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Going to school brought a new surprise; Spencer hadn't turned up. Spencer, who has had a perfect attendance since freshman year.
"Did she show up to AP English?", Aria questioned, receiving a shake of head from Emily.
"Was she even here today?", Hanna wondered.
"I think we would know if Spencer were here. People would be running for cover", Avery scoffed, before noticing the looks the girls gave her, "What?"
"Look, she's hurting, and when people hurt, they lash out", Emily remarked, "Just give her some space."
"We have", Aria reminded, "But she's living on planet freefall. Have you talked to Toby?"
"Well, I left him a ton of messages. Think we're going to have to find out what went down from Spencer. Maybe I'll get some cupcakes and show up at her house."
"She doesn't have the flu. She doesn't need ragmags and junk food. She needs to work through this pain, not cover it", Hanna crossed her arms authoritatively.
Avery reluctantly cracked a smile, "Okay, Dr. Hanna. Pretty sure when you and Caleb broke up, you locked yourself in your bedroom for two weeks, and all you ate was eskimo pies."
"They were skinny cows, and it was four days", Hanna rolled her eyes, "Besides, I'm not Spencer. I would ditch school for a hang nail."
"Yeah, well, I'm going over there", Emily shrugged.
"You need to tell her what you remember about the blonde in the red coat", Aria reminded.
"And give her a riddle, she needs to use her brain again", Avery rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, and tell her I think I saw her too", Hanna added.
"Back up, saw who?", Aria questioned.
"When I went into that fake interview, I could have swore I saw a blonde girl in a red coat staring at me across the street."
Before the other could question why Hanna never mentioned this before, their conversation was interrupted by a commotion nearby.
"No, I practiced by myself!", Spencer yelled indignantly at Andrew, one of the members of her Decathlon team, who stated, "This is a team, Spencer. And you weren't thinking about the team when you didn't show up for practice."
Whoops, looks like she's here.
"Were those her words?", Spencer scoffed, eyeing Mona angrily, "Look, am I on this team or not?"
"Not. We took a vote."
"Well, you can't stop me from going to Lewisburg tonight!"
"Look, why don't you just reapply for the spring? Okay? Mark's graduating early."
