Montgomery Residence

The police stormed inside the house pointing their guns down at Garret "Don't move!" Garret held up his hands. "Is everyone alright!" Officer Barry shouted. Aria stood frozen in place, her hands were still cuffed behind her back as she stood in front of her mother. Crumpling to the floor Aria fell silent.

As the other officers untied Ella's parents, Officer Barry knelt down beside Aria. Checking her pulse, he grabbed his radio "This is Officer Barry, I need an ambulance on fourteenth street, the Montgomery residence, ASAP!"

Ella knelt down beside her daughter pulling her into her arms, "Aria sweetie? Can you hear me?" Aria gave no reply as the blood seeped out from her lower abdomen. "Aria!" Mike ran towards her and knelt down beside Ella with Byron. "Is she going to be okay mom!" Byron turned and ran at Garret as he was cuffed.

"You fucking bastard! I'll kill you!" Barry held him back "Mr. Montgomery calm down! Get Garret out of here now!" The other officers took Garret outside and put him in the squad car, Hannah and Emily ran inside, they saw Aria in Ella's arms. "Your going to be fine sweetie just hang in there"

Officer Barry turned to the girls "Things could of been worse if you hadn't called us..." The girls were both speechless until Hannah turned her head "They are worse! Our friend was shot!" officer Barry looked at Hannah. "Even so, all three of them could of been killed"

As the sirens of the ambulance was heard, relief started to fill Ella's mind, the EMT's ran in, they put Aria on a gurney. "You go on ahead Ella, Mike and I will meet you there" Ella nodded following the EMT'S into the ambulance.

Byron turned to Hannah and Emily "You girls need a ride?" They both nodded as they turned following Byron and Mike. As they got into the car they saw Jenna standing on the sidewalk, they said nothing as Byron drove away.

Rosewood Hospital

Everyone remained silent as they sat in the waiting room, even though it was over, Emily and Hannah hoped and prayed Aria was alright. The doctor walked out pulling his mask down as he looked at them. "Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery?" Ella and Byron stood up looking at the doctor with concern. "Is my daughter alright?" Ella asked quickly.

He gave them a reassuring smile "Your daughter is going to be fine, the bullet did go through her abdomen but the bullet didn't hit any major organs. We're going to keep her here over night for observation" Mike wiped his eyes "Can we see her?" The doctor nodded. "You two go on ahead, I'll be in shortly" Byron nodded at his wife as he and Mike followed the doctor.

"Thank you both so much...If it hadn't been for the two of you Aria might not have been so lucky...nor would we, I wish there was something I could do to repay you." Hannah and Emily hugged Ella both of them giving her a smile.

"Aria is our best friend, we would do anything for her, and for you" Hannah said. Ella nodded, "I'm sure she'll want to see you both" Hannah and Emily nodded, following Ella into Aria's room.

Aria slowly opened her eyes and looked around, "Mom...dad...?" Ella took her hand "We are right here sweetie. Aria sat up quickly "Is Mike okay?" Ella squeezed her hand calmly "Mike is fine. See?" Mike smiled at Aria.

"I'm glad your okay sis. You scared me" Aria let out a sigh of relief, "What happened?" Ella and Byron looked at her. "When you pushed Garret down his gun went off, you stood in front of your mother protecting her" Ella hugged Aria close as Byron spoke.

"What you did was brave, but you shouldn't of..." Aria cut her off "I wasn't about to let you die mom...I need you..I need all of you" Byron leaned down to kiss her forehead then looked at Ella and Mike. "We'll let you girls talk, Officer Barry wants to speak with us" Aria nodded as she let go of her mothers hand.

Hannah and Emily each leaned down to hug Aria "You scared the hell out of me" Hannah said wiping away a tear. Emily nodded in unison "How did you guys know?" Hannah sighed "We didn't. We were on our way to ask if your parents heard anything after Jason's apartment caught on fire. When we got to your house we heard shouting, then we saw what was going on" Emily nodded.

"Then Hannah called the police. I'm just glad they got there in time...If they hadn't..." Aria smiled "Its fine, its over now. Jason was A...so A is gone, so is Garret. We won't have to worry about anything anymore." The girls looked at Aria in question.

"But what about Jenna?" Aria sighed at Hannah's question. "Jenna was forced to do all the things she did." Emily rose an eyebrow "What do you mean forced? She's the one who started all this" Aria shook her head.

"No. Garret told her that if she didn't do as she was told, then him and Jason would frame Toby, then kill him" "It's true"

They all turned their heads to see Jenna standing in the doorway "I took a cab here. But what Aria said is true...I'm so sorry for what I did...for everything" Aria took a deep breath. "No, you were just protecting Toby...and...We're sorry for what we did to you...and you have every right to tell the police about that night when you and Toby were in the garage"

The girls turned their head at Aria in shock, Hannah was about to speak, but Jenna interrupted "I''m not going to tell them. Toby told me what Alison had on you, on all of you. So I understand, I hope that...we can all put it behind us and become friends..." Emily stood up with Hannah, the two of them hugging Jenna.

"I think that would be best" Emily said with a smile. "Yea, I just wish we could take back that night...its like you said...your still paying for our mistake" Hannah said looking away ashamed. Jenna smiled slightly. "Everyone makes mistakes, but its not about taking it back that makes it better, its the fact you three apologized that matters to me." Aria smiled along with the other two girls.

"I should get going, my cab is waiting" As Jenna left the room Aria's family walked back in with Officer Barry. "Ian Thomas told us everything we needed to know. About A and about the night Alison died, Garret won't be a bother to you girls anymore, he'll be in prison for a long time" Aria looked up. "What about Jason?" Aria asked.

Officer Barry looked down "Jason is dead. But that's Garrets fault, not yours. You've got a great family and friends Aria. Your a very lucky girl." Officer Barry walked out of the room, Aria smiled at everyone. Suddenly the girls felt at peace, Alison and Spencer may have lost their lives, and they would still be missed.

But they got the justice they deserved, the girls no longer had to look over their shoulders every time their phones went off. They didn't have to worry about A watching their every move, and now Jenna was their friend, but most important they didn't lose another friend.

A/N Stay tuned for the final chapter.