No one's POV
Ellie,Hanna,Aria,Elsa,Spencer and Emily are all in the barn drinking and having fun, the light and the music suddenly turn off.

"What happened?" Emily Asks.

"It must be the storm." Elsa says getting up from the couch where her and her sister are sitting on.

"I'll check it out." Elsa says about to leave the confinement of the barn.

"I don't know, maybe we should all just stay in here until the light comes back on." Ellie says nervous looking around.

"Guys, it's fine. It's probably just the circuit box got fried. I will be right back." Elsa says rolling her eyes at them before leaving, she's about to go sneak over to Jason's but before she can even start to walk over there she feels a hand on her shoulder, making her spin around and come face to face with Ali.

"Ali, you scared me." Elsa says shocked and nervous looking over at the house before looking back at Ali, with a forced smile.

"Where were you going?" Ali asks curiously looking closely at Zelda's movements and how nervous she looked.

" the lights and music went out, so I was going to check on the circuit." Elsa lies through her teeth trying to act normal and not raise any suspicions.

"That was me, I was trying to scare you and the girls." Ali says.

"Well it worked, the others are kinda freaked." Elsa says with a small smile on her face.  Back inside the barn the girls hear a noise.

"Something's our there." Aria said.

"Guys..." Hanna says scared, the girls huddle up together with Aria in front shining a torch so she can see, with Ellie and Hanna next to each other looking over Aria's shoulder and Emily and Spencer at the back. The girls walk closer to the barn doors, they hear a loud noise and shout but continue to walk closer.

"Gotcha." Ali Shouts coming into view making all the girls scream. Elsa comes from behind her looking back at outside before stepping fully inside.

"That's so not funny, Alison." Spencer says.

"I thought it was hilarious, girls." Ali says chuckling linking her arm with Ellie before sitting down on the ground with Ellie sitting next to her taking a sip of her own drink.

"Ali, did you download the new Beyoncé?" Hanna Asks sitting down on the couch.

"Not yet." Ali says.

"I'm loving her new video." Emily says with a smile.

"Maybe a little too much, Em." Ali says giving her a look, making Emily uncomfortable sinking a little lower in the chair.

"Your turn. Go on." Ali says handing Aria and Elsa a drink each. They both start to drink the liquid substance in the red cup.

"Careful Aria,Elsa take too much and you'll tell us all your secrets." Spencer says with a laugh making Aria shine the light at her with Elsa giving her a look.

"Friends share secrets. That's what keeps us close. Drink up." Ali says looking at them.

Aria wakes up and see that Emily,Hanna, Elsa and Ellie are still asleep but Spencer and Ali are gone.

"Em, Elsa." Aria says starting to wake up the girls.

"Where's Ali?" Hanna Asks.

"And Spencer?" Ellie Asks waking up rubbing her eyes tired.

"We don't know." Aria says, Elsa gets off the couch to walk towards the barn doors with her sister, when they get there Spencer arrives.

"Where's Ali?" Aria Asks looking outside for her.

"She's gone." Spencer says.

"What do you mean she's gone?" Elsa says confused.

"I've looked everywhere for her. I think I heard her scream." Spencer says looking at them.

One Year Later

Elsa's POV
Aria and I are in my bedroom where I'm unpacking thing and Aria's standing in front of my floor length mirror, before our mom walks in.

"Elsa,Aria, you ok?" She asks from the doorframe.

"It's weird to be home." Aria says turning around to face mom.

"Yeah, I know what you mean." I say.

"We were gone a year. When your 16, that's a long time." Mom says.

"I miss Ali." Elsa says sadly, making Aria give her a sad look.

"Why don't you call your friends? They don't know we're back from Dad's sabbatical." Mom tells us softly.

"On the news they're calling it the anniversary of Alison's disappearance, like it's a party or something." Aria says sitting on a box.

"Why don't you two give them a call? You seven were inseparable, and those feeling don't just go away." Mom tells us, making me sigh.

"I need a ride to Lacrosse." Mike says from the corridor.

"I'll take him." Aria says getting up with mom leaving me to unpack all my things by myself.

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Mom walks in my room where I'm unpacking more boxes on my bed.

"Hey, why don't you get out of the house for a little bit. Maybe meet up with some of your friends." Mom says coming into the room.

"There's a reason why we didn't stay in contact, Mom." I tell her hanging up some clothes.

"Maybe it's time for you guys to reconnect with each other again." Mom says before leaving making me think hard about what she said. I put on some shoes before grabbing my car keys and hopping in my car driving to the Apple Rose Grille, I look behind me for a second before I hit into another car making me look in front of me and curse. I see a really attractive guy step out of the car not looking very happy, I step out of the car and close the car door before walking over to him.

"I am so sorry, I just took my eyes off the road for a second..." I start to say before he cuts me off.

"It's fine." He says with a charming smile.

"I can pay for the damages." I say.

"How about you let me take you out on a date instead." He says moving closer to me with a smirk.

"I don't think so." I say.

"Oh, come on, I could of gotten really hurt back there, actually I think I'm in a little bit of pain." He says exaggerating.

"Really?" I ask raising an eyebrow knowing he's lying.

"Yeah, my back kind of hurt, I think you might've hit the car too hard." He says.

"I know what your doing." I say.

"What am I doing?" He asks in an innocent voice.

"Your pretending your hurt so I'll feel guilty and go on a date with you." I tell him.

"Maybe I am, but do you really blame me.... come on, it's just one date we'll have drinks, a meal, I'll even pay." He says.

"........ Fine. One date." I tell him giving him a look.

"So, your number?" He asks, I grab a piece of paper from my bag and write my number on it.

"Here." I say giving the paper to him.

"Tomorrow night, seven O'clock, Apple Rose Grille." He says.

"Ok, seven O'clock it is." I say about to walk away.

"Wait, What's your name?" He asks.

"I'll guess you'll just have to wait and find out." I say with a smile before walking away and back in my car driving back home.

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