Chapter Three
Previously: Hanna and Emily finish up their science project and reward themselves with a movie, after. They wake up in the morning and the weirdest thing happens: Hanna gets a text from A that dared her to be naked in front of Emily. Thinking it couldn't get worse, Hanna receives a text from the one she expected the least – Alison.
"Hanna, I don't have much time so I want you to meet me at 3848 Woodberry Avenue tonight at 8:00 PM sharp. I really have to go, so I'll text you the address." I heard Ali on the phone say. I couldn't even process what was going on. My friend, who I thought was missing for over two years, had just revealed herself. I knew that I had no time for questions since Alison immediately hung up, but I had to get there, I had to meet up with Alison immediately.
I went back to the dining room, where Emily was after I had stepped away to take my phone call from Ali. I needed to tell Emily and the other girls, but it was different from Emily. For Emily, finding out that the girl you have been in love with for as long as you can remember was still alive after thinking that she was dead for years is just extremely shocking because Em and Ali had a different type of relationship. I knew I had to tell Emily, though.
"Emily," I called. She was just packing up her stuff into her backpack, getting ready for school.
"Yeah?" Emily responded.
"Alison." I said, letting go of the breath I've been holding on to.
"What about her?" Emily asked, obviously desperate to know the answer.
"She's alive."
"What? How do you know?" Emily pretty much shouted, wanting for answers.
"She called me and she wants me to meet her there." I explained.
"When and where?"
"3848 Woodberry Avenue at 8pm sharp. I'm planning to tell the others after school or during lunch."
"I'm not so sure that I'm ready to see her again. She was the girl that broke my heart."
"I know that, but we have to do this, we need answers."
Emily sighed. I could tell that she definitely wasn't ready since this came as a huge shock to her. "Okay. We have to get to school, by the way. Do you want to just walk or drive?" Emily asked.
"Drive, it's really got outside and you're wearing a leather jacket." I decided.
"Alright." Emily said. With that, both of us exited Emily's house on our way to my car. The ride was quick and we just talked about school stuff and Emily's science project. When we got to the school we immediately started looking for Spencer and Aria to tell them about Alison. After walking around the school searching for them, Emily and I finally found Spencer and Aria in the lunch courtyard. We walked to the table and sat down.
"Big news, guys."I spoke up.
All three of the girls turned to me with full attention.
"I just got a call from someone this morning and it was Alison. She's alive." I revealed.
"What?" Spencer and Aria gasped in shock.
"She called me to tell me to meet her at this place that she's probably staying at to fake her disappearance." I explained.
"How are you so sure that that's Alison on the phone? I mean, you can't really tell." Spencer said.
"I just know it is her, Spencer. And if it is her then we need to meet her at this place. She texted me the address. We can't waste our chances."
"Okay, then." Spencer sighed. "Don't you feel scared seeing her again?"
"Well, yeah. She was the one who always made fun of me and called me names. Because of her, I hated myself, I didn't even want to be myself. I'm not like you guys who have fit bodies and beautiful faces. Honestly, I'm kinda scared to see her. I'm afraid that things will go back to the way they were when we see Alison again. But we need an explanation from her, and why she faked her whole disappearance." I answered, pouring out all of my feelings. The more I thought about it, the madder I got. I really hated the past since all I did was feel like dying. She made me so insecure about myself. When Alison disappeared, of course I was upset, but I also used it as an opportunity to bury the past. Since Ali will most likely be back, I'm afraid that the past may haunt me again.
Flashback:
Emily's POV
I could tell that Ali didn't like Hanna very much. I didn't even know why she bothered to put her in the group. I'm not saying that Hanna shouldn't be in our friend group but if Ali despised her so much, then why would she let Hanna hang out with us. I guess Hanna felt like an outsider while she was with us. She was always the one that was ignored and left behind, but I tried to let her in more but it seemed like Alison wanted me away from her. I just brushed it off like it was nothing, I already knew that Alison was plain rude to everyone. Except for me. She always treated me special and I almost questioned it. I knew that there was something going on between Alison and I, so that must be why she treated me like a princess. I soon started to notice that whenever I was alone with someone else, she would just cut us off and drag me somewhere else with her. Sometimes we had lunch alone somewhere in the courtyard or the back of the school and then she would just randomly start to get all touchy and flirty. I had to admit, it make me feel uncomfortable the way she knows how to get under my skin.
One time, we were swimming in spencer's lake house instead of going to school. Hanna and I were quietly chatting in one corner.
"Do you want to see something?" Hanna suddenly asked me.
"If you're going to flash me, then no." I cautiously said.
Hanna laughed. "Don't worry." She said. She gestured for me to pay attention to her and she started to back away from the corner to, going to the other side of the pool. "Count how many seconds I take!" Hanna shouted from a distance. She took a deep breath and put a thumbs up in the air to indicate that she was ready to start whatever she was going to do.
I rolled my eyes as Hanna tried to swim fast, but she failed to do so as she started having trouble getting up from the pool. "Hanna!" I called. I swam quickly to her, held my breath and saw her drowning underwater. I cursed under my breath and used both of my hands to carry her to the nearest corner to lay her on the ground. I carried her up the stairs of the pool and set her down on the ground. As I almost forgot that the other girls were there, I looked around and saw Ali, Spencer, and Aria through the glass door, resting on the couch. I immediately started doing CPR. Wow, so cliché. After I was done with the chest compressions, I lifted her head, took a deep breath, took in some oxygen, and breathed into her mouth. I kept doing the cycles, going as fast as I can. After 4-5 cycles, I saw her blue green eyes and immediately threw my arms around her.
I heard the sliding glass door open and looked up away from Hanna to see a disappointed Alison.
"What the hell just happened?!" Alison asked in anger, crossing her arms.
"Hanna almost drowned, so I performed CPR on her and now she's… here." I said, running out of breath after each word.
Hanna just sat there quietly, trying to process what had just happened.
"Emily, can I talk to you in private, please?" Ali asked. Without an answer from me, she grabbed my wrist and led me to a place where we could talk in private.
"What?" I asked.
"Why would you do that?" Alison was pissed.
"Do what? Save Hanna?"
"Duh."
"Alison, she would've died if I hadn't saved her! Doesn't she mean anything to you? She's your friend!" I growled.
"You should've just let Spencer or Aria do it." Alison said in irritation.
"It would've been too late my then. And why do you care so much that I did CPR on her?" I asked, rolling my eyes.
"Don't act dumb, Emily. I think we both know that there's something on going between us." Alison did her signature evil grin.
I flinched like a fly just flew into my eye. "You said it was just practice. It didn't mean anything so why the hell are you acting so jealous?" I was furious.
"Hanna's hiding something from you." Ali quietly said, changing the subject.
"Oh, don't dare try to change the subject!" I practically yelled at her, but the girls didn't seem to hear.
"I just wanted to let you know, it isn't going to kill you to know a secret, honey." Alison smirked.
"Don't call me honey." I coldly stared.
"She likes you more than a friend, you know." Alison let out with no hesitation.
"What?" I asked curiously.
"In fact, she probably just faked her drowning so that you would do mouth to mouth with her." Alison tried to sound convincing.
"Sounds like something you would do," I said.
"Look at her, have you seen how desperate she is?" Alison pointed at Hanna who still hasn't managed to get up from the ground still, she probably fell asleep or just got tired.
"Stop it, okay! Stop it! Why are you being mean to her when she basically worships you and acts like your servant. Why the hell do you treat her that way when she's the most amazing person I know? She's perfect. She's beautiful, funny, charming, cute, and sweet." I basically burst into flames after saying that and began to walk away from Ali in disgust.
"Did you hear what you just said?" Ali said, stopping me from walking away from her. I turned around and glared at her coldly. "If you think she's so perfect, why don't you go out with her?"
I opened my mouth to argue, but I just sighed and walked back to Hanna. The sky was pretty dark and it was almost nighttime because the moon was visible but faded. Some stars shown and Hanna was just looking at them, relaxing.
"Hey," Hanna softly said. "What happened with you and Alison? I saw you guys arguing through the glass window."
"Oh, it's nothing."
"I heard you mention my name."
"Yeah.."
"Well what happened?"
"She got mad that I rescued you from the pool and gave you CPR."
"She hates my guts. I'm just a fat useless girls that murders cupcakes with my mouth."
"No you're not. You're beautiful inside and out. You always cheer me up when I'm down, you always make me smile no matter how sad I am. Without you, I honestly don't know where I am. Remember when I was supposed to move to Texas, you were the one that let me stay at your house until everything was okay. The only person I can talk to about everything is you. So don't give a crap about anything she says to you that makes you feel horrible. You're a great person and without you, the world would be so different."
"Umm.. uhh.. th..thanks." Hanna stuttered to reply to everything I had just said.
"Come on, let's go home. I don't even want to speak with Alison right now." I pulled Hanna from the ground and off we went to go home with Spencer and Aria, while Alison had to go somewhere else. She's probably making out with six different boys. Whatever it is, I know that she is hiding something important from us.
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A/N: Hope you liked this chapter! I didn't make the flashback italicized because I personally have a hard time reading italicized words. Tbh, this chapter was kinda weird since this was supposed to be a fun fanfic. Idk if that made any sense. So just review your thoughts about this or anything you want because I love hearing from you guys! Thanks for reading!