Authors Note: The beginning of the story does not include characters from PLL that you know of but it does just trust me please read the first chapter before clicking off!

Chapter 1

Kyla moves the chocolate chip pancakes onto a plate drizzles syrup on top and sets the plate down before heading down the hall of her 2 bedroom apartment. She opens the door a crack and stick her head inside to see pale purple walls. Kyla had designed the room when her daughter was 3. She always wanted her to have the perfect room, so she spent weeks picking out the perfect colours. She decided pale purple and different shades of grey with yellow accents to make it welcoming. She walked over to the twin bed covered with a purple quilt that had the bright sun on it. She sat at the foot of the bed and placed her hand on the giant bump laying right in the middle. "Harper" she whispered "It's time to get up". The bump on the bed rolled over a groaned "Come on sweetie it's the first day of school. A head popped up from underneath the quilt.

"Really?" Harper asked a huge toothy smile covered her face.

"Yes really!" Kyla laughed as she pushed the light brown hair out of her daughter's face "Come on let's get you ready"

They picked out a light blue shirt, and a jean skirt. Since Harper wanted to look special for her first day of grade 1 Kyla did her hair in a slick back ponytail with a blue bow on the top. As soon as they were finished they sat down for breakfast, the table had already been set with three plates each with a pancake and 2 eggs. Harper went straight for the pancakes. Her mouth was full of mushed up pancake when there was a knock at the door. Before either of them had time to even stand up the door opened and a tall man with messy blonde hair walked in.

"morning ladies" His smile could light up a room " How is everything this morning?" he asked before leaning down to kiss Harper on the top of her head.

"We are having a great morning, Harper is very excited for her first day" Kyla answered as Rick sat down at the plate of food "and how was your morning?" she asked before leaning over for a quick kiss.

"Well I have great news for you" He looked from Kyla to Harper both giving him a look as if to say well what is it " We got it" Kyla beamed when she heard this. She was instantly leaning over and kissing Rick.

Harper looked at them before finally asking "What, what did we get?"

Kyla looked at Harper then at Rick her lips parted into a smile "Honey we are going to move in with Rick, we got an apartment."

Harper jumped from her seat and into Rick's lap giving him a big kiss on the cheek "Really!?" She squealed

Rick giggled before saying "Well only if we get a certain little girl to school"

Harper climbed off of Rick and ran down the hallway "Okay let me grab my backpack"

Kyla sat on her couch for a minute enjoying the silence after Rick and Harper had left. Rick had been the only dad Harper had ever known. Kyla had dated a little when Harper was little but never let them meet her. When Kyla learned she was pregnant she knew the people in her small town of Rosewood would not understand. At the young age of 16 she left home, moved into a home for teen moms in New York finished highschool and got a job cleaning hotels. When she finally had enough money she bought the little 2 bedroom apartment she was living in now. She got a degree in education at an online school and began teaching High School english. Rick was a firefighter and they had met at a mutuals friends birthday party. She had been infatuated with him since the moment she saw him, but didn't want anything serious. They started off by taking this slow, but they both fell head over heels.

Kyla sat remembering her past two years with Rick and her wonderful daughter Harper. Before she knew it 20 minutes had passed and Kyla quickly had to get ready and leave for her first class. she was just about to walk out the door when she realised she had left her phone plugged in on her bedside table. She ran back inside quick and picked up the phone. As she walked she turned the phone on 1 message blinked on the screen. It must be from Rick she thought, letting me know Harper is at school and that he will see me tonight. She swiped her screen and the message popped up, but it wasn't from Rick. Her eyes went big and her jaw dropped. How did they find me? she thought. She looked around to see if anyone was watching her, but no one was there.

She stared back at the screen taunting her, proving to her you can't run from your past or problems. Her worried eyes peered at the message blinking on the screen. What was she going to do?

"You can't hide from me, Aria" -A