The Bitch Wars 2

Chapter 3 - Sprinting To Serenity

I stared at the printed out selfie of Ali and I sitting on my vanity table enclosed in a gold frame, her beautiful heart shaped face looks so happy, that day was her thirteenth birthday at cape may when the girls and I had snuck out to a club to hook up with some of the

boys, of course not many boys noticed my babyfaced self and the others but they sure noticed Ali. Alison always looked and acted at least a year or two older than herself. I smiled at the picture one last time and than put a different picture over it.

I sat down at my vanity and applied my makeup. Winged eyeliner, lipstick and the whole lot. It was Friday today, which means Confession Friday the day where the girls and I confess something e have not already told them. The ritual usually concluded in laughs or sometimes tears.

I stepped out of the car and onto the curb, my wedged sneakers clicked along the pavement, I spotted Spencer across the courtyard, her books where held tightly to her chest. As a speed walked to her from the other side of the courtyard, suddenly, I was bumped down. Hit in the face by a gucci bag. "sorry babe" Emily sing songed and sashayed away with her clique of followers. 'Till this day I still wonder what the hell happened from the time of Ali's death to the first day of school made her turn into a mini Alison herself. maybe this is just the way she copes with death. I thought to myself as I got to my knees and pulled myself up. "what was that?" Spencer spat at Emily's direction. I rolled y eyes, "calm it girl she'll come around soon." well, at least I hope so. Someday she is going to see that those worthless bitches are nothing but backstabbing gold diggers, the second you leave the room they'll trash talk you than when you come back they'll treat you like a queen, it isn't a healthy friendship.

"hey baby." said one of the seniors as he passed me, I rolled my eyes and continued fumbling through my locker. "you where Ali's friend right?" he said as he swerved right back to me. Of course the guy wouldn't talk to me because I am pretty or something he only talks to me, for dead girl information. I whipped my head around and glared at him. He looked defensive. "yes, is that all?" I hissed angrily. "I was just going to say that something like that happened to my cousin, and that I would like to talk sometime." he said and then slowly back away as if I was a venomous snake. look at me I am pathetic, pushing everyone away from me like that. I thought to myself as I slammed my locker shut. wham. The locker made a huge noise as it slammed together. Great, I just caused a scene. I ignored the staring crowd around me and sped off. I scurried to Ezra's classroom, I knew it was not english yet and at the same time I knew he told me to never speak to him again, but this was beyond important.

"Ezra, before you kick me out I need you to know this, please." I begged. Suddenly, my eyes unfocused, staring. It felt as my heart had dropped 50 feet into a burning volcano. "what the hell is going on?" I stuttered. What I saw could possibly be permanently scarring, Mona. Mona. Mona. Her name rung in my head, hitting the sides of my skull and ringing in my ears. Seeing the man I looked hitting it up with Mona Vanderwaal, could never be unseen again. I still stared in shock. Ezras eyes opened as he looked at me, breaking from Mona's embrace. "Aria..it's not what it looks like." Ezra said as he shifted away from Mona. I watched innocently as Mona smirked at me, buttoned up her shirt and left the room like she had done nothing wrong.

"What the hell Ezra, you tell me you shouldn't mingle with students and than you do this!?" I cried. Ezra was lost for words. "I was going to tell you I was pregnant!" I screamed. Shit. I shouldn't of done that, why did I just tell him like that. "NO!" Ezra shouted, "Aria I can't be the father! I can't!" he continued. "you are ruining both of our lives!" Tears rapidly streamed down my cheeks, I thought he would feel sympathy and convince himself that he would help me out, but no, he is angry.

I could feel my whole world crashing down, it felt as if all of the blood in my body has escaped from me. My eyes went blurry and I had completely lost control of my body. My legs began to run, running faster than I thought I could. I was sprinting to serenity but at the same I was screaming, screaming like demons had just filled my head and took control of my body. They were eating away at all of the good memories I had ever known and leaving the tragic, terror of the bad ones. My head was clouded and I was unconscious.

All of a sudden, I stood at the foot of the bathroom door, I bashed the door open, praying it was empty. I shut myself into the second last stall and collapsed into a pool of tears. I couldn't control myself, My breath was shallow, I kept gasping for air but nothing came into my lungs. Maybe this is how I Am going to die. I could feel my makeup dripping of my face. I covered my mouth to stop the gasping and crying, but I still gasped and cried, wait a minute. I shut my mouth, there was someone else here. I put my ear to the side of the stall, I could hear a fellow girl crying in the stall next to mine, her back facing mine. "I can't take this anymore, this is it." She said to herself. She was going to commit suicide. I jumped onto the toilet seat and stuck my head over the stall, peering into hers. I blonde girl was curled up with a blade to her throat. Hanna? My heart skipped a beat and I slipped of the toilet seat and came falling into her stall. My body slammed onto the tile floor. shit, that hurt. Hanna and I made slow eye contact. For a moment or so we just layed there staring, I looked at the blade that was in her throat and then back at her. "Hanna...put the blade down." I said as I pulled myself up. "I'm sorry Aria, tell the others I love you all." Hanna said between gasps. "Hanna, please don't do this to yourself." I said with shaky words. Hannas hand shook as she kept the blade to her throat. "please, just let me do this." I couldn't breathe. "please, I beg you Hanna, I can help you! I am here!" I begged. "I am so sorry." Hanna said, one final time. I freaked.

Who knew such a small thing could hurt someone so badly, blade to skin..it was the end of it all.

I am so sorry.