POV Aria

I sat in my room alone, thinking of how my life went wrong in a matter of days. I caught my dad cheating on my mom, and he made me swear to secrecy. My best friend, Ali, ran away, and the guy I'm in love with, blames me.

Maybe it is my fault she ran away. I thought. Maybe if I hadn't said what I did, she would still be here. Then Jason wouldn't hate me.

I have been sitting there staring at my wall, crying, since Jason left.

FLASHBACK:

I'm sitting on my bed writing in my journal about what my dad made me do when I hear a knock on my door. When I answer it Jason pushes his way into my room.

"Where is she? Do you know who she is with?" yells Jason

"What? Who are you talking about Jason?"

"Alison. She packed her stuff and we can't find her. Do you know anything?" he asks with desperation in his voice.

"I-I-I-I d-d-don't k-k-know." I stutter. Damn it! Why can't I lie to him without stuttering!

"I know you're lying Ari. Now where is she?" He yells.

"I don't know. I swear. I have no idea where she is."

"Do you at least know who she is with? Or why she left?" he asks desperately.

I look around the room trying not to look him in the eye, because if I did he would see the guilt in my eyes.

"I messed up, big time." I mutter

"What do you mean you messed up? What are you talking about? Aria, what did you do?" he yells.

I flinched at the use of my full name. He's never called me by my full name. What did I do?

"I might have said something that she took the wrong way."

"What did you tell her?"

"I might have encouraged her to be with Ian no matter what anyone says, and to do everything she could to be with him." I whispered, finally looking at him. His eyes widen with shock. When he realizes what I meant, his captivating green eyes become angry.

"How could you tell her that? He is twice her age! She could get hurt! What is wrong with you Aria? I thought you were the smart one!" he screams

"I didn't know that she would go this far." I say desperately, trying to get him to reason with me.

"It's all your fault. If anything happens to her, it's all on you!"

The look on his face is so full of disgust and hate. I start to cry, fully realizing what I did.

"I'm so sorry Jason. I never meant for this to happen. Please don't hate me." I beg

"I think I should go. I can't even look at you right now." He says turning to leave.

When he slams the door behind him I collapse on my bed sobbing. Why did I have to tell her that? It really is my fault.

END OF FLASHBACK.

It is my fault. I can't do anything right.

*BEEP*

I look over at my phone and grab it.

*I need you to go to my house and get me some clothes.

Meet me in the wood near the welcome to Rosewood sign at midnight.

Come alone. – Alison*

I read it a few time before calling Jason.

RING…..RING….RING

"What do you want Ari?"

"Ali texted me. You need to get here now."

"What? I'll be there in 5 minutes. I'm leaving now."

"Okay, hurry." I say before hanging up. I reach the bottom of the stairs just as Jason is knocking.

He's sweating like he ran the entire way here, and knowing him he did.

"What….Did….She….Say." he says still trying to catch his breath.

"Here read it for yourself." I say handing him my phone.

He takes it, his eyes widening as he reads it. He looks at me with a smile on his face.

"We have to go and try to talk her into coming back."

I look at him unsure of what to say.

"But it says to come alone. What when she sees you? She will never trust me again. She will just leave and never come back."

"She is my sister Ari, what do you expect me to do? Let you go by yourself, in the middle of the night? No, I don't think so." He says, with determination in his green eyes.

"But-"

"No buts Ari! I'm going." He says.

I know that arguing with him is useless. I look at the clock.

"We have an hour before we have to meet here there. So why don't you go and get her clothes while I change and wipe the maschera off my face." I say looking at him.

He looks at me full on for the first time taking in the black tear track running down my face from crying earlier. He looks down in shame. Maybe he is realizing that he went to far when he was yelling at me.

He looks at me and says, "I'm sorry for yelling at you. It was uncalled for."

I look at my feet not wanting to meet his eyes. "It's okay. It was my fault that she left. I ruin everything." muttering the last part, hoping that he doesn't catch what I said. He doesn't.

Jason looks around awkwardly, as if he doesn't know what to say.

"...Well, I'll.. um.. I'll just go and get her stuff. I will meet you back here in 20 minutes?"

"Yeah, sure. Then we can figure out what to do. Bye Jason."

"Bye Ari." He calls as he's leaving.

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