Pretty Little Liars

Previously on Pretty Little Liars.

There's someone Ali is so afraid of.

She can't come back.

It's in everybody's best interests

that we just stay untangled from the DiLaurentis family.

I'm going to work for Mrs. DiLaurentis.

- Take me with you. - I can't.

Is this about Miranda?

The girl I told you to look after?

No.

Radley sanitarium has to admit my mom wasn't a suicide.

- Toby doesn't want your help. - Oh, I think he does.

I put that envelope in your locker.

I know your mom's innocent.

We could have this place. It could be our secret.

- It was Ali's. - Where did you find it?

I took it from the lair in Ravenswood.

Why didn't you show this to us before?

Because of what's in it.

I don't understand.

I... I don't recognize any of these names.

Because she changed them.

She was changing stories, too.

You just have to know the real stories

in order to recognize the fake ones.

Sounds like Ali. The truth bored her.

So it's like creative non-fiction with pseudonyms?

I don't know what that means, but sure.

I can't believe that you held onto this since Ravenswood.

We knew that Ali had journals. What's so bad about this one?

Because the stories in there, they're...

they're personal.

Personal about Ali?

About Ali and us.

There are things in there that we may not know about each other,

and things from the past that we want to forget.

So you thought you should get to read it, and we don't?

I just didn't see the point of bringing all that up again.

We're supposed to be focused on finding Ali.

- That's not your call to make. - I know. I made a mistake!

- And it took you till now to realize that? - Em, I said I was sorry!

- Did you? - Okay! Guys...

All right. The most important thing is that we have this now.

Okay, Hanna, you said that there are stories in here about Ali.

What about "Board Shorts" or someone else who might have been after her?

There might be. I don't know.

I just couldn't put all the pieces together on my own.

So this is what we do. We each take turns,

we'll weed out the stories about us and see what's left over.

Who goes first?

I do.

Alison?

Emily...

You have no idea how much I've missed you.

Missed me? I've been here the whole time.

You're the one that's been gone.

Please don't be mad.

You chose this.

You chose this for you, you chose this for us...

I know you're upset.

I know I hurt you the most. But I want to explain.

But you can't.

But I can.

I have to. I owe that to you.

You have no idea what I've been through.

You're right, I don't.

And you have no idea what we've been through, either.

I saved your life.

Twice. I risked everything for you.

You destroyed me, okay?!

I thought you were dead!

But I'm not.

Aren't you glad that I'm not?

I remember writing this.

You and me...

at the kissing rock.

I thought I was being smart,

locking it all up in a journal.

But they took everything, didn't they?

Who, Ali? Who took everything?

Who's after you?

I don't know.

I bet you're wondering which one's real...

the girl in front of you or the one who wrote that.

So am I.

That's why I need you.

You always saw the best version of me...

the person I want to be.

I don't see that anymore.

You still wear it.

- My God, you're up. - Yeah.

Thought I was going to have to drag you to school...

by your sweat pants.

Well, no sweat pants.

I see that.

So, it's your first day at your new job.

Are you excited?

Relieved.

So you're okay?

Did you talk to Caleb?

Yeah, we talked.

And?

No matter what happened,

what you had was real.

I know it was.

Nothing changes that.

You know, when your dad left, it was completely...

Mom. I really have to get ready for school.

I'll make us some eggs, okay?

Housekeeping!

Hey. Shouldn't you be dressed?

I thought you were meeting my dad soon.

He canceled about an hour ago.

Said he's in litigation all day.

What, Spencer?

Nothing, I just...

I'm... I'm glad that he canceled.

I don't know, I don't think it's such a good idea,

getting him involved.

You heard what your dad said.

If this happened to me, then this has happened to others.

Radley should be shut down.

Yeah, and that might be true,

but that's not why he's helping you.

There's something that we don't know.

There's a lot that we don't know.

Astrophysics.

Portuguese.

- How to make flan. - I'm being serious.

So am I.

I want to do this.

I need to.

Okay.

I'll talk to my dad.

What are you doing?

It just so happens that my morning's all freed up.

I do know how to make flan.

Why am I not surprised?

Okay, let's go.

Was I just the lookout?

Did I tell you to whistle if you saw something?

No.

No, you were not the lookout.

How are things going

in the, uh, romantic lit department?

All right, that department's been shut down.

I was just returning a pen.

Really?

Yes, really.

He's very picky about his pens.

I... I borrowed one last week,

so I thought that I would return it.

- What's his brand? - Hello, third degree.

It's a fisher ballpoint pen with a custom nib.

Did I pass?

The correct answer was, "I don't know. It's a stupid pen."

You still love him.

Whether I do or I don't,

I'm just trying to figure things out with Jake.

So let me help you.

You like Jake. You love Ezra.

I'm working on it.

- Hey. - Hey.

Is it a page-turner?

Yesterday I could barely make it through the first story that was about me.

- What changed? - I want answers.

From Ali, from this book... I'll take 'em anywhere I can get 'em.

I'm green, you are blue,

you are purple, Hanna's pink, Ali's yellow,

and white is for whenever we don't know who the story's about.

Wow. That is so neat of you.

Actually, it's so Pam Fields of me.

I'm becoming my mother.

So, how bad is it?

It's weird.

There's one story where she says

I'm so desperately in love with her I'd rob a bank for her if she asked me to,

and then another where she says I always put my friends first

and she wishes she was more like me.

Hey. What's going on?

Emily has a system.

How much have you read?

Enough to need a break.

Who's next? Purple or blue?

Spencer.

She's better with the clues.

So, you haven't told us. How's Caleb?

- Fine. - Did you guys know that Ali wrote poetry?

When do we get to see him?

You don't. He left already.

What do you mean he left?

I mean he got in his car and he drove away.

To where? To Ravenswood?

- Yeah, when's he coming back? - He's not.

- We broke up. - Oh, my God.

- Are you okay? - Oh, yeah, no, I'm totally fine.

I just... you know, we just needed to move on, and...

we decided to make a clean break.

You both decided this?

- I don't know if I've read this one. - Hanna.