My Life in Rosewood

Chapter Twenty-Two

In the past month a few things have happened. One Melissa and Ian got married, they eloped and are now expecting a baby. I know that came out of nowhere, so it was a shock for everyone. Then Hanna had been seeing this bad-boy type named Caleb Rivers. She seemed to really be into him, very different from Sean in the way that Sean's an athlete and Caleb hacked into things for cash. That is until something he did made her break up with him and wanted nothing to do with him. She never elaborated or confided in me about this, so I didn't pry. Then the next thing we all knew he was gone, left Rosewood completely. She said she saw him hop on a bus a few days ago and hasn't come back. When it comes to Aria, she's still dating Ezra. I don't condone the relationship whatsoever, but it's not my business to interfere. They are old enough to understand their actions, so I need to let this play out. But hanging around with him now feels too weird, especially since he's okay with us both hanging with him at his house from not being worried about hiding this from me anymore. I humor it of course, but I don't exactly like it.

Now here's a kicker. When Toby got let out on bail till his trial everyone avoided him except for me and has become one of my good friends despite the town thinking he's the blacksheep and a murderer. Emily here and there tried to see him but he was upset with her, thinking that she ratted him out when he saw her the night he got arrested. Turns out that the person who actually told the cops was his sister, Jenna. She wanted him to stop hiding and making it seem like he was guilty when she knew he was innocent of killing Alison and assaulting Em. So once he was on home arrest he couldn't go anywhere. That is until one day the charges were dropped from someone contaminating the evidence against him. Obviously a lot of people were not happy about this, but I sure as hell was, and so was Spencer. Yes, Spencer, the one person who was gunning him for murder for all this time. She finally warmed up to him when she offered to tutor him since he was kicked out of school from this situation and they connected on a deeper level. She likes him, and I mean LIKES him. They've been dating, hiding their liking of each other from basically everyone except for me and the girls. That is until one day the town had a carnival pop up and she made it known to everyone when she kissed him in front of whoever was looking, making it known they are a couple. I could not be happier honestly, it was adorable and such a badass move.

Another thing that has changed is that the girls found out that I know about their stalker, known as A. This mystery person is the same one who has been anonymously texting me, but now I started getting the signature they leave for the girls when I get messages. So naturally when Aria started keeping me a bit more in the loop here and there so I wouldn't be completely worried this person spilled the beans to the others that Aria let me in on the secret. They were obviously furious and even terrified that I'm involved, but once we explained that it was an accident from one of her overwhelmed nights at home and I talked it out of her they calmed down slightly. They still don't know who this person is, but they've had their share of thoughts to possible suspects. Their recent one is Jenna, or possibly Ian. I'm not sure why they would think Jenna, they didn't tell me that much, but now it makes more sense from the night of the dance-a-thon when Emily was drunk and talked about someone framing Toby that it would be Ian. I slightly remember when Aria pulled her away that it had been in the middle of them and Spencer talking to him. The reason they think this is because Ian is known for being a ladies man, even cheating. A sent a video to them showing that Ian had been with Alison the night she went missing. It shows Alison holding the camera to show Ian, how they were talking and then what looks to be like him hitting her, because she fell to the ground and didn't move. All they saw was her arm flopped out in front of the camera when that fell along with her, seeming to look as if he killed her. They planned to even show the cops this video, but before they could it had gotten deleted from Spencer's computer. They guessed that it was Ian. This is super creepy, but now that I'm more in the loop, somewhat, I'm able to keep a better eye on them and know why they've been so distracted. Their first message was the day of the funeral and it never stopped.