Aria's POV
Aria sat in her bedroom listening to The Fray. Tonight had started out being the best night of her life. She slow danced with Ezra and they finally went public with their relationship. After saying goodbye to Ezra and making the shocking discovery Mona was A, Maya's body was found. Man had things changed! Aria had gone from being one of the coolest girls in Rosewood to being in the middle of crisis after crisis. Aria pulled her journal and began flipping through the pages. She went all the way back to the summer her and Alison had become friends. In sixth grade Aria had no friends. She was the wierd artsy girl who preferred to keep to herself. Every other girl was part of a clique, for some reason Aria never fit into any. She had always prided herself on being her own person, not someone who followed the crowd. Lately though Aria wished she had a friend or two to talk to so she would not always be the girl sitting awkwardly in the back of the room sketching. There was also another thing on Aria's mind, boys. She had a painful crush on a boy named Jason DiLaurentis. Aria wished she could go up and talk to Jason but she was much to shy. She admired the way the most popular girl in the sixth grade, Alison DiLaurentis, could talk to any boy without getting nervous and saying the wrong things. Aria was participating in an art camp at Rosewood Day's middle school. Jason was at Rosewood Day's SAT prep camp that same week. Everyday during free play Aria would sneak over to the high school wing and spy on Jason. She was hiding behind a bush, when a cute brown-haired boy with curly hair and ice blue eyes caught her attention. He was carrying To Kill a Mockingbird her favorite book. "Hey Ezra we are going to be late," somebody yelled. Aria sat there daydreaming about Ezra and momentarily forgot about Jason, untill she saw his little sister standing behind her. "So you're into older guys," Alison said. "I was just umm,"Aria started. "Save it,"Ali said. "You're pretty Aria, if you want boys to like you need to try to fit in a bit more," Alison said. Alison took Aria to a party that night and told her how to interact with older kids. Soon Alison and Aria became great friends. Aria snapped out of her flashback when she heard her mother driving into the garage. Aria finally realized she didn't need to change who she was to get a boy's attention. Ezra liked Aria for Aria, just like her three best friends did. Aria began to wish Alison had not run into her at all that day.