A/N: Thank teamezria53098 for always checking over my chapters and making sure they are good! It's moving along! (Yes, the story is probably going to be ginormously huge again...)

"Aria," Mrs. DiLaurentis said, calling her over to the living room after dinner. Walking over with the coffee pot in her hand, she offered some.

"Oh no thank you, I'll be up all night," Jessica replied, still sober as could be. "I wanted to talk to you about you and my son."

"Oh," Aria said quickly straightening herself up for the harsh words about to come, probably consisting of being disappointed in her, how their relationship was wrong, and that they needed to break up.

"I'm happy for you two," Mrs. DiLaurentis started. Those five little words almost made Aria drop the hot brown liquid to the ground.

"What?" Aria asked hoping for her to repeat it.

"Jason told us the night he picked us up from the airport," Jessica stated. "And at first, both my husband and I lashed out. We thought it was unacceptable for the two of you to be dating."

Aria swallowed hard and felt her stomach drop. Those were the words she was waiting and preparing herself to hear. But for some reason though, they were much harsher when they came out. It made the oxygen in Aria's lungs escape her and she had a hard time holding herself in place.

"But Jason gave us some time and we ended up talking about it the next day as a family," Jessica continued with a calm face.

"And?" Aria asked cautiously. Her heart was pounding a mile a minute.

"I'm not sure about my husband yet, but I do approve. I can't say I have anything against you Aria, and the look on Jason's face when he looks to you or watches you from afar, its what any woman would love to have."

"Thank you," Aria said completely taken back.

"No thank you," Jessica said. "I wasn't sure about Jason coming back here to Rosewood, and I will admit that I wasn't the best parent when Alison was still around," she said with guilty eyes, "Jason got into a lot of trouble in his teenage years – we let a lot slide. If it wasn't for Alison's death, he still could have been that way."

Aria stood there patiently, trying to understand where she was going with this. The more Mrs. DiLaurentis brought up Ali, the more she wanted to flee and cry about all of this.

"And coming back here, again, finding him to be in love with you…it's given me the courage to sober up and be the mother I should have been for both of my kids."

Aria's eyebrows rose again. Say what? "Mrs. DiLaurentis, I-…"

"You and Jason deserve a chance to be together. I know his approval about this doesn't mean much to him, but I'm thinking it does to you."

Still speechless from everything that she was hearing, all Aria could do was nod her head in agreement.

"Take care of my son Aria, I don't want him down the same road he went though before. I'm down that road right now and it's not a good one."

When the conversation was over, Aria spun on her heel and walked to the kitchen. There wasn't anything she could say…or think. This was unbelievable, incredible, and all around scary. Jason's happiness was in her hands. Aria remembered how she acknowledged the feeling before, but now it was ten times more powerful with Mrs. DiLaurentis telling her.

He followed her into the kitchen, analyzing how she gathered her thoughts. "What did my mom say to you? Was it something about us?" Jason's jaw started to become ridged and set. He appeared pissed off and upset. "I swear if she said something bad about you or us…"

"No," Aria said quickly catching him. She broke out of her reverie just in time to stop Jason from marching over to his mother and telling her off. "It was nothing like that. As a matter of fact…she approved of us."

The words seemed foreign coming off Aria's tongue and it gave her a rush of relief and scary goosebumps at the same time.

"She did?" he asked, surprised himself, as he stood in front of her.

"Yea," Aria answered blankly staring, "she told me that she wanted to change – she wanted to stop drinking."

"What?" he asked needing her to repeat what he was sure wasn't correct.

"Yea," Aria breathed again, confirming his thoughts. Mrs. DiLaurentis was shaping herself up.

"So her and my dad both approve," he stated.

"No," Aria said shaking her head. "Your mom approves, I don't know about your dad – either does your mom."

Jason glanced at his dad, talking with Ashley Marin and the Field's parents, before gazing back at Aria. "And how do you feel about that?"

"Right now, too shocked to say anything," Aria admitted, going to lean back against the counter. "Its crazy right? For us to have such an effect on a person."

Jason gave a small shrug, "maybe it's a good thing."

"It's a really good thing," Aria clarified looking up at him. Jason gave a small smile; relieved she was feeling this way. At first, when his mother called her over, he was worried. He watched them interact, and by Aria's body language, he felt like he should go over to her rescue her, but Spencer and her friends held him back. The two women needed to talk apparently. And then when she left, her face was in shock and he knew something happened – he was just hoping it wasn't for the worst. He went into the kitchen watching her with a cautious eye. He was nervous on the inside – frightened almost – but he didn't want to appear that way to Aria. His parents approval meant nothing to him, he meant that when he said it, but it meant something to her, and he was concerned about that knowing what the two of them were like. After Aria said that the conversation was positive, he was relieved, but then her expression was so blank and separated from what she should have been feeling that it stirred up anxious feelings for him again. He didn't want his parents to be a reason for separation; it was his deepest fear for that to happen. But then all the sudden it was like the words kicked in and she looked truly happy. Relief at that point wasn't even the word to cover how he felt. He was over the moon happy that she got good news and was feeling better about the situation. His mother deciding to change was just the bonus to it all (although he wasn't keeping his hopes held high for that one).

Leaning in, Jason kissed her; the kiss was hard but soft, fast but slow; and it was only for a few seconds but seemed like forever. He wanted to feel like this for the rest of his life – they both did – with their lips mashed together, reacting to their happiness and love for each other. It so strongly cursed through their veins that they felt the need to act upon it. Saying the words 'I love you' sometimes weren't enough and couldn't cover how they truly felt. The way they could express themselves through the small intimate action made their love for either other grow even more and they craved it.

"Are you two done?" Hanna asked coming into the kitchen with her friends behind her. Her arms were crossed over her chest trying to show an unpleasant face as she watched them, but Aria and Jason could both see the lovesick romantic happiness she was feeling on the inside as they glanced at her eyes.

Breaking, the two panted softly against each other.

"It went well then," Spencer guessed.

"She definitely gave her approval," Emily chimed in. Aria's cheeks blushed red and she agreed, telling them the short yet longer version of the story than what she previously told Jason.

"Girls, Jason, ready to open presents?" Ella asked coming into the kitchen. Nodding, the five of them walked away from the main area and back into the living room where all the adults were. They did a $10 gift exchange with all the adults, some getting goofy things like as seen on TV stuff or lawn gnomes. After that, they had dessert and sat around the fire talking some more.

"Well, we should call it a night," Mrs. DiLaurentis said getting up from the chair while her husband stood behind her. "Are you staying here Jason?"

"Yea, I'll be home in a few hours," he answered. Nodding, the two adults said goodbye to everyone, Mr. DiLaurentis giving Aria a head nod instead of a hug (like Mrs. DiLaurentis did) or a handshake (like he did with others), and then they were gone, leaving Jason in their wake.

"Should we do our presents?" Spencer suggested. Nodding, Aria let the weight of Jason's parents being around lift from her shoulders and they walked over to the tree. They four of them sat in a circle, rotating and passing around their gifts for each other. It was a tradition they had started with Ali. Each of them took turns opening one from each friend and enjoyed what they had gotten. Aria – some new jewelry from Emily, some blank music sheets with her own personalized book to keep it in from Spencer, and a new pair of heels form Hanna; Spencer –perfume from Aria, her some earrings and a dress from Hanna, and new chick flick movies (which were her favorite) on DVD from Emily; Hanna - being the happiest about her gifts – concert tickets from Aria, Emily gave her a new curling iron and lotion she once stole from the mall, and new sunglasses and feather jewelry from Spencer; And lastly Emily – getting a bunch of things from Aria, a day planned for her and Toby (courtesy of Spencer), and some of the hottest swim gear from Hanna.

"Merry Christmas," the Hastings' said on their way out of the door.

"You too," Ella replied, watching the last of their company go.

"Stay safe out there," Mr. Fields chimed in as they stayed a while longer.

"I've got a present for you," Jason called to Aria as he dragged her back to their seats after she said goodbye to Spencer and her family. That whole thing with the Hastings was a bit awkward. Veronica and Spencer were cool with the whole half brother thing, but Peter was a different story. He was fairly quiet to Jason, not saying much unless he had to.

Interested, Aria let Jason drag her back to the couch to be presented with a small box. Untying the bow and ripping off the wrapping paper, Aria opened the box and found two tickets. Reading them closely, as soon as she saw the destination was New York, she jumped into his arms.

"Seriously?" she asked when they broke apart.

"You and me, two days after new years for four days."

"I can go?" Aria asked astonished to her mother, Ella smiled sweetly at her daughter, nodding her head yes. Jason had already approved it with her. Stunned, Aria launched into his arms again in excitement.

"Wow, that is awesome," Hanna spoke, as the Fields' family and Marin's hung around.

"Thank you," Aria murmured in Jason's ear.

"Your welcome," he smiled, kissing her head before she pulled back. Grinning, Aria went to the tree then, grabbing her gift for him. Jason was a fairly hard guy to pick out for. He had so many sides to him –sentimental and not – that she wasn't sure what to get.

"College basketball tickets?" he wondered in surprised. Noting for him to continue to look at the tickets, he read it all. "…My college? Court side?"

Aria smiled carefully, hoping the present was acceptable. She was horrible picking out things for guys – especially for Mike, but she tried. She wanted to make Jason's present special, heartfelt, memorable, and enjoyable all at the same time, which was really hard.

"Where'd you find these?"

"Can't rat out my source," Aria teased with a smile. His excitement was beginning to show. She had picked out his college and some other one she had no idea about (although apparently it was supposed to be a great game) to make it enjoyable.

"We get to meet the team afterward," she added hoping his excitement would skyrocket. It did. He immediately went shifting in the envelope, pulling out VIP passes.

"How- wha-..." He was too stunned to say anything. Aria knew he liked basketball and he played sometimes, but he never would have imagined her getting this for him.

"It actually reminded me of the time I saw you at the courts," she added.

"Your pink hair," he remembered commenting about that. He was fascinated with her pink hair, bringing it up numerous times.

"Ah, yes, the punk rock Aria," Hanna commented.

"What a teenage phase that was," Ella noted as the parents chuckled.

"Hey, I liked the pink hair," Aria justified to them all.

"So did I," Jason smirked to her.

"Didn't we all?" Emily asked rolling her eyes.

"Jealous," Aria teased.

"So much," Hanna replied sarcastically back with a small laugh.

An hour later was when everyone else left. The Field's family declared it was getting late and Ashley was finally able to pull her daughter up and get going. Jason left soon after that too, knowing his parents were at his house alone and it was very late.

"Thanks again," Aria said smiling up at him with little distance between them. Tempted to kiss her, yet trying not to show too much PDA in front of her parents and Mike, he settled for a kiss to her forehead. "Love you."

"You too, tell your family thanks for coming." Nodding, he waved to Ella and Mike and left their doorstep, smiling on his way home.

"So it was successful?" Ella asked to Aria.

"Mrs. DiLaurentis approved," Aria nodded.

"Mike? Will you help clean up?" Ella called to her son when she realized he was already off trying to play some new video game Jason bought him.

"It was sweet of Jason to do that," She commented about Mike.

"I'm surprised you are letting take Jason go to New York," Aria noted after she agreed with her mom. Jason getting Mike a gift was a surprise and a bonus to both the women in their books.

"He called me up beforehand when he was planning the gift. He wanted my approval," Ella commented

"What made you say yes?" Aria wondered, cleaning up some dirty plates and cups.

"Besides the guidelines I put down about going and the very awkward mention of sex…"

"What?" Aria exclaimed with her eyes almost popping out of her head. Yes, she could have died of embarrassment then.

"I had to know! I needed to make sure," Ella justified for herself as she came back to grab more dirty plates.

"Mom that – I – no. Jason and I wouldn't – we – oh god," Aria said settling for putting her head on her forehead while shaking her head from side to side.

"He was fine with it – immediately telling me you guys weren't there…in your relationship yet," Ella hesitated awkwardly.

"Ew," Mike said coming into the room and walking straight back out.

"Can we…keep going?" Aria asked with cheeks flamed in red. Nodding, Ella quickly continued her reasoning for saying yes to Jason – he was a great guy, treating Aria well, and it was only for a few days, not interfering with their busy days or school.

"We never seem to be able to find the time to take you to New York and see the city or campus. Jason's idea seemed perfect," Ella added.

"Well thank you again," Aria commented, taking ht rest of the cups into the kitchen.

"You welcome," Ella smiled, coming over and kissing her daughter's head.

"You can come back in the room and help Mike!" Ella called to her son as the two women chuckled.

"You're not going to believe this," Jason said as the two of them sat outside on his porch in the cold wintery weather. His parents were out doing some errands for the day and he and Aria had some time to themselves before having dinner with the two of them.

"What?" she wondered, facing the opposite side of him as they leaned against the stone beams with their legs stretched out beside each other.

"My mom wants to have New Years Eve here."

"…Like a party?" Aria wondered curiously.

"Yea, like a party."

Aria was surprised. Mrs. DiLaurentis truly meant it when she was flipping over to a new side. "That's great."

"You're kidding right?" Jason asked furrowing his eyebrows. "You honestly don't think this is a great idea."

"Shouldn't I?" Aria wondered confused on how she was supposed to feel about this.

"Aria, she's trying to come back into Rosewood like she never left. Having a party? Really?"

"What's the worst that could happen?" she asked hypothetically, "maybe it will be good for her. Its not like she's invited all the townspeople of Rosewood right?"

"No," he sighed, "just the people from your moms.

"See," Aria shrugged, "it can't be that bad. Who's really going to judge?"

He gave her a look like – do you really have to ask that? Rolling her eyes, she brushed it off. "Honestly, maybe it's a good thing."

"My house isn't even done and she's already out getting things for new years," he grumbled, complaining some more.

"We can finish it," Aria shrugged, "all it needs is some paint, décor and your finished."

He furrowed his eyebrows again, wondering if she was serious about this all. For some reason, he had a hard time believing that his mom was really accepting towards Aria. He had this small smidge of doubt and belief that Aria was hiding the truth about what his mom said to her and was acting like she was okay with their relationship. Her sudden turn to soberness could be that his mom wanted to ruin Aria's life and Aria bending over backwards for his mom would be her trying to get her to accept Aria as his girlfriend. He didn't want this to be like the 'A' situation where he didn't see it.

"I'm serious Jase," Aria said kicking him slightly so he could look back at her. He was lost in another world for a second. "We can do this. It could be fun."

"What happened to doing new years at your dads?"

Aria rolled her eyes – yea like she (and Mike) would want to watch the ball drop with their dad and 'new mom' and witness them snog each other's faces off after that. No thanks.

"You're signing yourself up for a lot of work Ar," he cautioned.

"Then it's a good thing I have a lot of time on my hands," she smiled back. She was happy about this and wanted to finish his house; Jason was surprised at that, but couldn't shut her down. He would do anything for her and he was going to – even if he didn't like it.

"You owe me for this," he noted teasingly, bringing his legs down to the steps and moving in the sitting position. Marching his stance, Aria slid over to him and kissed his cold cheek with her frosty lips. "Deal."

The two of them worked on Jason's house everyday for many days. From the time they made the decision to finish his house and grab the paint, till now, was like a complete mash up of events. Aria had dinner with Jason's parents that one night and it was almost all-smooth sailing. There were a few hitches with Kenneth, still knit picking small things in their relationship and bringing up Ali a few times, but they all got through it and Jessica became on board fairly quickly with finishing up the place to have this party coming up. She invited the Fields' Family, Marins' and surprisingly, the Hastings'. Of course, the Montogomerys' were also invited – all except for Byron and his new wife.

"Hey, you almost done in here?" Jason wondered, sticking his head into the guest bedroom. Aria had taken one room to paint, while he did the hallway.

"Yea," she smiled over her shoulder, slowly getting down from the ladder. "How's it look?"

"Nice," he smiled, finding freshly painted walls. He stuck with more neutral and earthy colors, hence the green guest room. Aria and him disagreed a bit at the stores on what colors he should paint this room, but it worked out in the end.

"Great job," he murmured, taking her in his arms, standing behind her. Loving the way he kissed her temple, she set her arms on top of his and stood in the middle of the room with him staring at the work. Most of his house was done, only Ali's old room needed to be done, which was more like another guest bedroom too (Jason only took parts of her room for his modifications to the place – not tearing all of it up).

Turning in his arms, Aria reached up, snaking her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply. His lips molded with hers perfectly, making Aria feel like they were made for each other. He applied pressure then, shaping them around hers so that his tongue swiped her lower lip. Moaning at the feeling, she immediately granted him entrance to her mouth and their tongues fought for dominance. It was a new experience for Aria, never feeling or doing this in other relationships. It was so intimate and heart pounding that there was a steady fuzzy feeling flowing through her body as she kissed him with such passion. It made her body feel warm and her head tingle. Pulling back for oxygen Aria stared into Jason's green eyes and smiled. Painting his house, even this room was something she couldn't wait to when they got their own place together. It would be a while, considering they were still pretty young, but it would be their place then, not just his.

Lost in far away thoughts, Aria let out a surprise giggle when she felt Jason's lips on her skin. He was devouring her neck with the most passionate and gentle lips. Tilting her head to give him more access, she enjoyed the feeling of him against her.

His kisses began getting deeper and stronger, now giving her fits of laughter and warmth. "Jase," she laughed, squirming in his arms. Keeping a tight hold on her, they moved around the room together in a tight embrace.

"I love you," she spoke, enjoying the way he came up from tickling her to gaze in her eyes. Kissing her again, deeply and passionately, he murmured back an "I love you too" and consumed them back into a fuzzy feeling called love.

They worked on finishing the house, being done by New Years Eve. Jason ended up doing Ali's room alone one day finding that it would be better and faster. It saved Aria some heartache and gave him some healing time.

"Hello Aria, Jason's up in his room if you would like to go up there," Mrs. DiLaurentis said opening up his front door. It was the day before the party and Jason had texted her, asking to stop by so they could do something. He was getting sick of having his parents around his place – finding he liked it better when he was alone. Aria teased him at times, but eventually got what he meant when they couldn't seem to find any personal time together (except for when his parents went out which wasn't often).

"Thanks," Aria replied, stepping into the house and taking off her winter gear. "How are the preparations coming for the party? If you need any help, I'd be glad to do something," she offered.

"Oh that sounds great sweetie but no thank you," Jessica politely declined, "I like all the work. It keeps me busy around here. And honestly there isn't much left – just a few things here and there."

"That sounds great," Aria smiled back, ready to go find Jason.

Nodding, Jessica smiled at the cute girl. "Well, I'll let you get upstairs. Tell Jason to come down in a few minutes though? I would like him to pick up a few things for me."

"Sure thing," Aria noted, going to the stairs and making her way to his room. Finding the door to be open, she popped her head in and saw Jason coming from his bathroom with a towel in his hand, scrubbing at his wet hair. He was bare chested, making Aria drool a bit and it didn't help any that his jeans were low on his hips.

"Hey handsome," she commented, trying to steer her thoughts from wandering too far.

"Hey, you got here quick," he noted, dropping the towel on his bed.

"You call, I stop over," she replied, moving away from the door to greet him.

"Mmm," she hummed, enjoying the kiss he planted on her lips. The smell of him coming out of a fresh shower was enough to make her go crazy. Not only did his lips taste like fresh rainwater, but he also smelled so good; it was like a mix of the forest, cinnamon, and spice.

He tilted her head back, enjoying the sounds she let out for him as he kissed her deeper. Only he would be the one to hear those moans and hums come from her; and only he would be the one to raise them from her. As she let out another pleasure filled sound, his hands began to roam and the blood in his veins began circulating faster. The things she did to him…

Picking her up by the waist, she quickly wrapped her legs around him and kept their kiss together. He brought them over to the nearest place – happening to be his dresser – and set her down on the top of it. Their lips were each trying to dominate each other, giving pressure and force that stirred up something deep inside them. Aria gave a few more little moans and whimpers, making Jason go crazy in the process. He loved when Aria wore dresses – it was honestly one of the best inventions and things she could ever wear. Sliding his hands underneath the fabric and running his hands over the silky skin of her thighs, he held onto her tight, enjoying the way she felt against him.

He cupped the sides of her hips then, enjoying the feel of her lacy underwear against his hands. Only during the night could he really see her wear this type of thing. She would be sleeping over his house and model one of his shirts around the house or to bed – that made him go crazy too.

"We can't," Aria panted against his lips, stopping his hands from going any further. They hadn't had sex yet, but the more time they spent making out, the closer they were inching to it (without even really realizing). Of course, this whole 'sex' thing was going to be a joint decision; it meant a lot to both of them, so they weren't going to be irresponsible with something like this (but then again, they weren't going to do something cheesy like plan out the whole night just to have sex – Aria and Jason both felt like that would be too awkward) but they wanted things to be natural (yet aware of everything). They were young, and had a lot going for each of them. If something, by chance, was to ever happen like a pregnancy…they would have to be responsible and ready for that. They would make the choice to do it…together.

"Your mom is right downstairs," she explained, still trying to catch her breath and reel in her passion. Her hands had wandered through his hair, down his neck, over his bare chest, and slowly inching down further. "If she comes in here and sees this…"

Jason gave a groan and laid his head against her shoulder. "This is why I hate having my parents here."

Aria gave a small chuckle to that, automatically going to run her hands through his ash blonde hair again. "Only a few more days."

"Still too long," he muttered, stepping back from her and helping her jump down from the dresser. Jason watched as she flashed him a blushing smile and fix her dress from the disheveled mess he put it in when he was practically groping her.

"Come on, I forgot to tell you your mom wanted you downstairs," she commented. Giving another groan and eye roll, Jason turned on heel to grab his shirt from the bed and walk downstairs with Aria.

A/N: More fluff yes, but you can be expecting 'A' coming...ehhh...somewhat soon possibly...