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Once they saw the text Emily alerted the girls, while Paige sent Caleb a message telling him about the text, also to give him a heads up that it was time to be honest with their girlfriend's.

Though it was the middle of the night and they were all exhausted they agreed to meet in Spencer's barn, hoping that because of the late hour they wouldn't be overheard.

Emily was tense as they drove, she hadn't wanted this. Paige wasn't supposed to get mixed up this much in A's drama. She was supposed to get out of Rosewood and live without watching her back. She was angry! A already took this game too far, a car through her living room, her shoulder and her chances at Stanford, and now.. she was going after Paige. Paige who just happened to be in the wrong place at the right time. She parked on the side of the street. Not wanting to wake Spencer's parents up, and killed the engine.

"Em?" Paige had opened the door, ready to get out when she noticed that Emily had yet to move, she closed the door again, trying to prevent too much of the cold getting in, and took her hand trying to break her from her thoughts. "You okay?"

"No!" Emily slammed her free hand against the steering wheel. "Why is A going after you? You have nothing to do with this! All you did was save Mona, you weren't trying to nail A to the wall!"

Paige chewed on her lip and squeezed Emily hand bringing her attention to her. "Actually there's something I need to tell you. It involves why I was at Mona's house the day she was attacked."

Emily's brows furrowed and she turned in her seat to give Paige her full attention.

Paige took a breath, "Remember the help I got after the Nate thing?"

Emily flinched at the mention of his name but nodded. "Caleb."

"Yeah. You asked us to stop what we were doing because it was too dangerous, and we did and Caleb moved to Ravenswood. When he came back and got back with Hanna, he realized how bad the situation was and came to me." Paige paused, unsure how her girlfriend would react to what she was about to say. "With Mona's help, we've been looking for A, that's why I was at her house the day of the attack. She thought she found something. We somehow managed to fly under the radar, and I think A figured out we were working with Mona that day, maybe she figured with a hard enough blow to the head I wouldn't remember anything but I did. That's why I'm on her list now, because we know something about her now that could help us."

The silence in the car was as cold as the wind battering it from each side. Emily had slumped in her seat, her long fingers massaging her temples. "You've been looking for A." It was phrased as a statement but sounded like a question.

"Yes we've been-" Paige began to explain before Emily cut her off as she exploded.

"Do you have any idea what A could have done to you?! You could have died in Mona's house Paige!" Emily ranted, her voice raising with every word. "Don't you see! You're supposed to get out! Prove that Rosewood can't hold anyone back, and you decide to paint a big 'ol target on your back. Now you have to watch your every move, your every word because A can twist things around so easily! You don't deserve to live like this just because you know one of A's targets!"

"Neither do you!" Paige cut in when Emily stopped long enough to take a breath, "You don't deserve what A is doing to you! You told me once that I deserve the best of everything..." Paige swallowed hard, trying to rid herself of the lump that threatened to strangle her at the mention of that day. "You do too, and I won't apologize for trying to help you live the life you deserve without some omnipresent shadow out to get you all the time! Damnit Emily, I meant it when I said there's nothing I wouldn't do to protect you. I love you too much for A to just take you away!"

Suddenly, Emily leaned over the center console and grabbed the front of Paige's jacket, pulling her closer and bringing their lips together in a heated kiss. Paige gasped at the hardness of the kiss, and Emily took advantage of that, letting Paige feel the anger, worry and love she felt. She closed her eyes and pulled Emily closer, letting her bury her feelings in the kiss.

Their moment was interrupted by tapping on the window, and they pulled apart to be met with a smirking Hanna.

Emily groaned softly and let go of a slightly stunned Paige to open the door.

"I don't want to hear it Han." Emily muttered darkly as she got out of the car.

"I didn't say anything." Hanna held up her hands in surrender, the smirk still firmly on her face. "Maybe another trip to the kitchen counter will help ease some tension." She whispered to Paige as she walked by.

Paige's eyes widened as she blushed hard, causing Hanna to laugh, and Caleb to give her a curious glance. Emily, oblivious to her girlfriend's discomfort, pulled her towards the barn.

Spencer was waiting for them and locked the door as soon as they were inside. She led them to the small kitchen where Aria was waiting, with something hot to drink for all of them.

"Are you sure it wasn't just a dream?" Spencer asked Paige after a few seconds of silence.

"I'm sure, it was definitely green eyes, not blue."

"Alison has always been manipulative." Emily grip on Paige's arm hadn't loosened since she had dragged her into the barn, but Paige could feel that she was shivering slightly. She gently eased Emily's fingers off, and pulled her closer by putting an arm around her waist. "It wouldn't surprise me at all if she had someone else doing her dirty work."

Spencer latched on and immediately started going through the names that could be connected to Alison. High on her list was Holbrook, Jenna and Cece.

"It can't be Cece." Emily stated drawing everyone's attention away from Spencer's theorizing. "Ali said she gave Cece a plane ticket to Paris." At the curious looks she continued, "She told me about it when we were in New York, I thought I was protecting you guys by not saying anything, but I was just helping Ali by creating secrets between us. I can't believe I fell for it again!"

"We've all fallen for her tricks Em." Aria squeezed her shoulder. "But now we know better, so now we can do better. Jenna's blind, and Holbrook is a guy so that leaves no one on the list."

"Unless there are new people playing the game. What did you guys find during your research?" Hanna directed at Caleb and Paige.

"We haven't done much since Paige got out of Hospital. But we were working from a motive based angle."

The girls all leaned closer to Caleb, as he explained.

"We think Alison must have done the most damage to whoever A is, our information wasn't complete because there is a lot we don't know, but now that everyone knows what we were doing, our info base can grow and we can start eliminating people. Once we can corroborate all of the information we'll be getting closer to figuring out who A is."

After a short discussion on when and where they would meet to put all they had together to try and figure it out, they split up back to their houses.

Paige was exhausted, and as soon as she got back into Emily's bed she was ready to get some rest. Emily however, had other plans. The fact that Paige had been doing something so dangerous had her feeling the need to hold onto her for as long as she could to make sure the other girl didn't get hurt, or worse. She felt like a mess inside, so many people had died since A came into their lives, and she was terrified. She had been through so much, lost so much. She wasn't about to let A take Paige away. Right now she needed her girlfriend, she needed a moment to be grounded.

"Paige." Emily whispered, drawing her girlfriend from her sleep.

"What's wrong Em?" Paige whispered back, her voice thick with sleep.

"I just..." Emily trailed off and decided to act instead, she turned around to face her, and she could see the worry lines on her girlfriend's face. She brushed the hair on her forehead back and close the distance between their lips. They moved slowly at first, until Emily's lips began moving in a more persistent manner causing Paige to pull away.

"Em your parents." She whispered breathlessly.

"I just need you, please."

Paige chewed on her lip, considering her options.

"Please."

Paige broke and pulled Emily closer, praying in her head that she wasn't setting herself up to be met with a shot gun the next morning. They were quiet and quick, and once it was over, Emily finally allowed herself to be lulled asleep to the sound of Paige's strong, sure heartbeat, her fist clenched tightly in the material of Paige's shirt.

The next morning after breakfast, Paige left to give the Fields some family time before Wayne left. She was driving towards her house and as she passed the Marin home, she stopped, pulling her car off the road before she got out.

Hanna had just gotten into the car when Paige appeared at her window.

"Hey."

Hanna jumped, her hand flying to cover her heart.

"Paige! You scared the hell out of me!"

"Sorry, I was driving by thought I'd stop and see what's up."

Hanna's fingers fidgeted on the steering wheel. "Nows really not a good time."

"Are you okay?"

"I just need to know why she'd do this." Hanna said after a tension filled silence. "I need her to stop before it gets worse."

"Okay." Paige walked around the car and got into the passenger seat. "So let's go."

"Isn't Emily.."

"It'll be fine, come on let's go."

Hanna nodded and started the car, they were halfway down the street when Paige pulled out her phone and began composing a text. "Emily, just in case." Paige shrugged at Hanna's curious glance.

The ride to the prison was silent, both trying to psych themselves up to face the girl that had tortured them relentlessly. The nerves they felt was mixed with very little optimism that maybe Alison had seen the error of her ways and would finally stop what she was doing.

It didn't take long for them to be signed in and let through multiple security gates. Hanna glanced at Paige as they were led down to Alison's cell, Paige gave her a slight smile, trying not to let her emotions show too much, especially when they were about to come face to face with someone who thrived on using those emotions to get the better of them.

When Alison walked into the room, they caught a moment of surprise cross her face before she schooled her features into the normal controlled expression she usually had.

"Surprise, surprise." Alison said as soon as she saw them enter, her brow raised when Paige entered just behind Hanna. "And you brought back up."

"Who did you think it was?" Hanna asked as the cell door was shut behind them. "Holbrook?" Hanna sat down, Paige stayed near the door, giving Hanna the space she needed to get what she wanted. "Look Ali, this isn't a visit. I came here to tell you; give up. I still know you, at least some of you and I know at every turn you've chosen to fight. But just this once, don't!"

"I already have given up." Alison shrugged slightly, sounding defeated, continuing when Hanna rolled her eyes, "That's why I'm here. I could have thrown you all under the bus, but I didn't. I kept my mouth shut. But do I get a thanks for it?" The sarcasm in her voice had Hanna's temper rising.

"What are we supposed to thank you for? Framing Spencer? Putting a knife in Mona's-"

"What knife?" Alison cut her off, "Look if I'm as clever as everyone thinks I am, wouldn't I have given myself a better alibi than my brother?"

Hanna stood, she wasn't getting anywhere with Alison, maybe coming here was a big mistake and she was ready to just go home, she turned to leave but Alison's voice brought her to a standstill, and as she spoke, , Hanna turned to face her.

"You wanna know where I was for those missing hours on thanksgiving? I was waiting for Cyrus. I got a message from him asking to meet. He sounded freaked out and I was worried he was going to expose our deal so I went. I waited for hours for him, and he never showed." She paused, glancing at the floor before meeting Hanna's eyes again, "It was only when I heard that Mona was missing that I realized that this was… a trap set by A. I would have never been able to explain that to the police. I couldn't even tell my own father, but he lied for me anyway. Hanna…If I was A.. Why would I let this happen to me?"

"I don't know, but I do know that if you are A? You're counting on that last little shred of me that gives a damn about what happens to you." Hanna paused, "And you shouldn't." She turned and walked out, Paige watched her leave, tempted to just follow her when Alison spoke.

"Why are you here? Come to gloat? Laugh in my face?"

Paige shook her head, "No, I came here to support Hanna, but right now, I think I'm the only one who doesn't think you're A."

AN: Well there it is, hope you enjoyed, a slight twist on the cell scene from the show. Let me know what you think.