Chapter 17: Explanation
"Come on come on come on!" I rushed the girls out of Aria's house. Today was the day we were going to see Red Coat aka Alli. Toby revealed it to me...but I have to act like I don't know. It's been hard for the past 2 days. But I still don't believe it...how could she not be dead?! Toby wouldn't tell me anything more except that it was Alli. He said she wants to tell us. I decided to bring Meyson along because I do trust Toby, and if it is Alli...then I guess I trust her.
"I still don't know about this..." Aria said.
"It's going to be fine..." I assured her.
We drove to our old spot...the place where Allison used to take us behind the river.
"Why are we here?" Emily asked.
"This is where she wants to meet" Toby said. He was carrying Meyson who was completely content in his arms. She plays with his nose and his face and laughs at him.
"I would have never imagined Spencer as a mother" we heard her voice. That voice that we thought would be gone forever.
"Is that..." Hanna said.
"Yea its me" she said. She came out from behind the trees. Her long blond hair...and her bright blue eyes.
"Oh my god..." I said.
"Hey girls.." she said. All of us had tears in our eyes.
"How"
"Why"
"What"
"I am so confused..." Hanna ended it.
"Lets go and sit. I want to hold this little princess" she said about Meyson. We went to our old bench and all of us were still in awe.
"May I?" she asked me about holding Meyson. All I could do was nod. I can't believe what he said was true...she was alive...she was really really here.
"Ok since noone else is going to ask, aren't you supposed to be dead!?" Hanna said.
"Well...yea in a way. I never told you guys this...but I found my twin sister. My parents didn't want us around each other because well...she was bonkers." she began to explain.
"It was in 8th grade that we decided to switch places...it was also around the time I began to get messages from A. I wanted to escape from it...so we switched. Anytime you guys thought I was being a bitch...it was her. When she insulted you Emily that one time...when she tried to make you tell your mom Aria...She came up with Hefty Hanna...and Spence...she hated you because you stood up for the others and for yourself. I was scared ok...i was scared of A. And when she came up dead...and everyone thought I was dead so did A...so I went with it. I disappeared. I snuck back to change my files...and to make it look like she was me. To make it look like I was dead. I thought A would have been gone for good...and then I found out A was terrorizing you guys...so I came back but in hiding still. I needed to protect you guys. When I saw Toby on the team...i knew I had to do something and I knew something was wrong. So I recruited him...i kept him and Mona safe until I knew it was safe for them to show up. And Spencer I am so sorry because I know you needed him...but it had to be done" she explained. I felt the tears rolling down.
"Who...Who Is A?" I choked out.
"Are you sure you guys really want to know..." she said. All of us looked at each other and then nodded.
Toby grabbed my hand as a reassurance.
"She looks so much like Toby...but thank god she has your lips Spence" she said. I rolled my eyes.
"You know Toby took care of me...I was really sick and I couldn't get out of bed. Thankfully he remembered how to make the Hasting's secret medicine..." Allison said. I looked over at Toby and he was smiling.
"He would tell me so many stories about you two. Then...the night Meyson was born he had to be there for her. I told him it was too risky...but he didn't listen. Yea your daddy wouldn't have missed that for the world" she said the last part to Meyson who was amazed with her hair.
Seeing Meyson is Allison's arms...it was amazingly crazy. This allison was not the one we spent the night with in the barn that night...she was the one that I cried to when my dad had yelled at me, or when my sister had lied on me. She used to be the only one to see me cry.
"Alli...please...just tell us" Aria said.
"guys there wasn't just one A...there were 5 A's...people who hated all of us...but still knew every little thing about us." she said.
"Mona..." Hanna said. Allison scoffed.
"Not even. She was just the bait for the A's..." she said while stroking Meyson's hair.
"So then who?"
She looked at Toby. But he told me he didn't know.
"Jenna was one of them..." he admitted. Then I thought about Jenna...she held my daughter...she was there for her after she was born...I actually thought she had a heart. I was officially disgusted.
"Who else?" I asked.
"Mellissa..." she said.
"My sister?!" I said.
"Why do you think they wanted to stop right around the time Meyson was born..." she said.
"Who else?" Aria asked swallowing really hard.
"Noel..." she said. Aria was even more disgusted...
"Paige..." she said.
"I don't believe you Allison" Emily snapped at her. Then Allison handed us a picture.
"Look" she said. It was a picture of Paige, Noel, Melissa, Jenna, and someone else we didn't recognize. Behind them was pictures of us...
"Oh my god..."
"Who is that?" Hanna asked.
"wait... I know that tattoo...that's...Ian!" I said.
"When was this picture taken?" Aria asked.
"About the time they stopped being A" she said.
"That can't be possible...he's dead"
"So was Toby, Spencer" she said to me.
I can't believe all of this...
"I don't...I can't..." Aria said confused as all of us was.
"Are you staying?" Emily asked.
"I'll be in touch...but I can't stay in Rosewood...it's too risky" she said.
"So where will you be?"
"I can't say" she said flashing that smile.
All of this was too much...and going home was even worse. Melissa was staying for the week while her house got exterminated.