21, LUNCHBOX
act one: the disappearance of alison
(MONSTER IN THE END)
(season one, episode twenty-one)

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"Do think someone rubbed Toby's sweater on your bracelet" Aria asked Spencer.

The five girls sat together at the Grille, talking about the fact that the cops found threads of Toby's sweater that matched Spencer's Bracelet.

"Someone?" Emily asked, "Try lan, he's doing everything he can to make you look guilty, your parents should hire you a 24-hour bodyguard".

"What about Jenna?" Sabrina asked, "What if she paid Caleb to get that bracelet?"

"Wait, when was Caleb in Spencer's house?" Emily asked confused.

"He doesn't need an invitation, he broke into a vending machine with a spork". Sabrina replied rolling her eyes pushing Everly's stroller back and forth.

"Guys, I think somebody's watching us" Spencer said, looking out the window and seeing three very creepy looking statues staring right at them.

"Those?" Emily asked, as the rest of the girls turned to look at the statues, "They're for the Founders Festival".

"If Rosewood's founding family actually looked like this, what were people thinking moving here?" Aria asked.

"And why were they allowed to reproduce?" Sabrina asked,

"Guys, if Caleb was--".

"Could we stop using the C word?" Hanna snapped, interrupting Emily mid sentence.

"We know this is hard for you, okay but we have to talk about Ca--him" Aria quickly corrected.

"If we wanna help Spencer we have to know what Caleb knows" Emily added.

"Guys, there is definitely somebody out there" Spencer said.

"Maybe if Emily and I cornered Caleb not in school, but somewhere that's Jenna-free-" Aria started, completely ignoring Spencer.

"If Caleb's gonna talk to anyone, it's gonna be me" Hanna interrupted.

"Will you do it?" Emily asked. After a moment of hesitation,

"To help Spencer, sure" Hanna said

"Thanks, Hanna" Spencer said, grateful for the Marin girl, knowing how hard it was for her to talk to Caleb.

Hanna gave Spencer a small smile, and with that all five girls stood up and after grabbing their jackets and purses, Aria, Emily and Hanna walked out of the Grille,

While Spencer stands up looking out the window trying to spot who is watching them.

"Spencer" Sabrina said stopping at the door causing the Hastings girl to jump and look at her "you coming?"

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While aria was at her locker, putting her things away with Sabrina when Caleb walked over to her.

"Got a second?" Caleb asked the cousins.

The two looked at Caleb in confusion, "uhh Sure" Aria replied.

"Look, I don't know what Hanna's told you-." Caleb starts

"She's told us we everything" Sabrina informed, "she's our best friend".

"Fair enough" Caleb said, as Ella walked past him and her daughter and niece, immediately causing her to stop walking a watch "Look, do you think you can help me? Hanna's having a hard time hearing how sorry I am"

Sabrina bit her lip trying not to laugh at her aunt who mouthed to Aria "is that the boy?"

Sabrina shakes her head at her who again mouthed "he's cute" before returning to conversation with between Aria and Caleb.

"She won't take my call, she looks the other way whenever I see her-."

"Caleb" Aria interrupted, "have this conversation with Hanna"

Once Aria walked away to follow her mom Sabrina stayed right there after spending the night with a upset hanna who cried her self to sleep she made a promise to her self the next time she saw Caleb.

"You think if I do that she will forgive me?" Caleb asked seeing the Diaz girl still there.

Sabrina didn't respond just pulled back her fist a swung forward the familiar sound of skin on skin contact and a groan.

"There's my response" Sabrina stated smiling at Caleb before walking away leaving the rivers boy holding his bloody nose.

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"A key?" Spencer asked Hanna, as all the girls sat together in Emily's room, "A key for what?".

Hanna ended up talking to Caleb, who informed her that Jenna had hired him to find a key.

"That's what I said" Hanna replied holding Everly who smiled and squealed at Emily who was in-front of the two.

"Was it a key to Ali's house?" Emily asked letting Everly grab on to her fingers, "Her locker at the tennis club?"

"Why the hell would Jenna want that for?" Sabrina asked. "What was she gonna do? Sniff Ali's old sweat socks?".

"If Jenna's A, she's looking for any information on us she can get" Spencer said.

"You know, I cannot believe that he went through my closet and my nightstand" Hanna complained,
"What a jerk".

"He's a total creep" Spencer agreed.

"He's an animal" Emily added.

"Im glad I punched him" Sabrina admitted not feeling sorry.

"Easy, guys" Aria said, making her friends look at her in confusion, "He looked through your stuff, he didn't invade Poland".

"Why are you sticking up for him?" Spencer asked confused, "He broke her trust"

"He went behind her back" Emily added.

"Why are you sticking up for him?" Spencer asked "he broke her trust"

"He went behind her back" Emily added.

"He stuck his hands in her panty drawer" Spencer said, making the girls look at her shocked she said that, "I'm sorry".

"Okay, all I'm saying is that somebody can look through someone else's stuff that they know they're not supposed to be looking through" Aria defended, making her friends look at her in suspicion.

"You wanna translate that into speech?" Spencer asked.

"I saw Ezra's website page" Aria revealed, "Look, I knocked his desk and his laptop screen came up".

"So, What's the juiciest thing on his status update?" Spencer asked.

"Ezra Fitz has joined the Mark Twain fan page?". Sabrina said causing Spencer to point at her.

"How about he has a double life?" Aria retorted.

"Wait, I thought that you were his double life" Hanna said confused.

"Fine, triple life" Aria said.

"There was this picture of him cozying up to some girl wearing an engagement ring in Italy". Aria admits looking between the four.

"What's her name?" Hanna asked curiously.

"Jackie" Aria revealed.

"How do you know she wasn't his cousin?" Emily asked.

"Cause in picture number three they were licking each other's gelato" Aria replied, "I mean, guys, seriously, what do I do?".

"Be honest with him Explain what happened and see what he says" Emily  calmly replied.

"Yeah, and remember, people can look guilty of something even if they're completely innocent" Spencer added.

"Okay, you know what?" Hanna snapped, "Screw that, make a fake profile, friend Jackie, comb through that skank's page and nail his ass to the wall", the girls looked at Hanna in shock, "Or we can do what Emily says".

"Or I can-."

"Your not hitting him" The fours girl exclaimed cutting the Diaz girl off causing her to pout.

"You're no fun" Sabrina muttered.

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NOVEMBER 2008

"Why is Jason and his stoner buddies here?" Aria asked looking over at the the men standing a little behind the four girls waiting for Sabrina to sing after being asked by the mayor.

"I don't know but who cares" Alison replied and Sabrina walks over to the microphone as people clap.

"Happy founders day" Sabrina started spotting Elliot Carter her ex who slept with someone else and his new girlfriend Christa before looking around her eyes landing on the girl before her eyes on the guys who were already looking at her "so this is something new it called i don't even think about you"

"Oh, wow, see the ants on the ground Never wonder what they're thinking, what they're thinking about Oh, wow, but I guess I know now cause you're all over the city, and you're running your mouth" Sabrina sings the first verse as the band plays joins

"You must think you're so damn important Spreading all these lies I'm ignoring Thinking you're the heart of my focus Know you're sayin' I'm obsessed, but" Sabrina sings the pre chorus the girls dance in their spot.

"I don't even think about you I don't really care about you I don't give a heck what you do, 'cause I don't even think about you I don't even think about you Til you come and mess with my mood, like Gum on the sole of my shoе, yeah I don't even think about you" Sabrina sings the chorus.

"Bout you, 'bout you Bout you, 'bout you, mm Bout you, 'bout you Bout you, 'bout—"Sabrina sing the next verse as she locks eyes with Eli.

"I feel еmpathy for you wastin' all your energy Tryna making me your worst enemy But I'll never be 'cause I'll never care enough But I wanna give some advice Why don't you go get a life? 'Cause" Sabrina belts out raising her middle finger at him.

"I don't even think about you I don't really care about you I don't give a heck what you do, 'cause I don't even think about you I don't even think about you Til you come and mess with my mood, like Gum on the sole of my shoе, yeah I don't even think about you" Sabrina sings the chorus." Sabrina sings the chorus as she turns away from him.

""Bout you, 'bout you Bout you, 'bout you, mm Bout you, 'bout you Bout you, 'bout—"Sabrina sing the next verse.

"You must think you're so damn important Spreading all these lies I'm ignoring Thinking you're the heart of my focus Now you're sayin' I'm obsessed, oh, boy".She sings the bridge as she watches Jason who watched with a smile on his face.

""I don't even think about you I don't really care about you I don't give a heck what you do, 'cause I don't even think about you I don't even think about you Til you come and mess with my mood, like Gum on the sole of my shoе, yeah I don't even think about you" Sabrina sings the chorus." Sabrina sings with a smile on her face.

"Bout you, 'bout you Bout you, 'bout you, mm Bout you, 'bout you Bout you, 'bout—"Sabrina sing the next verse. Sabrina signs the outro  claps and cheers the girls screaming her name causing her to smile.

"This next song was written recently and it's called love is embarrassing" Sabrina says smiling smugly as Christa moves away from Elliot's

"I told my friends you were the one after I'd known you, like, a month and then you kissed some girl another high school and I stayed in bed for, like, a week when you said space was what you need waited by my phone like a goddamn fool" Sabrina sing the first verse as she jumps off stage.

"And now it don't mean a thing god, love's fuckin' embarrassin' just watch as I crucify myself for some weird second string loser who's not worth mentioning my God, love's embarrassing as hell" Sabrina sing the first chorus as she stops at Eli.

"And I consoled you while you cried over your ex-girlfriend's new guy my God, how could I be so stupid?"Sabrina sings as she moves to her friends who smile at her.

"You found a new version of me and I damn near startеd World War III Jesus, what was I even doin'?" Sabrina sing she moves to Ian, Garrett and Jason.

"And now it don't mean a thing god, love's fuckin' embarrassin' just watch as I crucify myself for some weird second string loser who's not worth mentioning my God, love's embarrassing as hell" Sabrina sings leaning on Garrett's shoulder.

"I give up, give up, I give up everything I placed my bets, and it's not worth anything I give up, give up, but I keep comin' back for more, yeah" Sabrina sings as she reached the steps to the stage.

"It don't mean a thing God, love's fuckin' embarrassin' Just watch as I crucify myself, hey, hey, hey for some weird second string loser who's not worth mentioning My God, love's embarrassing as hell" Sabrina sings as she places the microphone back on its stand and she claps with everyone.

"Yeah, yeah, I give up (Ah), give up, I give up everything (Ah-ha-ha) I'm plannin' out my wedding with some guy I'm never marryin' I'm givin' up, I'm givin' up, but I keep comin' back for more" Sabrina finishes as Christa throws her drink at Eliot before storming off.

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Emily used the key she found in the snow globe Alison gave her and opened the lock on the storage container, Hanna then pushed up the garage door before turning the lights on.

That's when Emily, Hanna, Sabrina and Aria's eyes landed on the only thing in the room.

"Guys, look" Aria pointed.

"What is that?" Hanna asked confused, as the girls rushed towards the small box.

Sabrina picked the box up and realised it was a kids lunchbox.

"That's Ali's old lunchbox from when she was a kid" Emily realised.

Sabrina opened the lunchbox and inside the box the girls saw a USB.

"What is that?" Aria asked confused.

"I don't know but we're taking it" Sabrina stated, grabbing the USB from the lunchbox.

"Bri, wait' Aria protested.

"Wait for what?" For someone else to take it?" Sabrina sighed tossing the lunchbox down and walks away with the three girls following.

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"Someone's been spying on us for years" Emily realized.

The five girls now sat on Emily's bedroom floor watching a video as the five girls dance around the bedroom trying on clothes and Sabrina half naked only with a bra and jeans on dancing with Hanna.

"And Ali didn't take the video, she's in it" Aria pointed, "She's in a lot of 'em"

"Oh, my god" Sabrina realized looking closely at the clothes, "That's July 4th".

"She always said it was Toby peeping on us" Hanna recalled.

"No, there's no way that this is Toby" Spencer defended.

"Well, then, who is it?" Sabrina asked.

"And why did Alison have these videos?" Aria asked.

"Did the person who took this know she had them?" Emily asked.

"Is this why she was killed?" Spencer asked.

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Lucas Till as Elliot

One more chapter left. Till the end of season one.