003 ╱ kingdom of the blind
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OVER THE next few days, Te'a and the rest of the girls keep it on the down low that they know Jenna's secret of being able to see.

"What are we looking at?" Te'a quizzes making herself known to the others in the courtyard of the school.

"Her." Aria responds nodding her head in Jenna's direction while the brunette reads braille oblivious to the fact the five girls are staring at her in disgust.

"God, what a performance." Hanna mutters scowling at the brunette, "Can you imagine faking it for so long?" Emily inquires tilting her head.

"What do you think she's planning?" Aria questions, "Well, that's what you have to find out. She trusts you. Or at least she wants you to think that she does." Spencer explains.

"Great. That─ that's awesome." Aria utters sarcasm laced in her tone, "Hey, I'll trade you Mona for Jenna." Hanna suggests shrugging.

"No, thanks." Aria says almost immediately, "I think I felt safer when Mona wasn't talking." Emily voices.

"Oh. There she goes." Spencer says noticing Jenna walking off into the corridors of the school for her next class.

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

"Yeah. No." Te'a responds shaking her head not really in the mood for detention since she has plans after school.

"God, Hanna, you have all the subtlety of a hand grenade." Spencer mumbles.

"Thank you." Hanna smiles receiving confused looks from the rest of the girls.

"Has your mom said anything to you about taking Garrett's case?" Emily questions while herself and Spencer lead the group into the corridor with the lockers.

"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 explains with an exhausted sigh.

While Lucas storms past them after having an argument with Vice-principal Hackett in the hallway.

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TE'A WALKS through the hallways of the hospital towards Rudy's hospital room standing at the door noticing Jason spending some quality time with his son.

"A sight I never thought I'd be able to see." Te'a voices smiling at the sight of her ex boyfriend holding their son.

"Did the nurse tell you the good news?" Jason questions, "Yeah. His doing really well and almost ready to go home." Te'a responds smiling at the thought of bringing her baby home.

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THE NEXT day, Te'a sits with the girls at the lunch table in the middle of the cafeteria to hear what Jenna said to Aria moments before lunch, "'Look it in the eye'?" Spencer repeats shocked.

"That's what she said." Aria confirms sitting in middle of Hanna and Te'a, "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 states, "Yeah, like that other earring." Te'a voices.

"If you find that, case closed. Jenna is working with this A." Spencer utters.

"It's not just the earring that we have to worry about." Aria says.

"Whoever opened Ali's grave found all the other things we put inside that coffin." Emily murmurs.

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

"Maybe this is a trap." Emily suggests looking around the table at the others while Te'a yawns due to not sleeping much last night, "I'm also pretty good at running." Aria states smiling at the others.

Emily's phone chimes making the brunette pick it up with a sigh, "Do you remember when she knocked over that beehive?" Hanna inquires with a chuckle while Te'a tilts her head in question.

"It's your mom. She posted the grades for that makeup test. Might as well get that over with." Emily explains exhaling while viewing her results.

"Wait a minute. You knocked over that beehive." Te'a voices looking at Hanna confused.

"Yeah, but it's a better story if she did it." Hanna responds smirking.

"No, this can't be right. I got a 94 on the test." Emily explains shocking the others, "Whoa!" Spencer states shocked.

"I wish I was pulling nineties. And you know what... Em, don't go all Spencer on your grades." Hanna says.

"Excuse me." Spencer scoffs offendedly while Te'a laughs at the girls face.

"No, I couldn't have gotten that. I didn't even finish the test." Emily explains a little panicked, "So it was a mistake." Hanna suggests.

"But you don't think it was a mistake." Aria says looking at Emily's worried expression.

"The last thing I need right now is people thinking I cheated." Emily responds staring at her phone.

"Wait, Em. You think that someone went into the school computer and boosted your grade?" Hanna questions.

"Someone in particular?" Spencer quizzes, "All right, wait. Are we getting a little paranoid right now?" Aria inquires.

"You're not paranoid if someone's really out to get you." Emily firmly states looking at Aria and then the others all sharing the same look with one another.

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"OH! T, I've been meaning to ask, are you okay? My mom mentioned you being at the hospital a lot this past week." Spencer questions while gaining Te'a's attention.

"Yeah. I'm all good. I've been at the hospital a lot visiting Erin and my dad... and Jasper." Te'a explains trailing off at the sudden information she just told Spencer and the others.

"Erin had the baby?" Hanna shrieks with a smile on her face.

"Yeah. Last night, kinda why I've been so in and out of concentration today." Te'a explains while biting her lower lip silently questioning herself if she wants to tell them about Rudy as well.

"Well, tell Erin and Mr. Lowe, I said congratulations on the new arrival of the family. And I cannot wait to meet him!" Spencer responds smiling at the blonde who's nodding her head.

"I will." Te'a confirms, "I've gotta make a quick call to someone. I'll be back in like five minutes. Ten, max." Te'a explains quickly rushing out of the school towards the parking lot.

Where she can make a private phone call to Jason─ who's at the hospital with Rudy and also helping Erin with things if she needs anything since the woman needed an emergency caesarean for her and Jasper's safety.

"Hey. Are you okay?" Jason greets answering the phone call, "Yeah. Just wanted to check in and see how Rudy's doing. And Erin as well." Te'a explains.

"Rudy's doing good. And so is Erin and Jasper." Jason responds, "Good. That's... good." Te'a mumbles.

"Blondie, what else is bothering you? Come on, Te'a. Tell me." Jason demands softly.

"I want to tell my friends about Rudy. Before they find out from someone else." Te'a suggests.

"Well gorgeous, I'm more than okay with you telling your friends about Rudy... as long as you're happy with that decision." Jason responds.

"Thanks Jase. I'm gonna tell them about our son." Te'a confirms with a smile present on her face.

"Okay." Jason murmurs before ending the phone call leaving Te'a in the parking lot of the school with thoughts spiralling inside her head.

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TE'A STROLLS through the door of her house noticing her father walking down the staircase with packed bag attached to his side.

"Hey Tulip." Riven greets his daughter, "Hey dad. Off to the hospital?" Te'a questions.

"Yeah. The nurses said that Erin can get changed into her own clothes since she's doing incredibly well for someone who had surgery less than thirteen hours ago." Riven explains noticing Te'a nodding at her in understanding.

"She was so brave." Te'a responds with a low sniffle remembering back to when she was in labour with Rudy.

"Yes, she was. And so were you, honey. You were so fucking strong during Rudy's birth." Riven firmly states shocking Te'a with the language he just used.

Riven walks towards Te'a slouched figure knowing she's been going through a lot these last few months.

"I love you. Jason loves you. Erin loves and adores you. And you wanna know who else loves you? Rudy and now Jasper..." Riven softly murmurs wiping Te'a's fallen tears off the blonde girls cheeks and gently kisses her forehead.

"You're still my little girl. You always will be." Riven voices making Te'a smile.

"I love you, pops." Te'a whispers wrapping her arms around Riven's shoulders tightly.

"I love you more, tulip." Riven says gently rubbing Te'a back.

"Go. And make sure you tell my little brother how much his sister loves him." Te'a says sniffling.

"I will. Goodnight, sweet-girl." Riven whispers leaving the Lowe household and Te'a inside to make some dinner while sighing knowing how rough it's gonna be with two newborns in the house.

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"HI. SORRY, I'm late. My dad was home getting some stuff for Erin." Te'a explains taking a seat on Spencer's bed beside Emily and Hanna while Aria and Spencer stand near them.

"Earplugs?" Hanna quizzes once Aria finishes telling them what she found while she was snooping in Jenna's room, "That's what it said." Aria confirms.

"Okay, tomorrow's Wednesday." Spencer voices, "If it means this week." Emily states looking at the others.

"I wish people would be more specific with their clues." Hanna mutters clearly frustrated.

"Yeah. I'll put it in the suggestion box." Spencer responds, "So, what do we do about this?" Aria inquires looking at the others.

"I want to know where Jenna is tomorrow at 4:15." Spencer firmly states.

"She asked about you, Em." Aria reveals confusing Emily, "What did she want to know?" Emily asks with a frown.

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

"This is crazy. It's like trying to read a book and someone keeps ripping out the pages." Emily quietly explains before releasing a sigh.

"Em, we'll put it together, all right?" Te'a states looking at the stressed brunette.

"Yeah. We know that somewhere between being with us and getting to Alison's grave, you were with Jenna," Spencer voices while pacing around her room before facing the others once again.

"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 states.

Aria quickly answers a phone call from her mom excusing herself into another room for some privacy.

"Have you spoken to your mom?" Emily questions looking at Spencer.

"Yeah. She gave a prepared statement. And then she declined to answer any questions." Spencer explains.

"Okay, why is she doing this?" Hanna exclaims visibly frustrated.

"Melissa made her do it. I know. I just... I don't know why." Spencer responds, "Is she afraid of something Garrett could say?" Emily questions.

"I had a thought about Garrett and Melissa." Hanna states out of nowhere, "What kind of thought?" Te'a wonders looking at Hanna beside her.

"A pretty nasty one." Hanna responds, "Okay, now you have to say it." Spencer demands.

"What if Garrett and Melissa got together? I mean, he went to the hospital with her to get her ultrasound." Hanna says, "Where are you going with this?" Emily wonders.

"I'm saying, what if Ian's not the father of Melissa's baby?" Hanna suggests, "Okay, next stop twilight zone." Spencer mutters.

"Wait. If Garrett got Melissa pregnant, why wouldn't she marry him?" Emily inquires confused.

"Well... my parents might not have liked Ian, but he still had it over a civil servant." Spencer states.

"Garrett was talking about medical records... we thought he was talking about Jenna's." Hanna explains.

"Jenna's medical records wouldn't have changed your mother's mind, but... Melissa's..." Emily voices trailing off at the thought.

While sharing looks with Te'a, Spencer and Hanna almost like they're realising something.

"So, my mom can't drive me to Philadelphia tomorrow. She has to speak with the vice-principal." Aria explains walking back into Spencer's bedroom.

"About what?" Emily asks, "I-I don't know. She didn't say." Aria responds with a shrug.

"Before we all separate for the night, I wanted to tell you all something. Now that Aria's back from being on the phone," Te'a voices wiping her sweaty palms on her jeans.

Before grabbing her phone from her pocket receiving raised brows from Spencer, Aria and Emily while Hanna smiles knowing Te'a is telling them about Rudy finally.

"While I was away in New York... and part of the reason why I didn't come back for a while was because of this..." Te'a explains handing Emily her phone since she's now in the middle of Aria and Spencer.

Aria looks at the photo on the phone wide eyed while Spencer and Emily stare at each other genuinely shocked.

"Girls... meet Rudy, my son." Te'a states smiling.

"He's so gorgeous. Oh my god! Congratulations T!" Spencer shrieks hugging the blonde.

"You have a baby... and look like that. Go momma!" Aria smiles while Emily grows teary eyed still looking at the photo of the newborn baby on Te'a's phone.

"So cute. When can we meet him? And who's the father?" Emily questions in a ramble.

"Em, breathe. And you can meet him soon, as soon as he gets out of hospital. And Jason is his father," Te'a explains while Spencer gasps covering her mouth.

"Which means... Spence, he's your nephew." Te'a states knowing that Spencer and Jason share the same father since the DiLaurentis male explained that to Te'a before she arrived back in Rosewood.

"So, you and Jason are..." Spencer questions confused, "Spence, Aria, Han, Em... I'm not a Lowe anymore." Te'a reveals shocking the four girls once Te'a shows them the ring on the necklace around her neck.

"Jason and I got married a few weeks before Rudy was born. Although, his birth was rushed and sudden." Te'a explains.

"Mrs DiLaurentis. Oh my gosh!" Hanna exclaims with a happy shriek for a best friend while the group of girls share a tight hug with one another celebrating the girl's marriage and recent family member who joined the craziness.

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STROLLING THROUGH the hospital and towards Rudy's hospital room.

"I told them." Te'a states strolling into the room looking at Jason spending some skin-to-skin contact with Rudy.

"Well that's good, Mrs DiLaurentis. Now I don't need to pretend not to be with you." Jason explains pecking Te'a's lips.

"Well I'm excited to finally look at you like your wife." Te'a explains smiling at the dirty blonde gently scooting on the hospital bed to make room for the beautiful woman.

"I love you both so much." Te'a murmurs gazing up at Jason's eyes.

"I love you so much. And I love Rudy so much as well." Jason softly says while running his fingers through Te'a's curly blonde hair soothing the blonde off to sleep in the presence of their son and her husband.

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SPENCER QUICKLY picks Te'a up from the hospital after Aria and Hanna called them stating they were following Jenna.

"She went in there." Hanna explains pointing to the building where Jenna's vehicle is parked outside of once Emily, Te'a and Spencer arrive.

"A gun store? What is she doing at a... frickin' gun store?" Spencer exclaims reading the name of the building.

"Duh. Can you say "target practice"?" Hanna shrugs, "That's the car, isn't it?" Aria questions looking at Emily, "That's the one." Emily confirms nodding.

"Spence, did you call the hospital?" Hanna inquires, "Yeah, I called." Spencer lowly responds.

"Are they... are they sending the records?" Aria wonders, "There aren't any records." Spencer responds.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Te'a quizzes confused, "It means that Melissa didn't lose her baby in June." Spencer explains.

"There she is." Aria whispers gesturing to Jenna walking out of the store back to her vehicle.

"Okay." Spencer mumbles while Hanna begins storming her way towards the 'blind' girl, "Hanna, stop. Stop." Spencer orders trying to stop the blonde.

"No, Spencer, I'm sick of this. We're lying to everybody, everybody's lying to us. No mas." Hanna mutters storming towards the vehicle while Te'a, Spencer, Emily and Aria watch from behind.

Before Jenna motions for the rest of them to follow her towards the end of the street to talk about them figuring out her secret.

"All this time you could see." Spencer utters, "From the very first operation." Aria voices, "Yes." Jenna responds.

"How could you lie about this?" Te'a questions, "It was the only protection I had." Jenna states, "Protection from what?" Hanna asks.

"Someone tried to burn down our house with me in it, remember? 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 utters, "He was safer if he didn't know." Jenna responds.

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

"I was in your car that night." Emily voices, "Yes, you were." Jenna confirms, "Where were you going?" Te'a wonders.

"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 voices looking at the five girls surrounding her, "Yeah, but somebody did see you." Spencer states.

"Dead of night, edge of town, and Emily was just standing there... In the middle of the road. I almost hit her. You were drunk and crying, talking about Maya. I couldn't just leave you there." Jenna explains looking at Emily and then the others.

"Yeah, she might tell someone she saw you." Aria mutters, "Witnesses can be a bitch." Hanna smirks.

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

"You have to promise not to tell." Jenna pleads looking at the five girls, "That you can see?" Emily quizzes.

"Are you kidding?" Spencer taunts, "I am still a target." Jenna mumbles, "For who?" Te'a inquires confused.

"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? All of you." Jenna firmly states still looking at the five girls surrounding her and reminding them that they owe her considering they were the ones with Alison the night she was blinded.

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