A/N: Thanks for all the reviews they keep me inspired to continue. This chapter takes place the morning after Ctrl A. Enjoy.

Warm light was fighting to open Aria's closed eye. Squeezing her eyes shut tighter, she fought to stay in the warm bliss she was currently lying in. Buried beneath soft blankets, she pressed her face into her pillow. A finger delicately grazing her spine caused her eyes to flutter open, and her head to turn. Jason's face was all she could see. Sleep was still glazing over his eyes. He flattened his hand on the middle of her bare back and caressed its way up to her shoulders. The motion caused her stomach to drop, and her breathing to deepen. Following her neck, his hand stopped on her face to brush her hair back.

"Why are you here?" She sighed into his touch as his hand cupped her face.

"Where else would I be?" Placing a kiss to her forehead, his thumb stroked her cheek.

"I don't know," she inched her body closer, until his arm wrapped around her. She didn't care that they both appeared to be naked. She didn't care that her parents could walk in. She just wanted to feel safe and loved in Jason's arms.

"Stop fighting me," he whispered to her.

"I'm not," her lips placed a soft kiss to his neck.

"Aren't you?"

Jolting awake, Aria tried to control her irregular breathing. Great now that Jason is back so are her dreams. A cold shower is defiantly in order this morning. Glancing at her clock, she grumbled at the time, 6:43. As much as Aria would love to go back to sleep, the possibilities of her dreams scared her. Then again so did the possibilities of her waking life. Last night had been horrible. Caleb was almost set up by "A." If Hannah and Spencer hadn't hacked into his computer Wilden would have found the files "A" had planted. Then he would have ended up in jail. Maya had taken off last night leaving Emily worried sick. Plus, there was the random phone call from her dad in which he asked to speak to Holden. Clearly, he still didn't trust her. Not that he should. Aria had been lying to them since they moved back to Rosewood, and not just about Ezra. Grabbing her phone, she texted the only person she new would be up this early on a Sunday morning.

You awake? I need to talk.

- Aria.

Passing the phone back and forth in her hand, she replayed the dream in her head. Stop fighting me. What was that supposed to mean? Okay so it didn't take a genius to figure out the hidden meaning of her dream. She was well aware of the attraction she had for Jason. That wasn't what was bothering her; it was the intimacy the dream held that had her freaking.

Yep! You want to come over? My parents went into the city.

- Spencer

Aria rolled her eyes. What was with the Hastings family? Have they ever heard of a day off? Not that she was complaining, the conversation she needed to have required privacy.

I'll be over in 20

-Aria.

"What's this all about? Does it have something to do with "A"?" Spencer questioned once the girls entered Spencer's bedroom.

"Spencer, not everything has to with "A"." Aria flopped face first onto Spencer's bed with a defeated sigh.

"It does in our lives," she walked to Aria and kicked her leg, "what's going on with you?"

Aria rolled over and sat up to face Spencer, "Jason. "

Spencer was not expecting that answer, "what about Jason?"

"I can't stop thinking about him." Embarrassment hit Aria's face, while disgust and discomfort hit Spencer's.

"I don't want to talk about this," crossing her arms Spencer move to the other side of the room.

"I don't know who else to talk to about it," frustration was lacing Aria's voice. Throwing her hands up she turned around to face Spencer.

"Emily?" Spencer suggested.

"She still thinks he's creepy," Aria stated.

"He is," Spencer voice was so unconvincing she didn't even believe what she said.

"You don't honestly believe that anymore do you?" Aria asked in a disbelieving tone.

"Hannah?" Spencer was trying hard to get Aria to tell anyone else but her this.

"She would just talk about his Perfect abs and bulging," Spencer cut her off, "Aria stop!"

Placing her hands over her ears Spencer closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"What? " Aria was starting to get very frustrated with her friend. "Spencer I need help! I don't know what to do!"

The distress Aria was having had Spencer push away her own Jason problem, and try to help her friend.

"I'm confused," Spencer crawled on the bed beside her, "I thought you still had feelings for Ezra."

"I do," Aria looked down at her hands ashamed.

"And Jason?" Spencer asked.

"He's …" Aria was unaware of how to finish that sentence, "he's Jason," was all she could say.

That was all she had to say. Spencer understood what she meant. There was something about Jason that Aria was drawn to. A chemistry she couldn't deny, which lead to feeling she couldn't control. The same way Spencer felt about Toby.

"I have to tell you something," Spencer whispered. Aria looked at her and nodded for Spencer to continue.

"Jason," Spencer wasn't sure on how to get the words out. She just stared at Aria with an open mouth for a moment, while Aria used her hands motioning for her to continue.

"Jason is my fathers son," Spencer was shocked at how good that felt to say. To not hold it in anymore. Aria was just shocked. With wide eyes, she stared at Spencer asking a silent question of really? Spencer just nodded and waited patiently for Aria to process everything.

"How are you handling all of this?" The concern she had made Spencer love her even more. It was nice to not have to worry about judgment from her friends. Something she was still trying to get used to. The fact that Aria asked how she was before asking for details, confirmed what Spencer already knew, Aria was a great friend.

"How do you handle something like this?" Spencer shrugged.

"Not a clue," shaking her head Aria felt sorrow for all Spencer must be going through.

"But you do, " Spencer stated, "When your dad cheated on your mom,"

"He didn't create another sibling for me," Aria blurted out.

"Still, how did you forgive him?" Aria could tell how much this had been hurting Spencer, and she did know what it felt like to have a parent betray you like that.

"It took a while, but that wasn't the hard part," Aria tried to explain.

"What was?" Spencer asked as if she was looking for a magic answer to deal with this.

"It was the forgetting, he was never the same dad to me. He changed in my eyes," Aria explained sadly.

"Yeah I know," Spencer had an edge to her voice that told Aria she was still in the anger stage.

"In a way I think it made us closer," Trying to get Spencer to see the silver lining, Aria reached for her hand.

"How?" Tears began to pool in Spencer's eyes. She didn't believe anything could make her closer to her father anymore.

"Our parents are human Spence, they make mistakes just like us. Realizing they're not perfect made me appreciate them more. As weird as it sounds."

Nodding at her words Spencer understood what she was saying. They sat in silence for a while, both simmering their own thoughts.

Everything became clear to Aria. This is why Peter and Jessica were arguing at the fashion show. This is why Peter and Jason were arguing at Jason's house that time. It explains why Veronica was so uncomfortable with him on truth up day. And this was what Jason and Spencer were talking about in the courtyard. Jason was Spencer's brother.

"Oh I get it now," Aria blurted out.

"Yeah, my dad had an affair," Spencer said in her bluntly dry tone.

"No, not that. I get why you didn't want hear me going on about my Jason crush," Aria smiled shyly.

"Crush?" Shocked by aria's admission Spencer gaped at her. She knew Aria had feelings for Jason but now she was fully admitting her attraction to him.

"Come on Spence, why else would I have sex dreams about him?" Aria blushed.

"Sex dreams?" The disgusted look Spencer wore made aria laugh.

"I didn't mention that part did I?" Aria giggled.

"No," Spencer shuddered at the thought of Jason in a sex dream. She needed to change this subject fast.

"Aria there's more," Spencer pressed.

"More children?" Aria asked.

Spencer couldn't help the eye roll that followed Aria's question. Clearly Hannah was rubbing off on her.

"NO," her tone made Aria feel like an airhead for a moment, "I have more to tell you."

"What?" Aria asked hesitantly, as Spencer got up and walked to her desk.

"I told Jason Ali was looking for someone she was afraid of," Aria was in shock at Spencer's words, she told Jason.

Does this mean Spencer trusted him now that she knows he's her brother?

"I also told him I needed $2,000 to find out who it was," She handed Aria an envelope. Looking inside Aria choked on her own breath.

"Wait Jason just gave it to you?" Jumping up to stand.

"He wants answers just like we do," Spencer took the envelope back and headed towards her desk.

"Did you tell him about "A"?" The thought of Jason being brought into this mess made Aria feel sick.

"No of course not," Spencer placed the envelope in her desk drawer before turning back around and leaning against her desk.

"So we can call Jonah and set up a meeting. Spencer do you know what this means?" Aria tried not to get her hopes up.

"We may be closing in on "A"," Spencer stated simply, "Or we may be headed to another trap."

As Aria left Spencer's tiredness began to way her body down. Having a nap was probably a bad idea considering all she could think about was Jason. She felt bad for Spencer, but she felt bad for Jason too. He had gone his whole life believing one thing, only to find out it was all a lie. She wanted to go to him. Wanted to comfort him, to listen to fought the urge to go to Jason as she pulled into her driveway. Walking into her home she released a stressful sigh. So much for Spencer helping Aria deal with this Jason crush. All she really did was make it worse. Now that Aria knew his secret some of the mystery surrounding him had disappeared. A lot of things made sense now. One thing was for sure, crush or not she needed to stay away from Jason. If she had learned anything from her relationship with Ezra, it was that as long as "A" was around, she could never be happy. The people that she loved would always be in the crossfire, they would always be pawns in "A"'s game. Just ask Hannah, Caleb came so close to being arrested last night. She wouldn't let that happen to Jason.

"Where did you head off to so early this morning?" Ella asked her daughter as Aria walked into the kitchen.

"Relax mom," Aria sighed while reaching for a glass from the cupboard, "I was just at Spencer's."

"I wasn't implying anything," Ella grabbed the jug of orange juice from the counter and poured some into Aria's glass.

"Yes you were," placing her cup on the counter Aria grabbed an apple out of the fruit bowl.

"No Aria I wasn't," her mother sighed, returning to the pancake batter she was mixing.

"Sorry," Aria mumbled with a mouth full of apple.

"This is all going to take some time, for all of us," Ella tried to explain while continuing to stir the batter.

"I'm not seeing him anymore why can't you and dad back off," Aria's words cause her mother to snap. She'd had just about enough of her daughters sullen attitude these past few weeks.

"You lied to us," Ella explained, " you broke our trust. It's not easily returned."

"I know," Aria gave her a mother a look that needed no explanation. She was referring to her father, and the trust he had broken not to long ago.

"Look I know things have been tense around here lately ," Ella walked over to her purse and pulled out a piece of paper, "but there are other reasons why we're so worried,"

"What are you talking about?" Finishing off her apple Aria placed the core onto the counter and picked up her orange juice, proceeding to take a sip.

"Somebody left this on your dad's car," Ella explained, handing the paper to Aria.

As she read the words on the paper the glass of juice almost slipped out of her hand.

Tonight at 8:30

Do you know where your daughter will be? I do.

Sincerely,

-A

Underneath was the address of a café, the one she goes to in Philadelphia while Holden goes to his fights. Why did "A" care about this? Why were they trying to get her busted for covering up Holden's secret? If the truth was revealed he would be in a lot more trouble than her. However this would defiantly not help the trust her mother had said she needed to earn back.

"Any idea who sent it?" Ella was paying close attention to Aria's reaction to the note.

"No," trying to nonchalantly brush it off, Aria handed the letter back to her mother.

"You know there was a time when you would share everything that was going on in you life with me," her voice held remorse for how much their relationship had changed.

Nervously Aria picked up her apple core and put it in the trash, Ella continued,"and who was in you life."

"Mom," turning around to face Ella, Aria tried to ease her mothers worry, "come on you know everybody that's in my life."

"Do you remember that letter I got last year? About dad's affair with Meredith it was signed by "A" too. I had just assumed that Meredith had wrote it but now," Ella shook her head as if she didn't know what to believe.

Aria timidly finished off her orange juice before placing the empty glass into the sink.

"Don't worry you dad and I will look into it," Ella returned back to making breakfast, as Aria rushed out of the kitchen.

No, her mom and dad can't look into this. "A" was too dangerous, too unpredictable, and they really didn't like people asking questions. Ask Dr. Sullivan if she's even still alive. How was she going to fix this one? What game was "A" playing at now?

Throwing herself onto her bed she snuggled under the covers. Her eyelids began to feel heavy. Thoughts of a nap ran through her head, before she remembered her starling wake up. Releasing a frustrated grunt she rolled onto her side. Her life had become a complete mess. Would she ever find a way out of it? Someone of her young age shouldn't feel this much stress. Closing her eyes she decided on the nap, she would take the Jason dreams over her current reality right now.

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