Isabel Rivers never really had a safe place to land. That was before she met queen bee Alison DiLaurentis. She was Ali's favorite. They also had four other friends. It was the perfect group.
Right until Ali went missing one summer.
And turned up...
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"Alison's probably not alive, but if she is, after all this time... there's going to be a lot of questions, starting with who's the dead girl in her grave." -Gabriel Holbrook
(A/n: Part 100 you guys!!! Thank you so much for all the support and reading this story. I loved writing this part, so... Here it is.)
Isabel listened to the conversation at the Grille, but only half-heartedly. Her phone beeped, and she hurried out.
"Hey, Isabel!"
Isabel turned around to see Mike walk up to her.
"Hey, Mike," she said less-than-enthusiastically.
"I just wanted to say thank you for what you said, a few days ago," Mike smiled, and all Isabel could do was grimace.
"You're welcome," she replied, and started to leave, but he caught her hand and spun her back around.
"Hey, look, I know this hasn't really... worked, but I think it's been a long time to heal," he said shyly.
"I can't do that to you, Mike," Isabel said, shaking her head.
"Do what?" Mike frowned.
"I..." Isabel stammered.
"Do what, Isabel? I've given you so many chances, please, I really love you," Mike swore.
"I told you, I can't," Isabel snapped.
"What? What can't you do?" he asked, and she saw the hurt in his eyes.
"I can't say that I love you when I don't," she replied, tears welling up in her eyes. "I still love Jason, and that's not fair to you."
And with that, she walked off, her heart aching for Jason once again.
-Emily's Perspective-
"Jason," Emily called, running up to him outside of school. "What's going on?"
"I just needed to get a paycheck reissued," he shrugged.
"No, I'm talking about last night when you saw me and Spencer," Emily retorted, crossing her arms. "I know you saw Isabel literally ditch her dream man for you. Yet you said nothing."
"I had to get home," Jason scoffed.
"Get home? Jason, Isabel hasn't heard from you since she left almost half her body in an elevator shaft," Emily snapped.
"Yeah, I know. I felt pretty bad about that," Jason nodded.
"I could tell. It was especially touching when you ran off god knows where, leaving Isabel broken," Emily huffed, glaring at him. Did he really love her?
"She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Wilden was after me," he explained.
"Wait. You think Wilden was behind that?" she frowned.
