A/N - So sorry I haven't been on this story for quite a while but here it is!

Special thanks to PrettyxLittlexKiller, Abi117, Mel and the guests for reviewing ;) it means a lot!

Chapter Three

Trick or Treat

Today would be the first and last time Aria would ever let Alison do her makeup. Alison never knew the right amount of eyeliner to put on one eye, or how to do the eyeshadow, but seeing as it was Halloween and they were all going to go to Noel Kahn's big Halloween Bash, she'd decided to let the expert do whatever she liked.

'Ow!' Aria exclaimed. 'You almost poked my eye with that!'

'Keep still!' Alison said.

'Just...I'll do it!' Aria snatched the eyeliner off Ali and sat at the mirror, applying it herself.

Alison sighed. 'Love the cute look, Hanna, good choice, it hides your, um, curves. Em, cute but sexy.' Alison winked at Emily, who blushed and looked down. 'And Spencer...god, Spencer, how can you walk in that? Is that cardboard or something?'

'Give it a rest, Alison.' Aria said as she walked up to them.

'Right. And little Aria, in the cute little witch outfit. Yet again you have been able to use all of the eyeliner.' Alison rolled her eyes. 'Seriously, shouldn't your Goth phase be over yet?'

'Go on and let the fashion police arrest me then.' Aria sighed, crossing her arms.

'Ali! You and your power puff girls better hurry the hell up!'

Alison rolled her eyes again. 'Stupid idiot.'

'Hey, isn't that Jason?' Emily asked.

'He's giving us a ride. Because in the words of my mom, 'I can't be trusted yet'.' Alison clicked her tongue. 'Man, she's a bitch at times.'

Aria snorted. Then her face fell. Jason? The last time she had seen Jason was when he had kissed her. For the second time. For the second fucking time. Aria had done well in the 'avoiding Jason' thing so far, but she'd definitely see him today.

Aria made sure to sit at the back as she didn't want to talk to him let alone kiss him. She was annoyed that he had kissed her, no matter how she liked it, she knew that she was probably being used or something. Based on Ali's crazy tales, that's what Jason usually did with his 'stoner buddies'.

She reached the car second and squashed up between Hanna and Spencer. Don't look at Jason, she thought, no, don't you dare. But too late - she did. She took a good glance at his beautiful face. God, stop it, Aria thought. When they had arrived at Noel Kahn's enormous mansion, Aria bolted out first, not once looking back at Jason.

God, Ali was such a bitch. She'd scared the hell out of Aria, Hanna, Emily and Spencer, and then told them there was no need to be so worried. Of course they'd been worried, god, they thought Alison was actually being attacked!

'Jason's picking us up.' Alison said as they waited outside.

'I'm going to the toilet.' Aria said, heading towards the entrance. She'd never been to one of Noel Kahn's grand parties so she had no idea where the bathroom was. She went down a long corridor and looked at any signs on the doors.

'Well, hello there, beautiful.'

Aria turned around and saw none other than Noel Kahn in his doctor's outfit.

'N-Noel.'

'Where were you heading?'

Aria looked around. She hesitated a bit before saying, 'Toilet.' She turned her head around and before she knew it she was pressed against the wall.

'Won't Ali be worried?' Noel said before pressing a rough kiss on Aria's lips.

'Get off me!' Aria shouted. 'Please!'

'Shut up, won't you?' Noel smirked before kissing her again, pushing her even rougher onto the wall.

'Please! Stop!'

'Oh, are you sure about that?' Noel grinned wickedly, reaching for her top. He then covered her mouth with his hand so no one could hear them. 'Hmm?'

'No! Don't! Please...'

'What the hell do you think you're doing?'

But before both Noel and Aria could see who he was, he had thrown a punch at Noel. Noel suddenly let go of Aria, causing her to stumble to the ground. She only caught a glance at the guy who had just saved her, but even then she knew who it was. Jason.

When Noel sauntered off, Jason ran to Aria, who carried on coughing.

'Are you okay?' Jason asked her, bending down.

Aria looked up at him in tears.

'Are you hurt?'

'My...neck...' Aria pointed at the scarf wound tightly around her.

Jason got the scarf that had been strangling her gently off her neck and examined the bruises which were scattered along it.

'What would he have done...if...you hadn't come...?' Aria stammered. 'Would he have...?' Aria then coughed again.

'It's okay. It's all okay.' Jason muttered, bringing Aria into his arms. In that moment, he didn't care about any dare or any game, he just cared about Aria's safety and how lucky she had been.

A/N - Sorry for the short chapter and sorry for the late update. I've started a new Jaria story (well...will start) called 'If I Could Turn Back Time'.