Okay so I didn't do this with my Writing program do there might be a lot of mistakes but I did my best.

Disclaimer: I don't own PLL or there would be a character like Carmen.

So how bad did your mom bust you for wrecking Sean's car?" Emily asked Hanna who had, apparently, got pissed at Sean at the party, stole his keys, then drove his car into a tree.

"I didn't wreck it. I damaged it," The blonde protested. "And everyone's being really mature about it."

"Oh."

"Theres no oh, we're just being grown-ups that's all." Hanna said as the five stopped at a old bench in the middle of a grass area.

"Okay the town is gonna put in a new bench, and we'll plant the flowers, and there's gonna be a pathway of art tiles." Aria explained the plan for Alison's memorial.

"Art tiles?" Spencer asked, sitting on the bench.

"Messages, pictures, memories of Ali." Carmen explained to the brainiac.

"Aw like little headstones." Hanna said smiling.

"Hanna!"

"What?"

"We should each do a tile." Emily said hoping to end that soon-to-be argument.

"You know, I've had Carmen's bracelet since we found it in the woods and," Hanna said digging around in her purse and pulling out the purple and white fabric. "I don't want the responsibility anymore."

"Carmen should take it." Emily said glancing at the Latina.

"Why me?"

"It is your bracelet after all." Hanna argued.

"Alison was the one wearing it."

"Seriously take it!"

Spencer snatched the bracelet out of Hanna's hand and looked at them all in disbelief. "Look at you. Bunch of babies,"she said looking over the bracelet. "There's nothing A can do to us without causing trouble for herself."

"You sure it's a her?" Hanna asked.

"Him, her, like it matters." Carmen said, rolling her eyes as Spencer got her laptop out.

"What are you doing?" Emily asked as Spencer started typing.

"I am blocking all unknown numbers from sending me messages, e-mails, IMs, text, everything, screw A," Spencer said smirking. "There. Who's next?"

Emily went first as Spencer got up and looked around. "I spy with my little eye something that begins with F."

They all turned to see Ezra riding his bike down the road.

"Hey, Mr. Fitz!"

"Looking good, Mr. Fitz!"

Carmen even whistled at him, causing Emily to shoot her a look before turning her attention back to the task at hand.

No one noticed Aria get uncomfortable at her friends looking at her secret boyfriend. Emily finished then Aria practically grabbed the machine out of the tan girls hands.

"There are teachers you don't want to see on a bike, and there are teachers you do want to see on a bike." Spencer remarked.

"I would not want to see Mr. Galory on a bike." Hanna said smirking at Carmen fake gagged.

"I don't want to think of him in any motion of any kind." Emily said causing the blonde and Carmen to laugh.

"Uh Mr. Fitz." Hanna said, Aria's eyebrows shooting up.

"Hanna, your turn." Aria said, handing over the computer.

"Have you talked to Ben?" Spencer asked Emily, unaware of Carmen's sneer.

"Nothing to talk about." Emily said with a shrug.

"So you're really over?" Aria questioned and Carmen had to stop herself from answering for Emily.

"It's okay, really, I'm fine." Emily said, smiling and moving some hair out of her face.

"He's a asshole anyway." Carmen spoke up causing the girl to look at her.

"What did you call him? A pendejo?" Emily asked, scrunching up her eyebrows.

"Emily, don't repeat what I say."

"Wait, you spoke to him?" Aria asked, looking at the Latina surprised.

"We just thought you kicked his ass and that was it." Hanna said, laughing.

"Well after I kicked his ass, I told him to stay away from Emily," Carmen said laughing at the memory of the boys face. "He's such a dumbass, it almost pains me to see him everyday."

Hanna, Aria, an Spencer looked at Emily, expecting some reaction out of her, but what they saw was the swimmer looking at the Latina with a soft smile on her face an...adoration?...in her warm,chocolate eyes. They just shook it out of their thoughts, thinking it was just Emily not over the Latina saving her.

"I wish we had a drumroll for this. Alright here it goes," Hanna said then pressed Enter. "We are officially A-proofed."

"All those little messages zipping through the air, all around us." Spencer said, staring off into space.

"Yep and none of them from A." Aria finished from the seat by Hanna.

"This feels like a good thing." Emily said sitting on the other side of Aria.

"That's because it is, Hermosa." Carmen said as she took a seat right on Emily's lap, much to the hidden delight of the swimmer.

"Out of sight, out of mind."

Just then the wind blew a paper right to their feet. Aria, picking it up, flipped it over to see it was an Alison Missing flier except it had been written on in red marker.

Ding, Dong, the Bitch is Dead.

Looking around, trying to find where the paper came from, they didn't see anyone. Aria got up, grabbing onto Hanna's arm and practically dragging her away. Carmen pulled on Emily's hand, signaling for the taller girl to leave also. Spencer grabbed her bag an they all walked away from the bench, still searching for their tormenter.

So now they were in school, and Emily was walking in with two cups of coffee, one for her and one for Carmen, when she was stopped by Maya.

"Hey, I got something for you."

She dug around in her bag and pulled out a red scarf and proceeded to put it on the tall girl, Emily having to bend down.

"I saw this and thought it was the greatest color on the planet," Maya explained then inhaled loudly, "I was right. It's spectacular."

"It's-It's great. Thanks." Emily said smiling at her friend.

"Good. Catch ya later." Maya said as she surprised Emily with a hug. After she walked away, Emily turned to go inside, but saw Toby through the window. She couldn't help the uncomfortable feeling that washed over her as she quickly went inside.

Reaching Hanna, Spencer, and Aria, he saw them look at her scarf.

"Hot scarf, Em." Spencer commented.

"Thanks." Emily said, offering a smile.

"Is it new?" her blonde friend asked.

"No. Have any of you seen Carmen yet? I have her coffee." Emily said, holding up the Vanilla Latte with extra espresso.

"You're fetching her coffee now? Em, we know she took care of Ben, but you don't have to serve her." Aria said, concern in her eyes.

"No it's not like that. I just stopped for coffee, and I know how much she loves her caffeine so I figured I would get her one." Emily explained quickly.

"It's just, we all know how she can be. When Ali was here, she was the worst." Spencer said.

All the girls were hanging out at the Grill, laughing, gossiping, talking about boys. Spencer caught Carmen winking over at a dark haired, dark eyed boy who was smirking at her.

"What are you doing?" Ali asked, careful not to give anything up. The Latina just smirked at her best friend/girlfriend.

"Flirting duh." Carmen said, rolling her eyes.

"He's cute, Carm." Hanna said smiling.

"He is," Carmen agreed, nodding. "Too bad he's not my type."

"Then why are you flirting?" Emily asked, secretly jealous.

"Sweet, naive Emily. Feed a boy's ego an they will do anything for you."

As she said this, the mystery boy walked over to the friends table with a large cup of coffee. He gave it to her and smirked when she kissed his cheek, then walked out the door. Looking on the cup, she saw a group of numbers. Rolling her eyes at how stupid boys could be, she sipped the free drink. Looking at her friends, she saw all of them with shocked expressions, except Alison who was smirking at her secret lover.

"You have to know how to work people to get the things you want."

"I remember that. Poor guy didn't see that coming." Hanna said smirking.

"Okay so Carmen's has manipulated people in the past but maybe she's different now." Emily said but then started to get a sliver of doubt.

"I don't know, Em. Just be careful," Spencer said. "There was a reason her and Ali were so close."

Just then, Hanna's phone started ringing. She looked at the other 3 girls worriedly.

"Answer it. We know who it can't be from." Aria said.

"It's my dad," Hanna said smiling. "Hey dad."

With that she walked away, phone to ear.

"Has she even talked to her dad?" Emily questioned and the other two girls shrugged.

"It's one of those don't ask, don't tell." Spencer said.

"Don't ask, don't tell what?" said Carmen joining them.

"Nothing, just Hanna's business," Emily explained. "oh here I brought you a coffee."

"Aw Emily you're so sweet." Carmen said, taking the hot drink away from the swimmer then kissing her cheek, making taller girls face heat up.

"Come on, let's get going." Aria said, grabbing Spencer's wrist.

While Spencer and Aria were walking ahead, Carmen and Emily stayed behind.

"Nice scarf Em," Carmen complimented. "That color looks hot on you."

"Carm! What if someone hears you?" Emily asked. She had been feeling rather paranoid since she had kissed the Latina.

"So? They know how I am," Carmen said, shrugging. She ignored the shot of hurt to her heart. "They would just think its one friend talking to another."

Thinking about just being friends put Emily's mood down. The two girls hadn't really established where they stood. Were they together, did Carmen even want to be together, or were they just friends?

Lost in her thoughts, Emily almost ran into someone. Looking up, she saw Toby Cavanaugh.

"Sorry." he said, looking into her eyes.

"My fault." Emily responded before continuing to walk away. Carmen "bitch looked" the boy before Emily tugged on her wrist.

"I wonder if we just bumped into A." Aria said stopping them completely.

"Doesn't matter, we're done with A," Spencer said. "Right?"

"Right, yeah, but I'm still staying out of Toby's way." Aria said as they started walking again.

"Yeah and Jenna's." Spencer suggested.

"Defiantly Jenna." Carmen agreed, remembering how the blind girl had touched the Latina.

"I guess that's the safest thing to do right now." Emily said as they walked to the lockers.

"He has to go to New England for a couple of weeks but he's making a special trip to see me." Hanna explained to the girls what happened with her dad. He wanted to take her out to dinner.

"Are you sure he's just not here because you wrecked Sean's car?" Carmen asked bluntly.

"No he's not, I asked," Hanna said stopping and facing them. "Besides if he was, at least he's still coming out to see me."

"Spencer!"

Looking ahead, they saw one of their teachers approaching.

" ." Spencer greeted, confused as to why her History teacher needed her.

"I was going to tell you in class, but great job on the Russian History essay." He said smiling at the brainiac.

"Oh thanks." Spencer said, nervous that he discovered she copied Melissa's essay.

"I submitted it to the Golden Orchid." He said, giving her one last smile before walking away.

"Okay what's a Golden Orchid?" Hanna asked.

"It's a national competition for historical writing," Carmen explained and the girls just looked at her. "What?"

"You know, you seem to be pretty smart yourself, Carm." Aria said.

"What classes are you taking?" Emily asked because, honestly, she had no clue about Carmen's studies.

Truth was, Carmen was as smart as Spencer, probably even more. Her IQ was 187 which technically classified her as a genius.

"Really?" Aria asked, looking at her curiously. "What's your schedule?"

"AP Psychology, AP English, AP Chemistry, AP World, AP Spanish Language, AP Calculus, AP Studio Art, and AP Computer Science."

When she got done, she saw the shock and surprise on the girls faces, except Spencer's. "What?"

"Are you like a genius or something?" Hanna asked, arching an eyebrow.

"I don't think of myself as one. I'm not really that smart," Carmen said, but then saw the disbelief clear in their faces. "I have an eidetic memory."

"Huh?" Hanna asked.

"It's a photographic memory," Spencer explained. "She can remember anything she has read or seen."

"So you are a genius." Hanna says, smirking.

"Is that why you knew all about the laws when Wilden questioned us?" Emily asked. She was uneasy for some reason. Carmen was beautiful and smart. A deadly combination.

"Yes I've read all of my dads law books. Can we talk about this later? Good."

With that she walked away from them and to her locker.

"That girl has it all." Hanna commented as they watched the Latina glare at some boy who bumped into her then scurried off.

The bell rung shortly and the girls separated, Emily going to her locker. He stood there for a moment, Lost in thought. She didn't even notice everyone was out of the halls until Carmen walked over.

"You okay Em?" the shorter girl asked, concern lacing her voice.

"Oh yeah I'm fine just let me get my books." Emily said smiling to reassure the Latina. She took of the scarf and put it in the locker before grabbing her books.

"Why are you still out here?" Emily asked, furrowing her eyebrows. Carmen smiled, a smile only for Emily, and smoothed the wrinkles over with he thumb.

"You're going to get wrinkles if you keep doing that, Hermosa," she said before leaning up and giving the swimmer a gentle kiss. Emily's mind fogged over and she almost forgot where they were until Carmen pulled away.

"What if someone had seen that?" Emily asked as Carmen rolled her eyes.

"Fine, next time I'll just drag you to the bathroom and have my way with you." Carmen said, winking as Emily blushed and averted her eyes to the floor, away from hazel pools.

"Come on Em, I was just joking." Caremn said, hooking her arm onto the swimmers and started walking.

"Why are you coming with me?" Emily asked.

"Well one, I am walking you to class, and two, my class is this way also." Carmen explained.

They reached Emily's class, chemistry lab, and said their goodbyes. Emily had the urge to just push Carmen against the wall and...

She had to stop letting her mind wonder. She was never this way with Ben, never. She hardly let him touch her but with Carmen, Emily couldn't get enough. The swimmer walked in to class to see Toby there.

"Hi, are you gonna be in this lab?" Emily asked.

"Starting today." he said, holding up a piece of paper.

"Cool." Emily responded, taking her seat.

"You were wearing a scarf this morning." Toby pointed out.

"Uh yeah, I took it off."

"It looked good on you."

Emily was surprised, and a bit nervous. It was like everyone knew where the scarf had come from or more like who it had come from. Emily really wished Maya hadn't gave it to her. "Thanks."

People started coming in as Toby walked to the teacher, which he pointed to the seat beside Emily.

"Please no. Not here." Emily begged quietly.

"So I guess we're lab partners," his deep voice said, causing Emily to look up and meet blue eyes. "You okay with that?"

"Sure." Emily responded, but it didn't sound like she was okay.

As Toby took his seat, Emily got out her Chemistry book and opened it.

Lying in the page was the pictures of her an Carmen. More importantly, her and Carmen kissing.

Emily slammed the book closed quickly and glance at Toby to see him looking at her. Then again, a lot of students were.

Did he see the pictures?

Emily wasn't the only one having bad luck with desk partners. In her Studio Art class, Carmen walked in to find Jenna standing at the teachers desk. The teacher, Ms. West, turned to the Latina and smiled. Oh no.

"Ah Carmen, would you please escort Jenna here to your seat? She will be sitting with you from now on."

There is was. Why was Jenna even in art class? She's blind.

"Sure thing." Carmen forced out, walking over to Jenna and holding her arm out. Jenna hooked her arm on Carmen's as the Latina lead her to the desk at the back of the class.

"Here's your seat." Carmen said, stopping at the chair.

"Thanks."

"Whatever."

"Okay class, today we are going to just draw our emotions. Take whatever emotion you feel right now and project it."

"I could project something right now." Carmen mumbled and Jenna smirked.

The Latina had to stop herself from jumping as a hand brushed he thigh.

She turned and glared, but, of course, the blind girl couldn't see.

"What the hell are you doing?" Carmen growled in a whisper.

"Projecting my emotions." Jenna whispered back.

"I swear if you don't move your hand, blind or not, I'll-"

" , could you get Jenna some supplies?"

"Sure ."

Taking that chance, the popular girl jumped out of her seat, and walked to the art supplies closet. She grabbed paper, pencils, paint, paintbrushes, and modeling clay. She didn't know why the hell Jenna wanted.

Returning to the desk, Carmen dumped on the supplies on the table.

"Go crazy."

Opening her art book, Carmen took a sharp intake of breath. There was the pictures of her and Emily in the photo booth. She closed the book softly, not wanting to draw attention to herself. She looked around, but no one was paying her attention. How did those get in her book? Did A put them there? And what the hell was Jenna smirking about?

After school, Carmen waited in the parking lot for Emily, leaning against her car. She had the pictures tucked into her bag, waiting to tell Emily. If A was up to something, the swimmer needed to know.

"Carmen."

Hazel eyes snapped up to meet nervous chocolate ones. Emily was biting her bottom lip and furrowing her eyebrows. It was really hot.

"Sorry, I was just thinking."

"There's something I have to tell you."

"Okay go for it."

I found these in my Chemistry book." Emily said, taking her own copy of the pictures out of her bag.

"Really? Because I found these in my art book." Carmen replied, grabbing her pictures.

"Did anyone see them?"

"No, but Jenna sure was smirking."

"Wait, Jenna is in your class now?" Emily asked. Was it just a coincidence that the two girls found the pictures right when the step siblings joined their class?

"Yeah and something is going on with that girl. If she touches me one more time-"

"What? She touched you?" Emily exclaimed before she could stop herself.

"Yeah, she did it before, but I let it go. Now she's gonna be sitting with me everyday." Carmen sighed.

"Touched you how?" Emily asked, feeling ridiculous. She was jealous over something that she shouldn't be.

Carmen smirked before walking close to Emily and pinned her against the car.

"Something like this." Carmen's voice whispered into the taller girls ear as the Latina ran a hand up the swimmers thigh. A soft moan came from the girl under her an Carmen smirked. Emily couldn't stop the heat as it spread to her face and pooled between her legs. Carmen's touch just set her body on fire. She never wanted someone like this. A deep urge, need, desire to claim the gorgeous Latina.

"Yeah I think that's right." Carmen said before claiming Emily's mouth. Carmen's tongue brushed over Emily bottom lip, seeking entrance. When Emily decided to be stubborn, Carmen gently bit her lip, causing Emily to gasp in surprise which Carmen took advantage of. They were both addicted to each others taste. Emily tasted sweet, like candy while Carmen tasted like cinnamon.

Their hands twitched to explore but they couldn't, not yet. Carmen tangled her hair into luscious brown locks while Emily grabbed Carmen's waist. They broke apart for air, breathing heavily.

Emily looked into Carmen's eyes and almost lost it. Desire swirled around in the now dark pools. Emily was sure her own eyes were probably black.

"I think...we need to go." Carmen got out and pushed away from Emily. No body contact would be good right now.

Emily almost groaned at the loss. She already wanted Carmen's body pressed against hers again.

"Uh yeah, we can go to my house and talk." Emily offered, knowing her mom would be homeland if they went to Carmen's house, they might regret it.

"Alright, well get in." Carmen said, already starting the car.

They arrived at Emily's house in 5 minutes, greeted Pam, then went to Emily's room. The swimmer was moving to close the door when Carmen stopped her.

"Door open."

So Emily sat on her bed while Carmen took the desk chair.

"Do you think it was A?" Emily asked, jumping right into the subject.

"Who else could it have been? A can't send us messages via text so they have to get messages through to us other ways."

"Do you think they'll use it against us?" Emily asked. She didn't think she was ready for people to know.

"Honestly? Yes," Carmen answered sighing. "I'd brace yourself Emily."

Maybe they were wrong. Maybe it was just a harmless prank. That didn't stop them from being paranoid though.

"So where did he take you?"

The five best friends were now in English class talking about Hanna's night with her dad.

"The Jolly Rogers." Hanna said smiling. She was happy he dad was coming back into her life.

"The amusement park?" Spencer asked.

"We just walked and talked. I told him about what was going on," Hanna said, but then saw the looks on her friends faces. "Some of what was going on. He wants to take me to a real dinner tonight. I think he wants to spend more time with me."

"Lucky." Carmen mumbled. They all knew how her parents were never around.

"I just want to see him more." Hanna said and they all nodded.

"Good for you." Aria said, smiling at the blonde. The bell rang and they all took their seats. got to talking about their assignment "To Kill A Mocking Bird". Aria answered him and the discussion felt like it was getting personal. Then one boy from the back of the class opened his mouth and their hot teacher jumped down his throat, defending Aria's statement. It was entertaining to Carmen that's for sure.

Carmen was at her house later, laying around. She had finished her homework and was now bored.

"I really need a hobby."

Changing into running shorts and shirt, she grabbed her iPod and headed out the door. She ran down her street, to Hanna's, to Aria's and eventually, Emily's. Stopping in the side walk to catch her breath, she spotted two figures in front of Emily's house. Getting closer, she recognized Emily herself and Toby. She could barely hear them.

"-bother you? Idiots putting shaving cream in your locker, laughing at you, making things up?" Emily asked Toby.

"I never said it doesn't bother me, I just can't do anything about it and, like you said, they're idiots."

She heard the swimmer am about the pictures, if he had seen them.

"I don't think you wanted anyone to see them. I'm cool with that," he responded smiling slightly. "Do you still swim?"

"Yes I do?" Emily replied, confused by the change of subject.

"Do you do it because people are watching you, or because you like to swim?" Toby questioned her.

"I...do it because I like the way it makes me feel." Emily said and Carmen didn't think they were actually talking about swimming now.

"Then forget about the idiots. They're going to see what they want to see. Even if you completely changed, everything, they wouldn't be happy. They don't want you to change. They want you to go away. I tried that, didn't like it." he finished smiling at her.

Carmen took this time to pretend like she was just getting there. She ran up to them as their heads turned to see who was there.

"Hey Em, Toby." The Latina greeted, much to Emily an Toby's surprise.

"H-hey Carm." Emily said, smiling as she felt her heart flutter. Toby smirked before looking at Emily.

"Do what makes you happy." he said before walking away to his house.

"What was that about?" Carmen pretended.

"Nothing. What are you doing here so late?" the tall girl questioned. It was like 11:00.

"Had nothing to do so I decide to run," Carmen said then yawned causing Emily to laugh.

"I think you need to go to bed."

"Maybe."

"Come on, you're sleeping with me."

"Wanky."

"Carmen! Not like that!"

"You're so hot when you blush."

"Shower. Now."

"Okay i stand corrected. That's hot."

"..."

"You can't stay silent forever. Trust me."

"You're impossible."

"You love me."

"W-whatever."

Emily and Carmen were sitting on the couch watching TV when their phones went off. Checking their messages, try saw an S.O.S from Spencer. They quickly ran over to the brainiac's house to see what was wrong.

"What's the problem Spence?" Carmen asked as they entered the house.

"Come to my room." She said as practically ran up the stairs, the other two girls trailing behind. They saw Hanna already there, staring at something.

"Look."

Written on Spencer's mirror, was a message.

IT WONT BE THAT EASY BITCHES -A

"Is that lipstick?" Hanna asked as her and Carmen walked closer.

"Jungle Red. Ali's color." Carmen confirmed. She had stared at Alison's lips and got it smeared enough on her own to know that.

The girls just stared at the mirror, re-reading the message over an over. Carmen grabbed Emily's hand, holding on tight. Emily didn't care about the other girls. She needed Carmen and knew Carmen needed her.

What they didn't know, was that they were being filmed from somewhere in Spencer's room.

Hey guys hope you liked it! I'm trying to get Emily to come out of her shy shell with Carmen. She will still be good and Carmen will be wild.

Well review or don't, I really don't care. I write for my own pleasure first.