My Life in Rosewood

Chapter Thirty-Three

Of course as they always tend to do...NOT listen to a word I say, they had tried to get in touch with Aria anyway throughout the night. I only knew this because the following morning when myself and Aria are sitting in the cafeteria for breakfast, Emily storms over with her own breakfast and sits across from her/beside me. The first thing that comes out of her mouth is asking if her phone was turned off because she and Spencer were trying to call her all night.

I look at her sideways and shake my head from the relentlessness to not take advice. But I don't stop her because she can dig herself into a hole. Before the digging can happen though Aria tells her that she had it off to avoid someone and spills the beans that Jason kissed her last night. This shocks the hell out of both me and Emily because she didn't even tell me.

"Aria!" Emily whispers/screams.

"I know." she says back in apology, "It was a mistake and I was trying to find a way to tell you guys."

"Are you insane?" I ask in disbelief because not only is she with Ezra, but once again an adult is making moves on a minor.

Now she looks at me and gives a sad look, "I'm sorry. He just sprung it on me."

I shake my head in annoyance, "You know it's been obvious that he was flirting with you, right? Even Ezra noticed that."

Her face gets red and presses her lips together, "I was just trying to be a friend because of his sister."

I roll my eyes and shake my head, because I can't believe her. "Well obviously he didn't see it that way."

"Jessie..." she says in a sad tone.

"Aria." Emily cuts us both off now before we can get into a fight, "Jason had pictures of you. Creepy pictures."

I set my hand to my forehead lightly at the way she just bluntly yelled this out at her, "Emily."

"What?" Aria asks in a confused yet scared tone, her eyes on Emily.

"We found them in a dark room in his wood shed, okay."

"We?" she asks softly, her eyes shifting to me now because if Emily is freely saying it in front of me then it's obvious who was involved.

"Is this where you went off to last night after dinner?"

I press my lips together gently and nod, "Spencer didn't tell me what was going on until I got to her house. And by then it was too late to stop her."

"And you didn't tell me?" She seems annoyed now.

"Aria, come on. You're going through a lot right now."

"But he has pictures."

I throw my hands up in defeat. I can never win. "I didn't see when was the right time to say it when we were just going through some shit with Mike yesterday."

Before she can continue Emily breaks into our convo again and explains everything to her. Especially the pictures about her being asleep, or drugged because it was hard to tell. The look on her face has me know that she's scared now as she leans back into her chair and her big wide eyes look at me just as Spencer sits down and joins us. That's when Spencer goes on a rant about never trusting the guy, or his need to help kids at school who have drug or drinking problems.

"He used your brother to get to you." Spencer says to her when Aria questions it a bit.

"No he really did help Mike." she says in defense.

"Yeah to get in your house." Spencer says back.

"And to kiss you." Emily blurts out.

"Wait what?" Spencer says in surprise and now Emily's face drops.