Vodka Kisses

0406- Under the Gun

I'm sat at the brew with Aria and Spencer, we're waiting for Emily. We've just finished school for the day and Emily has just started her shift.

"When you called me back from that sorority party, I thought you were going to tell me you found the person Ali was calling. Not that-"

"Hannah got arrested." Spencer finishes for Aria.

"Yeah not that." Aria says.

"I definitely wasn't expecting it. I was asleep, it took me ages to go back to sleep after that." I admit to them,

I tried calling Hannah a dozen times, but obviously she didn't answer.

Logan had to calm me down. We cuddled all night, he scratched my back and just talked at me about anything not relating till I could fall asleep.

"Where's Emily? It's not like her to be late." Spencer asks.

"I don't know, maybe she got a hold of Hannah." Aria suggests.

"Yeah or she could be avoiding me." Spencer pouts.

"Right well you need to apologise or get over or do what you have to do, okay? I don't care who said what to who but we need all brains on board and we're already down one. You got it?!" Aria tells Spencer sternly.

"Aye aye captain." Spencer tells her whilst I scoff out a laugh.

"You not hanging out with Logan today?" Spencer asks me.

"We don't hang out that often." I roll my eyes. Both Aria and Spencer exchange looks.

"All the time." They say in sync. Okay so I won't tell them he's picking me up and taking me to see my mom later then.

"So dramatic." I roll my eyes at them.

Aria reaches for her coffee and goes to take a sip as Spencer gives me a look.

"Eugh!" Aria gains our attention, wiping her mouth.

"Taste this, it's disgusting." Aria offers her mug to Spencer.

"No, you just spit in it." Spencer scrunches up her face.

Aria offers her mug to me but I also shake my head and decline.

Emily comes and sits on the chair beside me.

"Hey did you hear from Hannah?" Aria asks Emily.

"Yeah." She tells us reaching towards her coffee. "Is this mine?"

"Yeah." Spencer shoots forward. "But don't." She shakes her head in attempt to warn her at how bad the coffee is.

"How is she?" Aria asks.

"Is she okay?" I ask.

"She's freaked out. She's waiting to hear back from the DA about the charges. Meanwhile, the cops are running tests on her dad's gun to see if it was used to kill Wilden." Emily tells us.

Holy shit.

I suck in a breath and run an anxious hand through my hair. Fuck.

"They can actually do that?" Aria asks.

"Yeah." Spencer turns to her. "It's called ballistics. When you fire a gun, a barrel leaves grooves on the bullet, like a pattern. If the pattern on the barrel matches the pattern on the bullet that killed Wilden, then bam! That's the murder weapon." Spencer fills us in.

Yay! Education.

"And there's more." Emily speaks up.

"Fuck me it can't possibly get even worse." I sigh.