I don't own Pretty Little Liars. Though I do have to say, Sara Shepard and the ABC Family are very lucky to own it.
Are story is not your ordinary love story. There's no evil step mother, or no missing shoe, no poison apple. The clock does strike at midnight and there is a prince charming. He's my prince charming. Are story has had many twist and turns along the way, it has not been easy, but eventually things work out for the best. The secret coming out was the start of a better fairytale.
It was only a week ago that me and the girls had done A's tasks; getting set up and found with the murder weapon. It had only been a week, since I had that one phone call at the police station, and decided to call Ezra. Only a week ago that I later had overheard from my parents, that Ezra had come to the police station and my mom thought he was there for Spencer. That thought had made me laugh out loud. But, I guess that's what made us decide to tell my parents about us; for real.
We walked up the front porch hands tightly clasped together. They town was quiet at 4 in the evening. The sun was bright outlining the walk up the steps. We finally were going to tell my parents about us. It had been a long time coming, but it was really happening.
"You ready?" Ezra asked looking at my eyes seeing if I was nervous.
"As ready as I'll ever be." I sighed and opened the door. I walked in with Ezra behind me letting go of his hand. There were hushed voices in the living room. I walked in wondering who it was. There sat on the couch was Emily's mom, Hanna's mother, and last sitting at the very end of the couch was Mr. and Mrs. Hastings, Spencer's parents. My dad was standing up and my mom sat on a separate chair. When I walked in the parent's voices stopped suddenly as though they were caught doing something they shouldn't be doing.
"Aria," my mom said. "I thought you had plans going to the mall."
"Well… ummm… the plans changed." As I said this, Ezra walked in from standing in the hallway awkwardly and touched my hand lightly. "What are you guys talking about? " I asked pointing at the parents.
"Nothing important," Ella asked putting on a sweet smile and then turning to look at Byron who was now talking to Mr. Hastings.
My dad was the first to notice Ezra's present when he looked up. "Ezra, what are you doing here? Is there something needed at Hollis?"
I hesitantly answered, "Actually I came here with Aria."
Ella's eyes shoot up and she said accusingly "Ezra if it has something to do with what I said at the police station, there is no need to bring Aria into this."
Mrs. Hastings, who was following the conversation intensely, asked "What happened at the station?"
Ella for a moment, didn't know what to say, but finally came to a conclusion. There was no need to keep this to herself anymore. With a deep breathe she replied. "Ezra came, for Spencer, there dati-Sshe didn't get to finish the sentence because suddenly Aria interrupted.
"He's not dating Spencer mom!"
"What?" Mr. and Mrs. Hastings exclaimed jumping up from the couch scaring, Hanna's and Emily's mom.
"Don't try to prot-"
"Mom listen to me! He's not dating Spencer. He's never even had a conversation with her outside of school!" I yelled
"Then why was she in his car?" she asked clearly a little puzzled at what I was getting at.
"She was talking him about me." I whispered.
"What?" my dad finally asked adding to this conversation.
I took a deep breath, "Ezra, well, he's been dating me." There it was, the big announcement and nobody said anything. Ezra grabbed my hand giving it a reassuring squeeze. When the news finally hit my parents the first thing came from my dad, "Holy crap," That summed up their feelings. My mom had her hand over her mouth and my dad's face was becoming red.
"You're dating you teacher? Your teacher Aria!" My mom yelled.
"I think we should go," Ashley said grabbing her purse.
"No! Stay, you'll hear about this eventually from the town about how this man," Byron exclaimed pointing at Ezra, "Took advantage of my Aria."
"Actually he isn't my teacher anymore," I stated firmly.
"Well that doesn't matter does it. Because I'm going to take a wild guess and say you two were "together" she said making air quotes, "Since school. I mean really Aria!"
"Hey," Ezra said sternly. "Aria isn't to be blamed. I was as part of this as Aria was."
"You! Of course it's not really her fault. Did you have to take advantage of her, or something?" My mom asked clearly astonished.
I couldn't believe she thought it was like that. If she thought I would let someone take advantage of me, she clearly didn't know me.
"It isn't like that. Never has been like that." I explained. "It's not like we didn't try to not stay together. It just… wasn't something you could ignore when it came to how we felt about each other."
"Aria," Bryon said his teeth clashed together. "I'm not one to judge but, I can't believe this."
Mike who had must have come down from hearing all the shouting sprang from his place on the stairs walked up to Ezra, looked him right in his eyes and without much of a warning punched Ezra square in his face. Ezra's head jerked back.
The parent's sifted uncomfortably on the couch.
"Mike!" I yelled quickly coming to Ezra's aid, while my dad tried to come down Mike
I looked at his swollen nose and whispered, "You ok?" He nodded his head with his hand over his nose. He looked at my parents. "Just let us explain. Please," pleadingly.
My dad nodded his head giving us an ok.
We explained the whole story to my parents. Them not interrupting only shaking their head or mumbling under their breath. We explained when we meet. When I found out he was my teacher and I was his student. Why staying apart didn't work. Bumping in to each other at the movies; sneaking around. How we broke and, how Noel threatened to tell the principle. And about how we kept sneaking around. After the whole story my parents didn't say anything. My mom was rubbing her eyes and my dad was slightly shaking his head. Mike was just standing there, listening to everything.
"I don't know what we should do about this." My dad said.
"I think you should let them be together." Emily's mom said suddenly. I looked up surprised, "I understand this isn't my place, but you can tell they do care about each other and it's not just a fling. I think… they wouldn't be together if they, especially Ezra didn't see a future together.
Mike slowly turned to Ezra and added, "If you break my sisters' heart, you will be sorry.
"I would never think of hurting Aria. She means too much to me." Ezra turned to me and repeated again, "You mean too much to me." He said and touched her cheek.
That had touched Aria's heart and her smile reached her eyes. It wasn't as though he didn't say things like that, but it was how and who he said it in front. As sweet and loving as if it were just them. The tension in the room had died down and Aria and Ezra were in their own little world.
Byron and Ella hadn't said anything and seemed to be having a silent conversation. That's 20 years of marriage for you.
Ella turned to the couple and said with a monotone voice, "Looks like we can't say you can't see each other." She said with a shrug. "And I can't say we approve on you guys, especially since he was a teacher." She said emphasizing on the teacher part, "But there will be ground rules."
"And you will follow them." Byron added, "If you want to keep seeing each other."
That's what all they needed for both of them to give a sigh of relief. Her parents might not have been too crazy about them together, but they were still together.
Ezra then took me in his arms and hugged me lifting me off the ground. As I said, it isn't the perfect fairytale, but it's perfect enough. I still had my prince charming.
So, no hate appreciate. Sorry about any mistakes; would be awesome if you could point them out. Anyway, this was challenging to write, and I know if wouldn't be like this on the show. I expect LOTS of yelling, Mike's punch and lots of tension. Looking forward to that. Oh, reviews would be also be lovely darlings.
