Disclaimer: I do not own Pretty Little Liars or these characters. Not written for money, only enjoyment.
Aria was still at Jason's when she got a text from Spencer saying they were going to the cemetery to see Ali's grave. It was creepy because it was night time. She wanted to say no but then she would have to answer questions about why not. The main reason was because she was comfortable at Jason's, she wanted to spend more time with him.
Jason had seen Aria check her phone, he couldn't see the message but he could see that it was from Spencer. He wondered if Aria would ever see him the way her friends did. He honestly hoped not. Over the course of the evening he had forgotten that some other guy was calling Aria his, because she had been against him.
Before either of them realized the door bell was ringing. Jason and Aria both got up to answer the door. Hanna stood on the other side with a change of clothes for Aria. Handing them over Aria disappeared into one of many bathrooms of the house. Hanna came inside nervously and stood look at Jason. She couldn't decide what it was about him that Aria willing to risk her relationship with Fitz, but she was soon going to figure it out.
Aria came out the bathroom and followed Hanna outside. It didn't take a rocket scientist to see that both Spencer and Emily were livid that she was at Jason's. Standing on the porch she gave Jason a hug and told him thanks for the afternoon. The hug ended too soon for Jason. So he tugged Aria back against him for which she didn't fight. He held her close and gently placed a kiss on the hollow of her neck right by her ear. Aria squeezed his shoulders. When they pulled apart she just looked into his green eyes and realized why that afternoon had been so easy. She still had feelings for him.
While watching her best friend Hanna realized why Aria was risking her relationship. She liked Jason still. It wasn't hard to see when he kissed her neck. Hanna was the only one that could see that though. It was a good thing too cause Spencer probably would have killed her on the spot.
Spencer honked her car horn, Aria glared at her, and Hanna giggled at the mess the girls were. Aria was just as stubborn as Ali and wouldn't be told what to do. Spencer had Hasting blood which meant things had to go her way.
The ride to the cemetery was silent. It wasn't hard to see that there was tension between the girls. Emily and Spencer were united against Aria spending time with Jason. Hanna was beginning to come around to the idea of Jason and Aria. Aria wasn't going to back down on spending time with Jason, he had a part of her heart.
Once they got to the cemetery, Spencer turned on Aria, "What the hell are you thinking spending time with HIM?" she yelled.
"Knock it off Spencer. He didn't have anything to do with Ali's death." Aria responded evenly.
"We don't know that. You're mine as well sleeping with the enemy."
"Really sleeping with the enemy? You did the same thing Spencer when you started to date Toby. So that is the pot calling the kettle black." Aria retorted getting frustrated.
"Aria, we're just worried that you're not thinking straight." Emily added in.
"No. You're both worried because you don't like Jason. You won't let him live down his past. Well I've got news for you two. We are standing in a cemetery at night going to see our dead best friend. We all have secrets and pasts."
"You still haven't answered why you are spending time with him." Spencer said sarcastically not liking that Aria was right.
"I'm spending time with him because I care about him. I always have. I still have feelings for him. He makes me feel wanted and needed." Aria said looking straight at Spencer, "Take your pick of your answer, but it won't change my mind. I'm going to keep spending time with him, Spencer."
"Why?"
"Because everyone needs a friend. I'm not going to leave him high and dry. He came home to get the same answers we want. None of us know what happened to Ali." Aria explained.
"He really has no idea?" Emily and Spencer asked.
"Not a clue. He passed out the night Ali disappeared."
"Shocker there." Spencer added.
"You know what never mind. You two are never going to try and see Jason for who he is today. So let's go to Ali's sight." Aria said stomping off.
Spencer and Emily just watched her walk away not really having any idea why Aria was so frustrated with them. "She still has the same feelings for him." Hanna said to her two confused friends.
"Same?" they both asked.
"Yes same. The ones she had when we were younger. The night that her and Ali got into it, Aria slept with Jason."
"Like slept slept?" Emily asked looking after Aria.
"No. She climbed into his bed when he was asleep and then he woke up and found her. Nothing happened but it mean a lot to Aria."
"I can't believe she never told us."
"Like you two could handle that kind of news." Hanna said smiling.
"She should have told us." Spencer said looking at her feet.
"Why so you could jump down her throat some more Spencer?"
"I just don't want to see her get hurt." Spencer said quietly.
"I don't think Jason will be the one to hurt her. I think you're doing a fine job of that yourself." Hanna said before following Aria.
Emily and Spencer both watched their blonde friend walk away and looked at each other. They didn't know how to react to the news she had shared. It didn't surprise either one that Aria had already been in Jason's bed. When they would have sleepovers with Ali, Aria would always volunteer to sleep in Jason's room, none of them wanted too. Giving in they walked towards where their two friends were standing.
Spencer walked up to Aria and linked her arms with her, as a sign of I'm sorry. Aria just looked up at her and tightened her arm as an it's okay. The four friends just stared at Ali's head stone and didn't know where to go from there until a light was shown on a neighboring mausoleum. Soon a video appeared and proved that Ian Thomas hadn't murdered Ali. Spencer began to cry because she just wanted this whole nightmare to be over. Aria comforted her friend and got them back to Spencer's car.
The drive back to town was as silent as the drive to the cemetery but this time there was no tension in the air. After dropping the girls off Spencer drove home. Looking out her window she could see Jason sitting on his front porch. Gaining her courage, Spencer left her house and made her way over to the DiLaurentis house.
Jason was surprised when he heard rustling from the trees that were on the property line between his and the Hastings. Spencer stepped out onto his driveway looking nervous and determined. Part of his was dreading this encounter but another part had been waiting on it since he had returned home.
"Spencer." He said cautiously.
"Did you kill Ali?" Spencer asked out right.
"No. I don't remember the night she disappeared." Jason told her.
"Why are you spending time with Aria?" Spencer asked next.
"Because I care about her." Jason answered.
"Why?"
"Because she is the only person in this town to not judge me for my past."
"Would you ever hurt her?"
"Not intentionally."
"Would you hurt any of us?" Spencer finally asked looking at the ground.
Jason just stared at her and realized that was what she really wanted to know, "No. I may have not liked you guys when I was younger, but I would never hurt any of you." He told her.
"Why?"
"Because you were all friends with Ali."
"You hated Ali."
"Yeah I did. But I wouldn't want to diminish her memory for you guys. Plus now that she's dead I actually miss my little sister."
Spencer stared at Jason DiLaurentis for several moments not knowing what to say. He had answered all of her questions honestly and she would have been able to tell if he had been lying since she came from a family of lawyers. She didn't know how to handle the fact that Jason wasn't the bad guy she wanted him to be. She needed him to be the bad guy. It just made sense that he would kill Ali. Now she didn't know what to think. Turning around she walked back to her house more confused than before.
Jason knew Spencer was confused because she wanted him to be person who had killed Ali. To her it made perfect sense and to other people in the town it did also. But he also knew that now she didn't know what to think because he had been honest with her. It was kind of funny to see the most level headed one out of Ali's friends become the most confused over the simplest set of question and answer.