Ezra POV
"It didn't occur to you that she'd be here tonight?" Aria said fuming
"No it didn't Aria, i haven't seen her since last summer..and she was a TA then" I responded hoping she would understand
"I cant help but think that you still have feelings for her. there's no other reason for you to keep that from me."
"She is not a part of my life any more"
"She is. She's downstairs having wine with my dad." She brushes right past me
"I screwed up!" turning to face Aria
"Not telling me about her was a lie."
"I'm sorry" I feel truly sorry i didn't tell Aria, but Jackie no longer matters to me.
"Until today, you were the one guy who had never lied to me" Aria tells me as she walks out of the room
I wish I could run after her. I need too. But it will only cause a scene. When will Aria understand that i love her more than life itself. Without her, I... I'm just a mess. When will she be able to see that. I can't let her walk out of my life. I start walking downstairs back to the party, emotionally distraught from what just happened. I want to go home and just sleep away the pain of losing Aria. I'm a complete idiot, I should've ran after her. Then as I was about to leave, I hear a voice that I didn't think I would hear in a long time.
"Ezra, hey! How have you been?" I turn around to face Jackie
I respond with a faint smile "I've been good. Teaching has been great."
"That's great to hear." Jackie responds grinning ear to ear "I know you might not want to talk about this now, but I have really missed you. I don't know what I was thinking when I broke off our engagement." She lightly puts her hand on my arm.
I definitely don't need this right now, I removed her hand from my arm "You are right. I cant deal with this right now. I gotta go. Nice talking to you Jackie."
"Wait, Ezra!" Shock overcomes her face
I politely thank Ella and Byron for inviting me to the party and leave before I hear more from Jackie. I whip out my phone and text Aria as I walk to my car.
Aria POV
After i stormed out of the house without my parents seeing and ran to my car. I really need to see one of the girls. Tears start falling and i start sobbing uncontrollably. I park at the nearest store. The realization hit me: Ezra lied to me. He said I am his now and that Jackie was his past. Yet, somehow he must still have feelings for her. My phone starts buzzing.
New Text Message:
Aria, Please. I need to talk to you. I love you and i will explain everything
-Ezra
I erase the message. Ezra lied. After everything he told me, how do i know he is telling the truth. I wipe away the tears and tell myself I need to be strong. I call Hannah, hopefully she can help me through this.
"Aria, hey what's up?"
"Hannah, are you busy?" I look in the mirror to wipe of my makeup that has been smeared from my tears. Sniffing a little as i wait for her to respond.
"Nope, what's wrong? it sounds like you've been crying" Hannah asks with a worried tone
"Well today, my dad was hosting the Hollis Faculty Mixer and everything was going great, but then Jackie came."
"Wait the Jackie. As in Jackie Molina?"
"Yup, the one and only. I ran to my room devastated and then Ezra came after me."
"Oooh, Aria! Fitzzy in your room. Scandalous! Haha."
"Hannah, please, i can't handle the jokes right now." I just felt like crying all over again. Even thinking about him hurt.
"Right, I'm sorry. Come over so we can talk about it. I will get the magazines and ice cream ready!"
"Ok. Thanks Hannah."
"No problem. See ya in a couple minutes"
With that I hang up. It's nice having someone to talk to about this. I head over to Hannah's house prepared for some hardcore girl talk.
Ezra POV
It's been over one hour since I sent the text to Aria. Why won't she answer back! I need to talk to her. Everything had been fine before Jackie showed up. I don't even think I really loved her. I was just glad that someone had actually wanted to date me. Sure, when she broke off the engagement I was heart broken. Jackie made me realized how much i love Aria. Aria is perfect, sweet, gentle, and the most beautiful girl I have ever met. Nothing has ever felt so right. Being with Aria makes me the happiest man in the world. She makes my day brighter. I have to prove it to her somehow. My cell phone starts to ring. Please let it be Aria!
I check the caller I.D and it's a number that i don't recognize.
"Ezra Fitz."
"Ezra, its Jackie. Listen I really want to talk."
"Jackie? How did you get my number?"
"Oh, Byron gave it to me. I told him I wanted to go over your lesson plans for Hollis. Besides that, I called so we can talk about us. Can we please meet somewhere?"
I really don't want to be rude to Jackie. Hopefully she will understand that I have moved on. "Uhhh. Sure, i guess. Why don't you come to my apartment later so we can talk."
"Alright! Does six o'clock sound good?" I hear the excitement in her voice. She won't be happy when I tell her i am no longer interested.
"Yea, sure. Bye." Responding with no emotion. I run my hand through my hair. So much stress in one day and I still need to talk Aria.
Aria POV
Hannah and I are sitting on her bed watching "Made of Honor" and eating cookie dough ice cream. It's about four fifteen. I texted my mom telling her that i was sleeping over with Hannah, I don't wanna have the memories of what happened in my room come flooding back.
After all my crying and explanation of what happened at my house, we decided to just watch a movie and relax for a little bit. Hannah always knew the perfect remedy to help me feel better.
"Patrick Dempsey. Oh yeaa. Love him and his sexy ass"
"Hannah! haha" I tell her giggling
"What? It's true."
Right before i was going to respond my phone went off.
Call From: E.F.
"Who is it?" Hannah asked before grabbing my phone.
"It's Ezra. He probably wants me to come over so he can apologize and tell me how much he loves me."
"Well, let's see what he has to say."
"Wait, Hannah no!" I was too late, she answered the call
"Aria's phone. How may i help you?" Hannah put the phone on speaker so i could hear what Ezra had to say. I didn't want to hear his voice. My heart would only ache for him.
"Aria! Thank goodness you answered! Wait. Where is Aria?" I heard the stress in his voice.
"She's kinda busy right now. She's sulking over her boyfriend that just lied to her. So she can't answer the phone at this time." Hannah states knowing that she is talking to my "boyfriend." i still haven't told him that I told the girls about us. I was planning on telling him tonight before everything happened.
"Oh. Well tell her... tell her I'm sorry and that I really need her right now."
"Alright, I will tell her. Bye" Hannah disconnected the call and tossed me the phone.
"Hannah. What should i do? Should i go talk to him and see what he has to say?"
"I say nail his ass to the wall and find someone else to make him jealous."
"I wouldn't hurt him like that. I love him too much to do that. Maybe i should just go over there."
I know Ezra lied, but i really want to know why he kept this from me. I need to be strong though, i don't want my heart to be broken. But i miss how he makes me feel safe in his arms and the fireworks that i feel every time we kiss.
"Aria." Hannah broke me out of my thoughts "Go over to his apartment and see what he has to say. Don't forgive him so easily though. Make sure you believe him, because if he breaks your heart, I will whoop that ass of his no matter how hot Mr. Fitz is."
"Haha. Ok. Thanks again Hannah, you're amazing."
Hannah shrugs and smiles "I know." We start laughing
I hugged Hannah goodbye and was on my way to Ezra's.
