Chapter 2

It was now Friday, Hanna's engagement party was tomorrow so she had her three best friends running around like slaves all day making sure everything was perfect.

"Oh my God my feet are killing me." Spencer wined as she threw herself into their usual sofa in the Brew.

"Remind me if anyone we know gets engaged to not show up until the day of the actual party."Emily said as she followed Spencer's lead and sat on the couch curling her legs up under her.

"Would ye expect anything less from Hanna."Aria laughed flopping down on the couch inbetween Spencer and Emily.

Hanna had given the girls a 6am wakeup call, she met her three best friends outside the Brew at 7am with a list of jobs in hand for each of the girls. It was now 4pm and the girls had not stopped all day.

"Where is Hanna anyway?" Spencer wondered aloud.

"Being Hanna it wouldn't surprise me if she treated herself to a day of pampering while we ran around town doing her chores." Emily laughed, shaking her head at the realisation that it was a possibility that Hanna had done just that.

A few moments later as Aria, Spencer and Emily sipped on their coffees Hanna came shuffling through the doors of the Brew with her arms loaded down in shopping bags.

"Hanna don't tell me you went shopping while we ran around and organised your party?" Spencer said her forehead furrowed in annoyance.

"Well I had to have something new to wear!" Hanna said shooting her a cheeky smile.

"And you also just had to get a manicure and get a blow-dry as well?" Emily said laughing at how typical Hanna this was.

"Hey, I haven't seen Jordan in almost a week. You can't expect him to see me with chipped nail's, fuzzy hair and an tatty old dress now do you?" Hanna said giving the girls puppy dog eyes.

Spencer, Aria and Emily couldn't help but laugh at Hanna's actions. They were only teasing her, in reality they didn't mind helping their best friend out so she could have a perfect engagement party.

"Well when you put it like that Hanna." Spencer mused to please Hanna.

Hanna sat down at the remaining seat around the coffee table.

"So are any of you bringing a date tomorrow night or just flying solo?" Hanna asked looking at her three best friends snuggled together on the couch. She knew it wasn't fair having them run around doing jobs for her all day and they looked exhausted from it too. The truth was she didn't spend all day pampering herself, Hanna had a plan that she was hoping wasn't going to blow up in her face.

"Well Liam is arriving first thing in the morning, were going to stay here for a few days after the party so he can catch up with my Folks and head back to Philadelphia then together." Aria smiled as she taught of her boyfriends near arrival.

"I'm actually going with Toby. Not as a date, just too friends catching up, before any of you get any ideas." Spencer said. "It's been a long time since we actually talked in person so it'll be nice. Besides, I hear he's really happy with Yvonne so I'm happy for him." Spencer said with a genuine smile that let the girls know there was no hidden agenda to try and win back Toby, just two old friends catching up.

"And I'll be there with my friend Vodka." Emily joked, only half meaning it, she quite liked the idea of spending the night in the corner sipping a drink. Her mood improved in the last few days since she told her best friends about everything that was going wrong in her life. However she was still struggling with seeing them all in such a good place with their lives. It just served as a reminder to her how she had made a mess of her life. Still, only a few more days and she would be back to her old life in California not having to bother her friends with her troubles.

"Em, promise me you won't drink yourself stupid at my party?" Hanna said giving her a look of concern. "Besides if you're drunk you won't be able to find yourself anyone special at the party."

"Hanna I'm not going to your party to find myself a girlfriend. So don't even dream of trying to play match maker for the night. Besides, I'll be too busy running around on orders from you." Emily said with a mocking tone, knowing that it was quite possible that Hanna will have a list of jobs for them tomorrow night too.

"I promise you can all have the night off tomorrow. I want you all to enjoy it as much as I will. But seriously Em, wear something nice because you just never know who you might meet." Hanna beamed looking very pleased with herself.

Emily gave Hanna a confused look, raising an eyebrow out of suspicion. What was Hanna up to? Since they came back to Rosewood she had been obsessed with Emily's love life. Maybe she was being set up? Maybe a fling wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen, she was returning to California in a few days so a bit of fun while she was here might not be the worst thing, it would at least help numb the pain even if only for a little while.

It was now Saturday evening, the party was starting in 2 hours and the girls all met at Hanna's house to get ready for the night ahead. As they sat in Hanna's old bedroom they could help but feel like they were 16 again, meeting at each other's houses getting ready for school dances together. It was strange to think how that had just felt like yesterday yet so much had happened in the 5 years since.

As the girls helped each other with their make-up and hair Hanna's phone buzzed.

"Is that a message from Jordan, can't wait to see you I bet!" Aria squealed excitedly.

"What?" Hanna said staring at her phone intensely clearly not paying attention to what was said.

"What's wrong?" Emily asked eyeing Hanna closely, her friend looked deep in thought.

"Nothing, why would there be something wrong. Wow your hair looks amazing like that Em." Hanna said shadily as she fidgeted under her friends gaze. Hanna was acting strange. Emily put Hanna's strange behaviour down to nerves about the party and went back to helping Spencer with her hair.

Hanna's phone buzzed again dragging her from her thoughts. As she stared intensely down at the screen to read the text message she could hear the girls talking in the back ground.

"Hello, earth to Hanna?" Aria said with wide eyes staring at Hanna in bemusement.

"I'm sorry, what?" Hanna said looking up, oblivious to how zoned out she had become.

"Wow, they must be some messages you're getting." Spencer laughed noticing how flustered Hanna was.

"It's just Jordan." Hanna said rapidly and fidgeted again. Hanna's phone began to ring, she looked down at the screen with wide eyes. "Yeah he's just really excited, I better go answer this." She said in a rush of words as she got up and quickly left the room.

"Well that was weird." Emily said looking baffled at Hanna's sudden strange behavior.

A few moments later Hanna returned to the bedroom to be greeted to her three friends staring intensely at her. "What?" she said in a panic trying to think of something to say in order to avoid further questioning from the girl's. Hanna was no good at lying. "We haven't seen each other in a week, can't help it that I'm so good in bed that he needed a little dirty talk to help get him through the night without ripping my clothes off." She said off handily hoping that the girls would leave the conversation at that.

"Ew Hanna, as if we need to know about your sex life." Spencer said in mock disgust. Secretly laughing at how blasé Hanna could be.

"Atleast I have one." Hanna teased, sticking her tongue out at Spencer and throwing her a wink. Happy now that she had avoided further grilling about her strange behaviour. She just had to keep this a secret for a few more hours, she could manage that surely she thought as she started to wonder if maybe her plan wasn't such a good idea. Well it was too late to change things now, she thought as she stared at Emily fixing her mascara in the mirror.