The girls took turns drinking from a giant bottle of vodka as they sat in Spencer's Barn. Ali had no sooner been arrested and hauled off to jail for Mona's murder then they had received a message from A.

"You know what I wish?" Hanna announced from her slumped position on the couch "I wish Ali and her family had never moved to Rosewood"

"We had this talk once Han" Spencer said as checked her phone. Toby had been texting/sexting her all night. He was out with Ezra and Caleb and they had agreed to meet up later if neither one of them was completely obliterated. The way Spencer was feeling now they'd only be able to meet up if Toby came to the barn. She was pretty confident she couldn't walk to the door "if it weren't for Ali, we wouldn't be friends"

"No I don't believe that" Aria jumped up as she began stripping off her jacket "we were meant to be friends. We would've been friends without Ali."

The three girls looked to Emily. She'd been especially quiet.

"I agree with Hanna" she said drinking from the bottle "Rosewood would be a better place if Ali's family had just stayed in Georgia."

"Mona would be alive" Hanna muttered.

"A wouldn't exist" Spencer chipped in

"We'd just be four normal teenage girls" Aria added.

Spencer

The sunlight streams in her window as she wakes up. She can't pinpoint it but something feels different. She's just about to get up from bed when a small child jumps onto her bed.

"I must be dreaming" she thinks to herself. 

"Taylor!" Melissa yells coming into the room "how many times have I told you not to bother your aunt Spencer.

Aunt Spencer?

"This has to be a dream" Spencer groaned laying back down.

"It's not and you better get up, you don't want to be late for school"

Spencer is shocked when she comes downstairs and Melissa is pleading with her father.

"Please daddy, please?" Melissa begs.

"What is this Peter? The third or fourth time?" Veronica scoffs as she enters the kitchen.

"I need the money for rent daddy, you're not going to let me and Taylor be homeless are you"

"Of course not" He agreed "the two of you are welcome to live in the barn if you need a place to stay but I'm sorry I'm not giving you any more money."

Peter and Veronica left without another word. Spencer went to the coffee pot to pour a cup and couldn't miss the sound of Melissa's sobbing.

"I'm sure you're loving this" she sniffled "you're their favorite now."

Not knowing what to say Spencer just went to Melissa and hugged her.

"He told me he loved me. He said he wanted us to be a family. How could he leave me? Leave us?"

"I don't know Melissa"

Aria

She wakes up on a couch with a fleece blanket tossed over her. She can see her clothes scattered on the floor. Off in the distance she hears someone singing "Thunder"

As she pulls her clothes on she ascertains that she is at Noel's cabin.

In an adjacent room she finds Noel playing a guitar.

She stands there admiring his voice.

"Hey sunshine" he smiles setting down the guitar to kiss her. "How'd you sleep? I would've carried you to my room but the 'rents haven't left yet."

"That's fine" Aria stuttered "I should get home and change for school."

Aria was trying to sneak in the house without being seen when lights came on.

"Well Byron, would you look at that? Our oldest sneaking in at 6 in the morning."

"I see that Ella"

"What are you guys doing here together?" She was already startled at the fact she'd woken up naked at Noel's and had obviously slept with him. Now she was home and her parents were acting like they were still married. It's was just then she noticed the wedding ring on her mother's finger. They were still married!

"Don't try to turn things around on us Aria." Her mom said "now we know you like this boy, this Noel you've been seeing but you really need to make sure you're being careful."

"I am" Aria said quickly before running to her room. She remembered wishing Ali away the night before. Had it worked?

Hanna

Hanna groaned as she rolled over in bed not believing how sluggish she was. She opened her eyes and began panicking. She had gained 30 lbs overnight.

She remembered the night before wishing Ali gone. Ali had been the one to give her an eating disorder that ultimately turned her perspective around so she would take better care of herself.

Hanna was still pondering this when she got an SOS from Emily.

Hanna quickly dressed and darted over to Emily's house. She was just at Emily's side walk when she bumped into Aria and Spencer no doubt on their way to Emily's as well.

When they knocked on the door Pam answered looking surprised to see them.

"Spencer? Aria? Hanna? What are you girls doing here?" She asked.

It took the girls a minute to realize that if this truly wasn't a dream and they really had wished Ali away, they weren't friends anymore.

"We have a presentation due at school and we just want to double check what everyone is going to say" Spencer jumped in.

Pam motioned for the girls to go up to Emily's room. When they walked in, Emily's face was streaked with tears.

"What is it Em" Hanna asked.

"Whatever it is, it can't be that bad" Aria said.

Emily turned over a framed photo. It was a picture of her and Ben. It was the same picture she had always kept on her nightstand when they were dating.

"This was on my nightstand when I woke up. I thought it was a sick "A" joke until I went downstairs and I tried to talk to my mom about Alison's arrest and she said she didn't know what I was talking about."

"We wished Ali away, she never came to Rosewood, which means I never fell in love with her, and I never broke up with Ben. You guys I never came out to my parents, or anyone else."

"Well you still can. It's not too late" Hanna encouraged.

"Hanna, coming out was the hardest thing I ever had to do. The thought of doing it all over again...."

"You don't have to" Spencer interrupted "you can just wait until you're ready."

After the girls had all explained what they'd woken up to, they agreed to head to school. They were just stepping onto the sidewalk in front of the school when Ben approached them.

"Babe" he said grabbing her arm "what are doing talking to these losers?" He said pulling her from them into the school.

"Well if there was any doubt about us being friends, it's crystal clear now" Spencer said.

Aria was about to object when Noel came up to her putting his arm around her.

"What are you doing talking to her?" He said half angry and half annoyed. "I told you about that" Just like Emily, Aria was soon being carted as well.

"So you think anyone else is gonna come up to us and say we can't be friends?" Hanna asked as she readjusted her bag.

"We'll stick together Hanna Banana I swear" Spencer promised.

The two walked in ready to brace the halls of Rosewood High.

"I totally think we should have some retail therapy after school today." Hanna said turning to Spencer but the brunette was looking behind her, her eyes brimming with tears. Hanna looked in the direction Spencer was looking and could barely contain her gasp. Mona Vanderwaal and Toby Cavanaugh were making out against the lockers across the hall.

"Oh Spence, I'm so sorry" Hanna said.

"I guess when I wished Ali away, I wished him away too." Spencer sobbed.

Hanna went to hug her but she pulled back.

"No, I can't be seen falling apart here at school. I'll fall apart at home. What were you saying about some retail therapy?" Spencer said with a hint of a smile.

Hanna and Spencer were at lunch when pop music started playing out of a huge stereo. Noel Kahn appeared with Aria by his side holding a card board box.

"Well, it's that time of year kids. My invitation only black and white party. If you don't get an invitation, you can't come."

"Every year he changes up who's invited" Cindy whispered to Spencer and Hanna.

"If you get invited, not going is not an option." Mindy added.

"First invitation goes to my girl Aria Montgomery." Noel announced pulling a silvery white envelope from the box and handing it to her she smiled, slipping it in her purse.

"Next my best bro, Toby Cavanaugh" he announced "my best bro's girl" he continued handing one to Mona.

Noel continued handing out envelopes to every popular kid in school.

Spencer watched as Aria stared into what had to be an almost empty box.

"Only one invitation left...." he paused "who's going to get it?"

Noel sauntered over to Hanna and Spencer's table.

"Spencer Hastings, the invitation gods have smiled on you" he smirked pulling out the envelope "welcome to the elite"

Spencer looked to Aria sure this was her doing but she shook her head infinitesimally. No she wouldn't have gotten Spencer invited and left Hanna.

Spencer looked at Hanna who was preoccupied with her hands. She had promised to stick with her, even if it was at the loser table.

"I'm not going" Spencer announced making the entire cafeteria gasp.

"You have to" Noel insisted.

"I'm not going unless Hanna is invited too" Spencer said forcefully. Noel took back the invitation pulling the invitation out and unfolding it. He wrote +1 at the bottom before handing it back to her.

"Consider her invited" he said through gritted teeth.

After school, Emily and Aria managed to ditch their handlers under the guise of getting coffee and studying so they could meet up with Hanna and Spencer. The three girls tried to convince Spencer it was a bad idea to go to Noel's party.

"There's a catch Spencer" Hanna said as they walked to Spencer's house "haven't you ever seen any teen movie?"

"If you guys don't think I should go I won't go" Spencer huffed as she stepped into her living room. She noticed almost immediately a large bouquet of red roses on the counter."

Spencer checked for a card and found one with her name on it. It had two words.

Forgive me

So what do you think? Does Noel and Co have a nasty surprise waiting for Spencer? Who sent Spencer the roses and why do they want her forgiveness? What other crazy things are in store in this AU Rosewood? Stay tuned to find out.