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the perfect storm
outfit: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/888968413940403415/ minus earpuffs
though it was storming outside we all made it to school.
i was standing by my locker with abby.
"so any update on which college you're going to choose?" she asked me. i scoffed and rolled my eyes. "no, not everyone has had their dream school picked out since the day they were born and not everyone is insane at a sport." i responded. abby was going to boston college for soccer. she has manifested this since at least the 7th grade. "that's a lie. you've always wanted to go to miami or tulane." she pointed out. "i know, but i have to pick what i want to do with my life before i pick a school." i explained. "you can just go undecided." she suggested. "yeah i guess, but i want to go to a school that's good in whatever i want to do." i explained. "smart." she replied. then charlie and miles came up to us. "hey." charlie smiled, hugging abby. they started dating 2 weeks ago. and last week both miles and charlie committed to college. charlie's going to notre dame and miles is going to duke. "hey." abby and i both replied to charlie. "any college update?" charlie asked me. "sore subject." abby responded. i rolled my eyes. . i exhaled. "well abby we should probably get to the library." i suggested. "yeah. charlie i'll see you later." abby said, kissing charlie. "yeah, i'll see you after school. later gracie." charlie said to me. i waved at him and miles, and we walked to the library. "i don't understand why you and miles don't date. he's totally in love with you." abby told me. "shut up." i snapped. "you totally know it!" she replied. "i don't know anything! i need to focus on the sat we are about to take and everything college related before i even think about getting into a relationship." i explained, as we entered the library. aria, hanna, and spence called me over. "i-" i started. "go." abby said. "i love you. good luck." i told her. "you too." she smiled. i smiled back and walked over to them.
they told emily and i that alison's memorial was destroyed by someone. "i can't believe it was trashed." i stated. "just when you thought that A would give it a rest. it's like toby had to kill alison all over again." hanna agreed. "toby? what do you mean, toby? his motorcycle was totaled. isn't he dead?" emily asked. "well i hear more from alison now than when she was alive." hanna responded. "i thought we decided A wasn't toby. A was happy to have toby out of the picture." i pointed out. "how do we know that toby didn't send that text? and why are we suddenly trusting A? A made a fake bracelet to mess with us." spencer said. "what is my mom doing here?" aria questioned, she went to go meet her mom.
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aria came back and we actually managed to get a table to sit at. and then wilden appeared. we all kind of jumped when we heard his voice. "god, he's freaking me out." hanna said. "whose locker is he poking into now?" aria questioned. "he's desperate. jason's breathing down his neck." spencer answered. "ours too. i mean, what if jason told the police...alison's version of what happened?" emily suggested. "he didn't." i stated. "how do you know?" spencer asked me. "i just know he wouldn't do that." i responded. "explain." aria replied. "i mean if he was going to do it he would've done it a year ago." i replied. then wilden came up to us. "sorry about the memorial. i know how hard you girls worked. shocking though. something like that could happen and nobody saw anything." wilden said. "everybody here was studying for the exam that we're about to take......so you might wanna look for eyewitnesses somewhere else." spencer suggested. "so you were all studying together?" wilden questioned. "aria, hanna, emily, and i were." spencer answered. "where were you gracie?" wilden asked me. "my house. i'm home alone right now so my parents don't want me out late." i responded. wilden nodded and walked out of the library. "gracie, what is going on?where were you last night?" aria questioned. "i told you. i was home. i told him that." i answered. "what happened to all of us sticking together?" spencer asked. i shrugged. then i got a text.
