Montgomery house. Six o'clock pm

"Aria, sweetie are you ready for tonight's dinner?" Ella says standing at the door.

"I'm putting on my make-up now" Aria says while applying her eyeliner just as the doorbell rings

"I'm going to go get that" Ella says before heading downstairs opening the door and seeing Spencer in a gorgeous blue dress

"Spencer! Come in. Aria is still getting ready" Ella opens the door wider and walks aside for Spencer to enter the house

"Oh that's fine. I'm early anyways" Spencer says eyes roaming around the house

"Do you want to go up to Aria's room?"

"No, that's fine I can wait down here"

"Okay then. I'll go up and tell Aria that you are here" Ella says already halfway up the stairs

"Aria, Spencer's here"

"Okay thanks mom," Aria was applying the last touch on her makeup, "mom do I look okay?"

"You look amazing! Have fun tonight!"

"Thanks. Bye mom" Aria walks over to her desk and puts the journal in her bag. Aria walks downstairs to see Spencer in a short blue backless dress that shows off her amazing legs

"Wow you look amazing Spence!"

"Well you look amazing also! You ready?" says Spencer

"Yup. Let's go" says Aria heading towards the door waiting for Spencer to go through

The restaurant was about half hour away from town. Spencer picked a French restaurant that had her favorite Pink Rose Soufflé and Aria's favorite chocolate macarons. She was sure Aria was going to love the place and fall in love with the soufflé. Spencer pulled up in front of the restaurant. Chris came over and opened the door for Aria.

"Spence! Wow, how did you get a reservation? I heard Mona was saying how this place is booked until the end of the year!" Aria said turning around looking at Spencer

"I have a few connections" Spencer replied with a smirk. Turning to the valet boy, "Hi Chris, it's nice seeing you again"

"Welcome back Miss. Hastings. Hope you enjoy your evening" Chris said getting into the car to park

"I'm assuming you eat here a lot?"

"Somewhat. My dad knows the owner and we like the food here so we come by whenever we can" Spencer says while taking Aria's hand and leading her into the restaurant, "Hastings" she said to the hostess

"Miss Hastings, Welcome back. Please this way." The hostess says to Spencer

The hostess showed them to their table. The table was in a more secluded area. The table had candles placed in the middle of the table. On one of the plates there was a pink rose lying on top

"Wow Spence this place is so romantic. The French people, gosh, always the romantic. Why is the table for two? Where are Hanna and Emily?"

"Oh yeah…they called me earlier and said they couldn't make it. But they will make it up to you tomorrow after school and before your family dinner for your birthday." Spencer explained in a rush hoping Aria wasn't too upset with the arrangement

"Oh….okay" Aria not knowing what to say, "So what's good here?" Aria says trying to change the topic

"Oh I already have the dishes picked out. I know you will love it!" Spencer says looking at the waiter and nodding for him to bring out the food

The food comes and they haven't said much only to ask if the food was okay and if the other wanted to try the food. Aria's mind was everywhere. She was nervous about telling Spencer, the reaction, how she should tell her, would Spencer be upset, or if Spencer will start avoiding her.

Spencer was better than Aria at the moment. She knew she was going to tell her. But one thing kept popping up and there was no way to avoid it. –A. What was –A thinking and what was –A going to do to break them up if they do start to date.

When they were finished with the main course, the waiter came over with dessert and a cup of coffee and left.

"Aria you should try the soufflé first and then the macarons"

Aria nodded her head and started eating her soufflé without a word. Almost done with the first dessert, Aria asks

"Spence is the soufflé filled with roses?"

"Yup, its pink rose. Do you like it?"

"Yeah this it delicious. No wonder its your favorite dessert" Aria says before eating her last spoon full

"You will love the macarons. The chocolate is imported from France. It's so rich and smooth. Pair it with a cup of coffee and its perfect" Spencer picks up a macaroon and feeds it to Aria

"Oh wow these are REALLY good Spence!"

"Hey I have a present for you" Spence grabs the present in the bench next to her "Happy Birthday"

"Thanks Spence" Aria opens the present carefully

It was an old painting and there were tickets to the art exhibit where her favorite artist was displaying her work.

"Oh my god! Spence how did you find this painting! It was painted before she became famous and was long lost. It's from my favorite artist! And you got me tickets to her exhibit! This is amazing!"

"I saw it at an old antique store one day. I thought the style was familiar so I went in and looked at it more closely. On the back was her signature. I remembered you talked about her so I bought it" said Spencer who was now smiling back at Aria, "I hope you like it"

"Like it? I love it! This is incredible! Thank you so much Spence!" Aria reached over and hugged Spencer

"Hey there's one more part of you present but I have to bring you somewhere first"

"There's more? Spence this was enough!"

Spencer just smiles at her and asks the waiter for the check. Spencer pays with her credit card. Spencer gets up and grabs Aria's hand and heads out the front door.

"Thank you Miss Hastings, hope you enjoyed your dinner" Chris says holding the driver side door open for her

Spencer gives him his tip "Bye" Spencer gets in and drives off

"Spence where are we going now?

"It's only 10 minutes away from here"

Spencer drives for about 10 minutes until she reached their destination. "Okay we're here!" Spencer bought them to a lake. The Hastings owned the land around the lake. Across the lake was the Hastings leisure house. (The one Hanna took Caleb to when she thought he was in trouble, but just imagine it looking much nicer and is used instead of looking abandoned)

Spencer and Aria step out of the car. "Here is the last part of your birthday present" handing over a wrapped gift to Aria

"Oh, its light" Aria says before opening the present. It was a newspaper. To be exact, it was tomorrow's newspaper.

"Spence why are you giving me tomorrow's newspaper? And how did you get it?" Aria asked in confusion

"I have my ways. Its not important how I got it but what is IN the newspaper. I marked the section for you already" Spencer was smiling

Aria turns to that page and was scanning it. Then it caught her eye. Her name. Aria Montgomery. She read the article. It was the short story that she wrote in Iceland but never shared it with anyone but Hanna, Emily and Spencer.

"How did you get my story? And how is…" Aria was surprised

"I thought it was a wonderful story and you said you wanted to be published someday. Aria Montgomery, this, is your first published story"

"Wooow. I don't know what to say"

"That's okay. As long as you are okay with me stealing your work then everything else is okay" Spencer says looking at Aria

"I am fine with you stealing the story, only if you promise that it will be your first and only time you do that!" Aria was laughing lightly with a huge smile, "Thank you again Spence!"

"No problem. As long as you are happy" Spencer says turning towards the lake. Aria does the same

This was a special place.

Aria would come here alone when she needed to clear her head. Aria came here twice with Spencer. The second time was when she got jealous of a guy Spencer liked. Seeing Spencer so upset was what made Aria realize that she liked Spencer. The next day at school she broke it off with Jason

This was the same lake where Spencer first realized that she liked Aria. The same place where Spencer told Aria about the person she liked. Now it was going to be the same place where she will express her feelings to Aria

"Do you remember this place Aria?"

"Yes. The first time you took Hanna, Emily, and me here because we wanted to think and get out of town after Alison went missing. You took me here again because you were upset"

"Do you remember why I was upset?"

"Of course. You said the person you liked was dating someone. You were really crushed that time. It was the first time you told me about the person and what he was like. Even though you never said who it was I could tell he meant a lot to you"

"Aria…its not a he. The person I like isn't a guy. I've fallen for her for so long but I didn't want to ruin our friendship. I see her everyday but she has no clue" Spencer was biting on her lip, not sure if Aria can guess who it is

"Spence who is it? Obviously this girl doesn't deserve you or she doesn't like you. There's no reason for you to be so crushed about her. Do you at least have a shot with her?" Aria was angry and was getting jealous of this girl.

"Aria have you ever liked someone but not been able to tell the person?"

"Yes. But Spencer, you're a Hastings! If there's a shot, you take a shot! You always get what you want no matter what" Aria says shocked that the Spencer Hastings standing in front of her was so unsure

"Aria. Whatever I tell you next, I do not want it to ruin our friendship." Spencer was looking into Aria's eyes for assurance. Aria nods her head without saying anything, waiting for Spencer to continue

"AriaIlikedyouforalongtime" Spencer said in a rush.

"Huh? I didn't get a single word you said"

Spencer takes a deep breath, looks out to the water and whispers "I said that I liked you for long time" Spencer was still avoiding Aria's face

Aria was staring at Spencer in shock, "I'll be right back" Aria heads over to the car and grabs the wrapped up journal and heads back to Spencer

"Spence I got you a present too. I know it's not your birthday or anything. Don't open it yet. Open it tomorrow. Can we talk about this later? It's getting late Spence. We should go"

Spencer was just standing there looking at Aria, while Aria was walking towards the car. Where do they stand? Are they friends? Are they not friends? Is Aria upset? Spencer had so many questions that needed to be answered but decided Aria needed time. She waited for Aria for so long already, a couple of days until she pushes the subject won't hurt.

Spencer gets into the driver seat and starts driving back to Rosewood. The drive back was dreadful. Besides the radio no one was talking. Spencer didn't want to push Aria about it and Aria was too happy. Aria didn't say anything about developing a relationship because she needed to talk to Noel first. She didn't want to lead Noel into something that didn't exist and Aria needed time to let everything that Spencer said sink in.

"We're here. Night Aria. Happy Birthday" Spencer said with a small smile

"Thanks. Thank you for tonight Spence. It was amazing. I'll see you tomorrow at school" Aria says before opening the passenger door and walking up to her house.

Spencer waited until Aria was inside before driving off. Spencer gets home and goes straight to her room and starts to cry. Veronica and Peter Hastings sensed something was wrong when their daughter rushed up the stairs. Peter knocked on the door and asked if he could enter. When he got no response, he walked into the room, closing the door behind him.

"Spencer, what's wrong?"

Spencer shaking her head, "Nothing dad. Just stressed from school. Nothing to it" wiping the tears off with the back of her hand

"I know its not school. You wouldn't be this upset. You can tell me Spencer"

"Dad really its nothing"

*knock* "Spencer can I come in?" opening the door and sticking her head in

"Yes mom and before you say anything. Nothing is wrong" Spencer wipes off the remaining tears off her face

"Spencer your dad and I have never seen you so upset. We know we haven't been here for you but we are trying to change. Talk to us sweetie" Veronica says smoothing out Spencer's hair

"Fine I can tell you, but you can't judge or disown me" Spencer says sternly

"Sweetie we would never disown you! You are our daugh…" Peter started

Spencer interrupted "I was never the perfect daughter and you two would always take Melissa's side. Why wouldn't I think that"

"Spencer. I know we were horrible parents in the past. Let us make it up to you. Please" Veronica says asking for forgiveness

"Mom, dad,….I like someone. That person doesn't return those feelings though and I don't know what to do"

"Spencer if that's the case then you are too good for this boy" Veronica says

"Its not a boy" Spencer whispers after a long pause "Its Aria"

"Aria? Aria Montgomery?" Veronica asks

Spencer nods her head and Peter and Veronica stay quiet for a few seconds before Peter say "Spencer have you talked to Aria?"

Spencer nods her head "but she didn't say anything"

"She probably wasn't ready for it. Aria is a very nice girl, give her some time" Veronica says calmly

"Mom aren't you…?"

"Shocked? Yes. But if that is who you are, than your father and I will accept that"

"Spencer, how long have you liked her? Tell me, why you are so intrigued by her"

"For far too long. I keep it a secret until today. She's amazing. She writes, draws, sings has great taste in music and books, funny and has amazing eyes" Spencer says with a smile

"Don't worry Spencer. You are great. She will see that, just give her some time okay?" Peter gives a comforting pat on Spencer's shoulder while Veronica is hugging her from behind

"Is this what was bugging you?" Veronica asks. Spencer nods her head

"We would never disown you" Peter says smoothing Spencer's hair

"Yeah, well our family doesn't take imperfections too well" Spencer says with a small eye roll

"This issue is not an imperfection, and you have nothing to be ashamed about. Your mother and I will support you in any way. If someone dare says a word about my baby daughter than there's going to be a problem"

"Get some sleep. Talk to Aria tomorrow at school but don't pressure her okay?" Veronica kisses Spencer's temple and gets up from the bed, Peter following her actions "Goodnight sweetie"

Spencer's thoughts:

What am I going to do? Aria didn't say anything so I have no idea what she is thinking about. What if we can't be friends again? Ugh! I am so mad! I have never felt so mad about myself before. Maybe I won't go to school tomorrow. If I do go I will have to avoid her anyways.

*beep* "How did the dinner go? Did you tell her? –Emily"

*beep* "So how is kissing Aria? Better than you imagined? –Hanna"

Ugh I am definitely not going anymore


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I'm not sure how this is going to go. Not sure how many chapters this will be but I have written the next two chapters already and an outline of what's to happen.