ᴍɪɴᴅ-ɢᴀᴍᴇs ~ ᴘʟʟ ғᴀɴғɪᴄ

23

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Aria plonked herself onto the end of my bed and smiled, "I'm on my way to Ezra's and thought I'd stop by to check up on you."

"Thanks." I replied, pushing my body up so that I was sitting.

Aria placed her bag on my floor and swiveled herself in my direction, "So what have you been up to?"

"Aria, I'm ill. I've been stuck here for days whilst you guys have been up to god knows what."

There was an awkward silence and Aria fiddled with her perfectly manicured nails. We shared a tense glance. She pursed her lips before sighing, "Look, the main reason I'm here is because we think something's going on with you, apart from being sick. You've shut yourself off like you have the plague or something. What's up?"

I crossed my arms and raised a brow, "I haven't shut you guys out. If anything you've shut me out. I know I've been distant, but no one has been keeping me updated. Evan has been trying to keep up with the police investigating Spencer and Caleb rang me to tell me about the Hanna situation."

"Why have you been talking to Caleb?" Aria said, curious of the reason.

"We're friends, of course I'm angry about what he did to Hanna, but we're both being investigated for murder. So I'm trying to stay in contact with him."

There was a long silence, neither of us wanting to shoot the first question. 

"The others think that you're keeping something from us." Aria shortly said, avoiding eye contact.

Part of me wanted to tell Aria everything I knew, but if I'd told her everything then so much would come crashing down. The main thing I was hiding from them at the time was the N.A.T videos Ian was dangling over Jason and I. Taking the deepest breath I could, I began the most diluted version of the story I could, "Ian is threatening Jason and-"

My phone ringing interrupted me, Jason's face lighting up the screen. It had to be important as he hadn't contacted me since he found out I was back with Evan, "Sorry, this will be quick." I promised Aria before putting the phone to my ear, "Hi Jason."

Jason's voice crackled down the line, "You can't tell anyone about the videos. Ian will kill you Yara."

"Wait, what?" I choked out.

"He's lost it, I swear. He just came round my house shouting and threatening me because he knows we've been discussing it. He thinks we're planning something big."

"How the hell does he know? My God, the bastard's so paranoid. Maybe we should plan something big." I demanded, Aria looking at me curiously.

"I don't know why he's acting like this. I'm going to come round yours tomorrow and we can talk then, okay?"

"Bye Jason, see you soon." I finished, hanging up the phone and paying my attention back to Aria.

"What was that about?" Aria said slowly.