Vodka Kisses

0612- Charlotte's web

"When did you tell Jordan?" Aria asks Hannah, the four of us are sat in the lobby of the Radley after the funeral.

"Tell him what?" Hannah asks.

"About this town, Charlotte, everything we went through." Aria tells her.

"She means the things you can't Google." Spencer fills in for Hannah.

"When I knew I was falling in love with him." Hannah admits.

Aria considers it for a second and tilts her head slightly, "Liam and I aren't there yet, but I know he's going to have a lot of questions when I get back."

"Are you sure you should leave tonight? The cops want to talk to us before we go." Emily tells her.

"Yeah, I've already missed work." Aria jumps.

"We all have, Aria. We're staying." Hannah tells her.

"Okay, well my boss asked me to come back." She tells us.

My boss is very understanding. I push that thought away with a smile. I try not to think about Logan too much whilst I'm here, I miss him so much, it feels like there's a gaping hole in my chest.

"You guys, this wasn't an easy job to get. I can't lose it." She tells us.

I think I'm the only one whose job was easy to get, yet the others understand that they have to stay.

"They're going to ask us questions about that night." Hannah tells her.

"Yeah. We were all together. None of us left the hotel. What else is there to say?" Aria puts her tea down.

"I think the person the cops should really be talking to is right over there." Spencer looks somewhere behind us.

I turn around in my seat to see Sara Harvey checking in. She's refusing something and her helper rushes over to sign something.

"Can she really not sign her own name?" Spencer questions.

"I still haven't told anyone about what happened, have you guys?" Emily asks as I turn back around in my seat.

Everyone shakes their head for no, except for me. Thankfully no one notices, I already get a hard time for not being able to keep anything from Logan but I think this would be up there with telling him Ali was alive.

"Do we really believe she doesn't remember?" Aria asks.

"I think she's lying." Hannah declares. I agree with her. There's no way she doesn't remember. "Just like she lied about having Swedish syndrome to get her sentence reduced."

"Stockholm syndrome." Spencer jumps in. "And it is a real thing."

"She was never kidnapped Spencer, she was living out in the world. She chose to help Charlotte torture us." Hannah all but spits, it sends shivers down my spine.

"Yeah, well, the judge didn't see it that way." Aria points out.

"If Sara really was brainwashed, she'd have a pretty strong motive to kill Charlotte. Revenge." Spencer points out.

It goes silent for a minute until Aria leans forward and checks her phone. "I hate to break up this party but I have to get going." She sighs.

We all stand up and hug her.

"I'll walk you to your car." Hannah stands.

When gets to me I give her a quick squeeze.

"See you at Christmas." I say as she squeezes me back.

"See you then." She smiles as she pulls back and heads away with Hannah.

I sit back down with Emily and Spencer to sip my coffee before we split up and head home.