New Chapter! Feel free to comment and review so I know what to do about this story. Trust me I have a lot of ideas for Jason, Aria and the girls so hopefully everything turns out well!

-Cheyenne

I couldn't believe this… was this really happening all over again. Had my worst fear come true? Was 'A' really back with a vengeance?

I didn't even notice at first when my phone started slipping from my hands. It fell to the floor with a loud clack. I wasn't even in the right mind frame to hear the noise but I could still feel like all eyes were on me.

I didn't notice at the time but the hallways were empty except for me, Hanna, Emily, Spencer and Jason, who was still standing in front of me with a now worried look on his face.

"Aria? Aria what's wrong?"

I shook my head a little to clear the cobwebs that had formed. I opened my mouth as if I was going to say something but for some reason the words weren't forming. By my body posture I could feel myself loosen like I was become weak at the knees, so I jumped a little when I felt two hands on my upper arms.

Jason was hunched down looking right at me with his brilliant blue eyes. If I hadn't been so dazed I would have noticed the worried expression behind them. It took me a few minutes to gather myself and relax under his grip.

"Aria!" He was saying louder. "Aria, please tell me what's wrong!"

Never had I heard him plead before. He was genuinely looking at me with an expression I had never seen on his face before. Both his eyes were wide and his lips were parted slightly. I noticed he was breathing through his mouth like he was panicking too.

His hands were still tightly gripping my upper arms keeping me up right. It obviously was tight enough to help me stand, but nowhere near the point to wear it was painful. It was a kind, careful grip and a side of the DiLaurentis I had never experienced before.

By the look on his face I could tell he had never seen this side of me either, scared and afraid.

I could hear heels quickly clacking down the linoleum floors getting louder and louder with each step.

"I-I'll take it from here Jason." I heard Spencer say quickly, grabbing my hand and twisting me around in the other direction.

I felt that Jason's hand didn't leave my skin until the very last moment he had to.

His face was still mixed with a look of confused and hurt as he watched Emily and Hanna follow us out. Before we had the chance to get out the door, Hanna ran back to where Jason was standing and pick up my phone from the floor. She shrugged her shoulders at him, almost apologizing and caught up with us outside the school.

What I didn't get to see was that Jason was still standing in the hallway, staring blankly out the doors where I had just been pulled out.


"What the hell was that all about?" Hanna finally panted outside.

All of us girls went around back to the parking lots and sat in Spencer's car, catching our breath after that quick run, in heels I might add.

"I have no idea." Spencer said, turning on the radio for a comforting background noise. "It's probably just another punk who is trying to get shits and giggles with his local stoner friends."

"How can that be though? Nobody has my new number now, Spence. Only you guys and close friends."

Spencer looked away from me and back down at the floor. I was used to seeing that look from her when she was defeated and didn't have an answer.

"I have no idea…" She confirmed.

"You guys don't really think there's another 'A'… do you?" Emily said, shivering at the thought.

We all just kind of looked at each other, unable to think of any other possibility.

"All I know for sure is Mona is locked up in some nut house whipping her own ass with her hand."

"Hanna!" We all yelled.

"What? It's true. Look guys, this is some serious business here. Remember what Mona said before she was arrested? 'This game isn't over yet….'"

It didn't take me long to think back to what Mona had said. She was being escorted away by the police when she yelled it back to all of us. It felt like she was looking me right in the eye when she said it too. She gave a smirk that never left her face, even after she was driven away in the cop car.

It was hard to think now that a new 'A' may be out there.

"No… I'm not going to believe it." I said forcefully. I could feel all the girls look at me with a questioning look. "Until something legitimate happens, it's just another creep trying to be funny and failing… miserably."

I reached for the door handle with a new sense of pride, but what my friends didn't know, was that it was all a façade.

Truth be told, I did believe there was a new 'A', but until there was definite proof, I was going to live out my senior year and make it the best one yet.

I could hear the girls walking behind me back into the school. It was a good thing we were walking into my Mom's class, otherwise we would have probably had detention. But by the look on her face when we walked in, I could tell she wasn't happy.

But, her face wasn't exactly what I was expecting… it looked more worried than angry. This caused me to raise an eyebrow.

"Sorry we're late Mrs. Montgomery. We were…" Spencer started to think of an excuse but couldn't quite come up with one.

"It's okay girls." My mom said. "Jason DiLaurentis told me what happened."

Okay, now I was confused. I didn't take my eyes off my mom as the bell rang and the students began to shuffle out of the room and hustle off to their next class. When the room was empty, I finally found my voice.

"What?"

"Jason said that you weren't feeling well so the girls took you to the nurse. Are you feeling alright?"

Mom walked up to me and put her hand to my forehead to see if I had a temperature. "You don't feel warm…" She had gently.

"No, I um- I just got dizzy for a second. I think it was that apple dad handed me this morning… I think it was a little rotten." I was such a crummy liar, but this time it was suitable enough for my mother.

"Alright, just be careful for the rest of the day."

I smiled at my mom and gave her a quick hug before the girls and I parted ways to go to our next classes.


The rest of the day passed by fine. Nothing too exciting, just your average day of school. I texted the girls to see what they were up seeing as which I had to wait for Mike to finish his Lacrosse practice before I could go anywhere. Apparently, Spencer had to help her mom clean out the loft for so Spencer could stay there, Hanna was hanging out with Caleb as usual, and Emily had just wanted some more time to herself.

Sighing, I walked around school to see some guys having a friendly basketball game. I was going to just keep walking by and ignore it but I heard a voice call my name.

"Aria! Hey Aria!"

I looked closer to see Toby running after me with a huge smile on his face. I stopped and waited for him to get to me. He stopped just a foot in front of me and rested the basketball against his hip. Spencer would kill me for thinking this right now but Toby looked mighty fine with his shirt off and sweaty.

"Hey Toby." I finally said with a friendly smile. "How your game going?"

"It hasn't started yet. We were just practicing."

I gave a nod like saying I understood but Toby just kept standing there smiling at me. To be honest it was a little weird.

"Do you need anything Toby?"

His smile got wider. "I'm glad you asked. Go get your workout stuff from your car, you're going to join my team and play with me."

My eyes got wide and my jaw almost dropped. "Excuse me?"

"Oh come on Aria, It'll be fun! Plus we are down a player and I know you use to play basketball in middle school and ninth grade."

"Toby I really don't want-"

"Aria, pleeeeeeease?"

Toby began to give me this puppy dog face that I couldn't help but giggle at. He was good at making two faces, one was his angry face which I got a lot of in early high school, but the other was his sad face which he used on Spencer to get what he wanted. Now I know why it worked.

I sighed. He was lucky that he was a good friend of mine.

"Alright fine." I watched Toby smile and he have me a friendly slap on the arm. "Let me go get my stuff."

I walked over to my car to grab my things and all I could hear behind me was "Hurry up!"

"Shut up Toby! You run in high heels!" I took my heels off and chucked them at the boy standing a few feet away from me. He ducked in cover but I still hit my mark. All he did was chuckle.

I was now about to jog barefoot to my car. I grabbed my workout duffle back from the trunk and ran into the ladies locker room by the courts to change. I put on my sports bra, tank top, matching shorts and sneakers and headed back outside.

I saw the guys passing the ball and practicing and I wasn't long before I spotted a few familiar faces. One of them obviously being Toby, then there was Noel Kahn and his other brother Eric, who I was now able to be civil with, a few of Mike's friends and finally my eyes caught on to Jason's blonde locks.

I could tell he had been looking at me when Toby and I were talking because as I made I contact with him, he quickly look away.

I dropped my bag by the courts and met up with Toby.

I was stretching out my legs when a shadow casted down on me.

"Aria, are you sure you want to play after today?"

I looked up to see Jason standing with a blank expression on his face. I knew him well enough to tell he was hiding his worriedness. He had the ball resting on his hip much like Toby had. Not to mention he was also shirtless.

"I'll be fine." I assured him. "It's been awhile since I've played though."

I saw him raise his brow. "Can you even play?"

I smirked. I signaled for him to pass me the ball. I was already lined up on the three point mark and I took a moment to position myself to shoot. I raised the ball high above my head and watched as Jason stepped aside so I could shoot.

Swish Straight in.

"Yes. I'm sure I can play."

I could hear the boys oooooing at Jason as I smirked at him. He had this playful smirk of his own ready for the challenge.

He grabbed the ball back and said "Let the games begin."

It ended up being Toby, Eric, myself and a few others on the team, facing Jason, Noel and the rest. Eric and I were unstoppable running around the court and making shot after shot. It was obvious Noel was getting frustrated with his brother and Jason's anger was rising too.

It was good to see that I could work well with at least one of the Kahn's, and it was nice to have my mind distracted from 'A's schemes for a while.

At one point I had the ball and was being blocked by Noel, I ended but passing the ball to Toby between his legs and he was able to get past Jason to make the shot.

I could hear Jason yell and slam the ball down onto the ground with rage. It was clear he was getting frustrated but I just ignored his temper tantrum and Toby and I high fived. As much as I loved having girl time with Spencer, I was nice to get out and do something new with Toby.

It was nearing around the time I had to get ready for Mike so I told them I would have to leave soon.

We continued playing for a while until there was one play left. Eric had the ball and quickly passed it to me. I began running toward the net and right as I was about to jump, this force whacked me right on my side, throwing me back a good three feet.

The way I was positioned my back was toward the basketball post, so when I was hit, I flew back into the post and it felt like it ripped my head right in two.

"Aria!"

I could hear Toby yell from across the court. His voice sounded so distorted and fuzzy that it took me a second to gather who it was. I could barely hear all the rushing footsteps coming my way. They only sounded like echoes in an empty cave.

"Aria! Aria are you okay!?" Toby yelled.

My hands were clutching the back of my head. I was laying down on the pavement waiting for the pain to dull. Toby's yelling made my head throb making it worse and causing me to wince. I let a gasp of air through my gritted teeth and felt a gentle arm on my shoulder.

"Aria I'm so so sorry. Are you alright? I didn't mean to hit you."

Jason? I thought to myself. Was he the one that knocked me back? It must have been because I opened my eyes just enough to see that he was the one touching my arm and everyone else was glaring at him.

"Look what you did DiLaurentis!" Eric shouting, shoving him back a little.

"I didn't mean to! I didn't even realize she was that close to me!"

"Ugh…" Their yelling was getting to my head. "Please stop yelling… I'm fine guys, really."

I started to sit up slowly but I winced again, a pain in my ribs shot through me and I wasn't sure what hurt worse, that or my splitting headache.

"Easy, easy." Toby's soft voice said to me. He carefully leaned my up against the post.

He was kneeing in front of me with Jason and both were looking at me like I was a fragile doll. I moved my hand from my head to notice that it was all red and sticky. There was a significant amount of blood on my hand that it must be gushing out of my head, only causing me to feel dizzier.

"Holy shi-" Noel began

"Aria we have to get you checked out." Toby said in a more serious tone, cutting Noel off. I shook my head but soon regretted it after I could feel my brain bouncing around.

"No… I have to get Mike and take him home." I said sheepishly.

"I can take him home, Aria, but you have to get that stitched first."

Toby placed a gentle hand on the back of my head. I could tell he put his shirt there to stop the bleeding. Once again I winced but it felt nice to be able to move my hand away from all the blood.

"I'll take her to the hospital." I heard Jason say. "Toby, you can take Mike back to their house. I'll make sure Aria gets home safely after she gets checked out."

Toby looked a little hesitantly at Jason, considering he was the one who did it in the first place. But after a few moments Toby agreed and they both helped me to my feet. It was really hard for me to regain my balance but both boys helped me into Jason's truck.

Before Jason was able to take off, I heard Toby whisper something in his ear through the window. I couldn't quite make it out but it sounded like a threat to make sure I was going to be safe.

Jason couldn't see it, but I smiled a little at Toby's sweetness.

I felt the car begin to take off down the street. I closed my eyes and let the gently swaying of the car sooth the pain in my head. Jason had turned the radio off and put the windows up so it wouldn't bother me, which I greatly appreciated.

It didn't take long to get to the hospital but the car ride was silent, making it feel longer. Jason was kind enough to open my door for me. He wrapped his arm around my waist to keep me steady as we walked in together. My arm was around his shoulder and due to my small frame and his large one it was somewhat awkward but we managed okay.

It brought a smile to my face to see that Wren was going to be my attending doctor.

"Aria Montgomery, what did you do?" He asked sincerely.

"Got too rough with the boys playing basketball, I guess." I chucked a bit but it sent a shooting pain through my ribs. "Ouch!"

"Okay, take it easy." Wren said "I'll take you back to get X-rays on those ribs after I stitch up your head."

I smiled and let Jason set me down in a wheel chair so Wren could wheel me back. Before he took me too far, I looked back at Jason who was still standing in the same place we left him.

"You can go home, Jason. I'll be okay."

He gave me his signature hard look. "I'll stay."

I sighed. He was always stubborn but I was in no position to argue. I watched as Jason sat down on one of the waiting chairs and put his head in his hands. That was all I got to see before Wren wheeled me back and started applying my stitches.

Hopefully not as boring now? You got to see a little of Jason and Aria's relationship blossom.

Review please!

-Cheyenne