NOTE: This chapter starts off right where the last chapter ended. I don't think it's that great of a chapter, but it actually didn't take as long as I thought it would to post it. Hope you like it.

Aria's POV

I sat quietly at the small table with Ezra, glancing in his direction every few seconds. I figured that I had asked him enough questions, but there was still one more that was trying to escape my lips. I wasn't sure I wanted the answer.

"Ezra, why did you even become A?" He looked up and stared at me for a second without saying anything. I looked back at him; his blue eyes almost putting me in a trance.

Do not go back there. It's over. I thought to myself.

"Well, like I said, I wanted in on the fun. I went to Alison's house the next day to see if maybe she wasn't dead, though I didn't know how someone could survive being overnight in the ground. I guess I didn't want to believe that she was dead. When I went to the spot where the gazebo was being built, there was a huge hole and Alison wasn't there."

"Mrs. DiLaurentis told Hanna that Ali could hold her breath for a long time. That's probably how she stayed in there so long." I told him.

"She has lots of talents. Anyway, I needed to find her. I searched for a whole year before even finding out anything. I did know that she was in hiding, but I wouldn't think that would be hard to figure out considering that everyone just thought she was dead. If people think you're dead, you can't really be out in public."

"Where's this going?" I asked impatiently.

"Well, Alison talked about you and your friends a lot. She told me all about you guys. She showed me pictures and everything. On the anniversary of her 'death,' I saw you going to the bar where we met and I recognized you from Alison's pictures. I thought maybe if I got close to you, it would lead me to Alison." He took a deep breath. "I was just planning on using you, but after that day I really did fall in love with you. After that, I figured out a way to get information from you and the girls; sending anonymous texts and requesting things that you and her friends had no choice but to go through with. I tried hurting you the least, but I didn't want to make it look suspicious."

I let this conversation sink in for a minute. He really did care for me, but he also tortured my friends. I didn't even know if I should have believed him or not. This man was A. Maybe he didn't care for me at all; he could just be pulling an A stunt. Then again, there was something pulling and tugging at me that made me believe what he was saying. What I didn't understand was why he actually agreed to telling me all of this.

"Ezra, why did you tell me everything when you don't even have Alison? The girls know you're A, you can't keep torturing us or sending us text messages."

"I think I'm close enough. I don't think I need to depend on you guys to do my dirty work." I decided that this would be the end to our conversation, so I started packing up my belongings.

"Well, I uh, I need to get home. I told my dad that I'd be home before he went to bed."

I turned to walk away when Ezra grabbed my arm and pulled me close to him. He looked into my eyes and kissed me for only a few seconds before I pushed him away.

"Ezra, I know that we've been talking and stuff, but that doesn't mean I'm just going to suddenly fall in love with you again. I just wanted to know your side of the story. It doesn't change what you did to me and my friends. I don't know why I have to keep telling you that it's over." I walked out of The Brew and jumped in my car and drove home.

When I walked into the house my dad was sitting on the couch waiting for me. He gave me an irritated look, and I knew that I was in trouble.

"So, I called Mrs. Hastings to check up on you and ask when you were going to be home, but do you know what she told me?" He paused like he was waiting for an answer though I knew that it was a rhetorical question. "She told me that my daughter wasn't with Spencer because Spencer had debate team meeting. So, my question is; where were you tonight?"

I swallowed and tried to think of a lie to tell my dad, but nothing came to me. He waited impatiently while I stood still in our foyer.

"Earth to Aria. Where were you and why did you lie to me?"

"I was with Ezra." I decided to tell him the truth, or some of the truth. "He isn't getting over the fact that I'm with somebody else and he asked me to meet him. Trust me; all I did was told him that it's over." That was kind of what happened, I was just hoping my dad would believe me.

"Okay, so why did you lie to me?"

"Because if I told you I was meeting him, you wouldn't have let me go."

"Well I probably wouldn't have, but you still need to be honest." My dad seemed satisfied and he let me go upstairs to my room. I went quietly to my bed and I sat there for a few moments before lying down. I kept thinking about what Ezra had told me and my mind buzzed. I wasn't going to get much sleep that night.

Ezra's POV

Instead of going home, I went to a cabin that belongs to my mother. The whole drive there, I thought about how stupid I was. I didn't know why I kissed her again. I guess there really wasn't a chance for us after all. I thought that Aria wanted me to meet her to talk about us. Apparently, I was wrong.

I opened the door to the cabin and went to the kitchen. I opened the fridge and noticed that there were two drink options: scotch and water. It took me a minute, but I decided on the water. As I stood in the kitchen, I thought about how I lied to Aria. It was just so easy now. I hated doing it, but she couldn't know what I'd done.

I paced around the living room for a minute before approaching the hall closet. I grabbed the doorknob, opened the door slowly and looked inside.

Good. I thought to myself. She's still there.

In the closet there lay an unconscious Alison DiLaurentis.

NOTE: So, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Like I said before, I don't think that it was the best. As always, review and tell me how to improve or something you want to happen.