Sparia one-shots

Bucket list

Aria lay against the hospital sheets that smelt way too harshly of chemicals with a sigh. She had been looking over a list that she had written a year prior. Her bucket list. The news was expected yet so unexpected as she had been told that she only had six months left due to her aggressive cancer and she sure as hell won't be going down without a fight but she was preparing for the worst so she was determined to finish what she had started a year ago when she first found out about her cancer.

Her friends have been her rock, they really have but one girl more than any of them. Spencer had stuck by her side throughout everything, the chemo and the tests, not even mentioning the tantrums and breakdowns. No matter how hard Aria had tried to push her away, Spencer had pushed back to get closer twice as hard and for that Aria will be forever grateful.

Her hand tightened on the paper as she read through the list, she hadn't even thought about doing half of the things on this list since she had written it. I mean, come on, what was she thinking when she had wanted to try lesbian sex before she died? She raked her fingers through her tangled bob hairdo that had grown since she had stopped chemo in exchange for this new medical trial she had fought tooth and nail to get onto. Wit an exasperated sigh she screwed up the list and launched it towards the trash can on the other side of the room, letting out a huge moan of disappointment when it bounces off the rim and onto the floor.

"I would ask if you're alright but based on your paper based hissy fit, I'm going to have to say you're in a ba mood and need some sparia time. Non-negotiable." Spencer states with a small smile and a chuckle from where she was leaning casually against the doorframe, watching Aria with a hint of amusement. "Care to explain what that paper did to encourage that kind of cruelty?"

"No." comes the firm response as Spencer picks up the balled up piece of paper as she makes her way over to her friend and sits next to her, leaning back against the pillows and throwing an arm around the shorter girl's shoulders.

"Come on, Ari. How is this going to get solved if you won't face it?" Spencer insists and she holds out the paper for Aria to take. Nimble fingers take the paper after a few seconds and just cradle it for several beats before unraveling it at an excruciatingly slow pace.

Once the folds had been smoothed out Aria tentatively tipped the paper towards Spencer, urging her to take it and read through it. She looked up and watched as the taller brunette's eyes raked across the words at a shockingly fast pace.

"Ar, this is what that was about?" Spencer pressed as realisation flooded over her. The younger girl simply nodded as tears pooled into her eyes and cascaded down her ivory cheeks.

"I haven't even done half of the things that I had planned. I've wasted so much time and now I have missed my chance. Why me Spence?" She sobbed into Spencer's chest.

"Because you're strong enough to get through this and you have plenty of time to do the things on this list, maybe not the homicide but we could go skydiving and I can take you to France, hell I'll do the lesbian sex with you if it makes you happy." Spencer tilts Aria's chin upwards to look into her eyes as she speaks, nothing but sincerity pooling in her chestnut eyes.

"Really?" Aria asks tenitively after a small silence.

"Of course I'm sure Ar. We are going to do this. I would do anything for you and you know it"

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It was that fateful conversation that led them to a cheap motel room just outside of rosewood. It was small and dark  in more of a creepy way than a cozy fashion. Spencer and Aria are lying side-by-side on the kind sized bed only touching by their entwined fingers.