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Getting to the Montgomerys after the Grill we were the only ones there. Uncle Byron was at work and Aunt Ella was at the store. As for Mike? He was probably hanging out with friends.

We go over to the family room to eat and put on Netflix to watch our favorite TV show...Doctor Who! Last summer I started watching it and told her about it. She got hooked at once and we agreed to let each other know where we left off so we could be on the same pace. We both agree that the Tenth Doctor is the best Doctor from the reboot series. David Tennant. I mean come on! You can't get any better than him. We used to agree on the companion too. But she changed hers. I have always liked Rose. Aria on the other hand now prefers Donna. Like, no! No one can compare to Rose. He loves her!

After a bit of back and forth on trying to get the other to see reason on our pick of companion, we gave up. We just stuck with watching it and did our best not to bring up the subject again. Eventually I started to get a bit tired and ended up falling asleep a few hours into it. My dreams were filled with the memories of the times we spent with the Montgomerys. It was weird because when I'm awake I can barely remember the earlier years. I was three, don't really remember much from that age. But this dream was spot on in details when our parents used to tell us stories. It literally felt like I was there right at that moment.

It's a hot sunny summer day in the middle of June. Dad has me in his arms, spinning me round and round. The world was turning and I could feel myself about to be sick. "Joey, put her." Mom says. He does and I go to run after Jeff, who at the age of two was sitting in a baby pool splashing water around the front yard. But when I took a step forward I fall from the dizziness.

I hear dad's laughter and he helps me to my feet. "There you go Jellybean." I smile up at him as he walks away.

I look around as everything starts to stay still again. I see the movers bringing our things into the house from the moving truck in our driveway. Mom was kneeling next to the baby pool, splashing Jeff with water. Then there was dad, he was now starting to help the workers with our things. I'm not sure what's going on. I didn't know we were moving into a new house that was in a new town and in a totally different state. Who's going to understand that at the age of three?

As I was getting used to my surroundings I hear. "Aria! Aria don't run off!" I turn around and see a little girl running out of a car. She was just getting to the edge of the grass from the house next door when a man grabs her and swings her onto his shoulders.

She starts to laugh and he smiles at her. "What did we tell you about wondering off?"

He puts her down and she looks up at him. "Fast...daddy, fast." She says.

He smiles. "Daddy's tired Pookiebear. We can play tag later."

She looks over at me and I start to walk, or more like wobble closer. "Jessie." I hear mom. I look behind me and see her lift Jeff out of the pool, then puts him back on the ground. When he catches his footing she holds out her hand and he grabs it. They both walk over and I grab her other hand. "Hello." She says when we reach the end of our property.

The man smiles. "Moving in?" She nods. "Welcome to Rosewood. I'm Byron." A lady comes to view next to him caring a baby. "This is my wife Ella and our kids. Mike." He rubs the top of the babys' head in her arms. "And Aria." He looks down at her. She was now hiding behind him. "We live next door."

"Nice to meet you." She smiles. "I'm Stephanie. This is Jeff." She looks to one side as he was trying to pull away. "And this is Jessie." She looks down at me.

We hear the noise of a car starting and when we turn we see the truck backing out of the driveway. "Have a good day!" The drive says. Mom smiles and waves as it drives away.

Then "Steph. Where's the..." He stops in his tracks and walks to us. "What's going on?"

"Joey, these are our neighbors."

"Byron." He stretches out a hand.

"Joey." Dad returns the handshake. "Been living here long?"

He shakes his head. "Been here for about two years. But it's a pretty smooth transition."

Dad nods. "That's good to know."

"Can we invite you to a cup of coffee?" Aunt Ella says.

They both stare at each other and nod in agreement. Mom goes to change Jeff out of his swimwear. Dad picks me up and follows them to their house. This was the beginning of an amazing friendship.

The dream changes now. I'm sitting in the sandbox at the park, filling up a bucket with sand. Aria was sitting across from me digging a whole. Jeff was being pushed on the swing with Mike by dad and Uncle Byron. Our moms were sitting at the bench next to the sandbox.

I look up at Aria. "Ria." That's what I used to call her. For some reason I didn't know how to include the A. But once I started school they taught me how to pronounce it.

She looks at me but doesn't say anything. When we first met she was extremely shy. She would almost never interact with me. If she did it was because Uncle Byron or Aunt Ella helped her.

I crawl over and put the bucket of sand in front of her. She looks down at it. "Ria. Play." I say and tap the sand with the scooper I had in my hand. She looks behind me and I turn around. Mom and Aunt Ella were looking at us. "Ria play." I say again. They just smile at me.

I feel a finger slightly tap my arm. I turn. "Jessie...fast." Aria says and runs away.

I hear noise of excitement come from behind me. That was the first time she talked to me. "Go get her Jessie." I turn to my mom.

"Tag?" I say.

She smiles and nods. "Tag."

"Jessie, fast!" I hear Aria again. I get to my feet and start to chase her around the park. This was our first bonding moment and it never got old.

Once again the dream changes. This is a more recent memory back when we were in the sixth grade. We were at the park playing catch. Or attempting too. Aria was never much of an athlete.

"Aria just toss it. Don't be afraid to give it your all."

"Jessie. I'm no good at this."

"There's no good or bad way to do it. You don't have to be a pro. Just throw the ball." She does and I have to jump to catch it. I laugh "See."

"You couldn't get someone who's into softball, or even baseball to play?"

"I could. But I wanted to spend time with you." I throw it back. "I don't know if you've noticed. But you've kinda been MIA since you and Spence started hanging around with Alison and the other girls."

She gets a bit quiet. "I'm sorry."

I shake my head. "Don't be. You're making new friends. There's no harm in that." I'm quiet for a second. "Just be careful. You know Alisons reputation."

She doesn't really react to what I said. Didn't surprise me since she's one of her good friends now. "You'll always be my best friend though. You know that right?"

I smile. "Always and forever?"

She smiles and nods. "Always and forever." She throws it back to me and then it gets dark.

Now I'm in Arias backyard. "Happy birthday!" I remember this memory like it was yesterday. This was the last birthday we spent together before she moved. I had already been in Jersey for about two months but came back for her thirteenth birthday. Turns out that our parents decided to have a party so we could celebrate both of our birthdays together. Mine was two weeks ago. They didn't tell either of us this though. We both thought that it was for Aria until we saw that the cake had both our names on it.

Me and Aria are both standing behind a table, cake on the table in front of us. Everyone started to sing happy birthday to us. I remember seeing the smile on her face that day and loving the fact I was back. The only thing I was iffy about was that Aria was still friends with Alison. So I was doing my best to tolerate having her around. When they are done our parents take some pictures of us in front of the cake, then us with family and friends.

"Okay. Time to cut the cake!" Mom yells.

She gives us both knives and we pose for a photo of us cutting the cake. Then I got an idea. I sneakily stuck two of my fingers into the icing and then smeared it on the side of her face. "Jessie!" She yells. Everyone starts to crack up and the look on her face was so priceless. Then she puts her finger in the cake and I duck as she tried to get it on me. Her second attempt was successful though. I was too busy laughing my ass off. It really was a Kodak moment. Dad got the whole thing on tape and Aunt Ella had us take a picture like that. I felt like a little kid again.

Now you'd think that I would say that was my best memory yet? Well you're half right. Because as amazing that day was, Alison had ruined it by the end of the day. The adults and our brothers went inside so we could hang out with our friends. That went from good to shitty in less than ten minutes.

"Hanna." She looks over. "Do you really want to eat that?" We all look at Alison as she said that. "That's your third piece." Hanna was going through a lot the past year or so. Her dad left her mom and she started eating her feelings away. She gained weight but that was none of Alisons business.

"Ali!" Spencer says.

She looks at her. "What?"

"Leave Hanna alone."

Hanna slowly puts down her plate of cake and sits back in her chair. She looked like she wanted to cry. She was sitting next to me so I lean to the side. "Don't listen to her." I half whisper. I look towards Alison and see she's giving me an evil look. "Got something to say?" She looks like she was in mid thought but then doesn't say anything. I was surprised. Alison DiLaurentis never gives up an opportunity to speak her mind. I was terrified of Alison, everyone was. But I always tried not to show it. I did my best to keep a brave face and stand my ground.

The last face I see is Alison's evil smirk as the scene goes dark. "Hey." I hear through my sleepiness. "Wakey wakey sleepy head." I slowly open my eyes. Arias face comes to view from above my own.

I stretch. "What happened?"

"You fell asleep on Doctor Who."

"Oh man!" I say in a whinny voice. I was really comfortable so I didn't get up right away. "What time is it?"

"Almost five. Mom wants to know if you're staying for dinner."

I look over and see Aunt Ella sitting on a chair in the next room, reading a magazine. Then I lay back down and smile. "Sure."

"She said yes mom!"

"I thought she might." I hear her. She then comes into view. "Which is why I'm making your favorite."

I sit up. "Tacos?"

She laughs and nods. "Tacos."

I spent most of the day with the Montgomerys. It has only been two days but it feels as if nothing has changed. We even did movie night like we used to. It was weird because when we did this as kids we obviously watched kids movies. Today we watched an old black and white classic that I never heard of. Then again I've never been into black and white movies, but Arias taste has changed quite a bit since she moved. When it was done we went up to Mikes room because he invited me to play video games. It wasn't Arias thing, but she came along none the less. Not too long later Uncle Byron comes upstairs to let Aria know that Em was at the door. I was a bit surprised since they lost touch but at the same time I was happy because this meant they could become close again. I was hoping for the best.

"How's Em?" I ask when she walks back into Mikes.

She sits on the bed and smiles. "Not bad."

"Anything interesting?"

She shrugs. "Not really. Just the usual. How were we doing, what's it like to be back. Ya know."

I watch her and I don't know why but it felt like she was hiding something. But I just nod. "Sounds good."

"Jessie!"

I jump and look to the side. "What?"

Mike has a concentrated look on his face. "We are on a team mission you know." I look at Aria, who is trying not to laugh. "This is a serious situation."

He said it without cracking a smile and that made me have to try not to laugh. "Mike chill. It's just a game."

He turns to me. "Just a game?"

I hold in a smile. "Yes. Just a game."

He takes a deep breath. "Then you have been downgraded to no play till you take this seriously." He grabs my remote and looks away.

I smile at Aria. "Whatever you say Mikey." I then get up and follow Aria to her room.

After sitting in her room for a couple hours she called it a night, as I looked dead tired. I agreed and we headed out. She offered to drop me off since I didn't have my car this time. But on the way back to the Hastings we came across flashing lights coming from that block. My heart dropped a bit as I thought of the worse. Turns out it was coming from Alisons old house, which is next door to Spencers.

"Can you tell what's going on?" I say as she pulls up behind a parked car.

She shakes her head. "No." Then she gets out.

I sat there for a minute watching the lights, then I followed her lead and got out as well. From my view I could just make out Em and her friend Maya standing in front of the DiLaurentis house. Em had a look on her face that made me pretty concerned.

"I'll be right back." I say as I start to walk away. Then I look back to her and she nods.

Getting closer to the house it felt weird. I had been living by this house for months, and I never bothered to take a look and wonder what happened to her. Because frankly, I could care less. I hate to sound like an ass but what was the point in wondering? I wasn't around when it happened and she wasn't worth my time to worry over. Plus I really had no right to worry on thinking about it even if I wanted to.

"Em!" I yell from behind the barrier.

She turns to me and I see tears glittering from her eyes. She looks at Maya then turns to me and walks over. "Hey." Her voice was low and she sounded like she was about to lose it.

"What's going on?"

She watches me for a minute. "They may have found Ali."

The look on her face had me a bit confused. "That's not good?"

"No..." She hesitates "They found her body."

"Wait. What?"

Now I'm not someone to get emotional about someone I didn't like. So I probably didn't react the way I should have 'cause Em gave me a look like she wanted me to give more than I did. I mean they found her but not in the way I imagined so of course I felt bad. But then I felt bad for not feeling as bad as I probably should have.

She watches me for awhile and the only thing I could think of at this point was to pull her into a hug. "I'm sorry." I say as she wraps her arms around me. "I know how it feels to lose someone."

She holds on to me pretty tight. I could feel and hear her breathing heavy. I didn't know what to do, but I didn't loosen my grip for anything. I wanted her to know I was there for her, like she was for me. I may not have been a fan of Ali but I wasn't about to be a bad friend just because I didn't see eye to eye with one of hers.

"Everything will be okay." I know it's the most used fraise when something horrible happens. I hate when people tell me that. But It was the only thing I could think of to say.

She pulled away and looked at me for awhile. I tried to put a smile, but I couldn't get anything else out before she broke down.