Team Sparia

Chapter 5 - "You don't have to be alone, Spence."

Aria's POV
Hanna seemed stunned that I'd just shown up, but what did she expect? Why would Spencer talk to Hanna and leave Emily and I out? Especially me. I always thought that Spencer and I were the closest so it really hurt when she was ignoring me, even if she had been ignoring me for weeks now. I see Spencer walk in with a bowl of popcorn and she stops dead when she sees me. I push past Hanna, who stood with her mouth agape, and stare at Spencer. "I need to talk to you." I say sternly.
"I... uh... er..." Spencer stumbles over her words clearly surprised by my visit.
"You can't just barge in here Aria." I'm not going to lie, Hanna's words stung a little.
"No, it's okay Hanna." Spencer says and she grabs my hand sending a wave of pleasure through my body. Stop it. You're mad at her, I chide myself. She leads me upstairs and into her room.
"What is going on?" I ask my voice coming out a little uneven from the touch of Spencer that I still felt.
"I've had a hard time Ar, what with the funeral and all." Spencer says sitting down on her bed.
"I get that but you didn't need to shut us out." I say and I see Spencer's face flicker with an emotion I can't quite read because it changes so quick. "Spencer, you don't have to be alone." I say my voice taking a softer, more gentler tone. She sighs and glances up at me and I see that emotion that had flickered on her face, she was in pain. I cross the room and sit beside her on the bed taking her hand in mine in an attempt to make her feel better but all it does is make her look even more pained. "You're not alone, Spence." I whisper and give her hand a slight squeeze. A small laugh that sounded somewhat like a sigh escapes her lips.
"I missed you." She says quietly.
"I missed you too." I say wrapping her in a tight hug. I noticed that my heart began pounding in my chest and I really hope Spencer couldn't feel it.
"I love you, Aria." She whispers in my ear her hot breath sending a shiver down my spine.
"I love you too." I reply and break our tight hug. When I pull back I look Spencer in the eyes where there was an intense feeling being conveyed and I'd pretty much convinced myself to lean in and kiss her when the bedroom door burst open. I'd never jumped so high in my life. Hanna burst into the room and somehow Emily had joined so now we were officially all together. "Spencer, you did not tell me that there was alcohol downstairs!" Hanna yells.
"There's a reason I did that." Spencer says a playful smile on her face as she crosses the bedroom to Hanna almost as if what had just happened didn't phase her at all because it totally phased me. Emily looks at me and I see her brow crease into a look of worry.
"Are you okay Aria?" Emily asks and I shake my head and stand up.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I reply.
"Sleepover for four then?" Spencer asks. Despite what had just happened she seemed to be back to the normal Spencer.
"If you don't mind?" Emily says and Spencer gives her a grin before giving her a quick hug and heading downstairs.
"I'll take that as a yes." Emily says smiling before following Spencer. I stand in her bedroom a little longer and zone out thinking about what might have happened if Hanna hadn't burst through the door. Maybe I would have leant in and kissed her, I felt my pulse quicken and my stomach tighten with the thought. "Hello? Aria?" Hanna's voice cuts through my thoughts.
"Huh?" I ask absentmindedly.
"Are you coming?" Hanna says rolling her eyes. I nod and follow her down the stairs, this was going to be a long night.

"It was not my fault that you wore that outfit!" Spencer protests to Hanna who was glaring at her. Spencer was in fits of laughter which was causing the rest of us to laugh along with her, well except Hanna.
"You said I looked good!" Hanna argues back.
"When I'm reading a book, I'll say anything." Spencer replies clutching her stomach from all the laughter. So we've had a little to drink, Hanna had drank the most, and after watching the movie we were spread out on the floor talking about old times.
"Alright, I say we play truth or dare." Hanna suggests. Her head was propped up on Emily's lap and she lay on the floor looking up at us.
"Okay, who's first?" I ask curious.
"I'll ask Emily, and then Emily asks, then you get the picture."
"Go ahead." Emily says becoming focused.
"Truth or dare?" Hanna asks.
"Truth." Emily replies to which Hanna groans.
"Who, out of me, Spencer and Aria do you think is the hottest?" Hanna wiggles her eyebrows and we burst out laughing.
"Hottest? I'd say you. Most date-able? I'd say Spencer." Emily replies and I feel an unnecessary flare of jealousy.
"What?" Spencer asks raising an eyebrow.
"I don't know you just seem like a good girlfriend to have." Emily shrugs before taking another swig of her alcohol. "Okay... Spencer, truth or dare?" Emily asks. Spencer seems to consider before she smiles confidently.
"Dare." She replies and Hanna claps excitedly.
"I'm no good at giving dares so I nominate Hanna to do that." Emily says which Spencer didn't seem too pleased about but she nods and waits for Hanna's dare.
"I've got it, I dare you to kiss Aria." Hanna says and I freeze. I look at Spencer who's eyes grow wide in shock, Hanna was smiling which looked almost evil and Emily was giggling.
"No, no, no, no." Spencer says really fast glaring at Hanna like she was trying to say something.
"Oh come on Spence it's just a game." Hanna says grinning. I just sit there quietly, part of me wanted to kiss Spencer, and the other half was terrified to.
"Yeah it's just a game." I say the words without even registering what I was saying. Did I just say that? Spencer glances at me with a timid smile and then glares at Hanna with a 'I hate you but I also love you' kind of look. Spencer turns to look at me and my breath hitches when I look her in the eyes. Okay, calm down Aria, it's just a kiss, probably just a peck, you can do this. But as soon as I see Spencer leaning in my heart rate accelerates and I feel nauseous from the anticipation. And then I close my eyes and feel Spencer's lips on mine. At first I don't respond because the feeling of Spencer's perfectly soft lips on mine compels me until I feel her pull away which causes my heart into palpitations so without thinking I feel my hands fly up to Spencer's face and cup her chin in my hands before I proceed to kiss her back with a passion I didn't know I was capable of. When I eventually do pull away I see Spencer is flushed and I'm pretty sure I was too. "Okay maybe we've had a little too much to drink." Emily says laughing off the whole scene. Hanna, on the other hand, was staring at Spencer with a grin on her face and Spencer was staring back like they were having a conversation with their eyes. "I'm pooped." Hanna says standing up and then collapsing a few feet away on the couch. Emily got up and followed her example lying down wrapped in a blanket and falling asleep. I make my way to my sleeping spot which I happen to be sharing with Spencer and lie with a blanket over me. A few minutes later I feel her lie beside me, silent, as I was too because all I could think about was that kiss. And how I wanted her to kiss me again.
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