Thoughts That Count
Episode 1 Part 1
Aria
Coming into Ezra's class Friday morning was nothing like usual. I felt no comfort walking through his door, and everyone looked at us in a way they hadn't since they'd found Allison's body. Everyone was talking, and it didn't take mush too guess about what.
I decided on the lesser evil and looked to the board for Ezra, but he wasn't there, just a drawing. A game of hangman, the answer half filled at the bottom of the board. I tapped the other girls to get their attention. L_AR_
The bell rang and we made our way to our seats. I tried to ignore the gossip floating around me.
The door closed, Ezra appearing with it. We shared a glance, but much like coming through the door, I felt no connection in it, just emptiness.
Ezra stepped to the board without a word, beginning to erase the drawing. For a second I wondered if he might turn around and make scene similar to the time I walked out on him, but before he would the door opened again.
"Need some help with that Mr. Fitz?" My breath stopped. Noel Kahn. He was here, standing in the doorway. His schedule must have changed since his suspension, but why did he have to be here?
"You can take you seat, Mr. Kahn," Ezra said plainly, but I could tell from experience he was hiding fear beneath his words.
I watched, frozen still as Noel made his way to sit in an empty desk next me. Why was her here? Why now?
He turned to me with a smug smile, "Miss me?"