Aria sat in her bedroom alone, watching everyone else through the window. They were all in the pool, but Aria had wanted to sit out. They had flown back to New Jersey when their week at Emily's house was up, and for Aria to be back at her house in case they heard anything about her parents.
She spent all of her time thinking about them, about all the fun times they had together. She remembered how mad she had been when her dad was moving them to Iceland for a year, she didn't want to leave Rosewood, but it ended up being the best experience of her life. She remembered baking cookies with her mom every Sunday when she was little and how mad she would get when Mike would come into the kitchen and eat the raw cookie dough. She missed those times, she hadn't seen Mike in a long time. The last time they has been together was two years ago when he had been passing through on a business trip.
Mike was really successful; although he didn't become a professional lacrosse player like he had wanted to be, he had started a small business, that grew very quickly. Maybe breaking his collar bone had been a good thing for him, it helped him get his head out of the clouds. Aria missed Mike though, having both her parents missing made her realize how distant she had become from her brother. She decided to call him.
She picked her phone up from the night stand next to her bed and scrolled through her contacts until she reached Mike's number.
It rang a couple of times before he picked up.
"Michael Montgomery" He answered.
"Mike?" Aria asked.
"Aria! Hey sis, how are you. It's been a while. How's Ezra and the kids?" Mike's voice went from serious businessman to the Aria's kid brother in a second when he realized it was her.
"I'm doing good I guess, trying to hang in there. You don't know about mom and dad?" She asked.
How could he not know, she hadn't called him but Ezra would have if she didn't.
"What about them?" Mike sounded really confused.
"They're missing Mike" It was harder for Aria to say than she thought.
"What are you talking about?" Mike still sounded really confused. Aria didn't know what was so confusing about what she had just said.
"Mom and dad are missing Mike, the police are looking for them, but we haven't gotten any word yet" Aria told him in her mom voice.
"Aria, are you alright? I don't know what your talking about….""MIKE! IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT. MOM AND DAD ARE MISSING! WE CAN'T FIND THEM! I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT SIMPLER THAN THAT!" Aria yelled at him.
"Aria, mom and dad are with me. They flew in last week and are leaving tomorrow" Mike said.
Aria didn't know what to say.
"Aria?" Mike asked. "Are you okay? Where's Ezra?"
Aria hung up the phone and walked out to the pool deck in a daze. Ezra noticed her immediately and ran over to her.
"Are you okay? Have you gotten any news?" He asked quickly.
"My parents have been with Mike this whole time" Aria said.
"I know, they're coming here next. We made these plans a long time ago Aria" Ezra said.
"What? No my parents were missing. We were at Emily's house and I got that call from my mom. A had her" Aria said.
"Aria? Are you alright?" Ezra asked as her led her over to a chair and sat her down. The rest of the parents continued to keep the kids entertained in the pool, but were watching Ezra and Aria closely.
"Why does everyone keep asking me that?" Aria was getting annoyed.
"Because we were never at Emily's house. They all flew here, we go to Emily's house in two weeks after we go to Spencer's. You haven't talked to your mom in two weeks, but they never went missing. I talked to Mike yesterday and he said they were excited to come see us. They've been with him." Ezra explained.
"No" Aria said irritated. "We flew to Emily's house. Emily had Caitlyn and married Jacob. We were at her house when I got a call from my mom, a pocket dial. We decided A had gotten her and called the police. Then A got my dad too" Aria explained what had really happened.
A look of concern, shock and worry came across Ezra's face. He called Emily out of the pool. She looked skinny for just having a baby.
Emily came over and sat down next to Aria.
"Emily, Aria seems to think you had a baby and got married recently" Ezra explained.
Emily looked confused.
"Um, no" She said slowly. "I have Abigail and Seth. And Sophia, but she lives with Spencer and Toby" Emily explained. "I was married to Toby, then re-married Chris, but he's gone"
Aria didn't say anything. She looked in the pool. Jacob was right there, he was holding onto the baby float Caitlyn was in. What were they saying.
"He's right there" Aria pointed to Jacob.
"Who?" Ezra asked.
"Jacob, he's with Caitlyn. Right there on the steps of the pool." Aria kept pointing to the place where Jacob was sitting.
Ezra and Emily didn't see anything.
"Aria" Ezra said slowly "There's no one on the steps of the pool"
