Aria POV

I was sitting in my bedroom all alone. Mike was the only other one here. He was outside in the living room watching one of the games on today. Every ten minutes or so I would hear him yell "YEAH, TOUCHDOWN." or "NO, LEFT. RIGHT. NOOO."

I looked at my phone. I didn't need to look through my contacts to find his number, I know it from heart now. I knew that I loved the person who owned that number. That I needed him whenever he was away, or even still here.

"Should I call?" I said, pretty much talking to the wall.

Not knowing what I was even doing, I picked up my phone and dialed his number one by one.

My heart started to beat faster of just thinking about hearing his voice. How it could calm me down any time of the day. How it was the calling of home to me.

It rang, and by the third one someone answered.

"Hello? Aria?" Ezra sounded relieved. As if he was waiting for me to call.

I sat there for a second, knowing that this was all wrong. Everything about it. But the feeling of it all, was right. At least that's how it felt to me.

"Ezra, Uh, I wanted to know if I could maybe come over to your place for a while. I really need to talk to you." As if I really even had to ask.

"Of course. It's a mess. I really should clean. But you know me, When do I ever clean?" He laughed softly.

"Okay then. I'll be there in about ten minutes. I gotta get through Mike and all." I knew that wasn't really going to be a problem. I had many excuses with him.

"Okay. See you then. I love you." Him saying those last three words were the only thing I needed for my to almost sprint out of my bedroom. But that would look a bit obvious.

"I love you too, bye." And it was true. I did love him. When did I not.

I got up and slipped on my black flats and my old and trusty silver and black blazer.

As I walked out into the living room, on my way to the door, I was pretty much ready for Mike to say,

"Where are you going?"

I smiled, ready for such a challenge. "I think I'm going to go hang out with Spencer and Emily. They said they needed an extra study buddy. We might go out for some coffee after that too." You never know, I might need extra time to talk.

As I got into my car and started it, not ready for what was about to happen...