Chapter 4: Problems again
"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaad!" I yelled. Today is mine and my dad's day together. We've grown closer since i've been pregnant surprisingly. Now he actually cares about me.
"Need help?" he came in. I nodded. I'm 6 months pregnant now, and I can't see my feet anymore so I need my dad, or mom, or sister, or really, anyones help to tie my shoes, or put socks on...you know this whole pregnant thing is getting on my nerves!
"I was told I was going to have a glow...i'm not seeing any glow about this crap" I said. He laughed.
"the glow was made up by a man trying to get out of trouble with his pregnant wife." he said. I smiled.
"I guess i'll never have to worry about a husband getting into trouble" I said.
"Honey, your still young...you never know what the future holds. I know you felt like Toby was the one, but maybe he was just supposed to bring your daughter to you, he did that, now you have to find the one that's willing to give you everything" He said. I smiled.
"Thanks dad" I said.
"Now come on, I was promised baby and bike shopping" he said.
"Lets go" I said while he helped me up.
"Wow it's like you get bigger every day" Melissa said. Melissa moved back to Rosewood because she got tired of Philadelphia.
"I feel like it" I said.
"Well later on tonight you want to get something to eat...maybe go up to the city?" she said. That was weird...my sister and I have never actually gotten along...ever since i've been pregnant she's gotten worse.
I looked over at my dad and he shrugged.
"Uh...sure" I said.
"Ok good, i'll make reservations. 8 good?" she said.
"Uh huh" I said.
When we were in the car I was still stunned.
"What was that?" I said.
"Spence, all of us know that we haven't always treated you fairly, so all of us talked, and for you and the baby, we want to be a better family" he said.
"Dad...i deserved the criticism I got. I mean after wren and then all the police drama from before"
"New beginnings" he said.
"New beginnings"
We went to the bike shop first. My dad loves bikes, he describes a bike ride as the best therapy.
"What about this one dad...it's state of the art" I said. He came over and looked at the bike.
"This is good...see the wheels and the frame. Very stable" he said. He called the shop owner over and made a deal. My phone rang so I walked over and looked at the text.
'Rock a bye Aria on the mountain top and when the liars cry the bitch shall die -A'
Rock a bye Aria? Mountain top? The bitch will die?
I quickly called Aria and she didn't answer.
"Aria please call me back..." I begged. I hung up and called Hanna and Emily and they didn't answer.
I looked over at my dad and he was still talking to the sales person when his phone rang.
"Right now?" he said.
"Ok I'll be there in a little bit, let me drop Spencer off" he said. Yes! Yes! Yes!
"Honey...can I have a rain check?" he said. I had to act disappointed.
"Sure dad" I said.
"I'm so sorry" he said.
"It's fine"
We drove back to the house and he went in and got his breif case and drove off.
I wrote a note for Mellissa saying my friend's needed me and it was an emergency. Than I grabbed my keys and drove to the mountain Mona fell off of.
"Mona!" I yelled.
"Aria!" I called out.
"Guys! Anyone!" I cried out again.
"Spence!?" I heard emily.
"Emily!?"
"Spencer!" I heard Hanna.
I ran to where there voices were and found them.
"Wheres Aria?" I asked.
"That's why we're here...did you get a text too?" Hanna said. I nodded.
"Her and Ezra were supposed to hike today" Emily said.
"Did she say where?"
"no..."
"Spencer why are you here...this is too dangerous for you now go home!" she said.
"No way..."
"Spencer please...if anything happens to you or the baby we will never forgive ourselves"
"Then don't blame yourselves" I said to them.
We walked back to my car and thought of a plan.
"...What if...Mona knew we would come to this spot." I said.
"What do you mean?"
"Mona knew we would come here, that way we would be occupied and she would have time to torture her"
"Someone should still stay here though just in case" Hanna said.
"Not it" I said first. They raised their eyebrows to the inside joke we used to have with Alli.
"I'll stay" Emily sad.
"Be Careful" Hanna said.
"Keep Spencer safe"
We got into my car and rode to the other side of the mountain.
"Why do you have to be so god damn stubborn" Hanna said. She was driving extra fast in my car. I could feel the baby kicking.
"I'll be fine...we just have to get to Aria" I said.
"Spencer you can't even see your feet! You waddle so you can't run!"
"I don't care right now Hanna!" I snapped.
"We care about you guys Spence...we want to try to help you like Toby would..." she said.
"I know...but right now Hanna...Aria needs us...all of us" I said.
It was already dark and my sister was calling me but I ignored it.
"Is that..." I said.
"Oh my god!" Hanna said. It was Aria and black hoodie over the mountain.
"ARIA!" I screamed.
Black hoodie looked over and I could tell it wasn't Mona...the frame was too big. But I recognized that size...it couldn't possibly be...
"Toby!?" I yelled. Hanna looked over at me. Then we saw Aria fall and then black hoodie left.
"ARIA!" I yelled.
"oh my god!" Hanna said. We stopped at the edge and saw Aria lieing there.
"Aria please wake up!" I yelled.
"I'm calling the police"
I saw Aria move her leg.
"Aria come on look at me!" I yelled again.
Then I heard a gun shot and I looked back in the woods. I could still see Emily standing on the other side but I don't think she can see us.
We heard the police and ambulance.
Hanna and I sat there crying and watching them.
"Ladies...come on" the lady cop came over.
"Please help her..." I cried.
Emily was over here by now crying with us.
"SHE'S ALIVE!" the cop yelled. Oh thank god...
"We're bringing her up!" he said again.
It took a good 30 minutes to pull her up and then they put her in the ambulance.
"Ms Hastings...do you need any medical attention" the cop came over to me. I just shook my head.
"you guys say a person in a black hoodie wit broad shoulders pushed her?"
"Yes" I said.
"How did you guys know about it?"
"She wasn't texting us, and we saw her boyfriend in town and he had said she cancelled, so we got worried and came up here to check on her, than when we came up we saw her go down" Hanna said.
"Ok ladies, thank you" the cop walked away from us and we jumped in my car and drove to the hospital.
"She's alive...she's going to be ok" Emily said over and over.
"Has anybody called her parents?"
"I'm sure the hospital will"
We got to the hospital and they put her in a room and started to work on her. We ran to the room window and Hanna cried out. A did this to Aria...but why did I think it was Toby...Toby is dead...
"Oh my god!" Ella, Aria's mom called out when they came in.
"My baby!" she cried out again. I put my hand on her shoulder and hugged her.
"Mrs. Montgomery she's going to be ok" Hanna said.
"Ella!?" Ezra came in.
"What happened?" he said.
"She was pushed off the cliff..." Emily said.
Ezra than broke down and sat against the wall.
"I was supposed to go with her...why did she tell me she wasn't going!"
"Mrs Montgomery..." the doctor came out.
"Yes" she said.
"We need you to sign these papers..." he said.
"Also we got these things off of her" he handed her stuff to Hanna.
I had to sit down...my feet were getting swollen.
It's been 3 hours now and they're still doing surgery on her.
"Here Spencer...you need to eat" Ella said handing me a bag of fried bananas.
"Thanks mrs Montgomery" I said.
"Hows the baby?" she asked. She had puffy cheeks from crying, but she was finally calm enough to distract.
"She's good...growing every day, she's kicking right now. Want to feel?" I said. She nodded and I took her hand and put it on the spot she was kicking.
"I remember when you were this little 6th grader...and now your going to be a mom soon"
"Yea..."
"I talked to your mom a few days ago...I think it's amazing how your handling it. I'm so proud of you" she said. I smiled.
"Ella!" Ezra said. They were wheeling Aria out to another room.
"The surgery went very well. Some bruises and a broken arm, but nothing major now" he said.
"Oh thank god..." she said.
Aria's dad and brother came in a little while ago.
Before they went in Mr Montgomery came over to us.
"You guys should go and drive Spencer home...come back in the morning when she's awake" he said. We nodded and hugged him and mrs Montgomery and Ezra.
We drove to my house and my parents were awake.
"Oh thank you!" my mom said hugging me.
"Hows Aria!?" Melissa asked.
"She got out of surgery, she's goinf to be better" I said.
"Girls i'll drive you guys home" my dad said. I hugged the girls and they left.
"I'm sorry Melissa...i got a text from Hanna saying they couldn't find Aria"
"I understand" she said hugging me again.
"Here spence" my mom handed me a bowl of salad and I gladly ate it. But I was also anxious to go upstairs. I snuck Aria's phone away earlier, I want to see why she went to that exact mountain without Ezra.
"I'm going to bed..." I said.
"Ok honey..." my mom said. I went upstairs and changed my clothes and then got Aria's phone out of my purse.
I saw texts from all of us...then I saw another picture. It was of me in my room rubbing lotion on my stomach.
'She's not going to need that lotion for long' it said. What did that mean?
I went down more and saw another A text.
'hey liar, come alone and Spencer and bastard baby won't be hurt'
Aria went there to save me...to save the baby...
"Oh my god..." I said.
Than I got a text on my phone and I was scared to look.
'ha! You thought I was Toby! Bitch! I killed your baby daddy months ago! -A' it said.
What was I thinking...