A/N: And here is your last chapter. Keep in mind this story ends at 40 chapters so please review as much as you possibly can! Thanks!

"You thinking about sleeping the whole day?" her uncle asked knocking on her bedroom door and opening it to stick his head in.

"Hey," Aria said shifting on her side to look at him.

"We were thinking of going to get some lunch. Did you want to come with us?"

"Sure," Aria said. Rubbing her eyes, she pulled back her covers and tied up her hair. "Where are we going?"

"Some café down the street?" he asked unsure if that answer was right. "So where'd you win that?"

Glancing to her uncle to see what he was looking at, she saw he was gazing at the big stuffed animal Jason won for her.

"Oh, my boyfriend won that for me when we went to the fair."

"Jason right?" her uncle asked, stepping further into the room as Aria stood in her closet looking through her clothes.

"Mom told you about him?" she wondered looking back at him.

"I know everything now," he teased as he sat at the end of her bed. Aria loved her uncle for this reason. It didn't matter how long of a time he was away, he still was her uncle and her father. Aria guessed that he picked it up from being an older brother and father himself, but she wasn't sure. Either way though, she enjoyed it. Her father was never like this – caring about her life and trying to pry with little cheesy questions – it felt good to know that he cared.

"So…you like him a lot?" Greg guessed as Aria modeled clothes to possibly wear for the day. There were pictures of the two of them all over her room, along with that giant stuffed animal and books.

Narrowing her eyes at him, she was curious to what he was getting at. "Did my mom send you up here to spy for her or something?"

"No," he shrugged, "just curious."

"Then I plead the fifth," Aria joked.

"That's only if you have incriminating evidence against yourself," he laughed.

"I do," she replied justly, "if I was to tell you anything I could land myself in trouble."

"Mike said the same thing," Greg chucked, "but that makes me wonder what you guys have been up to." Aria smiled widely and shook her head. There was nothing to really find. Both her and Mike were good kids and the adults knew that. Taking a moment to himself, Greg watched his niece in her morning routine. He couldn't wait to have a daughter of his own come into the world. Waiting for Haley was like waiting for Christmas after it just passed. He wanted to watch her grow and do this too. "He treats you right though correct?"

Aria stopped to look at him. "Yea, he's one of the good guys," she confirmed.

Greg smiled at the comment while bowing his head. He and Aria had this connection – father/ daughter of course. They could really get into deep subjects without even truly touch it. It could be something simple like this, where he's asking about the boy in her life and she replies something about his true bother of the bad people in this world and soothing it.

"Well, I should go see if your mom needs anything. You good here?" he asked getting up from her bed.

"Perfect," Aria chirped as she got her clothes together.

"I'll see you downstairs in a few," he commented, shutting the door behind him. He loved that kid, and he could only hope he and Andrea could raise such a daughter like that too.

"No way!" Aria and Mike laughed as Greg told some stories about Jack.

"Its true," he confirmed, chuckling at the memory too.

"Another refill?" the waitress asked Ella as she came around to check on them.

"Sure thank you," Ella smiled back. The four of them made it to the café were Aria and her friends usually met at. It wasn't too crowded considering it was the day after thanksgiving but it was busy enough.

"I say we walk to the ice cream shop and get some of that fudge," Mike suggested.

"Or we could just walk to the movies, eat a bunch of snacks and stay warm," Ella replied back. Greg laughed at both of them before pitching the idea of going to the bookstore so they could get coffees. Finding it to be great, that's what the family did.

Paying the check, the four of them grabbed their things and walked outside. Just as they crossed the street, Aria caught a glimpse of something. Stopping where she was, she turned and looked back. The Rosewood newspaper's front-page cover of Maya's death was taped to a lamppost, flapping against the fall wind. From where Aria stood she could see the clear outline of the words 'death' and 'missing now found'. It made chills run down her spine and sickness stir in her stomach.

"You coming?'" Greg asked his niece when he saw her stopped a ways back on the sidewalk. He had jogged back to her as Mike and Ella walked along unknowing that she wasn't with them.

"Yea," Aria said shaking her head and faking a smile. Tearing her eyes from the picture, she walked beside her uncle and caught up with the rest of their family. (Little did she know the newspaper clipping had the letter 'A' circled in red with sharpie…)

The day seemed to fly by for Aria. After lunch they went to the bookstore, bought coffees, a few books, and then went to the toyshop next door so that Greg could mail something to Jack.

"Coming?" Aria asked Mike who was playing some Xbox game.

"Yea, one sec," he said pressing a few more buttons before something blew up on his screen and he gave a cheer.

"Mom! Uncle Greg! Come on," Aria called from the stairs as she went to get her things. With little convincing at the dinner table, they all decided to go to Jason's bon fire with her afterward.

"Lets go," her uncle said making it down the stairs first in a new change of clothes. Instead of the usual suit and shiny shoes he seemed to always wear, he had on a nice long sleeve button down, pair of jeans, and some slack shoes.

"Did we need to bring anything?" Ella asked as she gathered her things.

"Nope," Aria said already at the door waiting for everyone to follow.

There was some chatter already going on in the backyard when Aria and her family walked up to the house. Leading them to the backyard, she could hear the crackling of the fire and the smell of the burning wood.

Jason saw her before she even had to say anything. Grinning like a fool, he left Spencer and Emily to go say hello. "Hi," Aria smiled to Jason as he slowed his jog.

"Hey," he beamed back, snaking an arm around her back to take her in his embrace. Giving a friendly smile, he greeted Mike and Ella first. "Glad you decided to come," he told the mom as he reached in for a hug.

"Jason, this is my uncle Greg. Uncle Greg, this is Jason my boyfriend," Aria said introducing the two.

"Hey, nice to meet you," Jason said holding his hand out. Greg took it with ease while wearing a gentle smile on his face. "Nice to meet you Jason. I've heard a bit about you."

Aria blushed like usual, which caused Ella to smile and Jason to look back at his girl.

"Aria!" Emily called while laughing with Spencer. Turning over her shoulder, Aria quickly dragged Jason and her family in tow to say hi to her friends.

"You wouldn't believe what Thanksgiving was like for my family," Spencer laughed with Emily.

"This ought to be good," Aria said catching the glimmer and happiness in their eyes.

"So who's this?" Emily asked as she said hello to Mike and Mrs. Montgomery.

"Oh guys, this is my uncle Greg. Uncle Greg, these are my best friend's Spencer and Emily."

"I've heard a lot about you two. Very nice to meet you," he said reaching over and shaking their hands. "Isn't there a third one?" Greg asked his niece.

"Hanna should be on her way with her mom," Jason confirmed for Aria and her family. "In the meantime though, you guys can go ahead and sit down. We have things to make s'mores; there is water and pop in the cooler too. Can I get you two anything different? Mike?" he asked the adults and her brother like the perfect host.

"I'm good," Mike spoke up while getting himself a soda.

"We're fine, thank you Jason," Greg said sitting down with Ella.

"You want anything Ar?" Jason wondered standing beside her, an arm still around her waist.

"I'm good," she smiled up at him. "Alright," he said kissing her forehead. "I'm going to get some paper towel and blankets."

"I'll come," Aria spoke up. Entwining their hands, she followed Jason back to the house while keeping an eye her family with a smile.

"So how come I've never heard you talk about your uncle?" Jason called to her as he looked around the kitchen for paper towel.

"He doesn't usually come around often," she replied watching her family and friends interact through the window. Spencer was already asking her uncle questions and Mike was making them laugh.

"He's your mom's brother?"

"Yea," she replied going to gather blankets from the family room and closets. "He lives in Kansas with his wife Andrea and son Jack."

"Is he always so…"

"Father like?" Arias answered for him as she went to the closet and reached for some more blankets.

"Yea. He's different from your dad," Jason noted as he came and helped her reach a blanket from the top shelf of the closet. "In a good way though."

"I know," Aria said with a smile as they faced each other. "He's a good guy. He looks out for Mike and I like we are his children. Today, he actually asked me about you."

"Yea?" Jason asked intrigued, following her with his eyes.

"He wanted to know what you were like and if I really liked you."

"What did you say?" Jason wondered, following her back in his living room where she was creating a stack of blankets he kept around the house.

Aria teasingly shrugged and laughed when he wrapped her in a tight hug from behind. Turning over her shoulder, she smiled at him. "I said you were amazing. Totally loveable and all." Jason broke out into a grin and leaned down to kiss her lips.

"Hey, can I borrow a sweatshirt from you?" She asked him when he retreated to the kitchen to grab the paper towel.

"Sure, you know where they are," he responded. Dropping the blankets, Aria went upstairs and into his room. Pulling out a drawer, she grabbed a sweatshirt from its place. A new picture of him and her caught her eye then. It was in a nice frame, set gently on the dresser; both of them were in each other's arms smiling at each other. It had been developed in black and white from Aria's camera. Grinning, she shut the drawer and skipped back downstairs.

"You already have the picture I gave you in a frame?" she asked him as she grabbed the rest of the blankets from the couch he couldn't fit in his arms.

"Yea, I had some time on my hands," he said back as they walked outside.

"I like it," she commented. Kissing her cheek, Jason set down the things and grabbed the rest from Aria's hands. "Come on," he told her, leading them to some chairs.

Hanna arrived a few minutes later with her mom. Ashley looked uncomfortable at first, but as soon as she saw Ella and Greg she relaxed.

"Who's the hottie?" Mrs. Marin whispered to her daughter as they approached Ella and Greg. Reintroducing Greg to her friends and Ashley, Hanna sat down with her friends while Jason got up to say hello and be a proper host.

"Wow, your uncle is extremely good looking," Hanna stated to Aria as she looked the man up and down.

"Ew Han," Aria cringed. Continuing to eye him, Aria hit Hanna's arm lightly. "Hanna! He's married!"

"And almost twice your age," Emily commented. Rolling her eyes, Hanna tried to shove the facts away.

"About time you two showed up," Spencer called to Caleb and Toby who were walking into the yard joining the party.

"Hey man," Jason said giving both the guys a man hug clap. Sitting down for a while, everyone began chatting with each other. The parents mostly talked with themselves while Caleb talked with Mike and Toby talked with Spencer. Hanna and Emily were talking to Aria and Jason, which didn't seem to be a problem since they were all laughing at comments being passed along.

"Having fun?" Aria asked her uncle over his shoulder when Jason got up to go take a call on his cell phone. She had been modeling his sweatshirt half the night since he brought it over to her when he noticed she was shivering. It had somehow gotten lost in the stack of blankets when the two of them brought everything outside but he dug it up, just for her.

"Lots," Greg smiled, looking up at her as she hung on his shoulders.

"Jason seems very nice," he noted as Aria smiled and pulled up a chair by him.

"So he passed your test then?"

"He's better than what I pictured," her uncle settled on with a tease.

Aria gave an offended laugh while shaking her head in contentment. Her uncle approved.

"You know, I always thought you would be with that Holden kid. Is he still around?"

"Yea," she smiled. "His family just came back from Portugal a few months ago. He came for Thanksgiving dinner too but you kind of missed it."

Greg shook his head, knowing the jab Aria was giving him about being absent for the dinner. "I always hated the kid's shaggy hair," her uncle admitted randomly. Laughing again, Aria buried her face in her hands so she wouldn't burst out laughing. When Holden his little he had such cute curly hair that his mom didn't want it to get it cut. It turned out to be such a shaggy mess as it grew that it reminded everyone of a mop. "But he's good?" her uncle asked with a follow up question.

"Really good," she confirmed.

Glancing to his sister and Ashley, and then back over to Jason who was talking business over the phone, Greg leaned in and pretended to grab a piece of chocolate near Aria. "I heard you say I love you to him," he commented softly.

"When?" she asked surprised. She had yet to admit to her mother, or anyone else really that she had said those three little words to Jason. It was such a personal matter and big deal for her that she didn't want to really go over it with others.

"You were sitting over there," he said with his head. Glancing to the spot her and Jason once were Aria did recall that she said those words to him in his ear when she thought no one was looking.

"I'm happy for you," he said sitting back. "You light up when he comes around."

"You don't think I'm too young?" Aria wondered. That was one of her fears when it came to telling people she loved Jason. She worried that people wouldn't take her seriously because she was only 18 and let the statement fly past them. It was silly but Aria couldn't help but believe that people would say to her 'who knows what love is when their 18?' and consider her to still be a child.

"I said I loved you to Andrea when was 22 and look at us now," her uncle spoke to her. "Love is different for everyone."

"I didn't know you did that," she said with a smile.

"Oh yea," he laughed, "Andrea and I were actually best friends before we worked together."

"Really?" Aria asked surprised. She didn't know any of this.

"We lived close by each other, maybe a block away. Her and I were friends for a while and then ended up drifting apart near the start of high school."

"What happened?"

"We ran into each other in a bar on her 21st birthday. She was out celebrating and I was out with some friends in the area. Anyways, after seeing each other that night, we ended up meeting to catch up on old times. From there, we started dating and I told her I loved her."

"Did she say it back?"

"No actually," Greg said crossing his hands together. "We had actually ran into one of those moments were we each wanted to tell each other something at the same time and I ended up going first. After I said my news, she said she took a job offer in Georgia and was moving."

"What?" Aria asked completely stunned. Greg nodded. "We ended up braking up that night and going our separate ways. I was heartbroken at first. I mean I had to stay where I was finish law school and then here she was leaving. It was hard. But then things brought us together again. After graduation and visiting you when you were born, I ran into her again. Here in Rosewood actually."

"Is that when you guys finally got together again?" Aria asked. Jason came over behind them, setting a blanket on Aria's shoulders. Smiling, she got up from her seat and let him take her seat so she could sit in his lap instead.

"Yea it was," her uncle said with a smile to his niece and her boyfriend. "Andie was walking home from her summer job and I was walking to the market to get some things for your mom. We were both busy with issues on our mind and bumped into each other again accidentally. It was a little awkward," her uncle said thinking it over, "but time healed our wounds and we were able to take time off and see each other. We filled each other in about our lives again and decided to give our feelings another go."

"When summer ended," he sighed, "I had to return to my job and she had to return to Georgia."

"But," Aria said knowing it was coming.

"But I didn't want to let her go. It was different this time…something was different," Greg said recollecting the memory.

"So I asked her to come back with me. Ditch the job in Georgia and stay with me in Virginia."

"She did," Aria assumed, thinking that was the happily ever after.

"No," Greg laughed, "but we did a long distance relationship. The two places weren't too far from each other and we worked it out."

"Didn't you get tired of it?" Hanna wondered listening in. Greg turned to her surprised and nodded. "But that's when marriage came in."

The girls raised an eyebrow at him while the guys sat back listening. He seemed to have captured everyone's attention. "I asked her when she came to visit me in Virginia. I had this whole night set up and everything. Luckily she said yes and we both were able to take job transfers in Kansas."

"That's adorable," Spencer stated.

"But my first 'I love you' was that night when things went wrong," he pointed out to Aria. "And I never regretted it."

Smiling, Aria knew he was telling her more than that. His message was more like 'I said I love you and I never regretted it – no matter how askew things went for me.'

"So you and your wife live in Kansas for good now?" Spencer wondered while grabbing a stick to roast marshmallows with.

"Yes. We've been living there for a while together. Our son Jack, and our daughter Haley who is on the way should be growing up there – at least that's what Andie and I plan for."

"I seriously cannot wait to see them both," Aria declared.

"Well, in the meantime as we wait for the second little one, I'm sure this guy will do," a voice called from the front of the yard. All the heads turned to see a very pregnant woman and a little boy holding his mother's hand.

"Andie?" Greg asked, immediately standing up.

Full of excitement at the sight she was seeing, Aria quickly got up. "Ari!" Jack squealed letting go of his mother's hand to run into her arms.

"Ah! Look how huge you got!" Aria exclaimed as she held the little boy in her arms.

"Hi Mikey," Jack said shyly as Mike came over to say hello to the little boy too.

"Andie, what are you doing here? How did you even get here?" Greg asked concerned.

"Here, come sit down," Jason said guiding them all to the seating area.

"Oh, thank you," Andie said gratefully to him. "I'm Andrea."

"Jason," he replied back shaking her hand.

"Andie, seriously, I thought the doctor said bed rest. How did you get you and Jack here all by yourself," Greg asked worried.

"JJ helped us out," Andie said worried free. JJ was their babysitter and an old common friend of theirs. Andrea rubbed her belly and smiled up at Greg. "We were fine getting to the airport and survived the flight."

"But how did you find us here?" Aria wondered as Ella came over to say hi to the little boy.

"Hey sweetie," she said reaching over to hug the teen. "Well," she smiled as Jack held onto Aria again after saying hello to Ella, "it was actually fairly easy. I knew where you guys lived and I asked around to see if they saw you. Many people know you guys. It's a good thing that this place is so small."

"It has its perks," Ella smiled as she came to greet Andrea.

"Plus," Andrea said to her husband, "the doctor said it was fine. I haven't gotten up for a while and saved all my days to do so. I wanted to surprise everyone with Jack, Haley and me."

"Well, you definitely did," Mike said coming through the crowd to hug his aunt.

"Ah! Look at you two. You guys are so big. I feel like an old whale," Andie frowned.

"You look amazing," Greg said bending down and kissing his wife's cheek. Aria glanced up to Jason who was already watching her stand there. Giving him a bright smile, she turned her attention back to Jack and went to introduce him to everyone.

"Everyone this is Jack. Jack, can you say hi to everyone?" Aria cooed.

"Hi," Jack said still peering behind Aria's neck.

"Hey Jack," everyone replied back

"Jack, these are my friends Spencer and Hanna." The two of them waved, Jack doing the same back. "Over here is Hanna's friend Caleb and my other friend Emily."

"Emily's name is the same as mommy and daddy's friend!" he claimed perking up from his shy attitude at the familiar name.

"That's right buddy," Greg smiled.

"Who's that?" Jack asked pointing to Mrs. Marin.

"I'm Ashley," Mrs. Marin said pointing to herself.

"She's pretty," he stated shyly again. Mrs. Marin looked very pleased with the compliment. "Well I think you're pretty handsome yourself." Jack began blushing, hiding his face in Aria's neck.

"Oh, I love that kid," she murmured to the adults as they all chuckled.

"Look, there's Mike," Aria murmured, pointing over to Mike. Mike was waving at the two of them, being extra playful with Jack around. "Mikey's funny," Jack claimed as her brother made him laugh.

"Can I introduce you to some more people?" Aria asked Jack whose arms were still locked around her neck. Giving a nod, she turned him to face the others. "This is Spencer's friend Toby, and you know Auntie Ella right?" Jack nodded. "Then over here is my other friend. His name is Jason."

"Hi," Jack murmured to Jason as he snuck a peek to him from Aria's neck.

"Hey little man," Jason smiled.

"Jack, when were you a shy guy?" his mother asked with a smile. "Come on, give Ari a break and come sit down."

Kissing her cheek, Jack let go of Aria and grabbed her hand instead.

"Lets get you some marshmallows to roast," she suggested, taking a seat next to him on a log.

"He is so adorable," Hanna said watching him put a marshmallow on his stick.

"How old is he again?" Spencer asked Andrea.

"Six," she answered, running a hand through his hair with a smile. "Be careful," she warned as he stuck it over the fire with Aria watching him.

"Andie, did you know Uncle Greg missed Thanksgiving dinner?" Mike teased.

"Greg!" Andrea scolded.

"The storm cancelled my flight for a few hours and by the time I got there it was way past partying time," he answered while jokingly giving Mike a glare.

"How's being pregnant? A joy isn't it?" Ella said with sarcasm clear in her voice.

"Don't miss that," Ashley added.

"This is going to be our last one," Andrea announced still rubbing her belly.

"Don't blame you there," Ella commented.

"You both were braver than me. Two kids…ugh," Ashley said shaking her head. The conversation between the women continued as everyone else tuned out. Glancing around, Aria saw Jason and her uncle having a casual conversation. At times, they would break from the chatter to laugh or take a drink of their drinks. It was a good sight to see and she wondered what they were talking about.

Glancing back to Jack, she helped him turn his burnt marshmallow into a s'more.

"Wow," he exclaimed as he took a bite of the sandwich. Melted chocolate was already smeared over his face and he had a huge happy look in his eyes. Digging into the sandwich some more, Mike came to sit by them and showed him how to really eat it.

"How do you not just steal him away and keep him for yourself?" Spencer asked as Aria came to sit by her friends so Mike and Jack could spend some time together.

"Geez Spencer, crazy much?" Hanna asked her.

"I haven't seen him since he was little. Its so weird to see him so big now," Aria claimed as she watched him.

"I have to admit, he's a pretty cute kid," Toby said chuckling at Jack whose face was beyond messy.

"Even Mike enjoys him," Emily commented.

" Yea…but I think he might need some assistance," Caleb laughed. Her brother had tried to help clean up Jack's face but ended up getting marshmallow residue and chocolate all over him too.

"Mike," Aria groaned, getting up from her seat. Picking up the roll of paper towels on her way, she grabbed her water bottle and poured some water onto it. "Let's see Jack," she said bending down to him. Sticking out his neck, Jack waited for his face to be clean.

"Nice job," she smiled, holding up her hand to give him a high five after they were done.

"Oh, ew," Aria said after feeling the high five leave stickiness on her hand. Going back to sit down while wiping her hand, she smiled as Mike was helping little Jack make another marshmallow sandwich.

A/N: How does everyone like little Jack and Andrea? They are created by me too unfortunately. If only the show was like this. Jaria ='(

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