Two weeks later.
"Why won't you leave me alone?" I frowned as I shut the door behind her. "Haven't you tortured me enough?" She plopped down onto my couch with a smirk spreading across her face.
"Not yet," She replied. "I want to have a little more fun."
"God Sarah, you got what you wanted. Spencer and I are never talking to each other again. Can you please give me a break?" My heart dropped to my stomach. Hearing myself say I was done with Spencer is heartbreaking. She's been calling me a lot and leaving me a lot of messages. I miss her so much.
"Don't forget what I have on you, Emily."
I sighed as my phone buzzed and I pulled it out of my pocket. Spencer Hastings. I sighed and put my phone away. Sarah laughed. "Was that Spencer?"
"Yes." My voice breaking, tears threatening to fall. "Can I please just tell her goodbye? She deserves that."
"I told you." She got up from the couch, walking over to me. "If you ever talk to her again, everyone will know about your little secret.. or shall I say big? Huge? Enormous?"
"Okay, okay I get it." A single tear slipped down my cheek. "But why me?"
"Because she likes you and if you ever think I'm going to let her fall in love with you, you have another thing coming. Spencer is mine."
"You left her remember?" I shot back. "You left her on your wedding day and.. and you broke her heart."
"And you're picking up the broken pieces and putting them back together, which is my job. Emily when I heard you had your eyes on her, I wasn't going to let it happen. I want to fix her just like I broke her. Thanks to your friend Aria, I-"
"Aria?" More tears started to fall.
Sarah's smirk widened. "Yes, once your friend Aria told me where to find you, I had to come see you."
Aria. Aria Montgomery. Hanna and Alison said something about Alison and Jason locking them in their child hood shed.
"I wanted to surprise the four of you at The Grille but Jason insisted so we had a quick change of plans." Sarah chuckled. "And you missed all the fun hanging out with my Spencer."
My face twisted into a look of disgust, "Get the hell out."
"Her lips are soft, aren't they? Too bad you won't get to feel them anymore."
"Get out." I said more sternly. "Now before I kill you."
"Oh like you did, Paige?" My face softened as Sarah walked closer to me. Her eyes were now connected with my glossy and maybe red, eyes. "I own you now." She whispered, venom ripping through her voice. She then walked past me, making sure to bump my shoulder and slam my door as she left.
How does she know about Paige? I plopped down onto the couch and released my sobs as memories of that night flashed throughout my head.
"Maya, I don't think we should be here." I said, my voice shaking with fear. "Let's go."
Maya grabbed my hand and pulled me towards Paige McCullers' house. She smiled innocently at me. "Do you love me?"
"Of course."
"Then you'll help me." Maya squeezed my hand. "We're in this together as a couple."
I sighed as I nodded and let her lead me to Paige's door. Her hand slipped from mine and she knocked on the door gently. Moments later, Paige answered with an annoyed look on her face. "What?" She spoke, her voice filled with annoyance and anger. "Why are you two here?"
I glanced over at Maya and saw her with a smirk on her face. She then reached into her pocket and pulled out a knife. My eyes practically bulged out of my head. I grabbed her hand to stop her and looked at Paige, her eyes widened and flashed fear.
"Maya.." I started. "Why are you doing? You told me you were just-"
Paige immediately slammed the door and I could hear it lock from the inside. I pulled Maya away from Paige's house and shot her a glare. "What the hell?" I asked, my voice angry and fearful. "What the hell were you planning to do to her?"
"Kill her." Maya smirked. "I hate her so much. Do you remember what she did to you?"
"Yeah I remember that but that doesn't give you the right to-"
"You have to trust me, Em."
"Maya, I love you but I can't do this."
Later That Night.
I haven't heard from Maya since that incident with Paige. I can't believe she was really about to kill her. I mean, I know she tried to drown me but I wouldn't try to kill her over that. There was something else behind this. There was a knock at the door and I had no choice but to answer because neither my mom nor dad was here. "Coming." I yelled as I ran downstairs. I opened the door to see Maya standing there, covered in blood and shaking. My mouth fell open as I pulled her inside.
"What did you do?" I said, slightly panicking. "You know what? Don't tell me. Did anyone see you?"
She couldn't speak. She just shook her head. I closed the door and pulled her upstairs, into my room. "You need to shower." I pulled her some clothes out my drawer and tossed them to her. "We need to call the police."
"Are you crazy?" She yelled. "We're not calling anyone. No one needs to know about this."
"What the hell are you saying? Of course someone needs to know about this." I shouted back. "Why did you even do this? We're going to jail. Oh my gosh, we're going to jail."
"We are not going to jail, okay Emily? Just calm down." Maya walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower. "I covered it up pretty good."
"How can I stay calm?" I walked in behind her almost on the verge of tears. "I'm scared for my life. I don't want to lose you, Maya." After I said that, the sobs escaped my mouth loudly. "I can't lose you."
"You won't."
Her arms wrapped around my neck. "I promise."
Maya never had even gotten caught. The mystery of who killed Paige McCullers still remained unsolved and I can easily be a suspect. It would be really easy to pin the murder of Paige on me. That's what Sarah was doing to me. She threatened to tell the police about Maya and I if I didn't leave Spencer alone, which by the way is going to be really hard because I miss her so freaking much. We didn't even get to talk about our kiss.. or shall I say kisses.
The sound of someone beating on the door echoed through my ears. I quickly got up from the couch and ran towards the door. It opened to reveal a worn out Spencer Hastings, "You shouldn't be here." I quickly said.
"Why haven't you been answering any of my calls or texts?" Spencer replied. "Why are you ignoring me? Gosh Emily, I was so worried about you."
"You shouldn't be here." I repeated. "Please just leave before she sees you here."
"Who? Before who sees me?"
"Don't worry about it okay. Just know that you need to leave.. like now."
"Emily, why are you being so mean?" She said, her voice cracking.
My head fell. I was being mean.. but I can't risk that secret being out. Maya and I promised to keep this secret and I won't break it.
"Let me say one thing and I'll leave you alone..forever." I stayed silent but quietly urging her to continue. "When I kiss you, it's the best feeling in the world. These past two weeks without you have been a mess. I haven't been to work, I haven't eaten in three days, and Melissa keeps complaining about how horrible of a person you are. But I don't think you're a horrible person. I think you're the best thing that has ever stepped foot on this planet and I want you to know that.. that.." She paused, stepping closer to me and using her index finger to lift my chin, connecting our eyes together. "I want you to know that I'm falling in love with you Emily Fields. I'm falling head over heels for you."
My breath caught in my throat. Spencer loves me. Spencer loves me. Spencer loves me. My heart felt like fireworks and millions of butterflies were whirling around in my stomach. Spencer Hastings loves me.
"I just want you to know that," She whispered. Her thumb softly caressed my cheek.
"Spencer." A voice said from my front porch. Spencer quickly pulled away to find her ex fiance.
"Sarah.."
"It's my Spencer Hastings in the flesh. Long time, no see." She smirked. Her eyes flew passed Spencer's and locked onto mine. "Well Fields. Your secret is going to have to come out."
"What are you talking about?" Spencer asked, her head snapping back and forth between Sarah and I.
"I found the murderer to that McCullers case you were working on, Spence." Sarah chuckled, keeping her eyes locked on mine. "And I'm looking right at her."
"No way.." Spencer let out. "You killed Paige McCullers?" She spoke with shock on her face and one more thing.. betrayal.