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Noel Kahn's House-

"Why are you guys all wet?" Hanna asked in a drunken state. "Did it rain out and I missed it?"

Spencer and Aria had made their way over to the other side of Noel Kahn's house. Shivering from her clothes being soaking wet, Spencer had given her jacket to Aria.

"No... Aria and I were... uhm...talking... in the outdoor shower." Spencer fumbled upon the words as they came out of her mouth. Aria smiled nervously and bounced up and down on her toes to stay warm, as the thought finally registered in Hanna's mind.

"OH MY GOD!" Hanna shouted. A moment of panic shot through Spencer's body, but before she had a minute to completely panic, she heard her blonde friend continue "That is SO hot. I'm jealous."

Spencer let out a deep breath and smiled with relief. She didn't know why she even felt panicked in the first place, she knew her friends would always love and support her no matter what. The rest of the world, on the other hand, could turn out to be a different story. She still had no idea what was going to happen between them, and was fearful that this one night could ruin a lifetime of friendship if either of them got hurt. She couldn't allow her mind to race there right now, she had to focus on a plan to get out of this party without everyone finding out about their shower experience. She had to keep herself focused in the present. She felt her body yearning to touch Aria. She knew if she could just feel Aria's skin under her own she would be comforted. She had not been fully able to be with her physically since the night before, and her body and mind yearned to connect to her physically again. She knew all the things she dreamed of experiencing with Aria's body, and she wanted her every time she looked at move she made took courage, and she was getting more brave every second.

"Thanks, Han. But now we have the issue of us being soaked and having to get through the party and back to the car. Any ideas?"

"Let me think..." Hanna replied, looking up at the sky while twisting her red solo cup in her hand. "I actually think I have a few spare outfits in the car! I may have over-packed by about three weeks for my weekend stay at Caleb's family's Cape house last weekend. I think my bag is still in the car, I'll go grab it! God- what would you guys do without me?" She laughed with a wink and ran off to the front of the house to go find their parked car, spilling half her drink on the way.

"She really might be the smartest one out of all of us." Aria joked with a giggle.

Spencer looked over at her and smiled nervously. She still felt butterflies every time she saw Aria. But now her stomach was also producing sharp pains due to the fact that she had told Aria that she was in love with her. Aria hadn't said anything back, but had only kissed her and suggested they find Hanna and figure out how to escape their wet clothes and their predicament. Spencer couldn't help but panic that there was something wrong, and beat herself up over the fact that she had said anything at all.

When she looked over again, she saw Aria feverishly texting on her iphone. "I told Emily to meet us over here." She stated coldly and continued to look down at her phone.

Spencer opened her mouth to try and talk to Aria about what had just happened, and see if there was something wrong, but before she had a chance she heard a voice call out from behind her in a singsong voice, "Heyyyyy Sexy Lady!"

Emily walked towards them with her normal large smile plastered upon her face. Spencer was jealous of the amount of happiness radiating from Emily right now, when inside she was feeling glum.

"Where's Paige?" Spencer asked.

"Finishing up at game of Mortal Kombat with Noel. She's going to meet me back at my house later." Emily replied. "Why are you guys all wet?"

"Long story." Aria replied, again with a short calculated tone and continuing to look down at her phone with a serious look upon her face. Spencer began to wonder what it was she was looking at so intently.

"Oh...OHHHH." Emily replied, her mouth agape with shock finally registering what had happened, "I'm impressed."

Hanna reemerged from the darkness with arms full of clothing. "Here you go ladies." she dropped a her arms and let the clothes hit the lawn "Let's cover up your sexcapades and get out of here!"

Spencer grabbed a pair of jeans and sweatshirt from the pile, as Aria grabbed a pink and white stripped romper. They quickly undressed and threw on the dry clothes while Spencer heard Emily trying to explain to Hanna the plot of the game Mortal Kombat.

"Is everything okay?" Spencer whispered as she threw the sweatshirt over her head and attempted to put her wet hair back into a bun.

"Not really." Aria replied with a long drawn out sigh.

"What's wrong?" Spencer asked nervously.

"Remember that charity ball for the Rosewood Fire Department this weekend?"

"Oh yeah. Of course. The Hastings HAVE to make an appearance! My mom wants me to give a speech on acts of heroism and bravery" Spencer said with despair. "She thinks it will look good on my college applications."

"Yeah...Unfortunately I promised I would go months ago. And I just got a text reminding me." Aria said

Spencer began to smile, excited at the prospect of seeing Aria all dressed up to the go the ball. Aria always had the most unique and beautiful style. Spencer knew Aria's style was her own form of art and expression, and throughout the years she was always excited to see what she would come up with at all their dance and formal events. Spencer's mind continued running through the memories, until Aria finished her sentence interrupting her thoughts.

'...with Ezra..."

Spencer felt like she had been shot with an arrow through the heart.

Car-

On the ride home Spencer laid her head against the window, her hair still wet from the shower and her warm breath on the exhale made the window slightly fog. She slowly closed her eyes and took a deep breath, feeling her lungs fill with air and then exhaling slowly with a sigh. She felt utterly defeated. She felt like she had already lost Aria to Ezra. She could hope for nothing more but that one night they had, everything else she had simply made up in her head. Her night had ended with her telling Aria how she truly felt, while Aria told her she was going the ball with Ezra. Spencer thought to herself how she had never really experienced heartache before, but this was going to hurt.

She felt her eyes filing with tears but forced herself to hold back the tears. She was already tired of crying and mad at herself for not being strong. She tried not to look over the other side of the backseat where she could feel Aria glance over every few moments. She didn't want Aria to see her eyes full of tears, demanding to fall down her cheek. She quickly took her sweatshirt and ran it over her face, erasing any sign of weakness.

She dropped her hand down on the leather seat in defeat.

Just as she was about to give up on ever feeling anything real again, she felt other fingertips sliding between her own. She turned to the side to see Aria look down at their hands as they came together and felt Aria squeeze her hand into Spencer's and rub her thumb over the back of her hand.

Neither of them made eye contact.