Pretty Little Liars: Paying the Cost
Chapter 4 of my Pretty Little Liars story, enjoy.
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Season 2: Episode 4
Alison couldn't help but smile as she accompanied the other girls into the large house being used for the party.
"Well guys, here we are." She said casually. "I'll admit, I was surprised by the invite."
The others smirked and Spencer shrugged. "For all intents and purposes, we're still pretty popular around the school."
"True, and have you noticed, ever since Morgan came here...Mona's kinda been, well." Hanna explained.
The others nodded in agreement, it was true. Ever since her confrontation with Morgan, Mona's popularity had been dropping. They even spotted her right now, with only Naomi standing with her, the rest of her minions all at other parts of the party venue and showing great relief, as if they'd finally realized something important and acted on it.
'Namely that they were being used by Mona, I guess Naomi however won't or can't see the truth.' Alison reflected.
Still they were happy to be here and were planning to enjoy the party. Looking around they spotted some familiar faces, including some surprising ones. Ryan Ericson was present at a party of all place, he was chatting with Tony who was also smiling. Others that they noticed, even if only briefly, Toby, Jenna, Paige and also Morgan, unmistakably with her outlandishly dyed hair. So, deciding to have as much fun as possible, the girls split up into the party and began mingling.
As Emily weaved her way through the crowd she spotted another familiar face and her eyes lit up, she moved closer.
"Maya!"
The dark girl turned and she grinned widely. "Em."
They immediately embraced, Emily noted the faintest hint of weed stench from Maya's clothes. She didn't question it however, she knew Maya smoked after all.
"I didn't know you were coming?" Emily remarked.
Maya shrugged. "Yeah well, it's a party. You know I will not miss a party if I can help it."
Emily nodded. "True."
Grinning the couple kissed warmly, as they did so, they were unaware they had an audience that was not so happy with what they saw, but not for reasons they'd expect. Standing by one of the drinks tables, watching Emily and Maya, was Paige. The sight of Emily and Maya together, so happy, made her insides churn and her jaw was tense.
'I can't believe this, that, that bitch…' She thought angrily. 'How dare she, how dare she do this to Emily?'
She still remembered what Alison had discovered, what she had shared with her about Maya. That man. It was enough to leave her feeling enraged about the sight before her, the audacity of Maya to do this. To pretend she was so happy with Emily while cheating on her with a man. It didn't help that she was trying to combat her own feelings for Emily at the same time.
Spencer and Aria shared smiles and nodded to each other, they'd been discussing certain things they'd been noticing and feeling lately and, encouraging each other, they were going to make a move.
"Hey." Aria greeted, a simple but viable opening.
Ryan and Tony turned to face the girls and smiled warmly.
"Hi there." Tony greeted casually.
Ryan nodded. "So, enjoying the party?"
"Are you?" Aria asked. "I know parties aren't really your thing?"
"I'm surviving." Ryan remarked with a wry smirk.
Tony laughed. "I think I can count bringing Ryan to this party as a major achievement."
They all laughed and Spencer shrugged. "So, Tony…"
He turned to her but then they paused upon hearing the music change and that gave Spencer the opening she needed.
"Would you like to dance?"
Tony grinned. "I'd love to."
With that they put their drinks down and headed out onto the dance floor together. This left Ryan with Aria, the two of them shared a soft smile and put down their own drinks.
"So um, I was wondering…" Ryan began, feeling awkward.
Aria smiled. "I think I know, what you're going to say."
Ryan looked up at her, hopeful.
"Spencer has been feeling for Tony for a while, he felt the same right?" Aria queried, Ryan nodded and she continued. "Well, that's what that dance is. I think by the time they come back they will be a couple."
Ryan laughed. "That would be cool. Um, Aria, I-I've been having some, interesting feelings for you."
She nodded. "Yeah, I've been feeling kinda, well, I've been feeling the same and I, I was hoping you would feel the same."
"Well, I do...feel the same."
That was all Aria needed to hear and soon she kissed him, a kiss Ryan happily returned while out on the dance floor, Spencer and Tony were also kissing, they had finally found their respective crushes hearts. What none of them noticed however was the black clad figure, wearing gloves, emptied something into both Ryan and Spencer's drinks.
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The night had passed rather well for almost everyone, the party was still going on but it was slowly winding down. But not everyone was having a good time. Feeling down from what she had seen and how she was feeling, Paige sat by the backyard pool with a sigh. She had removed her socks and sneakers, rolled up her pant legs and was sitting with her legs in the pool, mid-way up her shins.
"Hey, you okay?"
Paige looked up, startled, and saw Morgan Linwood standing there. She had a sympathetic look on her face.
"Oh um, it's nothing, really…" Paige said at last.
Morgan quirked an eyebrow. "Really?"
There was an awkward pause before Paige turned to look away, feeling unsure. She felt almost like just looking into Morgan's eyes was making her come close to divulging her secrets. To her shock, Morgan removed her boots and socks and rolled up her own jeans before sitting down next to her, slipping her feet into the pool and sat by her.
"You know, people don't normally sit by a pool, looking lost, if nothing is wrong." She remarked softly.
Paige sighed. "Nothing gets past you, does it?"
Morgan shrugged. "It's a talent I've developed, I kinda had to."
Paige looked at her, confused. But Morgan did not elaborate.
Finally Paige sighed, she should have known better, she wasn't sharing anything, so why should Morgan.
In the end she couldn't help but blurt out. "I just...Emily is so happy with Maya, while I admit I was jealous at first since I have feelings for Emily, it's become worse due to what Maya has done."
"What Maya has done?" Morgan echoed.
"I...I shouldn't have said anything about that. Maya's just, done something terrible and Emily doesn't even know." Paige stammered. "That's all I can say. But it's leaving me, well…"
"Conflicted." Morgan offered. "Makes sense."
Paige nodded sadly and glanced over at Morgan, who was looking towards her, still sympathetic, there was no judgement there in her eyes.
"That sucks, I get that." Morgan said. "You said you have feelings for Emily?"
Paige shook her head. "I did but, I just…"
She was then startled by Morgan spontaneously kissing her, even more startled by her own reaction, she kissed back. When they finally parted, Morgan bit her lip.
"Wow, that's...sorry, I shouldn't have-" She said quickly.
Paige bit her lip. "Don't be, that's...wow. I didn't realise you, um…"
"Liked girls?" Morgan offered but shook her head. "That's...partly true. I actually like both, boys and girls."
"Oh, bi." Paige realized.
Morgan nodded, smiling warmly at her and, for the first time since coming to the party, Paige also smiled.
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The morning after the party, Ryan groaned as he opened his eyes, it took him a long time to realize what was causing his head to swim this way. He didn't drink much, it wasn't typical of him, in fact he never touched alcohol even once. Therefore there was only one thing that could've caused this.
'What the hell...who put something in my drink?' He wondered.
Then he heard the groan next to him and realized someone else had suffered the same fate and, from their muttering, had realized it too. That was when Ryan and whoever else was in the bed with him realized they were naked.
"What the hell!?" They both cried and then saw each other with wide-eyes.
It was a moment of shock for them, Ryan couldn't believe it, he'd been drugged and ended up having sex, with Spencer.
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