A/N: Hey guys! A note about this story—Not even ten minutes in to the very first episode of Grey's Anatomy, I discovered that I have a "type": dark hair, blue eyes, fictional, and the in the professional world, the authority figure of their significant other. By this I mean Derek Shepard and Ezra Fitz. So an idea came to me: what if I wrote a story where Aria and Ezra meet the same way Meredith and Derek meet? I don't know yet if Aria and Ezra's relationship will continue to be based upon Meredith and Derek's, but I do know there will be no Addison character. (I've only seen up to Season 3 in Grey's Anatomy BTW). This story is not a crossover, and the title is a lyric from the Grey's Anatomy theme song, a song titled "Cozy in the Rocket"
The blare of the alarm clock woke up an exhausted and hungover Aria Montgomery, and startled the man in her bed so much that he fell off her bed. Aria rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, realizing that her head was pounding like crazy. Not a good way to start off her first day as a student teacher. She peered over the other side of the bed, and she found a man lying on his stomach, completely naked. Aria threw a pillow down to keep him at least a little bit modest. She tried to remember the events of the night before. She had gone to a bar, gotten drunk, and had a one-night stand with the man lying on her floor. Aria rose from her bed, wrapping a sheet around her body, as the man got up from the floor and wrapped a blanket around him, searching for his clothes. The man noticed that Aria was staring at him and he stuck out his hand. "I'm Ezra," He said. Aria's face became hot with embarrassment. She shook his hand, saying "Hi, I'm Aria,"
"It's nice to meet you," Ezra grinned. Aria noticed that he had a boyish smile, which she found to be attractive. She tried to blink the image away, bringing herself back to earth.
"You should really go," Aria said, as Ezra began to put on his clothes, "It's my first day, and…" She trailed off. "Oh?" Ezra inquired, "Where are you working?"
Aria rolled her eyes, "Just stop it," she said. Ezra looked at her, perplexed.
"Stop what?"
"Stop pretending like you care. Like you want to get to know me."
"But I do want to—" Ezra was cut off by Aria's finger, which pointed to the door.
"I would appreciate it if you left," She said through gritted teeth.
Ezra buckled his belt, left the bedroom, and hurried out the door to her apartment and downstairs, out of the building, just as Aria requested. Aria grabbed an outfit out of her closet and got dressed. She hoped that none of her roommates and best friends, especially Hanna, saw him. Aria hadn't even taken two steps out of her bedroom when Hanna appeared and bombarded him with questions.
"Who was that? I didn't really get a good look at him, is he hot? How good is he in bed?"
Aria rolled her eyes and lumbered towards the bathroom. She washed up and headed to the kitchenette, where Spencer was making coffee. "
Here you go," She said as she handed Aria a tumbler. "You're going to need the caffeine 'cause you didn't really get so much sleep last night!" Spencer winked cheekily.
"Thanks for the coffee, Spence, but no thanks for that comment."
Emily walked out of her bedroom, grabbed a Luna bar, which she devoured, and then asked Aria, "Ready to go?"
They left the apartment and got into Emily's car. Emily had been an Olympic swimmer, but due to a shoulder injury, she was not longer training and became the swim coach at Rosewood High as well as one of the guidance counselors. Once they had arrived at Rosewood High, they got out of the car and walked into the building, Emily heading towards the pool, and Aria, to the main office.
"Hi, I'm Aria Montgomery, the new student teacher."
"What department are you in?" Asked the lady at the front desk.
"English"
The lady consulted some files before replying with, "You'll be in room 302, Mr. Fitz's classroom. He teaches honors ninth grade English. You'll be in very good hands with him. This is fourth year at Rosewood High but he's probably the best in the department."
The woman handed Aria her teacher ID, which was attached to a lanyard so it could be worn around the neck, and her schedule. Aria thanked the woman and headed up to room cautiously stepped in and took in the classroom. The general look of the classroom had not changed a whole lot since she had been in Rosewood High, sitting in a similar classroom. The walls were decorated with book covers, and right over the whiteboard was a poster with a pair of eyes on it, like the kind on the billboard in The Great Gatsby. Aria's gaze moved downward and she found a young, smartly dressed man writing the class schedule on the whiteboard. She knocked on the open door, realizing that Mr. Fitz didn't notice her. He pivoted to face her, and the second they locked eyes, Aria's jaw dropped.
Okay, not much of a cliffhanger since we all know who Mr. Fitz is. I hope you liked it! "The Door Is Locked, But I Still Got a Key", (which I will just call TDIL when referring to it because that's just shorter to type) should be updated soon (IDK when), but I can tell you right now that this story will be updated before TDIL.
What did you think? Should I continue with this?
Derek is McDreamy and Mark Sloane is McSteamy, what nickname with the "Mc" prefix would you give Ezra?
EPIPHANY TIME: In both PLL and Grey's the two people with the surname Montgomery cheat on their spouses, and the two people with the name Meredith are the younger homewreckers. (Even though technically Addison homewrecked her and Derek before Meredith did. And Addison didn't cheat on Derek with Meredith like how Byron cheated on Ella with Meredith. BUT STILL).
