𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐗𝐓𝐇 𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐑, 𝙿𝚁𝙴𝚃𝚃𝚈 𝙻𝙸𝚃𝚃𝙻𝙴 𝙻𝙸𝙰𝚁𝚂

𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 1 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 3

"Who's idea was this again?" Hannah asked when the girls went for a walk in the forest. "Emily's mum" Spencer said. "The shed was my was me. My mum just said we should do something for us" Emily said

"Well couldn't we so something without mosquitoes? And it's 5 am!" Hannah said. "They're not mosquitoes. They're gnats. And morning sport is good" Aria said. "Well, they're small and annoying" Bella said when one of them flew into her hair

"Why do I feel like this is the wrong way?" Emily asked. "No, this is it. I remember that tree. It's the halfway point. There's 136 steps left to the shed" Spencer said. "Have you been out here since... Alison?" Emily asked Spencer. "Me? No. No way" She answered

"But you remember that tree?" Aria said and Bella groaned annoyed. "You guys it's not that weird, I mean, we came out here in eight grade, like everyday even after" Hannah said

"I know this is totally the wrong place to do this whatever you call it shrine" Spencer said. "It's not a shrine. It's just a place to remember Alison. What's wrong with that?" Emily asked. "Doing it way out here make it look like we have something to hide" Spencer said. "You're worried what other people think?" Emily asked. "Well, aren't you?" Spencer asked

Bella walked away and the girls walked after her. "Bella why are you so quiet?" Spencer asked her. "I'm trying to keep the bugs in my nose and out of my mouth" she said

"You're allowed to have an option on this" Emily told her and Bella turned around to face her. "You want my option? I say we should first make sure that Alison is really not here anymore" Bella said. "You think she's still alive?" Hannah asked her. "They found her body" Spencer said. "Okay I'm officially-". "You asked for my opinion. I don't believe she's really gone" Bella told them and walked away again. The girls followed her. "I agree with you Bella" Hannah said and Bella smiled

"We went to her funeral!" Spencer said. "Yeah, and when we left we all got a text from her" Hannah said and supported Bella. "It wasn't her. Someone is messing with us" Emily said. "How do you know?" Bella asked. "Okay, this conversation is giving me a hive" Aria said. "That's a bite. Mosquito" Hannah told her. "Spencer, have you gotten any more messages?" Emily asked. "Haven't you?" Spencer asked her

The girls looked at each other as they heard a noise. "What was that? Did you hear that?" Emily asked Bella. "Yes I heard that I'm standing right next to you" Bella said

"Hello?" Hannah yelled. "It's probably an rabbit" Spencer calmed her down. "Can we just go to the shed?" Emily asked them scared. The noise was back. "Spence, that's not a rabbit" Bella told her. "Let's turn around" Hannah said. Just as they were about to leave, their phone rang

Heads up, BFF's. It's open season on liars and I'm hunting -A

Aria read loud. "Okay guys let's go home" Bella said everybody agreed and they walked home. Bella and Spencer lived only 8 minutes away from each other. "Hey what do you think about my brother by the way?" Spencer asked her when they were alone. "He's nice. But I don't wanna have a boyfriend yet.. You know why" Bella whispered the last part. "I understand. Love u, Bel" Spencer said and Bella smiled. "Love u too" Bella walked home and saw her dad with beer. "Are you drunk again?.." She asked

"Yeah" he said. Bella nodded and went upstairs. She locked her door and sighed. After the death of her mom, he started drinking. At first there were 3 bottles per week but it is getting more and more

Daddy starts drinking again? Poor Bella you've been through so much and now there's also me. -A

She looked at her clock. 6 am. She got ready and used the back door to go to school so her dad wouldn't see her