I walked slowly down the street, my head was pounding my eyes were killing me and I just felt like I was falling apart.

One week ago, me spencer, Em and Hannah had just got back from New York, bringing our best friend Ali back with us. we'd been through a lot in the past two years, a hell of a lot.

Everything was a mess due to some anonymous person out to ruin our lives, me, my best friends and everyone closest to us.

Things had been tough, really tough. We had been so fragile constantly wondered what had happened to our best friend, Alison. Obviously someone could see how hard it was for us and they took advantage.

It all started off with cruel text messages from a anonymous sender. They marked there text with 'A' and that's where our journey began. We tried everything to see who 'A' was. We wouldn't of tried to find them as much as we did but this 'A' person knew every one of our secrets.

Eventually we found out Mona, Hannah's friend was 'A' she was jealous of Hannah's friendship with Ali and the rest of us. She was admitted to radley, a hospital for people who suffered a sickness. Mentally ill.

It should've stopped there but it didn't. Personally I think Mona is still behind it all. A lot has happened since, we found out Ali had in fact not been murdered but she was too being harassed by 'A' and was a long time before she disappeared. It all began to make sense but we were all still running scared of 'A'

I was such a mess and for once it wasn't just because of 'A' it was because Ezra, my boyfriend got shot while we were in New York. Well he's not my boyfriend he's my ex as much as that kills me. Ezra was dating Ali before she died and he was only with me for research. He thought one of us killed Ali and he was writing a book about us. Every little secret about us was in that book. I was devastated. Not nearly as much as when he saved all of our lives in New York and he got shot. I felt like my life was ending fast.

I could t get my head around anything. I started checking on Ezra making sure he was okay and I could feel myself falling for him all over again even after he had betrayed me so much. Actually I wasn't falling for him because I never fell out of love with him.

Everything changed 48 hours ago. The girls dropped a bombshell on me. They told me Ezra was 'A' but how could that be possible? He was the most down to earth sweet gentleman you would ever meet.

Everything added up though, they found his layer, and they had a ton of evidence. I left Spencer's house and I headed home crying my eyes out. New York was his cover.

I never got home, I still had my fake ID Ali got for us two years before, so I headed to a club. I drank and drank and drank. I lost count of the boys I had kissed. I went to a house party and probably made the biggest mistake of my life. I slept with Noel. I knew he was safe because he had helped Ali out. I'd clearly made a mistake with Ezra so I went with with bad boy Noel who I'd been crushing on for some years before Ali went missing.

The house party went on until late afternoon the next day. We freshened up and headed back to the club. I got so drunk that all I was able to do was think and have guys all over me. I was hurt and I was a mess. I thought about Ezra a lot, even though I knew what he had done.

I wobbled more or less out of the club to smoke, I didn't do that but I liked it, not the smoking but I loved being free. Everyone though they could walk all over me, I was an easy target. Everyone went back inside and I stayed out a bit longer, more smoking.

I raised my head as u saw Ezra. There was another person shouting at him. This other person looked much like 'A' looked. All dressed in black. He had Ezra by the throat, pinned up against a car and I could just make out what they were saying. "You do as I say Ezra, there's no backing out of this. If you want you precious girl and her friends safe, you abide by my rules!" Is what I hear shouted.

What did that mean?

Was Ezra being threatened? Was he not 'A'?

Ezra was thrown to the floor and the other person got in the car and drove away. I was smart enough to video it, I was drunk but I'm not stupid.

I sent out SOS message out to the girls and told them to meet me at Ezra's I knew they'd come because they thought Ezra was 'A' they'd think I was in danger, and after the constant messages I'd received from them wondering where I was, I was pretty sure they'd be straight there.

I fell to the ground with a scream hoping Ezra would see me, it was faked but the alcohol did have a little reality to it. As I thought Ezra was straight there.

"Excuse me, are you okay?" He asked me. I lifted my head up as painful as it was. "Oh my god, Aria" he more or less snapped.

"Ezra"

"Where the hell have you been? You e been missing for two days" he said, lifting me up. "Having fun" I slurred, laughing.

"You're coming back to my apartment" he said, putting his arm around me, balancing me up.

"No!" I snapped. "You're 'A'"

"I know that's what you've been told but I'm not Aria, I promise you I'm not" he pleaded. My head fell into his shoulder as the tears I tried to keep in escaped. "I'm so sorry Aria, I'm so sorry this is happening to you and your friends" he told me, that was the last thing I heard him say before I woke up, he banged my head on the doors to the entrance of the building where his apartment was.

"Ugh" I moaned. "Are you okay?" Ezra asked me with a concerned look. This wasn't some sick dream then.

"Hey! What the hell have you done to her!?" Hannah shouted. I looked to them their faces full of fury. "Get your hands off her now" Em snapped storming over. They all took their turn to have a go at Ezra.

"He's not 'A'" I told them, clearly shutting them up. "Aria you're drunk, you don't know what your doing right now" Emily calmly told me.

"You're not listening to me! I saw something, you need to listen to me!" I snapped angrily, it was probably because of the alcohol but everyone was taken back by my sudden outburst.

"Aria!" Hannah snapped. I raised my eyebrow with full blown attitude.

"Leave her alone, she's right" spencer said. I smiled at her softly. Everyone turned to her, even Ezra. "We are constantly making mistakes about who 'A' is, let's not keep making the same mistakes" she said.

"But.." Hannah began.

"No buts Hannah, Ezra made a mistake he followed us purely for his writing and justice for Ali, yes he hurt Aria along the way but he does love her. Don't you think we should just hear him out?" Spencer said.

By this point I was crying, again. Ezra was still holding me and honestly I just wanted to burst into tears.

"Fine" Hannah said, Emily agreeing. Ezra gave spencer the keys.

"Thank you spencer" Ezra said, and then he led us all inside, all of us hoping we were wrong about him, especially me.

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