If She Stayed

Chapter 41

Aria

"I tried to call her, too," I said to Hanna on the phone. "She didn't answer."
"Did you tell Spencer yet?" Hanna asked.
"No, she didn't pick up either."
"This is a little weird, don't you think?" Hanna asked.
"They're probably just busy, that's for sure for Spencer." I responded.
"Well, fine but if Emily doesn't pick up by the end of the day, I'm driving to Rosewood," Hanna said.
"Hanna, you're just being dramatic."
I heard Hanna sigh, then she hung up.

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A few hours earlier
Mrs. Garcia

When I got back home, there was police tape around the Fields' house. I didn't see Emily anywhere, so I went up to one of the officers with a name tag that said Cavanaugh and asked them where she was. He looked familiar.
"Emily was here? I didn't know that..." he said.
"Wait, so you didn't see her inside the house?"
He shook his head, then turned to another officer and said something.
It seemed like he knew Emily.
I have a nod and walked back to my house.
As I opened the door, I got shivers and something seemed off. I thought I turned that lamp on.
I closed the door behind me.
"Don't talk or you'll go like Alison," a voice said as it covered my mouth and grabbed me.
Alison...DiLaurentis? The girl that went missing a while ago?

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Spencer

I just got out of a meeting and checked my phone. 3 missed calls from Aria, 4 from Hanna, and a text message from Toby, who I haven't heard from in months. Something is happening.
I opened Toby's text message.
Emily is missing, but don't worry, we're working to find her.

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Emily

A let us "roam free around the dollhouse", which is what the speaker said.
Ali and I are both dressed in orange jumpsuits that say "no wonder everyone secretly hates you" on the front in black cursive letters.
We were walking down this dark hallway, lit only by a small light on the ceiling smaller than a candle flame.
I was staring at it, something was changing about it but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.
"Emily," Alison said in a terrified voice.
I looked in front of us, then got shoved into the dark, old-smelling hole in the ground that wasn't there before. The light above burnt out, and Alison and I were left clutching each other in the pit that was made of dirt.
Alison began to say, "Emily, I need to tell you somethi-"
Something that sounded like tornado sirens but one hundred times worse came from everywhere, beneath us, behind us, above us, beside us, we were both in a corner cowering and covering our ears.
Something shook the ground, and my ears had a ringing noise in them. My vision blurred. All I saw was Ali next to me in her orange jumpsuit as my vision blurred more and more until I couldn't see anything.

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6 days later
Aria

I picked Spencer up from Maryland on my way from Virginia to Pennsylvania. We were going to Rosewood to help Emily's mom and because Emily was missing. Hanna was in New York, so she's driving by herself. She told us that Caleb wanted to come with her, but she made him stay in New York. We don't know why.
"How are you and William?" I asked Spencer.
"Go ahead with the cliche catch-up questions," she said with a laugh. "I'm just kidding. We're doing great, but I think it's about time for you to get someone, Aria," she joked. I rolled my eyes.
"We're all in college, Spencer. It's not like I need to get married next week or something."
It was nice to catch up. Then we got to Rosewood.
Hanna left a little earlier than us so she could get to Rosewood at the same time, but when we got there and called to see where she was, she didn't pick up.
"Gosh what is with all of you and not picking up the phone?" I asked. Spencer gave me a look.
"Sorry."
We were at the brew, which I began to think about. There were so many memories made in this place. It reminds me of the Apple Rose Grille, the place where Alison gave us all those friendship bracelets years ago. She's still missing.
Thirty minutes later, we called Hanna and she still didn't pick up. Twenty-one minutes after that, Caleb called with a panicked and shaky voice and told us that he called Hanna, she didn't pick up, and he walked down the road through the forest (they don't live in the city) and found her car, all doors flung open, and Hanna gone, her suitcase and phone still there.

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This chapter isn't the length I wish it was but I'm trying to save some of my ideas for the next chapter. I put a few references to twenty one pilots in there, which I haven't gone a day without listening to since February 5th of this year...is that bad?
If you want to thank anyone for this chapter, thank this one girl from my cross country team. She had a pretty little liars shirt on at our meet today and it reminded me that I should do something about not updating. Sorry.
The lack of Haleb in these PLL episodes is killing me so I put it in the story, you're welcome. I do still ship Spoby, but for now Spencer is in a relationship with a guy no one really knows, William.

If you ever need anything, send me a message. Don't forget that someone does care.