Secrets (Pretty Little Liars fan fic!!!!)

Chapter 18__The Badass Seed

The school was putting on 'The Bad Seed' as a production for the school play.

Everyone was in the auditorium.

"If you're trying out for 'The Bad Seed', you need to sign up here and wait by the auditorium door until your name is called," Fitz told us. "Thank you, and good luck."

Aria, Spencer, Emily, Hanna and I were sitting on the floor in a circle.

"Let's start with the line about the stolen medal," Spencer told us.

Hanna looked at a nearby girl. "Why isn't she wearing any shoes?"

"So she can look short enough to play an eight-year-old," I answered.

"What's my line?" Spencer asked.

"I don't see anything about a medal," Emily told us.

"No, that's what the eight-year-old killed her classmate for," Spencer told us. "Penmanship medal. That's why the call her the bad seed."

"A penmanship medal, really?" I asked.

"Didn't you read the whole play?" Spencer asked.

"Don't look at me," I told her. "Hanna's the one trying out. I'm just her to make her look taller."

"Why do we have to read the whole play?" Hanna asked. "I don't wanna be the bad seed's mother. I want the other mother, the one who's drunk all the time."

Aria shook her head, looking at me. "No comment."

"Are you still ragging on me for bringing a flask to a dance?" I asked. "I don't need another parent, Aria. One's plenty."

"Well, has the one figure out that Caleb's in your basement?" Emily asked.

"No," I answered. "But A has."

"What are you gonna do?" Hanna asked.

"I'm gonna tell my mom before A gets to her," I answered. "I'm just gonna ask her if Caleb can stay in the guest room."

Aria frowned. "You have a guest room?"

"Well, my parents got a house with three bedrooms because Mom was always kicking Dad out of her room," I explained. "And now that he's gone..."

Mona walked toward us. "Hey, there, Hanna and her clanna."

"Hey, Mona," Hanna told her. "How'd it go in there?"

"Honestly?" Mona asked. "I nailed it. It was epic. I think Mr. Fitz cried."

"Good for you, Mona," Spencer told her. "Guess the rest of us should go home."

"No!" Mona told us. "There are no small parts, only parts that don't make it into the yearbook." She looked at me. "So, Dakota, how does it feel now that almost no one is left staring at you after your mother put us all in our place?"

"Pretty damn good, thanks for asking," I answered.

Mona smiled. "Good luck."

Mona walked away, leaving.

Aria looked toward Fitz.

"Why don't you audition?" Spencer asked. "You kind of have an in with the director."

"Stop," Aria told us.

"Is he wearing the tie you gave him?" Emily asked.

Aria smiled. "Stop!"

"It would be so awesome to hang out with you two after school, see you as a couple," Hanna told her.

"News flash," Aria told us. "Just 'cause we're on this side of the building doesn't mean that we can suddenly light candles and slow dance."