Chapter 2: Detective Spencer

Two weeks later.

"So, sleepover at my house ladies?" Hanna asked before taking a bite from her salad.

"Sounds good to me" Emily replied.

"And me" Spencer piped in stealing a tomato from Hanna's plate

"Hey! Get your own" Hanna said hitting Spencer's hand with her fork. "What about you Aria? You in?" All three girls turned their eyes towards the brunette that was a million miles away. "Aria? Aria?" Hanna said, still Aria was oblivious to the conversation going on between her friends.

"ARIA!" Spencer all but yelled snapping the girl out of her thoughts.

"Sorry, what?" she said shaking her head slightly to rid her thoughts.

"Sleepover, tonight, my house, you in?" Hanna asked for the second time.

"I don't know Han" Aria replied still not 100% in the conversation.

"Come on Ar it's been ages" Emily pleaded, adding her puppy dog eyes in for good measures.

"I'll think about it Em, I gotta go" Aria said collecting her things and walking out of the cafeteria leaving all three girls puzzled.

"What's up with her?" Hanna asked aloud.

"I don't know, but I'm going to find out" Spencer said collecting her own things and quickly following Aria as not to lose her. Once she almost caught up with her she saw her go into the girls bathroom, she followed and entered seconds after she then locked the main door after checking that no one else was in there of course.

"Aria" Spencer called out. "I know you're in here, it's Spencer"

"I know it's you Spence, I'd know your voice anywhere" Aria replied quietly through the stall door

"Of course, sorry." Spencer replied, leaning against the stall door. "What's going on with you Ar?" Spencer asked worried about her best friend.

"Nothing. I'm fine." Aria said as strongly as she could but her voice was shaky and she knew Spencer knew she was far from okay.

"No you're not. Talk to me, please" Spencer pleaded, she hated seeing her friend like this, for the last few days she had been distant, not completely there when they were talking, and she was hardly eating and always looked like she could cry any minute.

"I can't" Aria choked out wiping away stray tears.

"Yes you can, please, I want to help."

"You can't stop it" Aria brokenly replied.

"Stop what?" Spencer asked having no idea what the petite brunette was talking about.

"Stop these!" Aria said angrily and she shoved a hand full of folded papers under the stall door. Spencer bent down and picked the folded papers up. Curious as to what they were she unfolded one. On the piece of paper was just one word 'SLUT'. Still confused she unfolded another one that said 'Whore'. Getting an idea of the theme of these 'notes' Spencer read the rest of them between the 11 Aria had posted through to her 3 of them said Whore, 4 said slut, 1 called her easy and the rest were asking if she wanted to 'pull an all nighter' or if they were 'old enough' for her. Spencer was disgusted by every single one she read and couldn't believe Aria had been subjected to this. She took a few moments to get over the shock before talking again.

"How long has this been going on?" She asked from the other side of the stall door. Aria took a big deep breath before answering.

"Ever since the Connor incident" She squeaked out quieter than a mouse.

"Two weeks!" Spencer shrieked raising her voice. "This has been happening for two weeks and you didn't tell anyone, you didn't tell me. Why?" Spencer asked slightly offended that she didn't come to her sooner as well as still being angry that her friend was being victimized by the student body.

"Because it's true!" Aria shot back without a second thought.

"You're kidding right!" Spencer asked adding a scoff. "Aria, you are not a slut or a whore, or easy! Hell if you were any of those not only would you have slept with Ezra the first time you met him in the bar, you would have also had half the school if not all of it by now."

"But..." Aria began but Spencer cut her off.

"NO ARIA. You're not any of the things these people are calling you and you have to stop believing they are right because they are not. You are an amazing person Aria and you are smart enough to know that this school is full of idiots and bullies that just want to bring you down, don't let them bring you down, you can't let them win, you're better than that." Spencer pleaded praying Aria would listen to her. There was a silence before Spencer heard the lock on the stall door click open and the small brunette exited sheepishly.

"You're right" Aria said quietly wiping her tears away. Spencer involved her in the tightest hug she had ever given. "Spence, Spence, I can't breathe" Aria chocked out, trying to get some air into her lungs.

"I don't care" Spencer said holding her even closer. After what felt like the longest hug of her lifetime Spencer let go. "Now since we already missed the first lesson of the afternoon how about we miss the rest and go and get some pizza?" Spencer suggested trying her best to cheer Aria up.

"Sounds good to me." Aria replied "But first things first" Aria said taking the notes out of Spencer's hand "These need going in the trash." Aria said dumping them into the bin near the sinks.

"I couldn't agree more." Spencer said before unlocking the bathroom and the girls exited not only the room but the school for the day.

Little did the girls know as they exited the bathroom someone was hiding in the shadows who had been listening to their entire conversation and had a plan up their sleeve for the next day.

Hey guys, hope you enjoyed chapter 2, leave a review and let me know what you think. Chapter 3 coming soon J