A/N: Sorry for going AWOL on you guys. I had a lot going on at school between testing and 8th grade graduation. Then I found out someone I used to be close friends with was a psychopath and a liar. Actually I already knew that but one of my other friends finally figured that out and she dragged me into her drama and then tried to steal my best friend, but you guys don't really care about that crap so I'm gonna shut up about all that. I'll try to have another update by the end of this week but no guarantees. I'm going to church camp next week so if I don't update later this week I probably will in two weeks.
Alison POV
It's been a month since I kicked Emily and Noel out. Noel moved to Chicago with his brother Eric. Just like Noel to give up on me so easily. He never once fought for me. Not once. Sure he challenged Emily when he felt she was doing something wrong, but he let me fall back in love with her. He let her take over my heart again. Maybe he really did see her as a friend, and maybe he really wanted her to be happy. He's pretty much the reason we broke up. It's not because we slept together. Me and Em broke up because she couldn't trust me with Noel in my life again. I told him to stay away from me but he wouldn't listen. Then she broke up with me. I was so heartbroken that I slept with Noel, realized she was the one I wanted, decided to fight for her, and eventually won her back. Well, until I found out I was pregnant. I wanted my baby to grow up with his or her parents in a loving family like I never had,which meant me and Noel being together. I would be too complicated if it was me and Em then me and Noel then Noel and someone else. I wouldn't have been so bad for my baby to have more then two parents but mine and Noel's relationship is just so complicated. Emily was furious that I chose him over her. She didn't care about any promises we had made. Until eventually she did care again and so did I. Then there was a car wreck and I haven't been able to choose ever since.
Emily is staying with one of her friends, Zoey, Chloe, something like that. The girl was actually friends with Caleb first, but when Emily started spending all that time in L.A., she became friends with the girl too. Anyways, after Caleb died, Zoey told Emily if she ever needed anything she was there. That's why Emily decided to call her up and move in with her.
Billy says that Hanna is starting to show a lot more brain activity and that could be a sign that she'll wake up soon. Aria and Spencer have class and I have an appointment with my therapist Dr. Burton, then we're going to meet Dt. Benson and discuss the "A" case and after that we're going to see Hanna. Emily too. I haven't seen her in a month and I never been so nervous in my entire life. I need to find out where we are. I just hope that I don't screw things up because no matter what, I want us to always be friends. Always.
Emily POV
I can't believe I'm gonna see Ali for the first time in an entire month today. That's crazy! Even though I haven't seen her lately, I have still been hanging out with Aria and Spencer. I mostly see them on campus. That's the one place I know Ali won't be. Spencer and Billy both say that her therapist is recommending waiting a little while longer before going back to school to make sure she's completely prepared mentally. I think its total bull, but I'm not exactly complaining. I think I'm falling for someone else now.
"Em! Emmmm! Emily! Earth to Emily!" Abby cries
"Sorry, were, were we in the middle of a conversation?" I ask
"No, but you had that look on your face again." she explains, plopping down on the bed next to me
"What look?" I ask curiously
"The 'I can't stop thinking about Alison' look. There's also a hint of the 'I wonder what Spencer's up to right now' look. Would get those two out of your mind for just five seconds?" she whines
"Sorry." I apologize
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. You're still taking me with you when you go to see Hanna right?" she asks
"Um, yeah, sure. Why do you wanna see Hanna so bad?" I question
"Ok fine." she sighs "Caleb and I were talking one day. He told that if anything ever happened to him, he wanted me to give her a message. He didn't want to ask you because you're her best friend and he was afraid you wouldn't tell her because you'd think she couldn't handle it. I barely know her, so he figured it be easier for me to do it."
"Well what is it?" I ask
"I promised I would only tell her. I swore I'd never say a word of what he said until she had heard what he told me. He said if I blabbed he'd haunt me from beyond the grave. I'm sorry Em." she says
"Abs, please!" I beg
"No way, I promised him! He was my best friend Emily!" she shouts
"Did he leave a message for me. Or Aria. Or even Spencer? Anybody else?" I ask
"He said that Hanna would know what he would want the rest of us to know. Me included, he said." she says, wiping a single tear for her left eye
"Abigail Nicole Doley, I swear if he left me a message and your keeping it from me, I will kill you and I won't hesitate." I say seriously
There's an awkward silence for a moment until we both begin laughing hysterically.
"There's no way you could ever kill me. I too pretty to die young and you, my dear, are much to beautiful for prison." Abby jokes
"Stop it! You're making me blush!" I cry
"But its true. Your the most beautiful girl I've ever laid eyes on. You haven't been told that in a long time. I can tell. I bet Ali never told you, I bet you haven't heard it since Maya. So I'm telling you now, you are absolutely gorgeous and I freaking love you." she says, with a much more serious tone
"C'mon, don't go gay on me Doley. Don't make me fall in love with you in the wrong way." I tell her
"Hey, I have a boyfriend. I am very much straight, but sometimes you need gay moments with your straight best friend so you can remember that someone loves you. And I was not being gay. Society today makes people believe that one girl can't call another beautiful without being gay or secretly gay. Since when are we not allowed to compliment each other? Why does it have to be so wrong in society's mind? I love you. There's nothing wrong with me saying that even if you're gay. It's true, I love you, but I'm not in love with you. There's a difference. We should all love our friends, I mean am I wrong?" Abby rants
"Abby, shut up! And I love you too. I gotta go. I'm meeting Spencer and Aria for coffee before class." I say
"Mmkay. Don't forget to pick me up before you go to the hospital!" she yells after me as I run out my bedroom and scurry out the front door.
Alison POV
"So Alison, you get to see Hanna today, and she could be waking up soon. How do you feel about that?" Dr. Burton asks
"I'm really excited! I can't wait to see those big blue eyes again! I can't wait to hear he voice!" I squeal
"Now you have to keep in mind that she might not wake up today, she's just getting closer." he reminds me
"I know, but I'm trying to be optimistic." I say
"And that's good. What about Emily? You'll be seeing her for the first time in a month. How do you feel about that?" he asks
"I'm really nervous. I have to find out where we stand, but I'm worried she won't even want to remain friends. That's my biggest fear about seeing her today. To lose her as a friend, I just can't stand the thought of it." I sigh
"I spoke to Liv er Dt. Benson this morning. She told me she had some big news involving the stalker and hit-n-run case. Are you excited to find out what the news is?" he questions
"I just wanted to know if they were able to catch Toby and the rest of his little team, including whoever is responsible for Caleb's death. I don't want Hanna to have to wake up and still not know who did it. I wanna see those sick bastards rot for what they. Every one of them." I mutter
"Be careful what you wish for Alison. Toby betrayed Spencer. What if Noel was betraying you? " he adds
"Then Billy will be making your bank account grow tremendously, because if someone betrayed me like that, I be here everyday until you retired. I could never recover from that." I sigh
"Well just remember, you've learned a lot. You've come a long way, don't forget that. And if it is the latter, I'm here whenever you need me." he says
"Thanks Dr. Burton. If its good news, if Hanna wakes up, if I can finally put all this crap behind me, I won't need to see you as often. I'll be good with like a monthly visit. I'll miss you Dr. B." I proclaimed
"I'll miss you to Alison. You were really good counsel for my own problems. You're a good friend Alison. I know I'm your doctor and your my patient, but your also my friend , and a damn good one." He admits
"Thanks Doc. That means more to me then you know." I reply graciously
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After my therapy session with Dr. Burton, Aria and Spencer show up half an hour late to pick me up for our meeting with Dt. Benson. Today was supposed to be Dr. Burton's day off but he made an exception for me which meant he didn't have any other patients today. He sat outside with me and waited until my friends came to pick me up.
"Are you sure you don't want me to give you a ride to the precinct? I haven't seen Liv in a while and it would be nice to say 'hello'." He asks
"I'm sure. Aria said that they're on their way and they'll be really pissed if they show up and I'm not here." I assure him
"Will Emily be there as well? When you go to meet Olivia, I mean." he asks
"Nope, just at the hospital. She has a couple classes she can't miss. Gives me more time to get my head together I guess." I answer
"Well when you see Liv, could you give her a message for me?" he asks
"Therapy is over. What's with all the questions?" I ask
"Sorry, I'm just used to asking a lot of questions when we talk. But can you give Olivia a message?"
"Sure. What should I tell her?" I ask
"Tell her that her goddaughter misses her and to be careful. She's not allowed to die before me." he says
"Dr. Burton, can I ask you something now?"
"No, Olivia and I were never together. We grew up together, she's like a sister to me." he replies
"Good to know, but my question was about Billy Dawson, Caleb's step-father." I chuckle slightly
"Alright, shoot." he says
"Ok so, Hanna was his stepson's girlfriend. As far as Billy was concerned, Caleb was his son, and us girls, Caleb's friends and girlfriend, were practically his daughters. If he sees me and Hanna as his daughters, is it ethical for him to treat us, like was it wrong of him to become our doctors?" I ask
"There's a huge grey area when it comes to these things. There's the fact that you're not actually his children, and the fact that he never operated on you. He basically oversaw the treatment for both of you but never treated you himself. Why are you so concerned with ethics all of a sudden?" he replies
"Because I sometimes wonder if his personal feelings for me and Hanna ever clouded his judgement when treating us. I wonder if he avoided certain treatment plans for Hanna because he felt they were too risky when they could have her awake by now if he did take the risks. I wonder if he should be removed from her case or if the fact that he cares so much about her the reason she's still alive." I confess
"Ali, I'm not a surgeon, I'm a psychiatrist. I don't work in that hospital and I don't know how things work over there. I do, however, know that the rest of the doctors in that hospital would not allow him to work on a case they knew he couldn't handle, especially not so soon after his son's death, and especially with the patient being his son's girlfriend." he says
Before I get a chance to reply, Spencer comes speeding into the parking lot.
"I have to go." I say, standing up and gathering my things
"Oh, before you go I just wanted to let you know that I've cleared you of all restrictions. You can retake your drivers test anytime now to get back your license." he says
"Thank you!" I call, jumping into the back seat of the car before Spencer races out the parking lot
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"Spencer slow down! You're gonna get pulled over!" Aria cries as Spencer flies down the busy L.A. streets
"Or worse, I'll end up in another car accident just as I'm finished recovering from the last one!" I exclaim
"Will you two calm down! We're already late and we need to hurry if we wanna make it to the hospital on time!" She argues
"We're like a mile away Spence! If you don't start slowing down we'll get pulled over right in front of the precinct!" I argue back
Soon Spencer notices a bunch of cop cars ahead so she gradually begins to slow down.
"For a minute there I forgot I was in California, not Pennsylvania anymore. If I get charged with reckless endangerment here, I don't have Mommy and Daddy who can be here in a moments notice to get the charges dropped." she chuckles
"Spencer!" Aria exclaims
"Relax, I was joking. You know I'm not the type of girl to use her last name to get her out of trouble. Its not like anyone actually cares who my parents are here in L.A. If we were back home in Rosewood and someone, especially the cops, heard the last name 'Hastings', all I'd have to say was 'jump' and they'd say 'how high?'. Here in L.A., they don't take that b.s. I've tried to use the name to get answers on Caleb's death, but they didn't budge." Sencer rambles
As we get out the car and start walking inside, Aria whispers something to me. "Maybe she really is a Hastings at heart."
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We wait down stairs for about 15 minutes before Dt. Rollins, another detective from Benson's team comes down to get us.
"You wanted to see us?" Spencer asks as we are lead inside Benson's office
"Don't you just love how she turns it into one of those, 'its not what I can do for you, but what you can do for me' type things? The way she waltzed in here, acting like she's doing them the favor instead of the other way around." I whisper to Aria
"Well we both know how she loves to be in control of everything." Aria whispers back
"Yes, I wanted to see you because we were able to access video footage of your friends hit-n-run from surveillance cameras of the building around the corner. We got a picture of the drivers face, but the angle made it hard to get something facial recognition might pick up. We were hoping you might be able to I.D. him." Benson says
"Show me the picture." Spencer orders
Benson removes a picture from a file lying on her desk and hands it to Spencer while me and Aria hover over her to see the photo as well.
"Well its not Toby. I guess he's not behind this after all." Spencer sighs
"Beats me. I was only in Rosewood a couple months anyways." Aria says
"He, he looks kinda familiar. I don't know, with this angle, its just hard to tell if I'm right or not. You wouldn't happen to have a different angle would you?" I ask
"Yeah, as a matter a fact we do." Dt. Benson says, pulling out another photo
"Oh my gosh!" I gasp
"What?" Aria cries
"Who is it?" Spencer exclaims
"Its. Its. J-Jason!" I cry
"Jason? Jason who?" Benson asks, grabbing and pen and paper to write don the name. Aria and Spencer continue to stare at each other in shock.
"Jason DiLaurentis. Mine and Spencer's older half brother." I confess
"Wait a second, you two are sisters?" Benson asks
"No." Spencer says, "Jason and I have the same father different mothers."
"And me and Jason have the same mother, different fathers." I answer
"Do either of you happen to know where Jason might be?" Dt. Amaro, Benson's partner asks
"No, neither of us have seen or heard from for at least a year before we left Rosewood.
"Don't worry, we'll get him." Dt. Benson promises.
At the hospital
We already knew that Emily had gotten to the hospital before us so Aria and Spencer decided to give the two of us a minute alone so we could talk. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before pushing open the door the Hanna's room. When I opened the door, Emily wasn't alone, much to my surprise. Of course Hanna was there, but that Zoey, Chloe, whatever her name is, the one that Emily has been staying with, was also in the room. Emily was sitting in a chair next to Hanna's bed and that girl was asleep in her lap. In her lap! There were plenty of empty chairs she could have sat in! She didn't even need to be there in the first place! She was all over Em!
"Wow Emily! You sured moved on fast!" I cry
"Alison!" she exclaims, and jumps a little upon hearing my voice
Chloe finally begins to stir.
"W-what's going on?" she asks, rubbing her eyes
"Alison's here." Emily says
"Oh, um hi." she says, climbing out of Emily's lap.
"Hey." I say coldly
"We haven't officially met. I'm Abby, Em's roommate." she says with a yawn
"Abby? I though your name was Chloe or Zoey or something like that?" I say
"Oh, your probably thinking of my last name. Em or Caleb probably referred to me as 'Doley' a lot, didn't they?" She asks
"Oh yeah, thats what it was." I say to myself
"Well I'm gonna give you two some privacy. I could really use some coffee right about now anyways." She says, grabbing her purse and heading out the door.
"So that's your type now?" I ask
Abby is somewhat muscular and tall. She has thick, light brown hair and hazel eyes. Her skin has a natural tan about a shade lighter then Emily's. She had on a mint colored sundress with white polkadots ans silver sandals with rhinestones. Her hair was up in a messy bun, and even though she wasn't wearing any makeup, she was still absolutely gorgeous.
"I thought you had a thing for blondes?" I add
"And by blondes you mean you? First of all, you're not the only girlfriend I've had. Or the only blonde. I dated this girl Paige, that was a member of the swim team back at Stanford, but she was a brunette. Then in high school there was Samara, and then Maya, the one who was killed. Granted, Samara was a blonde, she was nothing like you. She was sweet, caring, lovable. You're just a bitch and whore who uses people for her own personal gain. And Hanna, well you may have crafted her to look like you, but I liked her for her personality, not her looks." Emily rants
"How do expect me not to get jealous when you're shacking u with a girl who like that? She's hot as hell, Em, there's no denying it!" I fire back
"Alison, she's straight, and she has a boyfriend. They've been together on-and-off since junior high. They haven't broken up once in the last five years. Besides, she's more like a sister to me then anything. Sure she's hot, but the idea of hooking up with her if she was actually into girls is disgusting." She says
"Oh. So the topic of us getting back together. Is there a possibility that's still open for discussion?" I ask
"Ali, I've loved you since the day I first met you, but we're not right for each other. We never were, and never will be. I loved being with you and I miss it like crazy, but I can't handle anymore heartbreak." she answered
"And you won't have to, I promise. We made a promise to each other Em. Please don't back out on that." I beg, taking her hands in mine
"I don't know, I need more time to think." she says pulling away
"There's someone else on your mind, I can feel it. Who is it?" I ask
"Well, we were both feeling depressed, hung up on our exes. We got drunk and it kinda just happened." she starts
"Ok well I know you're not talking about Aria because all she cares about is Hanna. The only other girl you've been hanging out with is that Abby chick, Aria told me. That means it has to be... Spencer!" I gasp
"That's my name don't wear it out." Spencer says, pushing open the hospital room door
"You're sleeping with Spencer!" I exclaim
"Woah, what!" Aria shouts
"No, no, no, you got it all wrong!" Emily cries
"We made out a little a few times, but that's as far as it ever went!" Spencer jumps in defensively
"Actually we did sleep together the first time, but after that it was just making out." Emily confesses
"And you called me a whore!" I shout
"Aria I can ex-"Spencer starts
"No! I don't care, we're not together anymore. You're free to screw whoever it is you wanna screw." Aria cuts her off coldly
"Will you and Alison stop making me sound like a slut who will sleep with any girl who has a pulse? What's next, are you gonna try a say I raped Hanna?" Emily asks
"Well did you?!" Aria fires back
"This is all so rich, coming for the two who cheated on their girlfriends. So what, you two can cheat, but we can't hook up while we're single?" Spencer questions
"For the last time, "A" made me think you were cheating on me and I thought we had broken up already anyways! As for Emily and Alison, they were broken up because Emily couldn't learn to trust her girlfriend!" Aria shouts
"Enough!" I cry, "We didn't come here to pick fights in front of Hanna and stress her out even more. We came here to encourage her to wake up, but I can't imagine why she'd want to after all this. If I were her, the only reason I'd wanna wake up now is so I could find out who killed Caleb, but she can probably find out on the other side."
"You found out who the driver was?" Emily asks
"It was Jason." Spencer sighs
Emily goes into complete shock while the rest of us stand in silence.
"I can't believe it. Why would Jason want Caleb dead? They hardly knew each other." she says
Suddenly the machine hooked up to Hanna's heart starts beeping like crazy until it stops and turns into a single long beep. That's when all the doctors coming racing into the room and push us out the door. I think we just killed Hanna.
This may come as a shock, but for once I don't have anything else to say. *gasp! Anyways don't forget to ~Stay Weird