Sorry guys, but I think this is the last chapter on this story. I guess I didn't want to drag it on if I don't have any good ideas, you know? Don't worry, I will wrap it up nicely though. Well I hope you enjoy, and if you haven't read my other story called Aria's on A Short LeAsh, you probably should because my next story is a sequel to it. Happy reading! -sototallyrandom

Aria's POV

It's really dark, and I think we have to stop for the night. I don't know exactly where we are, but Avery says we are still in Ravenswood.

"Do you know anywhere we can stop? Like a park or something?" I ask her, never letting go of her little hand.

"I think there is a park over there." She says, pointing to our left. We walk in that direction for about ten minutes until Avery gets too tired.

"I don't wanna walk anymore." Avery complains. "My feet hurt." I sigh and lift her up. Even though she's small and underweight, I know I can't carry her for long because of my own tiny size, but I try. We finally get to the park and I sigh in relief. The playground has sand in the jungle-jim area, so I bring Avery over to it and set her down.

"This should be soft enough for tonight." I tell her as we crawl under a slide and lean back.

"I'm starving." Avery tells me. Oh yeah. I left that macaroni on the stove when the lamp broke. I hope it lit on fire and burned her house down. I reach into my backpack and pull out a bunch of cereal bars and two water bottles. We each have three cereal bars and a water. Avery falls asleep quickly, lying on the sand, using her backpack as a pillow, and hugging Fluffy. I on the other hand stay wide awake. My head is hurting again, and I lay down using Avery's backpack idea. I close my eyes, but I can't sleep. I decide instead to count what food we have so I can make sure we don't run out until we get back to Rosewood. I dump the contents of the bag into the sand and make a list in my head.

10 cereal bars left,

6 more waters,

a box of crackers,

a box of cheerios,

4 apples,

and a box of oreos.

Wow, I really grabbed like the worst stuff. I might have enough food for two to three days if I spread it out. Especially since Avery needs to eat a lot to make up for what that woman did to her. The night continues, and I still can't sleep after I pack everything back up. I wish I had my phone so I could tell Ezra or Spencer where I am.

I wake up to Avery shaking my shoulder. I yawn and sit up. The sun is barely up.

"Where are we going today Aria?" She asks cheerfully.

"Well, we're trying to get to Rosewood, but I don't know how to get there from here." I tell her with disappointment in my voice.

"I know where it is!" Avery exclaims. This girl is amazing.

"Which way?" I ask her. She points, and I get up. I pull my backpack over my shoulders and put Avery's backpack on her. We start walking and I hand her an apple.

"Eat up." I tell her. She giggles and takes a bite. I get out an apple for myself and we eat as we walk. While we're walking down the open road to Rosewood, I think about lots of things. I wonder what will happen to Avery once we get to Rosewood. I won't let anyone take her out of my sight. She is not going back to that house.

Spencer's POV

I am totally and completely panicking. I'm pacing back and forth across the living room waiting for the twenty four hours to be over so the police will search for Aria. Emily and Hanna are sitting on my couch trying to convince me to calm down. I'm pretty hysterical.

"Spencer, Aria will be fine." Emily says.

"Yeah, she's probably on her way back right now!" Hanna says.

"But she's so tiny!" I exclaim. Did I seriously just say that?! What is wrong with me? Hanna and Emily give a little laugh but clamp their mouths shut when I glare at them.

"Spencer, she'll be fine!" Emily says.
"But she's taking care of that little girl too! And she won't answer her phone!" I tell them.

"Aria's great with kids." Emily points out. I keep pacing. After a couple of hours, the girls had gone home, and I'm still pacing. My mother walks into the room.

"Did someone find her?" I ask immediately. My mom shakes her head, and I moan.

"It's been twenty four hours; the police need a picture of Aria." My mom tells me. "Can you find one?"

"Of course! I'll go get one." I say and run up the stairs. I pull a scrapbook off of the shelf in my room and open it up. I pull out the first photo of Aria. Crap. This is an old photo. I can tell because of the pink stripes in her hair. I scan through the book and find one from her last birthday. It's a great picture. I pull it out and run downstairs to give it to my mom.

Aria's POV

While we're walking, my head starts to hurt again. At first it is just barely there, but it gets stronger and stronger until I can feel my head throbbing. Avery looks up and me and I try to smile, but a pain shoots through my temples and I cry out. Avery wraps her arms around my waist, but I collapse to the ground.

"Aria?" Avery says while shaking my shoulder. The pain is becoming unbearable. I start sobbing and Avery is trying to comfort me. Memories come strong and fast. Every upsetting memory flashes through my mind.

"Dad, maybe you should just have some water…?" I suggest, and try to take the glass from his hand. He backhands me in the face.

Looks like you won't be getting any daddy-daughter time -A

"Don't lie to me." He growls. He puts his hand around my throat and pushes me against the door. He's choking me, and I start coughing.

His fist impacts my face, and I black out.

"Dad! YOU'RE DRUNK YOU CAN'T DRIVE!" I yell as the car slips off the road

My head hits the side of the car too many times for me to count, and we finally crash to a stop,

I'm hanging upside-down in the seat, and my blood is running down my head, face and every part of me and dripping onto the roof of the car

"No! no, no, no, no!" "Your mom too."

What?! Why am I not going to Spencer's?!

Once an orphan, always an orphan. –A

The woman gets closer and clamps her hands around my throat. I start gasping for breath,

I scream in pain and start to black out. The last thing I see is Avery's worried little face.

I slowly drift back into consciousness, aware that I'm in the back seat of a car.

"Aria! You're awake!" I hear Avery's joyous little voice and I bolt upright.

"Hi there." I say with a smile as she hugs me. The car pulls over on the side of the road and the driver leans back.

"Spencer!" I shout out. Spencer leans back and we awkwardly hug. "I am SO glad to see you!" I exclaim.

"Well it took me all night to find you." We separate and I instantly smother her in questions.

"Did you fix the paperwork? Am I your sister? What's going to happen to Avery?"

"Yes, yes, and…" Spencer answers two of my questions.

"And?" Spencer gives me a wide smile.

"My mom is going to get custody of Avery!" Spencer says. I cannot believe what I'm hearing.

"This is amazing!" I say. "Thank you so much!" I turn to Avery.

"We are all three sisters now, Avery." I say, hugging her tight.

"Can we get something to eat?" She asks. I see that she's still holding Fluffy, and I laugh.

"Of course!" Spencer says. "Aria, you hungry?"

"very." I answer.

After we stop for fast food, we drive home in the dark, and I'm quietly chatting with Spencer while holding a sleeping Avery and Fluffy. It feels great finally knowing that everything is going to be ok.

I hope you enjoyed the story! I'm so sorry I had to rush to end it, I just wasn't very into it anymore and I wanted to get a start on the sequel to Aria's on A Short LeAsh, because I have the idea and I'm totally stoked to write it! So go read Aria's on A Short LeAsh if you haven't already, and review and let me know what you thought of this story! -sototallyrandom