We went back to watch the video of Alison and Ian again at the kissing rock.
"If the girls knew I was seeing you, oh, my God, they'd never shut up about it," Alison told him. "Some of them are more mature than others, but... We don't have a lot of time. I have to get back before they wake up. I know you want to kiss me."
"She doesn't even look scared," Spencer told us.
"Did Alison ever look scared?" Hanna asked.
Alison stood, taking the camera, turning it to the person who had been taking the video.
Ian smiled into the camera, talking to Alison. "Come closer."
The camera fell to the ground, the only thing we could see until we heard Alison gasp and saw her hand fall to the ground in front of the camera, gasping, the hand clenching on the dirt before going limp.
"He pushed her, didn't he?" Hanna asked. "All that mumbling and groaning? Maybe she was gripping the ground because she was--"
"Looking for a weapon to defend herself?" Spencer suggested.
"Why are you snapping at me?" Hanna asked. "I'm just trying to give your creepy brother an out."
"In-law, okay?" Spencer corrected. "Ian is my creepy brother-in-law."
"Okay, whatever he is, he just married your sister, and he might be a killer," I told her.
"This definitely proves that he was with her the night she died," Emily told us.
"Can we just watch this video one more time and figure out what they're saying?" Hanna asked.
"No, please," Emily told us. "I can't watch this again."
"Yeah, Em's right," Aria told us. "Let's just give it a rest."
We backed away from the computer, sitting down on the couches.
"Is anybody else freezing?" Emily asked.
"I'll make some hot chocolate," Spencer told us, walking toward the fridge.
"Hot chocolate?" Hanna repeated. "What is this, Camp Tamarack? We can't just sit around singing Kumbaya. We have to hand over that video."
Ian walked in. "What video?"
I stood, standing in front of my laptop so he wouldn't see. "Uh, we're talking about trying to take the video of me going crazy at the Grille offline."
"Oh, yeah, I heard about that from some of the guys on the team," Ian told me. "Said that they were there." I nodded barely. "I'm... really sorry about that. What happened?"
"Just a mishap with some... issues, and--" I started.
"A lot of people were pushing her around and she decided that this was the way to get them to back off," Aria told him.
Ian nodded, looking at me. "Still, I'm really... sorry." I nodded, reaching behind me to close the laptop. Ian looked around us. "You're welcome to hang with us in the barn." He walked around the counter. "Your sister picked some chick flick on demand. Where do we keep the popcorn?"
Spencer pointed. "That drawer."
"Oh, okay," Ian told us, taking out the popcorn. "Oh, Emily, Dakota, by the way, I've been meaning to ask you, you two ready to trade your goggles in for field hockey sticks? Yeah, we could use some speed on offense. Right, Spence?"
Spencer nodded. "Mm-hmm."
"Thanks, but I'm still into swimming," Emily told us.
I looked at Ian hesitantly. "I guess I can give field hockey a try."
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Secrets (Pretty Little Liars fan fic!!!!)
FanfictionDakota McCoy was the new girl just a little over a year ago, when Alison DiLaurentis, Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin, Spencer Hastings, and Emily Fields bring her into their clique. And then Alison disappears. They don't know if she's dead or alive. A...