"Emaya Forever Done Right"

Well, I can no longer delay the inevitable. Emily and Maya need to tell the girls everything.

Rated M for Mature Content.

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My fingers have found what they're looking for making her throw her arms around my neck shaking beneath the water trembling from my touch…

"Maya," she whispers against my ear, "I love you, god I love you so much!"

I can feel her breath against my neck, her mouth kissing, her teeth nibbling while my fingers finish what they started. My hand stays between her legs cupping her pussy, calming her desires while giving her a sweet reminder of what belongs to me.

And then my eyes draw hers to mine while my words flow effortlessly from my lips, "I love you totally and completely…"

Chapter 45: The Truth About Toby

Maya POV

Ding Dong.

I answer the door knowing exactly who it is.

I open it with a, "Hey baby," throwing Emily a wink before letting her in.

"You would think I'd be used to that by now. But you still always seem to make me blush," she says with that one side of her face dimpled smile.

"I think that's why I do it," I wink again.

"Maya!"

I laugh, "Come on, let's go upstairs to talk."

We sit on the floor leaning against my bed lacing and unlacing our fingers for today is the day we have that talk with Aria, Hanna and Spencer. It's Spencer, I worry most about. I can't even imagine being her and hearing what Emily and I have to say about Toby.

"So, do you think you can do this?" I ask, now leaning at an angle so I can watch how she answers me. This way I can more easily gauge her emotions.

"Maya, this isn't going to be easy and I'm not even sure where to start."

"They need to hear it from the beginning, from the time I thought you went down in that plane crash, through my state of catatonia, to Chelsea and Noel, to Justin and the cliffs, and finally, to Toby. I don't think you can just say, Toby is or was A. Ya know?"

She looks up at me, "I know. I know you're right."

"The thing is Emily, you need to tell it from the part where I'm in the hospital cuz I wasn't really there. You saw everything once you got to the cliffs and you have to be strong enough to tell them what you saw."

"Yeah, well, it won't be easy."

"Em," I tilt her chin up towards me with my index finger, "no one said it was going to be easy. But I'll be right there with you. You can do this. I know you can. I won't let you fall."

She closes her eyes with the slightest of smiles. And I kiss her. I kiss her gently, lovingly in a way that lets her know that I'm here no matter what…

We knock on Spencer's door and let ourselves in. Aria and Hanna are already there greeting us with hugs and kisses.

"We missed you guys so much!" Aria gets all mushy.

"It's true. It was different without you Em, and I was looking forward to showing Maya what we do in the summer," Hanna says but there's something behind what she's saying.

"Oh yeah why's that?" Emily asks curiously. I, too, am curious.

"It would've been fun to hang out at the lake and go swimming."

"And see Maya in a bikini?" Em just gets right to the point smiling.

"Was I that transparent?" Hanna eye sexes Maya.

"Hanna, I had no idea you were gay," I say giggling.

"I don't think I am but damn Maya, you'd turn anyone gay especially me!"

We all die laughing when Spencer joins us from upstairs.

"Hey, what did I miss?" she wonders.

"Oh just Hanna being Hanna," Aria surmises.

"Does Hanna think she's gay again?"

There's silence in the room and then we all bust it out! That was so fucking funny!

"So how was California?" Aria asks not knowing anything about what really happened there.

We all sit in the Hastings living room spread out on chairs and her elegant sofa which is kind of too formal to be comfortable.

"It started off great," I begin.

"Started off?" Hanna interjects.

"Em, do you want me to go first?" I ask.

"Yeah."

"So, I was able to take Emily to the beach and do some sightseeing in Point Loma which was really fun."

"It was so beautiful there, it was hard to leave," Emily adds.

"I bet it was," Spencer says.

"The weather couldn't have been more perfect. And that's why it was kinda hard to work at my Aunt's restaurant. Lots of distractions," I say while Emily blushes.

"Like Emily in a bikini," Hanna winks.

"Yes, Hanna, like Emily in a bikini."

"Maya!"

"It's true and if you don't know how incredible you look, well, you do now!" I nudge her playfully.

"So what else happened?" Aria asks.

"And don't leave any of the details out!" Hanna practically jumps from her chair.

Emily and I look at each other smiling cuz we know what kind of details Hanna's looking for!

"We worked long hours, but had days off, here and there, which was nice," Emily smiles sweetly at me.

"But there were some bumps in the road which is why we wanted to talk to you guys," I try to get us closer to the inevitable.

"Bumps in the road?" Spencer asks inquisitively.

"There was this girl I spent a lot of time with before I moved from California. Her name is Chelsea. She got a little flirtatious with Emily in the hopes of making me jealous."

"What a bitch!" Hanna blurts out.

"That wasn't as big an issue as the fact that I never told Emily about her and even worse, she didn't find out from me."

"Let me guess, Chelsea told Emily," Spencer puts it all together.

"Yes. And I didn't take it very well. As a matter of fact, my mom flew in to surprise me and when I found her at Maya's Aunt's, I begged her to take me home."

"Really?" Aria says with her signature deer in the headlights look.

"My mom and I got on a plane the next day. I thought we were going back to Philly but instead my mom surprised me and we flew to Texas to see my dad."

"But I didn't know that and while I was at my Aunt's sulking about Emily leaving, I saw a news report about a plane crash. The plane was on its way to Philadelphia. So I thought Emily…"

"Oh my god Maya, you thought Emily was in the plane that crashed! Holy fuck!" Hanna freaks.

"That must've been awful for you," Aria says understanding exactly how she might've felt.

"It gets worse," I say.

"How can it get any worse?" Spencer can't even believe that's possible.

"I couldn't handle the thought of Emily dying and my mind shut down."

"What do you mean?" Aria asks.

"I fell into what the doctor's call a state of catatonia."

"Shit Maya. That's serious," Spencer obviously knows what it is.

"Catalonia?" Hanna tries to say it.

"No Hanna, catatonia. It's where you're present in body but not in mind. I have no recollection of what happened while I was in that state."

"And Emily, you had no idea," Aria fills in the blanks.

"No, I didn't. I didn't find out until we got back to Rosewood and listened to our voice messages about Maya being in the hospital."

"Oh my god, I can't even imagine," Aria says with her hands over her mouth and eyes wide as saucers.

"So, you flew back to California?" Spencer guesses.

"Yeah, as fast as we could get there. And when I saw Maya, my heart broke a thousand times because the last things we said to each other were not good. I was terrified that that's how things would end. So I did everything in my power to make sure we got another chance."

"Awww," Aria romanticizes.

"But, while Emily was on her way back to me. I was released from the hospital and Chelsea took an interest in helping me to get well. But what, I didn't know, was that she had her own agenda. She wanted me to pay for not contacting her once I moved to Rosewood. She was out for revenge."

"Revenge? What kind of revenge?" Spencer asks.

"Well, unbeknownst to me and Emily, Chelsea followed me to Rosewood."

"Shut the fuck up!" Hanna exclaims with mouth hanging open.

"It's true. She was there the night Paige tried to kill me."

"What!" All three shout at once.

"She was the one who hit Paige over the head before Paige had the chance to hit me with a killing blow. Paige didn't hit me as hard as she intended because Chelsea caught her arm so her forward motion was slowed. And that's when Chelsea crushed Paige's skull."

"So, because of her stalkerishness, Chelsea actually ended up saving your life," Spencer deduces.

"That's not all, Chelsea was seen observing me and was approached by an A team member. It didn't take long for her to be convinced that this was her only chance of getting me back. So, she was recruited."

"Was Chelsea the one sending you all those A texts, Emily?" Aria asks.

"Yes. She was mine and Maya's A."

"Yours and Maya's?" Hanna asks sounding confused.

"Yeah, we found out there's a Big A who recruited an A team member for each of us," Emily explains.

"So wait, are you saying that Mona was my A?" Hanna asks.

"Yes."

"Oh my fucking god!

"So who are mine and Aria's A?" Spencer impatiently asks.

"We're getting to that," I say.

"Can't you just tell us?" Aria asks also sounding impatient.

"We will, but there's more," Emily says needing them to hear everything.

Emily POV

I feel so bad for them. But we have to tell it like this.

"So, back in California, Chelsea convinced my family that she was going to try to help me remember by taking me for a walk in my wheelchair. But what I didn't know was that she was taking me to end my life."

"What? That's fucked!" Hanna sounds off.

"I know right. I didn't even know it was happening. Emily had to fill me in afterwards cuz I had and still have no recollection of that."

"So when I got to Maya, she was surrounded by Chelsea and three other people," I continue.

"What three other people?" Spencer asks.

"Noel."

"Noel!" They sound surprised.

"Yeah, Noel, who was being blackmailed by A into helping Chelsea. But what he didn't know was that Chelsea was the one behind the texts," I explain further.

"Who else was there?" Aria asks.

"Maya's ex-boyfriend, Justin. He broke up with her a long time ago but it had a huge effect on her."

"What kind of effect?" Spencer inquires.

"I was young and really vulnerable when Justin and I dated. I thought I was in love but I was in love with pot more according to him. I didn't take it well when he broke up with me and it didn't take him long to start dating someone else. I really thought he loved me too but then all these crazy thoughts went into my head like I'm not good enough to ever be loved," she looks up at me and I hug her, kissing the side of her face, reminding her she really is loved.

"Oh Maya, I'm so sorry," Aria extends her hand to console her.

"I think we all are Maya, I can't even imagine," Spencer says and that's when reality hits us. The news about Toby is going to break her.

"Anyway, I tried jumping off the cliff that Chelsea brought me back to. She wanted me to remember so that I would choose that fate again. The thing is, Chelsea was the one who saved me the first time but this time around, Big A convinced her that I needed to end my life so that Emily wouldn't be able to love me anymore. If Chelsea couldn't have me then no one could," tears well up in her eyes and I do my best to comfort her.

I look around the room and everyone is fighting back the tears.

"I had to save Maya. And I let them know that they weren't going to hurt her, not under my watch."

"So what happened and who's the third person?" Spencer asks anxiously.

"Well, the third person turned out to be Big A and that's when we found out why," I keep them in suspense but not purposefully, I'm just trying to piece the story together for them.

"Em, you're killing us," Hanna says impatiently.

"Then something strange occurred. Justin touched Maya and she moved. We were all aghast that we froze as she got up and we just watched as she started walking. But she was walking towards the edge of the cliff."

"Oh my god Maya," Aria can't believe it.

"That's when Chelsea saved the day."

"Chelsea?" Hanna says surprised by the turn of events.

"I grabbed Maya pulling her away from the edge of the cliff holding her against me as tight as I could while Chelsea pushed Big A off the cliff and tumbled over the side."

"What!" Hanna is at the edge of her seat.

"Noel dove to save Chelsea and he did, while Big A fell into the crashing waves below."

"This is so crazy!" Aria says in disbelief.

"And while all this was going on, Maya remembered me," tears slide down my face, "she remembered me. She broke free of her catatonic state. Maya was Maya again."

"Oh my god, that sounds so incredible! Not at all what I was expecting you to tell us," Hanna slouches back into her chair.

"I'm so glad you're both okay but honestly, I'm dying to know, who is Big A?" Spencer asks rubbing her hands together nervously.

Maya and I look at each other.

"This is so hard to say," Maya speaks for us both. "And it's going to be very hard for one of you to hear," she looks down as do I unable to make eye contact with any of them.

"So who is it?" Aria asks.

"We're so, so sorry Spencer," Maya says.

"Me? Why me?" She looks scared and confused.

"Because Big A is Toby Cavanaugh."

There, I said it but I feel like shit for saying it.

"Toby? Toby?" She keeps repeating.

"Toby, as in Spencer's Toby," Hanna needs clarification.

"Yes," Maya says.

"But why?" Aria asks as Spencer turns as white as a ghost. It's like she left her body and you can tell she's numb all over.

"Do you want me to tell them?" Maya asks so caringly.

"No, it's okay. I can do it," she side hugs me for support. "Toby was getting us back for pinning the garage incident on him. We let him take the blame for Jenna's blindness and then we made him feel guilty, so guilty that he did unspeakable things with her. According to Toby, we created his guilt. We ruined his life so now he wanted to ruin ours. He said it was always his intention to destroy us. He wanted to take away my reason for being, the love of my life, he wanted to take away Maya. He planned to take all of us out, one by one and he almost succeeded."

"Toby, oh my fucking god!" Hanna says still processing the news.

"But you said we each have an A?" Aria reminds us. "Which means, my A is the only one left out there if Toby was in fact Big A and Spencer's A," she says looking really scared.

And Spencer still hasn't said a word. I don't think I know what to say either.

"We don't know if this is over because Toby's dead. But since the A team has no leader anymore we're betting that it's over for everyone," Maya tries to reassure Aria.

Then Spencer starts to talk, "You said Toby went over the cliff. Where's the body?" she asks in monotone, no emotion, just very flat.

Maya and I look at each other.

"What." She says.

We pause.

"The police never found a body," I finally say.

"Are you fucking serious! That means he could still be out there!" Hanna freaks.

"I don't like this," Aria says nervously.

"You don't like this!" Spencer screams scaring poor Aria and the rest of us. "I'm so sorry you don't like this but I just found out my boyfriend is the A, Big A!"

"Spencer I didn't mean…"

"No of course you didn't mean! You never do Aria!"

Oh shit.

"I was in love with him! I gave myself to that psycho!"

She looks lightheaded, she slowly tumbles to the floor until her entire body is lying there sobbing, pounding the carpet with her fist!

"NOOOOO!" she screams! And her cries heave and she sounds like she's hyperventilating.

We all rush over to her trying to calm her.

"Don't! Just g-g-go! All of you!"

"But Spencer, we want to help you," Aria tries consoling her.

"Get out! Please j-j-just get out!"

We all get up and walk towards the door with an uncomfortableness that's hard to hide.

"Why don't you guys get going. I'll stay here with her. She shouldn't be alone," Aria decides she can't leave her like that.

"Then we should stay too," Hanna says wanting to help.

"I don't think that's a good idea. It's hard enough for her to face one of us never mind three of us. Just go over to Maya's and I'll call you guys when she calms down."

Maya, Hanna and I look at each other confirming with our eyes that Aria makes a good point.

"Call us if anything, I mean anything," I say to Aria.

"I will. In the meantime, can you guys figure out who my A is?" She says quite seriously.

"Oh that's an easy one, it's gotta be Ezra," Hanna blurts out while Maya and I look at her all wide eyed like are you serious right now! Shut the hell up!

"I don't believe that Hanna. I won't believe that."

"You're right. It was stupid. I'm sorry."

"It's okay. I get it. But there must be someone else," her tone of voice tries to convince us as well as herself.

Spencer is still crying and slumped on the floor.

"I have to get over there for her. Just go you guys. I've got this."

"Okay. But call us, please," I say.

She nods and goes back to be with Spencer as the three of us leave the house.

"Hanna! What the fuck were you thinking!" I let her have it when we get on Maya's front porch.

"I wasn't! Okay! I'm sorry! But seriously, you were thinking the same thing too, weren't you."

Maya confirms her doubts about Ezra with her body language as do I.

"Maybe the three us should do some asking around about Mr. Fitz," Maya suggests.

"We have to at least rule him out," I say.

"Or rule him in," Maya says and she's right.

"I say we form our own team to find out if Ezra is Aria's A," Hanna folds her arms across her chest looking rather intimidating. And we'll call ourselves, "The E Team."

"E is for Ezra." I say cuz it's kinda obvious.

"No. E is for Envestigate."

We both look at her like, huh? Did she really just say that?

"Investigate starts with an "I"," Maya corrects her.

"What? Oh, well, it's not like you have spellcheck before you speak. Though wouldn't that be awesome!"

"Earth to Hanna," I need her back with us.

"Okay fine, E is for Ezra."

And so it goes, while Aria comforts a distraught Spencer; Maya, Hanna and I begin our investigation with an "E"…

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To Be Continued…

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