‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ◟ ⠀ ₍ 🗝️ ₎ ⠀* ⠀⠀ 𝙩𝙬𝙤 ⠀⠀ can ⠀⠀ keep ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ a ⠀⠀ 𝓈ecret ⠀ ⠀ ᭢ຶ⵿.˳⠀ ⠀⠀ if ⠀⠀ one ⠀⠀ of ⠀⠀ them ⠀⠀ is ⠀⠀ d̳e̳a̳d̳. ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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exactly new york city. did you move here recently?”
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[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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“i’m aria, nice to meet you.” she shook his hand, before her eyes darted to the joint. “i do. just moved back from iceland.” she fully turned towards him now. “yeah, rosewood isn’t *̲
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[‎𒀭 ࣪ ͙͘͡🇮🇪 ⁺ ‍ ‍ ‍𝓂ᴱ͟ᴿᶜ𝙸𝙻𝙴𝚂𝚂 ‍ ‍ 𝔠𝓊nt . @woesets]

a nod , staring back at her , blinking slowly . “ yeah , it looks super cool . i’m naoise . ” holding a hand out for her to shake before reaching into his pocket , placing a pre-rolled joint betwix lips . “ do you live

[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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aria gave a smile. “you think so? thanks.�� hazel eyes study him for a second, was he new in town or was she just terrible at paying attention to other people now?
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[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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not at all focused on her surroundings, the brunette had other things on her mind. flinching at the sudden voice coming from behind, but loosing up at the compliment. a turn of her head, *̲
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[‎𒀭 ࣪ ͙͘͡🇮🇪 ⁺ ‍ ‍ ‍𝓂ᴱ͟ᴿᶜ𝙸𝙻𝙴𝚂𝚂 ‍ ‍ 𝔠𝓊nt . @woesets]

gaze lifting from pint , narrowing eyes at the girl two seats away from him . leaning slightly towards * @ivorinse , thick accent dragged outwards with intoxication . “ psst , i like your shirt . cool … design . ”

[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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at last. “so, i’ll see you there after classes, then?”
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[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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“i really hope you’re right, han. we deserve some good news.” but aria wasn’t convinced, because even if spencer had found some sort of clue———it usually meant trouble, too. nothing was *̲
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[࣪ ❀ ‍ ‍𝐩͟𝐫͟𝐞͟𝐭͟𝐭͟𝐲͟𝚕͟𝚒͟𝚊͟𝚛͟． @itgrled]

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〝 well, duh. 〞 a heavy sigh, tongue doused in spite ⎯⎯⎯ directed at the situation more⎯so than at her friend. people cared to approach her at parties, but it was a challenge to be special in a spiritually messy hallway. »
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[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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private anymore either, ‘𝘈’ was tracking their every step and every conversation, it was extremely unnerving. at least all four of them were in this together (…) best friends *̲
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[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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in a place like this. “but i don’t think spencer is making us come over to do 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 this time.” her voice lowered to a whisper, “something else is going on.”
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[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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aria was still getting used to being back in rosewood, and with everything that has been going on it hasn’t exactly been… 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲. so many secrets were pilling up, and not all she could share *̲
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[࣪ ❀ ‍ ‍𝐩͟𝐫͟𝐞͟𝐭͟𝐭͟𝐲͟𝚕͟𝚒͟𝚊͟𝚛͟． @itgrled]

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curls waft at the snap of head, toward aria, apprehension overpowering the curiosity that seeps into her, deep and continuous; the girls’ friendship had been far from simple when alison was present and A wasn’t, but it was more »
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[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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with the rest of the girls. “i haven’t.” the brunette confirmed. “and i really hope it stays that way.” opening her locker as if that would give the two more secrecy *̲
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[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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just stay out of this. it doesn’t concern you, anyway.
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[͙͘͡✴︎ ‍‍ ‍‍ bl𝔬𝔬d ‍‍ ‍‍ ┈┉ ‍‍ ‍‍ 𝚂𝚄𝙲𝙺𝙴𝚁 . @strikevour]

you and your little friends aren’t good at whispering in school . or perhaps maybe i have good hearing and i like to eavesdrop .

[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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no??????
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[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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it’s no one. how do you even know about this? who told you?
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[͙͘͡✴︎ ‍‍ ‍‍ bl𝔬𝔬d ‍‍ ‍‍ ┈┉ ‍‍ ‍‍ 𝚂𝚄𝙲𝙺𝙴𝚁 . @strikevour]

okay chillax . i just want to know who this a dude is . do you know them ?

[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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just forget about it. * 🙂
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[͙͘͡✴︎ ‍‍ ‍‍ bl𝔬𝔬d ‍‍ ‍‍ ┈┉ ‍‍ ‍‍ 𝚂𝚄𝙲𝙺𝙴𝚁 . @strikevour]

okay damn . defensive much ?

[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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NO.
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[͙͘͡✴︎ ‍‍ ‍‍ bl𝔬𝔬d ‍‍ ‍‍ ┈┉ ‍‍ ‍‍ 𝚂𝚄𝙲𝙺𝙴𝚁 . @strikevour]

ooooooh does it stand for aria ?

[͙͘͡✴︎ ‍‍ ‍‍ bl𝔬𝔬d ‍‍ ‍‍ ┈┉ ‍‍ ‍‍ 𝚂𝚄𝙲𝙺𝙴𝚁 . @strikevour]

who tf is * a ?

[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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how she was always a bit creeped out by him. now without alison being there to feed into it, she was a little more open minded. “sorry, did you need anything?”
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[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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“oh, hi—–—yeah.” embarrassingly enough she didn’t remember his name, but she remembered his story. well, […] the story alison told her, who knew how much was true. still, aria remembered *̲
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[͙͘͡✴︎ ‍‍ ‍‍ bl𝔬𝔬d ‍‍ ‍‍ ┈┉ ‍‍ ‍‍ 𝚂𝚄𝙲𝙺𝙴𝚁 . @strikevour]

slowly approaching * @ivorinse with a frown . sunken eyes slowly falling to his shoes , a small inhale before speaking . “ aria , right ? ” he knew that , one of the girls who’d terrorized him during middle school , but it

[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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the meeting was called, but aria was kept in the dark————and she hadn’t gotten any cryptic message from ‘A’ today either.
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[‍ ‍ ‍ ▎ ‍ 𝒜𝚁𝙸𝙰. @ivorinse]

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catching up to @itgrled in the halls of rosewood high, walking beside her friend. “are you coming to spencer’s tonight? em’s gonna be there, too.” it was probably important with how sudden *̲
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