Aria couldn't take it anymore. Toby was torturing her and there was nothing she could do to stop it or block him out. She knew there was only one way out of it all.

In art that afternoon she snuck a pair of scissors out of the room and took them back to her room. She sat crying, she didn't want to do it but it was the only way to make the hallucinations stop. "I'm sorry" she whispered, she didn't know who too, to Toby for shooting him, to her family, friends and Ezra for leaving them, to herself for what she was about to do. She took a deep breath in and closed her eyes.

Ella poured herself a glass of wine and sat on the couch drinking it. She heard the phone ring and winced at the thought that it could be the hospital calling to tell her that Aria had been restrained again. She picked up the phone and sure enough it was the hospital. She froze as the words echoed around her head of what they were saying and then as it hit her, she dropped her wine glass creating a red stain on the white carpet.

Aria opened her eyes. As she looked around the white room she realised that she was still alive. She had failed and she was sure that Toby would soon be there to remind her. She looked over and saw her parents and Mike sitting opposite her hospital bed.

"Aria" Ella said as she saw that she was awake

"Hi Mom" She whispered not knowing what to say. What could she say after what she'd done?

"Oh Aria, thank God you're ok" Ella said as the tears started to run down her face

"Why did you do that Aria" Byron said softly

"I'm so sorry; there was no other way to make it stop"

"Make what stop?" Ella asked

"Toby" She said sadly

"You mean you are still seeing Toby" Ella asked

Aria nodded. Ella walked over to the bed and embraced Aria. "It's ok" She whispered stroking Aria's chocolate coloured hair as Aria rested her head on Ella's shoulder.

"Does Ezra know?" Aria whispered

Ella pulled away and said "No, do you want me to call him?"

Aria nodded and Ella squeezed her hand and then went to call Ezra.

Ezra lay in his bed staring at the ceiling. It was only 9pm but he felt exhausted. He had gone to see Aria but the staff had told him that he couldn't see her. They refused to tell him why so after arguing with them he'd gone home. He'd tried to ring Ella but she wasn't answering. He was snapped out of his thoughts as he heard his phone ringing and went over to answer it.

"Hello"

"Ezra? It's Ella"

"Hi Ella" He said "I tried to call you earlier, I went to see Aria today but they wouldn't let me see her. Is she ok"

"No. Well yes but not really"

"Why, what happened" He asked concernedly

"Aria... Aria attempted suicide this afternoon" Ella said her voice crocking with tears

"What! No, oh my God"

"It's ok Ezra, she's ok, the cuts weren't deep even though she lost quite a bit of blood but she's conscious now and she's going to be fine"

"Thank goodness. Can I see her?" Ezra asked

"Yes, you can come tomorrow, she's sleeping now"

"Ok thank you Ella" Ezra said

"That's ok Ezra, bye" Ella said and hung up

Ezra walked over to his bed and lay down. He didn't know what to do with himself; he was in shock that Aria had done that. He knew things were bad but he didn't think they were that bad.

Aria woke up and saw her Mom sitting next to her.

"Hey sweetheart, your Dad took Mike home last night but they should be back soon"

"Ok did you call Ezra?" She asked

"Yes, he's coming to see you today if that's ok"

"Yeah, that's ok." Aria said and then continued "Mom what happens now?"

"Well we'll wait until the doctors are happy to discharge you and then I guess you'll have to go back to the psych ward."

"Please don't make me go back there Mom, please"

"I'm sorry Aria but I have no choice, you need help"

"Please Mom, can I just come home, I'll go to see a psychiatrist as an outpatient and I'll try really hard. The hospital makes me feel trapped and all they do is look you up on your own or restrain you which just makes things worse."

"I know, I'm sorry sweetheart but even if I thought it was a good idea for you to come home it's not fair on Mike" Ella said regretfully

"She can come and stay with me" Ezra said standing in the doorway

Ella and Aria looked up as Ezra walked towards them.

"Really?" Aria asked

"Yes, of course. I'll take good care of her Ella. When she was in the hospital Aria attempted suicide and I can't have that happen again. If she lives with me I can watch her and make sure she takes her meds and goes to appointments with her psychiatrist and take care of her. Please Ella"

"No Ezra, it's not fair on you to take on that kind of responsibility"

"I honestly don't mind, I want to do it"

"Please Mom, I can't go back to the hospital I really can't" Aria said

Ella closed her eyes and sighed. As she reopened her eyes she said "Ok. We'll give it a try as long as if it gets too hard Ezra you let us know. I'm not completely happy with this idea but I don't trust the hospital anymore and maybe it will be good for Aria to be with you. I'll just call Byron and check with him"

Ella left and room and Ezra sat next to Aria and held her hand. "Thank you, I love you so much" Aria whispered

"I love you too" Ezra said

Soon Ella was back. "So?" Asked Aria

"Your Dad said it was ok, just no funny business you two ok"

"Mom" Aria said embarrassed

Ezra laugh and both Ezra and Aria agreed to Ella and Byron's rules and smiled at each other. Finally Aria felt a bit safer and Ezra felt like he could look after her and make sure she was safe. Ezra and Aria would finally be together again.

"Thank you Mom" Aria smiled feeling a bit of hope for the first time since she was kidnapped.

Thank you so much for the reviews on the last chapter! I really hope you like this one