love me or leave me

we need to talk

emily's pov

this is it. this is goodbye to rosewood for 2 months. and nobody is here to say goodbye.

then i heard a knock coming from my door.

i unlock it slowly and see 3 brunettes and a blonde standing on my porch.

'hey guys!' i say astounded.

'emily i'm gonna cut the shit right here. i don't want to say goodbye to you and i won't miss you' spencer was barely in my house for 3 seconds before she has already left. but i know why she's annoyed at me and has every right, i would be too.

'okay then..' is put into and awkward position as i stare at my friends.

wait, are we friends?

i must've said that out loud by accident because the now 3 girls look up and me in unison. it feels weird not seeing hanna with them.

'i am emily, but you're still a cheater to me and hanna's my best friend' mona breaks the awkward silence between our group.

alison nods in agreement with what mona says.

i look at aria and i look away quickly.

before hanna game round and i told her about the cheating, me and aria decided to still be friends, though we wouldn't make it seem like it, simply because our bond is too close.

'sorry.. um- come in' i realise that they're still on my porch.

<authors note>
i'm sorry if i'm using porch wrong, i know most of my readers are american so i'm using american words hehe

they all step inside

'so, when are you leaving?' mona questions me sitting on the couch.

'in three hours' alison answers for me. i nod my head symbolising that she's right.

'soooo..' i say making things more awkward

'aria, have you and spence spoken?' alison stares at the shortest of the gang willingly.

'briefly.. small talk. we're trying to work it out slowly' small tear droplets from in her eyes.

'better than me to be honest. the only time me and hanna talked was when she roasted me in physics' i try to make a joke out of the situation

the girls chuckle to themselves. it's been a long time since this has happened.

spencer's pov

i realise that alison was my ride home and i kind of left aria mona and alison at emily's house.

i was going to walk back to mine but i remember hanna's house is closer so i stopped by hers.

when i arrive at the door i knock three times before a thin blonde answers the door with her sweatpants, a tub of ice cream and earphones on.

she gasps at my presence not expecting anyone to see her in the state she's in.

'hey, i just called in to check and see how you're doing but obviously..' i don't bother finish my sentence for i know she knows what i'm going to say.

she pulls the earphones out of her ear and sets them on her dining table.

'please come in' she puts on a soft voice that somehow reminds me of the colour lilac.

when i walk in i notice the house is a lot more messy than usual.

'is your mum out of town?' i assume she is because ashley wouldn't let anyone live in a house this messy.

'yep, she's with ted.. they're getting really close.' i notice the numbness in hanna's voice from the way she talks about romance.

'how are you keeping up han? i know emily-

hanna cut me off

'i wasn't the only one who got cheated on. tell me all your thoughts. all your feelings' i could tell she was sick of hearing the same question over and over.

i walked into the house politely, setting my coat on the coat rack.

we made popcorn and just talked about hanna and emily, and aria and i

'i miss her, she really meant something to me, yano?' i contemplated

'yes one hundred percent. i just wish that they didn't do it, and they kept it a secret for so long i mean at least aria actually told you, you all had to practically force emily' she started laughing whenever she said it but i could tell it wasn't a joke

'yeah. i think it's childish that me and aria haven't spoken about it yet. we've spoke, but not about it. i should really talk to her'

hanna propped herself and went to the coat rack.

'here you go' she came back with my phone in her hands.

'what's this for?' i questioned hanna.

'you said you should talk to her so give her a call.'

and that's what i did.

i dialled her number and put it on speaker

she picked up almost immediately, did she know i was going to call?

'hi' i said short-toned

'hey spencer what's up?' this isn't the first time we've spoken or anything so it's not as awkward. but she puts emphasis in on my name so i assume she's still with the girls.

'can we talk? at the brew?' i ask.

i'm nervous for her to reply because i'm scared she'll say no.

'um.. yea sure. now?' she asks confused since it's kind of late.

'yes. oh and is emily there?'

hanna looks up at me with an angered expression.

'yeah but she's packing, she has to be at the airport in 2 hours'

a nervous expression wipes away hanna's anger as she starts to fiddle with her fingers.

'tell emily to come too. i'm not letting hanna and emily leave without at least speaking to each other' i know for a fact hanna will hate me for this.

'um.. i don't know spence um.. one sec' she doesn't hang up but whispers to what i assume are mona and alison.

i hear them saying things like 'yes' and 'quick' in the background so that's a good sign

hanna's pov

i cant believe spencer is doing this. i'm not ready to talk to emily. i mean i did once but that didn't end up well.

'she said yes now get changed. we're leaving'

there's no point in arguing because spencer always wins.

'fine' i huff letting her know i'm angry.

30 minutes later

when i arrive at the brew i can't help but feel nervous. but all that goes away whenever i see emily sitting at a table on her phone.

'go ahead' spencer pushes me away then goes over to aria.

i walk over and she notices my presence and put her phone down. we're both dressed pretty casual.

it's weird seeing her and not being able to kiss her.

'hey emily'

'hey hanna. we need to talk'