This is my first fanfic that I've written. I've had this idea in my mind for 2 months but I never found/had the time to write it down.
Disclaimer: I don't own PLL nor the characters in this story.
Chapter one
Aria was sitting in her bedroom, trying to not think too much about what had just happened. She wiped away the tears that were streaming down her face and got up to go take a shower, trying to get rid of the dirty feeling. When she came back into her room she noticed one new text message from Ezra.
Hey babe, I'll be home tomorrow. Want to have dinner at my place and catch up? Love you x
Aria bit her lip, not sure what she should reply to him. A few minutes later she texted him back saying yes and that she loves him too.
The next day at school even though Aria tried to focus on what the teacher was telling, her mind kept wandering off to what had happened the other night. When her friends asked her why she was so absent during the day, she told them she had had a rough night and it was no big deal. After school she quickly went over to Ezra's. When he opened the door she gave him a quick kiss.
"Hey," he said "how was school today?"
"Fine," she shrugged, "just like always. How was Malcolm's karate tournament? "
"He was really good and almost got through to the finals but then he lost his battle in the semi-finals. He was a little disappointed because usually when he wins Maggie buys his a new toy car."
"Let me guess," Aria said, "to cheer him up, you bought him a new toy car and said he was the best of the day for you?"
Ezra chuckled "I may have done so, it's the first tournament that I went to and I felt bad because he wanted to win it for me." he said causing Aria to chuckle as well.
"What else did the three of you do?"
"Nothing special, we just hung around and played some ball. What did you do while I was away?"
"I, um, I helped my mom repaint her apartment and other than that I hung out with the girls." She answered him, hoping he would drop it and talk about something else. Aria went over to the couch and sat down.
"Did you already ordered food or were you waiting for me?" she asked him.
"I waited for you, what do you feel like having: Italian or Chinese?"
Aria grinned "Definitely Chinese."
While Ezra ordered dinner he looked at Aria whose was staring into space. When he had finished the call he went and sat beside Aria. She curled into his chest and he kissed her forehead.
"Are you sure everything's ok? You seem a little distracted."
"Yeah everything's fine. Why do you think something is wrong?"
"Because you've been very quiet ever since you've been here."
"It's just Spencer told me that she and her parents are having some disagreements. It's no big deal I'm sure it will blow over in a few days."
"Okay, if you say so." Ezra replied, seeing that Aria didn't really want to talk about it. "I missed you while I was away."
"It's only been three days and we spoke with each other every night."
"I still missed you" he said, leaning down to kiss Aria. Aria started laughing "Yeah I missed you too." Over the next few hours they shared more kisses and caught up on everything that had happened the past weekend. At 10 pm Aria got up from the couch and started gathering her stuff.
"You're leaving already?" Ezra asked surprised as he stood up as well.
"Yeah, I'm sorry I just remembered that I've got some homework that I have yet to finish." Aria apologized
"No, that's fine. We'll talk later?" He asked hopefully.
"I'll call you before I go to bed." She replied. She stood on her tiptoes and gave him a kiss goodbye.
"I love you." She said when they pulled apart. She kissed him one more time, picked up her stuff and started to walk toward the door.
"I love you too." Ezra replied
Once again, after another restless night, Aria couldn't stop thinking about what had happened two days before. Suddenly she felt her phone buzzing in her pocket. She pulled out her phone and saw it's a text from Ezra.
Do you want to go to dinner somewhere tonight. Maybe we can go to movies afterwards? X
Aria looked back up, trying not making it obvious that she was on her phone during class. She bit her lip, thinking about what she was going to reply. She wanted to have dinner somewhere in town instead of his apartment but she was scared of who she might run into.
I'm sorry, the girls and I already made plans to hang out tonight. Rain check? x
A few minutes later her phones buzzed again.
Okay have fun tonight. Love you x
Aria felt a slight pang of guilt wash through her. She hated lying to Ezra but she wasn't ready to tell him what was really going on in her life. She knew that if she agreed to go out with Ezra he would notice there was something wrong with her. He would start asking questions and he would keep checking to see if she was okay. Aria looked back at the teacher trying to focus on what he was talking about.
When Aria got home later she went up to Mike's room. She knocked and opened the door partly.
"What do you want to have for dinner tonight?" She asked Mike.
He took off his headphones and turned around to face Aria.
"What did you say?" he asked her.
Aria rolled her eyes. "I asked you what you wanted to have for dinner tonight."
"Pizza's fine for me." He told her. "Why aren't you at Ezra's?"
"Why are you asking me that?"
"Because you're more at his place than you are home."
"He has a deadline to meet so I thought I'd just stay home hang out with my little brother." She teased him.
"Oh" he replied " You know that I'm almost as tall as you are right?".
"Ha, ha" Aria replies back. "I'm going to order the pizza's. Do you want to pick some movies to watch tonight?"
Mike closed his laptop and walked towards Aria. "Okay five horror movies coming up" he joked.
Aria punched his shoulder "Uh, uh" she protested "no blood drenching movies"
"What do you want me to pick then, I'm not going to watch a bunch of romantic movies because you can't stand a little blood." Mike argued.
"A little" Aria shrieked. "You can pick two action ones but that's it!"
"Deal" Mike agreed.
The next day at school the girls all sat together during lunch, talking about what they did the other night. Hanna and Caleb went to the movies, Spencer and Toby hang out at his loft and Emily and Paige went to the same karaoke bar they went to last year.
"So Aria what did you do yesterday? Spend the night at Ezra's apartment?" Hanna asked , wiggling her eye brows.
"No, he had a deadline to meet so I just went home." Aria answered.
"So you just spent the entire evening doing what, homework?" Hanna asked again.
"No, Mike and me ordered in and we watched a couple of movies afterwards."
"Did he try to make you watch bloody horror movies again?" Emily asks.
"Yes, but once again I succeed in convincing him to watch an action instead." Aria replies with a smile. They talked about the movies for a while, when Hanna all of a sudden interrupts Spencer who was talking about a movie she had seen last week.
"Let's have a girls night, we haven't had any in weeks!"
"Hanna, I was talking about the movie that I saw last week." Spencer complained
"Who cares about some dull movie you saw? We could have mani-pedis, do each other's hair or make our own masks. Who's in?" She asked the others excitedly.
"I care Hanna" Spencer argued "And I'm in but I'll talk all about that movie tonight while doing YOUR hair. Hanna replied by rolling her eyes.
"I'm in as well" Emily replied, not wanting to get in the middle of Spencer and Hanna's argument. "What about you Aria? You've barely said anything?"
"I think I'm going to skip this one."
"Why? Do you already have plans or … ?" Spencer asked, trailing off.
"Sort of. Ezra texted me earlier that he finished his story so I was thinking of going over there."
"Okay, we'll just hang out this weekend to make up for it." Emily suggested.
"Definitely" Aria agreed but just like the day before she felt a pang of guilt going through her. Ezra had texted her earlier that he would be busy the entire night writing his story and that he would make up for it later. The truth was that she wasn't really feeling up to hanging out with the girls. She just wanted to go home, crawl in her bed, read a book and go to sleep early.
That night Aria sat in her room while reading Winesbourg, Ohio. She really wanted to leave Rosewoord for a while and forget everything that had happened. After many hours of tossing and turning around, Aria finally fell asleep.
I hope you liked the first chapter. English is not my native language so constructive criticism is always welcome. This story is going to be a three shot and I'll try to upload the next chapter by next week.