Ch.1

"Ezra," Aria said with an exasperated tone, "We can't keep sneaking around like this…we'll get caught."

"I don't care," he said as he pulled her by the waist into a tight embrace.

They leaned against his chalkboard in their intimate embrace, not giving the slightest thought to who could be watching through the glass in the classroom door. Ezra placed a finger gently beneath Aria's pale chin, and tilted her lips up to meet his.

"Meet me at my apartment tonight?" he whispered in her ear after their lips parted.

"It would be my pleasure, Mr. Fitz," she said with a wink and a kiss goodbye.

Aria walked down the hallway with butterflies in her stomach as she thought about meeting Ezra later tonight. The only sound in the empty school hallway was the noise of her high heels clicking against the tiled floor. Aria pushed open the front door with a wide smile on her face as she thought how lucky she was to spend Friday night with Ezra Fitz. She was blissfully opening the door to her black Prius when she heard her phone chime with a text from no other than "A". Aria's heart fluttered and she felt sick as she read the message over and over again before tossing her phone into the passenger seat and taking off.

"You kiss, I tell. –A" the text said. Aria knew she and Ezra hadn't always been careful. As hard as they tried, they just couldn't hold back their passion when they were alone. Having to hide their love for each other was hard enough during her AP English class; she couldn't do it any other time. As she hit a red light in their small town of Rosewood, Aria closed her eyes and tried to calm herself down. Tears flooded her large hazel eyes, and her knuckles were white as snow against the black steering wheel. The car behind her held down its horn as her eyes opened and the light glowed bright green.

"Shit," she muttered under her breath as she slammed her foot on the gas pedal.

Slowly the minutes and hours ticked by and it was time to go to Ezra's. Aria waltzed down the staircase in black high-heeled leather boots, a maroon mini-dress, and fish net tights as she prepared to lie once again to her parents about where she was going.

"Aria!" Ella exclaimed with raised eyebrows as she tossed a salad, "Where are you going dressed up like that? You look so grown up…sometimes I guess I just forget that you're sixteen now and not my little girl anymore."

Aria smiled at her mother, "Mom! I'm still your little girl. I'm going out with Spencer, Hanna, and Emily. We're having a fancy 'Girl's night out'."

"Are you coming home tonight? You can sleep over one of their houses if you want since it's a Friday night, just text me with updates. Ok, honey?"

Aria grinned, "Of course, mom!"

Aria practically ran to her car excited to tell Ezra that she would be spending the night, and that they might finally have their "special" evening.

"Hey, E. Mom said I could sleep over. Ready for what tonight brings? ;), A"

Ezra replied within seconds, "Hey, beautiful. No way! The real question is are you ready? I mean, are you sure? E"

Aria bit her pink and glossy lip for a moment before typing, "Yes..but we'll discuss when I get there. Can't wait! Xoxo, A"

Aria often found it ironic that she signed her messages to Ezra with "A", while her stalker signed his/her messages the same way. How could one message convey such commitment, love, and passion, while the other held such hate, judgment, and hurt?

"Hey, babe, I missed you," Ezra said as he pulled Aria's petite body into his tall and muscular frame. He kissed her lips while he maneuvered them through the doorway, shutting the brown wooden door behind them. They continued their make out session on his dark brown buttery couch as Ezra pulled away and said,

"You wanted to talk about this first…remember?"

Aria thought, "If only it were easy - not illegal."

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