Disclaimer: I don't own PLL.
A/N: Hey everyone... so I'm going to make this a twoshot.
I'll have the second part up tomorrow arvo or night :)
Valentine's Day
Chapter One
I walk down the street past a bustling flower shop and glare at the happy customers inside.
I fucking hate Valentine's Day.
"Happy Valentine's Day miss." I whip my head around to face a stranger and barely muster a small fake smile.
You mean Single Awareness Day.
"You too." I reply bitterly, continuing my way down the street.
This isn't how Valentine's Day is supposed to go.
You're suppose to wake up in the arms of the man you love, and then exchange cards promising him you didn't get them a present like they requested while hiding that secret smile thinking of that special present your hiding for tonight, followed by a loving 'good morning' kiss and then hot shower sex causing you both be late to work.
It's a day where we're both supposed to be running around the apartment trying to get ready and you laugh when he says;
"I really thought it would be quicker if we showered together. Huh. Guess not."
I'm supposed to get teased when I walk into work late with hickeys on my neck.
I let out a long sigh, never again Aria.
He left you.
He dumped you like yesterdays trash.
I wish every Valentine's Day could be like that morning last year, but now every memory I get on this day is the one where he turns up late to our dinner reservations and breaks things off with me without warning.
Who the fuck breaks up with someone on Valentine's Day?
No, who the fuck breaks up with the woman they claim to love more than anything?
I try to distract my thoughts from wondering what I did wrong.
We were so in love that morning, but by 8 o'clock that night he never wanted to see me again.
I take a shaky breath trying to hold back my tears before entering the office building where I work, I only make it to the elevator before I turn around pulling out my phone to call in sick.
I slide onto the bar stool and wait for the bartender to notice me.
"Hey love, what can I get ya?" He asks leaning his elbows on the bar in front of me.
"Bourbon." I reply instantly, wanting to feel the burn in my throat.
"Everyone wants bourbon today..." I hear the bartender mutter under his breath as he turns around.
I hear a familiar chuckle to my right and feel my eyes widen when I recognise it.
I slowly turn my head silently praying I'm wrong.
"Fuck." I curse when I see him sitting there, still looking like a God.
He turns his head to me when he hears my curse, and his eyes widen and I try to stand up.
"Aria?" He asks jumping up and trying to catch my elbow.
"Leave me alone Ezra." I tell him, making my way out of the bar in a rush.
"Aria, wait!" I curse myself for walking today and not taking my car.
"No, leave me alone." I tell Ezra forcefully, hoping he will stop following me.
"No, I won't Aria. I need to talk to you." He pleads as he continues after me.
I stop dead in my tracks and turn around to face him, causing him to almost crash into my chest.
"No. You don't fucking need to do anything. You left me remember?" I feel tears slip down my cheeks, and wipe them away harshly before glaring at Ezra through my tears.
"Aria. Please, let me explain." He begs me, his heartbroken eyes searching mine.
"Explain what? How you broke my heart? How suddenly I wasn't good enough for you? How you humiliated me in that restaurant on fucking Valentine's Day." I feel a sob rip through my chest as a single tear falls down Ezra's cheek.
"No, Aria. I'm sorry-" He starts but I cut him off.
"Sorry for what? For breaking all those promises? For promising me that you'll never hurt me? Or for promising me, that one day you would ask me to marry you! What the fuck are you sorry for?" I turn away from him sobbing uncontrollably.
"Aria. Please, you need to hear this." I stop before slowly turning around and nodding.
"Fine. Go ahead. Explain." I tell him with a harsh glare.
"Last year today, I ran into Jackie and-"
"Your ex-girlfriend Jackie?" I interrupt rudely.
"Yes, and she had her son with her... and she told me he was mine." He tells me quietly.
"What? How, I just. I don't understand." I tell him shaking my head.
"He was two. She was pregnant when we broke up but she never told me. She said that she thought she could do it on her own, but she couldn't. And that I was his father... Long story short; I didn't tell you because I couldn't do that to you Aria. I couldn't hurt you like that. I just couldn't." He tells me taking a step closer.
"I can't believe this. I hate her! She got everything I wanted!" I turn to walk away but Ezra catches my elbow and turns me to face him again.
"Aria, Please."
"I had a right to know." I tell him, feeling another tear slip down my smooth cheek.
"I know. And there isn't a day that goes by that I don't regret keeping this from you. Because I lost the most important person in my life." He tells me, moving his hands up to cup my cheeks.
"Why are you telling me now? On Valentine's Day of all days?" I tell him, averting eye contact.
"Because I was going to find you tonight. But I needed some liquid courage first. Because, I knew there was a large chance I'd find you happy and in love." He takes a gulp, "With someone who isn't me." He tells me, lifting my chin up and letting our eyes meet.
"It's still morning. How much 'liquid courage' were you going to have?" I ask him, giggling quietly.
"I need a lot. I really am sorry Aria." I nod my head at his sincere tone.
"I know, but I don't know where this leaves us. You have a son with another woman."
"No, I don't." He tells me with a smile, but also unbearable pain in his eyes.
"What? But you just said..."
"I know. She told me he was mine. And I believed her. But the other day, we were out shopping with him and we ran into some guy Jason or something. Anyway, he made a scene about the fact she told him she was getting an abortion and then demanding a paternity test, when she insisted the baby was mine. And we got the results this morning, and I hate her so fucking much for taking away a year of my life that I should have spent with you." He tells me before leaning down and kissing my lips softly.
I pull back and search his eyes for a few moments before wrapping my arms around his neck and forcing out lips together with all the passion I've felt for the last year.
"I'm going to fucking kill her." I mumble against his lips and he backs me into the brick wall of the bar, slipping his tongue into my mouth.
"God, I love you so much Aria." He mumbles against my lips before kissing me again, his hands running down the sides of my body.
"I love you too, so much it hurts." I reply, smiling into the kiss.
"So, Miss Montgomery can I take you for dinner tonight? I have something important to ask you." I smile up at Ezra, answering him with a long kiss.
"I'd love to."