𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐗𝐓𝐇 𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐑, 𝙿𝚁𝙴𝚃𝚃𝚈 𝙻𝙸𝚃𝚃𝙻𝙴 𝙻𝙸𝙰𝚁𝚂

𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 1 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 6

It was the next day and Hannah, Spencer, Emily and Bella stood in Arias room. Aria laid on her bed

Spencer put her headphones out of her ear. "Morning sunshine" Bella said. "What are you doing?" Aria asked tired. "An intervention" Spencer answered

"We brought takeout and rag maps" Emily said and threw it on her bed. "But you cannot have those until you get out of these sweats" Hannah told her

"Why? What's wrong with these?" Aria asked still tired. "Nothing. Except they're grafting your skin" Spencer said. "They're comfy" Aria said. "Yeah, so are mom jeans and platform flip-flops" Hannah told her and Aria smiled

"Come on Aria! The homecoming will be soon" Bella said and Aria groaned. "How can we help choose a homecoming dress if you don't try some on for us?" Emily asked

"Well, that's easy. I'm not going" Aria said. "What do you mean?" Hannah asked. "Yeah, you can't just not go" Spencer said. "Homecoming without you would be boring" Bella said. "What are you doing instead?" Emily asked

"I guess I'll read these and then inhale a gallon of Chunky Money" Aria said. "Hey, look, cutting yourself off from the rest of your life is not gonna help your parents. They still might work it out" Spencer said, trying to cheer her up. "They're barely speaking to each other" Aria said

"People get angry, they blow up. Doesn't mean it's over" Emily said. "They didn't blow up over her dad missing their anniversary. He slept with one of his students" Hannah said. "Hannah!" Bella whispered. "Sorry" Hannah apologized

"I'm just saying things can look over on Friday and by Monday, all is forgiven. Some things just take time" Emily explained, also trying to cheer her up. Aria nodded and smiled a bit. "Yeah. Maybe"

"Okay, so you're coming. Come on" Spencer said taking Arias leg. "I'll think about it" Aria said. "Well, if you're not coming, can you at least cast an absentee ballot?" Hannah asked and the girls sighed annoyed. "What? I need her vote"

"Hannah, stop already," Spencer said. "You got homecoming queen locked down"

"Really? You can rig the election" Hannah asked. "Sorry. I have enough to do already, thanks. I'm head of the committee, half of which is out sick. So I'll be restocking the ice and refilling the hummus bowl and trying to look cute for my first official date" Spencer said

"With Alex?" Emily said. "You're bringing him to homecoming?" Bella asked. "So this is real" Aria said and Hannah giggled. "Look at her blush"

"Stop" Spencer said laughing. "Damn, now I have to come" Aria said. "But he's not gonna know anybody there so can you just do your best to make him feel included?" Spencer asked

"We were planning on freezing him out" Hannah said sarcastically. "Okay. Moving on" Spencer said. "Bella, who are you gonna bring?" Spencer asked her. "I think I'm gonna go alone" she said. "I will too" Aria said. "Dito" Emily said. "Who cares who anyone goes to this thing with? I mean, it's just a dance. You should bring someone you have fun with" Hannah said and Emily nodded

"I might wanna go with someone. I don't want people thinking it means more than it does" Emily said. "Are you and Ben back together?" Spencer asked. "No. No of course not" she answered. "So who's the mystery dude?" Aria asked. Bella knew that Emily probably goes to the homecoming with a girl. "I'm starving" she changed the subject and grabbed a bag of food. The other girls grabbed a bag too

Hannah opened her fortune cookie. "What's wrong? Bad fortune?" Emily asked because Hannah started staring at the cookie. "Yeah. Confucius says 'stop being such a drama queen'" Spencer said and chuckled

"'Lions and tigers and bitches. There's no place like homecoming. See you there. -A'" Hannah read out loud

The girls were speechless. Spencer grabbed the bag with the fortune cookie and opened one. The other girls did the same and on every cookie was an message from A