028 — kingdom of the blind

season three —
episode three

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ASPEN STANDS BESIDE HANNA with a couple of her designs in her arms ready to pass them off to Mrs Lockman.

"God, what a performance" Hanna scoffs while they look over at Jenna reading braille.

"Can you imagine faking it for so long?" Emily mutters, "What do you think she's planning?" Aria wonders.

Aspen shares a look with Spencer and nods motioning to what they discussed.

"That's what you have to find out" Spencer states receiving a confused look from the Montgomery girl.

"She trusts you, or at least she wants you to think that she does" Aspen voices with an explanation on what Spencer just stated.

"Great, that—that's awesome" Aria sarcastically huffs, "Hey, I'll trade you Mona for Jenna" Hanna offers with a shrug.

"No, thanks" Aria doesn't hesitate in responding, "I think I felt safer when Mona wasn't talking" Emily says.

"There she goes" Spencer voices seeing Jenna get up from the table since Jemma called her over into the school hallway.

"We should push a table in front of her and see what happens" Hanna suggests.

"God, Hanna, you have all the subtlety of a hand grenade" Spencer says, "Thank you" Hanna replies.

"Has your mom said anything to you about taking Garrett's case?" Aspen quizzes knowing she should really tell Jason but hasn't had the chance to since his been between here and helping his mother fix up his grandmother's place a few hours away.

"Not yet, but Melissa's coming home tomorrow, so she'll probably tell both of us at the same time, 'cause that's how it works in my family—we keep the one-on-ones to a minimum" Spencer sighs while walking beside the others in the hallway of the school towards their next classes.

"Crap! I gotta get these to Mrs Lockman" Aspen exclaims rushing off smiling at the others watching her walk away before Lucas and the principal storm out of the said males office.

Aspen rushes into the classroom holding up the designs seeing Mrs Lockman's face light up at all of the girls designs.

"Woah!" Mrs Lockman smiles gesturing to the table so she put the designs safely down preventing any damage.

"They're all amazing, Miss Harley-Fields" Mrs Lockman exclaims, "Thank you, now I've gotta go, doctor's appointment" Aspen explains seeing the woman nod at her.

"See you tomorrow" Aspen responds exiting the classroom and making her way to the doctor's for her checkup appointment.

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THE NEXT DAY, ARIA DEMANDS they meet her at their lunch table needing to desperately tell them something.

"'Look it in the eye'?" Spencer repeats, "That's what she said" Aria confirms, "That opens a whole new dimension of creepy" Hanna mutters.

"Toby found her eye drops, and Garrett's in jail, maybe she's getting careless about hiding things" Emily suggests looking at the others.

"Yeah, like that other earring" Hanna states with a shrug, "If you find that, case closed, Jenna is working with this A and Jemma is most likely helping her" Spencer voices looking at Aspen staring at the wall.

"It's not just the earring that we have to worry about" Aria utters, "Whoever opened Ali's grave found all the other things we put inside that coffin" Emily responds.

"We're gonna sort it out, Em, I can snoop and play the keyboard at the same time" Aria states.

"Maybe this is a trap" Emily suggests seeing Aspen and Hanna looking at her unsure before looking at Aria, "I'm also pretty good at running" Aria responds with a low chuckle.

Aspen hums under her breath taking a bite of her fruit on her lunch tray, "You okay?" Emily wonders sensing her cousin's anxiety.

"Yeah, just missing my boyfriend and Bowie" Aspen responds with a low exhale, "Do you remember when she knocked over that beehive?" Hanna wonders with a smile on her face.

Aspen looks up hearing Emily's phone chime with a text message, "Em, you all good?" Aspen asks seeing Emily's frown on her face.

"It's your mom, Aria, she posted the grades for that makeup test, might as well get that over with" Emily explains with a sigh.

"Wait a minute, you knocked over that beehive" Aspen voices confused looking at the other blonde of the friend group.

"Yeah, but it's a better story if she did it" Hanna chuckles, "No, this can't be right, I got a 94 on the test" Emily exclaims lowly.

"Whoa! I wish I was pulling nineties, Em, don't go all Spencer on your grades" Hanna demands.

"Excuse me" Spencer exclaims offended, "No, I couldn't have gotten that, I didn't even finish the test" Emily explains.

"So it was a mistake" Hanna suggests looking at the brunette, "But you don't think it was a mistake" Aria realises seeing the anxious look on Emily's face.

"The last thing I need right now is people thinking I cheated" Emily explains.

"Wait, Em, you think that someone went into the school computer and boosted your grade?" Hanna asks, "Someone in particular?" Spencer adds into the question.

"Wait, are we getting a little paranoid right now?" Aria quizzes while Aspen straightens up in her chair sighing.

"You're not paranoid if someone's really out to get you" Emily responds while the five girls share an anxious look together.

"I've gotta use the ladies room, talk later?" Aspen questions standing up, "Yeah" all three but Hanna responds standing up sensing something is wrong with Aspen.

"Yeah, I'll come with you" Hanna offers following the blonde into the ladies room doing her business and washing her hands seeing Hanna watching her every move.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Hanna questions, "Yeah, I'm good, just tired and really missing Jason as well as anxious to see him because of the whole Mrs Hastings taking Garrett's case" Aspen explains with a sigh.

"I get that, just make sure you're careful alright? I know how hotheaded Jason can get" Hanna says bringing Aspen in for a comforting hug.

"Thanks Han" Aspen smiles lowly exiting the bathroom with Hanna beside her seeing Caleb walking towards them with a stomp in his step.

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ASPEN LIES ON HER SOFA WATCHING a movie on her television hearing a loud knock on her apartment door.

"Spencer?" Aspen questions seeing the annoyed and hurt girl on the other side welcoming her into the apartment Aspen steps to the side.

"It's official, my mother is officially Garrett's lawyer and she's doing it for free!" Spencer mutters annoyed hearing Aspen suck in a deep breath.

"Oh" Aspen responds grabbing two glasses from her cupboard and pouring water into them for herself and Spencer.

"Ans that's not even the worst part, Melissa isn't even talking about it just supporting my mother all the way" Spencer rambles annoyed.

Aspen stares at the wall once again tuning out Spencer's ranting before feeling said girls hand placed on her forehead.

"Spenny, are you okay?" Spencer frowns seeing Aspen's breathing, "Jason's never gonna forgive me" Aspen responds releasing what sounds like a sigh of heartbreak.

"Yes he will, because he loves you" Spencer states firmly, "When is he getting back?" Spencer wonders looking around the apartment.

"Tomorrow" Aspen responds with a smile, "Tell him as soon as he gets home" Spencer states not wanting her half brother and best friend to break up due to Garrett's case.

Instead of going to Spencer's once the girls received Aria's SOS message.

Spencer suggested that they meet at Aspen's since no one is at the girls apartment and Melissa at the Hastings manor.

Aria fills the four of them in on what she found at the Marshall's house, "Earplugs?" Hanna wonders confused sitting on Aspen's sofa.

"That's what it said" Aria states, "Okay, tomorrow's Wednesday" Spencer mumbles.

"If it means this week" Emily huffs helping herself into Aspen's fridge knowing her cousin doesn't mind.

"I wish people would be more specific with their clues" Hanna scoffs, "I'll put it in the suggestion box" Aspen responds.

"What do we do about this?" Aria quizzes, "I want to know where Jenna is tomorrow at 4:15" Spencer responds seeing Aspen nodding agreeing with her.

"She asked about you, Em" Aria softly says, "What did she want to know?" Emily wonders confused.

"How you were holding up" Aria responds, "She wants to know if you can remember being in the car with her, she just can't come out and say it" Spencer mutters.

"This is crazy, it's like trying to read a book and someone keeps ripping out the pages" Emily voices.

"Em, we'll put it together, all right?" Hanna responds softly comforting the brunette.

"Yeah, we know that somewhere between being with us and getting to Alison's grave, you were with Jenna, we just have to find out how you got in the car and where you went, and we'll be that much closer to figuring out what happened that night" Spencer utters sitting beside Hanna on the sofa.

While Aria's phone rings, Aria motions to Aspen's bedroom so she can take the call.

Aspen nods gesturing at her room while Aria quickly answers her ringing mobile.

"Mom, hey" Aria greets closing the bedroom door for some privacy while the others stand in Aspen's living room.

"Have you spoken to your mom?" Emily questions while Spencer looks at Aspen sighing.

"Yeah, she gave a prepared statement and then she declined to answer any questions" Spencer responds.

"Why is she doing this?" Hanna exclaims angrily, "Melissa made her do it, I know, I just—I don't know why" Spencer comments.

"Is she afraid of something Garrett could say?" Emily quizzes genuinely curious about the whole case.

"Aspen and I had a thought about Garrett and Melissa" Hanna reveals looking at Aspen who nods.

"What kind of thought?" Spencer wonders, "A pretty nasty one" Aspen responds sipping on her mineral water.

"Okay, now you have to say it" Spencer demands gently, "What if Garrett and Melissa got together? I mean, he went to the hospital with her to get her ultrasound" Hanna explains.

"Where are you going with this?" Emily questions, "I'm saying, what if Ian's not the father of Melissa's baby?" Aspen interrogates with a shrug.

"Okay, next stop twilight zone" Spencer scoffs, "Wait, if Garrett got Melissa pregnant, why wouldn't she marry him?" Emily wonders.

"Well—my parents might not have liked Ian, but he still had it over a civil servant" Spencer voices with a squint filling in the blanks.

"Garrett was talking about medical records, we thought he was talking about Jenna's" Aspen explains hating the subject.

"Jenna's medical records wouldn't have changed your mother's mind, but—Melissa's—" Emily mumbles with a shrug looking at Spencer.

"So, my mom can't drive me to Philadelphia tomorrow, she has to speak with the vice-principal" Aria voices coming out from Aspen's bedroom standing beside Aspen.

"About what?" Emily asks, "I—I don't know, she didn't say" Aria explains with a shake of her head.

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HANNA, ARIA AND ASPEN sit outside Jenna and Jemma house waiting for this H.Cobb person to arrive.

"What time is it?" Hanna groans bored, "Uh, four o'clock" Aria responds from the backseat.

"Do you think H. Cobb is coming to her, or is she going to him, her, whatever" Hanna rambles in question.

"I couldn't tell from the note, it just said 'Cobb, 415,' and 'earplugs'" Aria explains.

"Earplugs?" Aspen frowns confused sharing a look with Hanna.

"I do not need things to get any weirder" Hanna sighs before smirking at Aspen who looks at her confused, "So, is pretty boy back yet?" Hanna smirks.

"No, he'll be back tonight and I'm freaking out" Aspen explains, "What why?" Hanna wonders.

"Because this whole case situation is messing with my head and I'm scared the second I see Jason, I'll wanna pounce on him—" Aspen rambles mumbling an apology for that information which Hanna and Aria smile at their blushing best friend in the passenger seat.

"Han, Ria, look!" Aspen states gesturing towards Jenna and Jemma walking out of the house and getting into a cab.

"I guess we're going for a ride" Aria voices while the three of them put their seatbelts on and follow Jenna and Jemma in the taxi ahead of them.

Aspen frowns noticing the taxi pulling off to the side of the street, "A medical building? All this for a crummy doctor's appointment? Seriously? What a rip" Hanna scoffs.

"Let's just go over there, look at the directory, and see what kind of doctor Dr. Cobb is" Aria explains watching Jemma and Jenna walk into the building together.

"Give her a minute to get out of the lobby, then we'll go" Aspen suggests hearing Hanna sigh annoyed.

Aria watches a car drives beside them, "Look" Aria demands, "Oh, my god, it's Jenna and Jemma!" Hanna exclaims turning the ignition on to her vehicle.

"Call Spencer and Em!" Aspen demands softly looking at Aria who nods dialling Spencer's number.

"Spence, call Emily, tell her we're following Jenna and Jemma" Aria exclaims into the phone urgently while Hanna follows behind Jenna's baby blue vehicle.

Spencer and Emily arrive after fifteen minutes seeing Aspen, Hanna and Aria parked on the strip, "They went in there" Hanna explains gesturing to 'H.Cobb — Guns n Ammo' where Jenna's car is parked.

"A gun-store? What is she doing at a—frickin' gun store?" Spencer snaps panicked, "Duh, can you say 'target practice'?" Hanna responds in a mocking voice.

"That's the car, isn't it?" Aria quizzes looking at Emily who's nodding, "That's the one" Emily reveals.

"Spence, did you call the hospital?" Hanna questions, "Yeah, I called" Spencer replies, "Are they—are they sending the records?" Aspen wonders.

"There aren't any records" Spencer explains, "What's that supposed to mean?" Aspen quizzes confused sharing the same look with the others surrounding her.

"It means that Melissa didn't lose her baby in June" Spencer states firmly while Aria notices Jenna and Jemma walking out of the store, "There they are" Aria voices.

Hanna and Aspen look at one another beginning to cross the road to confront the girl.

"Hanna, Aspen, stop, stop" Spencer demands trying to stop the two from snapping at Jenna and Jemma.

"No, Spencer, I'm sick of this, we're lying to everybody, everybody's lying to us—no mas" Hanna mutters following after Aspen who is half way towards the vehicle Jenna and Jemma just got into.

Aspen smirks seeing the look of shock on both of their faces seeing her and Hanna leaning against the bonnet of the car.

"Wow, Jenna, g'day Jemma" Aspen voices, "What a sight for sore eyes" Hanna mutters with a scoff and taunting smile.

Jenna pleads for the group to meet her around the corner in an alleyway for privacy, "All this time you could see" Spencer mutters.

"From the very first operation" Aria scoffs, "Yes" Jenna confirms nervously while Aspen glares at Jemma.

"How could you lie about this?" Emily questions, "It was the only protection I had" Jenna explains, "Protection from what?" Aspen snaps.

"Someone tried to burn down our house with me in it, remember?" Jenna responds.

"Oh yeah I remember saving you, and injuring myself in the process" Aspen snarls in disgust.

"If people think that you're blind, they get careless, you see what they don't think you can see" Jenna explains, "And you never told Toby" Spencer mutters.

"He was safer if he didn't know, Jemma only found out because I wasn't hiding it very well around her" Jenna voices hearing Aspen scoffing with a shake of her head.

"God, you are so twisted" Hanna seethes, "I wonder how I got that way?" Jenna mutters in response.

"No, you don't get to blame us or Ali for this—you made this decision not us" Aspen mutters with a scowl.

"And you fucking allowed this" Aspen adds looking at her old friend stood beside her.

"It's for her own safety" Jemma explains with a guilty look on her face.

"I was in your car that night" Emily voices in a suggestion, "Yes, you were" Jenna confirms.

"Where were you going?" Spencer questions, "I was just driving, you think I enjoyed carrying that cane? At least at night I could get out of town, get out of Rosewood, and not worry about anybody seeing me" Jenna responds looking at the five girls.

"Yeah, but somebody did see you" Aspen states crossing her arms over her chest.

"Dead of night, edge of town, and Emily was just standing there—in the middle of the road, I almost hit her" Jenna explains before looking directly at Emily.

"You were drunk and crying, talking about Maya, I couldn't just leave you there" Jenna says.

"Yeah, she might tell someone she saw you" Aspen scoffs, "Witnesses can be a bitch" Hanna taunts.

"She was so messed up that I thought that she wouldn't remember, and if she did, who would believe her?" Jenna responds looking at Emily once again.

"So I put you in the car and I was going to take you home, at least to the end of your street, but you freaked out when I stopped at the light and jumped out of the car, I couldn't take any more chances" Jenna explains.

"What time was this?" Spencer questions, "About twelve, twelve-thirty" Jemma speaks up after a while for Jenna.

"You have to  promise not to tell" Jenna states in a begging tone, "That you can see?" Emily asks.

"Are you kidding?" Spencer chuckles mockingly, "I am still a target" Jenna responds, "For who?" Aspen quizzes.

"If I knew that, then I wouldn't have to hide, you have to do this for me! I mean, you owe it to me, right?" Jenna demands emotionally, "All of you" Jemma states firmly knowing about the 'Jenna thing'.

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AFTER THE DRIVE HOME Aspen walks into her apartment seeing candles and rose peddles placed neatly on the floor.

"Surprise" Jason voices with a smile on her face, "You're home!" Aspen exclaims rushing into his arms inhaling his cologne and hearing Bowie bark happily seeing his human mother.

"How was your little getaway?" Aspen questions pecking Jason's lips as a welcome, "Busy, my back is actually aching" Jason explains seeing Aspen light up.

"Did you want a massage?" Aspen wonders, "Mhm-hmm" Jason sighs in relief feeling Aspen hands playing with his hair.

"God I missed you, so much" Aspen admits grabbing the massage oil from her bathroom and looking towards Jason laid out on their shared bed shirtless.

"I missed you more Asp" Jason voices feeling Aspen straddling his back sitting on his lower waist.

Pouring some of the oil into her palm and working her magical hands on Jason's sore muscles biting her lip while Jason groans and grunts in pleasure.

Jason sighs twisting around so now Aspen's straddling his waist leaning up and pecking her lips before sucking on her bare shoulder holding onto her hips tightly grinding herself over his hardening crotch.

Aspen sighs in pleasure into the kiss running her fingertips down Jason's bare chest and torso ending at the belt buckle on his pants undoing the object with a click.

The rest of the night Aspen and Jason's bedroom is shared with pure blissful moans and gasps of pleasure.

The couple latch onto each other's naked bare skin leaving marks and love-bites from their lovemaking as Jason takes his welcome home from his beautiful girlfriend happily.

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