Marin Residence

Emily walked inside Hannah's house with Maya, Aria and Hannah ran over and smiled "Oh my gosh! Hey Maya! I haven't seen you in forever" Aria said hugging her. Hannah smiled as she too hugged Maya. She smiled at the two of them "It feels good to know I was missed" Emily smiled at her.

"Come on Maya dance with me" Emily pulled Maya into the middle of the living room dancing to the beat of the music. Aria and Hannah watched the two of them "I didn't even know they were back together, I thought Emily dumped her" Aria turned to look at Hannah, "People change Hannah, you and Caleb got back together too remember?" Hannah smiled at her "Yeah that is true"

Caleb wrapped his arms around Hannah from behind, handing her a drink, she took it with a smile on her face. "Thanks" She chugged it down and drug Caleb into the middle of the dance floor with a smile on her face. Aria leaned against the wall quietly, she suddenly felt alone as she watched her friends dancing.

"How about dancing with me?" Aria turned around to see Noel standing beside her she smiled and nodded at him. "Okay" Noel took her hand and followed her into the crowd. The DJ was great and everyone was having a good time.

Hannah drank a few more cups of the mixed punch, Caleb walked over to her chuckling "Somebody is thirsty tonight" Hannah looked at him and threw her arms around his neck "Nothing wrong with that, just having a good time" Caleb kissed her deeply and smiled as he pulled away.

"I love you" Hannah smiled as he said that "I love you too Caleb" Lucas ran through the middle of the crowd with a box on his head "Wooo! Party!" Everyone laughed when he ran into the wall and fell backwards.

Hannah walked over and pulled the box off his head with a laugh "Be careful, your going to get brain damage" As Caleb helped him up he laughed nervously "I think the alcohol is already doing that" As he walked off Hannah just shook her head.

About an hour later the girls stood outside together, taking a break from the party "Man I haven't felt like this in awhile" Aria said as she swayed slightly. Emily and Hannah both busted out laughing at her.

"Me neither, god my mom will kill me if she finds out" Emily said finishing off her drink, Hannah let out a sigh. "Looks like everyone is leaving" The girls just nodded in agreement, "We'll help you clean up" The girls walked inside and began to clean up all the cups, the mixed punch was gone, but Hannah still had a bottle of Whiskey on her.

"Alright, the house looks good now, what do you guys say to helping me drink this Whiskey?" Aria and Emily smiled "Sounds like a plan to me" Aria said taking a swig from the bottle. She passed it to Emily. Emily took a couple gulps and handed it to Hannah, she too took a few gulps with a smile.

The Next Morning

Aria sat up rubbing her eyes, she looked around Hannah's room and saw that it was nearly three o clock. "Shit, guys wake up!" Hannah and Emily groaned. "No, I don't feel like it" Hannah mumbled under the pillow. "Its three o clock!" They both suddenly sat up after hearing Aria said that. "Shit! I have to get home!" Aria wasted no time running out of Hannah's house and heading home.

Emily soon followed after, going back to her house as well, Hannah walked downstairs into the kitchen smiling at her mother. "Morning" Ashley looked at her daughter handing her a cup of coffee. "Did you girls have a good time last night?" Hannah took a sip of the coffee and smiled at her. "Yeah, thank you for letting me have the party"

Ashley smiled at her daughter "You deserved it. I'm so proud of you Hannah" Hannah smiled "Thanks, that really means a lot to me" Ashley looked at her watch "I've got to go to a meeting, when I get back how about we go see a movie?"

Hannah thought for a moment "Actually that sounds fun" Ashley patted her daughter on the shoulder then walked out the front door. Hannah decided to go get a shower and try to wake up a bit more.

Fields Residence

Emily walked into the kitchen looking at her mother "Mom, I need to talk to you about something, and I don't want you to freak out" Pam looked at her daughter with a sudden concern on her face. "I'm going to join the army" Pam set down her coffee.

"What? Why? I thought you wanted to go to college" Emily looked down for a moment, thinking her mom was disappointed "I know mom. But the whole college thing, well I just don't want to go, at least not yet"

Pam let out a sigh "If thats something you really want, then I will take you to the recruiter so you can talk to him" Emily bit her lip suddenly "I already talked to one, all I have to do is take the ASVAB test" Pam rose an eyebrow.

"Oh? And when were you planning on telling me this?" Emily rubbed her face "I was, I just forgot too, I've been so busy studying for it" Pam crossed her arms. "You think they're going to let you in once they find out your gay?" Emily looked up.

"That doesn't have anything to do with it. They passed a law recently so I'll be fine. It kinda ties into the don't ask don't tell policy" Pam placed her hand onto her daughters "Emily I don't want you to get hurt"

Emily yanked her hand back "Some support would be nice mom, I'm not worried about what others will think of me, and neither should you" Pam looked at her daughter.

"Your right, I'm sorry. When is your test?" Emily looked at the clock "I actually have to get going now or I will be late" Pam felt uneasy for a moment.

"Did you tell your friends?" Emily shook her head "No not yet. I will after I take the test. I have to go" Emily kissed her mom on the cheek and walked out the door.

Montgomery Residence

Aria sighed as she flipped through the channels on the TV, finding nothing on that interested her so she shut it off. "You look like your having fun" Aria turned her head to see her mother standing in the kitchen.

"Define fun" Aria said with a light chuckle. Ella sat down beside her daughter "Something on your mind?" Aria shrugged "Just wondering where to go from here, I just graduated and I suddenly feel like my life is on fast forward."

Ella smiled "I know, your growing up so fast. You just turned eighteen and now your at a cross roads. Just know that I will be here to support any decisions you make." Aria smiled at her mom "Thanks, its good to know that. Where's dad?" Ella looked at her watch.

"He took Mike fishing. I guess the two are doing some male bonding" Aria laughed "Dad and Mike fishing? That sounds scary" Ella laughed. "I know. I have to get to work so if you need me just call, okay?" Aria nodded.

As the front door closed Aria let out another sigh her cell phone went off and Aria looked at the number, it was restricted. When she opened the text message, every bone in her body froze "It can't be..." Aria swallowed the lump in her throat as she read the message.

"High School may be over, but that doesn't mean your secrets won't get out, get ready for a long summer, its going to be one hell of a ride. -A"

Aria quickly texted Hannah and Emily, telling them to meet her at her house, this was something that had to be dealt with and quickly. About ten minutes later Hannah showed up at Aria's house, she looked at her. "Where is Emily?" Hannah looked at Aria.

"I'm not sure, she didn't answer my call or text, maybe she's out with Maya" Aria took out her cell phone. "So what's the big emergency?" Hannah asked. Aria handed Hannah the cell phone, Hannah looked at it in shock.

"This can't be right...A is in jail, I mean Ian..." Aria took the phone back "I know. Thats what scares me the most. We have no idea who this is, which means there were more people involved than we thought."

Hannah put a hand onto her head "We need to go to the cops right away and tell them" Aria looked at Hannah. "And tell them what? That a person we don't know is playing cat and mouse with us? Hannah we don't even know what this person wants"

Hannah whirled around "I know! Its just...dammit! I thought all of this was over why the hell does this bitch keep bothering us?" Aria shook her head. "I don't know, but its clear that is a new A. One that is set on ruining our lives" The girls sat down in disbelief, just when they thought they were free things got worse, again.

A/N The next chapter is intense, get ready for a ride!