Lacrosse Lovers

Summary- Ian's dead so SOMEONE has to be the new lacrosse coach, and that's Mr. Fitz. And coincidentally the assistant coach is Aria. On Mike's lacrosse team. With Noel. So they have to be very careful. But Ezra can't help looking at Aria in those short shorts. Oh boy.

Chapter 1-How This Mess Began

First PLL fic EVAH. So tell me if it sucks. And if it does I'll delete it. The idea's been playing around in my head for a while, so why not? Plus, the world needs more Ezra/Aria in it! Especially Ezra.

I apologize in advance for any typos.

General POV

"Miss Montgomery!" The unmistakable sound of Principal Kinney's voice rang through the halls. Aria's head shot up, almost hitting her head on the top of her heavily decorated locker. Her fingers glided her phone's keyboard, sending the message she was previously proofreading. After doing this she shoved her phone in her new vintage style purse. She pulled her head out of the privacy of her locker only seconds before the principal reached her.

"Yes, sir?" Aria asked as she spun on her heel, coming face-to-face with the tall, balding man who has deemed Rosewood High his since prehistoric times.

"Your brother is Mike, right?" she nodded. It probably wasn't even necessary, she realized after the fact, for she was only halfway into her head nodding when he continued, the very sound of his voice making the student passerbys walk a little quicker."He plays lacrosse, does he not?"

"Um, yeah, he does." The sound of the bell rang in Aria's ears. Saved by the bell. "That's my bell. I gotta run to class."

That was a total lie. This one of the two free periods of her day. But, since her and Ezra share the free period, it's more of her Ezra period than anything.

Turning on her heel, Aria basically made a run for it, but when the principal called her name, she sighed, stopping dead in her tracks. She turned and smiled at him, saying, "My class is this way, are you going to walk with me?" She didn't mean to sound rude or anything, but honestly, she just wanted him to go away. The only time Mr. Kinney came out of his small, crammed office is when he needs something from s student or teacher. Otherwise the only reason you even know Rosewood High has a principal is when you hear a sigh of defeat or a swear word come from the little office when he loses in internet solitaire.

Mr. Kinney ran in the most ungainly manner towards her, mumbling, in a voice that sounded almost certainly out of breath, about how rude kids nowadays were. The clicking of her heels and his gasps for breath awkwardly filled the silence they were trapped in for a minute or so, as they ventured to the other side of the school.

Aria offered up the nicest smile she could to him when she saw the numbers 105 next to an old wooden door. The door to her escape that's window will soon be covered by blinds and who will be locked tight so no one sees her kissing her English teacher.

She rested her hand on the door handle and sighed a sweet sigh of relief. "Well, this is my stop."

"Room 105…" He paused a moment, thinking hard. "That new teacher, Mr. Fritzen, correct?" He smiled broadly like he'd won the jackpot. Little did he know he was about to get voted off the island.

"There's no –r or –en. It's Fitz. F-I-T-Z."Aria spoke as if she were talking to a small child, but when the principal gave her his I'm-in-charge-and-I-can-give-you-detention look, she cleared her throat and added, "I mean, no sir, it's Mr.Fitz."

The principal fought the urge to roll his eyes and continued, "Ah, yes, Mr. Fitz. Wait, isn't this Mr. Fitz's free period?"

"Yes, and it's mine, but I'm working on an essay and need his help and experience. Is this a problem?"

"No, of course not, but-um-we should get back to your brother." Aria took her hand off the door handle, knowing this was going to be more bad than good. She then leaned against the door lightly, careful not to make the door creak and disturb Ezra who was probably grading papers on the other side of the door.

"Since Ian's… um missing-"

"Dead," Aria corrected without missing a beat. "Suffocated. Terrible, I know." It had only been a month since it happened, and everyone was fuzzy on the details. Mostly because they didn't believe the 4 girls who'd witnessed it all.

"Yes, and since he was lacrosse coach I-"

"Yes?" Aria was growing impatient. Time was ticking. Only 30 more minutes of her Ezra-period.

"Miss Montgomery, I was wondering if you'd be assistant coach on the lacrosse team." Aria's jaw dropped so Mr. Kinney took the opportunity to explain. "You played field hockey before you left for Iceland-which means you're fit and know what you're doing. And I heard that your dad coached the lacrosse team before you left? And you helped out? This makes you one of the best candidates for this position."

"Um, sir, with all due respect-"

"Before you say no, I understand that you're missing the required amount of hours of service to the school, since you dropped out of being stage manager in The Bad Seed? Miss Montgomery, it's March. This will give you the hours you need so you can go to the next grade."

Aria sucked a breath in and then blew it out heavily. "I assume I just look at Mike's schedule to know when I show up?"

Mr. Kinney placed a hand on Aria's shoulder. "That's a good girl." As he walked away Aria realized she didn't even know who the new head coach was.

PLLPLLPLLPLLPLLPLLPLLPLLPLL

Aria showed up at the school's field with Mike, a water cooler for all of the guys, a bag full of equipment, and a bad attitude. This was the last place she wanted to be right now. She'd rather be on Ezra's old leather couch, watching a movie. But that wouldn't have happened tonight anyway. Ezra said he had a last minute thing to do. Apparently it was essential if he wanted to work at Hollis.

"Aria!" She turned at the sound of her name, dropping the cooler in the process.

In a flat tone she muttered a, "Hey Noel." She tried. She really did. But she couldn't help it, she rolled her eyes.

Noel acted as if he hadn't seen her flip him off in her head and kept talking, "What are you doing here? Wanna see me get all sweaty?" Noel's eyes scanned over her body. Starting with her high ponytail, moving down to her low cut tank top-which he kept his eyes on a little longer than he should have- and stopping at her short shorts that she'd dug out of her closet for the last minute occasion.

Aria straightened the strap of the large duffel bag on her shoulder uncomfortably, which got Noel's eyes peeled off her body. "Oh believe me, that's the last thing I want. But I'm the new assistant coach so I guess I'll have to get use to it."

"Oh, you're the assistant coach?" Noel rubbed his neck uncomfortably saying in an almost-whisper, "So you're still into him?"

"Into…?"

Noel brought his face closer to Aria, whispering, "Ya know, Mr. F-"

A group of guys behind them started chanting, "Noel's got a girlfriend, Noel's got a girlfriend!" Noel and Aria jumped as far away from each other as humanly possible. The chant scared the shit out of them, especially Aria. She hadn't even heard what Noel said past, "Ya know…"

Noel told the guys to shut up, but Aria knew what would to the trick. "Hey guys, I'm the new assistant coach. And if you don't leave in point five seconds, I will make you run 20 laps around the whole school campus."

One of the guys stepped up. It was Davie. "You wouldn't dare…"

She got up in his face and challenged him, "Try me." That did do the trick as the rest of the group ran to the opposite side of the field, Davie running after them.

Aria turned back to Noel. "Extra credit?" Noel tried to be blunt in his hint, Aria could tell.

Aria rolled her eyes. "Yes, but what does that have to do with-"

Just then a loud whistle was heard. Noel and Aria's attention was brought to a young dark haired man with slightly tanned skin and a smile that Aria knew way too well.

"C'mon guys! Let's get this practice started!" He yelled into his bullhorn. "Can the new assistant coach please raise their hand? I wasn't informed on who it is. I just know it's a female student. So can you please raise your hand and blow your whistle?"

Noel was laughing hard as he grabbed Aria's hand and held it in the air and loudly blew the whistle that hung on her neck.

He made eye-contact with the last person he expected to see. Especially as the assistant coach.

"Ezra," Aria whispered so softly she could barely hear herself. And she could read his lips when he said, "Holy crap."

Holy crap indeed.

There was chapter one! Did you like it? Hate it? Noel seems nice now, but you never know when he might get jealous… And the jealousy card will be played a lot in this story, just so you know.

I know my time line isn't exactly up-to-date with the show, but please ignore that small detail. :)

More Ezra/Aria in the next chapter! Intense talk about what to do is to come :O

Reviews are deeply appreciated.

Love Always,

-randomness