The Outspoken Liar

Nine

"Emily, remind me why you wanted me to come with you?" Belle asked as they were walking to the memorial. "I know there is something bothering...." She trailed off shocked. "Oh my god."

Emily picked up the only two pieces that weren't broken. "Belle..."

"I'm calling 911 and the two of us needs to go." Belle tells her as she dialed them.

Emily looked at the memorial before the two ran off. Belle knew that they were going to be blamed for something they didn't do as they left. Belle felt her phone vibrate having her look to see it was her mom seeing if she was coming over soon, which she agree.
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Belle arrived yawning as she hated the fact the test was still on and there is a storm outside. Aria saw Eric sister and walked over to her. "Where have you been?"

"At mom's." Belle said as she walked over to see the awkward meeting.

When Wilden started talking about the memorial, she kept her mouth shut as he walked off. She was right. They were going to get looked at. "Belle..."

"Going to continue studying." She said as she walked away.

The girls looked at Belle wondering what was wrong. She was upset about something.
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Sitting in the library, Belle looked up to see her mom and smiled. She walked out just as her sister did and went to see what happened. She saw them talking and sighed as Aria walked away. "Belle, you do the same thing." She said. "Come out."

Belle stepped out of hiding and hugged her. "Mom, Aria and Mike will come around soon. Dad, well, he was the one who screwed up and I wish..."

"Belle, don't worry about it." She said. "Go back to the library and take your test.'

"Have fun on your first day."
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Belle was studying when Wilden walked in. She looked up, she saw the cop. "Sorry about the memorial, girls. I know how hard you have worked on it. Shocking though, right, something like that could happen out in the open and nobody saw anything?"

"Well, everybody here was probably studying for the exam that we're about to take, so you might wanna look for eyewitnesses somewhere else." Spencer tells him.

"So you were all studying together last night, then?"

Belle didn't look back at her book as she stared at it. "Yes, we were all at Spencer's."

"All of you?"

"I was actually at mom's." Belle said.

"Yes. All of us besides Belle." Aria says.

Belle went back to studying as Aria looked at her. "Why didn't you tell me you were at mom's?"

"When Emily is ready to speak, then so am I." Belle said as she walked away.
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Later on, Belle was flipping through the book. She was thinking about what happened. She knows Emily is innocent and she was the one to call 911 about the memorial being destroyed. If it came to it, Belle was going to be the one to confess as to where she actually was and not at her mom's.
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Belle started looking for Emily and found her. "Hey, we're going to the locker room." She said as she saw the panic look on her face. "Em?"

"I lost my letter to Alison."
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Belle walked in with Emily as Hanna walked over to them. "Emily, Belle. I believe I found something that belongs to one of you."

Belle closed her eyes as Emily dragged her off. "I knew this was coming." She said as they walked behind Wilden not know that their friends were right behind them.

"Is that your bag on the table?" He asked.

"Where did you find it?" Emily asked.

Belle wasn't liking where this was going. Aria grabbed her sister as she was trying to understand what was going on. She saw the photos and looked at Emily as she spoke. "She's telling the truth."

"What were these doing in your bag?" Wilden asked. "Souvenirs? Something Toby or Mark asked you to save so he can keep it for his trophy collection?"

"This has nothing to do with Toby or Mark?" Belle and Emily said.

"Em, why do you have those?" Aria asked.

"You put those in there, you creep." Hanna says.

Belle sighed as she saw the letter come out of his pocket. She knew what was going to happen and glared. "Leave her alone."

Emily started talking about the letter and once she was finished. Wilden wouldn't let them leave till Emily or Belle said something. "I told her to take them because they were the only things that weren't broken." Belle says as the door opened.

Belle turned to see Veronica and smiled. "Let's go, Emily." Belle said as they walked away together.
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Belle sat against the lockers thinking when she heard the news of the S.A.Ts being canceled. Aria saw Belle leaving and wondered how she could handle their parents being apart. If Belle can do it than so can she.