Author Note – What do you guys think? Can we trust Toby and/or Mona or not? Which way do you want to see it go? I'd love to hear your opinions because I can't decide!

"How are things with you and Spencer? Mona asked.

Toby looked across the table at her. "You see her more than I do. What do you think?"

Mona ran her finger around the rim of her coffee cup. "I think she still loves you. You should talk to her. She's still pretty mad at you and I think Hanna's still suspicious, but I think you have Emily and Aria in your corner."

"I've always had Emily in my corner." He said. "I think Aria just feels sorry for me."

"No. She cares about you." Mona said. "She's worried about you. She's also worried about her relationship with Spencer."

"That's what she needs to be focusing on." Toby said. "Not me."

"Well at least she seems to be over Ezra now." Mona said. "She's seeing Jason now."

"Are you sure about that?"

Mona nodded. "Very. She hasn't said anything yet. They're still keeping it secret, but I still know how to find out even if I'm not using it against them anymore."

"Spying on them isn't going to help you get them to trust you, you know." Toby said. "If they find out you're still up to your tricks they'll never trust you."

Mona leaned forward, her face growing serious. "I'm not up to any tricks. I am on their side. I don't want Aria to get hurt because she's with Jason. That's why I'm watching her. That's the only reason I'm watching her now."

"How can we really be sure?" Toby asked, equally serious.

"How do we know we can trust you?" she countered.

"The girls could always trust me." He replied. "It was you they had to worry about. I was trying to keep them safe."

"Well now I'm trying to keep them safe too."

Toby sighed and leaned back in his chair. "Well maybe you should let Aria know that you're worried. Let her know that you know about her and Jason. Talk to her. It's been two months now and they still aren't sure about you."

Mona stood up and put her cup in the sink. "You're right. I'll go talk to her right now."

"Are you okay?" Mona asked. She and Aria were sitting at the Brew. Emily was working the register, but was watching them. Mona knew both girls still weren't sure about her.

"I guess I'm still not used to spending time with you." Aria admitted. "Alone anyway."

Mona gave her a sympathetic look and reached for her hand. She was pleased that Aria didn't pull it away. That meant she was at least trying to give her another chance. "I get it Aria. But what I want to talk to you about, I feel we should discuss alone. Just the two of us."

"You're not about to ask me to join the A Team are you?" Aria tried to make it sound as if she was teasing Mona, but it came out sounding more like she was scared of Mona.

"Of course not, silly!" Mona replied, smiling. "I'm done with all that."

They sat in silence for a moment, both of them aware that the other customers were probably whispering about them. Everyone found it odd that the girls had brought Mona into their group after what she had done.

"I want to apologize." Mona started.

Aria cut her off, fed up with her apologies. "Stop it Mona. Stop apologizing to me. I know you're sorry about the whole A thing. I get it."

Mona looked shocked at Aria's outburst. "Aria, that's not what I was apologizing for."

"Then what is it now?" Aria demanded.

Mona leaned in and whispered so that no one else could hear. "I know about you and Jason."

"What? How?"

"I may have used my…skills."

"Mona." Aria's voice was dark with warning.

"I know I shouldn't have, and I promise it wasn't for any bad reason." Mona insisted. "It's just that you were getting really secretive again. Like you were when you and Ezra first started seeing each other. I was worried about you.

"I know this probably won't help me get you to trust me, but I promise I was only trying to look out for you."

Aria didn't reply.

"Jason isn't safe, Aria." Mona whispered. "Whoever tried to kill him in that elevator did kill Ian and Garrett. I don't want you to end up in the graveyard with them because you were careless."

Aria took a deep breath to calm herself down. "Thank you for your concern, Mona, but I'm not being careless. I know that someone wants to hurt Jason. Why do you think we're keeping it secret for now?"

"Well can you at least tell the girls?" Mona asked. "Don't you think your friends should know? They knew about Ezra."

"So did you."

Mona ignored the venom in Aria's voice. "Please, Aria. Don't something stupid."

Mona's pleading made Aria wonder if she knew more than she was letting on. "What is this about Mona?"

"About? What do you mean? I'm only concerned for your safety. Honestly."

Aria studied the other girl. Her eyes looked sincere, as did the rest of her face. But she had tricked them into trusting her before.

Mona pulled out her phone and showed her a text. "I got this last night. It scared me."

Aria's getting pretty close to Jason. She might want to watch her back. He has a target on his. –A

Aria read the message and reminded herself that Mona had done this before too. She had made them think that A was after her when it had really just been part of her plan. What had she said or done so far that gave any of them a reason to believe that they could truly trust her? That's why none of them truly did. They had accepted her into the group, but they were all keeping her at arm's length just in case. She had sabotaged all of their relationships before. What made Aria think that that wasn't exactly what she was trying to do now?

Nothing.