Okay, I think it's about time I acknowledge my reviewers!
britneymartina, sarahschnieder2012, kelseycochran96, Meg, Guest: Oh my liars! Thank you soo much for all the reviews! They keep making me update, LOL. :) I love all the enthusiasm you guys have! I'm relieved your enjoying WWHIR, and I'm glad to hear I'm not, like, the only Jaria shipper. Thanks again!
I AM SO SORRY THIS ISN'T MY BEST CHAPTER EVER. AFTER WWHIR IS COMPLETED, I WILL BE MAKING A WHOLE NEW REWRITE. I wrote 6 chapters in 2 days, be happy lol.
Also, if you have any suggestions, I'd appreciate them. For both of my PLL fan-fictions.
Check out my newest one, When It All Started (a collection of Jaria moments before and a little after Ali's disappearance). The first one is when Aria is recruited into the group in seventh-grade, in 2007 at the age of 13.
Chapter 5: Getting to Know Him Better
Just as Harry was reaching for the cup to return back to Hogwarts, I yawned and my eyes struggled to stay awake. Jason, who'd come a little closer sometime during the movie, glanced at me. "Are you tired?" he quietly asked.
I nodded, resting my head on his shoulder. He paused the movie and hesitated. Half-awake, I watched as Jason wrapped his arm underneath my knees and his other one around my back as he picked me up. I welcomed sleep kindly when he laid me down on . . . our bed and pulled the white comforters over me.
"C-could you turn up the heat?" I murmured. My ears perked up when I heard him walk away to do as I said. Then, Jason pulled the sheets off and climbed in beside me. He moved over a little so there would be more space between us, but I automatically turned around and spooned him. Ignoring his stiff posture, I fell asleep like that.
When I woke up, I felt something stroke my hair. Immediately, I pretended to be asleep again as I peeked through my eyelashes to find Jason staring down at me as he played with my blue hair. He obviously assumed I was actual still sleeping or otherwise he'd never be doing this.
Mm, I purred. This feel amazing. The massage he was giving to my scalp made me snuggle deeper into his chest. Except . . . why was he acting like this? Jason didn't have feelings for me; I know he left them all back in Rosewood when I told him I was unavailable. Maybe he just likes to cuddle?
Finally, I decided to shift in bed as if I was just waking up. Immediately, Jason moved over a foot and shut his eyes. Yeah, no. Yawning, I sat up and stretched in bed. "Morning, Jason," I murmured. Jason charaded waking up.
"Mhmm. What's for breakfast?"
"Dunno. I think Toby's cooking."
"Oh, alright."
With that, I went to the bathroom to change into my clothes while Jason went to the kitchen to eat. He didn't have to change, since boxers were good enough for guys. Cracking my knuckles, I entered the kitchen soon after and pretended like nothing happened this morning. But I was dying to know why.
After the stunning breakfast made by Toby, we all decided to go skiing. There was a place nearby where they let you hike the mountains, ski, or go on the lifts. Since Paige decided to stay back, there were only ten of us. Again, Ali was the one to divide us into groups. She said it was only fair since she was the first one who went here.
Ali, Emily, Wesley, and Mike were in a group. The next group was Spencer, Toby, Caleb, and Hanna. Finally, there was Jason and I. How conveniant. . . I thought as I glowered at my best friend. Ali winked at me before her group departed for the mountains. Toby led his group to the ski point, while Jason led me to the lifts.
I had trouble pulling down the bar when we got on so he did it for me. The last time I'd been on one of these was when I confronted Ezra about his novel on the mystery of Alison DiLaurentis. Don't think about him, I warned myself. You're done with him, and he's out of your life.
"Hey," Jason suddenly asked, "are you okay?" I realized I was tightly gripping the railing. Jason placed one of his gloved hands over my mine hesistantly. I nodded at him.
"Yeah, I - " Without warning, the ride started to shake, and I heard a breaking noise above. Jason frowned, looking up. I gasped as the ride stopped completely. "What's going on?" I demanded.
"I - uh- think the thing broke. We might be stuck up here for a while," Jason sighed, leaning back in his seat. I shivered.
"Great. Just great. You don't think that - " I began, but he cut me off.
"That A had something to do with this? No."
"Um, I was going to say Ali?" I raised an eyebrow. "How'd you know about A? Didn't Spencer's mom pay the news to keep quiet and just say that we were in danger?"
"Ali told me everything. By everything, I mean as much as Mona told the police. Even more," Jason explained. "I'm sorry about you and that Fitz guy. . . ."
"Oh. It doesn't matter." Suddenly, I began to shudder as the wind blew. Jason quickly wrapped an arm around my shoulder and brought me closer.
"Shh, I got you," he soothed. "Don't worry." I mutely nodded, staring at my hands. Down below I could see the others hiking the mountains and sledding down the steep hill.
"Do you want to do something?" Jason asked.
"What exactly can we do up here?" I scoffed.
"Twenty questions?" he offered. I smiled.
"Huh. I didn't peg you for a twenty-questions type of guy," I said.
"What game did you think I'd rather play?" Jason breathed, his mouth close to my ear.
"That one game where if you did something that someone else did, you drink a sip of your beer, or something like that," I shrugged. He froze, and I instantly felt guilty. "Jason, I - "
"Aria, I'm not that kind of guy anymore," Jason rasped, frowning. "I was a high idiot back then, and I regret that. Please . . . forgive me?" I blinked, surprised before hugging Jason tightly.
He didn't expect that, but otherwise wrapped his arms around my waist, too. Suddenly, I felt the ride moving down again. Directly below us stood a figure I recognized to be Alison, and I could almost see her smug smirk. She'd been trying to set us - Jason and I - up ever since she found out about our kiss. The old Alison would have immediately shunned me for ever liking her brother, but this one was trying to make . . . uh, Jaria happen.
Jason noticed his sister, too, shaking his head. "I told you Alison had something to do with this," I teased. He smirked at me, rolling his eyes.
When we arrived back at the cabin, I immediately hopped into bed after changing. Just before sleep took me, I felt Jason pull the comforters over me and place a kiss on my head.