My first attempt at a chapter story. Need feedback on whether to continue or not. Let me know if I should continue or not. Here's the first chapter. Hope you enjoy.
Aria
Aria was awoken by the sound of her alarm. After silencing the noise, she continued to lay in her bed and just stared at the ceiling of her bedroom. It had been two months, two months since that night. She tried not to think of that night anymore, but this was the third morning in a row that she thought back.
There he was, the love of her life, lying almost motionless on the ground. Still hearing the sound of the gun going off, she yelled out his name as she ran to his side. Her friends still shocked,
didn't know what to do.
"Someone call 911," Aria finally cried, as tears flowed from her eyes, all the while trying to keep pressure on his wound so he wouldn't bleed out.
"Noel took our phones," she heard her friend Spencer yell back, still freaked out by the sight of their English teacher, with a gunshot wound, lying before her.
Aria cringed after hearing his name, She couldn't believe he would do this. She knew that he didn't like her or Ezra, but didn't think he would go this far. But he was "A", they knew this now, and she was going to make him pay for this.
Aria frantically searched Ezra's person until she found his phone, dialing 911 and holding the phone up to her ear.
"911, what's your emergency?" The operator asked.
"We need an ambulance, someone's been shot." After giving the address and their location to the operator, and informing them of Noel's involvement, Aria and her friends waited for help to arrive. Moments later, they heard the sound of sirens blaring, and soon were surrounded by the police and the paramedics who were going to help her ex-boyfriend. She watched as they put him inside the ambulance, and continued to sob, her friends all hugging her, as the ambulance drove away, taking him to the hospital, as she hoped that he would be okay.
Aria was broken out of her thoughts by her father walking in to make sure she was awake.
"Aria, it's time to get up." Byron told his daughter, soon regretting bothering her as he saw the look on her face.
"I'm up," she said softly, before pushing back her comforter, and getting out of bed. As she walked toward the door, heading toward the bathroom her father spoke up again.
"Are you okay?" He asked as she reached here he stood at her bedroom door.
"I'm fine, just had another nightmare." Aria responded.
"I thought they stopped?" He asked concerned.
"They did, but the last few nights they've returned." She admitted.
"Should I be worried?"
"No, I'm just anxious, I guess, he comes home today?"
Ezra had been in New York with his family since being released from the hospital. Aria had spoken with him almost daily, but still missed him. Even though they weren't back together, after what happened that night, she realized that she didn't want to cut him out of her life.
"So, you're going to see him?" Byron asked nervously. Even though he was grateful that he had protected his daughter, he was not looking forward to having him be a apart of her life, at least not the way he was before.
"Yeah, is that a problem?" She countered, wondering why her father would even bother asking such a foolish question.
"No, as long as you're not thinking of resuming your relationship with him, he is still your teacher."
"We're not," Aria replied, "we're just friends."
Byron just nodded, and turned to leave, not wanting to get into an argument with her. She had been through a lot, and he understood that.
Aria continued on to the bathroom to get ready for the day. She was nervous to see him again because she didn't know where they stood. Yeah, they were just friends now, but she knew seeing him would reawaken those fillings she knew she still had for him. She loved him more than anything.
Ezra
Ezra walked through the door of his apartment, relieved to be home. Spending all that time with his family really took a lot out of him. As he closed the door, he noticed how clean his apartment looked. He knew it was because of Aria, she had been by to bring in his mail, and apparently didn't want him to come home to the mess she was greeted with when she first stopped by after he was hospitalized. After placing his things on his bed, something caught his eye. The picture of them, the one she whose frame she broke when she trashed his apartment, was placed on his night stand, inside a new frame. He smiled appreciating the simple gesture, but not wanting to get ahead of himself. They were over. No matter how much he wanted to go back to what they once were, he wasn't sure that's what she wanted.
It was what he wanted, but he knew it wasn't going to be easy to win her back, but he knew that if he was going to try, he would have to make some changes. While he was away, Ezra really took a hard look at his life. He wasn't sure he wanted to return to Rosewood High, but he needed the job. His decision was made when his mother did something he never expected. Diane was so distraught when she heard what happened to her oldest son, so much so she decided it was time for them to let go of everything that had happened in the past, and made the gesture of allowing he access to his trust fund. He wasn't sure about her intentions, but she assured him she had none. She wanted him to live the life her wanted, even if it wasn't the life she hoped he would have.
Breaking him out of his thoughts was the sound of his phone beeping, signaling he had a new text, and as he opened it he realized it was from Aria.
Wanted to know if I could stop by after school? xo
Ezra couldn't contain his excitement when he finished reading the simple text. He quickly replied,
Sure, I'll see you then.
He didn't know what to expect, but he was glad she wanted to see him. This gave him hope that maybe, just maybe he could win her back.
