Hey y'all! So, how'd everyone like my last chapter? I hope you loved it as much as I did! Who do you think is A? Paige looks a bit suspicious, don't you think? We know it wasn't Jenna and Ian in the first place, which obviously was the reason Jenna called... So it's probably the same person it's been all along. I already know who it's going be... But I'm not telling anytime soon. Sorry for the cliffhanger, but they're kinda fun to write... Anyways, I don't think I'll be able to update for a while - I'm going to spend 5 days with my cousins and I'm leaving tomorrow. So I decided to put up a new chapter before I leave. And here it is...

Aria

Every one of the four girls froze where they were, just staring at each other.

Then, Emily sniffled. A tear fell down her cheek. That one tear was like the beginning of a leak. All of a sudden, Emily just cracked. She burst into tears.

Spencer, as scared as she was, tried to keep herself together. She knelt down on the floor next to Emily, giving her friend a one-arm hug and rubbing her back with her free hand. But she could feel herself tearing up.

Hanna was still on the couch, but she had fallen over, frozen like a statue. Her mouth was moving but no words were coming out.

Aria was also still sitting on the couch. She had dropped her phone and the back had shot off of it. But Aria barely noticed that. She was too busy staring out into space, her body frozen in fear.

So here were 4 four grown women; one of them crying like a baby, another one trying to comfort her but crying as well, and the other two frozen in shock.

And that's when Caleb came back into the room. "hey, girls. The sandwiches are done!" he called.

But then he noticed the scene in the living room. "oh my god." he muttered, almost dropping the plate of sandwiches."what happened? Hanna, are you ok?"

His words seemed to break the spell.

Hanna looked up at her boyfriend with scared eyes. "Caleb, go away." she simply said.

"what is going on?" Caleb asked.

"nothing." Hanna said. "we were just watching a scary movie."

"then how come football's still on?" Caleb asked.

"we got scared and flipped the channel back." Aria said, almost as if she was in a trance.

"ok..." Caleb said, still looking at the girls with worried eyes.

"Caleb, we're fine." Spencer said. "it was just a scary movie. Now please go away so we can have some girl time."

"no. I want to know what's up with you guys." Caleb said.

"Caleb, get your butt upstairs, or I will put it there for you." Hanna growled.

"okay..I'm gonna go upstairs now." Caleb said, backing up.

Once he was gone, Spencer said, "Hanna, you really didn't have to say that. You scared him even more. He's probably calling the police right now."

"or that therapist we had back in high school." Aria said, shuddering.

"guys, no matter how much I really don't want to see that therapist AGAIN, we have a bigger problem on our hands." Hanna said. "A is back."

"I knew it." Emily mumbled, still crying. "that one night that I got a text from Spencer, and I had a weird feeling that it was -A, Paige's cryptic words this morning. I had a sense -A was back."

"but we also have a different problem." Spencer said. "what do we do about it?"

"we'll do just what we did in high school." Aria said. "stick together and keep each other safe, but at the same time try to find out who it is."

"but we aren't the same as we were back in high school." Hanna said. "I mean, two of us are married and PREGNANT, and the other two are engaged."

"but we're still friends, that's all that counts. And we practically act the same way anyway..." Emily said. "all of those sleepovers were almost exactly like this one. The four of us fooling around, possibly with one of our boyfriends/girlfriends here. And then -A would somehow ruin it."

"Em's right. Even though we've aged, we're still the same at heart as we were in high school. We're all still in love with the same people, and we're all still great friends." Spencer said. "remember that time Aria thought Ezra had gotten her pregnant? If she actually had been, she'd be practically the same as she is now."

"ok, so we all agree. We're going to stay together and look out for each other, just like we always have." Hanna said.

"I agree." Aria said, raising her hand.

"I second that." Emily said, also putting her hand up.

Spencer put her hand in the air and said, "I third that motion." then she thumped her fist on the ground. "court adjourned."

All four girls burst out laughing. It WAS just like the old times.

"I'm gonna go upstairs and make sure Caleb knows we're ok, and isn't calling the police." Hanna said.

"OR the therapist." Aria said as Hanna stood up.

As Hanna retreated up the stairs, Spencer said, "It looks like since we're having a sleepover like in high school, our whole high school experience is back, minus the school."

"exactly." Emily said. "-A's back. We all live in the same town again. But I'm so glad the four of us are together when -A decided to come back. I love you guys."

She, Aria, and Spencer had a little group hug.

Then, from upstairs, they heard Hanna shriek, and then a loud thud.

After that, all was quiet.

Every one of the three girls was thinking the same thing, "why was -A in Hanna's house?and what had she done to Hanna?"

So, did you like it? Sorry for another cliffhanger... I can't wait to hear all of your wonderful reviews! I loved them all for the last chapter, by the way! That was supposed to be a hint for you to leave more awesome reviews on this chapter, but if you didn't get it, reviews are kindly accepted! :) love ya and can't wait to hear from ya, Gabrielle xoxo