Chapter 7

Hello. Wow, it has been way to long and I'm sorry. Alas, I am updating now and will continue throughout the summer. I do have some idea for the next couple chapters so they should be coming fairly soon.

It had been ten minutes since Toby and Caleb were sent to the principal's office to find out how punished they would be for starting a fight on school grounds. Caleb was an A student and Toby didn't even go to Rosewood High anymore so it was questionable to the girls on how much trouble the boys would be in.

The four girls were in the hallway all with different body languages shown in the way they were positioned. Aria and Emily were sitting on the bench with Aria being on her phone and Emily laying herself across the bench with her head on Aria's lap. They were nowhere near how concerned Hanna and Spencer were for none of their significant others were in trouble at the moment. Spencer positioned herself against the white plastered wall with her arms crossed clearly showing her anger with this situation. Hanna was acting quite the opposite. She began pacing soon after the boys went into the principal's room and had a worried expression through the whole ordeal. Aria noticed her friend's concerned behavior and tried to calm her down.

"Hanna," She ignored her, being too preoccupied with worrying about what could happen to Caleb. "He's not going to be in that much trouble. Mr. James knows that this is Caleb's first-." Hanna cut her off finally explaining to everyone what she was worried about.

"I'm not worried about Principal pushover. I'm worried about…" Hanna looked over at Spencer hoping that she didn't realize where she was going with that sentence.

"No, go on. Don't stop because I'm here." Spencer said, now looking at Hanna. "I mean it's not like you guys are already plotting your revenge on Toby behind my back."

"That's not fair." Aria retorted.

"You're right. It's just…I don't know what to do. Do I believe him when my gut is screaming not to or do I doubt him when my heart is telling me not to?" Spencer knew that if it was anyone else that was A she would be on the attack. Unfortunately this was not the case in that her boyfriend who she trusted so much also happened to be the person who betrayed her.

"Well maybe Caleb is right," Emily lifted herself off of Aria and turned to face the rest of the girls. "We need to see his true colors. Think about it, would the Toby we know really have a fight with Caleb? And why was he at Hanna's house that night anyways? Even if Mona had something on him, would it really be that big that would cause him to betray us?"

The girls tried to find an answer for those questions, but nothing came to mind. Suddenly Hanna's head shot up from looking at the ground and her eyes widened. "I have an idea," All the girls turned their attention towards Hanna, waiting for this idea to solve everyone's problems. "If we get Toby's phone, maybe we can get lucky and find something that proves Toby wasn't lying."

"I can get it," Spencer said almost immediately after Hanna finished speaking. Just soon after the idea was given, the principal's door opened and out came Toby and Caleb – both looking furious.

Both Hanna and Spencer darted toward their significant others, each going in a different direction leaving Aria and Emily alone in the empty school hallway.

"One point Caleb, zero points Toby," Aria said both laughing at the joke. With all the drama going on it felt nice that both Aria and Emily's love lives were good. Sure, Aria and Ezra were having some trouble with the Maggie situation but they were getting by and Emily and Paige could not be doing any better.

It had been a couple hours since the school fight and Caleb and Hanna had already discussed what had happened. Caleb was being over-protective and he knew that, but at the same time Hanna could not be mad at him for being like that. He was her knight in shining armor after all.

It was around dinner time and Caleb and Hanna decided to have it together, both sitting at her kitchen counter eating some leftover Chinese food. It was silent for the first five minutes then Caleb finally broke the silence.

"So after dinner do you want to watch a movie? I heard Silver Linings Playbook was amazing."

Hanna looked at him guilty, knowing that her response would upset him. It was not the decline that would upset him, but the reasoning behind it. "I can't…Um, I was actually thinking about going to see Toby."

"You're going to what?" Caleb looked at Hanna completely puzzled. Why was she going to see the guy who almost got him expelled? The guy who also is on the A team!

"Well before you interrupted us today he needed to talk to me about Mona so I-," Hanna stopped after seeing the look on his face. His face was so strange to Hanna because it was a look of understanding which to Hanna was shocking because she completely anticipated more fighting.

"Say something," Hanna pleaded.

"Okay. You should go, I can't hold you back from everything that I don't like. I trust you, but I need you to call me the second you're done with him so I know you are alright. " They both smiled at their understanding. So after ten more minutes of eating and talking about other topics at hand, she was off to go see Toby. She tried to think of what it was Toby wanted to talk about and knowing it was about Mona made her more worried than usual.

She arrived at the motel he was staying at after getting the address and approval from Spencer. It was an average motel and looked very similar to the motel that had A's lair. She walked slowly, taking a deep breath every other step towards Toby's room. Right before she got to Toby's room someone from behind called her name. She turned around and with her luck, it was Wren. As if the situation could not have become more awkward, Toby appeared from outside his door looking around to see was what going on.

"Wren, hi," She looked back at Toby wondering if there was enough time for her to barge into his room to avoid this awkward encounter. To her dismay, there was not.

"What are you doing at the world's creepiest motel?" Wren asked, not noticing Toby behind her.

"I could ask you that same question."

Wren smiled just like he did every time he was around Hanna. "I'm visiting my mate a couple doors down who's visiting from New York. He wanted to see if Rosewood General has a good Neurology program."

Toby stepped away from his door towards Hanna, looking a bit amused seeing how uncomfortable Hanna looked. Being the gentleman he is, he put out his hand towards Wren.

"We haven't officially met, Wren. I'm Toby," After a little hesitation Wren responded to his gesture with a firm shake.

"Toby? I'd say our meeting is little overdue," They all give a small little laugh since they all knew of Spencer's past relationship with him. "Well I see you're here for Toby, but hey if you want to grab a bite afterwards, I'm all for it…As friends."

Unable to formulate words, Hanna did not respond so taking it as a cue, turned around and Wren left. Hanna turned to face Toby when Toby took the initiative to start their conversation.

"That was weird. Do you want to come inside or do you want to talk in this sketchy hallway?" Toby laughed trying to ease the air and it worked. Hanna smiled and walked over into the room. There was barely anything in the room except a few items of clothing scattered across one of the beds while the other one had the sheets open as if someone had just slept in them. It was not a completely dirty room, but it was not five star material either.

"What does Mona want?" Hanna asked cutting right to the point.

"That's why you came? I could have spared you the gas over the phone," Toby walked past Hanna and headed towards the sink. He turned on the water and splashed some at his face. As he grabbed the towel to dry off he continued. "She wants you to visit her at Radley. She has gotten quite lonely."

She refused to believe that was all he wanted since ll at school he looked at her as if what he wanted to tell her was the most pressing thing on his mind. Trying to not show how truly scared she was being in the same room with an A member, she began drilling him so that he could tell her what was really on his mind.

"What does she really want?"

"I told you, she just wants to see you," He said still remaining calm.

"You can expect me to believe that after what happened at school."

"Just drop it, Hanna!" Toby threw the towel on the bed and took a step towards her trying to intimidate her. He did, but she didn't let that intimidation stop her. She looked at him straight in the eye as if it would pyre the truth out of him. Just as she was about to give up, he gave in.

"Mona is planning on burning down Radley. She wants my help, but I can't let it happen!" Hanna stepped back, soaking in what just came out of his mouth. She hated Mona for what she did, but she thought that something about her had changed. Clearly it hadn't because why else would she want to do another reckless act? She sat on the tip of the bed, hands cupped to her mouth.

"Why tell just me this? Why not Spencer?" Hanna asked.

"She knows. She is telling Aria and Emily right now and I thought you'd be with them so she could tell you, but I guess not." Hanna jolted up and headed for the door. "Hanna, wait!"

"I need to talk to them!" She ran out the door and didn't bother to close it. Toby was standing in the doorway looking at the mess he just made.