Hard Decisions

Jason sat in his chair in his office at Rosewood High, thinking. The moment he saw Becky's picture with Red Coat he realized his girlfriend was way deeper into it than she would ever tell him. He needed to know what was happening.

He knew she couldn't be A, because the mysterious hooded person made her life hell, more than to anyone else. He also knew she didn't have anything to do with that night because she was grounded and after what happened at the Kahn's party, Laura would make sure she wouldn't go anywhere. Plus the A threats. He, otherwise, couldn't remember a thing about that night.

But what was she talking about with Noel Kahn then? Distracting the girls with a new A suspect? Having the perfect victim? Was she going to point to Jenna, her friend, as a possible suspect? She seemed really scared about it when they talked early. He decided to look for her.

"Mom? Dad?" Becky dropped her car keys on the kitchen table. Her dad was probably working, but what about her mom? "Mom, I'm home!" she yelled.

"Hi, sweetheart" Laura came from the backyard into the living room and seemed kinda unsettled. Behind her, Jessica DiLaurentis. Becky thought her heart would stop beating.

"Hm, hello Mrs. DiLaurentis".

"Hi, honey. I was leaving anyway! Talk later, Laura"

"Later, Jessica"

"So… What does this mean?" Becky asked firmly, feeling anxious, the moment the front door was closed after Jessica left.

"We were just talking, sweetie" Laura answered, walking towards the kitchen.

"About what?" the girl questioned her mother again, while she followed Laura.

"I think it's actually none of your business"

"Yes, it is, when all you seem to care when it comes to the DiLaurentis is keeping me way from Jason! I told you already: I can make my own decisions"

"I just want to protect you. You know that boy is trouble" Laura's voice was starting to crack, Becky could tell she was angry, but trying to remain calm and sweet towards her daughter.

"Yeah, I really doubt Jessica agrees. First of all; Jason is not the person we left behind. I'm pretty sure you already heard he's clean and he has a job as a counselor at Rosewood High". Becky, on the opposite, couldn't control her own anger, her voice getting higher every word.

"Well, at least one thing you got right: Jessica doesn't agree with me. She thinks you are the problem" it took Becky a few moments to understand what her mother had just said.

"I'm the problem?"

"She thinks you were a terrible influence on Alison"

"Oh my God, why is everything about Alison?" she screamed, more to herself than to her mother. "Is she forgetting about her other son? The only one left!"

"I want you to answer something honestly" Laura said, following Becky who was already going upstairs. "Are you and Jason seeing each other again?"

"Yes and there's nothing you can do about it"

"While you live in this house, you follow my rules! this time, Laura sounded really angry. "If you wanna see him, you can leave and don't come back"

"Done" Becky snarled, running to her bedroom to get her stuff.

When she walked through the front door, she saw Jason parking his car. She was so angry, that she ignored him and went straight to her car, shouting:

"What are you doing here?"

"You forgot your coat" he said. "What was my mom doing here? Where are you going? Is everything ok?"

"I don't know" she answered, looking at him with an anger she didn't even know where it came from. He was not the one she was angry with. "My mom said that if I want to be with you, I should leave. So I'm leaving"

"Becky, I'm sorry" he whispered, getting closer to her. "You can always stay with me"

"I don't think so" suddenly she remembered why looking at him made her so mad. "Looks like your mom thinks I was a bad influence to Alison. I'm calling Hanna, she's probably the one who hates me the least right now"

"No" he said firmly. "It's my house, my mom doesn't get to decide whether you stay or not. We'll grab your stuff at lunch, right now I need to go back" he kissed the top of her head.

"Thank you" she whispered, kissing him softly.

As soon as she got into her car, watching Jason leave, she heard her cellphone. Rolling her eyes, she grabbed it.

Mom made you leave, but what am I going to do about it?

A

I should have known, was her first thought. She was running out of options. None of the girls were talking to her. She felt lonely and like she couldn't trust anyone. Her talk with Jenna at Rosewood High's bathroom was enlightening.

Flashback

"Jenna?"

"Did you miss me?" Jenna asked sarcastically. That was the question she always asked Becky, as a joke. Right now it almost felt like a threat.

"Jenna, I'm… I'm so sorry, for everything"

"Oh, don't be sorry" the girl said, walking towards Becky. "These years were really clarifying"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean you ran away the second things got hard"

"Jenna, I didn't leave because I wanted to. I had no choice!"

"But you did, anyway" she said, accusatory. "You didn't even tell me to go suck it in the last three years and you come back expecting things to be like before? I'm not Jason that you can win back in bed. If you know what I mean"

"Maybe that's for the best, then" Becky replied, feeling her heart race. "For what I've heard, you've been playing with fire" she walked until she was really close to Jenna, the sound of her heals echoing in the bathroom. "Watch out; that's how you lost your sight, Jen" and, saying that, she left the girl all alone.

Now

Feeling like it was her last option, she called Noel.

"I need your help"

"So the princess needs me" Noel mocked her, as soon as she got out of her car, in front of his cabin.

"That's how out of options I ran!"

"Well, here are the keys" he said, giving it to her. "I'll be back later with food and… Someone else will be staying with you"

"Who?" she asked, playing with the keys.

"You'll see" he says, smiling disdainfully. If Noel wasn't a douche, maybe Becky could think he was actually hot. "What are you telling Jason?"

"That I'm back home"

"You need to cut ties with him, Becky" she was surprised with the worrying tone of his voice. "If you want it work between the two of you, you need to first solve all your problems"

"Noel Kahn giving me advices?" she laughed, but knowing, deep down, that he was right.

"Seriously" he rolled his eyes, looking kinda frustrated with her. "You keep going after him, A keeps coming for you. You know"

"Yeah, I do" she whispered, looking at her feet.

After hanging up the phone and assuring her father and Scott that she would be alright, she got back inside the cabin. She still needed to call Jason, but hasn't found the courage to it just yet.

"Hi" she heard Noel's voice coming inside and turned to greet him. He was being followed by a girl, probably the one who was going to stay with her. "Becky, this is Shana" he introduced the two of them, while placing the food he brought in the counter.

"Wow" Shana said, laughing. "So this is the famous Becky Hart"

"Famous?" Becky asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I lived next door to Jason and Alison's grandma in Georgia" the girl explained. "Heard your name more times than I can remember"

"And why are you here?" Becky asked, ignoring the story about the DiLaurentis.

"To help" the girl simply stated, which made Becky's eyebrow go even higher.

"We…"

"Don't be stupid" Noel interrupted her. "We need help, Bec"

"Noel! Both os uf here, Cece in New York... Maybe she's better there, don't you think? I can handle my job!"

"Funny" he said, sarcastically. "Not what it looks like"

"I told I had the perfect distraction, right?"

"Oh, that can be interesting" he said, leaning against the counter and facing Becky.

"Ezra Fitz"

"Don't be ridiculous" he laughed.

"Oh and you're the one to talk? See you didn't make your homework, sweet" she made a dramatic pause, looking at his blue eyes before going on. "He has dozens of boxes with all kinds of information about the girls, their families and everyone here. He's been making his own investigation, saying he wants to find out who A is and that he's writing a book or something like that. Well, he has the information, the money and shadiness needed to be A. He's probably not A, but he could be a great distraction"

"And how do you think we can make the girls follow his track?" Shana asked.

"First, I need them to forgive me" Becky said, taking a deep breathe. "And then… I'm his intern now, I'll make it happen"

"That's until he opens his big mouth about Cece"

"We can make it work, Noel. Like always. And we have bigger problems now. I think A knows our secret"

"What makes you say that?"

"A wanted me to tell the truth about Ali to Jason. Sounds like it knows, right?" she heard her phone ringing.

I already warned you: if you want Jason to leave, stay away from him. Tell him and Scott's next.

A

"Hey, love" Jason greeted, answering her phone call. Becky's heart was already breaking, just thinking about what she was going to do next. "I was worried! Where are you?"

"Dad convinced mom to let me stay, but that's not what we need to talk about, Jase" she took a deep breathe, tears already in her eyes, blurring her view. "I can't stay with you anymore"

"Well, if you're home, then it's ok" he said, sounding confused.

"No, I mean… We need to break up"

"What? Becky, what A has on you this time? I'm coming over"

"I'm sorry" she whispered, her voice failing. "But A has nothing to do with this" she needed to sound convincing, but the text threating Jason's life kept coming back to her mind and she doubted Jason would ever believe her anyway.

"Then… Why?" Jason, asked. She could hear his voice was shaking and that he was hurting, just like her.

"I can't keep on doing this to my family. I can't just ruin everything because of us" she said, trying to be firm, but feeling horrible.

"Becky, c'mon! Let's talk and walk through this together, I know A has something on you, but we can work this out! I love you"

"I know. But not right now" she felt her heart was being shattered into millions of pieces. "I'm really sorry, Jase" and then she hang up. She needed him to stay home, not go over to her parents. She needed at least time until she could explain everything and be with him. So she did the one thing she never thought she would: blocked her phone number and sent Jason a text. Want Becky to live? Leave her. – A.

Hey, guys! Guess who's finally back? And I finally understood what you were talking about when you complained about the quotation marks. Here in Brazil I'm used to only using the hyphen, so that's why I didn't get it. After reading lots of fanfiction in english, I finally got it. Hope it's better right now for you.

What are you guys thinking about this season? I'm worried about the finale next week. I feel like we got barely nothing yesterday and still had stuff answered through interviews. Seriously, SHOW US. If the only info we're getting in a 40+min episode is who kill Charlotte, let us know everything!

At the same time I'm sad it's ending. What are you going to miss the most about the show? I'm definitely missing the theories and Hanna being amazing! She's my favorite. Any suspects for who's Ad?

Hope you enjoy this chapter! Next one is called Charlie and I have until chapter 13 already written.