As I sit under the shower head, water cleansing me of the blood and dirt, I thought about everything that happened tonight. We learned so much.

Some girl name Bethany thinks she's in control of A

Bethany has raised an army

She uses some kind of Celtic way of controlling her subjects, also using music to do it

Three spirits are aiding her. All three having some kind of beef with the girls

Hector Lime was killed due to making the Alison masks

Someone helped us out tonight

I exit the shower and dry myself off before wrapping the towel around me. Wiping the mirror off, I look at my face. Ouch. That shot I took from Bethany is going to leave a bruise.

"That looks brutal." I jump to see Paige standing behind me with a worried look on her face. "Sorry. I didn't mean to startle you." She joins me at the mirror, looking her own face over. Thankful she wasn't marked but she looks done in.

"You look shit." I say with a smile in my voice, hoping to make light of tonight events. It works as Paige smiles a bit at me. "Come on." I lead her out the bathroom. "Go to bed." She nods and heads to her room as I head to mine.

"Samantha?" Paige stops me.

"Yeah Paige?"

"What's our next move?"

I thought for a second. Clearly we needed to deal with one problem at a time. "I'll be making a call to Tim. He will send up a team to deal with the spirits we saw tonight?"

"You mean James?" Her voice cracks a bit.

"Yes. They will dig up his grave, along with the other two and take care of the corpses." I can see Paige is about to ask me how that will help so I cut her off. "They will salt and burn them. This helps them past on for good."

Paige looks at me for a bit before nodding and entering her room. "Good night Sam."

I wave to her. "Good night Paige. Get some sleep." She closes her door and I sigh. "I'm sorry Paige." I say into the hallway before entering my room. Sitting on the bed, I call Tim, updating him on what had transpired.

"This Bethany chick sounds insane. What the hell makes her think she can control it?" Tim asks me as I hear him typing into his computer.

"I don't know. According to her, she has learned from Mona mistakes." I reply back as I keep the phone close to my ear with one hand as the other remove my contacts from my eyes. "She has control but I think it's A stringing her along."

"As far as the spirits you saw, I am using the same team that I sent to Lime's place and have them salt and burn the bodies. Also, we will salt and burn Hector as well whenever we can."

"Thanks Tim I owe you one." I yawn into the phone. I was having trouble staying awake.

"Alright kid, get some rest. Let us adults do some work." I can't see him but I know he's smiling by the tone he uses. I hang up the phone and fall backwards into the bed, slowly drifting off to sleep.

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I wake up to the smell of fresh coffee and bacon. Paige must be up. I get out of bed and wash up a bit. I put on one of my cardinals t-shirts, a pair of comfy pj bottoms and my glasses. As I exit my room, Paige is exiting hers. "I thought you was downstairs."

"I thought you was downstairs. Wait, you wearing glasses?" She states, just as confused. "Hello?" She bellows down the stairs.

"It's me Paige." We both let out a sigh of relief when we hear Emily's sweet voice call back. "I let myself in. Thought I make you breakfast."

I look over to Paige and she has a huge grin on her face. "Lucky you. Having a woman like that."

She blushes a bit. "Yeah. I am lucky. She loves me." Her face shows she was thinking of last night.

"Hey." I close my distance and place a hand on her shoulder. "She loves you okay? Don't let what Bethany say affect you." She nods and I smile. "Good. Now go down and have…" I am cut off by Emily scolding someone.

"Hanna! Put that down. It's not for you. It's for Paige and Samantha."

"First off…" Hanna starts off. Even from where we are, I can tell she is talking with food in her mouth. "You can't expect me not to eat bacon. It's bacon Em. Second, it's Sam or what I like to call her short stuff or cutie." I couldn't help but blush and Paige notices it, smirking at me.

"Short stuff? Cutie? How do you know that she's short and cute?"

"I met her last night. We sang and dance to Break Out Of at a club with a weird ass name."

Emily tone had shocked in it. "What do you mean you met her at a club? Was Paige there?"

"No Em. Your girl was here. She was there alone. She had Paige's phone."

"What does her having Paige's phone have to do with anything?" Emily asks confused.

"Oh Spencer put some kind of spy thingy on Paige's phone and we followed the phone to that club. That's how I met Sam. She was on the dance floor and I joined her. We…"

Emily cuts her off. "Back up Hanna. What do you mean Spencer put a spy app on Paige's phone?" I facepalm as Paige groans a bit. Oh Hanna.

"Oops. I wasn't suppose to say anything." I couldn't see her but I can tell she added a shrug to that. "Look, you know how Spencer is. She just being protective in her own, overstepping lines way."

"Right." Emily says in a tone that makes Paige wince. "I am calling over Spencer now."

I nudge Paige. "Better get down there before they kick off."

She goes down the stairs and I follow behind her. "Emily. Hanna." Paige gets their attention. Emily looks over and her face softens. Paige moves over to her and kisses her. "Hi babe."

"Morning Paige." Emily says, kissing her back. Emily notices me and she face falls. "Sam! What happen to your face?" She rushes over to me and cups my face, checking out my bruise.

I grab her wrists and pull her hands away from my face. "I'm fine Emily. Just a…"

Hanna pushes Emily to the side and cups my face. "What the hell happened to you short stuff? Who did this? Wait, you wear glasses?" She softly strokes my cheeks and I felt like my knees could buckle on me.

I can feel the blush hitting me full force. "I'm fine." my voice squeaks before clearing my throat. "I'm fine and last night I had on contacts." My voice returning to normal.

"Still haven't told me who did that to your face." Hanna crosses her arms and I see Emily staring at me.

"Got into it with some chick."

"But why?" Emily speaks up.

"Well…" I look at Emily then back at Hanna. "She was talking shit about Hanna." I lied through my teeth. Technically I wasn't lying in a sense. Bethany did say some pretty hurtful shit about the girls.

Paige and Emily crosses their arms across their chest as Hanna puts her hands on her hips. "What?! Who was it?! That green eyed chick with the pixie cut?! Bitch was eyeing you up and down at the bar."

"Yeah...yes. That's the chick. Said some things I didn't like."

"Like what?" Hanna cups my face and stares into my eyes. I blush hard as I feel like I am staring to pools of clear water.

"She...she said...umm….right she…." I couldn't form a complete sentence as my eyes dart from hers to her lips back to her eyes.

Hanna must have noticed because she smiles. "Sam. Relax. I don't bite unless you want me to, okay?" Paige snickers and Emily elbows her in the side as Hanna shoots over a glare before turning back to me. "What did she say?"

I shake myself mentally. "Yeah. She said I could have made a better choice of company. When I told her I was fine with the company I had, she said I was only fine with you because you look like you put on the first date. I didn't like that so I slammed her head against the bar and her buddy got in a cheap shot to my face. Hence the bruise. Like I said, I'm fine." I give her a cheeky smile.

"Aww. You defended my honor." Hanna gives me a quick peck on the lips. "Thank you short stuff." She smiles, pinching my good cheek before backing away from me. "I'm hungry."

Emily laughs. "Of course you are Hanna. I'm going to make more bacon. Try not to get it all Hanna." She smirks at Hanna and walks towards the kitchen.

"Not my fault she makes good back." Hanna shrugs and follows Emily.

I am standing in the same spot, looking off into space. "I'm in trouble am I?"

Paige walks over and places a hand on my shoulder. "Yup." She laughs and walks towards the kitchen.

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We are sitting around the table, enjoying the breakfast that Emily had cooked. Hanna was right. She made good bacon. Everything she made was good. Scrambled eggs, toast and a nice fruit salad. Hanna is sitting to my right as Emily and Paige sit across from us. Hanna is sneaking food off my plate and I smack her hand down.

"I like you Hanna but stop eating my food." I say playfully and she gives me a pout with puppy eyes to boot. Damn I am in trouble. I give her the last two pieces of my bacon.

"Yay. Thanks short stuff." Hanna says brightly as she kisses my cheek.

"Yup. You are in so much trouble." Paige jokes.

Emily chimes in. "Yeah Sam. You gotta learn how to fight the pout. Otherwise she will run all over you."

Hanna swallowed the mouthful of bacon and points the other at Emily. "Quiet you." She bites into the bacon.

The doorbell rings and Paige stands up. "Better see who that is." She leaves the table. We hear her open the door. She walks back to the table with two people behind her. "Look who came to join us." It was Aria and Spencer.

"Hi everyone." Aria says as she sits next to Hanna and looks over at me. "Hey. Thought I be seeing you again. Whoa...your face? What happened to you?" Her tone laced with concern.

"Yes. What happened to you?" Spencer ask smugly as she takes her sit next to Emily, which gave Emily the perfect to elbow her. "What was that for?"

"For spying on my girlfriend. What the hell?" Emily voice was ice cold.

Spencer cringes at the tone. "I was just…"

Emily cuts her off. "Not trusting Paige after everything she has done for us. After she protected you from A or you don't remember that?"

"Look. I know all that okay? You can never be too careful. One day you will be happy I have that app on her phone."

Before Emily can say anything, I cut her off. "I deleted it." Paige looks over at me with a questioning look and all I do is nod. "Last night. After y'all left the club. I went into her phone and deleted the app."

Spencer reaches into her pocket and checks her phone. After checking her phone for what seem like an hour, she glares at me. "That's impossible…"

I lean forward a bit on the table, clasping my hands together. "Now why would that be impossible? It was just a simple app." We both know the app wasn't simple to find. I should know. After all, Tim was the one who made that app. That's right. Spencer somehow got an app made by Tim and installed it on Paige's phone without her knowing it. How you ask? Simple. My ex partner Mona.

Spencer stands there, frozen, lost in her own thoughts. Aria finally speaks for the second time. "Spence? You alright there?" Spencer looks at her and nods a bit. "Good. Look, she's sorry for putting the app on the phone and we are sorry for not saying anything to you Paige. Right Hanna?"

Hanna scoffs. "I said it was a bad idea from the start…."

"Hanna!" Aria scolds before clearing her throat. "Alright if all of that is out of the way, two things. First off….what happened to your face?" She points to my bruise. "Second, the fair is happening today. Erza is going to meet me there. Are you guys going?"

Hanna speaks up before I can say anything. "She got that bruise defending my honor." She ruffles my hair. "And I'll go to the fair if short stuff here will be my date." She winks at me and my heart skips a beat.

"Samantha, can I talk to you for a minute?" Paige says, standing up. I nod and we go far enough so the girls can't hear us. "You know we can't right? The whole 'Bethany is trying to kill us, spirits that hates the girls coming back and Hector Lime being dead?' We can not go on a date right now. We gotta strike or at least wait for the next attack."

"Would you relax? First, we can't strike without knowing where Bethany is going to be. Second, people like me even need a day off. Third, Hanna is asking me out. I am not going to turn that down." Paige is about to say something but I cut her off. "We are going on this date. Don't worry. We will take the gloves and shoes just in case." I pat her shoulder. "Besides, are you telling me that you are willing to turn date night with Emily?"

Paige sighs. "Okay...okay. Fine but if it goes sideways…"

I smile at her. "We will get the girls and their dates out of there." We walk back into the kitchen where the girls seem to be having a bit of a discussion. I clear my throat and they stop to look at us. I look at Hanna and nod. "Yes. I will be your date."

Hanna smiles at me. "It's a date."

Aria smiles as well. "Paige? Emily"

Emily nods. "I'm game if Paige is."

"Sure. I am game. After all, we can use an off day." She nudges me and I roll my eyes before smiling.

Aria points to Spencer. "You?"

Spencer sits there for a second before speaking. "Sure. Me and Toby can go. He's off tonight."

"Good. Well I am off. See you guys tonight. Sam, show me out?" Aria says as she stands up and gather her items. Hanna looks at her weird and Aria waves off the look. "I just want to have a word with her Hanna. You know, 'Hurt my friend, I'll hunt you down' speech."

I look over to Paige and she just shrugs. I turn my attention to Aria. "Sure Aria. I'll walk you out." She walks over to me and I lead the way to the front door, opening it for her. "Thanks for inviting me out."

"Sure Sam. It's no problem. Listen, about Spencer, sorry she is acting a bit cold towards you. She just being protective of us. This whole A ordeal is weighing on us all. Sorry you had to be dragged into it." She pats my shoulder.

"It's fine. I'm sorry for y'all having to deal with it."

She nods. "Also thank you for putting up with Hanna. She really likes you. I haven't seen her smile like that in a while. Not ever since Caleb left for Ravenswood."

"Ravenswood?"

"Yeah. It's a town not too far from here. He left to find his father. Anyway, like I said, haven't seen her smile like that in a while. Actually, I have. Last night. She wouldn't shut up about that dance and the kiss." Aria notices my blush and laughs. "Alright. She's right. You are cute when you blush. Well it was nice seeing you again. See you later tonight." With that, Aria steps out and leaves.

I turn to see Spencer looking at me with her arms folded across her chest. I mimic her stance. "Yes Spencer?" I ask with a icy tone.

"How did you do it?" She replies with bitter tone.

"How did I do what?"

"Don't play games you hobbit." She closes the distance. "That spy app can't just be remove, let alone find. So I will ask again. How...did...you...do...it?" She jabs her finger into me twice.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" I wink at her and try to go past her but she grabs my arm. "I am going to ask you nicely to let me go." I say as calm as I can.

"Spencer, we still need to…" Emily is saying as she walks in on us. "...talk? What's going on?" She looks us questionably.

"Spencer was just warning me not to hurt Hanna. You know, being protective and all. Right Spencer?" I give her a look that says I dare you to say something different.

Spencer looks at me hard before pushing my arm away. "Yeah. You know me Em. I protect my friends at all cost. I better get going." She walks over to Emily and gives her a hug. "Bye Hanna!" She yells before walking back to me. "I will be watching you." She bumps shoulders with me as she walks out the door.

"What a…"

"Hey. That's my friend you are talking about but yes….she can be a bitch to people she doesn't know." Emily jokes.

"Yeah I see." I reply deadpan.

Emily sighs. "Okay. So she hasn't treated you fairly. It's the whole A thing. She's been under a lot stress lately. She questions everyone she doesn't know and everything. I'm sure she will get better as she gets to know you. Well, I better get going as well. Paige! I'm leaving!"

Paige rushes into the room. "Not without a kiss."

"Ugh. Get a room." Hanna says out of nowhere.

"If you don't like, don't watch." Emily sticks her tongue out before kissing Paige. "Gotta go. See you tonight." She kisses Paige's nose. "Bye Hanna." She gives Hanna a hug. "See you later Sam." She walks past me and walks out the door.

"Looks like I am leaving too. Thanks for the food Paige." Hanna hugs Paige. "As for you, short stuff…" She walks over to me and pecks me on the lips. "I'll be seeing you later." With that, Hanna leaves.

Paige joins me and pats my shoulder. "Yup. You're in trouble."

"Shut up Paige."