Aria flopped onto Ezra's brown leather couch that afternoon letting her body sink into the cushions. It was half past four according to the clock on Ezra's bedside table. He sat down next to her.

"So where did you find it?" He wrapped his arm around Aria's shoulders.

"Oh…it was in my locker." Aria rolled her eyes like she forgot. She bit her lip. She had been contemplating on telling Ezra about A, but the only thing he knew about it was that the person called 'A' knew about their relationship and basically broke them up.

"So," Aria faced him. "I was talking to Hanna today and she was telling me that her friend Caleb can't go on the trip because he can't afford it, and I was thinking is there any way the school could sponsor a student or something?"

Ezra shrugged. "We'd have to get enough money first."

Aria sighed.

"But it's not a bad idea." He got up and rummaged through some papers on his desk. "The trip itself costs twenty-two hundred, but I think that if it would benefit a less fortunate student they may go for it."

Aria smiled and stood up. She walked over to Ezra and kissed him. "It's perfect."

The next day Hanna and Aria approached Caleb who was sitting in the courtyard with Lucas.

"Hey." Hanna slid next to him. "I've got great news."

Hanna nodded at Aria who took out a large envelope. She handed it over to Caleb.

"What's this?"

"This is a permission slip for next week's trip to England, Aria and I pulled a few strings and we got the school to let you go on the trip...for free." Hanna smiled triumphantly. Caleb's brow furrowed in confusion.

"What, you don't want to go?" Hanna asked.

"I do, but," he looked at Aria and Lucas. "I don't need to be some charity case or something."

"No, no, the school does these kinds of things all the time." Aria explained. "We just needed a deserving student like yourself."

Caleb half smiled.

"Come on, it'll be fun." Hanna urged. "You don't want to be stuck in Rosewood all alone on break, trust me."

"Okay, sure." He gave in.

"Yay!" Hanna cheered and wrapped her arms around him.

Lucas looked at Aria. "How did you guys do this?"

"Aria can be pretty persuasive." Hanna gave Aria a mischievous grin. "So get this signed…and we'll be on a plane in no time."

Spencer dropped yet another sweater into her large Coach suitcase and crossed it off her checklist.

"Red sweater…check."

"Brown boots…" She rummaged through her suitcase and found them nestled on the bottom. "Check."

Spencer's eyes searched the list for unchecked items. It was a day before the trip and she doing a last minute look-over.

"Bras…check."

"Is this really necessary?" Hanna asked. Hanna along with Aria and Emily were seated on Spencer's king sized watching her scour the contents of her suitcase.

"Yes." Spencer replied without looking up from her paper. She checked off one more item and set it down. "Done. Happy?"

Emily looked out the window. "I'm not gonna miss this place."

Her friends sighed.

"Do you think A will text us in a different country?" Emily asked suddenly worried.

"Well, A seems to follow us in school too. A could be going on the trip."

"Please don't say that." Hanna begged. "I'd like to enjoy my trip with Caleb, not have it turn into Days of Our Lives."

"At least you have someone there." Spencer said. She thought about what Toby would be doing while she was gone, hopefully missing her so much he could cry.

"Hey, you've got us." Aria said.

"Yah, if you're not too busy flirting with our tour guide." Spencer joked. Aria looked at her. "What?"

Aria shook her head.

"Well I for one will not be totally absorbed in my love life. I deserve a vacation. We all do."

The rest of her friends nodded.

Suddenly, they all heard a rustling noise outside. They all jumped off of Spencer's bed and moved towards each other. They heard another noise but it was louder this time. Aria shrieked and grabbed Emily's hand. Another noise sounded from the kitchen. They whipped their heads towards Spencer's door and quietly approached it. They tip-toed downstairs following close behind the other. The rounded the corner of the stairs and looked out into the kitchen. A figure appeared in the doorway. They all screamed.

"Jesus!" They heard a girl wail. A light turned on above her head and the noticed the tall, pregnant figure of Melissa. They all sighed with relief as they let go of each other's grip.

"Sorry…we thought you were someone breaking in." Spencer advised her sister.

Melissa wrinkled her brow but quickly shook it off. "I'm going back to the barn if you need me, try not to though."

And with a swivel of her hip she was gone. Spencer clomped down the rest of the stairs.

"Leave it to A to leave us completely paranoid in our own homes. I can't even sleep with my light off anymore." She groaned.

"I still have to sleep with my pig puppet sometimes." Aria mentioned then suddenly regretting it. "Please don't mention that again."

Her friends suppressed a smile.

"So what time are you and Fitzy meeting up before the trip?" Hanna cooed.

"Huh?" Aria asked dumbfounded.

Hanna rolled her eyes. "He sends you texts like every other hour."

Aria slid into a bar stool. "Well that doesn't mean you can read them."

"He seems desperate. I bet he grabs you the minute you walk in the door and gives a big sloppy french kiss!" Hanna flailed her arms around for dramatic effect.

Spencer slid the butter knife she used to smear peanut butter on her bread into her mouth. "Okay, that's an image I didn't need to see while I'm eating."

Aria laughed and soon everyone joined in until they were nearly tearing up.

"I think we're all sleep deprived." Aria announced once they settled down.

Emily wiped her eye. "Agreed."

Spencer checked her wristwatch. "In exactly fourteen hours we'll be on our way to England." Aria sighed.

"I better go." she said. Hanna gave her a sinister smile which Aria returned by sticking her tongue out.

"Me too." Emily announced.

"Me three."Hanna said grabbed her blazer off the Hastings's coat rack. "See you later girlies."

Emily and Aria smiled as they headed out the door. Spencer finished her sandwich in peace. She then remembered what Hanna said and shuddered at the thought of Aria and Ezra getting at it. Even seeing them sneak smiles at each other at school was too much.

Oh God, what's gonna happen in England? She thought.

Hanna and her mother entered the school alongside Aria and her parents. They made their way towards the cafeteria where they were all meeting before they boarded the bus to Philadelphia. Ezra was leaned against a table talking to some parents and Mrs. Kaine was directing the football players to carry all the bags outside to be loaded.

Ella and Byron approached Ezra just as a group of parents said their good-byes and shook his hand.

"You ready to be responsible for forty high schoolers?" Ella asked.

Ezra laughed softly. "Well, hopefully we won't have too much trouble."

"Nah, Aria and her friends will be a piece of cake." Byron waved it off. "Especially Aria, just direct her towards a museum and you won't get anything out of her for hours."

Ezra forced a teacher-like smile and tried to avoid the irony in his sentence.

"Well it was good to see you Mr. Fitz, take care." Ella said. She smiled and took Byron's arm to locate Aria before she left.

Emily entered the café with her mom and close behind Spencer walked in in front of her mother who was tapping into her Blackberry seeming to not even care her daughter was going to be overseas for the next week.

Spencer and Emily checked in, said a quick (and awkward) hello to Mr. Fitz and then joined Hanna and Aria.

"Guys guess what I found out." Hanna announced gleefully.

They all leaned in longing to her what she had to say.

"I checked with my mom and our phone's won't work over in England."

Aria broke out into a grin along with Emily and Spencer.

"But we're still not off the hook." Spencer reminded them. They nodded trying to avoid any thoughts of a handwritten note that would mean one thing was for sure, that A would be in England with them, and that meant A would be one of their classmate.

Thankfully Mr. Fitz announced everyone was accounted for and they were going to proceed to the buses. Hanna scurried off the find Caleb. Ezra held the door open for everyone. Aria, the last in line, passed before him. He smiled and let the door close behind him. Once they got there they noticed students had already filled the bus seats and the only available room was up front.

Mr. Fitz took a seat next to Mrs. Kaine across the aisle from the seat Emily had saved for Aria. They snuck a quick glance at each other before looking away.

"This is going to be a long bus ride." Aria heard Spencer mumble from the seat behind her. Hanna giggled and surprisingly so did Aria too. She was going to England with her best friends and her boyfriend and the best part was that there was a fifty percent chance they would be A free. Things were looking up for them.

Aria then felt something smack the back of her seat. She turned around to see Hanna and Spencer's startled faces pointing towards the window. Emily and Aria slowly took a look. Written in the condensation on the window was a small but noticeable 'A'. Emily's heart stopped. Aria could feel herself growing increasingly dizzy.

That only meant one thing. A had snuck onto the bus to write that or A was on the bus for Philadelphia…Right. Now. Aria didn't want to admit it, but she was positive it wasn't the first one.

It was going to be along bus ride indeed.