Chapter 3

I made a mistake in chapter 1. I talk about two pairings being couples briefly. Looking back at it I should have said that they would be mentioned as a couple. There will not really be any Aria/Ezra or Spencer/Toby scenes. Other than a short breakup scene or the scene being mentioned that is. I apologize to anyone that I mislead with that description.

Mona was a dead girl. She was sure of it.

She was sure because standing on the other side of the door was Emily and judging by the tone of her voice, she wasn't here for a friendly chat.

That could only meant she found out about the cheating.

Mona also realized that meant all the Liars had found out by now. This was just the beginning. Once she was done then there was Aria. Mike's sister would be out for blood for this.

After all Aria told her that if she ever hurt her brother then she better pray that A gets a hold of her before she does.

Alison was going through the Montgomery's house that may tell her more about what happened.

The good news was that Alison believed she knew exactly what had happened. She believed that it wasn't just a suicide attempt. If you asked Alison she would tell you that it was a suicide attempt followed by a homicide attempt.

What girl would want to kill Aria's brother? That's the one thing she didn't have any idea about. She decided to go through Aria's room. Alison believed that if the person who tried to kill Mike actually knew him then there was a chance that Aria may have knew about it as well.

She started with Aria's closet. She didn't find anything odd except there was one piece of clothing missing. Then Alison went to her bedroom window and saw that Mike's bedroom window was right next to Aria's.

That add another puzzle piece to the growing collection. The attempted killer knew enough about the house and Aria to commit this heinous act and then frame Aria for the whole thing.

At least that narrowed down the list of suspects. Not many people know enough about them to commit this crime.

Unfortunately , the only suspects left were people that they all knew. Alison just couldn't believe it. It was the perfect plan. A might actually win once and for all. Unless they could figure out how A got this info then she feared that A would ultimately kill them all in the end.

Hanna was alone in the room with Mike. She was thinking about everything that happened so far. He tried to kill himself and then A tries to finish him off. It was a major miracle Mike was still alive.

She originally blamed herself for all of this but then some of the guilt evaporated when she realized the real A was involved in all of this. Hanna shouldn't have expected anything less when you consider everything that A has ever done to her or her friends.

This time A had gone too far. She hurt the guy she loved and now there was no turning back now. She was going to make A pay for what she did even if it was the last thing that she would ever do.

Hanna focused her attention back on Mike. Aria told her that she would never be alone with her brother again after their fling had come to an abrupt end. It was ironic then when Aria was the one who handed her the golden opportunity.

Mike had just opened his eyes and Hanna thought this was the start of her second chance. She wasn't going to mess it up again.

Just like when he Emily was here, Mike attempted to sit up and once again he felt the searing pain when he did.

Instead of pushing him back down like Emily did, Hanna put her arms around him in order to help him adjust to sitting up. Mike did sit up this time and he was enjoying the feeling of Hanna holding him like she used to.

Even though the fling between them was done with he still had some feelings for her. What were those feelings exactly? a little love mixed with a lot of pain. Hanna never realized that when she ended the fling for the reason she did she devastated him.

Hanna was thinking about taking advantage of this golden opportunity. There was also some risk involved. If Alison came back too soon was one risk. Another risk was Emily.

Don't get Hanna wrong. She was indeed grateful that Emily saved his life but she was also a rival. If she came back and saw this she had no idea what Emily would do but it wouldn't be pretty to say the least.

Where was Emily anyway? After pondering that conundrum for about two seconds she realized the answer.

Emily was going to find Mona. Knowing Mona she would spin some bullshit tale and in turn greatly anger Emily. Once Mona did that Emily would more than likely kick the shit out of her.

Mona was a complete grade a bitch and everyone knew it. That's why Hanna would feel no sympathy for the bitch. However, Emily unfortunately could not allow Emily to kill Mona. Here was a list of reasons why.

1. Emily would go to jail

As much as Hanna wanted Mona to be out of the picture forever, killing her was definitely not the way to go.

2. There would be nothing left for Hanna.

Normally she wasn't a violent person. However, Mona has crossed the line. Well if Hanna really wanted to be honest with herself, the correct thing to say would be crossed the line again.

3. Nothing left for Aria

As much as Hanna wants to get rid of Mona it is not really her or Emily's place to do so. It is up to family to protect him in this case.

This unfortunately left Hanna with a tough decision. Does she stay here and see how far this golden opportunity leads? or Does she go and stop Emily from murdering Mona?

In the end she decided that she may get another opportunity in the future if she takes it slow. Still, she had to make Mike believe her feelings for him were genuine before she left.

Hanna grabbed Mike by the shirt collar and kissed him on the lips before leaving.

Mona put her hands out in a placating gesture and said " lets not do anything rash."

Unfortunately for her the gesture did not seem to work because Emily used the same chilling tone.

" No one has done anything rash. . . . . . . . . . yet. How long it stays that way remains entirely up to you. Now you know exactly why I am here so now we are going to have a little chat."

Mona stubbornly said " what if I refuse?"

Emily then said " well since you want to refuse you now have three options. Option 1 is the only one where you might not get hurt. Option one means you move away from the door, I come in, and we talk.

Option 2 means you try to run." Emily stepped away from the door so it looked like Mona could exit. " you could simply try to escape.".

Mona actually walked to the door but before she got past Emily she was stopped by a hand clamping down on our shoulder. Emily smiled an almost evil smile at her. " of course if you do that I will chase you. If it comes to that I will catch you. When I catch you I will hurt you."

Mona was reluctant to do so but asked what the third option was.

" Option 3 gets you the most pain. Option 3 is fight your way out. You could attempt to fight anyway but lets be honest. If you were to attempt such a stupid stunt then I will kick your ass and possibly do much worse. So what do you want to do?"

Option 2 wouldn't work right now and Option 3 would most likely get her killed. Mona reluctantly made the only choice she felt she could make and let Emily in.

Aria had just driven around the town and nothing came up. She had no new evidence and A was still out there.

She had failed her brother. To make matters worse A kept taunting her about what happened and then A led her on a wild goose chase for evidence she would never find. Aria was no closer to solving this crime then when she started.

When Aria finally got home she sat on the front porch steps and buried her face in her hands and let the tears fall.

After a few minutes and a few words she couldn't remember him saying a set of hands gently prying her hands away from her face. When she looked up she saw Toby looking back at her. Before Aria could ask what happening Toby was wiping her tears away.

" I know why you're so upset and I have something that will make you feel better."

Aria couldn't believe it. Toby brought her video evidence of the girl who must have attacked Mike. She was so happy that she hugged him tight. Aria truly wanted to kiss him. They were both single after all.

However, it just wouldn't be right to kiss him now. So in lieu of kissing him she laid her head on Toby's shoulder. Toby put an arm around her and they just sat there enjoying each others company.

" I see you made the smart choice" is what Emily said before entering the house and closing the door behind her.

Mona was relieved. She was expecting a violence first questions never type of treatment. However she realized that there was still a possibility of her being hurt before this is all over.

Her fear increased because every time she would take a step so would Emily. In fact they went around in a circle until Mona was the one by the door.

Unfortunately for Ms. Vanderwaal, Emily realized what she was doing and it appeared that she upset Emily with her attempt to escape.

Mona at that point decided to run. You see there was no way she was willingly staying in here with Emily. It sucked for her when she had realized that the front door was locked.

She tried to unlock the door and get out but in her haste and desperation she forgot how the door worked. Emily grabbed her by the back of the shirt and threw her away from the door.

" Did you think I was joking before? I told you we were going to have this conversation. You may have to be conscious for it to happen but you don't need to be unharmed."

Mona asked her what she wanted.

Emily laughed at the question. ' You still don't get it do you? This is not about what I want. This is about protecting Mike from you."

"Why would he need protection from me?"

Emily said " don't play dumb with me. You may have had other people fooled but I know the truth. You cheated on Mike while he was recovering from what you did to him. In fact I bet you've done more than just kiss some guy or as the case may be guys you cheated on your boyfriend with."

" I get it now. You're here to tell me to stay away from him. Well I am going to see him again soon and fix this whole mess and there is nothing you can do about it bitch."

Mona saw Emily eyes narrow before she started to walk towards her. Perhaps she pushed things a little too far with the word bitch. She was going to wait till Emily came closer to her and then she was planning to hit and run.

However, when it came time for the hit part it seems she lost her courage. Unfortunately for her she lost the courage as her hand was coming into contact with Emily's face.

It was at that moment Mona's life flashed before her very eyes.

Toby was still holding Aria when a car pulled into the driveway and Aria's dad got out.

Normally Byron wouldn't like seeing a boy that close to his daughter. However when he looked closer he saw that Aria had been crying. The boy was comforting his daughter. That same boy gently nudged Aria awake and when his daughter saw him she did something she hadn't done in years.

She had ran up to him, hugged him tight , and started crying.

Byron asked her what was wrong.

" Mike tried to kill himself and someone tried to kill him and Alison is in there trying to figure out exactly what happened. Mikes resting now after Emily saved his life. After that Emily left to take care of a problem." She then told him everything else about this even the part where she found them snuggled up to each other.

" Call her and see if you can get her to come back. I think Mike needs to have someone there who he trusts. You said when he and Emily were on the bed and that Mike looked Emily saved him I think she would be the best choice. While you are taking care of that, I am going to see if Alison figured out what exactly happened."

As Byron was walking into the house Aria took out her phone.

Mona was frozen in fear. That slap of hers made Emily's head turn sideways for a moment.

You could see the bright red spot where she slapped Emily.

When Emily realized exactly what had just occurred her shock transformed into rage. That slut had the nerve to slap her and now she was going to get what was coming to her.

Emily grabbed the whore by the throat and slammed her against the wall as hard as she could. She then did it again and again until Mona was on her back looking up at her. She then got on top of her and grabbed her face forcing her to look at her attacker.

" You know I was only planning on talking to you but now you've crossed the line for the last fucking time. I am going to take you out of the picture permanently." With that being said she began strangling Mona.

Mona thought she was going to die here but she was saved by Emily's phone ringing.

Emily at first wasn't going to answer it but with all that has occurred lately it must be important. She reluctantly got off of the bitch to answer it. She was glad she did because it was Aria.

Aria wanted her to come back over and stay with Mike for the night. It was perfect. She would spend the whole night with the guy she loved. Could anything possibly ruin her good mood?

Then she heard moans of pain. How could she forget about Mona who was struggling to get to her feet?

" You're lucky that I have somewhere I need to be. Listen to me because I am only going to tell you this once. If you ever come near Mike again I will put you in the ground myself."

After that Emily kicked Mona hard in the ribs before leaving. She had to hurry back because Mike was left alone with Hanna for some time. Who knows what she pulled with her golden opportunity.

Byron got in the house and immediately asked Alison what had happened.

" Emily got here first and saw Mike laying face down on the bed apparently unconscious due to blood loss."

" You believe something else happened don't you? Please tell me even if its just a suspicion."

Alison took a deep breath before speaking." At first when I heard about this I believed Emily's account of what happened. However, after taking a second look the event couldn't have happened the exact way she described. Outside Mike's window there was a broken piece of wood and a piece of clothing belonging to Aria. Also, when Emily was fixing him up, she had to clean a wound on the back of his head. After seeing where his bed was in relation to the window I believe Mike was the one who stabbed himself."

Byron started to put the pieces together himself. He asked her " why would there be a wound on the back of his head if he tried to kill himself by stabbing."

" That is simple. Someone was watching him do this to himself. They must have noticed that Mike was going to stop the bleeding himself. Given the fact that the wound was on the back of his head, I would wager that the person who hit him did it so fast after Mike decided to try to stop the bleeding that he never even had the chance to turn around."

Byron was extremely grateful that Emily was there earlier. He would have lost his son if she wasn't.

He was going upstairs to talk to his son but he saw Mike sleeping. In the end he decided to wait until morning. After all he should have this conversation after everyone is calmer.

Aria went into Mike's room after her father left the room. She was watching over the way she felt she should have before this has happened. The only thing that ran through her mind was how. How could this have happened? How could A have accomplished this?

She was wondering about it while playing the video that Toby left her. Aria wanted to watch it all the way through but stopped about halfway through when she noticed a major piece of the puzzle.

Aria saw the person that she believed tried to kill her brother talking with Meredith. The woman that dad broke up with had something to do with this and she was going to find out what but her brother was more important.

Hanna had just gotten to Mona's house. She didn't find Emily's car there but she was still worried that Emily may have walked there. She was still worried about her friend. they may be after the same thing but that doesn't mean she wants Emily's anger to ruin her chances. Hanna could ruin Emily's chances herself.

Anyway the front door was open. Normally she wasn't going to barge in but then she heard moans of pain from inside. Emily was here alright. Well at least she didn't kill Mona.

When Hanna got inside she spotted Mona sitting against a wall struggling to even sit without collapsing to the floor. She had originally came over to remove her from the picture altogether but she couldn't after seeing Mona in that state.

Hanna reluctantly helped Mona to the couch. Afterwards she started to bandage her cuts.

She listened to Mona talk about what exactly happened. Hanna was surprised Emily was that violent. Mona was extremely lucky that Emily answered the cell when she did. Since it was Aria who called she had a pretty good idea of where Emily was headed.

Unfortunately, that meant she wouldn't be able to head back to Aria's house tonight but at least she was able to kiss him.

Hanna knew why Emily was so mad at Mona the first time. Mona tried to run out the house before Emily could get the answers she wanted. Hanna needed to make sure Mona couldn't escape. After all Aria wanted to deal with Mona herself.

She went to get Mona a pain killer and a glass of water. Hanna got the water , but the pain killer was replaced with a sleeping pill. By the time Mona woke up her chance for escape will have come and gone.

When Mona swallowed the pill and drunk the water her eyes almost instantly widened in horror. This wasn't a pain killer like Hanna told her. It was a fast acting sleeping pill. Mona then heard Hanna whisper into to her ear in a chilling voice

" if you ever go near him again, you may not wake up the next time."

With that being said Mona fell asleep and Hanna left the place.

Emily had just gotten back to Aria's house after going home to change. She had changed because the clothes she was wearing earlier weren't made for sleeping. Not only that, but she had to leave them at home so no one would see Mona's blood on them.

As an extra precaution she took a shower first as well. After all she had to make sure there was absolutely no blood on her anywhere. After taking the shower she put on a green camisole top and green boyshorts.

Now that she was back at Aria's house she knocked on the door and Aria let her in.

She opened Mike's door and saw that he had was still asleep but he was shivering. After closing the door behind her she quietly got under the covers and snuggled into him. Emily had just shut her eyes when she heard his voice.

" Mona slapped you didn't she?"

Emily noticed that he was awake and looking at the spot where Mona slapped her early. She had thought the bright red mark had faded by now. Might as well tell him what happened before someone else does.

" She slapped me after we had words. She didn't like any of mine and I didn't like any of hers either. Mona also didn't like what happened after she slapped me."

Mike said " Thank you for doing that. Mona never did anything like that for me the whole time we had been together."

Emily was relieved that he wasn't mad about her hurting Mona. She was about to go to sleep when she noticed something on his face.

" Hanna kissed you didn't she?"

Mike gulped at the tone Emily was using. That tone meant you better say something and fast. What should he say to make things better? He was thinking fast and then it just came to him."

" I didn't think that Hanna was going to do that. To be honest I wanted you to be the one to kiss me not her."

The truth worked like a charm. It worked even better then expected when she leaned in and said " then I should make you forget about Hanna's kiss shouldn't I?" With that being said she gave him a long, slow kiss and they both felt the sparks.

After that kiss they fell asleep in each others arms.

Aria had a lot to think about.

First there was the fact that Meredith came back. The same woman who drugged her and locked her and her friends in the basement is now back and worse than ever. Dad broke up with the psycho after finding out what she did.

Now she is apparently back for revenge. It all started to make sense. Meredith was planning on making her father pay for breaking up with her. Meredith knew all about this house and that explains why whoever the attempted killer was able to carry this plan out almost perfectly.

She figured that this Meredith situation was no where near over yet. After all eventually Meredith will realize that Mike is still alive and try to finish the job. After that she would probably be next.

Her thoughts drifted away from Meredith and back to her brother. She couldn't believe she war right about Mona all along. Aria didn't like her but she had hoped she was wrong about Mona.

Mona shattered her brothers heart and now she was going to pay for it. At first she was worried that Mona would run and hide while figuring out a way to sweep this whole situation under the rug. Something in her gut told her to hold off until tomorrow though.

Her head and gut agreed. Mona would probably lead them all to believe she was running and hiding until she could fix it. However, Mona's plans are always more complex than simple deception.

Once Mona led them far enough away, she would probably sneak back into Rosewood while there out so she could see Mike. That wouldn't work this time. Mona was never going to be alone with her brother again.

Now she had to get some sleep before she confronted Mona. She fell asleep dreaming of her and Toby.