chapter thirty two
touched by an 'a'-ngel
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Josie had stayed the night at Hanna's, not wanting her to be alone, but she went back home early so she could get changed and get ready for school. Spencer has called her while she was getting ready and told her about what she and Emily had found in Jason's shed, which to say creeped her out a bit, but she knew she can't jump to conclusions because every time they thought someone was after them or was 'A' and they were wrong. Josie had found Richie at his locker when she arrived, she knew Spencer and Emily would be talking to Aria and didn't wanna get in the middle of that, and Hanna wasn't there.

"Hey," she greeted him with a smile, causing him to turn to her. "Hi," he said, shutting his locker before greeting her with a kiss, not caring if people saw. The kiss made Josie smile, and for a moment she felt like her life was semi-normal. "So, how's Hanna?" he asked as they linked hands and walked through the halls. "She's okay.... sad but I think he'll be back, he loves Hanna." she said with a smile.

"Imagine if Caleb is your half-brother," Richie jokes, making Josie laugh as well as she looked over at her boyfriend. "Yeah, be weird," she said, thinking about it. Now that Richie had said it, the thought wouldn't go away. He was new, she had known almost all the guys in her year, but him, but she tried to rid her head of the thought as she looked away from Richie, not wanting him to know his joke had made brain spin.

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Josie was at home, watching a movie when she had gotten a message from Hanna saying to come over. Apparently 'A' had given Emily a massage. Josie was sitting on Hanna's bed when Spencer walked back into the room with a warm cup of tea for Emily. "Here," Spencer said, handing the mug to Emily. "Small sips." she advised since the cup was hot. Emily grabbed it before Spencer took a seat on Hanna's bed with Josie. "You know what the worst part is?" Emily asked as she looked at her friends. "If I had just looked up during that massage,  we'd know who 'A' is." Emily said sadly as Josie frowned.

"What did the hands feel like, a guy or a girl?" Hanna asked as she looked towards Emily who was next to her on the daybed. "I-i thought like a girl, but... now I don't know." Emily said, thinking about it. "Do you wanna take another shower Em?" Josie asked softly as she looked towards Emily. "No, I think five is enough." Emily answered as Spencer sighed. "I could use one." she admitted, making the girls look at her. "I've felt gross ever since I discovered Ian's video's might have had more than one camera man," she said as Josie sighed and shook her head,

"That thought is another level of creepy." she spoke with a grimace and Hanna nodded in agreement. "What's even creepier is that one of those guys has a gun, and a badge." Spencer spoke up. "And a relationship with Jenna, who hates us, and hated Ali even more." Emily said as she looked at Spencer. "So, which one is 'A'?" Hanna asked. Good question Han Josie thought as she layed on her stomach on the bed. "That 's the thing," Spencer said before getting up. "Ever since we realized 'A' made ian's death look like a suicide, we've been thinking that 'A' and the killer are the same person." Spencer said as she walked around Hanna's room.

"What if 'A' is a group of people, all playing together for the same team?" Spencer said, walking back towards Hanna's bed but not sitting down. "Or the same club." Josie mused as she looked up at Spencer before the doorbell rings. "That's probably Aria, and my guess is she has something that she wants to say to me." Spencer said as she walked towards the door, not before turning to her friends. "If I'm not back in five minutes, send a rescue team." she said before walking out the door to meet Aria as Hanna and Josie shook their heads in amusement before Emily's phone kept going off, making her lean over to grab it as the girls looked at her with a raised  brow. "It's nothing." Emily assured the girls once she noticed them looking at her.

⎯ AUTHORS NOTE
new chapter !! sorry i've been inactive i've had no motivation for writing or anything also semi-short chapter because Josie wasn't in the plot lines much this episode but enjoy richie and josie fluff <333