"IF YOUR TRYING out for the bad seed you need to sign up here and wait by the Auditorium door till your name is called. Thank you and good luck." Ezra voiced announced on the speaker
"Start with the line about the stolen medal." Spencer told Emily.
"Why isn't she wearing any shoes?" Hanna asked
"So she can look short enough to play an eight year old." I teased.
"What's my line?" Spencer asked Emily.
Emily looks at the script before looking back at Spencer. "I don't see anything about a medal."
"That's what the eight year old killed her classmate for." Spencer said taking a look at the script . "The penmanship medal."
"The penmanship medal, really?" Hanna scoffs
"Didn't you read the whole play?" I asked as I looked at Aria.
"Don't look at me Hanna's the one trying out in just here to make her look taller." Aria said looking up from the script
"Why do we have to read the whole play. I don't want to be the bad seeds mother I wanna be the other mother the one that's drunk all the time." Hanna said
"No comment." Spencer told her.
"Are you still ragging on me for bring a flask to the dance. I don't need another parent, Spence. Ones plenty."
"Well has the one figured out Caleb's in her basement?" Aria asked
"No. But A has." Hanna sighs
"What are you gonna do?" Emily asked
"I'm gonna tell my mum before A gets to her. I'm gonna ask her if Caleb can stay in the guest room."
"Hey there Hanna and her clan-na." Mona chirped walking to us.
"Hey Mona. How'd it go in there?" Hanna asked
"Honesty I nailed it. It was Epic. I think Mr. Fitz cried."
"Good for you Mona guess the rest of us should go home." Spencer said sarcastically
"No. There are no small parts only parts that don't make it to the yearbook. Good luck."
"Why don't you addition you kind of have an inn with the director?" Spencer asked Aria who was staring at Ezra.
"Stop."
"Is he wearing the tie you gave him?" Hanna asked teasingly
"Stop."
"It would be so awesome. To hang out with you two after school." I honestly told her.
"See you as a couple." Spencer adds.
"News flash. Just because we're on this side if the building doesn't mean we can hold candles and slow dance."
"That's the opening night party. Hello Aria. Hello Ezra."
"Are you finished."
"Its not like we'll ever be able to go on a double date with you guys." Emily told her
"Yeah. You won't even said us pictures." Hanna adds
"Pictures? Hanna we meet in his apartment it's not sea world."
"Just saying it'd be nice." Emily's said
"Believe me I know." Aria sighs "Wish I could but I can't."
We all turned to Jenna as she walked in with her cane.
"Is Mr. Fitz in the auditorium?" She asked.
"Uh, I'm right here Jenna." Ezra said walking to her. "What can I do for you?"
"I don't know if your interested but I'd like to compose some music for the play."
"Sure that'd be great. For the flute?"
"Yes. Is there a reason that you picked the bad seed. It's one of my favourite's. The theme is so inspiring."
Inspiring?
"Uh? Inspiring?" Ezra questioned
"I'm fascinated by the nature of Evil."
"HEY!" I GREET as I barge into Raven's room. I look around the room confused when I don't see anyone.
I turn when I hear the door open behind.
"Hey." Raven greets confused.
I hold up a pair of keys. "Your mum gave me keys."
"She gave you keys? Why?" He asked not sharing my happiness
I stop smiling looking at him confused. "Why do you seem so upset? I thought you'd be happy."
"That she gave you keys? That you can now go and come as you please in my home?"
I took a step back this didn't seem anything like Raven.
"What is your problem? I only came here because I thought we'd go to school together."
"You want to know what my problem is? It's that you and your friends blinded Jenna and made someone take the fall for it!" He yelled
I froze before snapping out off it. "I have no idea what the hell your talking about. How can you even accuse me and my friends or something like that?"
"It pisses me off that you will actually lie to my face then tell me the truth." He paced back and forth.
I swallowed a huge lump. "You know I have to go or else I'll end up late for school."
I walked to the door and turned when Raven called out to me.
"Don't bother talking to me until your willing to tell me the truth."
I walked out of his room slamming the door on my way out. When I reached outside my phone beeped sighing I pulled it out.
Will he keep what
he knows a secret or
will he rat you out?
- A
"THAT'S AWESOME IT'S that's part you wanted right?" Emily asked Spencer
"Yeah it's really cool." Spencer grins. I smile at her sadly I have no idea how do I tell the girls Raven knows. Emily's phone rings but she doesn't answer.
"If you guys are all involved maybe I should do props or something." Emily says grinning at me.
"Why is Paige McCullers calling?" Spencer asked looking at Emily's phone. "She's still torturing you?"
"No she's-, were cool now."
"Really? What brought you closer her trying to drown you?" I ask
"She's got a cousin in the military and she's kind of anxious about it." Emily explained
"So?" I ask. It doesn't mean they can be friends. The girl tried to drown her.
"Did you and Toby figure out that Braille thing yet? What 214 means?" Emily asks Spencer ignoring me. Spencer shakes her head. "You haven't given up have you?"
"Definitely not we're still working on it. I'm supposed to drop off his French book after school so-"
"Can I do it?" Emily asks "I haven't seen him since they dropped she charges and I kind of like to talk to him again."
"Yeah." Spencer goes into her bag taking out the book and giving it to Emily
"Maybe now he'll be more willing to hear when I say I didn't turn him in."
My eyes land on Jenna and Ian. Spencer looks in the same direction making Emily follow.
"I didn't even know they knew each other." Emily muttered
"There's a lot of things we don't know." Spencer told her.
We watch them talk before Ian hands Jenna the bag him was holding.
"What is that?" I whisper.
"What'd he just give her?" Emily mumbles
"SO THE PLAY raises an interesting question." Ezra says cupping his pen. "Are people born evil or do they learn from it.?" He asks. "I brought down additional material to give you guys some background on the period."
"Do you need help?" Aria asked Ezra as he was placing a stack of paper on the desk.
"No." Ezra grabbed a folder and turned to us. "So I recommend you read the novel and to wet your appetites I'll read the first chapter." Opening all the paper went spiralling down. Aria went on her knees to help him pick up the paper "I got it thanks." He dismissed her before whispering something to her.
Aria got up and took a red folder and started handing out a page that was inside.
"Oh Aria, uh while your up could you do me a favour?" Mona asked
"Uh, sure what do you need Mona?"
"Could you hit the vendy and grab me a power bar and some mints."
"I think I should just pass these out but everyone can hit the vendy when we go in break okay."
I smiled at the way Aria handled Mona it was very mature.
"I think you'll see even with the novel Ronda is not the typical eight year old. Only the genitor is-" Ezra stopped and looked to the door. We all turned our heads to see who it was. It was Ian. "Yes?"
"Uhh, I'm guessing this isn't the varsity booster club. My bad sorry." Ian says before walking out the room.
"Lets all look at the first scene with Grater and the genitor. If you'll turn to page twenty five."
Aria and Emily lean closer to where Hanna, Spencer and I are sitting.
"His so creepy." Hanna was the first to say.
"I can't believe you ever kissed him." Aria said to me
I shook my head. "We all wanted to kiss him."
Hanna pulled a disgusted face. "Never."
"At that frat party when he was big man on campus. The one Alison and Lexi got us into." Spencer reminded her.
"No me." Hanna shook her head.
Emily nodded "Yes you."
[FLASHBACK]
Alison and so handed the girls each a fake ID.
"You guys are so badass." Aria whispered looking at her ID.
"Did you make these?" Emily asked us
"Where'd you get this picture of me I look like my mother." Hanna said staring at it.
"Its your mother." Alison told her.
We all walked to the door showing the guys our ID's when he nodded we walked in.
"So you guys can thank us later." Alison told them as they stared around the room filled with people having fun.
"Wait so what do we do now?" Aria asked us as we were about to leave.
"Age your new age." I told them
We all stared at Ian as he passed with two people.
"Hey Spence, Lexi, isn't your sisters new boyfriend?" Aria asked.
"His kind of cute. So is his friend." Hanna giggled
"Easy his a little but old for you." Emily reminded her.
"Not tonight because I'm twenty six." Hanna waved the fake ID.
"Put that away." I tell her.
"and do the maths class your twenty one." Spencer says
We all look at Ian. He was one leading the girl upstairs.
"Looks like Mr. Melissa is giving Ms. Rum and Coke a special tour."
"Maybe his just taking her to the bathroom." Hanna suggested
"Or finding an empty rooms she can lay down." Emily says
"Yeah on top of her." I add watching them
"What?" I ask Emily , Hanna, Spencer and Aria seeing the looks they gave me.
"I don't know about you vestal of virgins but I'm here to make some memories. Let's divide and conquer and meet back here at midnight." Alison said with a tight smile.
[FLASHBACK OVER]
"You guys should have said something to your sister that night." Emily tells Spencer and I.
I shook my head. "Like what we crashed your boyfriends frat party. We would have been so dead."
"Like your sister isn't now?" Aria asks us
"Knocked up with his bad seed." Hanna adds
"Hanna." Ezra calls out making Aria and Emily go back to their places. "Why do you think the genitive in the play thinks the little girls not a liar?"
Spencer looks at Hanna trying to find the part that his taking about and smiles. "Um, That's because the genitor is child like himself."
Hanna quickly nods agreeing with Spencer.
"Its like when we were readying Shakespeare and Ezra spoke of the fools and how they can get away with saying... things other people can't."
My eyes widened at Aria mistake I actually felt embarrassed on her behalf.
"Let's just focus on this play. Okay?"
I SAT ON my bed. I wasn't sure I wanted to go to school having to walk in the same hall as Raven wasn't fun anymore. The guy can throw some really dirty looks but I know I deserve it. If I wanted to tell him what happened I'd have to speak to the girls first.
I turned to look to the other side away from the window but was faced with a picture of me and Raven smiling brightly into the camera. We both looked so happy. I slammed the mocking picture down and closed my eyes trying to get some more sleep.
I FELT SOMEONE shaking me awake. Opening my eyes I saw the worried faces of Spencer, Aria, Hanna and Emily.
"Do you get any of our messages?" Aria asked me
I looked at her confused. "What messages?"
"We call you and sent you lots of messages to meet us at the police station." Hanna tells me
"Why would I meet you guys at the police station?" I asked them sitting up
"We found the weapon Ian used to kill Alison. We handed it in to the police" Spencer told me
"Why do you skip school?" Hanna asked me
"He knows." Was all I told them
"Who knows? Ian? About what?
"Raven. He knows we blinded Jenna and he won t speak to me until I tell him the truth." I sobbed onto Hanna as she was closer
"Lexi!" Emily gasped. "How did he find out?"
"I don't know." I shrugged wiping my tears.
"What are we going to do? Is his going to tell someone." Hanna asked
"This can't come out at all." Aria stressed
"Come on. Were going to sleep at Emily's." Spencer tells me helping me out of bed.
"DID YOU GUYS sleep at all?" Hanna asked sighing
"No. Just tossed and turned." Emily said
"She tossed I turned." Spencer said staring off.
"I cannot wait from him to be cratered out of here." Hanna says. "Just knowing his in this building-"
"Thinking he can get away with it." Emily finishes for Hanna "Her blood in that trophy case. Makes me sick."
"Guys." Aria calls out looking at the doors. We all turned to face then and walked as the police walked in.
"Oh my God." Spencer says turning to look back at us "They going to drag him out in front of the whole school."
"Why is he coming over here?" Hanna whispered
"Ladies. Which one if you found the trophy? Who's Spencer Hastings?" Spencer raised her hand and he nodded. "So was this a group effect or are you four just along for the ride."
"I'm sorry I'm Lexi Hastings, Spencer's sister. What's going on I'm confused."
"It means you should have done a little research. There's no golf tournament in Hilton Head on that day."
"What about the blood?" Emily asked
"Its not human blood." We look at him surprised. "It comes from a rat."
"No, wh-why would they -"
"No save your questions for the precinct." He said cutting Hanna off. "Follow me."
We all picked up our things following him out.
HE LEAD US to the police van outside. He soon was called by another officer leaving us all standing there. Soon all our phone beeped.
"RAT" me out,
Your blood's next
--A
"A planted that trophy." Hanna says
"We should have known."
"Guys where was she that night?" Aria asks us. We all looked at her confused. "The frat party when the girl fell. Where was Alison.?"
"She wasn't with us." Spencer says
"She wasn't with us either." Hanna says soon they look at me
"She wasn't with me." I tell them
"What are you saying?" Emily asked Aria.
"I'm saying maybe it wasn't Ian who pushed that girl. Maybe that drunk girl was in Alison's way."
"Why would Alison do that?" Emily asked
"Because that frat party wasn't a random pick." Spencer says "She took us there because she wanted to Ian. Maybe she was stalking him."
"Wait. So now you believe Is. You don't think he killed Alison?" Hanna asks
"I didn't say that." Spencer says. "I think he killed her. There's just a lot about that night we still don't know."
"Oh my God." Aria whispers
"What?"
"What if Jenna was also blocking her way to Ian. What if Ali throw that firecracker in Toby's garage knowing that Jenna was in there?"
"She had us all fooled." Hanna says
"Until now." I tell them. "I'm telling Raven what happened that night. I'm sorry but it's not up for discussion."
I look at Emily who was staring ahead. We all turned to look were she was looking and saw Ian staring at us with a small smile.