12, JESUS IS COMING
act one: the disappearance of alison
(SALT MEETS WOUND)
(season one, episode twelve)

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"Why do you keep takin that stupid sticker off?" Sabrina asked, placing Hanna's crutches in her kitchen before grabbing Everly out Aria's arms.

"I'm not taking it off, I'm trying to keep it on" Hanna replied, "Believe me, I don't want to see the autograph that's under it"

"Well we can get you another stick" Spencer offered.

"Yeah, this time, why don't you try something mellower like, save the planet?" Aria said, looking at the sticker that said, humpty dumpty was pushed.

"Hey, there were not a lot of choices, okay?" Spencer defended, "It was either, humpty dumpty or Jesus is coming, look busy".

Hanna peeled the sticker and looked at the message under it, "Oh, god, it's still there" she complained.

"I could try to draw over it with sharpe and pray that it hides it" Sabrina said taking Everly out of her car seat.

"Hanna, don't, okay? Don't look at that" Spencer said, kneeling beside the Marin girl, "Just look around you, cause you're safe, you're home and you're alive"

"No, I thought I was safe in my hospital room, too" Hanna reminded, she looked at Aria, "So, what's going on with Noel Kahn? Is he A? Have you talked to him?".

"No, I avoid him. I keep telling him I'm busy."Aria replied before adding "Busy freaking out every time I look at him."

"Yeah, well, try being run over by him." Hanna said shaking her head

"Who got you this panda and monkey? Sean?" Emily asked trying to change the topic.

"Lucas." Hanna replied before grabbing the monkey "and the monkey is from Everly well Sabrina but Eve"

"Oh, sweet." Emily said placing the the stuffed animal down.

"Anyone else starving or is it just me?" Hanna asked.

"Your mom said she left a special dinner for you." Spencer replies crossing her arms leaning on the desk.

"Pass. No, I want a Pop-Tart." Hanna replied causing the girl to look at her amused "What? I've been on hospital food for three weeks I want something that doesn't look like it's been chewed."

"Okay, why don't you eat while we go get the rest of your stuff" Sabrina said, placing Hanna's dinner on the dining table, "Kay?".

After grabbing the rest of Hanna's stuff, the four girls made their way back to the Marin's kitchen, where they saw Hanna by a cupboard, a box of lasagna in her hand, looking worried.

"Hey, so if you're gonna stay down here tonight we were-".

"Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, down here's good" Hanna interrupted Aria.

"What happened?" Spencer asked, seeing the food boxes on the floor.

"Nothing" Hanna quickly replied, "Just knocked a few boxes down" Aria bent to pick them up, but Hanna stopped her, "No, no, no, you don't have to clean, you can go, seriously, my mom's gonna be here soon, so".

"Hold up" Sabrina said confused, "You want us to leave?"

"You don't have to put on a brave face for us, okay, we get it" Spencer assured, "If being alone is freaking you out we can absolutely stay-".

"No, no, no, l'm just, l'm fuzzy" Hanna said, "And I think it's from this pain medication, yeah, I need a nap".

"Okay, can we help you to the couch?" Emily asked.

"No, you've done enough" Hanna replied, "Seriously, you guys, go".

"Okay, call me?" Emily asked.

"Yeah" Hanna replied.

"You can call me anytime as well, I'm always on my phone" Sabrina said, giving Hanna a smile.

"You know you have to boil that first, right?" Spencer asked, gesturing towards the box of lasagna Hanna was holding on to so tightly.

"Yeah" Hanna replied.

After exchanging their goodbyes with Hanna, the four girls finally left the Marin house, leaving behind an extremely worried Hanna, who had discovered money in the lasagna boxes.

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ROSEWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA
MAY 17, 2009

"I mean hello if you gonna make up some rumors about me at least have you facts straight" Sabrina said as the girls entered Alison's house for their sleep over. "I mean you're a dumb ass if you think people are going to believe you"

"Who's a dumbass?" a voice sounds behind the girls causing them to jump and except Sabrina who laughs.

"Bri here had punched Elijah Hartman" Alison replied laughing at her friend's reaction to her brother and his stoner buddy's.

"Why?" Garrett asked confused because Sabrina is 5'4 and usually kind to everyone type of girl unless you really pissed her off than she's a 5'4 teen girl with 8 year of boxing under her sleeve.

"He asked me to sleep with him two weeks ago" Sabrina started to say as walks towards the fridge to grab a ice. As the rest run up to Ali's room.

"She told him she wouldn't waste two minutes of her life" Alison said cutting her off causing the boys to look at the said girl with amused looks.

"So he got mad that I hurt his ego and photoshopped my face of some picture than said it was me" Sabrina said annoyed looking at her hand "but the dumb ass forgot I have a tattoo on my side so I confronted him than he told me I got what I deserved so I told him".

"She told him 'he needs his ego checked' and went 'here let me do it for you' than punched him and said 'yup still an asshole before walking away" Alison said grabbing the girls hand pulling her towards the stairs leaving the boys with starstruck looks.

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Emily, Spencer and Sabrina walked in their school hallway.

"I'm just not sure I wanna be there" Emily said, talking about the dinner between her parents and Maya tonight.

"It'll be fine" Spencer assured, "Just make sure, Maya doesn't do all the talking"

"Yeah, if she starts saying something you know your parents won't like, then you should jump in and save her" Sabrina said.

"Spencer, Emily, Sabrina, wait up!" Mona called, running over to the three girls, "I just found out that Hanna's mom's got some bank thingy in Scranton and won't be home till really late, so, I wanna do a surprise party, you know, welcome home, have Sabrina sing and and a sign Hanna, we love you, with or without your spleen, I've checked with Mr. Hanna and Sean is totally down with it".

"They didn't take out her spleen" Emily clarified.

"Really?" Mona asked, "Oh, then I'l just change the theme"

"Mona" Spencer said, stopping Mona from walking away, "I'm really not sure Hanna's up to hosting a bunch of people at a party"

"Oh, please" Mona said, "She's been socializing with IV bags and bedpans, she'll love it, if you guys don't want to come, I'm sure she'll understand"

After Mona walked away, the three friends looked at each other.

"I guess, we're going to a party" A very amused Sabrina said.

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Sabrina and Aria entered Hanna's house, to see her welcome home party in full swing.

"There you are!" Noel said, walking over to the the cousins after seeing them walk through the door, "Where you been? Sean got this amazing picture of Hanna's face when we surprised her, she might have peed herself, it was classical".

"You promised Noel" Aria said, confusing Noel, "You promised you wouldn't tell anyone about what you saw in Mr. Fitz's car, that you would forget all about it, but you haven't".

"Back up, what are we talking about?" Noel asked.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about. Okay?" Aria warned, "And you can't just blackmail..."

"Blackmail?" Noel asked shocked, "Is that what he said?"

"So you never demanded him to give you a better grade?' Sabrina asked joining the conversation.

"I didn't demand anything" Noel defended, "I asked him to take a second look at my essay, I mean, haven't you ever worked hard and thought you deserved something better than what you got?", both girls stayed silent, "Wow, if that's the story he put out there then you've really gotta wonder who this guy is".

"Noel, is there something else going on here?" Aria asked "Is there some grudge you got against me and my friends?"

"Noel, come check this out." Somebody yelled out "Pritzker's got this video of the Barracuda game."

"Hey, hey, what's up?" Noel says once he notices the girls walking away.

"Sabrina" Jaden yell's catching the brunette attention when he does he give her a thumbs up.

"I gotta go the band's ready" Sabrina tells her cousin who nods as music starts.

"I'm not even sad about it, maybe just bitter?but I can't stop myself from looking at that old picture" Sabrina sings rolling her eyes.

"How did we go from that to not texting back? I don't understand, we got so off track but I'm not even sad about it, maybe just bitter" Sabrina sings shrugging her shoulders.

"Every conversation ends up going back to you hope that one day I'll agree that you're just old news too, I" Sabrina sings the pre chorus.

"Know you can't listen for one more second have to get burnt and learn my lesson take it too far break my own heart" Sabrina sings as walks around the room.

"Wanna say it's over but I just can't fake it caught up in the mess I'm making can't let you go and it's so frustrating take it too far break my own heart wanna say it's over but I just can't fake it" Sabrina sings as she walks towards Aria who had a small smile on her face.

"I'm not еven mad about it, maybe a little I just miss thе days when everything was so simple" Sabrina sings turning towards Spencer who laughs as Sabrina winks at her.

"When I wasn't questioning how you felt for me maybe I'm naïve, but it felt so easy I'm not even mad about it, well maybe a little" Sabrina sings as the boys lift the girl n the counter.

"Know you can't listen for one more second have to get burnt and learn my lesson take it too far break my own heart" Sabrina sings as she kneels looking straight at Noel who rolls her eyes.

"Wanna say it's over but I just can't fake it caught up in the mess I'm making can't let you go and it's so frustrating take it too far break my own heart wanna say it's over but I just can't fake it" Sabrina sings as she sits down.

"It's kind of getting boring this never ending story It's kind of getting boring" The whole band sings.

"Hope that one day I'll agree that you're just old news too, I" Sabrina sings as she jumps off the counter as jogs toward the band.

"Know you can't listen for one more second
Have to get burnt and learn my lesson take it too far break my own heart" Sabrina sings making a heart with her hand.

"Wanna say it's over but I just can't fake it caught up in the mess I'm making can't let you go and it's so frustrating take it too far break my own heart wanna say it's over but I just can't fake it" Sabrina ends as the room erupted in applause.

Sabrina smiles as she catches her breath, as she does she lifts the mic turning her attention to the smiling blonde. "Hanna, I am so happy that your okay and I love you so much"

"I love you Bri" Hanna yells out.

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"You should talk to Alex, Spence" Sabrina said, as the three girls sat on the stairs, with Sabrina reading the message A sent Spencer.

Point, set, match!
-xO A

"About what?" Spencer asked, "I can't undo this without telling him about A, unless you think I should go into the kitchen and ask A to put down the piece of pizza and call Alex himself".

Aria sighed, "Look, I admit, Noel might not be the person we thought he is, but we still don't know for sure that he is A"

"You know what happens when you stick five lobsters in a tank and cut off their food supply?" Spencer asked.

The cousins nodded, "The lobsters start to eat each other" They replied before Noel appeared infront of the three girls looking between the three.

"Can I get to the bathroom?" he asked after a moment of silence, "Is there a magic password?"

Sabrina didn't say anything just scooted away from Spencer, making way for Noel, and after giving the girls one last glance, he went towards the upstairs bathroom.

Sabrina looked at Spencer and Aria, "If he is A, what are we going to do about it?" she asked.

"I have no idea" Spencer replied honestly.

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