The Rosewood Cops:

"Maybe Jessica had a verbal agreement with these tenants."

Jason glanced over at the woman beside him at the counter they were sat at, Ashley had cooked them some steak and salad with some water, they had been going over the file for the past half an hour into their dinner, trying to figure out what it was all about and why the lease had expired so long ago.

It had been good company being with Ashley and having dinner cooked by someone else. It had been a long time since he had been treated properly. Carly was always busy working and finished later than him, so it was nice he was getting the chance to be dined for once.

Not that he was mad at Carly for that, he understood why it was that way and also he knew that he couldnt be with her tonight. But it was easing him to have someone there for him tonight, treat him like he was normal and focus on something other than all the bad stuff that had happened in their lives.

"Probably," Jason nodded, settling his cutlery down on his plate, "people thought my mom was a hard-ass, but truth is, she used to cry at dog food commercials."

"Me too," Ashley smiled over at Jason, also finishing off her food, "I don't even have a dog."

"You should," He advised her, before his eyes rolled around the kitchen they were situated in and back on the woman beside him, "if you're gonna live in this big house all by yourself."

"Don't remind me," She told him, half jokingly, "The day Hanna moves out...I'm just not as fond of my own company as I used to be."

"Why's that?" Jason asked intrigued by this.

He could relate. Sometimes he hated being alone, especially tonight he didn't want to go back to some random hotel room, worrying about how Carly and Alison were doing, one locked inside for murder, the other shut away from the outside world with physical and probably mental scares.

"I don't know," Ashley looked away from him, like she was deep in though, "I don't know. So much has happened the last few years. I think I'm scared of the white noise in my head."

"I can relate."

Smiling over at him, Ashley was pleased for his company tonight, wanting to make sure he was alright and felt like he was deserving, "Can I get you anything else to drink? I have decaf."

"I'm fine." Jason assured her.

"Let me take your plate." Ashley slipped off her stool, leaning over to take his plate, but her eyes caught his lips.

She found herself moving in to get closer to him, the vulnerability he was giving off, as well as the loneliness she felt that Hanna was out of the house and also her boyfriend wasn't around made her want to find release in Jason.

Lighting she pecked his lips, before he quickly leaped up from his chair, in shock and also pissed that she had done this to him. If Jason would have known Ashley was moving in to kiss him rather than pick up his plate or even just inviting him for her own pleasure, he would have took it over to the sink instead or not even bothered coming inside.

Why had she just done that? Why had she kissed him?

He wasn't a single man nor was he interested.

But she wasn't suppose to know that. Ashley presumed he was single and alone, she had no idea that he was dating someone, the exact girl they were talking about earlier and Ashley had guessed he knew. But Jason had brushed it off, so no wonder Ashley thought it was acceptable to make a move on the guy.

"I'm sorry." She quickly apologised, feeling embarrassed and hurt.

"Why did you do that?" Jason asked, the anger in his tone a little harsher than intended.

But he couldn't have Ashley ever do that again. It was so wrong and not what he even wanted. Carly should have been the one comforting him, making him dinner, kissing him and making him feel good. Not one of his mother's friends.

"I'm sorry," Ashley apologised again, laying the plates down, as Jason stood a few yards from her uncomfortably, "just consider that a thank you for being my company tonight."

"I'm seeing someone." He informed her.

She raised her eyebrows up at this, a little taken back, but not surprised when he looked the way he did. If she was younger and more his age, there was no doubt she wouldn't like the guy and make a move like she had with more confidence, enough confidence to entice him in.

But if he was seeing someone, then Ashley already had an idea in mind who it was.

"The girl in the accident?"

Jason looked over at her, keeping silent, but silence spoke a thousand words to Ashley. She now knew that Jason wasn't single and was actually with the girl in the car accident last night. No wonder he had been more tense than she was expecting. He must have been so worried about her.

But why couldn't he see? Why wasn't he there visiting her? Visiting hours normally finished by now, so why couldn't he have gone there before, then headed for dinner and back to a hotel? Or even stayed at her place?

"I've gotta go." Jason said, breaking the silence and needing to leave what had just happened, including the kiss and the confession behind.

Quickly, he spun round on his feet and headed over to the door, Ashley deciding not to go after him and instead watch him leave out her front door, knowing she had made a right fool of herself and also upset Jason.

Once Jason was outside and hopped in his car, he ran his fingers over his face and brought out his cell phone. Unlocking it, he went onto his photo app and began to flick through the photos of him and the girl he loved.

A sad smile fell on his lips to see them both looking so happy and loved up, the distance they were both experiencing being away from each other was beating him up inside. Jason just wanted to go see her. Carly wanted him to come see her. But neither of them could.

Instead, Jason chucked his phone down on the seat and started up the car, before he pulled away and headed to the hotel he had checked in for the night. Knowing he was going to focus on some work, then try get an early night in, before he did something he'd later regret.

Like going to see Carly out of visiting hours, risking her Dad finding out about them or drowning his sorrows in booze, something he had not done in a very long time. Carly had been his anchor to bring him away from all that and without her he was struggling.

But he didn't tell her that. Neither of them had discussed much of their struggles with alcohol. None of them wanting to touch on such a sensitive and triggering topic. So all either of them ever did was feel nervous for the other.

It had been a few days since Carly was first admitted to the hospital after the emergency services rescued her from her car. It had been a few days since she had been wheeled through, passing in and out, the pain, the tiredness and the panic flooding through her body, wanting her to just shut her eyes.

It had been a few days since she had been targeted by -A, integrated by the cops, watched on by her Dad, confessed things to Spencer and basically hinted that she was involved with Jason more than ever before.

It had been a few days and now she was back in the comfort of her apartment. Her Dad had just left after spending a couple of hours with her, making sure she was ok both physically and mentally, as well as letting her know every so often that he was only a phone call away.

Once she had basically pushed him out of the door and to leave her alone, the sudden realisation that she was back in her own home and with -A, Holbrook or whoever it was out there, she felt the anxiousness grow in her stomach.

The same unease she had felt for a long time since being in Rosewood, but also what she felt at the hospital and in particular when she had got in the car with her Dad earlier on. It was the first time she had been in a car since the accident. Even though she wasn't driving, Carly felt apprehensive whenever another car passed or they had to break.

She didn't want to be fearful of cars and people after her. Carly wouldn't let it get to her. People had been through much worse in this town and were coping a lot better than she was inside. She wanted to be strong about this.

But she also wanted Jason with her more than anything now she was back home. She wanted him here with her, just like she had wanted him there at the hospital. But Carly had no idea where he was, if he was alright and what he had been up to whilst she had been situated in the hospital grounds.

Getting her phone out from her work bag for the first time in days, Carly slowly wondered into her room and plugged it into the wall, charging it up and waiting for it to turn on so she could get in contact with him.

As she was waiting, she brought herself over to the draws in her room and pulled open the bottom one. Shifting through it, she came across one of Jason's sweaters and brought it up for her face, inhaling the scent on it, it smell of him all over and she was reminded of how good he always smelt. The mixture of aftershave, as well as his masculine natural smell.

The sound of her phone vibrating and her message tone echoing around her apartment broke her attention off Jason's sweater. Going back over her phone, she hooked the sweater on her arm and sat down on the bed, her phone now in her hand and she scrolled through the notifications that had now appeared on the device.

There was a few from Melissa and Brooke, expressing their concerns for the accident, wishing her the best and that they would come see her soon, the others were from people at work, including Tanner who had surprisingly wished her a speedy recovery and also one from Spencer, letting her know that she was here whenever she wanted to talk about anything.

But none from the one guy who she wanted to speak to more than anything.

She was disappointed to say the least, worry and paranoia coming over to think that maybe had forgotten about her already. That the accident was a chance for him to get away and out of town, without having to apologise or explain himself to her. Maybe he just didn't want her around anymore and this was why he hadn't been in touch.

Sighing to herself, she slipped her phone back on her bed side table and looked down at the sweater in her hands. If Jason had done that to her, then she would never be able to trust him again or even give him another chance. That would really prove to her the guys actual intentions and that he wasn't the one she once knew.

As she was about to toss the sweater across the room in anger, there was a light tap at the front door and her chest tightened suddenly. After everything that had happened, her first initial thought was that it was 'A' coming to get her, to do more damage than they had first tried and finish her off for good.

Pulling herself up, she hissed when a pain came over her ribs slightly, before she wondered back through into the main living area of her apartment. Gradually she walked herself over to the front door, where she stood up on tip toes to look through the spy hole and felt her stomach flutter instantly.

Quickly grabbing hold of the door handle, Carly opened it up and the person behind it removed the bouquet of flowers from their face, giving her a big grin which instantly broke her out into one too.

"Jason!" She exclaimed, surging forward and wrapping her arms around his neck, wanting to just be close with him already, holding onto him and scolding when her ribs erupted in pain, a bad move on her front, "ouch!"

"You ok?" He asked worried, when she remarked and pulled away frowning, as well as clutching her side.

"Yeah just forgot I had injuries," Carly half joked, before she looked up at him, both of their grins growing again when they caught eyes, "Jay, I can't believe you're here."

"Of course I am," Jason smiled, so relieved to see her now after days apart, "I couldn't not show up now you're home. It's not like I couldn't come to the hospital."

Hearing him say that and being reminded of what had happened to her, she felt tears well up in her eyes uncontrollably, the feelings of loneliness, horror and sadness she felt to be stuck in hospital without him hitting her hard.

"Hey, Carls," He said softly after seeing her get upset, stepping forward with a bunch of flowers in one hand, a pizza box in the other, "come on."

Nodding her head slowly in agreement, she spun around on her feet and headed back inside the apartment. Jason followed her inside, kicking the door closed with his feet and going over to the table, laying the flowers and food down onto the surface, so he could comfort her properly like he had been wanting to for days.

Turning round to face her, Jason wrapped his arms around her body and carefully brought her into him. Carly slowly wrapped her arms around him, resting her head down on his chest and just allowing the tears she had been resisting off the past few days to just spill out from her onto the one man she needed to save her.

Hearing her cry, he shut his eyes tightly, wishing she wouldn't cry, but also understanding why she was so upset. This must have been so traumatising for her, especially with her anxiety and past experiences. He felt so sorry for the girl and now he was here, he was going to make sure she was alright and back to her usual self.

Rubbing her back up and down slowly, Jason lent down and pecked her forehead lightly, seeing the graze on her head from the accident where her head had took impact, "I'm here now, Carl's. Don't you worry."

"I needed you," Carly cried, pulling away slightly and looking up at him through her tears, "I needed you in the hospital."

"I know," He nodded, agreeing with her because he had felt the exact same, "I wanted to be there more than anything. When I found out it was you in the crash, I couldn't even comprehend it. It freaked me out."

"It freaked me out," She sobbed, as he lent down to wipe away some of her tears, "I woke up all alone in the hospital room so confused. I've bruised all my ribs, Jason."

"Carls," Jason sighed, feeling sorry for the girl and wanting to just take her pain away, "I'm so sorry."

"There's nothing no one can do," Carly assured him, "they should heal within a few weeks. I just have to take it easy."

"Of course."

"You do know why I was down your street, right?" She questioned him.

"You were following Tanner?" Jason presumed, as well as guessed.

"No," Carly shook her head, more tears spilling out of her eyes and down her cheeks, "I was coming to see you, Jason. I needed to see you after everything that had gone on with Alison. I needed to be there for you."

"Carly," he sighed, feeling more guilty than ever, it was his fault she was in this mess, "you shouldn't have."

"I had to, Jason," She explained to him, wiping her own tears now and shaking her head, "I had to see you. I had to be there for you. You're always here for me. It was about time I was there for you."

"It's because I can't stand the thought of you being alone, Carl's."

"And I can't either, Jason."

"What happened to you?" He asked her next, knowing it was probably too soon to ask her, but he had to know why she had crashed.

"What do you mean?" She responded confused.

"Why did you crash? I thought you were a good driver." Jason tried to make the situation a light hearted one when really it was far from it.

"I am," Carly said, shaking her head as she did so, "trust me."

"Then what went wrong?" He looked down at her.

"I don't know," she shrugged, feeling the tears prick her eyes again, "this car just came out of nowhere and it wasn't going to stop till I was out of the way."

"Carly," Jason sighed lightly, wiping away her tears again, "did you know who did it?"

"No," She shook her head, "I didn't see them. But I have a theory of my own."

"What's that?" He questioned concerned.

"I think it was someone who's working with Alison."

"Like who?" Jason frowned down at her, "How is that possible?"

"I don't know," Carly shrugged, "I just know this wasn't just some big coincidence. It was done on purpose to get at me."

"And you think Alison was behind it?"

"I don't know, Jason," She repeated, she was so confused and afraid, Jason could really see that and he hated it, "but she must have had help."

"Even locked away she is still wrecking people's lives." He grumbled, looking away from her guiltily.

"Jason," Carly breathed seeing how angry he looked, she lent up slowly and brought his face to look at her, "it's ok. We're going to be ok. I'm not alone no more. I have you."

"Exactly I'm here now," Jason reminded her, bringing his hands up to cup her face in his hands, his fingers wiping away her tears, "and I'm not going anywhere."

"You promise?" Carly asked, hopeful he would stay for the rest of night, she didn't want to be without him a second longer, "You'll stay?"

"Yes," He nodded, before leaning down and pecking her lips once, "I am staying."

Smiling up at him through her tears, Carly pecked his lips again and then turned her head to look at the table, "What's all this?"

"Flowers for you since I didn't get to bring them to you in hospital," Jason explained, wondering over to the table with her and handing them over to her, "I hope they'll brighten your day a little."

"They definitely have," She smiled at him, as she took the flowers from his grasp and looked down at the assortment of white, pink and red roses, "They're perfect."

"I'm glad you like them." Jason returned the smile.

"And this?" Carly laid the flowers back down, her eyes trailing over to the pizza box beside them, "You brought pizza?"

Leaning across, he opened up the pizza box to reveal a steaming hot americano pizza, "your favourite."

"Aren't you such a gentleman?" Carly remarked with a grin.

"Am I?" Jason asked surprised by this, after never having be referred to as a gentleman, as Carly wondered into the kitchen to grab them some plates.

Once she had gotten the plates, Carly began to make her way over to the couch, whilst Jason grabbed the pizza box and followed behind her.

"Yeah we were never like before." She answered, taking a seat down and Jason came to sat beside her, laying the pizza box in front of them on the coffee table.

"We never got this far before."

Looking over at him after hearing what he said, Carly found her smile growing more on her face. Jason was right. They never had gotten this far before. Heck, they had never even had the chance to start dating back in the day. This was the furthest they had ever gotten to and it felt amazing.

Leaning over to Jason, Carly pecked her lips out and placed her mouth on top of his. Feeling her lips there, he quickly moved his hands up to cup her face, bringing her closer to him and kissing her softly, having missed the feeling of her lips on his own.

After having kissing for a good few minutes, Jason and Carly slowly broke apart, both of them grinning from ear to ear, thankful to have each other in their lives and that Jason could finally be there for Carly after the accident.

Right now, he was a great distraction from her inner demons of anxiety and fear.

"I missed you." She told him, still looking deep into his eyes.

"I missed you."

"But I missed normal junk food more." Carly teased him with a smirk, leaning over and taking a slice of pizza out the box.

Jason couldn't help but shake his head in amusement at her statement, a light laugh escaping his lips also, "You're unbelievable."

"What?" Carly looked back at him unfazed, as he grabbed himself a piece of pizza, "You haven't been eating hospital food for days."

"No and I'm glad I haven't."

"I bet you've been cooped up with your home comforts." She teased him, already tucking into her own food hungrily.

"In a hotel room yeah."

"What?" She frowned back at him, surprised to here that he hadn't been staying at home, "what's wrong with your family home?"

"My Dad kicked me out after the Ali situation." He explained lightly, as he ate his piece of pizza.

"Jason!" Carly sighed angrily at his Dad's behaviour, she really disliked that man when he was messing with Jason's life and pushing his confidence, "You could have stayed here..."

"And risk your Dad coming over to the check on the place and find me sat here in my boxers."

"You sit in your underwear when I'm not around?" She raised her brows up mischievously.

It had been a long time since they had done you know what and Carly's lack of self control was definitely getting the better of her.

"Yeah.." Jason looked back at her.

"You don't do that when your with me." Carly responded, finishing off her pizza.

"No because my underwear is already off, Carls," He teased her with a smirk, feeling he exact same levels of arousal she was, "there half way across the room."

"Oh yeah."

"Yeah."

"Like mine?" She asked, putting her plate down on the table in front.

"Yours?" Jason was confused, was she referring to right now or a past situation?

Slowly standing up from her spot, Carly wondered over to the centre of the living room and began to pull off the yoga pants that she had on her legs. It was what her Dad had brought to the hospital to her earlier this morning to change into so that she could leave and not wear the hospital gown anymore.

Seeing Carly pull off her pants, revealing her slim soft legs caused Jason's chest to tighten and he felt more turned on that before. He couldn't believe he was already getting like this just because she was stripping off. But it had been such a long time since they had both been together properly.

Before Carly reached just below her knee, she stopped and looked over at Jason with a naughty expression. Slowly he stood up from the couch, wanting to go over to her and feel her body, but Carly quickly pulled the pants back up.

"That's not fair!" Jason remarked, pouting slightly at the teasing girl.

"You've got to wait for your dessert," Carly told him playfully, wondering back over to him, leaning up to peck his lips lightly and then taking a seat back down on the couch, "Main food first. Dessert later."

Rolling his eyes at her teasing him, Jason took a seat back down on the couch and grabbed himself another slice of pizza. Carly giggled lightly at his reaction, loving being in control and bath with the man she loved.

It always felt so good to be back round him.

And didn't the both of them know that a few hours later!

After finishing off their pizza, they grabbed a tub of ice cream out the freezer and a couple of spoons, before they sat down in front of the TV to watch a few movies for the rest of the night.

Jason's arm was securely wrapped around Carly's shoulders, keeping her close to him and making sure she felt safe in his arms. Carly had rested her head on his upper chest, her other arm wrapped around his front, snuggling into him and feeling relaxed for the first time in days.

But that was short lived half way through the second movie when Jason lent over to peck her forehead, causing her to turn her head and peck his lips instead. Seeing her do that, Jason lent in closer and pecked her lips a few times, being the one to really tease her now.

When things began to get heated between them, Carly hopped up from the couch, grabbing Jason's hands as she did, dragging him through into the bedroom with her and climbing up onto the bed.

Slipping off her yoga pants properly this time, Carly climbed on top of him and began to kiss him once again. Jason ran his fingers over her hair, loving the feeling of her on him and how good her lips felt to be back on his.

As things progressed further, Jason slowly began to pull her white v-neck t-shirt off her body, leaving her in a white lace-bra. His eyes scanned down her body, seeing the markings on her ribs caused him to look back up at her surprised.

"Are they from the accident?" He asked concerned.

"Uh yeah." Carly swallowed away the harshness that had formed in her throat after she had seen Jason look at them, she felt gross for having them on her body, it made her feel so unsexy, but she hoped Jason wasn't freaked out.

"Do they still hurt?" Jason looked back down at them again.

"Yeah," She nodded slowly, "but it's not unbearable. As I said, I just have to be careful."

"I won't hurt you," He reassured her, leaning down slightly and pecking them lightly, "I promise."

Sighing at his touch on her skin, Carly laid back fully on the bed, wanting Jason to keep doing what he was doing and just pleasure her body. She needed it. Carly wanted to feel amazing again. She was fed up of feeling gross, weak and afraid. Jason was the best person to take it all away.

And he did. Over and over again. All night long.

Before they crashed out, tangled in the sheets together, Carly laid flat out on her back because of her ribs, Jason turned toward's her, his arms wrapped around her back, his chin resting on her shoulder as they slept together.

For the first night in days, Carly slept like a baby with Jason beside her and Jason also found himself going to sleep feeling content for the first night in days.

This was where they belonged. Together.

The flowers look beautiful. Thank you again. And for last night. I miss you already :( - Carly xx

Jason found a smile forming on his face when he hopped out of his car to see the text from the one girl who hadn't left his mind all day. The text she had sent made him feel more grateful than ever to have such a great person in his life and for once something good was going on.

After their amazing night together, Jason and Carly had tucked into a bunch later on in the morning, before Jason had to head out to for a lunch work meeting and Carly's Dad, John was heading over after his shift last night to check on his daughter.

That meant Jason to get out of there as soon as possible, which thankfully he had managed to get out of there and was now in the centre of town, waiting for his lunch date to show up.

Jason went to stand on the pavement, going over to stand against the side of the building, responding to Carly's message and then checking the time. He lifted his head up to look around his surroundings, seeing no signs of the person he was suppose to be meeting.

He knew how on time and organised they were all the time, so it surprised him that they weren't here already. But then in dawned on him as to why they must have decided to not show today. Because of the other night. They were still embarrassed and feeling tense over the situation.

It was then that Jason remembered that he hadn't mentioned anything to Carly. Mainly because he didn't want to worry her because it meant nothing to him. It wasn't his actions nor was it his fault. He hadn't made any suggestive comments, moved in for it nor had he kissed back. But he knew it wouldn't look good if he told her about it.

She already had a lot to worry about and right now he didn't want to ruin things between them. Plus he had no problem with Ashley Marin. She was a good friend to his Mom and he had worked with her over the past few months. There was no conflict between the two, but Ashley was certainly letting there be some.

As he looked back up and down from his phone again, he began to make his way down the street, seeing if he could locate her parked maybe somewhere near by or driving down. But as he got further down, Jason realised that she wouldn't be coming today to discuss work with him.

Instead he came face to face with another familiar face, causing him to call out to her "Aria."

"Jason." The teenager was surprised to see him in town after everything that had happened.

"Hey." He greeted her back, glad to see someone who knew the truth about what they had been through unlike the watchful eyes of everyone else.

"Hey."

"Are you meeting someone?" Jason asked the girl, looking around to see if she was.

"Yeah, yeah, I am," Aria told him, looking between her phone and around like he had been before, "but I don't think they're gonna show up,"

she looked back at him, as he nodded in response, an awkward atmosphere came over the two of them, both of them knowing there was probably things they had to talk about concerning his sister and most probably a friend they both had in common,

"How are you?" Aria asked him, breaking the ice between the two of them and also because she was interested, "Since..."

"Since I basically put my sister in prison?" Jason finished for her, as Aria flashed him a light smile, "Well, we can start at tense and work our way on from there."

"How is she?" She questioned, "She's tried to call us a few times, but..."

"You don't have to explain," Jason cut her off again, knowing full well how it felt to be on the receiving ends of Alison's calls and demands to see her, "I went to see her once. That was enough."

Suddenly Jason's phone beeped in his pocket, as he slowly brought it out and read over the new text he had received. It was from Ashley. She had in fact cancelled their lunch for today and wouldn't be meeting him, which meant he now had a few hours free where he was doing nothing.

He'd love to go be with Carly since she was still house bound because of the accident, but John would be there and that wasn't even an option, just like visiting or even calling her in the hospital wasn't either.

"Do you want to grab a bite?" Jason suggested, needing the company, "I was supposed to meet Ashley, Hanna's Mom, for a working lunch but she just cancelled. It might actually be nice to talk about Alison."

"Uh yeah," Aria nodded slowly, "it might."

Jason smiled back at her, before he began to head toward's the Grill they were beside and went inside to grab the two of them a table, Aria following behind him, hopeful that she could get some answers out of the DiLaurentis brother.

Once they were seated and had made their orders, Jason and Aria began to slip away from the small talk. Instead they began to quiz each other over the the topic of conversation that they both had in common.

Alison.

"Forget about the alibi," Aria said from across the table, "Does your Dad really believe her?"

"Doesn't matter," Jason answered, "I mean, he only know's how to protect her. He'll do the same thing on the witness stand, even if he know's what she's capable of."

"What do you think she's capable of?" She questioned him, slightly worryingly.

They had all been on the receiving end of A-'s or Alison's threats over the years, as well as her actions and they already had been pretty brutal.

How far could she really go to get what she wanted?

"A lot," He told her, fiddling with the straw in his drink, "I've seen her do things. I've seen her talk people into things. I mean, the way you girls used to follow her around..."

"Used to..." Aria corrected him, shaking her head as she did so.

Jason swallowed away the tension, feeling bad for not just himself, but also the other girls in this mess, "I know you're not on the best of terms, but the police have a theory. They think she had help."

"With Mona?"

"After," He informed her, "Putting Mona's body in the trunk of her car, hiding it or dumping it."

"Yeah," Aria agreed with him, looking over at him curiously, "we kind of think the same thing. Do you remember when she passed that lie detector test?"

Jason lent back in his seat, knowing full well who Aria was suggesting her, he had heard the same name fall out of Carly's lips a number of times and even last night Jason could see she was hinting at it regarding the accident, but had just decided not to even say his name.

"Someone on the inside, who could change the results, make sure she passed." Jason aided to the situation.

"Is there anything you noticed between Alison and Holbrook?" Aria questioned him next.

"I've only dealt with him a few times," Jason replied, leaving out the fact that he knew about him kissing his sister and that he had gone to Alison for dirt on Carly, "Not that I would have noticed. I obviously know they have some connection. But Alison can get away with things right under your nose."

"Yeah, well, we think that they might be close," Aria continued on her views on this, "That she talked him into things."

She was so very right about that. But Holbrook had talked Alison into things as well.

"God what is it with cops in this town?" Jason groaned, scoffing as he did and Aria's phone buzzed on the tale, the only cop he trusted was the one he fell into bed with most nights during the week, the one he loved more than anything before.

"So you think that it's possible?" Aria asked, surprised Jason was on board with the same idea.

"I can't say for sure," Jason paused, wanting to be careful with what he said for Carly's sake, "I know he's done somethings that would lose him his job. But Ali's probably cut him loose by now. What else can he do for?"

"Did you get your actual information from the cops," Aria found herself quizzing the guy now, wanting to find out if the speculation between the girls was true, "or Carly herself?"

Looking back at Aria, Jason felt surprised and thrown to hear her question that. He didn't know how to respond to that. Jason hated lying. But for Carly's sake he would. He knew she didn't want anyone to find out about them because of her job and her Dad.

Jason was respecting that choice and sometimes he loved being able to sneak around with her, it was fun and kept things peaceful without people butting in. But sometimes he wish he could go out in public with her, not be restricted as to when he could see her or call her, as well as be able to talk about her freely.

Despite all that, Jason was now more concerned about how Aria knew that they were close.

Was it that obvious?

"The cops of course." He told her with a small smile.

"Right." Aria forced a smile back at him, knowing there was more to it than that, but Jason hadn't denied he was close to her, so that at least counted for something.

Spencer had suggested it a few times to the girls, Aria being close to Carly growing up really wanted to find out if it was true. It would be cute if it was. She'd always admired Carly and Aria had been close to Jason at one point. Though they were the exact opposites, Aria imaged they would be good together.

But what was stopping Carly and Jason from going public about it?

If only the girl's knew the real reasons.

Author note: Hello lovelies! Back with another update and one I hoped you enjoyed this part, especially the Jason and Carly interaction after her accident. Do you think Jason handled the Ashley situation well? I of course couldn't have him cheat on Carly after all this time, he finally got her and he wasn't going to be stupid enough to do that to her.

Special thanks to Rhatch89 and LiLuLo12 for reviewing the last part! Trust me, Carly will stand up for herself soon and won't be taking anymore shit from Daddy Monroe.

*SPOILERS* Oh my god! Have you seen the latest pll episode? Jason! Him and Aria? nooooo! I definitely will not be making that happen in this story haha soz Aria. But I'm so happy Jason is back in it!

I'd love to hear what you think before the next part :)

Thanks so much,

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