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I was completely hung over all day Sunday. My stomach bothered me too much to do anything. Eating was barely an option. I couldn't hold anything in. Spencer made me stay in bed and took the time to hang out with me. No homework, no being a no it all. Just a friend taking care of another. I'll admit, it's a first that she put her homework in the back of her mind but I liked that she was being human.

Aria and Em came around to check on me. I told Aria what happened and she almost had a fit when she saw me. I of course got a lecture about drinking too much. "I know I said to have some fun but that was not what I meant." She had said. But in the end she was just happy that Rachel didn't hurt me more. Or that Amber didn't get involved.

Apparently Amber had no time to react to me hitting her. I took her by surprise and immediately got held back as soon as I did. So I wasn't even able to get another punch in. Noel managed to throw her out as soon as it happened. But then Rachel came out of nowhere, gave me a punch to the eye and I hit the floor...hard. Explains why my head hurt when I came to.

Now as Spencer already said, her parents didn't notice a thing. They were too busy locking themselves away from the family to keep their head on whatever they had to do for their jobs. I mean whatever. They never really pay attention unless it's serious and affects them. Spencer is better company then them anyway.

Monday came pretty quickly. That morning I wasn't feeling like going to school. I had a black eye with a cut in the corner from my glasses hitting it after I got punched. My lip's still scabby, my ankle is wrapped in an Ace Bandage from messing it up that night and I now have to wear my old glasses. As long as I could see though is all that matters I guess. But I'll be heading to the eye doctor soon. The prescription isn't the best.

My concern however was I didn't know what to expect from Amber. I don't remember much of what happened. I know I hit her, but the after math of it I'm not sure of. She's gonna be mad, that much I know. But the way she's going to look and how mad she's going to be I can't even guess.

"Cereal?" Spence says as I limped down the steps.

I painfully get to the bottom and head over to the kitchen. "Aren't we running late?"

She shrugs. "You didn't eat much yesterday. I prefer you do than go out on an empty stomach."

I smile. "Aww. Looking out for me?"

She blushes a bit. "Only because I love you."

I sit next to her and she puts a bowl in front of me. "I love you too." She smiles and pours Cheerios into my bowl.

I smile. "Thanks." Then start to eat.

She nods. "No problem." She sits down. "Sleep okay?"

I nod. "Mhm." I say with food in my mouth.

"How's your ankle."

I shrug. "It's alright."

"Eye?"

"Looks like I ran into a fist."

She half laughs then contains herself. "Sorry. That's not funny." But I can see her trying to muffle a laugh.

I smile. "It's okay." I eat a spoonful of cereal. "It was supposed to be a joke. I do have a sense of humor you know."

She smiles. "I know. But you can also be sensitive."

I half smile. "Only when they hit a weak spot." I put down my spoon and take a sip of Orange Juice. "Which is rare."

"Because you rather let yourself get angry than talk about your feelings."

I watch her. "Are we really gonna go through this again?"

She gets quiet for a second. "You made me a promise."

"Yea. Which I've kept."

She shakes her head. "Only when you feel like it."

"Right." I nod in aggravation. "I need fresh air." I get up. "So I'm going to walk."

"But..."

I scoop up my backpack. "Unless I'm too sensitive for that too." She watches me as I walk out of the house.

I walk down the street a bit heated. I mean I know Spencer's right. I did make her a promise to not hold in my emotions, but she had to know that it would be easier said than done. What I went through is not something that is simple to talk about. And she's being a complete hypocrite. She's going through the same thing I did, she lost someone and yet she has been keeping to herself the entire time. She hasn't talked to me about it once since its happened.

"Jessie?"

I look up from the ground to look for the voice. I hadn't noticed that my feet were taking me on their own path. I somehow ended up in front of Hanna's house. Like, Hanna? Of all places I could have ended up I went to Hanna's? I look across the street, remembering that Aria lived not too far down. For some reason I always forget that Hanna lived close by to my old house.

"What are you doing here?" She locks her door and walks over.

"Walking to school." I quickly say.

"Down my block?"

She is right. The street to get to school isn't on her block. But then I think of "Shortcut." She raises an eyebrow. "It's faster cutting through the park."

"Don't you have a car?"

"Yea. I just didn't feel like driving today."

She eyes me. She doesn't know me as well as the others but she looked like she could see right past the shield I put up when I'm trying to avoid people. I shift around awkwardly.

"What happened to your face?"

I raise an eyebrow. "You were there when Amber tripped me."

She shakes her head. "No. I mean the black eye."

My heart sank. I completely forgot about that. "You weren't there?"

"Must not if I'm asking."

I nod. "Right." Now that I think back, I faintly remember seeing Hanna leave early. "Rachel hit me at the party."

"Noel's party?" I nod. "But...wait this was after I left?"

I shrug. "Guess so. 'Cause I didn't see you after it happened."

She looks at her car. "Mind if I walk with you?" Then looks back to me.

I'm taken a bit by surprise but I shrug as if it was no big deal. "If you want."

She smiles. "I do. We can talk on the way." She watches my expression. "Only if you want to."

When we got to school Amber was sitting out on the front steps of Rosewood High. It was like she was waiting for me or something. Her cousin Riley was there as well with the rest of her crew. From afar I could tell that I had actually left a bruise on Ambers face, seeming I punched her right in the nose. So not only is her nose noticeably messed up but so are her eyes. According to Spencer, when you get hit in the nose the aftermath travels upward. So the under part of her eyes were black and blue.

Rachel and Tommy were practically like body guards for her. When they saw me they blocked my way to the front doors. They tried to get me upset by talking about how my new face worked for a Spick. Then Rachel gave me some shoves to provoke me to do something, but I didn't let up. Trust me I wanted to, but I kept myself calm and eventually got through.

First period sucked because Riley was pissed that I hit her cousin. Her, the Carrie twins and Naomi kept glaring at me and I was was tempted to say something. Yet my fear got the better of me. Living in Jersey plus my family dying made me tougher but for some reason with them I feel like the ten year old kid who let them walk all over me. They almost didn't let me leave my locker before I went to second period but the girls came to my rescue. I never felt so glad to see Hanna stand up to the people who were supposed to be her friends.

"Befriended a dweeb Marin?" Maddie Carrie says.

"Just leave her alone."

"Never took you to going back to the bottom pit of losers."

"Jessie isn't a loser. She is co-captain of the basketball team after all."

They smile. "Will always be the acne freak we remember growing up." Stacy says.

I start to get red and feel tears filling in my eyes. I haven't had acne in a long time. My skin is cleared up but they won't seem to let it go. The closest thing to acne are the freckles I have scattered around my nose and cheeks. But before anyone could get more into it Mr. Fitz walked out and told us all to get to class. I don't think I've been so grateful to see him. I mean besides when he saved me from dying in the car accident but you know what I mean.

Andrew saw me at lunch later and was ready to hit something when he heard what happened. With everything going on I kind of forgot to let him know about it. But he wasn't mad at me so it was okay.

After school I was surprised that I managed to get through the rest of the day without running into Amber again. I'm not sure why really but I'm not complaining. Spence didn't have Field Hockey today, so she convince me to get a ride with her. She apologized about this morning but I didn't hold it against her. I was the one who had been sensitive about the whole convo, just like she said I could be. So it wasn't her fault.

I went to bed that night with Spencer up my ass about me opening up. To satisfy her I did. But it turned into an argument when she wouldn't do the same with me. It was a little hard to be sharing a room and trying to be upset with each other at the same time. There was no privacy. So eventually I left and slept on the couch. Tension around here is really starting to heat up, especially with her parents and sister still blaming her for Wren. It seems to be affecting our friendship a bit with her always being in a bad mood after. I need to get out of here.