That night, me and the girls were at the restaurant. We were still wearing our black funeral dresses, sitting at a table. We were the only patrons in the restaurant. Well, except for a few servers and one older couple, the place was empty.
"Why was Jenna there?" I asked in a low tone. "I guess she's back," Spence said in a low tone. "That cop acted like we were suspects or something," Han said in a low tone. "Do you think we looked guilty?" Em asked in a low tone. "Why would we? We haven't done anything wrong," Aria said in a low tone.
"Except lie about "The Jenna Thing,"" Han said in a low tone. I looked down. "We promised we'd never bring up "The Jenna Thing" again. Remember? It never happened," Spence said in a low tone. "Have you found a way to forget? I still wake up sometimes in the middle of the night-" Spence cut me off. "Ames, it was an accident," She said softly.
Hanna dumped the last of the booze from her silver flask into her diet coke. "It's medicinal," Han said to the older man, who saw her. He continued to judge her with his stare. "Cramps," Han said and he finally looked away. "I don't get it. How does "A" know something about me that only Alison knew?" Em asked in a low tone.
We all shared a look. "Ali knew all of our secrets, but we didn't know any of hers," Aria said in a low tone. "I knew some," Spence spoke up in a low tone. We all looked at her. "Go on," I said in a low tone. "Talk," Han said in a low tone. "I can't," Spence said in a low tone.
"Spence, you are not going to drop a bomb like that and clam up," Aria said in a low tone. "She'd so kill me if I told you," Spence said in a low tone. "She's dead," Han said in a low tone. Spence sighed. "Ali was seeing someone that summer," She said. "I knew she was keeping something from me. From us," Em said.
"Why didn't she want us to know?" I asked. "He was an older boy. And he had a girlfriend," Spence replied. "Who was it?" Em asked. "She never told me his name," Spence replied. "Okay, that's only half a secret," Han said. "It's more than you ever got from her," Spence said.
"How was it that Alison told us nothing and we told her everything?" Aria asked. "Because she made us feel like we were a part of something special," I said. "We were," Han said. "I miss that," Aria said. "Me, too," Spence said. "So am I," I said. "I miss Ali," Em said.
We noticed the friendship bracelet that Emily wearing. "I can't believe you still wear that," Han said. "Ali still wears hers. Wore," Em said. "When Ali didn't come home I knew something terrible must have happened to her, but there was a part of me that imagined someday she would just show up," Spence said. "I used to think maybe Ali had run off with some guy," I said.
"That she was laying on a beach somewhere," Em said. "Getting a tan with that hot lifeguard who worked at the pool," Han said. "Yeah, what was his name?" Aria asked. "Who cares? "Save me"," Han joked and we all laughed for a moment.
Then I looked up as I heard a rhythmic sound of a repeated tap tap. I saw it's Jenna. I shook Aria's arm gently and she and the girls looked at the direction. We saw Jenna find her way to a seat at the counter in front of the window and we exchange a silent looks.
Spence lead down on our table the money for our drink. Then we got up and walked out of the restaurant. Hanna grabbed my hand and we walked to a different directions like the others.
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In the morning, I was dressed for school and walked to the kitchen. I saw Han was already there, refilled coffee in two mugs. "Morning," I said. Han looked up at me and smiled. "Morning," She said. Mom walked next to me, dressed for work.
"Morning girls," She said. "Morning, Mom," Han and I said. Mom set her mug on the counter and opened the refrigerator as Hanna refilled her coffee. Mom emptied the milk into the three mugs.
"That's the last of the milk," Mom said and threw the carton in the trash. "On the list," I said and got to the mirror to check myself. Han walked over and did the same. Han took out from her bag a lipstick as Mom started to applied a dusting of face powder.
'Rosewood Detective Darren Wilden held a press conference this morning.' Han and I froze and saw in the mirror the reflected of the TV. 'The coroner released his findings this morning and although Alison DiLaurentis' body did show signs of a blunt force head trauma, the cause of her death was suffocation.'
Mom picked up the remote and turned off the TV. Mom gave a small sighed as she turned to look at me and Han. "Are you two okay going to school today?" Mom asked. I gave a small smile and so did Hanna. "Yeah, we'll be fine," Han said.
"I don't want to think about what the police are saying, and you two shouldn't either. Try to remember Alison as the beautiful girl you knew," Mom said. "We really sorry, Mom," I said. "For what?" Mom asked. "The cop," I said as Han put on her lipstick.
"It's over. Okay? We won't be seeing him again," Mom said as she took her bag. Han turned to me, smiling as she handed me the lipstick. I smiled and took it. I put it on and Mom looked at us and smiled. "Is that amber rose? It's a good color for you both." Han and I smiled softly at her.