I'm bored off my arse so I'm gonna update anyway, enjoy lovies ;) xo

Arias outfit: cgi/set?id=61554769

No.

This couldn't be happening.

She was gone.

Ali was gone.

It couldn't have been from her.

But no one else knew about dads affair, not even my mom. Only Ali. Ali was back, was she back in Rosewood? No, mom would have called me. A million thoughts ran through my head before I realized I was still staring at my phone with a horrified expression, crap. I looked up to find everyone staring at me. Paul was wide eyed, and looked terrified, "Are you okay?" He asked quickly, "I'm fine" I said shakily, "Are you sure Aria?" Emily asked, concern painting her scarred features. "Yeah I'm sure" I looked at the clock, it was late. "I'm gonna go to sleep, I'm really tired, night guys" They all said goodnight, but Paul stopped me. "Can I talk to you?" He said quietly, "Uh, sure" I smiled, we climbed the stairs, and stopped outside my room. "Everything okay?" I asked, looking up at him. I was a pixie, and he was a giant. "This sounds really creepy, seeing as we just met and all, but do you think I could maybe drive you home from school tomorrow?" He asked, it did sound a little strange, but it felt right. Aria, shut up you don't know him. "Sure, that'd be cool" I smiled, he grinned, "Night Aria" He smiled, I said goodnight, and went into my room. I leaned against the door, wow, I thought grinning.

The sound of an alarm clock woke me up from dreams filled with images of Ali. I quickly got up, showered and got dressed. I remembered that Jacob was bringing me to school today, so I went downstairs and grabbed a granola bar. Emily was just coming downstairs when Jacob pulled up, so I told her I'd talk to her later. "Hey Jacob!" I said cheerily as I sat in, "Morning" He grinned. "Oh, Paul's picking me up after school so you don't need to" I smiled, "Okay no problem" He drove off.

La Push High School was tiny. It was actually kind of how small it was, we parked and Jacob, Jared and his girlfriend who's name was Kim, walked me to the office to get my schedule and locker. "Thanks guys, you have to get to class so I'm good here" I said as we reached the office. "Okay, see you at lunch" Jacob smiled and walked away.

"Can I help you honey?" An old voice sounded, I turned around.

"Um, I'm Aria Montgomery, it's my first day here"

"Oh of course! Welcome to La Push honey" She handed me a few pieces of paper, and I made my way down the halls, earning a few stares from the locals.

Lunch, finally. After six classes of getting stared at, I was ready for some familiar faces. I was relieved when I saw Jacob wave at me from a table with Jared, Kim, Collin and Brady. I grabbed a salad and made my way over to them.

"How's your first day going?" Kim asked, I noticed this was the first time she had ever talked to me.

"Alright I guess, everyone keeps staring at me"

"They'll stop once something else happens don't worry" Jacob reassured me, I smiled.

Lunch continued with banter and plenty of laughs. The last three classes flew b and before I knew it, I was at leaving the school. I saw Paul leaning against an old truck, his I presumed, and walked over to him.

"Hey! How was your day?" He grinned

"Good enough, everyone kept staring at me though" He frowned. "Anyone in particular?" He growled, I was surprised, "No one I know anyway" I giggled, he relaxed.

He opened the passenger door for me, and jogged to the drivers side. My phone buzzed. I froze. What if it was Ali again? Could I take it? Taking a deep breath I opened the message.

Aria,

We need to talk.

Emily

Emily? What could Emily want? We haven't spoken in months. We all grew apart after Ali went missing, we tried to be there for each other, but it was too different without Ali. There was a gap.

"Everything okay?" Paul asked, looking concerned

"Oh yeah, I'm fine"

Emily,

Is everything okay?

Aria

Paul turned the radio on, "So where are you from?" He asked, breaking the ice.

"Rosewood, it's a small town, you probably haven't heard of it"

"I think I have actually, isn't a girl from there missing? Alex or something."

"Alison, yeah she's from Rosewood" I said quietly.

"Oh yeah, is it nice there?" He asked, looking genuinely interested.

My phone buzzed again.

Aria,

Not really. Can we meet up? It's really important.

Emily

"It's nice, it's one of those everyone knows everyone towns."

He nodded, "Bit like La Push then"

I smiled.

Emily,

I'm staying at my cousins house in the La Push reservation just outside Forks. Any way you can come down here?

Aria

"I'm sorry if I'm coming across as rude, my friend is texting and she seems upset" He looked shocked, "No it's fine!" I smiled "Thanks"

I looked at a new message.

Aria,

Hanna and Spencer want to come too, we'll be there in a few hours. Is that ok?

Emily.

A few hours? A few hours was all I got to prepare to be face to face with my old best friends, and since when were Emily, Spence and Hanna close again? I sent her a quick text saying that it was fine and Emily's address.

We were soon at Emilys house, and Paul stopped the car. "Thanks for the ride Paul" I said sincerely. He seemed like a really nice guy. I felt really comfortable around him, like I could trust him everything. I felt safe. "It's no problem, I'm gonna stop here for a while anyway. Uh, would you wanna hang out some time? Like go see a movie or something?" He blushed. I thought of Ezra. But then again, Paul was a great guy.

"I'd love to."

My phone buzzed again. What was with Emily? I opened it quickly.

The liars are together again! Congrats bitches! Kisses, -A"

I froze.

I slowly typed my response.

Alison?

Paul was studying my face, "Jesus, are you okay?" He said quickly.

"I'm fine" I said shakily.

I looked at my phone.

Surprise.

My phone fell out of my hand. This can't be happening, not now.

I picked it up, said thank you to a very angry looking Paul and ran inside and up the stairs, ignoring Emily calling me, and sat on the floor of my room.

I don't know how long I stayed there for. Thinking about everything, Alison was back. Where had she gone? A car pulling up distracted me, and I looked out the window to see Hanna, Spencer and Emily getting out of a car. I dried my eyes, and fixed my clothes.

"Aria! Are you okay?" Emily rushed, giving me a hug.

"I'm okay, my friends from Rosewood are here, is that okay?"

"Of course! Invite them in, I'll make some coffee."

I went to the front door, took a deep breath, and opened it.

"Aria" Spencer breathed.

"Hey" I choked.

"Can we come in?" Hanna called.

"Uh sure, come in" I stepped away from the door, giving them space. They all came in.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?" I asked, sitting on the sofa, they all took a seat.

"Uh, well, this may sound crazy, but we think Ali is back"

I froze

"She text you too?" I whispered, they all looked shocked.

"Yes! Do you really think it's her?" Hanna said, "I don't know, I mean, why would she wait a whole year to let us know she was okay? What if it's just someone messing with us?" Emily spoke up.

"What did your messages say, guys?" Spencer said, the questioning side that she got from her lawyer parents, coming to light. "Um, it's pretty personal. Like, stuff only Ali would know" I said.

Emily appeared holding four cups of coffee, "Guys this is my cousin Emily."

"Emily, this is Hanna, Emily and Spencer" They all gave her a small smile, and took a cup of coffee. "Nice to meet you all" Emily grinned, the phone rang. "Excuse me" She grinned and ran off to go answer it.

"She seems nice" Emily commented, taking a sip of coffee. "Yeah she's great" I smiled fondly, Emily was great.

We discussed the possibility of Ali returning some more.

"This is so like Ali." Spencer said, "Dangling our secrets in front of us, making us jump to conclusions and look insane"

I nodded, it was very like Ali. Our conversation was interrupted by a shaken looking Emily. "Emily? Are you okay?" I stood up.

"They found your friend, Ali" She said reluctantly.

I found myself grinning along with the rest of the girls.

"I knew she was back! Did she just turn back up at her house?" I questioned frantically, I needed to get back to Rosewood now. Suddenly, Sam and the guys appeared in the kitchen.

"Aria, I'm so sorry. They found Ali's body. She's dead"