Summary: "There's nothing half so pleasant as coming home again." –Margaret Elizabeth Sangster Well, Margaret had no clue how right she was in the case of Aria and Jason when they return to Rosewood. Sequel to Let Me Be Your Affliction.

Author Note: Hey everyone. Sorry the update took so long but I fractured my wrist so typing has become a bit of a challenge but since you're all such loyal reviewers, I couldn't give up.

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Return to Rosewood
Pretty Little Liars Fan-Fiction
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Thatcher McCallan
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Chapter Two: God Gave Me You

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I've been a walking heartache
I've made a mess of me
The person that I've been lately
Ain't who I wanna be

But you stay here right beside me
And watch as the storm blows through
And I need you
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It seemed like a typical morning in the Montgomery-DiLaurentis flat filling its occupants with a lulled sense of comfort that Aria use to only dream about. Because, in Rosewood, if you let you let yourself slip into this state, you might also slip right into A's clutches. But that was a worry long forgotten… or at least that's what she thought.

But when she checked her email, she found the world she left in her review mirror now resting in her inbox. Her breath hitched in her throat instantaneously and she moved the mouse to click onto the message waiting to exhale as she read it in her head. Then it's expelled and breathing seems to be an almost impossible task, the news weighing down her heart and pushing the air from her lungs. That's how he finds her frozen in front of the computer in her art room.

Jason: "'Ey Aria, What's wrong?"

He questioned with concern weighing down his brow as he moved to her side and crouches down on bended knee spinning her chair to face him. Other than his own reflection, he saw nothing in her eyes giving her an almost catatonic stare. Taking her hands from her lap where they fell, green bores into hazel desperate for any flicker of a response.

Jason: "Babe, talk to me. What's wrong?"

The sternness of his tone shakes the brunette from her stupor enough to cause tears to spring into her eyes as they move back to the screen. Not quite sure what to do, his eyes followed hers back to the computer screen and as he took in the words, strong arms found themselves enveloping his fiancé in an embrace as if somehow he could protect her from the words on the screen.

But he knew it was a fruitless effort.

Pulling back, he cups her face with gentle hands, a thumb wiping the fallen tears away. He rakes his brain for any words of comfort to provide to the woman he loves but, when you're world is turning to hell, when you find so many have been broken because of your departure, how do you make it okay with words?

Jason: "We'll jump on the next plane," he assures nodding slowly until she finds her head bobbing up and down in response. "Everything's going to be okay. I'll get on the phone with Peter and we'll make sure Spence, Hannah, and Emily get off these trumped up charges and…"

He stopped short of his statement, eyes darting to the floor. It snapped the brunette from her trance and drove her to speak.

Aria: "And what?"
Jason:"We've been running long enough, babe. It's time we return to Rosewood," he says with a certainty before adding the reason behind his confidence. "If not for us then for Logan. He deserves to know his grandparents, aunts, and uncle. And they deserve to know him, too."

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Cause God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
And for when I think I lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it's true
God gave me you
Gave me you
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The sounds of her son's laughter meshed in with the chimes and songs of his toys led the brunette up the stairs and up to her bubbly baby boy's room and to his doorway where she stopped and took a minute to enjoy the view. Little Logan was ecstatic, laughter bubbling in his belly and fizzing into the air as his daddy made animated faces with each press of the toy piano keys and Logan followed in suit banging merrily at the keys his daddy hit.

They were her world and she'd never trade a single second with them for anything but after learning the rest of the liars had been framed for Allie's death, she can't help but wonder what would have happened if she stayed in Rosewood. Would they have defeated A? Would everyone else get the fairytale she'd been living for the past year and change? Would she have made a difference at all? Thoughts swirled around in her mind but the sound of her baby boy saying the word that she'd been trying to get him to say since far before it was in the realm of possibilities shakes her from her thoughts.

Logan: Ma'ma!

Jason's attention moved to his fiancé with a bit of surprise and a whole lot of pride and he saw the same swirling around in her as well. It was exactly what she needed right now. He knew how nervous she was to return to Rosewood, face the ghosts of their pasts and face the future of uncertainty. He was nervous too, though he fought to hide it. He didn't want to have to return to face his father and the rest of the family that didn't know there relationship. In fact, for all he knew, Peter and Aria are the only two that know.

He smiles as she takes a seat next to him and pulled Logan into her lap wrapping her arms around his waist as he continues to play with the rainbow colored piano keys. As Jason reaches down to hit one of the piano keys, she catches him off guard.

Aria: "Thank you."
Jason: "…For Logan because I'm pretty sure I can't take all the credit on that one."

She can't help but smile. He always had a way of bringing her happiness no matter what cloud hung over head.

Aria: "No, well I mean I'm thankful for him too, but what I meant was thank you for being you... for being so strong through all of this."

Now he was the one smiling as he leaned in and pressed a kiss to her temple.

Jason: "You're welcome but if anything I should be thanking God because you're what makes me strong and he gave me you and Logan."

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On my own I'm only
Half of what I could be
I can't do without you
We are stitched together
And what love has tethered
I pray we never undo
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Author's note: Hey everybody. I hope you enjoyed this chapter… I know I enjoyed writing it. And I just wanted to take a moment to stop and thank those of you that took the time to review. It definitely lights a fire under my butt and gets me updating faster.

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