**AN: omg you guys, thank you so much for all the support on the last chapter, it means so much to me! Honestly, to escape the "real world" and come and write here is a real joy, my little stress reliever, and seeing/hearing from you makes it that much better, so thank you for giving me a reason to come back so soon!

I love that you some of you were able to pick up fairly easily on Hanna and Emily's close friendship, it was a short chapter, so for you guys to feel that, well: my goal has been accomplished. So, with that, I hope you like this chapter as well. BTW, I have a fun one-shot coming up soon! (Teaser: Em teaching her own dance class? Hmm, if I get enough push for it, it'll be up by Monday)

Leave your reviews and ideas as always, and enjoy.

Chapter 2: Repercussions

Emily was thrown into a holding cell down at the Rosewood Police Department and all she could think was if they were going to feed her soon. It was stupid, she knew exactly how serious the charges could be for stealing, but her stomach growled and her mind went straight to food.

It went from food to the realization of what she had just done, of where she was. Her mom was going to kill her. Then Em thought to what Hanna had done. Why? Everyone, Hanna included thought that that addiction had gone away for good. Guess not.

Em played with the hem of her shirt and thought the whole scene over and why even when she realized what had happened that she so easily took the fall for Hanna.

*Think Fields, you can't let Hanna get arrested, she'll get real time, she wouldn't last in there. Think, what can you do? Think Em. Then it hit her as she made eye contact with her long-time best friend. I can do this. Hanna will owe me like no other, but I, Emily Fields, can take the fall for this. I have a clean record, saintly, so what's the worse? I have to protect Hanna.

Those were her thoughts, always feeling the need to protect those she loved, no matter what, and now here she was, sitting in Rosewood's holding cell at the Police Department. She just got arrested for "stealing" an expensive….super expensive….diamond studded necklace. So why wasn't she freaking out?

Part of the reason Em was so calm was because the moment Officer Cavanaugh came over, Em had already accepted the idea of being arrested. Well, that's something I can tell my kids. No, it would be a great party story, Hanna and I will laugh about this in no time, now I can't be labeled as predictable. Would innocent little Emmy get arrested?

No, she wouldn't so Em decided pretty definitively that she was doing this.

Emily didn't have to talk herself that into following up with this, this plan. But she did think what the plan would be if things when from bad to worse? Hanna will have a plan, I can hire a lawyer.

Then she thought about Hanna, where is she? Em wasn't worried though, she knew Hanna wasn't far behind them when she had been put in the back of the cop car, so Em slumped against the dull brick wall and closed her eyes, waiting for the blonde to come barging in.

"You know, for just getting busted for attempted theft, you sure are pretty calm in there. You don't have a record, you're as clean as a nun's sheets, people usually act- differently. Freak out, cry, get angry, beg to call their parents, ask what the bail is…," another officer was standing in front of the unit, looking over Emily like she was a puzzle and he was trying to fit all the pieces together.

"You're not one of those crazy, looney-bin women are you? I'd hate to see a gal like you in Radley."

Em opened one eye and then sat up straighter, opening the other eye. She shook her head to the crazy comment, looking over this other officer, Officer Reyes, and opened her mouth to say something, but realized that she needed to watch exactly what she said from here on out so that she didn't get into "trouble" or cause any suspicion about the "offense she committed."

"Well, Officer Reyes, I can assure you I am not crazy, but I have, however, recently decided that I'm no longer a "usual" person."

Hanna sat in the parking lot with her hands gripping the steering wheel so hard her knuckles paled. She didn't realize how hard that was until her phone ringed and she jumped, her hands cramping as soon as she let the steering wheel go. She picked it up, the number was unknown but she answered anyway.

"Hel-hello?"

"Hanna, its Em."

Hanna let out a long exasperated sigh and shook her butterflies over, "Jesus Em, what are you doing?"

Em chuckled and Hanna could imagine the smug look she probably had on her face, "Um, using my one phone call to call you. But now that I think about it, I should've used it to order a pizza. Yeah, I'm starved."

"Emily, what the hell?"

"What, Hanna? I'm hungr-"

"Forget the food dammit!" Hanna brought the heel of her palm to the steering wheel and clenched her teeth, "What are you doing? Why did you let yourself get arrested? I'm so sorry, I should be the one in there right now, not you. Em I'm sorry, I know I said I quit, that it was over, but I got that feeling in my fingers and, and -"

"Han, calm down, it's going to be okay. I know what I'm doing, and I knew exactly what I was doing in that mall too. It's okay Hanna, it was either one or both of us."

"No, it was either me or you, and it was me."

"Really? Because I think I'm the one in-"

"You're not helping."

"I know, I know, I'm sorry. I should be more serious."

"yeah, you should. Wait, you're not serious already? Emily, YOU JUST GOT ARRESTED."

"I know Hanna, I'm not stupid."

"Why Em, why not just let me go. I have to tell the cops it was me."

"What? No. Hanna Marin, you will do no such thing, I forbid you."

"Forbid? Why? Emily, I can't let my best friend go to jail for me."

"Yeah, well I can handle it. I spent a whole summer with my dad a boot camp when I thought I wanted to join the army, just like him. It shouldn't be much worse than that. Plus, I don't think Pervy Pete will be in an all women's correctional facility, I'm safe."

"Em, this isn't funny."

"I'm not laughing, but I am running out of time, that or Reyes is shooing a fly."

Hanna sat in silence, her head reeling from all that was happening and more so the fact that Emily had done what she did and what made things weirder for Hanna was that Em was so calm.

"Hanna, I think I do have to go now, but hey," Em's voice lowered to a whisper, "I'm fine, I'll be fine. Think of it this way, we're separated for a few months with me in and out of here with good behavior, or we're gonna be apart for a lot longer if you come clean and they add this to your long record already. I don't think they'll take lightly to repeat offences, especially now that you aren't some hormone-crazed teenager."

Hanna was close to tears, how she came across a friend like Em, she will never know.

Her closeness to tears must have precipitated to much more, "Hanna, are you crying? Please, don't. Listen, they have to hold me over night and then I'll have a hearing tomorrow where they decide how much time I'm getting, okay. I want you to go home and get rest, okay, don't stress off of this, I'm a big girl, I'll be fine, and I'll see you tomorrow."

Hanna sucked in a deep breath, trying to fill her lungs with as much confidence as there was oxygen. Okay Hanna, you have the bestest best friend God has ever put on this Earth, and you will not let her down, do as she says and in the morning, you'll find a way to fix this.

"Okay, Em, for once I'll listen. I can't believe you – we – are going to go through with this."

Em shook her head and realized Hanna couldn't see her. "It's going to be fine Hanna, besides, you're my best friend. We survived high school and college together, we can do this. I'd just about do anything for you, and if our places were reversed, I'm almost sure you'd do the same. Of course, my mom will probably kill me before I'm put in an orange jumpsuit, but that's a chance I'm willing to take."

Hanna laughed genuinely into the phone, "Hah, thanks for the vote of confidence, but I'm afraid she might kill me first if she finds out."

"Haha, no promises."

"Em?"

"Yeah, Hanna?"

"I'm so sorry. I should've kept my hands to myself."

"Stop. Stop apologizing. I decided this, okay?"

Hanna nodded, "Emily?"

"Yeah? And don't say sorry again."

Hanna smiled, "I'm not. I just- I love you okay?"

Em sighed through the phone, she was tired and hungry and her knee hurt from standing for so long, "I love you too Han."

"Em?"

Em laughed at the repetitiveness of their conversation and sighed into the phone, "Yes Hanna, what is it this time?"

Hanna smirked, "You're right. You should've called for pizza."

Before Hanna hung up, Em could hear her laughter. It was different – sadder, stressed, pained with guilt – but nonetheless it made Em laugh too.

Em sat back down and nodded at Officer Reyes that she was done with the phone.

"I was only waving on because Cavanaugh was gonna and rush you, I thought I could save you from dealing with all that." Reyes, smiled at Em and immediately the tone and the ways he was looking at her clicked. Em shook her head, sure she used to be flattered, but now, it just annoyed her. She wished she had someone in her life so she wouldn't get hit on like this. Someone to claim so people would back off.

Em smiled, "uh, oh yeah, thanks, I appreciate it."

Reyes walked to the holding room and unlocked it. When Em was in and sat on the cot, he closed it and stood there, looking as if he was going to say something else. Em looked up and raised her eyebrow, "anything else, officer?"

He lifted his chin and flashed her his best I-think-I'm-a-sexy-cop smirk, "you know, if you weren't behind these bars and we met somewhere else, I might want to take you out sometime."

Em shook the thought away and smiled, "yeah sure, and if you had boobs and long hair and maybe were, oh, I don't know? A girl, then maybe, just maybe you might have had a chance."

Officer Reyes' eyes opened wide and then he cleared his throat, the crimson color spreading throughout his face, "uh, I – uh-"

Em stifled her laugh as best as she could but she couldn't keep the smile away, "listen, it's ok, honestly, it happens all the time, and I would be flattered but-"

"Yeah, forget I said anything. Erm, get some rest Fields, your trial is tomorrow." Reyes stood erect and deepened his voice as another police walked by, and assuming the patches over his uniform meant something he was obviously Reyes's superior.

"Good one, Reyes."

The officer rolled his eyes, and smiled, "this is weird, first, I try flirting, only to get turned down, then you make fun of me, and now I have the sudden urge to invite you like a football game and chug beers with you. What's your deal…Fields, right?"

Em laughed and brought her knees to her chest, "Uh, yeah it's Fields, Emily Fields."

"Emily, nice. I'm-"

"Reyes?"

He looked down as if checking to see that she didn't read minds or something, "uh yeah, Reyes, Joshua Reyes."

"Well, Josh, yes turning down men has often led me into great friendships with them. That includes the occasional televised sporting events and cold alcoholic beverages." Em spoke as if she was one of those snobby girls she had to deal with in high school and like some of the know-it-alls from college.

Reyes laughed a good hearty laugh and nodded his head, "I won't ask what you did, but I don't think you be sentenced for too long. Your record is clean, you didn't get away with anything and I don't think you'll be a problem."

Em nodded, "thanks."

"No problem, uh listen, this is weird again, but my shift is ending, but if you need something, like a blanket or something, wait until you see a short guy with sandy blonde hair and blue eyes and you can ask him, tell him Reyes said it was cool. His name is Coleson, he's an old buddy of mine."

Em nooded, "thanks Reyes, I didn't think police officers would usually act so kind towards their "prisoners.""

"Well, Miss Fields, I can assure you," he started, mocking Em from earlier, with a hand on his chest, "that I'm not crazy, but I have, however, recently decided that I'm no longer a "usual" cop.""

"Haha, well played."

"Why thank you." Josh bowed and laughed when he straightened.

"Okay, when I get done with my time, you are so coming to the Brew for drinks, I own half of it, so it'll be on me."

He nodded and looked impressed, "deal. Till then, I must bid you goodbye."

Em laughed, "yeah, I'm pretty sure you're breaking all the rules of conduct or something."

Joshua shrugged and started to walk away, "so fire me."

"You're fired."

"Great."

Em laid down, when her Josh had left and sat staring at the ceiling. Well, that was so beyond weird. Wait until I tell Hanna about my new "friend," I'm sure she'll be thrilled.

Emily tried her best to fall asleep as the springs found their way to her back and ass. Her stomach grumbled again and she remembered she had a granola stashed in her jacket pocket. She pulled it out and ate in silence. This isn't so bad, you can do this Em. Other than this crap dinner, the repercussions haven't been so bad. Plus, you made a new dorky friend in a uniform. This new story just keeps getting better and better.

***Soooo? Tell me, what are your thoughts? On Hannily? On ANYTHING? lol. This is AU so there will be a few new original characters popping up here and there, I hope you liked Reyes? Let me know people

I'll be back as soon as I can, but until then, I love ya all and please review!

-Lina xoxo

Next Chapter: The Sentence for a "Good Girl"

Hanna hires the best lawyer in the area, Spencer Hastings to represent Emily. Later, Em goes to court and is given her sentence time. (Intro to early Spoby, and how long do you think Em will get?)