seventeen. the new normal

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chapter seventeen
the new normal
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The girls were over at Emily's translating the coded message Toby left for Spencer. Aria was the only one sitting away from them. She had found out what Hanna had done and was angry.  "Okay, so, your sister's pregnant. How'd that happen?" Hanna asked, making Josie and the girls minus Aria, look at her weirdly. "I figure pretty much the usual way." Spencer answered sarcastically, making Josie snicker. "It's not really a 'how' question, it's more of a 'why' question." Emily said as she looked over at Hanna.

"Well, I mean, I guess Melissa could have gone all maternal, but I doubt it." Spencer said as she clicked things on her computer. "This is so creepy." Hanna said with a sigh. "Where are they now?" Josie asked from where she was sitting at the end of the bed in front of Spencer, Hanna and Emily. "Philadelphia. Shopping." Spencer answered. "What do you think this means?" Hanna asked Spencer, referring to the code that she was left with. "I don't know, but Toby wanted us to have it." Spencer said in reply as she pulled out the code

"There." Spencer said, pointing to something on her screen, causing Josie to move over and lean into Spencer's side so she can see what they're looking at. "It's in braille, so..." Spencer trailed off, trying to figure this out. "You want to see this, Aria?" Emily asked, making Aria divert her attention from outside the window to Emily. "No. I can see just fine from here." she said, locking eyes with Hanna for a second before looking away.

"Okay." Spencer mumbled lightly as she clicked her pen so she could write out what the coded message was. "The first letter's a 'B'" she said as she wrote it down. "'A', It's an 'A'" she said as she wrote down an A next to the B. "I think it's gonna tell us who 'A' is." Hanna said, hopefully as they watched Spencer write it out. "'D'?" she said, confused as she wrote it down. "'B', 'A, 'D'". Emily asked, confused. "Bad." Hanna said. "That's the whole message? 'Bad'?" Spencer asked, confused. "Uhm, what's it supposed to mean?" Josie asked with a frown. She was confused. "It means you got punked." Aria said from her seat by the window, making the girls look at her. "Toby doesn't trust us. I don't blame him." she continued.

"No, I don't think he'd mess with us like this." Emily said, shaking her head. "You'd be surprised what people are capable of." Aria said bitterly as she looked at Hanna. "You guys, we have to figure this out. This might be a joke, but it could be something real." Spencer said, getting the attention back on the task at hand. "Look, either way, Toby's not the enemy." Hanna said as Aria sighed and stood up. "You know what, guys? I'm gonna go." she said before walking out making the girls minus Hanna and Josie confused. "What was that all about?" Spencer asked, confused as Hanna rolled her eyes. "How should I know?" she asked before Spencer focused back on the braille

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"You know, Aria might be right about this. Toby does have every reason to give us a hard time." Emily admitted as she, Josie and Spencer were sitting down at a table in the cafeteria. "I suppose, but that's just-just not the feeling that I got from talking to him. Do you know what I mean?" Spencer said to Emily who nodded lightly. "Yeah, I do." she responded as Hanna and Aria arrived. "Hey." Aria said as she sat down. "Hey." Spencer replied to her.

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