Post nap update
Chapter 17
Hanna drew another letter, shuffled her deck and scoped out her options. She had a couple words she could use now but if she waited she might get something even better later on down the line. She looked over at Aria and Spencer who had ridiculously good streaks going and wondered what they had going for themselves before deciding to basically just give in and go for the simple ones right now and bide her time and wait to use the special stuff later. She put down a few letters and formed a small word and received a modest combo which she wrote up and watched as Spencer put down 'quixotic' and won the game. Hanna was pretty sure that word was made up but Aria backed Spencer up and insisted it was real.
Hanna returned everything but one of the 'i's and waited for Aria to shuffle the letters before returning it to her deck.
"So... how are things going with you and Paige?" She asked. She expected something along the lines of 'fine' or 'good' and thought she was making small talk but when Spencer's expression darkened she knew she had put her foot in her mouth.
"It's not going anywhere." Spencer admitted as she looked down at her letters. She had a pretty good haul and was looking confident in her ability to win this game.
"What do you mean? asked Aria, "What's going on?
"It's over. She's packing her bags as we speak."
"Spencer-" Aria began but she was cut off
"I don't want to talk about it" Spencer declined.
"But Spence-" Hanna tried to intervene but was also shut down.
"I'm fine. She's fine. It's over. It's for the best. I just want to finish this round of scrabble and go home right now. And don't think for one second I didn't see you hoard that 'a'"
"It was an 'i', and are you sure?"
"Yes. It's for the best."