𝓐ℛ𝓐ℬ𝓔ℒℒ𝓐 ~ ℐ𝓐𝓢𝓞𝓝 𝓓𝓘ℒ𝓐𝓤ℛ𝓔𝓝𝑇𝓘𝓢

𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄

"im glad your with your friends, welcome home, im guessing you two have alot to tell me. maybe we can begin with the night that you two disappeared" he says

"we didn't disappear, we where kidnapped we where kidnapped and held hostage for two years and if it weren't for our friends, we wouldn't be standing here alive, they saved our lives" alison says "lets head to a room to talk".

"we dont know who took this photo but it is dated" holbrook says as he hands us the photo of the night we saw the four girls "so im assuming this wasnt your first visit home. do you two have any memories of this night?"

"it was the night we got away from him" i say "from your captor? how?" he asks 

"we jumped, out the car" i tell him "while you where blindfolded?" he asks, he so knows its a lie

"we tore them off and ran straight for the woods so that he couldnt catch us" alison tells him "but on the night of this photo, you managed to make it back to rosewood and you two found your friends" he tells us trying to work out the holes in our story

"we asked them to hide us" i quickly tell him "you thought that they would be more helpful than the police? your parents?" he asks

"we were scared" i tell him as tears run down my face "okay, we where scared that if we came back home and it was out in the open that he'd find us again" i cry

"so how did you protect them?" holbrook asks the four girls "they hid us in the woods. in a shed that we all used to hang out in. after school, the weekends" alison tells him as i looked at the four girls sitting in silence

"but alison, you just said that they came to your rescue in philadelphia" he says, we all turn our heads as the door open

"dad!" alison gasps as she jumps out of her chair, pulling her father into a hug, oh thank god

"mum, dad" i mutter as i wipe my tears away, jumping out of the chair pulling my parents into a hug

"oh my god! its really my arabella" ella cries as she grabs my face "are you alright?" byron asks as he studies my face

"im okay dad" i cry as i hug them again "can we go home" i tell them as tears stream down my face "we can go home honey" ella says as she hugs me one more time

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"since when was getting kidnapped the story?" aria asks as she sits on my bed "ali and i talked about it on the bus" i tell her "it was the only story that would sound less suspicious"

"well it sounds pretty suspicious" she says "i know that" i tell her "arabella?" mike calls out as he rushes into the room "hey mike" i smile at him as i wipe my tears "i can't believe your alive" he says as he pulls me into a hug

"alright leave your sister alone she just got home" byron says as he walks into the room with ella

"its okay dad" i tell him as mike pulls away from the hug "i've been dreaming about this moment for a long time" i smile as mike and aria walk out the room

"i know this maybe asking for too much, but, um, i want you to feel safe. i've asked the police to put up a barrier at the end of the street. lots of people are gonna want to hear your story, but you dont have to leave this house or talk to anybody until your ready. i-- i cant give you those years back arabella, but i promise i will do everything i can to help you forget them"

"it's alright dad, im fine" i tell him "honey, i need you to know that your dad and i, we arent living together anymore nor are we together" ella tells me