05, JUST KEEP WATCHING
act two: the end of A
(NEVER LETTING GO)
(season two, episodes six)

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The five girls, sat in together in Emily's room, folding the programs for the fashion show.

"What does A get by showing us the rest of that video?". Aria asked.

"It keeps us distracted for when the next attack is launched" Hanna replied.

"Or to tell us there's more to what happened that night" Emily suggested.

"Guys, lan tried to kill us in the bell tower to get back his perverted videos and he went after Ali for the same reason" Spencer said pointing between Sabrina and herself.

"Yeah, but A had us convinced that lan killed Alison and now it's, what, two miles from the kissing rock to Ali's house" Emily said, "I mean, did she turn off the camera and walk home in the dark, alone?"

"Someone could've been waiting for her and surprised her when she got home" Hanna added.

"Like who?" Aria asked.

"Like lan" Spencer replied, "And, just because he didn't kill Alison at the kissing rock doesn't mean that he didn't do it an hour later"

"If lan didn't kill Ali, did A?" Hanna asked, concerned.

Felling the room shift Sabrina turns towards her cousin with a smirk. "So, did you invite Ezra to the show?".

"No, he's out of town presenting a paper at a conference" Aria replied, "Did you invite Caleb?"

"Why would I do that?" Hanna asked.

"Because you kissed him" Spencer teased as Sabrina makes smooching noise.

"How was it?" Emily asked Hanna.

"Well, I wore the total wrong gloss" Hanna complained, "You know the kind that looks wet, but it's really sticky?".

"Oof, the wads of hair get stuck to your mouth" a disgusted Emily said.

"It's all fun and sexy till hacking a hairball" Sabrina added, chuckling.

"Hey, could we please keep folding?" Spencer asked, "I needed these done yesterday, and l've already missed a million committee meetings".

"Hey, I didn't send the text, I got it, so don't give me that look" Sabrina exclaimed when Spencer look at her in frustration when her phone beeped.

JASON
You still at Emily's?
We need to talk.

"I'll be right back" Sabrina said, getting up from the bed, texting Jason a yes.

"Wait, where are you going?" Spencer asked, "There's still so many programs that need to be folded".

"Jason is dropping Everly off. I'm meeting him outside to get my daughter" Sabrina responded walking out the door.

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"Hi baby!" Sabrina greeted her daughter who squeals at the sight of her mom.

Picking Everly up turning towards Jason "You okay?"

"Can I talk to you for a second?" Jason asked.

"What's up?" Sabrina asks, getting into the passengers seat, careful with Eve.

"Look" Jason started, "I said some things after the funeral that I probably should have kept to myself".

"Jas, What you said is our little secret, just like what happened after is" Sabrina cuts Jason off.

"I just don't want you to look at me differently" Jason confessed.

"I would never ever look at you any different" Sabrina tells him but he still has a look on his face "Is there something else on your mind?"

"My mom gets in tomorrow, one final speech before she steps down from the board".

"Your mom is stepping down? I thought she was the board". 

"She only joined because of my sister" Jason clarified, "Ali lived for that fashion show"

"Yeah, so what's the problem?" Sabrina asks, confused.

"I told her about Everly and she wants to meet her, I told her I have to ask you first before I can say anything" Jason told her.

"Of course Jason, it would be good for Everly to be able to meet one of her grandparents" Sabrina nods, not noticing Jason flinch at the mention of their daughter's grandparents. "I should get back up there before Spencer comes out and drags me back"

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"He was, like, yelling yelling" Spencer informed, She caught her father yelling at Jessica Dilaurentis about Jason being back home.

"Wait, your dad was yelling at Ali's mom?" Aria asks, leaning on the counter.

"Did you ask him about it?" Sabrina asks the Hastings girl.

"Yeah, but he, like, lied lied" Spencer said, packing her bag for school.

"Why would he lie?" a confused Aria asked.

"No,the real question is what's really going on with Jason?" Spencer retorted, "He told me that he was in that creepy house alone but there was somebody else in that upstairs window and I was not just imagining it".

"Spencer, I've been in that house since he moved back, no one is there" Sabrina informed.

"I'm not making it up Bri" Spencer exclaimed as Sabrina moved to grab her stuff "I'm telling you he's hiding something"

"Whatever Spencer, he we go again with you thinking someone is always hiding something and I'm not about to let you do it to Jason" Sabrina yelled walking out the back door. As her phone rang. Opening it Sabrina sees and Email from Jessica Dilaurentis.

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"Oh, they've made some nice changes to the menu" Jessica Dilaurentis said, as the girls met up with her for lunch, "Haven't they? Hanna, what are you gonna order?".

"Um, chinese chicken salad" Hanna replied.

"Alison's favorite" Jessica remembered.

"You must be really happy that Jason's moved back" Spencer said, quickly changing the subject.

"Happy?" Jessica asked, "I don't even think of that as our house anymore"

"Actually, we all thought Jason moving back was, kind of odd" Emily said.

"They do, I knew he was moving back." Sabrina added, rolling her eyes.

"Jason came into some family money and it's his choice what to do with it" she informed. "And I know he chose to move back to Rosewood to be with his daughter who am I to stop him"

"You know about Everly?" Aria asks as the girls looked between Sabrina and Jessica.

"I do, just like I knew about you and Jason that summer and I know that Alison made you guys break up" Jessica informed, confusing Sabrina.

"We broke up because he cheated" Sabrina says and Jessica shake her head.

"I think this is something you and Jason should discuss privately"  Jessica tells the girl softly "You know what? I was gonna wait until after lunch, but, now I'm thinking, why wait?"

Jessica stood up and grabbed the boxes placed on the chair infront of her and handed them out to each of the girls, opening it, all five girls were shocked seeing Alison's dresses that she picked for the fashion show, staring right at them.

"Did Ali ever show you these?" Jessica asked the girls.

"I know you like this one, Em" Alison said, looking at herself in Spencer's mirror, "Don't I look hot?"

"Those feathers are really pretty" Emily praised as Hanna grabbed one of Alison's other dress,

"This stretch-side is to die" she said, "Can I try it on?".

"There's not that much stretch" Alison said, immediately causing Hanna's face to fall.

"Alison, Don't be a bitch" Sabrina snapped at the girl.

"It's a nice haul, right? All one-of-a-kind, and all mine, just like you guys". Alison says, ignoring Sabrina who grabs Hanna hand.

"She picked these out" Emily remembered.

"She did, and--", Jessica suddenly got emotional, "It's a shame that she won't get to wear them, you know, I gave so much away so fast, Ali's father thought that it would help me but there were certain things that I just, couldn't, and when I heard that the five of you were doing the show I thought, wouldn't it be nice if Ali's dream could be realised, at least, by her best friends?"

"Um, I don't really know what you're asking" Spencer said.

"Mrs. Dilaurentis, are you asking us to wear these?" Aria asked.

"In the fashion show?" Emily asked.

"Ali would have loved it" Jessica replied, "You know, it's the five of you that are keeping her memory alive, please say yes"

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"I won't, I can't" Hanna stated, after Jessica left the restaurant.

"Why not," Aria asked.

"Because it's freaky!" Hanna snapped, "And weird! We can't just march around in
her clothes, it feels like we just buried her"

"Alison never wore them" Emily reminded.

"Well, she tried them on, freaky enough"
Hanna retorted.

"Hanna, it's a tribute" Aria said, "Some pictures of Ali a couple songs that she liked? You get where her mom is coming from"

"Yeah, well, she needs to go back" Hanna stated.

"You don't need a degree to see that the woman's in pain" Spencer said, "I mean, she ordered a second Bloody Mary for her dessert"

"No, that was her dinner" Hanna said.

"Well, she was sober enough to run it by the board so we really don't have much of a choice" Spencer retorted, "I'll let the student committee know" she then looked at Emily, "Do you wanna take charge of photos?"

"Do we have to pass the pictures by her mom, make sure she's okay with the ones we choose?" Emily asked.

"I'll run them past Jason" Sabrina suggests, making all the girls look at her. "What I'm going over there anyway "

"Why are you going over there?" Spencer asked.

"Because, my daughter is meeting her only fucking grandmother and if you have a problem with it." Sabrina says standing up "Go fuck yourselves"

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Sabrina pulls into Jason's house and parks before climbing out and grabbing Everly. Once she reaches the house. Jason opens  the door

"Hey," She greets, allowing Jason to grab Everly's car seat.

"Hey, you ready?" Jason asks, opening the door allowing the girl in.

"No but let's do it" Sabrina says and Jason chuckles.

The two enter the living room where Jessica sits waiting for them. Once she sees the car seat she stands.

"Mom, This is Everly" Jason introduces placing the car seat down.

"Oh god, she looks just like you when you were a baby" Jessica breathed out, she turns towards Sabrina "Can I?"

"Why don't you and Everly go and spend sometime together while me and Jason talk" Sabrina suggested.

"Oh, I could show her all the stuff I got her" Jessica says happily, walking out with her granddaughter.

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The ex couple sat on the couch going through photos of Alison. They would smile when Everly let out a giggle. Sabrina was glad that Jessica had a happy moment.

"Where was this one taken?" Jason asked, looking at a picture of Alison with Spencer, Emily and Aria.

"I'm pretty sure it's the Hastings lake house" Sabrina told him.

"Cool" Jason said, he then looked at her.

"Can I ask you something?" Sabrina asks after a moment. Jason nods. "Did you actually cheat on me or did Alison make you brake up with me"

"What?" Jason blinks at the question.

"Did you cheat on me or did Alison make you brake up with me" Sabrina repeats.

"How did you? Did my mom say something?" Jason asks her.

"Stop dodging the question Jason" Sabrina demands standing up "It's a yes or no question so I'm gonna ask again Did you Cheat on me?"

"No" Jason whispered. Sabrina lets out a bitter laugh and starts to pack her stuff before Jason stops her "Let me explain please"

Sabrina yanks her arm out of his grip "What Jason? What could you say that will make it okay with the pain you put me through"

"Alison threatened me, okay you said if I didn't she would send out the video of us and I loved you too much to do that so I lied. Did I date CeCe? Yes but when we started talking I broke up with her" Jason admitted sadly.

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ROSEWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

"What" Jason yelled as moves around his room, cleaning up beer cans and clothes so it would be clean when Sabrina came over tonight. He knew she hated messy rooms it messed with her OCD.

Alison walks into her brother's surprisingly clean room before she glances down on his bed where she notices a familiar bra lays on his bed. Jason turns towards his sister who was staring at his bed, following his gaze. He's eyes widen when he spot Sabrina's bra.

"What do you want?" Jason asks the blonde girl as he grabs the bra and places in his dresser.

"You're cleaning your room" Alison says with a knowing look.

"Yeah, figured it was time" Jason shrugged, lying on his bed.

"So It doesn't have to do with a certain brunette cleaning freak?" Alison smirked when Jason sits up in his bed.

"What are you talking about ?" Jason chuckled nervously.

"Oh, you know my friend Sabrina the one you've been screwing behind my back" Alison glared at him.

"I have no clue what you're talking-" Jason was cut off by familiar moans. When he looks at Alison who hold her phone up and a video of the two plays. "Where the hell did you get that?"

"I doesn't matter but you will be ending it tonight or this gets send to everyone and then there learn how much of a whore she is" Alison says pausing the video and began to walk out.

"I love her" Jason admitted to the blonde who paused and lets out a laugh.

"Do you really think that she will love a stoner who hides the fact he has an actual girlfriend and he was just using her" Alison snapped at him "End it or I swear everyone will know"

"So instead of being honest and both of us figuring it out together you just decided to lie to me and break my heart" Sabrina cried out.

"I was scared, Bri. I didn't know what to do I couldn't let that video get out or you think I set you up" Jason yells, eyes filled with sadness.

"You let Alison destroy us, you broke my heart and lied to me, the one person I trusted since my parents died" Sabrina yells back pushing him. "I loved you!"

Jason grabs her hands wrapping his arms around the girl as she cries. Jessica walks into the living room watching as the ex couple both brake down.

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"Do any of you guys have an extra ticket for tonight?" Hanna asked her friends.

"Did you change your mind about Caleb?" Aria asked, a teasing smile on her face.

"It's for my dad" Hanna clarified.

"He's still in town?" Emily asked.

"Yup, and he's in no rush to get home to Isabel" Hanna replied.

"What does that even mean?" Sabrina asked confused, "There's no way your mom and dad are getting back together"

"Sabrina Diaz!" Mona yelled, "Less talking, more walking".

"Bitch I will" Sabrina says, taking her heels off and jumps towards but was stopped by the girls.

"Aria, your turn" Mona says, ignoring Sabrina who tries throwing her shoe. Only to get snatched by Noel as Toby carries Sabrina out.

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Later that night Hanna, Emily and the two cousins sat in the dressing room doing their makeup.

"Oh, did you figure out what's going on with your dad yet?" Aria asked Hanna.

Hanna sighed, "It's not even worth a recap" she replied, she then looked at Emily, "Where's your dress?"

Emily looked through the mirror to see Samara entering, her dress in her hand,

"Being delivered as we speak" Emily informed, standing up and facing Samara.

"Will you try it on?" Samara asked, handing Emily the dress.

"I trust you" Emily assured.

"Way too much" Samara said, "I need to see how it falls"

"She's not gonna let up until she knows that it's perfect" Samara's friend told Emily, she forwarded her hand towards the Fields girl,

"Hey, I'm Quinn"

"Hey, nice to meet you" Emily said, shaking Quinn's hand.

"Same here" Quinn said, as her and Samara held hands.

"Uh, why don't you guys go take a seat while I get dressed?" Emily suggested.

"Looks like a big crowd out there" Samara said, she turned to Quinn, "May end up sitting on your lap.

"Wouldn't be the first time" Quinn teased, causing the other three girls to exchange confused looks, "Right?".

"We'll be back in a few" Samara told Emily, then walking away with Quinn.

"Hey, how come I have no date and you have a date who brought a date?" Hanna asked Emily.

"You have a date" Aria reminded, putting blush on her cheeks, "You just didn't ask him to come"

"Which was very stupid of you" Sabrina added as Jessica and Jason stand by the entrance of the stage. Tossing him a quick smile as he walks out.

"Okay, last looks, people!" Mona yelled, "Ladies, I need Sabrina now then my first three models lined up!"

"Here" Aria said, handing Spencer her dress, "Your dress, all pressed and ready for you to wear".

"Thank you" Spencer said, taking her dress from her as Sabrina is handed a microphone and she heads towards the stage.

"Please welcome to the stage Sabrina Diaz" Jessica says as Jason fixes the microphone stand to fit the girls height before his mom and him leave the stage and the music starts and the lights shut off.

"All I know it's 10:35, and I can feel your arms around me let 'em drown me all I know it's 10:35, and I'm thanking, thanking God you found me that you found me" Sabrina sings into the microphone before a spot light lands on the girl.

"Every day, I go places in my head darker thoughts are harder now they look like monsters under my bed and every time" Sabrina sings as she leans at the entrance leading to back stage.

"It's like a rocket through my chest the TV makes you think the whole world's about to end" She sings as she starts walking down the ramp.

"I don't know where this night is goin' but I know that you and me got somethin' So many things that I'm afraid of But right now, I ain't scared of nothin" She sings as she reaches the stand.

"Cause all I know it's 10:35 and I can feel your arms around me Let 'em drown me" she sings as she placing the mic on it the stand as girls walk out and passed Sabrina.

"'All I know it's 10:35 and I'm thankin', thankin' God you found me That you found me" Sabrina sings.

"So don't you worry about tomorrow don't you worry, just pass the bottle all I know it's 10:35" Two by two girls walk out and past the girl in the middle of the stage.

"And I can feel your arms around me Let 'em drown me" She sings as she wraps her arms around her self as Hanna and Spencer walk past her throwing smiles at the girl.

"Every night, I go places in my dreams So many never-endin' alleyways I don't know what it means But this is it, I know the sun'll wake me up Tell me I'd be dumb to not get what I want" Sabrina sings as her eye connect with Jason's.

"I don't know where this night is goin' But I know that you and me got somethin' So many things that I'm afraid of but right now, I ain't scared of nothin" She sings as Emily and Aria walk past the girl before stopping at posing then turning to walk back.

"Cause all I know it's 10:35 and I can feel your arms around me Let 'em drown me" she sings as they walk past her and Aria lip syncs her cousins song.

"'All I know it's 10:35 and I'm thankin', thankin' God you found me That you found me" Sabrina sings swinging her hips as the last group walks back leaving Sabrina who grabs the microphone and walks towards the end of the stage.

"That you found me so don't you worry about tomorrow don't you worry, just pass the bottle all I know it's 10:35 And I can feel your arms around me Let 'em drown me" Sabrina belts out a she spins and walks back towards the exit of the stage.

"It's 10:35, oh-ooh 10:35, oh-oh-oh Know it's 10:35, oh-oh-oh Know it's 10:35, oh-oh-oh" She finished and the light turn off allowing Sabrina to exit the stage as applause filled the venue when they turned back on. And soft music begins to play.

Aria and Sabrina came on the runaway together, and walked down the runaway, they were then followed by Emily, Spencer and Hanna.

Sabrina smiles as she looks around before her eyes land on Jason who nods and smiles at her

"Wake up, everybody! Because the bitch, is, dead!"

The five girls immediately exchanged panicked looks, as Spencer runs off the stage toward Noel.

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The four upset girls stood together, waiting for Spencer to join them.

"Did you manage to speak to Mrs. Dilaurentis?" Sabrina asked.

"No" Spencer replied, "Jason picked up her cell phone, said she was too upset to talk".

Emily shook her head, "Just when we were in the spotlight doing something decent".

"A makes the spotlight extra harsh" Hanna added.

Caleb entering the room caught the girls attention, Aria looked at Hanna and gestured towards Caleb and she walked over to Caleb, after talking to him for a moment, Hanna walked back to her friends with a small smile on her face.

"Maybe we should just send Mrs. Dilaurentis a note or something?" Aria suggested.

"I don't think there's a section for, I'm sorry you got traumatized, cards" Sabrina snorts.

"Maybe flowers" Emily suggested, as Spencer nudged the girls arm.

Suddenly the mike screeched loudly and the projector turned on, gaining the girls attention when they realised it was a message from A.

My Dresses.
My Game.
My Rules
-A

"Can we get out of here?" a panicked
Emily asked.

"Yeah, l'm right behind you" Spencer said, quickly grabbing her things.

"You guys go ahead, I'm gonna go grab my stuff" Sabrina informed, walking backstage as the rest of the girls left the room. Sabrina started putting hair products away in her bag

"Did you want this back?" Some asks causing her to turn around to see it was Noel.

"I'd hate to leave something lying around that could get you and your friends in trouble," he said to Sabrina.

"I assumed it was yours," Sabrina said to him.

"What's that?" Jason asked him, coming from nowhere.

"Stay out of it Jason" Sabrina says before swinging her fist straight into Noel's nose. He groans dropping the disc and leaves the two.

"You gonna tell me what that is?" Jason asked.

"The unplanned finale" Sabrina tells him, Jason grabs the disc and snapped it in half.

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"Pretty sure your mom doesn't want these back," Sabrina said to Jason as she zipped up to the bag.

"How many times do we have to put her away? It's like burying Alison all over again. Every time we start to make peace with it, someone has to go and say something ugly about her death, about her life. When are people gonna move on to gawk at the next tragedy?" She asked.

"Well, if I was a stranger, l'd be fascinated with the dark details," Jason said.

"That's us. Her brother, her friends. We're the dark details." Sabrina says.

"Look Sabrina, I'm sorry that I hurt you and let Alison come between us I shouldn't have done that" Jason started to but was stopped when Sabrina grabs his face and kissed him.

"I don't care anymore, because I have everything I need in life right here" Sabrina tells him "So how about we go get our daughter and some food, go back to yours and watch a movie just us"

"I'd love that" Jason smiles.