Hey everyone, hope you all enjoyed Tuesdays new episode.
Here's another chapter for you guys.
Sara Shepard and Freeform own PLL.
I do not own or take credit.
Today is the Founders Day Festival, which is to celebrate whoever founded this crazy town of Rosewood. Basically it's kind of like a Carnival without all the rides. It has game booths, funhouses, stuff like that. Andrew asked me to go and is including it as a date.
"Hey Princess." Andrew says as he rolls up in front of the house in his car. "What's up Em?"
I'm sitting with Em on my front porch. She passed by to ask if I had talked to Hanna recently. Hanna and Sean broke up when he got upset with her for dancing with Lucas the entire time during the dance-a-thon. But then she started kind of liking this kid named Caleb some time later. He's some bad boy who moved to Rosewood around the time the dance-a-thon was coming up. He's a foster kid who doesn't get along with his foster parents so they don't pay mind to the guy and allows him to do whatever he wants, and that includes him sleeping wherever he can. So when Hanna found out she managed to convince her mom to let him stay in the guest room till he could figure something out. Then something happened not too longer later and they broke things off between them. She's been a bit distant and acts like she's not suffering from it but it's obvious she's struggling.
We both smile. "Hey babe." I say.
"Not much, Andrew." Em adds with a smile.
He smiles at us. "You ready?"
I nod. "Yea. Em, you need a ride?"
She smiles a bit. "Yea sure."
"What about Aria?" He asks.
I shake my head. "She's not home. May pass by later."
When we got there, there aren't a lot of people because technically it isn't officially open. There are spots here and there that are letting people buy things so we follow Em to a tent for jewelry and she introduces us to a friend.
"This is Samara." She says to us. Then she looks at her. "This is Jessie, and her boyfriend Andrew."
We smile and say. "Nice to meet you."
Then Paige shows up, so me and Andrew decide to grab some food from one of the booths that is open at the time. Em and Paige worked out their differences. How she let this girl get off without consequences for almost drowning her I'm not sure, but I didn't judge.
As we are heading to one of the food stands I see Caleb walking across from us. He looks like a lost puppy looking for his owner. His face seems really sad as he makes eye contact with me and walks over.
"Hey." He says.
"Hey, Caleb."
"Have you seen Hanna?"
"I think she is at that booth over there." I point over towards a booth near the basketball game section. "What's going on?"
He looks down at me and half smiles. "I'm leaving town, but I wanted to give her something before I leave."
"Oh…"
He nods. "Well I have to go. See you…whenever I get back."
I slowly nod. "Yea. Okay."
He smiles, then gives us both a nod goodbye as he walks away.
After eating we walk around until everything else officially opens a couple hours later. When they do the first thing he makes me go to is the clown funhouse. I'm not afraid of clowns but it was pretty creepy.
Then about a half hour later I see Spencer while she's waiting for Toby...secretly of course.
"What if your parents see? They are up your ass about not letting anyone see you with him because of his reputation, and trying to keep you clear of charges for Alison's murder."
"I know." She says. "I'll figure it out."
When night comes me and Andrew pretty much go MIA from the rest of the world. There's a spot behind some tents that no one seems to go through, so we chill behind there for awhile. We talk a bit as I sit between his legs with his arms wrapped around me, watching the stars that shine in the clear sky. It's pretty romantic, especially when he finishes it off with a nice long kiss that makes my stomach do flips. Then we head back out into the chaotic world of Rosewood.
"Jessie." I turn around and see Ian running over to us. "Have you seen Spencer?"
I shake my head. "No. Why?"
"We can't find her, and she's not answering her phone."
Of course I knew why she isn't around or answering her phone. She's obviously with Toby, but I can't tell him that.
"I'm sure she's around somewhere."
He nods. "Yea. Well thanks."
I smile and he takes off.
When they found her it happened to be that someone trapped her in a spin door in the clown funhouse. So Melissa called me to ask if I could come around and make sure she was okay because she seemed scared but didn't want to talk to anyone about it. But when I got there I see that Toby is waiting for her as she walks out of the funhouse.
I watch as she does a dramatic double take when her mom forces her to walk away from him, but then she turns back and runs right at him, flinging herself into his body and ending it with a full out kiss. I'm surprised she did that but I have to say, it was very movie like and I can't help but smile.
Now the next day Uncle Byron reminds me that he is having a party at the house with some faculty. I have a date with Andrew so I'm not going to be attending. He also asked Aunt Ella to come by and to my surprise she agreed. I mean there was a point where they had been getting along so well that it was almost a for sure that she was going to move back in. She was supposed to come around for dinner one night and I slept over Emily's so I wouldn't interrupt. They insisted I stay but I thought it was better for them to have a family dinner. Then something went wrong and they got distant again, having the dinner with her included never happen. Mike said it had something to do with Aria's new crush. Uncle Byron was being nosy so Aunt Ella told him to butt out and that started up their differences again. I didn't even know she was into anyone since her and Noel split. I never found out the reasoning for that either.
"Guess who's coming to our house tonight?" Aria asks me during free period.
We're sitting on one of the benches out in the courtyard. I'm leaning up against the brick of the school wall behind me, feet up on the bench and a bit distracted from sketching out an idea for my art project. You can always tell I'm in a very deep thought process when I have a thinking face with my tongue sticking out.
Must have been what I was doing at that moment as she tries to get my attention by poking me on the face. "Jessie."
I look at her. "What?"
She's hiding a smile. "Did you hear me?"
"Yea."
"What did I say?"
"You asked if I know who was coming tonight."
She nods. "Do you?"
"Teachers?"
She half smiles. "Well, duh."
"Then why are you asking me that if that's the obvious answer?"
"Because there's a specific teacher that was invited that we'll actually know."
"Well not we because I have plans with Andrew tonight."
"Aww." She smiles. "That's cute."
I laugh. "So who's going that you seem to be excited about." I look back to my sketch book.
It takes her a second to answer, which confuses me. "I'm not excited." She says. "Just thought it would have been a good bonding moment with you guys."
That gets my attention. "I don't get it." I look back at her.
"Dad invited Mr. Fitz."
My mouth half drops. "He did?"
She nods. "Would have been interesting seeing him outside of school wouldn't it?"
I shrug and go back to what I was doing. "I guess."
Later when I get out of the shower after practice I find Spencer in the locker room, sitting on the bench in front of my locker. She seems to be debating about something.
"Hey." I say.
She smiles.
"You okay?"
"Yea. I just need to talk to you."
"Okay." I put my glasses on. "About what?"
"Well." She starts. "I was thinking of inviting Toby over today."
"Awww."
Her face starts turning bright red. "Knock it off."
I laugh. "Sorry." I sit next to her. "You're worried about your parents saying something, right?"
She nods. "Could you come over and hang with us for like a half hour, hour the latest? My sister and Ian are going to be at the church planning for the Christening, so mom and dad won't have any other way of occupying themselves. It'll lessen the awkwardness."
In case I forgot to mention, Melissa and Ian are having a baby.
"But..."
"I know. You have a date with Andrew. I remember."
"Sooo..?"
"Get ready at my house and have him pick you up there."
She gives me her puppy eyes and I just smile. "Fiiiine."
"Oh, Jessie, you are the best!" She gives me a hug.
I return the hug, laughing a bit. "Hey. I try."
I'll tell you now that it was totally awkward. I mean the guy was nice and you can tell how into her he is, but I felt weird sitting there with the guy that everyone has been telling me to stay away from since he had walked into the church the day of Ali's funeral. The change of actually being around him in a friendly way rather than in a creepy way felt not normal. Then again, I could get used to hanging out with him, because after awhile I saw less of creepy Toby and more of a friendship building.
Now here's a moment that scared me so much that I had a pretty bad panic attack. I'm taking a walk with Andrew around the park after dinner at the Grille when I notice that Aunt Ella called me about five times. I have a mini heart attack when I see how many times I missed her call. She never calls that many times unless it's important. So I finally get back to her.
"Jessie! Thank God!"
I pull the phone away from my ear. "Aunt Ella. Why are you yelling."
She's breathing heavy. "Are you okay? I thought you were dead!"
"What the hell. Why?"
"Weren't you with Spencer?"
"Yes." I say a bit confused and Andrew turns to me, raising his eyebrows. "But Andrew came to get me hours ago. I had a date." I hear her sigh. "What's going on?"
"There was a car accident."
I stop in mid walk, pulling Andrew back a bit since our fingers are linked together. "What?" I say as I feel myself shaking.
"What is it?" Andrew asks but I can't even answer that.
"Veronica called me and told me that she got a call saying there was an accident. Spencer went to pick Melissa up from the church and Veronica thought since you were at their house that you went with her. But they never clarified who else besides her daughters were in the car so..."
"I'm fine." I manage to get out. Then I get quiet and everything starts to spin.
"Babe?" He says as he catches me when I start to fall.
"Jessie. You still there?"
I drop my phone and Andrew grabs it. "Ms. Montgomery?" He gets quiet. "She's having a panic attack." He gently sits me onto the ground.
My eyes dim out for a second as my breathing gets heavy and my ears are buzzing, but I hear him talking.
"Don't worry. I got her." He stops again. "Yes ma'am." He hangs up and looks at me.
I'm now laying back onto the grass, watching the stars and moon shine down on us as I try to catch my breath.
"Easy." I hear him. "Deep breaths."
"I...I can't go through this again." I say in between breaths.
His face comes into view as he sits next to me. "What happened?"
I close my eyes and try to hold in the urge to cry. I don't know the situation yet. I can't break down without knowing the details. Then I slowly sit up, he grabs my hand to keep me steady.
"Spencer and her sister got into a car accident."
"They what?" His face has the reaction of how I feel.
"I need to make sure they are okay. Oh my God."
"Jessie. Calm down." He wraps an arm around me. "Your aunt wants me to take you home."
"I need to see Spencer, what if she's hurt."
"Stay positive okay. Let's get you back and your aunt or uncle can probably drive you. You're too worked up to do that yourself."
When we get to the Montgomery's we see that everyone from the party left. Aunt Ella tells me that Spencer's fine but the doctor has to check to make sure that Melissa's baby is okay. She decides to stay a bit longer to comfort me because my mind is too occupied, but she eventually heads back to her place. Then sometime later Uncle Byron gets a text from Aria that includes heading to the church to pick her up (I hadn't even noticed that she wasn't in the house till now).
Even though I don't want to, he makes me stay at the house with Mike and says it's okay for Andrew to stick around till he gets back with Aria.
"Come here." Andrew wraps his arm around my shoulder and squeezes me tight to his body. "Everything's fine. Just breathe."
I'm not sure how long Uncle Byron is gone for but we all knock out in the family room in no time. Mike's on the cushioned chair and I'm stretched out on the couch with my head on Andrew's lap. Poor Andrew must have been uncomfortable, but somehow he managed to fall asleep.
"Sweetie." I feel a hand rubbing my arm.
I slowly open my eyes and see Aunt Ella kneeling beside the couch. "Hi." I say a bit groggy as I rub my eyes.
She smiles at me. "Sorry to wake you, but you should go to your room."
I stretch, then sit up and realize that no one is here besides us two. "What are you doing here? Where's Andrew?"
"Me and your uncle have some things to talk about. As for Andrew, I woke him up when we got back. He didn't want to wake you so he managed to slip himself out from under you."
I nod, yawning a bit. "Yea. That sounds like him."
"Off to bed now." She says and helps me to my feet.
She half drags me up the stairs like she used to when I was a kid. Then she gets me to the room and sits me on my bed. I lay down and automatically roll myself to the side, facing the wall. I feel her tuck me in and kiss me on the cheek.
"Goodnight, baby girl."
"Mm…night."
"You need to get some sleep too." I hear Aunt Ella through my sleepiness. "We'll talk tomorrow, and don't bother Jessie."
"But mom. I need her right now." Aria says.
"Tomorrow, Aria. Okay?"
If she agreed she didn't say anything. Either that or it was because I was out like a light after that.
