chapter eight
please, do talk about me when I'm gone
⎯⎯⎯⎯The girls were in Spencer's living room, preparing for Alison's memorial that they were doing. Josie and Emily were sitting across from Hanna on one the couches in the Hastings living room when Aria and Spencer came pushing in the personalized pedestal they had gotten delivered. "I was afraid she wouldn't get it done in time for the memorial." Aria said as she and Spencer finished moving the box into the room. "This was someone from your mom's gallery?" Hanna asked from where she was sitting on the couch still.
Aria nodded her head. "Right." she replied as she helped Spencer unscrew the top off the box. "Where is your mom?" Emily asked as she and Josie got up from the couch and went to unscrew the other side of the box so it'd be done faster. "There's an apartment above the gallery. So she's staying there. For now." Aria replied as she was still unscrewing the lid of the box.
"Kind of weird, isn't it? Your mom moving out." Hanna said as she was still reading the blueprints and sitting on the couch. "Yeah, like my dad should have left. That's what you'd expect." Aria snapped back causing Hanna to look up and look at Aria. "Aria" Spencer scolded her as she unscrewed the lid of the box.
Aria sighed, already feeling bad, she turned to Hanna, "Hey, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that. The whole thing just sucks." she muttered loud enough for everyone to hear. "I know." Hanna mumbled while sharing a small sad smile with Aria. "Did anyone call Shelly Leonard?" Emily asked as she and Josie were almost done unscrewing the lid. She wanted to get rid of the weird tension that was in the air after that conversation.
"Done. I told her that if she plays anything depressing, I will kick her in her cello." Spencer replied to Emily which caused the blonde to laugh. "Oh, what about the program?" Aria asked Spencer. "It's almost done, but we should finish it before Jason gets here." Spencer answered as she handed the screw to Josie. "When is that?" Josie asked. "Tonight, and he wants to see us in the morning." Spencer replies. "Okay, you know what?" Hanna asked as she stood up from her spot on Spencer's couches. "I barely remember Jason." Hanna admitted as she joined her friends who were standing around the crate.
"We didn't know him, he was just Ali's older brother down the hall." Aria reminded her. "Behind the closed door." Spencer added. "With his hardcore punk music vibrating the floorboards." Emily added with a chuckle. "How did he get into an Ivy League school?" Aria asked. "I don't know. It must have been affirmative action for goths and emos." Spencer answered, making Josie laugh. The girls lifted the lid to show them the birdbath. "It's beautiful." Aria commented as they looked at it. The birdbath had six girl figures sitting on the edge of it, resembling the girls and Alison. "Pedestal's already out there next to the bench." Spencer told the group. "This goes up Friday morning."
"Do you think Jason will like it?" Emily asked. "Of course, he'll like it." Hanna as she rested her head on Josie's shoulder. "And years from now, people are going to see this memorial, and that's all they'll ever know about Ali. She'll be the girl that they dedicated the bench to." Aria explained to the other girls. "And we'll all be gone, but Ali will still be remembered." Aria finished as she kept looking at the birdbath. "That's immortality my darlings." Spencer repeated a line they had heard Alison say once.
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