Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer sat at the brew trying to decode what had become of their lives now that Ali had ceased to exist.

"Melissa told me she had a miscarriage when she was at Hilton Head with Ian." Spencer said "Ali never came to Rosewood so she never went after Ian. Melissa must have miscarried because of Ali."

"Ali was always dangling Noel in front of me like a toy" Aria said "I had such a crush on him but it wasn't until we started dating after her disappearance that he told me he'd always had a crush on me too."

"Toby and Mona" Spencer spit out. "How the hell did that happen?"

The girls shook their heads. No reason they could come up with explained it.

"Who are the flowers from Spence?" Hanna asked even though Spencer had already stated that there was no name on the card.

"I don't know" she shrugged "I guess I'll find out eventually."

"Ok so question" Aria said as they were leaving the brew "why is Toby popular?"

"Yeah" Hanna chimed in "He was never big man on campus so how did getting rid of Ali change that?"

"You know Ali totally trashed his reputation" Spencer reminded them "maybe he would have been"

"So are you going to this party or what?" Emily asked as the girls walked Spencer home.

"I don't know" Spencer sighed as they reached her back door "I mean you guys are probably right it's probably...."

Spencer stopped dead in her tracks. Standing in the middle of her room was a blonde girl.

"Ali?" They all asked in unison. The girl turned around and although she had blue eyes and flawless skin she was definitely not Ali.

"Abby" she said with an annoyed look on her face. "What's with the entourage Spence?"

"Class project" She answered wondering who this random was "what are you doing here....Abby?"

The blonde scoffed throwing her hair back before crossing her arms.

"You promised to watch my routine for the talent show"

"Right, I must have forgotten but I'm ready to see it now if you don't mind a slightly bigger audience" she said motioning to the girls.

"Please, I have to do this whole routine for like the entire school. A handful of people don't bother me."

Abby waltzed over to the CD player and turned on an up tempo song.

"Is she good?" Spencer whispered to Emily who'd taken numerous dance classes.

"Yes she's very good" Emily replied.

When she got done all the girls clapped.

"So you think this is better than my piano act?" Abby asked directly at Spencer.

"I'm really foggy today Abbs, maybe you could do the piano act again" Spencer said motioning to the piano.

"Ok" she said flouncing over to the instrument. She sat down and began playing "Paint It Black".

They watched as she furiously pounded on the piano with her brow furrowed in concentration. It was strangely sinister how she sang about darkness and a world covered in black.

When she was done the girls clapped even harder than before.

"It's hard to say Abby. Both acts are amazing." Spencer said the girls chiming in to agree.

"There's a rumor that a recruiter from Juilliard is going to be there so I need my absolute best.

"Go with piano" Spencer said confidently.

"Ok" she said with a half a smile. Melissa walked in with her daughter tottering in after her.

"Oh" Melissa said noticing all of Spencer's guests. "I see "it" is here" Melissa said shooting Abby a look.

"Oh Melissa, good to see you haven't had anymore accidents" Abby snapped.

"You had an accident?" Hanna asked before realizing what Abby had meant. "Oh"

"Abby could you be nicer to Melissa" Spencer said "she's been through a lot"

"Don't worry about it Spence. I don't care what this little psycho has to say about me." Melissa said taking Taylor out the back door that led to the barn.

"Don't want me to be too nice to her" Abby said rummaging through her bag. "I might accidentally tell her why Ian left her."

Heat flooded Spencer's cheeks. She didn't know this girl but she knew from how Abby said it exactly why Ian left. Ali had caught Spencer and Ian kissing and kept Spencer from pursuing the relationship any further. Apparently alternate universe Spencer had.

"I'm not the reason he left" Spencer said faking innocence.

"Oh you think you and him screwing on every available surface didn't have anything to do with it?"

"No" Spencer insisted. Spencer couldn't imagine any scenario where she would allow herself to repeatedly sleep with her sisters boyfriend but she couldn't argue the accusations when she had no memory of the things this Spencer had done.

The ringing of Abby's phone breaks the tension.

"That's my ride, I'll call you later."

"Who the hell was that?" Aria asked once Abby was gone.

"I think that was this universes Ali" Spencer said "she definitely felt like Ali"

"Did you really do it with Ian?" Hanna asked

"I never did but me in this world may have"

"Spence what's that?" Aria asked pointing to a large white box on the counter that Spencer hadn't noticed before. She walked over to it to see a card with her name scrawled on it. She opened the card and it said simply

For the party

Spencer opened the box and pulled out a little black dress.

"You have to go to this party" Hanna blurted out.

"It's obviously a set up" Aria said "it's so fricken obvious"

"Ok guys I need some air and you all have alternate lives to live at the moment. Let me digest this and decide what I'm going to do."

After bidding goodbye to the girls Spencer decided to investigate her bedroom to see if she could discern who the hell she was in this world.

She searched for a diary or pictures to give her some indication but Alison's voice echoes in her head.

Before you met me you were just a goodie goodie in plaid who did whatever mommy and daddy told her to.

She didn't have friends before Alison. School was always her number one priority. It looked like she'd never made any.

Spencer was wallowing in self pity and chocolate ice cream watching "The Notebook" when the doorbell rang. Spencer set the tub of ice cream down and headed for the door.

On the other side of the door was a blonde haired boy who to Spencer's surprise was a sight for sore eyes.

"Don't take this the wrong way but you look like crap." Andrew said taking in Spencer in a T-shirt and sweats covered in junk food crumbs.

"Andrew what are you doing here."

"It's Friday night."

"So...."

"It's date night"

"We're dating?" Spencer asked shocked Andrew wasn't really her type.

Andrew sighed before walking into the house.

"Are you high right now?"

"No"

"It's our fake date night"

"Fake date night?"

"Christ you gotta be fucking high"

"Just come sit and talk with me for a minute"

"Ok"

"What would you say if I told you I woke up this morning and everything about my life is different?"

"How so?"

"Ok so I'm really gonna sound high but I swear I'm not. I grew up and lived in an alternate reality where me, Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin, and Emily Fields were all best friends with a girl named Alison Dilaurentis."

Andrew just sat there so she continued.

"Ali was a big bully and she ruined our lives. We wished for her family to have never moved to Rosewood. That was last night and we woke up this morning in new lives none of us know anything about."

"Spencer you probably fell asleep on the couch watching this movie you've seen a million times and you had a crazy dream."

"No I'm telling you I know nothing about my life."

"Maybe I'm dreaming" Andrew said.

"Tell me about us and this fake date thing" Spencer said sitting up straight glad to finally have someone who could tell her something.

"We've been fake dating for three years"

"Three years? Why?"

"You always said it was important for you to be seen with someone."

"How does fake dating differ from real dating?"

"Well we don't have sex" Andrew joked "we only kiss in public and we usually split the check."

"Why would you do that for three years?"

"Because I foolishly hoped that one day I'd wake up and we'd be on a real date."

"Andrew" Spencer said feeling the urge to jump in his arms and kiss him "tonight we're going on a real date." Spencer said standing from the couch. "Just give me a little time to change."

***

"Where do we normally go for date night?" Spencer asked as she walked hand in hand with Andrew.

"Usually The Grill, then the movies or go karts"

"Go karts?"

"You love go karts"

"If you say so."

"Sometimes we order for each other"

"What do you mean?"

"Like we pick what each other's gonna eat? It's usually fun."

"That doesn't sound fun at all."

"That's what you said the first time I suggested it."

"Ok. I agreed to it once. I can do it again."

When the waitress came to the table Spencer was looking for something to order for Andrew and settled on a bacon cheeseburger. She was on pins and needles waiting to see what he would order for her. The Grill didn't serve squid did it?

Spencer was relieved when he ordered her a simple grilled ham and cheese sandwich with tomato. It was kind of fun. Like a little surprise or a little game.

The bell over the door at the grill rang as Toby and Mona walked in followed by Abby and Mike Montgomery.

"I didn't realize they were all friends" Spencer muttered as the door opened again revealing Toby's father and Spencer lost all the air in her lungs. There in a pale pink dress beside him was a woman Spencer had only ever seen in pictures. Marion Cavanaugh.

"Who?"

"Mona and Abby"

"They're all only together because it's family dinner night." Andrew said "Abby and Mona hate each other. There's no love lost between Mike and Toby either."

"So Abby......"

"Is Toby's little sister"

Spencer was freaking out internally as the waiter sat the six of them at the table next to her and Andrew.

"Spencer" Mrs. Cavanaugh beamed towards her "your mother told me the good news this afternoon."

"What good news?" She asked not looking at Toby who was now looking directly at her.

"That you got into Yale" she gushed "I am just so proud of you"

"When did my mother tell you this?" Spencer asked confused.

"At our Pilates class of course" Marion said as if Spencer should have known.

"Marion, honey, don't bother Spencer when she's on a date" Mr. Cavanaugh said regaining her attention.

Andrew called the waiter over as they both had finished their meal. Spencer's head was spinning as they walked through the town.

"You alright?" Andrew asked after awhile.

"Yeah"

When they reached the door Spencer was unsure whether she wanted to bring Andrew inside. Her mind and heart still clung to her old life where Toby was her boyfriend. This Spencer very likely had some sort of boyfriend she would be cheating on.

"Do you want to come in?" Spencer asked hesitantly.

"Depends on what I'm coming in for."

Spencer kissed him then with as much feeling as she could muster.

"Wow" Andrew said pulling away "you've never kissed me like that."

"First time for everything." She breathed. "Come inside"

The bright lights from inside the house were enough to almost blind them both. As Spencer turned into the kitchen she couldn't believe the sight she was seeing. In the living room her parents sat with hesitant smiles as Melissa and Ian sat across from them.

"I don't understand what makes a man leave his child" Peter said anger rising in his voice.

"Melissa wanted to protect me but I think you need to know the truth." Ian said "I was a drug addict. Anything I could get my hands on I would use. I tried really hard to get sober while Melissa was pregnant but I couldn't. Melissa told me until I got my act together I wasn't allowed to see our daughter.

"And you have your act together now?" Veronica asked.

"I've been sober a year."

Spencer hoped it was her old self talking but there was something in his voice that didn't ring true.

"I should go" Andrew said giving Spencer a light kiss on the lips.

"I'll call you later" Spencer said.

After Andrew left Spencer awkwardly took a seat with her parents. She had to suffer through half an hour of small talk before Melissa said they needed to get Taylor to bed.

Ian and Melissa left and then her parents told her they were going out for a couple drinks. Spencer was in the kitchen when the back door opened. She turned to see Ian.

"So tell me that's not the guy you dumped me for"

"I never dumped you we weren't in a relationship" Spencer said

"We were together, in every way possible for almost a year. Then you stopped taking my calls, you stopped meeting me. The night I left you told me you were in love with someone. Crazy in love. It doesn't seem like you love him at all."

"Ian you need to stop whatever we had is over."

"How can you talk about us like that? Like we didn't even matter?"

Maybe because I don't remember it.

"I'm not gonna go away" Ian insisted.

"Then I am" Spencer said stalking up the stairs.

Spencer walked into her room and picked up her phone from her bed. Andrew told her on fake dates she usually got a phone call and cut the night short so she left it on her bed. She gasped as the screen lit up to see 5 missed calls from an unknown number and an SOS from Hanna.