Okay, so this is set to have happened before the start of the sixth season, and it's kinda the sequel of "Friends". Not necessary to read the first one to understand this, but it's like a collection of One-shots.
Hope you enjoy it!
-What are you doing? - Ezra asked opening the refrigerator as he watched Aria move something next to his TV.
-You know you've got the worst connection in the whole town? I can't even find MTV.
-And MTV is an important channel to have in my TV because…-He laughed.
-Because I need it. -She simply answered. –
-It's not like you live here. -Ezra said, getting a sandwich out of the fridge. – Shouldn't I decide what channels I have?
-No. Because you'd never think about MTV or FOX.
-That's only because I don't watch anything in them, so I don't see the point in having them.
-Well, I'm here to save your ass. If anyone comes to visit you and all you can put in your TV is a documentary about fishes, you're screwed up, Fitz.
-I don't only have documentaries, I've also have Paramount Channel.
-Wich offers boring films most of the time. As I was saying…-Ezra stopped listening to her when she turned around, giving him a perfect view of some parts of her body he certainly had missed to see.
Shaking his head, Ezra took his eyes out of Aria's body and focused on his sandwich. He reminded himself that he couldn't be the one who had his way with Aria. She was only there to entertain herself, he was an entertainment. Because they were only friends.
Friends, and you can't be more than that with her.
Ezra knew that Aria would still be a part of his life for a long time. She wasn't seeming to go away for a while, but he was just at the edge of kissing her, while she danced around his apartment, talking about the channels she was going to include in his TV.
A few months ago, Ezra could have perfectly pictured a thirty-year-old Aria doing the same thing, and he could have pictured himself being there by her side. But now, that was disappearing in front of his eyes. Aria was still there, but she wasn't going to be his future.
The simple thought felt like iced water falling above his head.
He couldn't quite explain why, but he needed her there. He needed her kisses. He needed her slight smiles and her tender touches. He needed to feel her breathing on his neck while she was falling asleep in the same bed where he was laying. He needed Aria, all of her.
The word friends echoed though his mind.
We're just friends. Nothing more, but nothing less.
He smiled as he heard Aria complaining again about how he didn't have something to watch in his television. At least she was still in his life, and for him, that was enough for now.