Question: Who's your favorite character?
The ringtone echoed throughout the bedroom her eyes darting opened as her she heard it. Hearing the sound brought back all the memories, all the memories she wished to forget. It was almost as if she was paralyzed, as soon as she grabbed her phone she couldn't bear to look at the screen afraid that she would see the that single letter that brought her so much misery.
"Aria" Ezra groaned pulling the blanket form his head "Honey, your phone is ringing"
"Hello"
"Aria!" Mike cried loudly "I don't know what to do"
"Mike slow down what happened?" Aria asked swinging her legs out of the bed moving quickly towards the hallway "What's wrong?"
"There's been an accident! Mona and Tori were in a car accident"
"Are they okay?"
Silence filled the phone.
"Mike! Are Tori and Mona okay?" Aria yelled "Oh my god, Mike I'm coming I'll be there soon" She gasped running back towards her room
"Miranda, Miranda pick up the damn phone!" Emma whispered to herself "Hey Miranda are you awake?"
"I am no" She whined "Why the hell are you calling me so late?"
"Miranda, Tori and her mom were in a car accident"
"What! Is she okay? Please just tell me Tori's okay!" Miranda begged her voice cracking as her eyes sprouted tears
"I don't know, but you need to get your ass over here! We're going to New York!"
"It's gonna be alright" Mike promise taking her hand in his rubbing it with his the pad of his thumb "I'm gonna take care of you"
Aria gripped the wheel tightly, her heartbeat rapid as she thought of seeing her brother. It had been almost fifteen years since the last time she had seen him.
Flashback
She was exhausted, all the energy she had drained from all the crying she had been doing. It was to much, being sad, saying goodbye for the final time, seeing her disappear into the ground.
"Are you ready?" Ezra asked stepping into the bedroom
"I can't do this"
"If you don't go, your gonna regret it" He said wrapping his arms around his wife "You take your time, I'll get Emma in the car"
"I love you" She mumbled against his chest "I love you more than I can say"
"I know honey" Ezra smiled holding her tighter "I love you to"
The church was filled people sitting and standing in every corner. Her left hand held onto his her right hand carrying the car seat. Her eyes met with theirs, her heart jumped as she saw them. It was the thing she needed to get through the funeral, she needed them.
"Aria, how are you?" Spencer asked hugging the shorter girl
"Fine" She lied tearing dripping slowly from her eyes
"You don't need to pretend, we know this is really hard" Hanna said joining the hug
"I'm just trying to be strong for Mike you can't begin to imagine how hard this is for him" Aria explained
"You can't do that" Emily began leaning her head against Spencer's as she hugged the girls "You can't be there for everyone besides yourself"
"I.." Aria stuttered the tears falling faster "I just can't do this! I can't watch them put my mom into the ground"
"Aria" Mike said waling up to the girls "Can we talk?"
"Of course" She replied walking over to her brother "What do you need?"
"I'm leaving" He blurted out
"Leaving?" Aria repeated stunned
"Yea leaving, I don't want to be here, I don't need to see this"
"You're so selfish!" Aria yelled "How could you do that to mom?"
"Mom? Mom's dead!" Mike screamed walking briskly from the church never looking back
"Mom are you okay?" Emma asked seeing a single tear stream down her cheek
"I'm okay"
"What are you thinking about?"
"My mother" Aria admitted "Hearing from Mike again, it's just making me miss her"
"It's gonna be okay" Emma smiled turning her head back to the road "And when I say that, I'm talking to both of you"
"You don't know that" Miranda whined her eyes still wet from her tears "Tori could be really hurt, or even worse!"
"Don't say that Miranda, I may not know Tori very well but I know her mother" Aria began "She is one of the strongest people I have ever met and I'm sure her daughter is the same. Tori is going to be just fine"
"Tori Montgomery!" Miranda yelled running up towards the front desk "Victoria Montgomery which room is she in?"
"Aria" Mike grinned making his way over to his sister pulling her into his embrace whispering something in her ear
"Oh my god" She cried covering her mouth with her hands
"Mom, what's wrong?" Emma asked
"Honey" She said slowly "Mona's gone"
"She's dead"
"Tori?" Miranda said quietly entering the hospital room "Hey, how are you feeling?" She asked pulling a chair next to bed
"I'm good" She smiled her fingers playing nervously with her IV
"I'm so glad to hear that" Miranda confessed reaching for Tori's hand
"What are you doing?" Tori asked pulling her hand away "Who are you?"
"Emma, it's me again. Where the hell are you? Please call me back" Noah whined stuffing his phone back into his pocket
"Trouble in paradise?" Amy laughed sitting beside Noah
"Do you have any idea where Emma is?"
"Damn I removed the GPS tracking system from her arm, if only you'd asked me yesterday"
"Smart-ass" Noah smiled getting to his feet
"Do you have plans?"
"I have a girlfriend" Noah said quickly
"I'm aware of that, I wanted to know if you wanted to go to a party"
"Whose party?"
"Some girl named Jordan Ackard" Amy explained "I met her at a track meet the other day"
"I don't know"
"Fine, sit here by yourself and mope in your own self-pity" Amy laughed walking towards the door
"Wait!" Noah called catching up to her "Only for a few hours"
The music blared through the house teenagers filling each inch of the rooms.
"Slow down superstar" Noah laughed losing his balance slightly
" …even..had that..much..to drink" Amy stuttered her glass held tightly in her hand "You've had more than me"
"No" Noah denied
"Liar" She giggled falling into Noah's arms "Opps"
"Opps" Noah repeated pulling her onto the dancefloor holding her tightly to his body
Before he knew what was happening his lips were on hers, his hands trailing down her shoulders resting on the curve in her back.
"Holy Shit!" Noah yelled waking up in the bed Amy snuggling closey to his side