Disclaimer: I do not own Pretty little Liars.

Ok, so I really don't know exactly were this story is gonna go, yet. I have a few different ideas. But, it really picks up in the next chapter, I promise. Enjoy.

Paige ran into school on Monday morning just as the warning bell for home room rang. Her alarm clock hadn't gone off and she had to rush to get there. Luckily, she didn't have swim practice this morning or coach would have been angry with her for missing it. When she reached her locker their were only a few other people left roaming the halls. She quickly put in her combination, cursing under her breathe when she turned it the wrong way and had to start all over again. The lock finally opened and Paige threw open the locker door while shrugging off her school bag. After, putting her it on the locker's hook she began searching for her books for first period. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw a sealed envelope resting next to her things. The last time there was a letter left in her locker like this it ended horribly. Her thoughts were filled with memories of Alison. The blond girl had took it upon herself to torture Paige throughout their sophomore year of high school. Paige tried to hold her ground and fight back but it was no use, the other girl was just to powerful. She knew just the right things to say to make Paige's skin crawl and bring her down. Somehow, Alison had figured out the Paige liked Emily a little too much.

Alison wrote a fake letter to Paige, pretending to be Emily, and slipped it into her locker. When Paige opened her locker that day she was surprised to see an envelope fall out. She opened it without much thought and was shocked at what she read. At the bottom it gave directions for Paige to write back and put it behind a sign in town. Paige knew that she shouldn't have believed someone as amazing as Emily would actually want someone like her. But, she wrote a letter back anyway and biked to the spot she was suppose to leave it. As she was putting the letter behind the sign Alison walked up and snatched it out of her hands. She tried to grab it back but Alison was faster than her and left with the letter. She thought the girl was going to give the letter to Emily and out her to everyone, but it never happened. Alison walked up to her the next day at school and told her to stay away from Emily or she would tell everyone her secret. Paige immediately agreed and avoided the dark haired swimmer the best she could. That summer Alison went missing until they eventually found her body, dug it up in the backyard.

Paige jumped suddenly when she was brought out of her thoughts by the bell ringing. She quickly shook her head and grabbed the rest of the books she needed. After hesitating for a few seconds she picked up the envelope and slipped it into her math book. Paige slammed her locker shut and took off down the hallway to her class room. As she rounded the corner she felt her body slam into something. Her books went flying everywhere and she stumbled backwards. When she finally found her footing she looked up to see Mona standing in front of her with an unreadable expression. She had her arms crossed over her chest and was tapping her foot impatiently. Paige opened and closed her mouth a few times, not really knowing what to say to her.

"Well, are you going to apologies or just continue to stare at me?" Mona finally said harshly. Paige would never admit it out loud but she was a little bit scared of Mona. She saw a lot of Alison in the other girl and that put her on edge. She knew Mona was just another girl trying to climb the social ladder of high school. But, she could never shake the feeling that Mona was more devious than she let on to be. Paige looked around at her books on the ground before glancing back up to the dark haired girl.

"Sorry, I wasn't watching were I was going." Paige mumbled out quickly as she kneeled down and gathered up her books. She opened her math book a little to make sure the envelope hadn't fallen out. When she saw that it was still there she stood back up and began walking. As she passed by Mona the girl stuck her arm out, stopping her.

"Next time you better watch where you're going, Pigskin." Mona spat out and dropped her arm back to her side. Paige turned around sharply and pushed her books into Mona, slamming her into the lockers.

"Don't call me that." Paige whispered out harshly as Mona tried to push Paige off of her. They stared at each other for a while until Paige finally backed up and let Mona go. Mona looked a little scared at Paige's expression as she put space between them. Paige stormed past her and continued her way down the hall knowing she was really late now. When she reached her class room door she hesitated to walk in and looked back to Mona. The girl was still standing in the same spot staring back at her, a wicked smile on her face. Before Paige could open the door fully she heard Mona yelling down the hallway.

"You better watch your back, McCullers." Mona yelled and continued on to wherever she was walking to. Paige just shook her head and walked into her home room. She sat down at her desk as the teacher gave her a disproving look. She let out a quiet 'sorry', still upset over her confrontation with Mona. Paige knew that Mona was all talk and was just angry because Hanna had abandoned her. Everyone knew around school that you didn't want to cross Mona's path anymore. Ever since Alison had gotten killed she was trying to take her place as 'queen bee'. Mona was one of the few people that knew about her and Alison's violent past together. She was in the hallway the day Alison had first called her 'pigskin'. Mona knew that they fought with each other but she didn't know the whole story. Paige always wondered if the letter she had written would someday be found by someone. She never did find out what Alison had done with it, she hoped she would never find out. It's not that she had written anything bad in the note it's just that when she began to write she couldn't stop. She had reveled her feelings and poured her heart out to, who she thought, was Emily at the time. When Alison had taken the letter from her that day she suddenly regretted everything she had written.

Thinking of the letter had reminded her of the envelope she still had inside her math book. She slowly opened up her book to see the white envelope with nothing written on it. Anxiety washed over her as she picked it up and glanced around the room. No one was paying attention to her and seemed to be either sleeping or doing homework they hadn't done at home. Her hands began to shake as she slowly opened the top of it. She knew that she shouldn't be getting worked over a random envelope that was left in her locker. Anyone could have put it in there. But with the past she had with things like this she really didn't know what to expect. Even though she was buried in the ground, Paige still felt like she was under Alison's control sometimes. As she opened up the envelope the rest of the way she quickly glanced at the clock to see how much time she had until the bell rang. When she noticed that there was only four minutes left, she put the note back into her text book and closed it. The bell rang a few seconds later and she took off for her first class of the day.

_When the end of the day finally rolled around and Paige was completely exhausted. She had forgotten that she had a history test today and knew she failed it. Then, in science her test tube broke and she had to clean up the mess which made her late for math. She was happy that the day was over and was ready to just head home. There was no practice today because coach wanted them to rest up for their first meet of the season on Wednesday. But, her dad would probably make her practice in the backyard pool when he found out there was no practice anyway. She made her way to her locker, unlocking it and quickly collected the books she needed. Before throwing her math book into her school bag she took out the note and held it instead. When she was done gathering everything she closed her locker and made her way out of the school. She made her way to her bike and began peddling home, envelope still in her hand. As she made her way down the street she began to think about Emily, who entered her thoughts often. The last time she had seen the girl was on Friday at their latest swim practice. The coach had told her she was becoming the best on the team and Emily couldn't contain her smile.

Paige knew that the other girl loved to swim because of how graceful she was in the water. When she swam it was like she wasn't even doing it for a competition. But, she would always be setting new records and beating her times. For the rest of the day Paige couldn't help but glare at Emily every chance she got. It wasn't that she was mad at the girl or anything, she just didn't understand how everything just came so easy for her. Emily was out of the closet and she wasn't afraid to be who she wanted to be. Paige always wondered what it would be like to finally not have to hide behind this facade she had created. What it would be like to admit her feelings towards Emily and actually have them returned. But she knew that it could never be like that and she had learned that the hard way. Alison had broken her down so much and showed her that she wasn't really worthy of love. She had screwed up so many things in her life that she felt like a total mess. It's like she couldn't do anything right and for Emily everything just came naturally. Emily was kind, smart, beautiful, and Paige knew she could never have her. She always could still hear Alison's voice in the back of her mind, telling her to stay away from Emily.

As she neared her house she noticed that her parents' cars weren't in the driveway. They usually weren't there when she got home from school. Paige peddled onto her front lawn and climbed off of the bike. She then carelessly left the bike on the grass as she headed for her front door. She was anxious to finally read whatever was inside the letter that she still clutched in her hand. The door opened easily after unlocking it and she walked inside, shutting it behind her. After dropping her bag by the front door she went over to the couch and sat down. She stared at the already opened envelope for a few seconds before pulling the paper out of it. There was only one page and it was folded so it would fit into the envelope. Paige quickly unfolded it and began to read the typed contents of it.

This isn't the first time you found a letter in your locker is it, Paige? The last time this happened you got your poor little heart broken. Well, if you don't do what I ask, more things than just your heart will get broken this time. At school tomorrow steal Hanna Marin's phone from her and then put it in your locker. Leave it in there for the rest of the day and don't take it out. Don't get caught, Pigskin. We wouldn't want Emily finding out about your little school girl crush on her.

-A xoxo

Paige stared at the letter in disbelief . There was so many questions running through her head and she had no answers to any of them. Who is A? Why do they want her to take Hanna's phone? How do they know she likes Emily? After reading over the letter several more times she dropped it on the ground. Her hands felt shaky as she ran them through her hair. She had no idea what she was going to do. The person that wrote this had to be someone that knew about her past with Alison. Paige thought for a second and realized that Mona had called her pigskin today. She had been close to Paige's locker when they bumped into each other in the hallway today. Paige knew Mona had motive to write the note, the person wanted Hanna's phone to be taken. Mona and Hanna had been best friends before the blond began to hang out with Emily, Spencer, and Aria instead. It was no secret that the dark haired girl had some what of a grudge against the four other girls. But, why did she want the phone to be left in the locker. It's not like she had a key to open it and get it out later. Then again, it might not be Mona, the letter was signed with an A and not an M. Maybe someone else had found the note she wrote Emily when Alison was still around. Even if Mona was behind this she knew the other girl would follow through with her threats. Either way, she had to make a decision before school ended tomorrow.

If she stole Hanna's phone there's a chance this person would be satisfied and leave her alone. But, if she didn't steal the phone this person might out her to the whole school, including Emily. Which meant that, eventually, her dad would find out that his perfect little girl was gay. The only class she had with Hanna was history but she sat all the way at the other side of the room. So, she knew it would be near impossible to get the phone from the other girl. If she got caught she could end up getting expelled from school. Her dad would find out about that, too. She figured that her dad would be more upset if he found out she was gay than if she got expelled from school. Stealing the phone would be the hardest part, but if she could pull it off she would be safe from whoever this A person was. Suddenly, she was pulled out of her thoughts by the sound of a car pulling into the driveway. She knew that it was her mom because she always got home from work first. When she realized she had been sitting in the living room staring at nothing, she stood up. The letter still laid in the same spot as Paige bent down to quickly pick it up. After sticking the paper back in the envelope she put it into her back pocket so it wasn't noticeable. Her mom walked in soon after and she pretended to be heading towards the kitchen for something.

"Hey mom." Paige said as her mom walked into the kitchen where she was getting a glass out. She was surprised when her daughter spoke up, not expecting her to be in the kitchen.

"How was school today, dear?" Mrs. McCullers asked while putting her brief case down on the table. Paige just shrugged her shoulders as she finished filling her glass with orange juice. She didn't feel like talking to her mom right now, she had to many other things on her mind. Also, she knew that any conversation she had with her parents would just end up with them talking about swimming. She walked over to the bottom of the steps trying to make a quick exit to her room. Before walking up them, she could hear her mom yelling something about getting her homework done. As she jogged up the steps her thoughts were filled with the envelope in her back pocket.

Tomorrow she was going to have to steal from Hanna Marin, one of Emily's best friends.