"WAIT. WHERE'S IAN?" Emily asked as we walked down the stairs.
"Don't worry. We went to Philly to be with Melissa." I told her
"I didn't realize life existed at this hour." Emily groaned.
"Come on guys, just walk you need to see this." Aria said rushing to Spencer's Laptop.
"You know I always hoped my first sunrise would have tequila in it." Hanna remarks
"I'll make coffee." Spencer volunteered walking to the kitchen.
"Well when it's ready pour it down my throat."
Spencer's eyes caught sight of the laptop the picture we received last night showing. "I thought we were done looking at this. Spencer says as Aria prints the photo. "We know the shadow was Ian, right."
I groaned "You woke us up for this?"
"Its important. I-I couldn't let it go." Aria said placing the printed picture on the table.
"Have you been up all night?" Hanna asked
"Maybe."
"But you have." Hanna pointed out. "One eye is bigger then the other. You look like a strung out Power puff girl."
"Stop looking at the eye just look the picture."
"Who's having coffee?" Spencer piped up.
"There's only one place this picture could be taken from." Aria said
"Where?" Emily asked
"Alison's bedroom." Aria told us.
Spencer walks over to take a good look at it.
"Alison's in the picture. She clearly didn't take that." Hanna pointed out.
"Okay but nobody in her house did."
"Like who?" I asked Aria.
"Her parents?" Emily questioned
"No." Aria shook her head leaning forward. "Her brother."
"Jason." Spencer whispered
"My mum ran into him at the bank his back in town." Hanna says
"Why?" I furrowed my eyebrows.
"We have to call him." Aria says
"No ew. I'm not going to talk to him." Hanna said with a disgusted look
"Me either." Emily agrees
"I will." Spencer volunteered. "We need to know if he took this."
"HANNA, HEY." ARIA says as me, her and Spencer walk over. "Who are you talking to."
"My mum." Hanna hangs up.
"Is everything okay?" I asks
"Hmmm, Uh yeah, everything's fine."
"Oh here. I forgot to give these to you last night." Spencer says handing Aria museum tickets.
"Thank you." Aria hugs Spencer. "Uh I owe you big time. You sure your dad's not going to miss these."
"Oh please he joined the museum board for networking the man doesn't know the difference between Monet and mojito." I tell her
"But hey, how can I get you back?" Aria asks Spencer
Spencer shrugs. "Pay for the extra toppings on my pizza delivery."
"Alright, you got it."
"Oh and a DVD rental." Spencer adds "Because if I have to hole up in my room all night as your alibi. I'd like to do it with Jake Gyllenhaal."
"Wait what alibi? Aren't you both going to the museum thingy?" Hanna looks at us
Spencer and I shake our head.
"No, um, Spencer got the tickets for me and Ezra." Aria says
"Your taking Mr. Fitz?"
Arias smile dropped. "I really wish you'd just call him Ezra and yes I'm taking him. He just format know it yet. It's a surprise. I don't know I just figured a date out of would give us the chance to actually have a date."
"Yeah, I get it." Spencer nods. "You guys do kind of have the social life of shut-ins."
"ARE YOU SURE Spencer's not in a relationship with Mr. Fitz." Raven asked me again as we took our seats at a bench.
"Yes I'm sure. Spencer wouldn't even dream about him." I assure him
"What about your other friends?" He asked me
"Okay why are you so curious about this?" I ask him
"I don't know it's just bugging my mind. It's like when you know something but you want to know the whole story so you don't stop until you know." He explains
My eyes widened. "Wow that must suck huh?"
"You have no idea. It's always been like this for me even when I was younger."
"What do your parents say?" I ask him
"They don't know. It's not something I can tell my parents I mean, I'm an only child they expat nothing but the best from me."
"Raven." I sigh placing my hand on his. "I have an idea what's that like."
"Like this A issue. It still bugs me."
I shake my head. "Raven there is nothing to worry about with A."
"Are you sure?" He asks me
No
"Yes. I am sure."
"Fine then I'll let it go."
I sigh in relief.
"Join me tonight." He suggested
"What happening tonight?" I ask
"You'll see and you'll love it." He says giving me a peck on the lips
I smile at him. "Okay I'm in."
"WHY IS THIS meat called casserole?" Emily asked her fork holding a piece of meat.
"That lunch lady has a gift for suspense." Spencer says placing her bowl on her lap.
"Where's Hanna?" I ask
"Who cares?" Aria slurred eating her food
We all turn to her.
"What?" Spencer asks
Aria shook her head. "I don't know."
"Em' how's swim practice." Spencer asks
"Can we talk about something else." Emily tells her.
"Okay I've heard of communal cramps, but this is ridiculous. What happened to all that first real date excitement?" Spencer asks Aria. "I mean yesterday you were ready to give me tongue for giving you two tickets. Not into it any more?"
"No." Aria says. "I mean yes. Yeah I'm so into it. Were going to have an amazing time tonight."
"Okay so talk what are you gonna wear?" I ask
"I can't decide between my backless or my strapless."
"Go with the red one. Be bold." Spencer says. "Huh what do you think Em'?"
"about what?" Emily asks looking at something.
"What are you looking at?" I ask looking in that direction.
"Its nothing. Just some girl on the swim team who really wants me to disappear."
"What her name?" Aria asked
"Paige McCullers."
"Oh I know her. We played field hockey together. We named a penalty after her." I tell them. "What'd she say?"
"Just some snarky comment about me being gay."
"I'll destroy her." Spencer and I say at the same time
"Um, can I help?" Aria says.
"Guys it's okay I'll take care of it." Emily pulls out a gift box and her wallet. "Anyone else thirsty I'm going to get a drink?"
Aria grabs the box. "Who's this from?"
"Paige. Whatever it is you can have it. She's trying to bribe her way into being the next team captain."
Aria opens the box and takes out a blue bracelet written GO SHARKS.
"Do you think they're from the same place?" Aria asks as Emily looks at her bracelet
"Its possible." Emily says
"If they are maybe the owner can tell us who bought the fake Alison bracelet." Spencer says
"Yeah or maybe even the Jenna one." Aria adds
"We would know who A is."
I grab the cover of the box looking at the name of the shop. The Bead Boutique "This only one way to find out."
SPENCER AND I walked into the house after getting pizza.
"Jason." Spencer says shocked.
"Your housekeeper let me in said I could wait for you here." Jason explains.
"So what did your private investigator say?" Spencer asked placing the pizza on the table.
Jason takes the picture out of his bag holding it out to us. "Well the picture is real and for all I know I may have taken it."
"What do you mean you may have taken it?" I ask
"I honestly don't remember. I'm not proud if it but that whole August was a blur. I was high for most of it."
"You were?" Spencer asks
"Are you surprised?"
"Well Its just to us you were always Ali's strange older brother. We never saw you, you were always behind a closed door."
"Yeah, getting high with a bunch if losers. You remember that phony your sister used to date?" he asked
Spencer and I look at each other. "Ian, Ian Thomas?" we ask.
He nodded. "We partied that while summer. After he broke up with your sister he practically lived at my house."
"But Ian's a triathlete. His a poster boy preppy." I frown
"Poster boy by day and party boy by night. Convincing though isn't?" Jason asks
"WOW. I CAN'T BELIEVE Ian spent that whole summer at Alison's house." Emily says shocked when we tell her what Jason told us over pizza.
"Watching Alison." Spencer adds
"I'm officially creeped out."
"Well can you be creeped out and eat at the same time faster?" I ask Emily.
"Why do I have to eat dinner at 4:30?" Emily asked
"Because the appointment is at 5 and it's far away and I don't know how long were going to be there." Spencer explains "We all know what happens to me when my blood sugar drops."
"Okay why do we have to eat?" Emily asks pointing at me and her.
Spencer shrugged. "Oh cause you don't."
"And why'd you have to make an appointment for a bead shop?" I ask her
"Because this shop is at her home. Sounds like she makes dream catchers in her kitchen." Spencer says before looking at Emily's left over pizza. "Are you sure you gon want that?"
Emily shook her head. "No I'm stuffed. If i eat anymore ill be swimming in two lanes."
"Umm, that's okay. You can have your lane and Paige's lane." Spencer said finishing off Emily's pizza. "Did your coach kick her off the team?"
"What do you mean?" Emily asks confused
"For what she said."
"How'd you know the coach knew about that?" Emily asks
"Because I told her." Spencer confessed
"What?" Emily asks "You spoke to my coach. Why would you do that?"
"Because that girls been bullying people since J.V and she needs to bee put in her place."
"She was by me. When it happened." Emily snapped
"Why are you so mad?" I asked
"I didn't think you'd care if I spoke to your coach I thought you were down with people knowing you and Maya were a couple?" Spencer says
"I am I'm not upset that the coach knows I'm gay. I'm mad because if I wanted her to know what Paige had said I would have told her myself. I'm not some helpless little lamb."
"We know that but your our friend and I didn't want her to get away with it." Spencer justified her actions
"Well I stand up for myself." Emily snapped
"You never did with Alison." I remind her before realizing what I had just said. "Em'-"
Emily leaned back. "Wow. Thank you for making sure my feelings didn't get hurt."
"Emily I'm sor-"
"I have to go. I just remember I have a test tomorrow." Emily said getting her things.
I look at Spencer. "I feel so bad. I wish I didn't say that."
"WELL I KNOW it's in here somewhere." The jewellery lady tells Spencer and I. "Oh, here it is. I have wonderful earring to match."
"Thanks but uhm, we just came here to find out who bought these two bracelet." Spencer says taking them out of her bag.
"Oh well let me see." The lady says putting on her glasses. "Well I can tell you these bracelets were made in the last six months. I changed vendors. People where complaining about the claps."
"You do keep records right?" I ask her
"Yes dear I try." She says. "But as you can see I'm a Little better beading then organizing."
"Please it's important to us."
"wait a minute." She says. "Oh, oh there it is."
"You found it?" Spencer asks hopeful
"Yes. Now these two were purchased by a Spencer Hastings. Does that help dear."
I WALKED INTO Raven's room hoping I can still catch the rest of the Harry Potter movie his watching.
"You missed it." He tells me as I walk in.
"Noo." I pouted
"There is always next time." He told me as he walked over. He placed his hands in my waist as I placed mine on his chest.
"I wanted to see Hermione Granger. The girl is really smart and pretty." I told him as he leaned forward placing his forehead against mine.
"Your prettier and smarter." He replied. He leaned down some more placing his lips softly in mine but pulled away before we could go any further. "Lexi?"
"Umm?" I hum looking into his eyed
"I love you." He whispered out.
My eyes widened. "I love you too." My mouth rushed before my brain observed what I was saying.
He placed his lips on mine again but the kiss wasn't as gentle as before. Our kiss turned into a hungry one as our lips moved in sync. My hands trailed up from his stomach to his chest, I stopped moving them as they locked behind his head. As our kiss deepened one of his hands travelled to my butt and he squeezed it. I gasped as he took that opportunity to shove his tongue into my mouth. As our tongues collided he picked me up moving us to his bed.
As he sat down I placed my legs both sides of his and his hands squeezed my butt again. A small moan escaped me as I grinded my hips down against his. He let out a small moan as he pulled away placing small kisses along my jaw.
I let out another moan as his lips attached themselves to my neck. I felt him nibble the sensitive part underneath my ear. This time my moan was louder motivating him, my hips were now firmly placed against him and I could feel him hard against me as we both let out moans. His hands travelled upwards as he tried to remove my shirt until I pulled away removing it.
I throw my shirt onto the floor as he attacked my chest with kisses before I grabbed his chin and brought his head up and crashed my lips onto his. His hands returned to my hips as he turned us around so I was laying down with his body hovering over me. I tugged his shirt and he took the hint and he quickly took it off tossing it aside.
He placed his lips on mine again and I placed my hands on his bare chest. I felt him shiver as my hands danced his smooth skin, I moved my hands lower and traced the outline of his abs. He trained and I felt his hardness against my thigh, I moved my leg and wrapped it around his waist and he moved his hips against mine and started grinding my hands trailed lower and I rubbed the small patch of hair above the waistband if his jeans. He seemed to like this and started grinding harder.
I FELT RAVEN placing small kisses at on the back of my shoulder blade as I woke up.
"Hey." He placed his arms around me pulling me closer.
"Hey." I said turning my body so I could face him.
"Thank you." He said suddenly.
"For what?" I ask confused
"Trusting me." He places a kiss on my forehead as I snuggle closer.
"SO THE SHADOW in the picture isn't Ian its you?" Aria asks Spencer as Emily rubs her back
Spencer nods. "Yeah."
"Why didn't you tell us before?" Emily asked her
"I don't know. I guess I was scared. I know this is going to sound crazy but I think I didn't tell you because there was always a part of me that wondered if it was my fault." Spencer sighed "I mean I wished it and it came true."
"Spencer you didn't mean it." Hanna says
"It was just something you said. In the heat of the moment." Emily tells her
"Besides Ali said stuff to us taught was worse. Much worse right?" Aria says.
"Spence." I call out before following her gaze then getting up with the rest of the girls to get a better look.
"Oh My God." Aria whispers as we all stand by the window looking into Alison's bedroom
"Is that.." Spencer trails off.
"Its Jason." Hanna says.