*Did you guys miss me? Lol well I'm sorry it took quite a while to continue, but here it is, and no worries for those who commented/reviewed, Ali will be in the next chapter….and Emison will begin
The Sentence for a "Good" Girl (Part 2)
"Hanna, what the hell am I wearing? I'm going to court, not a club." Em walked awkwardly out of Hanna's bathroom and into her friend's room trying, but failing, to cover her chest.
Hanna looked up from her bed, a smirk on her face, "damn Em, you look hot."
Em's cheeks reddened and Hanna suppressed a laugh.
"Han, c'mon, seriously, you're not helping."
Hanna shook her head, "I have to disagree, I think I'm helping all of those who see you step outside of this house."
"Hanna, I can't go looking like this, c'mon give me something else."
"No, what's wrong with what you have on, you look hot."
Em gave that look: of irritation and disbelief and Hanna shrugged.
"My point exactly, I mean look at this!" Em pointed to the black pencil skirt she was burrowing.
"I am looking and you have legs to die for."
"Hanna, I need to be more covered."
"You are! It's not my fault that you have nothing but your tomboy clothes and nothing business like. I gave you my shirt, but I fill those out more, so the cut in the front is never really that low…aaaaand I don't have as long of legs as you, so of course the skirt is going to be shorter on you. Deal with it, besides, your hot bod might actually help sway the judges decision."
Em laughed and moved to throw the nearest pillow at her best friend, "you did not just say that."
Hanna sat up and put her right hand out, imitating how you swear an oath in court, "I swear I did, I and I will not be taking it back."
"Ugh, at least give me a blazer."
"Fine, how about a hot pink one?"
"How about I kill you?"
"Alright there killer, no pink, we'll go black, like your soul."
"Oh shutup dork."
Both friends laughed and as Em put the final touches to her look, she faced Hanna, "you ready to do this?"
Hanna merely nodded, but she had an unreadable expression on her face, that Emily quickly picked up on.
"Hanna, hey, I still have a few more minutes before the hour is up, what's wrong."
Hanna sat on her bed and crossed her legs, resting her hands in her lap before speaking, "nothing Em."
"You're lying. You know it, and you know I know it. Now," Em said sitting on the edge of the bed to face the blonde, "you were just cracking jokes about my ass and now you're like this, what's wrong? And don't give me any bullshit."
"It's just," Hanna struggled to get the words out in time; she stammered and then sighed loudly, trying to regain her composure.
"Han, it's okay, whatever it is, you can tell me."
"It's just, it's my fault you're doing this."
"Hanna-"
"No let me finish Em. I convinced you to go to the mall with me, to go into that store and I didn't even want to go, I had to."
Emily was genuinely confused now, what do you mean you had to. What, why?"
"I, I- I got a text, I thought it was a joke when the first one came, but then, and now…." Hanna's voice broke and she was soon in tears.
"Woah, woah, it's ok, tell me Hanna, why'd you go into that jeweler's? You haven't even had the urge to steal in forever, what-"
"Caleb." Hanna blurted.
What?
"Han, I can't draw the lines myself here, I don't see how this is all connected, how does Caleb have anything to do with this, I thought he was in California?"
"He is…or was, the truth is I don't know where he is. Last week I got a text about 'the end is near, you'll pay for what you've done.' I laughed and I knew it was creepy but I ignored it. The, the next day, I got another, but this time it was a countdown. It read '7 days,' that was freaking me out so I called Caleb and he hacked my phone from over there and said the number was untraceable."
"Han, why didn't you tell me any of this?"
"I didn't think it was a big deal: the store was doing good, you were officially done with Paige and we were talking about the expansion so I just didn't want to bug you. But now that this all happened, I had to tell you the truth."
"So there's more?"
"Yeah, so after those texts, Caleb wanted to come back to Rosewood, he was supposed to be here 3 days ago, but he never came. The third day of these freaky texts I got one saying 'you can't run to your husband anymore, he's the one who needs to pay, say your goodbyes'…" Hanna's breathing had changed and she was starting to shake, but Em was afraid of grabbing her friend, in fear of breaking her any further than she seemed.
"Did you tell the cops?"
"The messages go away right before I can go to the police station, I don't know how and since they can't trace it, they hardly believe it's a real threat…but it is." Hanna was in tears by now and Em forgot her resistance and held her friend, "tell me why you went into the jeweler's."
Hanna kept sobbing, but sat up, not to get her tears on Em's skirt, "whoever was sending me those texts…." Hanna took a deep breath, "they took Caleb."
Em's jaw could have dropped to the floor, "what, how, why, how do you know?"
Hanna calmed herself, she had been carrying this weight for so long, talking about it now was extremely difficult, "they sent a picture, he was tied and holding that day's newspaper. A text followed after, I want $200,000 or he dies."
"What? Why? Caleb couldn't have possibly made any enemies, and why you?"
Hanna was shaking her head and wiping her tears, "I don't know Em, I don't know, but for some reason I feel like I was supposed to get caught, like I was almost being set up. I thought of taking the money from our business, but we finalized the papers for the expansion so I knew most of it was gone, plus not all of it is mine, I couldn't do that to you, so I thought I could just sell a few of my things, but it still wasn't enough. Then the texts came and there was a picture, a cartoon of a thief leaving a jeweler's…and I tried Em, I tried to not get you involved and I wanted to ignore the picture, but it all happened too fast, and I was desperate, and I'm so sorry."
Em let her arm fall from her friend, as she tried to process what was happening, and what has happened.
"So now what? When did you receive the last text?"
Hanna swallowed, "just now."
Emily's eyes widened, "what did it say?"
"You have a friend to take your place, but does Caleb?"
Emily felt a cold chill run down her spine, "Hanna, you have to tell the cops." Em got up and made a move to get to the door, but she stopped when she felt a hand wrap around her wrist, "it's not their problem Em, I've tried. Caleb was last in California and since he lives there too, there's nothing the cops her in Rosewood can do about it."
Emily shook her head, "this is so fucked up. You should go to California, but you can't alone. I don't want you to go alone.
Em looked at her friend who only nodded, "I can't go, I have to stay here, whatever kind of sick shit this person is playing, well they've got ways to see everything Em, I have to stay here or they'll hurt him." Emily wanted to open her mouth but then Officer Reyes came up the stairs and knocked, "Fields, time is up, be out in five."
Emily swallowed hard and brought her friend back into her arms, "it'll be okay Han, it'll be okay, I'll be out soon and I can fly to California, whoever the fuck is doing this, well he's going to be the one who pays, in the meantime, you can stay here, and talk to the cops, I'm good with Reyes, maybe he has some connections, okay?"
Hanna simply sat and shook her head, "what do I do Em, you'll be gone, Caleb…is gone, and my mom moved to Michigan with Ted, I just, what if they don't let Caleb go, what if I can't get the money?"
"FIELDS, Let's go!"
"Hanna," Em rushed, "we'll fix this okay? Come down to the station after my hearing and we'll talk for as long as we can?"
Hanna nodded and hugged Em in her arms, "I don't know why you're doing this for me, I don't even know what I did to have a friend like you, I love you Em."
Emily hated the fact that she was leaving and wouldn't be in this very room for a while, but she knew she had to go.
"I know why, it's because I love you and strangely enough, it feels like I have to, like it's the right thing to do, I don't know, but we'll figure it out, I swear." Em pulled away with her hands on Hanna's shoulders and looked her in the eye, "be strong Han, we'll figure something out."
And with that, Reyes was knocking, opening the door slowly and escorting Emily down the flight of stairs and to the awaiting cop car.
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"4 months, 3 with good behavior."
"Really? And is that good considering, I mean, with having a clean record up until now I guess?"
Em nodded, "yeah, that lawyer you hired, the Hastings chick, she killed it in there, it wasn't exactly a court battle we see on the TV, but she was great, she said that that was the best deal I could've been offered."
"That's great, so you'll be out in 3 months, I can survive that."
"Well, three is only with good behavior."
"Please Em, you're practically a saint, what trouble could you possibly get into in there?"
Both girls laughed, "hah, yeah I guess you're right, I'll be out in no time."
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But, little did either girl know, that there was trouble where Em was going, and it was waiting in cell block 13 J, some trouble with blonde hair and blue eyes, and that was Alison DiLaurentis.
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*short chapter, but it is Finals now and I had to do something to distract myself from the stress…anyways, I hope you are all intrigued now with this story from this little update? I finished planning a plot for this story and holy shit I'm excited and I can't wait until school ends so I can focus on writing and updating all of my stories and starting a new project. Please leave your comments and reviews below! Be back when I can
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