A/N: Last chapter *tears*. It's been a fun ride! Thank you EVERYONE for reviewing!

P.s. Yes, I was thinking of doing a sequel. I am trying to set it up for this season of PLL (in my story it would be incorporated as the girls' second semester of high school with 'A'). What do you all think? Yes or no?

While the three girls stayed and filled in Mrs. Hastings, Aria took Jason back to his house and went to explain everything to him there. She had only gotten to maybe a third of the story when he stopped her.

"Wait, so your telling me you were being blackmailed this whole time we were together?"

"And before that," she breathed out nervously.

"And you didn't tell me because…"

"You could have gotten hurt or killed...like Holden," she swallowed hard. Confusion spread across his face and she hesitantly explained. "'A' – I mean Wren and Mona – they switched Holden's heart pills for some placebo ones and when he competed that one night, his heart gave out from not having his medication. He died because of me."

Aria waited for the disgust and hatred for her, but nothing came. Looking up to him, she saw he was still processing it all. "This is why you blamed yourself?"

"This is why his death is my fault," she claimed, "he died because of me. He died because we were trying to figure out who 'A' was and we were getting to close. He was collateral damage and it was all because he was my friend!"

"Aria," Jason said trying to deal with this topic first. Taking her hands, he kept them in his.

"Its true," she replied weakly.

"I think if you are trying to blame someone, it should be this 'A' person. It was Wren and Mona, not you. Just because he was your friend Aria…it doesn't matter. You couldn't have stopped it."

"Why don't you hate me?" she wondered. "You should be mad and repulsed by me. I had to do all these things and hide the truth from you."

"Trust me, I don't like that part," he sighed, "but I can't let you think of Holden's death as your fault. It wasn't Aria, it had nothing to do with you in the way you are thinking."

Aria sat there on his couch looking down at their hands. Could he be right?

"What else happened with 'A'?" Jason wondered in the silence. Biting her lip, Aria glanced up at him and continued to tell the story. It was over after another long hour, touching base on almost everything that happened between then and now.

Leaning over to her, Jason swept her into a kiss and wrapped her in his arms. She hovered above him with his lips attached to hers. His hands roamed up her back, to her hips and pushed her forward for more. He was so dominate with their kiss yet his hands were so gentle. Rolling her carefully onto her back, Jason moved so he was hovering on top of her to break the kiss.

"Never keep something from me like that again okay? I couldn't handle it if I lost you," he told her, staring at her brown eyes with love.

"It was for you," she replied softly, bringing a hand up to his face. His green eyes were so pure and magical. She couldn't imagine a life without him or losing him like she did Holden. 'A' was gone, out of their lives. There was an emotion that Aria couldn't place lingering about when she said that, but she ignored it, enjoying his arms and comfort.

"I'll never leave you Aria," he told her bringing his own hand up to hold hers. Enjoying his touches, Aria leaned up and kissed him again. He wasn't mad, frustrated or upset – well, he was all of those things, but not to her. When she told him the long story, he looked ready to pop a vessel, but none of the anger was aimed towards her.

"What?" Aria breathed when he broke their kiss and shook his head. His jaw clenched a bit and she spiked with worry. "You had a gun pressed to your head today – my dad's. How did that happen?"

Aria let out a relieved breath. It wasn't him changing his mind about hating her or the Holden situation. "'A' has ways to get whatever he and she needs. Mona or Wren probably broke in from wherever he kept it and took it for other purposes."

Jason gave a frustrated sound and moved off of Aria. Now she was worried again.

"This went on…for so long. Aria, how could I not have known?"

"The purpose was for you not to know," she commented. "It was dangerous if you knew anything Jason. I didn't want 'A' to hurt you."

"But-"

"No," she said. "It had to be like this."

"You have no idea how hard it was to keep all this from you," she sighed, "and you caught on a lot. So many times it worried me on what I was going to do."

His jaw clenched again. He was so mad underneath all of his love for Aria. It wasn't because of her that he was mad, but that this 'A' person was capable of such a thing. How could Wren and Mona do this?

Hearing a knock on the door, Aria glanced to Jason, who was still lost in his own thoughts, to the door. Deciding to get it, she walked over to the front of the house and opened it.

"Sorry to interrupt Aria," Mrs. Hastings said with her friends waiting in the car. "The police need you to come down to the station and get your statement. Its vital to putting Wren away as an accessory."

Aria swallowed hard and felt her heart flutter when Jason joined them, interlocking his hand with hers.

"Right, okay," Aria breathed. Giving her boyfriend a smile, she went to grab her purse and put on her shoes. "Do you know if Spencer has her USB drive?"

"I don't," Mrs. Hastings said looking from her to Jason. "I'm coming with you," Jason said before she could leave with Veronica.

"Jase-"

"Ar, I'm coming," he said. Grabbing his own shoes and jacket, he took her hand again and locked the door to the house behind him. Part of her self felt relieved that he was coming but the other was just as nervous. To repeat the story again and again, and to finally face the 'A's of their game was a huge thing to do; so much could still go wrong.

"I'll follow you," he told Veronica with his keys in hand.

"Aria, you should ride with us," she spoke, guiding her to her car. Glancing to Jason he gave her a small nod and agreed. "I'll catch up with you," he called. Biting her lip, Aria nodded and walked over to the car. "Do you have the drive?" she wondered to all three before going to shut her car door.

"I couldn't find mine anywhere," Emily said.

"Mine's been erased," Hanna grumbled as she held the empty device in her hand.

"Mona must have taken mine when she was upstairs," Spencer said turning around from the passenger side to them. Sighing, Aria got out of the car again.

"Ar?" Jason wondered sticking his head out of the window when he saw her get out.

"I need you to unlock your door," she called to him, making a move to go back inside his house. He gave her a puzzled look and he turned off his car to follow her directions. "Did you forget something?"

"Something like that," she responded while stepping inside. Slipping off her boots, Aria walked towards the couch and felt around for the zipper of the cushion. When she found it, she dug through the fuzz and took out her jump drive.

His eyebrow rose when he saw her get some device and she felt a small blush bloom on her cheeks. "Its evidence."

Still perplexed, he went with the flow and waited till she had her shoes back on to leave.

"You kept yours at his house this whole time?" her friends asked shocked when she got back into the car and Mrs. Hastings pulled out of Jason's driveway.

"His house is the safest place I know," she murmured back. Besides his arms Aria couldn't think of anywhere else she knew where both her and the jump drive would be safe. 'A' had never stepped foot into Jason's place from what she knew.

"We're here," Mrs. Hastings told them as she parked. Each of the girls took in a deep breath and steadied themselves.

"Ready?" Spencer asked them as they all faced the police station.

"Ready," Hanna chirped, putting her hand in Spencer's.

"Ready," Emily said a little less confident, placing her hand in Hanna's.

"Lets do this," Aria sighed, setting her hand in Emily's and wrapping her arm around Jason's waist as he slung his arm over her shoulders.

"This isn't over," Wren called in his famous accent. The police had him in an interrogation room, firing off questions based on the girls statements. It took them a while to each go through the long and detailed story but they finally ended it.

"All stories really do have an ending," Emily said as they watched Wren from behind the mirror.

"And a happy one at that," Spencer said as she too was staring at Wren.

"Not for all of us," Hanna murmured as she stood looking at Mona, who was sitting at the interrogation table quietly. Two mirrors, one room, and four girls couldn't observe enough. Wren was chatting up a storm, saying how this would never be over while Mona was just sitting quietly, murmuring to herself on her mistakes.

"She's going to be put in a mental hospital," Mrs. Hastings said, coming back from talking with the police. "As for Wren, he's been charged with murder, tampering with evidence, stalking, and much more. He will be going away for a long time."

"Not long enough," Aria murmured mostly to herself. Jason caught the comment and hugged Aria to him a little harder. Nothing ever bad was going to get her anymore. After today – after almost losing her and hearing how he let things slip, he vowed it wouldn't happen again.

"Its never over!" Wren said knocking his chair over. It startled the girls a bit, making them all look at him. "You don't think you can really call the case closed now can you? You don't think I have tricks up my sleeves or other people involved? Let me ask you this, how did we know all the secrets about these girls? Who do you think told us and supposedly killed Ian? You don't think I did, did you? I was working and Mona is too little. This game isn't over, it's just starting."

A chill ran down each of the girls' spines and Jason and Veronica led the girls out of the room.

"Remember what I said Aria," Mona called, almost like she knew they were all leaving. "Remember!"

A/N: Thank you all again. It's all complete! What a bittersweet moment =( Hopefully everyone enjoyed it (and yes there are supposed to be some loose ends and things that still don't make sense since the story may go on!) Please let me know if I should do a sequel or keep it as is. I loved writing for this pair so I will probably come up with more soon (and maybe just not publish it – who knows). Mucho love ~LiVeUrLiFe011