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

Chapter 5__Reality Bites Me

"A sent this letter to my mom," Aria said, holding the letter that could potentially destroy her family's life.

"You know it's not your fault," Emily said. "It's your dad's mistake." I looked down at the mention of dad's mistakes. "Totally."

"It is my fault."

"You did not hook up with her and ask your kid to cover for you," Spencer said.

"Ali said I should've told my mom right after it happened," Aria told us.

"Ali?" Emily asked. "Alison knew?"

"Yeah, she was with me."

"So Alison saw this Meredith person?" Spencer asked.

"Meredith?" Hanna asked. "Her name's Meredith? Ew. That's not even a cute girl name. I'm seeing big pours and mousy bruise."

"Han, I think it's a little too soon to judge," Spencer told her.

"I'm sorry. But if you're gonna cheat, you might do it with someone who deep conditions their hair occasionally."

"Here," Spencer said, handing her a plate with bagles.

"Put something in your mouth besides your foot," I told her.

Hanna turned to Aria, saying more sincerely than the first time, "I'm sorry. Okay, look, all I'm saying is that when my dad left, laughing sometimes helped. So does crying."

"My father hasn't left, guys," Aria said, standing up, and walking over to me and Emily at the edges of the kitchen counter island. "I mean, this happened over a year ago." None of us said anything. "You think he's gonna leave?"

"Look," Emily said, "Whatever happens, we're here for you."

Silence fell, and all we heard were dogs barking and birds tweeting outside until Spencer said, "Thank you guys, for staying here. I couldn't have been here alone."

"When's your family getting back?" Hanna asked. She and I were leaning against the island next to each other.

She looked to Hanna, answering, "This afternoon."

"Aren't you gonna clean up the mirror before they get here?" I asked.

Spencer didn't answer, and Emily said, "Do you want me to come with you?"

Spencer nodded, and Aria said, "We should all go."

Hanna, Emily, Spencer and Aria started to move for the stairs, and Hanna said, "Uh, you know, it doesn't take five of us to clean a mirror, so why don't you four go and I just wait here?"

"Okay, fine," Aria said, Spencer and Emily moving for the stairs as she stopped to look at Hanna and me. "You stay down here. Alone."

A.

"Make sure you lock the door," Spencer said.

"Right, you spray, I wipe," Hanna said, standing up.

They all looked to me and I gave them an innocent look back. "What? I'm not scared of A."

I thought breifly of the song that had played on my radios yesterday, not mentioning them when Hanna's phone rang. "Uh. The creature's back. We should've never unblocked our phones."

"What's it say?" I asked, standing up.

None of them answered, Emily saying, "Open the attachment."

"That's us," Aria said. "Was that shot from inside your closet?"

They looked upstairs, and Spencer explaining to my confused look, "A was watching us."

I followed them upstairs, and Spencer went to her closet doors, opening them and something dropping to the floor. Spencer, Hanna, Emily and Aria gasped while I stepped forward. "Guys." I picked the object up from the ground. "Check it out."