Hello. I was going to wait until I wrote the whole story before posting this but I figured I should find out if people like it before carrying on. I am not too sure how many chapters this will be, nothing too long. I'm more plant the seed of the story out there and then leave it a bit open for people to imagine their own endings..if that makes sense.
I don't own Pretty Little Liars, Aria or Ezra. I only own a little bit of time this rainy weekend and a little bit of imagination.
I hope you enjoy. Sorry for the editing. I am not too sure how to ensure spacing looks ok and I am pretty useless with speech text too (do i start a new paragraph, do i not..oh the decisions).. but anyway hope it's ok...
Flashback
"I can't believe how much stuff you packed for three days Hannah, how was your mother not suspicious of where we were going, or that your were not running away from home?" Spencer commented as she saw Hannah struggling to lift her suitcase on to her bed.
"I couldn't help it, everything in this suitcase is essential. Anyway, it's my birthday weekend and I need to look my best" Hannah retorted.
Aria and Emily laughed from their position on the other hotel bed.
The four girls had told their parents that they were going on a road trip to Spencer's family cabin, instead they had boarded a plane to Las Vegas. Hannah had insisted that she wanted her 18th birthday to be something a bit different. The last one to turn 18 in the group, and with the knowledge this might be one of the last holidays they spent together before college, Hannah had organised fake ID's through Jason DiLaurentis and begged the other girls to agree. School was on break before the final two semesters, so with promises of studying harder after they had a relaxing trip away, each parent had reluctantly agreed.
End Flashback
Aria groaned as an incessant buzzing woke her after what felt like five minutes of sleep. Her head was pounding from alcohol and the bright sunlight that was streaming in the room. She opened her eyes a little to locate the buzzing noise. A strong arm gripped her waist tighter and she felt lips start kissing her shoulder. She tensed as she realised she was not in her own hotel room before looking back to see who else was in the bed.
"Wow, not bad" she thought to herself as she eyed the handsome face of the guy who was working his way up to kissing her neck. She groaned in pleasure, forgetting the buzzing noise and giving in to the moment.
"Morning" he whispered into her ear, before rolling on top of Aria and finally opening his eyes, smiling as he made eye contact with her.
"Hi" she responded shyly, unable to stop herself from staring into his blue eyes. She bit her lip out of nervousness, unsure of how they had ended up here and whether this was a wise decision on her part, but also internally praising herself for managing to attract such a good looking guy. She hoped the girls had got a good look at him last night, so it wouldn't sound like she was exaggerating when she relayed this back to them. She had really let her hair down last night during this weekend away with the girls. She would never have been so adventurous back in Rosewood, her hometown.
The buzzing continued, but Aria ignored it. Right now, she could not tear herself away from looking at the face inches from hers. There was something about him that made her feel both nervous and completely at ease at the same time.
They both leaned in to kiss each other at the same time. Aria's hands moving up to tangle themselves in his slightly curly brown hair. What started as a soft kiss soon heated up, she groaned as his hands moved across her skin. The moment was shattered by a loud banging on the door, and the voice of Hannah booming from the other side:
"Aria, are you in there? Aria, can you hear me? Why aren't you answering your phone? Ok, I know why you aren't answering but can you stop.. doing that stuff with him and open the door? We have to leave for the airport in 15 minutes. Open the door!"
"Shit" Aria panicked before extracting herself from underneath the muscled body on top of her.
"Yeah Han, I can hear you, give me a second and I'll open the door"
She wildly searched the floor for some clothes so she could open the door, cursing herself at the same time.
"Here, put this on for now" she heard as a t-shirt was thrown towards her.
"Great thanks..umm" Aria responded, unable to stop watching as he sat up and she checked out his toned body.
"Ezra, nice to meet you Aria" he smirked, pulling on a pair of dark boxers.
"Right, Ezra, sorry" Aria replied, mortified at having forgotten his name and at having been caught staring, her face turning red.
"I should umm.. answer the door to my friend" she said taking a deep breath and opening the door to see a stressed Hannah on the other side.
Hannah brushed past Aria into the room before Aria had time to stop her.
"Woah, hello...nice work Aria" Hannah stated bluntly after coming face to face with a half dressed Ezra sat on the edge of the messy bed.
"Hannah! Shut up!". Aria turned to Ezra, she was now a deeper shade of red.
"God I am so sorry, my friend Hannah here has no filter it seems."
Ezra flashed a big grin and stood up to shake Hannah's hand.
"Hi, I'm Ezra. Nice to meet you Hannah, I'm sorry if we met properly last night, things are pretty hazy right now."
"No, I'm sure we didn't meet properly, I'd have remembered you" she smirked.
"Han, please shut up!" Aria shrieked trying to stop Hannah embarrassing her any more. "How did you find me and why are you here?"
"Oh..well as I shouted while you were busy making use of the bed, we need to leave in 15 minutes to catch our flight. Spencer woke up to find McHottie's friend, Harding, Hardy or something…whatever..passed out on your bed. He's waiting for the coast to be clear before coming back to the room. So Aria, sorry to put an end to this seriously hot bonding session but we HAVE to go. Now. The others are waiting in the foyer for us."
"Ok, can you just wait outside and give me two minutes to get myself together and put some clothes on?"
"Ok.. but don't get distracted" Hannah stated as she was being guided to the door by Aria. "Oh..and make sure you get his number."
Aria groaned as she shut the door behind Hannah and leant her head against it, wondering why she was friends with her at times. She slowly turned to face Ezra who was sat clearly amused by Hannah on the edge of the bed.
"So, your friend is ummm… interesting"
"That's one way of putting it I guess. Look I am so sorry to have to leave like this but I really do need to get this flight". Aria offered as she started scanning the room for her belongings.
"I'll make a deal with you. You can borrow that t-shirt in exchange for your phone number. That way you'll have to see me to give it me back. Although it does look great on you.. especially if you are going to keep bending down like that."
Aria laughed and threw a pillow that was discarded on the floor at him.
"I was just being honest, like your friend".
Aria pulled her jeans on and tied her hair up into a bun, throwing all her possessions into her handbag.
"I can't hear clothes being put on in there", Hannah bellowed from outside the door.
Both Aria and Ezra let out a laugh.
Aria tossed Ezra his phone so he could unlock it. She entered her number in for him and dialled her number from the phone. Smiling widely as she handed him back the phone. Ezra stroked her hand and pulled her towards him.
"I am so glad I met you."
Aria gulped as she lost herself in his eyes. She leaned in to kiss him, placing her hands on either side of his face.
"I'm glad I met you too." She responded, reluctantly pulling herself away and taking a deep breath. "I have to go".
Ezra stood and walked to the door with her. As Aria walked away from him, he watched, leaning out of the door, grinning at his luck of having met her.
The girls cheered and clapped as Aria and Hannah joined them in the foyer.
"You, young lady, have some serious dishing of gossip to do". Spencer demanded of Aria.
"I'm not saying anything at all, what happens in Vegas and all that might be so clichéd but I think I am going to have to abide by that" Aria retorted as she gave her a wink and picked up her bags. "Come on, I got dragged out of bed with a seriously hot guy for this flight so we are not missing it now".
All the girls except for Aria fell asleep before take-off, a faint smile on her face as she thought of Ezra.
She reached for her handbag and began rummaging for her makeup bag. As she did so her heart missed a beat as she caught a flash of silver on her left hand.
"No no no no. What.. why is that..." She mumbled to herself.
She touched the ring, it was definitely on her ring finger and it was definitely not there before last night.
"Oh god, I'm going to be sick" she muttered, hastily unbuckling her seat belt and shakily making her way to the bathroom.
"Ok just breathe, this is a joke, it has to be a joke. No-one is that stupid. Of course they are Aria.. Shit! No, this is all just a joke, I would have remembered this happening. He seemed so nice, oh god, was my drink spiked?" Aria continued to ramble away to herself while staring at the ring.
Taking a deep breath she tried to pull herself together, taking the ring off and slipping it into her pocket she decided she was not going to mention this to the girls right now. They couldn't have known or noticed the ring, or they would have said something and she was sure they had would have all been together the night before. This had to be a misunderstanding, she just needed to keep calm and piece together the events of the evening. Clearly she could not be married, Ezra didn't mention it or say anything so obviously this was nothing.
Returning to her seat, Aria sat bolt upright, unable to sleep and determined to recall everything about the evening.
Ezra returned to the bed, cuddling into the pillow that Aria had been sleeping on, inhaling the scent of her that remained. He dozed on and off, hearing Hardy return to the room and turn on the shower.
Ezra rubbed his eyes with his left hand. The feeling of cold metal surprised him. He didn't wear jewellery. Squinting in the light, he was now sure there was a ring on his hand that was not there before last night.
"What the ffff… Shit." Now sitting bolt upright Ezra examined his hand. Yes, there was definitely a ring where no one wants to see one after one night. He simply sat staring at the ring. "We didn't… no there's no way we could have. I am not that stupid. It's ok, there'll be a perfectly normal explanation for it."
Ezra edged the ring off his finger and placed it inside his wallet.
"Hey man.." Hardy said exiting the bathroom in a cloud of steam. "you look like you had a little too much fun last night. You look pretty pale. Are you ok?"
"Yeah, yeah I'm great" Ezra managed to blurt out, trying to ignore the sinking feeling about the ring. "Just tired is all".
"Nice, you and that girl.. Aria was it? I've never seen you so into a girl. You were like a lovesick teenager."
Ezra faked a laugh. "How drunk was I?" he enquired hoping it might shed some light on the night's events.
"You seemed pretty in control last time I saw you. I left you with Aria at some bar about 11 ish. I went clubbing with her friends as you guys wanted to be boring and just keep talking."
"Ah right, so you don't know if I went anywhere else then after that?"
"No sorry dude, why? Did she gamble all your money away? Make you marry her or something?" Hardy joked.
Ezra let out a nervous laugh. "No, no, just wandering. My memory is being a bit vague. Think I need some food in me. You keen?". Ezra decided to get off the topic of last night until he had had time to try and piece together his recollection of events.
"Definitely, our flight's not for a few hours and then it's back to reality for you with that new job starting Monday. Oh, if those kiddies could see their teacher's hangover right now!" Hardy laughed.
