Author's Note- Hey everyone! Here is the next chapter. Sorry for the delay- I got some bad news and been having a tough week. But your reviews and continuing to follow and believe in this story truly do always make my day! Enjoy- more to come!

Spencer's Bedroom-

Spencer laid flat on her back while staring at the ceiling. She had barely slept the night before and knew her alarm was about to go off any minute. She couldn't stop thinking about the whirlwind that had rocked her world the past couple days. Not only had she ended up kissing, but making love, to her best friend. She was haunted by memories both of their bodies intertwined in her bed and by the silence she heard after confessing her love to Aria. She had no idea what she was going to do.

Suddenly the loud vibration of her iphone moving across her bedside table jolted her upright. She quickly turned off her alarm and swung her legs over the mattress to touch the floor. She buried her head in her hands at the thought of going to school. She reluctantly dragged her body out of her bed and stood in front of her closet. Just yesterday she was here picking out an outfit for the party with Aria, her stomach contracted with pain at the thought. She stared aimlessly into her closet with no idea what to wear. She ended up deciding on a pair of black jeans, a black polo shirt, and a gray sweater thrown over it. She gathered and placed her hair to one side of her shoulder, threw on some simple brown eyeliner, and made her way down the stairs.

Kitchen-

"Coffee?" She was met with her wide-awake mother's voice as soon as she stepped off the last step.

"Please." Spencer replied as she slid her body on top on of the island stools in their kitchen.

"Black?" Veronica Hastings replied, filling a yellow mug to the brim with the warm liquid.

"Like my soul." Spencer joked, as her mother rolled her eyes at her attempt at a joke.

Spencer brought the mug to her lips and filled her body with the warm and strong liquid. Despite the urge to run back upstairs and spend the entire day in her bed, Spencer opened up her planner to see what the day had in store for her. She was happy to be reminded that she had a free period her third class of the day. She usually ended up strolling the campus football field or sitting on the bleachers to get some air. No one knew about her secret spot under the bleachers...no one except for Aria.

She thought back to the day she had found this small patch of grass under the bleachers where a small garden of sunflowers grew freely. It was the most odd and beautiful sight that Spencer had ever seen. Someone must have planted it years ago and the sunflowers continued to bloom. Knowing the sunflower was one of Aria's favorite flowers, she dragged her out to the field one day to see them. Aria had recently broken up with Ezra and Spencer knew the flowers would put a smile on her face. Spencer had always cared so deeply for Aria, and even before any of this had happened, and had always loved seeing her smile.

"This is so beautiful, Spence. How did you find it?" Aria had said to her, her face aglow.

"Just call me the Urban Explorer of Rosewood." Spencer joked while hanging her hands on the rafters of the bleachers above. "I know you like sunflowers, and thought you could use a smile."

"Thank you. You made me day!" Aria replied, suddenly embracing her friend in a tight hug, "Now we will just have to find you a field of orange roses for when you have a bad day!" She said her head on Spencer's shoulder.

Spencer smiled and pulled back as she nodded for the two of them to head back to campus. Inside, she remembered feeling butterflies at the thought of Aria remembering that orange flowers were her favorite.

"Have you been working on your speech for the Charity Ball?" Veronica's voice filled Spencer's ears bringing her thoughts back to the kitchen.

Spencer quickly slammed her planner shut with a sigh. "Yup, almost finished." She replied.

"Good. This will really stand out on your resume." Veronica quickly replied, placing down her coffee mug and picking up her briefcase. "Have a great day, sweetheart."

"I'll try." Spencer replied.

Spencer gathered her things in her backpack to head to school. She tried not to think about the fact that Aria's scheduled free period was the same as hers today.

"Just make it through the day." She muttered to herself under her breath as she made her way out the door.

Parking Lot-

Just as Spencer pulled her black Mazda into a parking lot she heard a loud squeal to the right of her window.

"I'm never going to past friggen Chemistry!" Spencer looked out the window to see Hanna waiting patiently for her to get out of her car. Spencer grabbed her bag and threw it over her shoulder and exited the drivers side of her car, hearing the beep as it locked behind her.

"I thought our study session last week helped." she replied, rearranging her bag on to her shoulder to a comfortable position.

"Every time I think I get it, a new element pops up and confuses me! Can you help me again today after school?" Hanna whined and placed her head onto Spencer's shoulder.

"Maybe. I really have to work on my speech for the charity ball."

"Is that code for you and Aria getting it on again?" Hanna replied with intrigue.

"No... And can we not bring that up right now?" Spencer replied with a sadness in her voice.

"Why, what happened?" Hanna asked with sincerity.

"I don't want to talk about it right now." Spencer stated, trying to stay strong and not let her voice shake.

"Okay. I'm here if you need me." Hanna replied, understanding Spencer's plea to stop the discussion.

"Thanks." Spencer replied.

She couldn't even begin the sort out the array of emotions that were going through her head. She could bounce from despair to anger so quickly these days. She was so use to always being in control, and these feelings for Aria made her feel completely out of control. She hated feeling like she had no control, but deep down, she knew that she never did when it came to her feelings for Aria.

"Alright, so what is your schedule today?"

"I've got, Shakespeare, then Chemistry with you, followed by my free period, and avoiding Aria." Spencer stated coldly.

"Geesh…Maybe Mr. Barnes will switch it up from Romeo and Juliet to Hamlet in order to comply with your mood." Hanna replied sarcastically.

"I gotta go." Spencer quickly retorted and made her way down the hallway trying to push her frustration somewhere else. Spencer knew that Hanna was only trying to help, and she didn't want to take her anger out on her, but she couldn't help but just want everyone to leave her alone.

Lockers-

Aria pulled her Finite Mathematics textbook out of her locker with a sigh and slammed the front shut to reveal Emily's smiling face behind it.

"Good morning to you too!" Emily replied to the slamming of the locker.

"Sorry. Didn't sleep much." Aria replied.

"That's the worst." Emily replied "But not as bad as our first period math class."

Aria held up the math textbook and rolled her eyes. She had always been terrible at math, and probably wouldn't have passed any of her tests this year if it wasn't for Spencer's tutoring.

"How many weeks til graduation?" She asked Emily with a laugh.

"Too many." Emily replied. "So did you have fun last night?"

Aria knew she was going to want to hear more about what was going on between herself and Spencer, but she was too upset to even talk about it.

"I don't want to talk about it." She quickly retorted as the two friends turned to start their way down the hallway. They soon saw Hanna coming right towards them.

"I hope you're in a better mood than Spencer." Hanna said as she approached them. "Did you do the math homework? I barely got through the first ten problems."

"You can copy mine." Emily replied handing her notebook to Hanna. "I don't mind."

"Thanks." Hanna replied grabbing the notebook "Between Finite mathematics and Chem, when am I ever going to need this stuff in the real world?"

"What's wrong with Spencer?" Aria asked, interrupting Hanna's rant.

Both Hanna and Emily looked at Spencer with wide eyes. "I don't know. Maybe you should ask her." Hanna replied with a knowing look.

Aria felt a sharp pain in her stomach and clutched her books to her chest as she looked down at the ground and swallowed.