Warning: this is my first attempt to write a fanfic.

I just had all these thoughts in my mind after the summer finale and I needed to write them down. There are lots of good stories out there about EzrA; I hope you will like my version. I've already completed a few chapters so I've kind of made up my mind about Ezra and his role in this mess, but I used my imagination a lot here and I'm not trying to guess what really is gonna happen.

Big thanks to my beta Marcia794 for supporting me on this, reading my story and correcting my mistakes. Girl, I love you more than Oreos.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pretty Little Liars, I'm just a heartbroken fan.

Chapter One - Change Of Plans

Aria's POV

'But just because you bury something, that doesn't mean it stops existing.' - Jenny Han, We'll Always Have Summer

It was after midnight when we finally arrived at Spencer's house, totally exhausted. After we reached Ravenswood we attended a magic show, confronted two -not one- Redcoats, saved Emily from a near-death experience, discovered A's lair and crashed a party dedicated to Ali. To say the day had been full of surprises would be an understatement. Not that we had any quiet days in the past year or so. You know, what with being blackmailed by a psychotic killer and all.

But this day was different from others as we got the biggest revelation yet: Ali is alive. It was something that never left my mind to be honest. Yeah, we went to her funeral but we never saw her dead body, did we? I know it's too creepy but I always believed she never really left us. When a scary fortune-teller or whatever she is told us the same thing I kind of felt relieved. At least I wasn't being paranoid - yet.

Still, it was shocking, realising that your ex-bff, who was supposed to have been murdered the night she went missing, survived after all with help from said scary woman. Too bad she lost track of Ali the same night she found her and pulled her out of the ground. Could have saved us a lot of trouble.

The four of us were sitting around the big table in the Hastings' kitchen like we always used to when things were really out of control. This time nobody was talking. Spencer didn't give us one of her scientific lectures. Emily didn't have any brilliant ideas about what our next step would be. Hanna didn't have any smartass comments about our night's events. And my mind was totally blank.

Something was off tonight but I couldn't figure it out. Something really wrong had happened but I didn't know exactly what. It wasn't the shiny blue eyes which confirmed that our lost friend was trying to hide from Big A. It wasn't the fact that after a mini karate fight with Cece Drake -Jake's training lessons really helped me with that- she fell off a balcony and then disappeared in a second; although she should have been dead. Not even the humiliation of my being the only one desirable for the main act of a magic trick that was set up by A and carried by a weird clown.

"Why are you all suddenly so speechless?" asked Hanna in her teasing, always loving tone.

"Do you want to give us a recap of that astonishing night?" Spence being sarcastic scared the hell out of me.

"Hey, Spence. No need to cut each other's throats." Emily gave her a warning look. "We're all as shocked as you are. Or less, given that you had figured it all out about Mrs Grunwald's involvement." Oh, yeah. That was scary woman's name. I didn't give it much attention.

"I'm sorry, Han," sighed Spence, "I shouldn't have snapped at you. This was a tough evening, for all of us."

"It's okay." Hanna gave her a small smile. Sometimes I feel like Hanna looks up to Spencer more than she does to anybody else. She is indeed a moving encyclopedia. "I'm still freaked out while thinking about Em in that box.. And the saw." A visible shiver ran through her body.

"I can't even think about it." Em said with an alarmed voice. "For a moment I felt like everything I had seen in creepy horror movies would happen in front of my eyes; on me."

"Okay, stop," added Hanna with a terrified face.

"You know guys, it might be weird but I felt like we were being watched the entire evening. Like someone was following us." Spence was deep in thought.

"You know Spence, for your information, you've been being watched and followed for the last year and more." There was venom in my words and tone but I couldn't help it. Something was really wrong with me tonight.

''Whoa, Ar, I know that. It just felt weird. A is always more than careful. We usually don't feel his presence."

Using a 'he' while referring to A was something new. Mrs Grunwald mentioned that A was male after all. He was the reason Ali went missing in the first place and the reason she's been hiding since then. His obsession with her has been unhealthy, to say the least. Everytime we walk into A's lair we get a view of a mentally sick person's mind. The amount of information he has gathered about us is huge, he basically knows everything about our lives. Alarm systems, mobile phones, even police records are being watched by him. Seems like A has no limits.

Wandering around the creepy room earlier, I saw something that made me stop dead on my tracks though. There was a photo of me and Ezra kissing. It's been weeks since our break up but my reaction to seeing his beautiful face never changed. My favourite English teacher has never left my mind and last night at the brew gave me hope, I won't lie on this. It almost felt like we were still together; talking about our common interests in literature and music, seeing his adoring smile at my silly comments on our favourite poems, watching his blue eyes that made me fall in love with him moments before I leaned in and kissed him..

''Yeah, even Hanna noticed that we were being followed when we entered the magic show."

"Shut up, Em." Hanna rolled her eyes and Emily chuckled. She loved messing with our blonde beauty.

"I don't know. Maybe you are right. I was distracted while being the main act of a magic show."

"But it was fun, wasn't it? And the clown! He wouldn't leave without you." Hanna really enjoyed this and it pissed me off even more.

"So Aria became the center of attention while I was being dragged to be cut in two?"

"Believe me, I didn't enjoy it." I said in despair.

"But why, that clown was cute!" Said Spencer laughing. And I wished she had never done that.

Because when she said those words I realised that the problem with the clown wasn't his addiction to me about that stupid act. When I pictured him in my head once again he wasn't in a black clown-suit and his face wasn't covered with white colours. He was dressed in one of his favourite shirts and was looking at me with his perfect blue eyes. He was the love of my life, my Ezra.

Sooo Aria realised that Ezra was in Ravenswood working for A. How will she react? Will she confront him and demand to know what's going on?

Please review and give me your thoughts!

Love, A