitted.
Spencer's POV
"I'm sorry about the mess I made." Wren remarked.
"I can clean that up later." I replied.
"I wasn't talking about the plant." He declared. "I was talking about your sister."
"Why did you think that you had to get drunk to come over here?" I questioned.
"I thought your father might be here and he scares the crap out of me." He explained.
"He's not that bad when you get to know him." I replied. Of course, Wren would probably never get the chance to get to know him. I was pretty sure he never wanted to see Wren again. "You know I never wanted to hurt Melissa. I know it sometimes looks like North and South Korea between us…I should not have said that."
"I am not offended by it." He replied. "Well I should get going."
"You are not going anywhere tonight." I stated. "You can sleep on the couch tonight."
Hanna's POV
I listened as Kate told us about some story. I wasn't entirely sure what she was talking about because I was still processing everything.
"Hanna, do you sail?" Isabel asked me,
"No." I replied. She then offered to have Kate teach me. I didn't think I was ready for that yet. "I don't mean to be rude, but maybe could I have a little more time to process all of this?"
"Okay, but I had with Sean's father. I'm going to write a check and we will do this without getting the insurance involved. You're going to work off the cost of the repairs in Sean's mother's office." Dad explained.
"Sean's mom is a lawyer." I pointed out.
"You won't be arguing cases, but you will be carrying documents cleaning up and whatnot after school and on weekends." Dad explained. It sounded like I would be an intern.
"That could be interesting." Kate commented.
"Yeah, I could learn all about the law." I replied. I wished that I had a witty comeback, but I couldn't think of one.
Aria's POV
Ezra and I were currently sitting in his living room eating the leftover steak. He had actually forgotten the most important thing and that was the sauce. Luckily, my cravings for meat made it so I didn't care. I was pretty sure that I could eat raw meat.
"I'm sorry about what happened in class." He told me. "I was mad at you for walking out of here."
"Well, you're right. I do want to fix the problem, but right now, I think the only way to fix it is to maybe tell my mom. I have to see what happens." I said.
"What are you afraid of?" He asked.
"I don't want things to change." I replied. "I like things the way that they are."
"It's human nature for us to want our parents to stay together." He explained.
"I suppose if their bond is strong enough, they'll be able to survive this." I stated. "I'm just glad that we were able to talk this out."
Emily's POV
I went to see Maya as she was getting off work.
"Hi." I greeted her.
"I don't know if I should hug you or shake your hand." She retorted.
"I get it. You have every right to be mad at me." I stated.
"I'm not mad at you." She told me.
"You know I don't know if I'm ready for this to be out in the open just yet." I said. "I like kissing you but I don't know what it means."
"You don't need to think about it. Just let it happen." Maya replied.
Aria's POV
I went home knowing what I had to do. Dad was probably asleep by now and I needed to go to bed soon, but I needed to do this.
"Mom, there's something that I need to tell you." I declared. She turned to look at me. "You're not going to like this. Almost two years ago, I was getting some frozen yogurt with Alison and we saw Dad's car. He was in there having sex with Meredith. She was his student at the time. He told me not to tell you, but I realized that things can't just stay the same anymore."
I saw a tear roll down her face. She was surprised and also devastated.
"Thank you for telling me." She said before she walked off.
Hanna's POV
After dinner was over, Dad took me home. I needed to get to bed soon, even though I wasn't sure how I was going to sleep.
"Hanna, there's one more thing that you need to know that I didn't want to say in front of Isabel and Kate." He stated. "Our family has a bit of a dark history. I suppose it would be better if I just showed you."
He waved his hand and suddenly all of the streetlights went out.
"You're a witch." He added.
Well, Hanna found out her secret. That only leaves Spencer. Also Aria told Ella herself since there's no A. Isabel is played Sarah Michelle Gellar, Tom is played Skeet Ulrich and Kate is played Stefanie Scott. Please don't forget to review.