Back to Me

All Kinds of Weather

One Month Later

A waiter came over to our table and gave us our drinks. He took our order and then left again.

"Cheers, to this finally being over." Caleb toasted.

"Well said Caleb." Toby agreed.

All four of us, me, Hanna, Toby, and Caleb raised our glasses to clink them together.

It had been about a month and a half since Ian's funeral. Today, he had been charged with Alison's murder and Aria and Hanna cleared were since there was no real evidence that they were a part of it. But the police still didn't know who killed Ian and I had a feeling it would be a while before they solved that case. At least Toby and the girls wouldn't have to worry about being framed anymore.

"It's a shame the others couldn't make it." Hanna sighed.

"What we're not enough fun to be around?" I teased her.

"No, I love being on a double date with you!" She insisted. "But tonight is meant for celebrating and it just feels like Emily, Mona, and Aria should be here too."

"Well, you can do something together when they get back." Caleb suggested.

"I know Emily and her Mom left a few hours ago to visit her dad. But where did Aria and Mona go?" Toby asked.

"Mona went with the Montgomery's to a theatre in Philly." I told him.

I was happy and relieved that Mona was with the Montgomery's tonight. I was happy because she really liked Mike and it was good for her to get to know his family. And I was relieved because I needed a break from searching for answers. I hoped that Jenna and Garrett would leave things alone now that everyone thought Ian did it. I was worried for Toby all the time since Jenna was involved and just wanted things to be over. But hope breeds eternal misery so we had to find a way to connect them to things before it came back to bite us.

"Hey, that's what we should do. The five of us can go to Philly this weekend. What's a better way to celebrate than a girl's day in the city?" Hanna suggested.

"Will Emily and her mom be back by then?" I asked as the waiter came back with the food.

"Emily will but her mom won't. She's staying in Texas with Mr. Fields and Emily is staying with me." Hanna told me.

"I thought Emily wasn't going to be moving in for a couple more weeks?" Caleb asked.

"Don't worry, Caleb, Emily will give us privacy when we need it." Hanna assured him.

"Um, that's a little more than we needed to know, Hanna." I laughed. "But I'm all in for going to Philly this weekend. I heard about this great coffee shop from Melissa that I want to check out."

"Why am I not surprised?" Hanna mumbled. "You know, when most girls talk about a weekend in Philly they think about shopping and restaurants. But the first thing that comes to your mind is coffee."

"Hanna, this is Spencer we're talking about and you've known her your whole life. Is there anything she likes better than coffee?" Caleb pointed out.

"I like Toby better than coffee." I admitted.

Toby wrapped his arm around my shoulders and gave me a kiss. It only lasted two seconds but Hanna still made a comment about it.

"Ugh, I'm going to lose my appetite if you two keep that up." Hanna stated trying to sound annoyed but I knew she wasn't.

"Yeah, I have to agree with Hanna." Caleb teased us.

"Now why do I have a hard time believing that?" I asked sarcastically. "You don't seem like someone that turns down food, especially when it's right in front of you."