Hello, thank you for reading my story! means a lot to me. I'd like to do a story where you guys can also decide what is going to happen.

Sorry for my english, I try my best but it is just not my native language...

hope you like it

xoxo

Chapter 1 After all we had, we act like we never met each other

"Do you know what that weekend is?"

"How could I forgot?" Aria stands up of the couch. "Today is the anniversary of Alison's death" She is walking across the room and opens the fright. The last thing she want is to think about her dead friend.

"Or..." Ezra slowly gets up from the couch and walks to the counter. "I was about to start my teaching job and you thought, you might like to teach" He starts smiling at Aria. "Was that true or were you just hiding on me?"

Aria puts her glass down and smiles at him. "Did you really play B26 or were you just hiding on me?" Her smile grows when Ezra takes a smiling breath.

"Can we make this our anniversary." He takes a step closer to her "Instead of hers?"

Aria puts her hands around his neck and looks at him thoughtful.

"Aria, hey are you listening?" Spencer's hand waves in front of her face.

Aria blinks with her eyes and looks up at Spencer trying to remember what she just said "I'm so sorry, what did you say?"

Spencer tries to hide a sigh before she repeats her question "It is weird, right? Being back here, I mean" Spencer looks around. They were sitting in the very last corner of the Brew on a soft couch with a small wood table in front of it. Two large cups of coffee were standing on it, they seem just to fit perfectly in. Spencer eyes fly over the hole room. It seems like it didn't changed a bit since they met here the last time. Even the same kind of flowers where standing next to the stairs. Spencer eyes just stayed for a few seconds at the stairs. 2 years ago she spend most of her time in that Apartment and now it seems like she hardly can remember it, him...

Aria takes a sip of her coffee "Yeah, I still don't know what to think about it. But I definitely missed the coffee, you would think they have good coffee in California, right?" It was more than weird to come back. Especially at the 1st of september. It seems a little odd to Aria.

Spencer laughs. "That's probably the only thing I miss about that town". She looks down at her wrist and eyes her small silver watch. "It's already 12:23 where is Hanna?"

Arias eyes fly throw the room. "I don't know. Maybe her flight is a little late because of the snow storm? Emily is not even abel to come here until Tomorrow because of it."

Spencer looks at her sarcastically. "Aria, Hanna is coming from New York not Michigan." Her eyes start to light up. She missed it to correct her friends, to be the smart one. At the University of Philadelphia she always feels like average. Suddenly everyone around her was as smart as her.

"Mhhmm." Aria listens only to a half Spencer just told her. Her attention was at a tall, black haired man at the other side of the Brew. Her heart starts to race and her breath suddenly starts to get heavier. He wears a black yens with a white shirt. Aria feels like how the room is getting smaller and smaller around her and the air is getting thiner every second. She feels how her heart stops a heartbeat when he turns around. It wasn't him. She let her breath out and relaxed back in to the brown couch. Of course it wasn't him. Why would she even think for a second it would be him? He left a long time ago when she told him to.

Aria realizes that Spencer is eying her closely. But before Spencer even has the chance to say something both of them here a loud and exited "Heeeeey"

Aria grows a smile on her face when a very exited and familiar blond girl shows up in front of her and pulls her in a big hug.

"I'm sorry for being late but she really wanted to stop at the shopping mall before we came here. I tried everything, but you know Hanna." A really good looking Caleb smirks at them and put his hands into his pockets.

"hey!" She punches him playfully on his shoulder. "There was this 50% sale, I mean I REALLY couldn't just drive by and you guys will love the dress I found. It's a classic red one with an incredible cut. And I payed a really good price for it and..."

"Hanna!" Spencer laughs and pulls her into a hug. "It's alright, I missed you"

"Aww, I missed you too. I can't believe we actually made it happen. We are all here, at the same time." She looks accusing at Aria.

Aria tries to force a smile. "I just had a lot of stuff.."

"on your mind.." Hanna finishes her sentence. "I know. But I also know this 'stuff' is called Ezra!" She roles her eyes.

"Hanna!" Spencer gives her an warning look.

"What?" Hanna really looks confused. Not sure what she said wrong.

"It's alright, Spenc!" Aria puts her head into her hands. "She is right. But I moved on you know." She lifts her head and smiles at them. It was a real smile. Hanna was right. Aria couldn't bring her self to come back to Rosewood. She was to scared. Going back to the City where all started and all ended. All the lies, the deaths and A. Aria was more than happy to leave Rosewood behind. Starting a new life in California. Going to Collage and find new friends. She doesn't have to be scared anymore that someone follows her and most important she could fall in love again.

Hanna smiles and give Spencer an I told you so look. But her face turns fast into a grimace of pain. Spencer smirks at her, when she lifts her food up from Hannas.

"Spiking of Ezr..." Hanna stops in the middle of her sentence when she sees Spencer's face. Even Aria doesn't look like it bothers her at all she tries to find a other way to ask her question. "What I actually tried to say was, my mom told me your mom told her.. Isn't that crazy? How did it happen that our Parents talk more to each other than we do?" She sweeps one of her blonde strand of hair behind her left ear. "Oh I'm sorry" She mutters when she looks in a very amused face of Aria.

"So what did your mom tell you, which my mom told her, which I told her?" Aria has a big smile on her face and her eyes are shining. She missed it so much talking to them.

"Well, she told me you started singing and you gave up on writing?" Hanna looks concerned. She knows that writing was always Aria's favorite thing. "I never even understand why you liked it anyway. To many words if you ask me..."

Aria laughs "That's not true. Okay it's not wrong either I guess."

"Can we stop here for a minute?" Spencer takes a sip from her coffee "Now even I'm confused" She puts her brown cup down at the table and sets up straight.

"I never thought I would here these word ever from a Spencer Hastings" Caleb plays with Hanna's hands and smiles amused.

Spencer rolls her eyes at him. "In Rosewood is nothing impossible, as you clearly remember. However, Aria?"

"I guess I just realized writing isn't enough for me anymore. It didn't feel right. I stopped it for a while, but I missed it. One night we were all sitting together in my tiny dorm room. We were so bored!" Aria almost has to laugh when she thought bag to that night. It was raining so hard you barely couldn't even see your own hands. They were all running throw the rain after class but when they reached the dorms, all of them were night till the bones. Arias room mate Elizabeth decided that all of them meet up in her room. 15 people sitting in a little room. " We were talking and suddenly Liam pulled Elizabeths guitar out. We were singing all day until we didn't had any more songs we knew. Liam just played some melody and before I realized what I was doing I started just to sing to it. This was the moment I realized how much it helps me. It is still like writing, just with a melody." Aria looks up at them with an embarrass expression on her face.

There are a few seconds of silence and aria feels how her cheeks are getting warm and red.

"I'm really glad you found something that makes you feel good" Spencer smiles softly.

"ähh duh! And I hope I get one of your songs to hear. I bet you got one of me." Hanna's eyes shining while she is playing with her coffee cup.

"What makes you think that?" Aria giggles. Not telling her, that she actually wrote a song about her.

"Why not? That's the better question."

"Well, I guess we have to wait a little longer to hear it anyway." Spencer smiles at the 2 laughing girls next to her. She can't remember how long it has been since they could just be happy.

"What? No? Why?!" Hanna stops laughing. Spencer holds up her right wrist in front of Hanna's face. Hanna takes a look at Spencer's silver watch and shoots up from the couch.

"It is already that late? My mom is going to kill me... Urrrgh" Hanna sighs and search for her handbag. "I'll see you guys tonight at the grill?!" It sounds more like a order than a question.

"Yes ma'am." Aria and Spencer answer at the same time and start to laugh.

"Great!" She pulls a black handbag with a golden zipper under the couch out.

"Hanna, you were here for 10 minutes. How did you make it possible to bring your handbag under the couch?" Spencer asks sarcastically.

"I just do!" Hanna smiles and puts her hand into Caleb's. "It was good to see you, Ladies." He smiles at them before Hanna gives both of the girls a tight hug and they rush out of the Brew.

"And you really don't wanna come with me? My parents don't mind" Spencer takes the last sip of her coffee and stands up of the couch.

"No, its alright." Aria smiles. "Really, I promised my parents to go to the house anyway even if they aren't there. Just to look if everything is alright." She goes on when Spencer doesn't seem really convinced.

Okay, if you say so!" Spencer pulls her in a tight hug. "But you know where to find me." She stapes backwards in eyes her closely.

"Yes I do, thank you. And now go! Your Mom is waiting for you!" Aria holds her at the solders and turns her to the door.

"Fine, I'll go!" She hugs her another time and Aria watches her disappear behind the door.

Aria's eyes keep staring at the door. She wasn't quit sure what do next. She puts her right hand into her Jeans pocket and search for her phone. When she pressed the on button and the screen starts to light up, she starts to smile when she reads a message from Liam.

"Hey Love,

I hope you had a safe trip?

Don't rush to text me back, I bet you have a lot to deal with right now.

Just let me know how you are when ever you have time.

Okay, don't take to long. After 48 hours I'm gonna go and call the police ;)

I hope you have a great time so far! I love you."

Arias smile grows with every word she reads.

"I got here safe. I hope you're alright?

Don't Party to much ;)

I miss you and love you"

After she texted him back she looks at the time. It is only a few minutes after 1 pm. She walks out of the door, not sure where to go. For a few seconds she thought about going to her car and driving home but she turns around and walks in the other direction. Aria is pretty sure there is no food at all at home and next to Homeland was a really good book store. She definitely need a new book for her flight back home.

Homeland was just one block away and she found all she needs really fast. Apples, broccoli, cereal, bread, a tomato soup, pasta and most important Nutella. When she walks out of Homeland the wind starts to blow a lot. She runs down the sidewalk and opens the door of the bookshop quickly. The smell of new books fly's throw the room. Aria takes a deep breath and smiles before she walks deeper into the shop. Her eyes fly quickly over all the different books. She finally decides to walks into the english novel department. She scans one book after one, her fingers stroke carefully over the bag of several books. Her hand stays at a black book. At the back of the book was in black letter written "If I stay". She pulls it out and stars at it for several minutes.

"If you like emotional books you should definitely read it!" Aria suddenly holds her breath. This voice was familiar, to familiar. She feels how her hands and feeds start to shake. She hears the book fall and see him going down to pick it up. Does he not realize who she is?

"Are you alright?" He holds the book politely in front of him and waits for her to take it. But she doesn't.

Arias mouth feels try and even as hard she tries, she can't bring her head up. What is he doing here? And why am I feeling so stupid. I moved on. Yes I moved on and maybe this is my time to show it. To him and myself. Aria closes her eyes for a second before she looks up at him. This time he is the one who let the book fall.

"Aria?" Ezra's mouth stays open. He looks at her up and down. It is clearly her but she looks different. Her clothes changed. Not a lot but as much to realize. It seems like she dresses a little more neutral. Her face lost most of the Teen look and she cut her hair shoulder long. She has a smile on her face but it seems cold.

"Ezra." Aria's voice was cold and emotionless.

"What are you doing here?" Ezra feels her distance and it kills him.

"Shouldn't I be the one asking you this question?" She goes down and picks up the book.

Ezra is speechless. He always wondered how it would be to see her again. He thought she would scream at him or cry. Or maybe she would act like he wouldn't exist. But this is much worse. She is here, but some how she is not.

"Look, Aria I know I promised you I will go for good."

"And after all you are standing in front of me right now" Aria interrupts him.

Ezra try's to make eye contact but Aria seems to watch through him "I'm sorry, I wouldn't have come back if ..."

"It doesn't matter Ezra, I don't know how we got into this mess. Or what I did to deserve it. Or maybe after all that happened with Jenna and Mona.. maybe I did deserve it."

"No you didn't!" The last thing Ezra wants is to think she deserves it but Aria just ignored it.

"But do you know what is the worst? You didn't even try to fight for me. Not even one word after all." The first time since they start to talk she looks him into the eyes.

"You told me I have to go, I did what you told me to!" Ezra takes a step closer to her but Aria takes two steps back wards.

"And you really thought thats what I wanted? Sometimes, I became so weak. I broke down and I wanted to talk to you but I stopped myself. Because you have never tried to reach out to me. And finally even the smallest part in my heart realized that everything we had was only for your book. There was a moment I actually thought you wrote the book but you loved me anyway. But you didn't! You never did, this break up didn't affected you a little bit... you just never cared at all in the first place. My eyes are open now.. and I can see everything so clearly. You were never the person I thought you to be. But thats okay, I lost you, but I found myself and somehow that is everything... After all we had, we can act now like we never met each other."

Aria breaks the eye contact and puts the book away. She turns around, not giving Ezra any chance to have the last word and walks away

(I'm so thankful for reading it! I would love if you would write in the comments how you would love to continue.. what kind of scene?

I don't know yet where I'm going with that story and I'm not even sure If its going to be a happy end. :D)