5 years forward » pll

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lie for ali;

The next day wasn't like how the girls expected it to be, Emily was just making her morning coffee when she received a text.

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hey em! it's been long hasn't it? can you meet me at rosewood high school with all the other girls tomorrow at 2 pm? it's important. -A
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-A? As in Charlotte -A or was it someone else? Emily thought it was over. She jumped in her high chair when she received another text from the same number.

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it's Alison, sorry if I got you paranoid for like a second.
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Emily sighed in relief, I guess it really is over, she called up the first person who came to her mind, Hanna.

"If you're calling for lunch tomorrow, yes I can pick you up if you want, Spencer said its at 1 pm, be ready on time, Em, wear something nice okay, oh speaking of Spencer don't you think she needs to grow out her bangs, they look really bad-" Hanna kept rambling on and on, Emily giggled, it reminded her of old times.

"Hanna!"

"What? Don't tell me you like them, Em, I like your new style more. Being a politician isn't suiting her."

"Shut up for a second Han, listen to me, Alison texted me, she said that we all need to meet her tomorrow at 2pm." Hanna was quiet for like 5 seconds and then she started to talk again, "that means lunch plan cancelled?"

"Hanna is that what you really care about right now?" Emily shouted into her phone, "I don't want to talk to her alone, Em. I don't want anything coming back." Emily could here the worry in her best friends voice, it made her sad too.

"We're gonna be there with you Hanna, nothing it happening." Em decided against telling her about how she thought the text was from -A and not Alison.

"Could you tell the rest of the girls Hanna, I'll quickly text Alison back saying we'll see her."

- When the girls meet Alison -

Spencer's car parked right in front of the high school, the place they went to before, all the old memories came rushing back, she remembered how Alison would ignore Mona at lunch, when she tutored Toby, when they went for prom...

She saw Aria and she waved at her, they walked towards each other and hugged.

"Hanna said she's picking up Emily. She's coming as soon as she can." Aria told Spencer. "This was the last place I expected Ali to work in."

"Same." Spencer laughed. She missed her short little artsy friend, she missed Aria a lot.

"How's everything going Spencer? You got a boyfriend or not? Or are you waiting for Mr. Policeman to show up?" Aria teased, Spencer laughed again, "I don't have time for all that Aria."

"Yeah, the only man I bet you think about is the president." Hanna said walking towards us with Emily on her side. Her heels clacked on the floor.

"Your heels are annoying, Han." Spencer chipped in, "Your bangs are annoying, Spence."

"Alison?" Emily said they turned around to see the pretty blonde standing there, they all hugged her one by one.

They spoke a little and laughed but Emily had a poker face the whole time.

"Get to the point, Ali, why did you call us here?" she said rubbing her arms.

Alison sighed, "The court wants you all to admit that you are fine now, that you aren't scared of Charlotte."

"Are we lying for you again Ali?" Aria asked, "Are you still scared of Charlotte, Aria?"

"You know what, Ali, I think we'd need some time, some time to think." Spencer admitted and hugged Ali goodbye, all the girls did.

"Let me know later, girls."

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"We just have to go to court and say we're not scared of Charlotte, I'm fine with doing it." Emily said breaking the silence. "Me too." Spencer pitched in.

"What about you, Aria?" Aria gave the girls a blank look and stayed silent.

"We just have to say we aren't scared of Charlotte." Hanna added.

"But Hanna, is that really the truth?"