"Halloween Reloaded"
I noticed something about PLL that I hadn't noticed in the past. Did you?
Will Hollywood ever change?
Everything I'm about to say is what you've been thinking however the only difference is I'm saying it out loud.
Remember this is the story with the sarcastic tone…
Rated M for Mature Content.
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Emily and Maya fall back to sleep. They are in no hurry to rush into the morning. Maya has to walk across the way to face her parents and hope they forgive her for running away. Emily and Maya have to face this 'A' thing head on knowing that both their lives have been threatened if they have chosen to stay together. They will face all of this, just not right now…
Chapter 4: I See…
MPOV
I say good bye to Emily knowing that we probably won't see each other for a couple of days. I have no idea how my parents are going to react to me being unmissing. Hopefully they will understand so I can start being a teenager again. We're going to have to reregister me at school and since I'm six months behind I'm sure I'm going to need to be tutored. Let's hope Spencer has some free time. Well, here goes nothing…
My parents are mad at me but more so they're thrilled that I'm okay. I tell them what I can without mentioning 'A' and they seem pretty understanding. I talk to them about feeling like I didn't fit in and they seemed to buy it but I know none of you did. I start school on Monday and hopefully everything will fall back into place.
It's been two days since I've seen Emily so I ask my parents if I can spend the day with her. They are being supportive and give me their blessing. I call Em to tell her the good news. I pick her up in my car that I haven't driven in six months and take her into town. We walk around getting coffee, going shopping and just hanging out but I can't shake this feeling that something isn't quite right in Rosewood.
We walk some more, we talk some more and while we stop for lunch it hits me…
"Maya what is it?"
"Something has been bothering me all afternoon."
"What?"
"This town, it changed while I was gone."
"How do you mean?"
"It used to be just me and my parents but you never saw my parents so really it was just me."
"Just you what?"
"Emily, everywhere we go I see…"
"You see what?"
"I see…black people."
"Hey where have I heard that before? It sounds like something I heard in a movie."
"It's dead people Em, I see dead people."
"Oh yeah!"
"Anyway there's been at least one black person excluding me everywhere we went today. Did you notice that?"
"Not until you pointed it out. Oh my god!"
"What, what is it?"
"Well, now that I'm thinking about it, there's at least one black person in every school club and athletic program."
"Wait. You mean to tell me there's a black person on the swim team?"
"Yep and Spencer just joined the Academic Team and there's one black person on that too. But he or she, I can't remember which it is, never says anything. He or she is just there."
"Wow! So when Marlene and Andy thought they got rid of me another black person showed up in Rosewood and he didn't fare too well either. I guess the fans must've pointed out that it appears there can only be one black person at a time in Rosewood. And that black person has to go missing or get killed off in order for a new black person to be let in Rosewood!"
"Sounds like Rosewood and Sunnydale have something in common. When one slayer dies another must emerge," Emily observes.
"Sounds like it. But why is the name Kendra popping into my head?"
"I don't know."
"That name seems so familiar to me."
"Kendra. Hmmm. I'm not sure but you're right it is familiar."
"My guess, Kendra was probably another black person on a predominantly white show who gets killed off for no apparent reason."
"Or, she was killed off to make room for another white girl."
"Oh Em! You're really getting it!"
"Are you being sarcastic?"
"No! You just get where we're coming from. That's all I'm saying."
"But how does the new black person get into Rosewood?" asks Emily sounding a bit confused.
"It's like a lottery. If your number comes up then you get to be the new black person."
"So how do you explain more than one black person at one time in Rosewood?
"It's called political correctness."
"Oh, so after the fans called Marlene and Andy out on their unpcness, they had no choice but to try and prove the fans wrong so they put a black person in every scene."
"Exactly."
"Maya everything you said makes perfect sense."
Narrator POV
Emily and Maya continue talking and having lunch when Hanna comes in and approaches Emily and Maya.
"Hey you two!"
"Hey Hanna," they say in unison.
"I was just noticing something about the two of you. You know what you guys are?"
"No. What?" asks Emily.
"You're so…Emaya!"
"Emaya? What do you mean?"
"You make a beautiful couple, everything about the two of you is beautiful…you're Emaya!"
Just then Paige walks in with her friends.
"Well if we're Emaya and Emaya means beautiful then what's Paily mean?" asks Maya sarcastically.
"Maya," Emily scolds.
"Paily is the opposite of Emaya, see Emaya," Hannah laughs.
They all laugh together. They find this really funny and know it's true. Even Emily finds the humor in it because she too sees how beautiful Emaya truly is.
"I mean think about it…if you had the choice of being called Emaya or being called Paily, which would you choose?" asks Hannah.
Emily and Maya look at each other and respond together,
"Emaya."
"Of course! So let's take a poll. Excuse me everyone, sorry to interrupt your lunch but I have a very important question to ask all of you. If you were going to follow a ship meaning a relationship between two people, would you choose to follow the ship named Emaya or would you choose to follow the ship named Paily? On the count of three, just yell out Emaya or Paily. Ready? One, Two, Three!"
"EMAYA!" shouts the entire restaurant.
"See, I told you guys Emaya is beautiful!"
"You definitely did tell us along with the whole entire restaurant. Not embarrassing at all," blushes Emily.
"I think it's so cool that the people of Rosewood choose Emaya over Paily," interjects Maya.
"Like I said, Emaya is beautiful! Well I have to go now. So I'll see ya later, Emaya," says Hanna smiling.
They say their goodbyes to Hannah when Maya says,
"Oh great, is she eating here cuz I don't think I could stomach my lunch if she is."
"You mean Paige?"
"Why couldn't Marlene and Andy put her in a body bag?"
"Maya, be nice. She's with her other friends."
"You mean the Pailys. You think there are enough body bags for them too?"
"Maya!"
"I'm kidding." But not really.
"Yeah and one of those friends just happens to be black," notices Emily.
"Like we didn't see that one coming," points out Maya.
They both laugh because it's so true! Paige sees them and makes the right choice to leave but her black friend stays. She actually walks over to Emily and Maya.
"Hey Emily. Hey Maya."
"Hey girl from the Halloween store whose name escapes me at the moment what's up?" asks Emily.
"I was just talking to Paige and I have to say I had no idea that you two went out on and off for a year."
"We didn't. That's not even possible."
"What do you mean?"
"Cuz she dated me on and off for about a year and we've been together longer," corrects Maya.
"Oh sorry, I didn't mean anything by it. I was just wondering."
"Actually Paige and I dated for about a month, month and a half if that and I really wouldn't call what we did over those six months when Maya was gone dating."
"Really, what would you call it?" asks Maya curiously.
"Amusing."
Everyone laughs cuz that really was a good one by Emily.
"Not to change the subject but kind of, why don't you have any black friends?" asks Maya.
"Have you ever seen two black people hanging out on a predominantly white show? Have you seen Pretty Little Liars?" asks the girl from the Halloween store whose name escapes me at the moment with a hint of sarcasm.
"Wow, you're right," agrees Maya.
"So Maya, you wanna break the mold and hang out sometime?" asks the girl from the Halloween store whose name escapes me at the moment.
"Yeah sure that would be nice. But just because we're black doesn't mean I wanna listen to hip hop or Rihanna. Okay?"
"Ha ha ha, no problem. See ya at school? Maybe we'll have a class together," suggests the girl from the Halloween store whose name escapes me at the moment.
"I doubt that. You know there can only be one black person per classroom and we already have the token Asian."
"Very funny Maya."
"Actually it's not at all funny, it's actually very very sad."
"She's so right. But I really do have to get going. See ya later."
"See ya girl from the Halloween store whose name escapes me at the moment."
"Maya, you guys are so right. I can't believe I never noticed."
"It's fine. We're used to it by now. But it still doesn't change the suckness of it."
"Yeah I agree. Token Asian, really? You so owe me for that."
"Mmmm. And I can't wait to pay up this weekend!"
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To Be Continued…
I felt it had to be said. You all noticed, didn't you?
The part about the lottery I got from someone's tumblr. Heather somebody did this whole thing about it. Everything she said made perfect sense. It's too bad though cuz it just goes to show you that Hollywood really hasn't changed all that much, now has it…