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Here is the final chapter to this story. I hope you have enjoyed it enough to read till this point.

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The last few weeks of the girl's senior year seem to fly by. They had all gotten their college acceptance letters, Spencer to Yale: early admission, Hanna to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in LA, Emily had decided to stay in Rosewood and go to Hollis, and Aria was off to NYU.

As the weeks had passed the girls felt stronger as a group they were finally in a place where they were all happy. Toby was moving to New Haven with Spencer because he had found a great construction job and the boss didn't care about his past only that he was trying to make up for it. Caleb was going to LA because that is where his real Mom lived but also for Hanna, they would only be an hour or so apart. Since Emily was single she didn't have to worry about a significant other just yet, although she did hope that she found one. Jason and Aria had finally become a couple even though everyone had already considered them one. He was moving to New York to be with Aria.

It had come over the speaker system at the school that Mr. Fitz had taken a job in Pittsburgh and would be leaving Rosewood permanently. Aria was happy for him, it was the chance he had been looking for, a place to start over and be the man he really wanted to be.

Spencer's parents had gotten over the fact that their daughter wouldn't be going to U. Penn like the rest of the family had. In an unusual way they understood her need to be different from Melissa. Finding out Jason was her half-brother had helped her see that being different wasn't a bad thing but something to be celebrated. Her friends had been thrilled when she had showed them the acceptance letter. Toby moving to New Haven was an easy decision when he had looked up jobs and found a company that was looking for an experienced worker. When he called about the job he had been up front about his past but the only thing the boss had asked was if Toby was moving on from it or letting it control his future. Toby's honest answer had gotten him the job.

Hanna's love of fashion had gotten her accepted to FIDM but her insistence that she needed to do it on her own kept her Mom from moving across the nation with her daughter. Wanting to do something on her own was Hanna's final move as a senior in high school. Plus having Caleb only an hour away made her decision that much easier. What she didn't know was that her Mom had told Caleb that he had to keep her updated on their life.

Emily's decision to stay in Rosewood had shocked them all, but when she hurt her shoulder she had lost any chance of swimming again which meant no scholarship. She was excited to be in Rosewood without her friends, she loved them all dearly but she was happy that she could become who she was without living in their shadows.

Aria had been the first to decide where she wanted to go and be accepted to her dream school. She was looking forward to living in a town that could and would swallow Rosewood in one single gulp. Moving away from her Mom, Mike and Zack was the only thing she was truly worried about. When her Dad had run off after the divorce and married the TA he had cheated with it had broken her family and by going away she felt as if she was doing the same thing. Her Mom and Mike both assured her that she was doing the right thing and that she needed the time away to become her own person. When Aria had showed her acceptance letter to Jason he had been thrilled for her. At that time they weren't truly a couple, but they were close.

Graduation day brought many tears and memories up for the girls. They couldn't believe they had made it. Three years of A torturing them and a year of ups and downs due to emotions and they were done with high school. Walking to the cemetery the girls were going to say their final good byes to Allison. She had been the one person to bring them all together and she deserved a proper goodbye from her best friends.

Sitting down, "Allison you have no idea how badly we wish you were here with us right now. These past four years have been killer without you." Spencer spoke to the headstone.

"Ali you may have been the biggest bitch I know but you helped me see who I could be. I'll never forget that." Hanna said wiping away a tear.

"You were my first girl kiss and crush. I wish we had had more time but we didn't." Emily said with a sad smile on her face.

"Well Ali I have been hearing you yell at me for months now and yes Jason and I official. So you can just bite me when I see you again. I miss you more than you know but I also know that you will always be watching us." Aria finally spoke wiping away her tears.

"You and Jason are official?" Hanna asked tackling her friend. "When did this happen?"

"We made it official two weeks ago." Aria said hugging her friend.

"Why haven't you told us?" Emily asked.

"We wanted to keep it quiet for us for a while. I was going to tell you guys yesterday but I figured it could wait till I told Ali." Aria answered.

The girls all hugged, linked arms and walked away. They knew they weren't really leaving Ali in Rosewood, but they were leaving all of the bad memories at her grave and moving forward with their lives.

The summer passed in a flash, Hanna and Caleb had moved to LA at the end of July. The hole the two left was filled with many girl's nights that involved skype and gossip about how things were going in both Rosewood and LA. Toby and Spencer left the second week of August so they could both get settled in their new home. Emily and Aria were soon the only liars left in Rosewood and they spent all the time they could together.

As the end of August rolled around Emily had to say goodbye to her last best friend to leave town. "You are going to do great in New York. Just promise me that if you get into any trouble you'll let me know" Emily said hugging her friend by her car.

"I promise Em. You have to promise me that if you find a girlfriend you'll call me first." Aria said squeezing her friend tight.

"I promise."

The girls stood in their hug for several minutes. Neither of them were ready for the next phase in their lives.

"Aria." Ella spoke hating that she broke apart the two crying friends. "You really need to get on the road."

"You're right Mom." Aria said as she walked back to her house to hug her family. "I'll call you when I get there." She said as she climbed into her new car.

Ella, Mike and Zack all stood on the front porch and waved as Aria headed out. Ella couldn't hold back her tears, Mike was trying as hard he could but when Aria's tail lights disappeared he broke down it Zack's arms, Zack was the only one to humbly keep it together but when Mike broke down he did also.

Jason was the last one of the group to leave Rosewood. He had told Aria he would be a couple hours behind her because he had to do something before he could leave town. Already having a family in line to rent his house Aria wondered but didn't ask. Putting his last box in the back of his Tahoe, Jason headed to the cemetery. He hadn't been there to see Allison's grave. Pulling up he put his SUV in park and headed towards his sister's grave. Sitting down on the grass Jason could almost swear he felt Allison's presence.

"I'm sorry this is the first time I've been by here. I just didn't know how to come. We had a horrible relationship Ali. I wish I had been a better big brother. Maybe you would have been able to walk in the fashion show, sing in the showcase, walk at graduation and be going off to college if I had been. I know Aria told you that we're together and I know that you would be pissed if you were alive but I do love her she actually means the world to me. I wish things had been different between us, I wish we had trusted each other but I can't live in the past anymore. I need to look forward to what I have." Standing up, "I miss you every day Ali, you may have been the biggest bitch I knew but you were my little sister." Jason finished, walking back to his SUV, starting it up and headed towards New York and Aria.