Karla took a taxi through Rosewood streets and it pulled up outside Hollis Bar and Grill. She looked in the seat beside her at today's newspaper, on the cover was Alison DeLaurentis's face with 'Still Missing' above her head. Karla shook her head, grabbed her bag and left the taxi before paying the driver and walking into the bar. It had been a year since that night in the barn, Karla had always partially blamed herself for Ali's disappearance due to the fact she was messing around with her brother rather than keeping an eye on the girls. After the disappearance of his little sister, Jason and his family packed up and moved as far away as they could get, away from all the stares and questions. Aria was the next to go, her father took a sabbatical in Iceland and took his family with him. After that the remining girls drifted apart, Karla and Hanna never spoke of the night their best friend went missing. It was too painful, Karla's guessed that was why the group never kept in touch. All the memories they had together were with Alison, without her they felt like strangers to each other. Jason kept in touch for about three months before the letters and texts stopped coming, his last message was that his parents were sending him to Rehab to kill his drug and drinking habits.

Inside the bar Karla walked to the table in the back and took a seat before she ordered herself a pasta salad and a glass of wine. No one ever batted an eye at Karla's ID, it looked professionally done. It wasn't, of course, it was as fake as Prudence Finn's tits. While she was enjoying her food and multiple drinks that she was ordering herself, she looked up when the door opened and she stared wide eyed at the girl the girl who walked in. It wasn't hard to see that it was Aria, even without the pink in her hair and the goth clothes, she looked the same. Karla wanted to get up and say hello, but seeing the guy at the bar check her friend out made her stay sitting and smirk.

Karla sat nursing her 4th glass of wine while eavesdropping on the two at the bar

"Can I get a cheeseburger, please?" Aria asked the man behind the bar

"You got it." He replied. Karla watched as Aria spotted the wanted notice for Alison and looked down.

"You all right down there?" the guy that was checking her out asked

"I'm a bit jetlagged. I just got back from Europe." Aria smiled

"Where in Europe?"

"Iceland." Aria tucked a bit of her hair behind her ear. Karla smirked into her drink, that was a move Aria did when she liked someone.

"I spent some time in Reykjavik before I went to Amsterdam. It's a great city." The guy smiled and closed his book

"So, do you go to Hollis?" Aria asked smiling

"Just graduated. I'm gonna start my first teaching job." Hottie said grinning

"I... I think I'd like to teach." Aria smiled as a new song came over jukebox "God, I love this song"

"B26." The guy nodded "What's your major?" Karla raised an eyebrow, the guy obviously though Aria was in college

"Uh, well, I'm leaning toward English." Aria lied making Karla smile

"That's what I'm teaching."

"Well, and I write too, but... So far, it's mostly personal. Just for me." Karla frowned she didn't know Aria wrote

"I'm impressed." The guy smiled

"Why?" Aria questioned

"Well, I tried writing." The guy got up and slid into the seat next to Aria "I didn't get very far. You're lucky. If you're writing for yourself, It's pure passion. Maybe you'd let me read something of yours."

"Yeah?" Aria beamed "You'd really want to?"

"Yeah. You're smart, you've travelled, Great taste in music. I Like to know more about you." The man flirted

"Yeah. I'd like to know more about you too." Aria flirted back.

Karla stood outside the bathroom reapplying her lipstick when Aria and the guy came out,

"Well" Aria looked at Karla shocked as did the guy "Fancy see you here"

"Karla!" Aria hugged her tightly and Karla returned the hug

"So, aren't you going to introduce us?" Karla smirked looking at the awkward man

"Oh!" Aria blinked "Karla this is Ezra, Ezra this is one of my best friends Karla Marin"

"Hey" Ezra smiled

"Hi" Karla grinned "So I'm gonna go, I'll see you later" she waved and left the pub slightly swaying with all the alcohol she had in her system. When she got outside her iPhone dinged, she rummaged through her bag for it and checked her messages

Careful Karla, underage drinking is a crime. Then again it wouldn't be the worst crime you committed, now would it?

*A*

Karla stared in horror and shock at her phone

"Alison?" she breathed shocked