The morning sun danced thought the open window, lighting the tiny one bedroom apartment. The cites newest resident, Ryan Tyler, rolled in bed only to land on the cold hard floor with a thud. Silently cursing to himself, he stood up and wiped the sleep from his dark brown eyes. Ryan went to get back into the bed only to hear the knock at the door that had originally woken him from his peaceful sleep. "Hold on" He called out his normal deep voice now groggy from sleep. He quickly made his way to the door and opened it coming face to face with a brunette girl, so to speak. His tall 6'6 frame towering over the girls petite 5'2 body. "Your Not Ezra" She said surprised. "Now that we have that established, what do you want?" Ryan said scratching the stubble on his face, as he stared at the girl curiously. "Is Ezra here?" The girl asks after a few minutes of awkward silence and even more awkward stares. "And you are?" Ryan asked leaning against the doorframe. "I'm A-" "Aria?" The girl, apparently named Aria turns around at the sound of her name. "Ezra!" "What's going on?" Ezra asks glaring at Ryan. It was then Ryan looked down and realized he was only in his Calvin Klein boxers. "It's not what you- Wait! Your Aria?!" Ryan says suddenly looking at Aria. "Yes?" Aria replies confused. "I'm Ryan. Ryan Tyler. I've heard a lot about you" Ryan says taking Aria's right hand and shaking it happily. "I wish I could say the same" Aria says turning her head to look at Ezra. "Baby?" Ryan, Ezra and Aria turn and look in the apartment, and see a blonde woman sitting on the edge of the bed, covered only in the blankets. "You didn't?" Ezra growls walking past Ryan and into his apartment. Ryan gives a shy smile. "What did I tell you about bringing random girls over? IT was the only rule I had about you staying?!" Ezra shouts as he picks up the girls clothes off the floor and tosses them to her. "Her roommate was home, and you called to say you were staying at work." Ryan shrugs as he watches the blonde get dressed. "Well now your roommate is home. And he wants her out" Ezra says getting Ryan's attention. The blonde girl zips her pants and grabs her shoes before kissing Ryan on the cheek telling him to call her and walks out. "There, now you can calm down. I swear Fitz you weren't always such a buzz kill." Ryan says finding his pants and putting them on. He looks around for his shirt, only to find it on the bedside lamp. He grabs it and sniffs it, deeming it clean he puts it on. "I'm late for my first day of work, so I'll make it up to you. After work I'll go to the mall and buy you new sheets." "Ezra huffs. "Perfect! Stay pretty Fitz" He says patting Ezra's cheek before walking past him and stopping in front of Aria. "It was nice to meet you Aria. I'm sure I'll be seeing a lot more of you" He winks before walking out the door.
"I can totally use an iced coffee" Hanna says as she and Aria walk down the street. The afternoon sun shining brightly, making the city of rosewood abnormally hot for the winter. "Me too. I'll send a text to Emily and Spencer to see if their done studying and want to join us" Aria says pulling her phone out of her jean pocket, and sending two texts. Aria and Hanna were five minutes away when Aria got a reply back saying that the girls would meet them there. "Here they come" Hanna says seeing Emily and Spencer walking across, the street. The girls exchange greetings as the walk into their favorite coffee shop, The Brew. "Thank god for air conditioners" Emily says as the cold air from the over head vents cool them down. "Can I get four vanilla iced coffees please?" Aria says digging through her oversized purse looking for her wallet. "Well, well if it isn't Miss Aria" Aria quickly looks up to see Ryan smiling at her, as he starts her order. "What are you doing here?" Aria asks shocked to see him. Behind her Hanna, Emily and Spencer look at each other silently asking one another if they know who he is. "Your looking at the new assistant manger for this fine establishment." Ryan smirks. "By the way I apologize for this morning-" "What happened this morning?" Hanna asks only to have Emily elbow her softly in the ribs to make her be quiet. "But then again I don't think you minded seeing me in my underwear" Ryan winks causing Aria to blush. Hanna gasps but manages to cover it up with a fake cough. "So you planning on staying in Rosewood long?" Aria asks trying her best to ignore her friends whispers. "Why do you plan dumping Fitz and getting with a real man?" Ryan smirks as he finishes two of her drinks and starts the other two. "No, just curious" Aria replies managing not to stutter. "Well, sorry to rain on your parade, but I'm moving back. Fitz is letting me stay with him until I find my own place." Ryan says finishing the other two drinks. "Oh" Aria says handing him the money. "Keep it. It's on me. You girls have a nice day." Ryan smiles before talking to the next customer. "Okay what was that about?" Hanna says as they all make their way through the small group of people and sit down in their favorite spot. "He's a friend of Ezra's. They've known each other since freshmen year of college." Aria says with a small shrug. "And flirting with him, and seeing him in his underwear fits into that story how?" Hanna asks causing Aria to blush. "First off, I wasn't flirting with him. And second, nothing happened. I went To Ezra's this morning and Ryan opened the door. He had some random girl with him in Ezra's bed." "Was that girl Melissa?" Emily asks. "No. It was some blonde girl" Aria says sipping her drink. "he probably doesn't even know Melissa" she adds as an after thought. "He knows her" Emily says. "And what are you a mind reader?" Hanna says looking at Emily. "No. But I have eyes, and right now they see Ryan and Melissa talking." Emily says rolling her eyes at Hanna. The girls look over at Ryan and see him talking with Melissa.
"So your moving back?" Melissa says hopefully as she plays with the rim of her coffee cup. "Yeah, I was going to tell you." Ryan says rubbing his chin. "But I didn't think you would want to see me, after what happened" "Yeah. I tried to talk to you after that, but your friends said you didn't want to see me." Melissa says looking sorry. "So how have you been?" Ryan asks wiping the already spotless counter. "I've been good. You?" "I've been better." Ryan says truthfully. "Shoot I'm late to meet my friends." Melissa says looking at her watch. "it was good to see you." she says giving Ryan a soft smile. "Wait! Would you like to go to dinner with me tonight?" Ryan asks nervously. "So we can catch up. It doesn't have to be a da-" "I would love to." Melissa smiles. "I'll pick you up here at eight?" "Sounds perfect. Bye Ryan" Melissa says kissing his cheek, and walking away.
"Okay, what just happened?" Hanna asks looking at Aria, Spence and Emily. They had moved close to hear Ryan and Melissa conversation. "I don't know but I'm going to find out." Spence says. "Oh and how do you plan on doing that?" Hanna asks. "Wait we aren't going to spy on them are we?" Aria asks. "That's exactly what we are going to do" Spencer says looking at Ryan.