A/N: This story was inspired by awalkinthepark who gave me the idea. I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: You know the drill. It all belongs to ABC Family and Sara Shepard.

There are things in life that we sometimes wish we could take back. There are those moments we wished we could re-live. Yet, it is all of those moments, the ones that you shun yourself for, that make up who you are. If we changed one moment of our life –just one –it would change your whole life, your personality, everything about you. Every moment matters.

Take Aria Montgomery, for example. Her life was built off of moments that she wished she could change. Like, that moment she drank too much during her sleep-over with Alison DiLauretis. If she hadn't gotten drunk, she wouldn't have fallen asleep, and Ali wouldn't have disappeared and gotten murdered.

Or that one time she met a man at a bar, who she really got off to a good start with, only to soon find out he was her English teacher. Although they fell in love, and he did quit his job to be with her, Aria still sometimes wondered how things would have been if she hadn't met him.

What if?

It was a question that always popped into her mind, reminding her that she could have easily changed her life, and that every moment counted. Of course, she knew that if she re-did some of her previous actions, she wouldn't be who she was. But then again, sometimes she really did wish she could go back.

Even years later, Aria Montgomery still wished that she had woken up that one Friday night. It would have changed her life, and in a good way.

. . .

You see, the day had long and shallow, every second feeling like an hour. Aria had been ignored by her parents, who were completely disgusted by the confession she had recently made. Whenever she tried to talk to them, they would zone her out, and then would tell her to go to her room. And she did.

The night was even longer for Aria. She slept peacefully, but for the rest of her life, she wished that she hadn't. She wished that she would have been a light sleeper, and that she would have woke up many times that night.

But she didn't.

Perhaps if she had awakened when she felt whispers in her room, her life wouldn't be as it was then. Or if she had felt herself being lifted, then she would have had a better future. Or maybe if she had heard the gentle hum of an engine, and had woken up, then her life would not be as it was. But she didn't get the signs, and continued sleeping peacefully.

. . .

Aria woke up an hour or so later and shifted in her seat. She yawned and stretched, noticed that she was not in her bedroom, and then opened her eyes.

"Mom?!" she gasped as soon as she was fully awakened.

"Oh, Honey, you're awake," Ella said from the front seat of Byron's car. She turned her body around, so that she was facing Aria, and passed her a peanut-butter-jelly sandwich. "Here, have some breakfast."

Aria grumpily took the sandwich, but didn't bite into it. Instead, she held it in her hands and patted a random beat on it while she stared out the window into the endless darkness. "Where are we going?" she finally asked, returning her gaze to her mother.

"Uh, Aria," Ella whispered. She turned to Byron, who was driving and asked a simple question, "Byron, would you care to explain?"

"Look," Byron said to Aria as he eyed her through the review mirror, "you're going to a boarding school."

Aria chocked on her spit. "What?"

"You heard me," Byron persisted, nonchalantly.

"No," Aria muttered. She frantically turned in her seat, trying to get her seat belt off. "No, this isn't true. It can't be."

Her parents ignored her.

"Is it true, Mom?" she suddenly asked, her voice a whimper. "Are you sending me away?"

Ella gulped, and then looked Aria in the eye. "It's for your best."

Aria quietly muttered a curse under her breath and reached for her cell phone. "Where's my phone?" she asked as soon as she couldn't find it.

"We threw it away," Byron explained. "So you couldn't have any communication with your boyfriend."

"So this is about Ezra? You're getting rid of me because of Ezra?" She finally understood why she was getting sent away. Only days ago she and Ezra had explained to Byron and Ella about their love.

"No, Honey, it's more complicated than that."

"Now is it?"

"Yes," Byron said, "it's for your best."

Aria managed a sarcastic laugh under her breath, but deep down she was hurt. Her parents were sending her to a boarding school because she fell in love. Because they didn't like her boyfriend.

"When will I go back to Rosewood?" Aria asked, although she already knew the answer.

Ella opened her mouth to reply, but Byron interrupted her.

"As soon as Ezra Fitz flees Pennsylvania," he said.

"Oh," she managed. "And where exactly are you taking me?"

"St. Mary's All Girl Boarding School of New Jersey."

"Fancy," she mumbled under her breath.

"Enough with the sarcasm, Aria Montgomery!" Byron yelled. "You know better than that!"

She rolled her eyes, and quickly blinked back tears. She was trying to not show any sad emotion so that her parents would think that she was okay with this new arrangement.

"What about my friends?"

"What about them?"

"When will I see them? When can I say goodbye?"

Ella's mouth opened, but no words came out. She hadn't exactly thought of Emily, Hanna, or Spencer.

"We'll explain your," Byron paused for a second, "situation to them. Hopefully they'll understand."

"Oh," Aria said, "so I can't say goodbye?"

Byron shook his head.

"That was thoughtful of you," Aria muttered and brushed a tear away from her cheek. How could she not say goodbye to her friends or Ezra? What kind of parents did she have?

The three sat quietly for the next ten minutes. Aria examined the scenery through the twilight. Ella took a short nap. Byron concentrated on driving, occasionally glancing at his GPS for navigational help. Their destination was clearly in the middle of nowhere.

"There it is," Byron announced. He gestured in front of him. "St. Mary's All Girl Boarding School."

Aria looked through the windshield and gasped as she saw a palace emerge from the horizon. It was an antique school, no doubt, and looked pretty deserted. But, she looked and observed, studied the scenery, and imagined her living in such a strange place.

For after all, that school was her future.

R/R: So, what did you think? Please tell me in the reviews! :)