Aria's POV
I wasn't sure what was going to happen with my family. I had all of the girls over. Part of me wished that I hadn't told her. I could tell things were tense.
"It's not your fault." Emily stated. She and Hanna were at the table, Spencer was at the fridge, and I was on the couch. "This is your dad's mistake."
"Still, I didn't have to tell her about it." I replied. "It is my fault."
"You did not hook up with that woman and ask your kid to cover for you." Spencer replied. That put some strange images in my mind. Damn it. Now I was thinking of having sex with Meredith. I hoped that I wouldn't dream about that.
"Ali said I should have told my mom sooner." I commented.
"I'm surprised you didn't tell us sooner." Hanna remarked. "Also who would hook up with someone named Meredith?"
"Hanna, we don't need jokes." Emily chided her. Spencer handed her a bagel.
"Put something in your mouth other than your foot." She ordered.
"I'm sorry. It's just that when my dad left, laughing helped and so did crying." She replied. There was no indication that he was leaving.
"My dad isn't leaving." I responded as I got up. "This happened almost two years ago. If he was going to leave, he probably would have done it by now."
"Well, we're here for you whatever happens." Emily replies.
"Thanks for letting me come over." Spencer replied. "I don't really like being alone right now."
"When does your family get back?" Hanna inquired.
"They'll get back today." The blonde stated. You know her parents must have been really sure that she wasn't going to throw a party. Granted, considering the amount of expensive things in her house, it wasn't the best place for a party. Also, Spencer wasn't the type to throw parties. She didn't even like going to parties and throwing parties was a lot of work.
I knew I would have to start preparing for another full moon soon. I was sure that I hadn't killed that girl, but that didn't mean that I wouldn't kill anyone in the future. I didn't have any control over what would happen as a wolf. I did wonder what killed the girl who wasn't Alison if it wasn't me. As far as I knew, the coroner hadn't determined what kind of animal it was, mainly because the police thought that it was a murder for some reason.
I went to my room and began to grab some eyeshadow. It was an older container that I found in my closet. It looked like it was left behind from when we moved. We didn't rent out the house when we left.
"Is that Alison's?" Emily asked as I started to put it on. "That's her shade."
I couldn't believe that Emily had memorized it.
"I guess it is." It wasn't that uncommon for Alison and I to borrow makeup from each other because we had the same style.
I decided to finish everything after they left. I was applying some liner when Mike walked into the room. I was wearing a velvet dress with a black bodice and maroon belted skirt with a leather jacket with dotted tights and black flats with a black derby.
"How do you do that without poking yourself in the eye?" Mike asked.
"It takes practice. I can teach you." I joked as I turned to look at him. I was going with the raccoon eyes look. Ali taught me how to perfect it before she disappeared. "What's up?"
"Nothing?" He replied. I then turned to look at him. "Are Mom and Dad acting weird or is it just me?"
I couldn't believe no one had told him yet. It looked like I would have to do it. Maybe I should wait to see if they were going to do it first. Since Dad hadn't told Mom, the least he could do was tell Mike. Of course, I still didn't know what was going to happen with them.
"You shouldn't worry about it." I told him as I grabbed my bag. We needed to get to school.
"Are you just gonna do one eye, because I don't think that's in good taste?" He questioned. I looked in the mirror and I noticed that it looked like I had a black eye and quickly did the other one.
At that time, I heard them fighting downstairs. I could hear every word of it and it made me uncomfortable. I decided to go downstairs and caught them in the middle.
"Hi." I greeted them.
"Do you want a muffin?" Mom inquired.
"Yeah." I answered. I didn't want to go into the fridge to get some meat.
"I'm gonna go to work. I have office hours." Dad said. I hoped Meredith wouldn't be in his office. He kissed my cheek and went out the door.
"You have to tell Mike." I told her.
"Yeah, soon." She promised.
"He needs to know." I replied. "I think he'd rather hear it from one of you than he would me."
Hanna's POV
I was doing some shopping before school. I needed some clothes for my new job. Luckily, I had Calista Flockhart to take inspiration from. Unfortunately, my bag ripped open and the clothes fell out. More unfortunately, I ran into Sean.
"Need some help?" He asked.
"No, I've got it." I replied. At least they don't weren't wrinkled.
"Hanna, lawyers don't dress like Ally McBeal." He told me. "I tried to take the fall for the car for you."
"You did?" I questioned. I thought it was clear it was me breaking up with him.
"I felt really bad for what happened at the party, so I told my parents that I gave you the keys and I'd pay for repairs." He said.
"No, you shouldn't do that. I broke up with you. I wrecked your car. I should pay for it." I argued. "Besides, I think that working in a law office would help me break it less."
"Or you could learn how to break it the right way." He joked. "Okay, that was a bad joke. Do you still want to go to Homecoming? We could go as friends."
"I don't think that's a very good idea." I told him at that time, a horn honked and an attractive girl showed up in a convertible.
"Well, there's my ride." He said. I couldn't believe it. He was moving on quickly.
Spencer's POV
We were talking at my locker when my teacher showed up with an envelope in his hand.
"Congratulations, Spencer, you won." He said before he walked away. I put it in my locker. I would have to talk to Wren about it later and thank him…or kiss him…or both.
"You know if there was an award for waking up, you'd win, Spencer." Hanna joked before we went to class.
Aria's POV
In between classes, I decided to go to Ezra's class.
"I've been thinking about you." He said. "How are things with your family?"
"Well nobody has broken up yet, but it feels like they're walking on thin ice." I commented. "I could use an excuse not to go home today."
"I'm sorry. I can't stay today. I've got this thing." He said. I was going to ask what it was, but I figured that I should respect his private life. "It's a reading of a story that I wrote that I don't think is any good."
"Can I come?" I questioned.
"Only if you promise to bail me out when things get tense." He said. "Speaking of which, when are you going to let me read that book that you were working on. I'm sure it will be great."
"I don't think anything anyone writes when they're 16 is great." I countered with a smile.
"Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was 18." He pointed out. "Same with S.E. Hinton and The Outsiders."
Hanna's POV
I was in the elevator dressed for work. I looked hot. I felt confident.
"Hanna, what are you doing here?" Mrs. Hastings asked.
"I'm the new intern." I explained.
"Why are you dressed like you're on a bad tv show?" She questioned. I looked around it and it looked like I was wearing the shortest skirt of anyone in the office. This was gonna be a long day.
Spencer's POV
I walked into the house after field hockey practice still in my uniform and found my dad was there.
"I got you some chocolate." He said.
"Thanks Daddy." I declared. "Have you spoken to Wren yet?"
"No, but I spoke to Mr. Sheldrake." He retorted. "You didn't think you would be able to keep this essay a secret, would you? The Ivy League will be all over you."
"Dad, Wren helped me write the essay." I explained. "I mean…I wrote everything myself and did all of the research, but he gave me the idea and food."
"I've proud of you, Spencer." He replied. "I think we can leave that part out though. Speaking of which, I'm taking a potential new client to the country club. Would you mind stopping by and playing doubles if he brings his daughter?"
I knew it wasn't a question. It was framed like a question, but it wasn't a question.
Hanna's POV
I began to look around the office. I was still dealing with the fact that I was a witch. If I was a witch, how come none of the spells that I cast worked. Sean didn't want to have sex with me and I lost weight by throwing up. I suppose it was possible that the book that Mona had was fake, but…okay that was it. If that was fake, where could I find a real spellbook? I didn't think I would just be able to get one off of the internet. I couldn't focus on that. I needed to focus on being an intern. I always thought that Spencer would be doing this, but I didn't think she was too interested in going into the family business. I wondered if lawyers were as bad as everyone says that they are.
Aria's POV
I sat in the audience as Ezra read his story. It was very dimly lit. I wasn't sure of the appeal of the darkness. There was a little bit of clapping after it was over.
"This guy doesn't suck." A random guy said to me. "Do you know him?"
"He's my English teacher." I explained. "He invited me to see this."
"We used to sleep together." He responded. I was a little bit shocked. "Bunk beds in college."
I chuckled nervously a little. It really wasn't all that funny of a joke.
"You have a name?" He asked.
"I'm Aria." I declared as I shook his hand. At that point, Ezra came over and hugged him.
"So how was I?" Ezra questioned. "Did I suck?"
"No, you were great." I answered. "Guess I don't have to read anything now."
"I don't know about that." Ezra remarked.
"Please give it up for Miss Aria Montgomery." The guy with the microphone declared.
"I signed you up." Ezra replied.
I grabbed my journal. It was basically me reading from memory about my first transformation. I didn't think anyone would think that I was real. I nervously took a seat on the stool.
"Hi, everyone. I'm Aria." I introduced. "So, this is from a book I'm working on. It's some supernatural if you like any of that. Here goes. I start to sweat. What is happening to me? Everything has been weird since that wolf bit me. All I want is meat and I feel like my limbs are shifting. Everything hurts. I feel a strong desire to get outside. My vision starts to blur as I start to lose my ability to see in color. I have to take off my clothes. This is happening. This is really happening. I can't believe it. My body feels like it's on fire. I'm not able to get all of my clothes off before I feel my face changing. And that's when I black out."
Everyone clapped for me. I hoped that they thought it was good.
Spencer's POV
I was on the tennis court practicing my serve. I was probably making a lot of noise. I didn't know if was just natural for people to grunt when hitting a tennis ball but I imagined that the staff though that I was crazy, if they didn't I was stuck-up. I noticed that I was the only one.
"Good serve." An employee said to me. "I hate to interrupt but I need to close this down. It was supposed to be closed ten minutes ago."
That would explain why no one else was there with me.
"Can I just have five more minutes?" I pleaded.
"Are you practicing for a tournament?' He questioned.
"No, it's just a friendly game of doubles with my dad and some guests." I responded.
"That serve doesn't seem too friendly to me." He commented. "In fact it sounds very angry. Are you angry about something?"
"Well it's not exactly something that I want to do. My dad isn't really giving me a choice in the matter." I explained.
Aria's POV
"So, this girl has some crazy ideas." Ezra's roommate declared. "I've never gotten into this supernatural stuff."
"Well I thought it was great." Ezra remarked before his roommate started to tell me a story about a girl he hooked up with.
"All of a sudden, this guy starts to laugh in his sleep and the girl didn't believe it and left." The roommate declared. I couldn't help but laugh at that. Though, bringing a girl in while your roommate is asleep is kind of douchey.
"You laugh in your sleep?" I questioned with a smile. "That's cute."
"It's your turn." The roommate told me.
"I'll pass. I don't think I should be trusted throwing sharp objects," I replied before I got up to get some milk. At that time, I overheard his roommate, Artie, talk about what was happening. Maybe I was being a bit too obvious because he saw through everything. He didn't seem like the type to turn his friend in, but it seemed like it was a bad idea to continue it. At least not in public. Of course, I couldn't let them know I heard that.
Hanna's POV
I was at home studying after work. Okay, so I was really researching witches. I wished that my dad had told me more. He could have at least offered to teach me some real spells. My mom then walked in.
"So what are you looking at?" She asked. I quickly opened up the other window. I wasn't sure if she knew about the whole magic thing, so I didn't want to mention it at the moment. I was also cyber-stalking the girl I saw Sean with.
"Did you know Sean has a hot new friend?" I asked. "She's a cheerleader at Rollins High."
"Didn't you break up with Sean?" She questioned. "Do you even know if she wants to date him?"
"Well, she's giving him rides now." I explained. "If I had a car, he might ask me for rides."
"That's something you need to talk to your dad about." She stated.
"No thanks. Besides, he's probably already got one for Kate." I replied.
"I thought her name was Isabel." Mom responded. Did she not know about any of this stuff?
"That's her mother." I explained. "Isabel is the one he's engaged to."
"He's marrying her?" She asked in surprise. Wow, she really didn't know about this stuff.
"I didn't think that I should text you that and you were already asleep when we got home last night." I stated. I wondered if could use magic to get a car. On the other topic, she looked crush. Maybe my cyber stalking of Sean's supposed new flame wasn't so crazy after all.
At that point, I got a call from Emily.
Emily's POV
I had to tell someone, so I called Hanna. I didn't know entirely what to say but I needed to get some things off my chest. I needed to talk about what happened with Maya and what happened with Toby.
"Thanks for coming." I said. "So, I had some things that I needed to talk to you about. I kind of kissed Maya."
"Emily, everyone knows that." She remarked. "You went all Katy Perry with her, but it's fine."
"Well they don't know that I liked it." I explained. "I really liked it. Anyway, there's something else. You're probably not going to believe this, but I think I killed Toby."
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"I was at home after the party when he came over. He was acting really weird and he started to force himself on me and kissed me and then I started to feel weird like I just ate the most delicious meal and suddenly he died." I explained. "It was like I sucked the life force out of him or something."
"What are you saying? Are you like a demon or something?" Hanna questioned.
"Technically, the term is succubus." I remarked. "I did some research. Apparently, they feed off of men. I don't know what to do. What if I kill someone else?"
"Well, I guess you're someone that I can tell this to." She stated. "My dad says I'm a witch."
Aria's POV
I headed back to Ezra's apartment with him.
"Are all college guys like your friend?" I asked. "Is it possible to talk to a guy without putting him in a headlock?"
"I think when you go to college, you'll find out for yourself." He retorted without looking at me.
"Did I do something wrong?" I questioned.
"Aria, he saw right through us." Ezra remarked. "I mean why else would a student come to a bar to see her teacher?"
"Well, I'm sorry. I am your girlfriend." I replied. "I liked being able to act like it, even though I apparently can't do that around your friends."
"People notice things." He said.
"The only thing that people notice is two people together. The random people don't care about us. No one else in that bar gave a damn about us." I pointed out.
"Maybe we shouldn't do this." He stated. "Eventually, this is going to get out."
"That's not a guarantee!" I yelled. I was starting to become very aroused. I then remembered how close it was to the full moon. I was in trouble. I didn't think I could stop myself. I kissed him and we went for it again.
After we were done, I started to drive home. I saw someone walking shirtless. Upon closer inspection, it was Noel. I pulled over to him.
"Noel, what are you doing out here?" I questioned.
"I was just enjoying the fresh air." He declared.
"You know I could give you a ride if you want." I offered. "Though, I don't really have a shirt that you can wear or anything."
"I'm good." He said as he got into the car. He was ripped. Physically, he was definitely sexier than Ezra. He took a sniff. "So, I suppose some congratulations are in order."
"For what?" I asked nervously. Did he notice?
"Who was he?" He questioned.
"That's none of your business." I remarked. "I mean…damn it."
"Well I hope it was good." He replied. "You have the prettiest eyes. I don't know what it is about blue-eyed girls that I can't help but like."
"So, why are you going out without your shirt on?" I asked. "Is this some sort of football thing?"
"No, it's not a football thing." He declared. He actually didn't even smell that sweaty. "Did you have beer with this guy too?"
Now that shouldn't have been something that he could have figured out easily. I took his home before I headed home myself.
Spencer's POV
In the morning, I was dressed in my tennis outfit. I kind of wanted to see Alex again even though I was kind of seeing Wren. I was wearing a white dress with a little bit of pink on it. Dad was downstairs, also in a tennis outfit.
"I am so ready to win this." I declared as he handed me a smoothie.
"Yeah, about that. You may want to dial it back a little and keep it friendly." He said.
"But dad I was out there for five hours yesterday." I argued.
"Well, then maybe you'll be a little sore." He replied. That was when I got it. He wanted me to let them win. So, not only did he want me to play, but he also didn't want me to play my hardest.
"So, you want me to throw the match." I replied.
"I'm not saying you have to act like you've never played before, but if he wins, I win." He answered.
So the match didn't start off too well. I couldn't believe that I had to throw the game.
Hanna's POV
The next day, I was back in the office. I decided not to wear such a short skirt or a skirt at all. I didn't know lawyers worked on weekends, but I supposed people needed legal advice all of the time. I found out that Mr. Hastings was out for the day. I heard one guy come in about some kind of contract. I supposed they weren't the kind of lawyers that dealt with criminals.
Aria's POV
It was the day of the full moon. I decided to wear some sweats because it would look like I was going out for a run. I couldn't help but wonder how long I could keep hiding it from everyone, but I knew this month, they would be too distracted by the family crisis to focus on me. I had headphones in to try to drown out the screaming, but they weren't working.
"Don't you hear that?" Mike asked me.
"It has nothing to do with us." I promised. "Get your stuff and we can study at the library."
"But for how long?" He questioned. "You know something. Why won't you tell me?"
"Because it'd be better if you hear it from Mom and Dad." I remarked. "I know this stuff is stressful, but maybe they'll get through this."
Spencer's POV
Once the game was over, the guy came over to me.
"You threw that match." He said.
"No, I was just off." I lied.
"I saw you play yesterday and it was a whole lot different than today. So either you're injured which seems unlikely or you played bad on purpose."
"My dad acted me to throw the game," I explained. "He's not always like that."
"It's not my business but I see a lot of that here." He explained.
"A lot of what?" I asked.
"People playing games off of the court." He explained.
"Hey, do you think that maybe you'd wanna hang out away from here?" I questioned.
"Yeah, I wouldn't mind that." He said. "I'm Alex."
"Spencer." I declared before I walked away.
Aria's POV
I thought about going to see Ezra, but I knew I needed to try to hang out with my brother. We hadn't done anything together in a while.
"So if you could date any girl in school, who would it be?" I asked.
"Would you get mad if I say one of your friends?" He replied. He liked one of my friends?
"Well, if it's an honest answer, no, but I won't set you up with her." I stated.
"I kind of like Hanna." He told me. She was single now, but he would have to get up the courage to ask her himself. "What about you?"
"Which guy would I date?" I replied. I assumed he meant students only.
"Which girl would you date?" He inquired with a smile. I playfully punched him in the arm. "I'd probably say Hanna too. We may just have to have a competition."
Hanna's POV
Suddenly, Sean walked into the office.
"I didn't know that you would be here today." He stated.
"What are you doing here?" I asked him.
"My mom forgot an insurance paper here and was going to give it to me." He said. "I'm getting my car back on Monday."
"So, you won't need anyone to drive you around anymore." I replied hopefully. I didn't know why I was hopeful, but I didn't like seeing him with another girl.
"Hanna, do you want to go with me to Homecoming?" He questioned. "I don't think we should break up over you getting angry and wrecking my car. It happened and I think we should put it past us."
"What about that other girl?" I questioned.
"She's just a friend. She goes to church with me and she is not interested in dating me." He explained. "So will you go with me?"
"I guess so." I told him.
Aria's POV
That night, I went out ready to turn. It was just before I blacked out that I heard a howl. Now, it could have been a regular wolf, but that was unlikely considering they weren't native to Pennsylvania. That could only mean one thing. There was another werewolf in town.
I know there really wasn't anything Emily-related in this chapter, but her storyline from the episode involved Toby. At least she told Hanna. And Spencer met Alex. He is played by Nolan Sotillo and Artie is played by Tyler Posey. Please don't forget to review.