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Chapter 5: To Kill a Mocking Girl (Pt. Two)

    The Kahn parties were legendary. And ridiculously stereotypical, but that's what made them so enjoyable for cynical teenagers like Daisy. She had found a red plastic cup in her hand not five minutes after she and Andrew had arrived. You know what I'm talking about- the ones you see in every party scene in every movie. Ever. If you asked her what she was drinking she wouldn't be able to answer- all she knew was that is was pink, fruity and full of liquor.

     It was strange though. A year ago if she was in that same situation she would have downed that thing as fast as she could. But things were different now. Her family was falling apart- more on that later- Alison was found out to be dead, and Jason was God knows where. She was pretty sure that without Andrew or even the other girls she'd have gone insane. But for some reason she just couldn't find it in herself to have fun.

    So there she was, fifty some minutes into the party, alone in the backyard. Andrew was in the bathroom... Or something. She hadn't paid much attention. She suspected he wouldn't be gone long enough for her to get lost anyways. That is until she spotted Aria, Spencer, and Emily, and she knew she was going to have to go over there. What if they had an update on all those ridiculous 'A' theories?

    So she walked over to them as best she could, wobbling slightly in her four inch heels in the grass and dirt. She crammed herself into the circle that her friends had formed, smack in the middle of Aria and Emily.

    "He tackled Ben?" She could hear Aria whisper-yell as she approached. This caused immediate confusion for Daisy. Ben, Emily's athletic and more than a little attractive boyfriend might've been a bit of an asshole, but she didn't see any reason for anyone to actually tackle him. "What was Toby even doing in the girls' locker room?"

    "Hey," She nodded casually at her friends. "What're we talking about?"

    This caused Emily to re-explain what she had already told the other girls- apparently Ben had been even more of an ass than usual and had tried to force himself on Emily in the locker room after her swim practice that day. At that point of the story, Daisy had calmly pointed out that had she been in that locker she would've politely introduced Ben to the back of her hand. Emily continued on with the story.

    Toby had come storming in and tackled Ben to the ground. Soon after that, Emily told Ben that they were over, which, in Daisy's opinion, should have been obvious to the prick.

    "Right," Spencer nodded, "And anyways, Aria, why are you shocked?" She asked, referring to the short girl's question- the one questioning Toby's presence in the girl's locker room. "We caught him peeping through the windows, watching us undress."

    "Alison's the one who saw him do that," Emily interjected. "We never did." The comment was jarring to Daisy.

    That's when Hanna decided to join in on the conversation. "What's up?" She asked, very similar to the way that Daisy had previously.

    "From what I've gathered," Daisy started, "Toby Cavanaugh got in a fight with good ol' Ben over Emily."

    "It wasn't over me," Emily said, a little too aggressive than Daisy was used to from the usually mild mannered Emily. "God. Look, he just... Saved me."

    "For what, himself," Jeered Spencer, making the other girls' nose crinkle in disgust.

    "Ew," Hanna said, voicing their thoughts.

    "That is not something that I want to think about," Daisy agreed.

    "If we hadn't asked you about Ben, would you have told us about this?" Aria turned back to Emily.