Hey, so I posted this story on another account about… 2 years ago now. But I decided to make a new account, edit this story a bit and re-post it. Enjoy.

So, please review, good comments or bad ones (tell me what I'm doing wrong and I will try and fix it in the next chapter)

Oh and keep in mind. The quotes might not be word for word. I also might make up a few. I still don't know if this is just going to be this 1 chapter story… or if I am going to carry on. That depends on YOU and what you say.

I don't own any of the characters/story line as they belong to Sara Shepard.

Only Love

Chapter 1, Memories.

I met Ezra in a little pub after dropping my brother off at hockey practice. It was a cute little pub just down the street from Rosewood High School where I would be starting again tomorrow. You could say I was nervous, seeing everyone again... I wondered if they had changed.

The pub was dully lit as a walked in and went straight up to the counter after noticing it was only me, the bar tender and a young man sat at the end of the counter table to where I was going to sit. I pulled out a bar chair plopping my bag on the chair to the left of me.

"Can I get a cheese burger please? And a coke." I shouted to the bar tender across from me.

"You got it." He smiled, turning away, walking into the back.

Looking around, noticing the randomly placed photos on the wall. And a pin board, which just happened to have a poster of Alison, Alison used to be one of my best friends, along with Emily, Hanna and Spencer. She was the one who brought us all together, "You'd be nothing without me." She always said to us. Ali was had the most beautiful long blonde flowing hair, she attracted a lot of attention and was very confident. Looking back, Ali was almost famous for her quotes, 'Friends share secrets, that's what keeps us close.' And was she right about that.

Allison knew my deepest secret, that my dad had an affair with one of his students.

We where both walking home from getting Frozen Yogurt at the store when we turned a corner after running away from Mona. A geeky girl from our school when we seen my dads black car parked up on a little street beside a house.

"Isn't that your dads car?" Ali had said.

"Yeah, who is that with him." At that time I could only see a back of a blonde woman's head. But next thing I know, the woman has turned her head to look at my dad as they both leaned in and start kissing. I couldn't quite tell you the feeling I had at the moment. I think I just went into shock. I didn't realise they had turned around and seen, all of us with shocked faces, my dad looked down in shame. I felt Ali grab my arm as we walked away.

"You have to tell your mum." Ali said immediately.

"No, I can't do that. It would break her heart." I turned around and looked at her. How could I tell my mum? What was she thinking?

"If you don't. I will." Ali retorted.

After that, we didn't really speak about it, Ali and myself. She would mention it every so often but didn't push me to tell my mum. I didn't want anyone to know. But eventually my mum found out and somehow she forgave him, just like that and that's how we ended up moving to Iceland. Mum and dad had said it was a 'New start for all of us' me and Mike (my brother) were reluctant to go. We had friends here in Rosewood and we didn't want to leave, but they persuaded us. Ever since that day when I seen my dad cheating, my dad and me were never the same. I tried to avoid him as much as possible.

The poster on the notice board stared back at me. It was the same old usual picture of Ali, in that yellow top, smiling away. Allison had been missing from Rosewood for nearly a year.

She disappeared when we were having a sleepover in Spencer's barn when we all woke up to find Ali missing. Spencer had been the one to enter the barn after going to look for her when she woke up in the middle of the night after hearing a scream from afar. I couldn't believe it had been a year already, it just felt like yesterday when I had my dark pink streak in my hair.

I scoffed, out loud.

"Something the matter?" the young man next to me asked. Looking away from the Ali poster I turned around to see his face. He had messy brown hair and piercing blue eyes as he looked at me with a small smirk on his lips. He was very handsome.

"Oh." I coughed, nervously "No, just remembering old memories. That's all." I smiled back.

"Oh right..." he took a sip of his beer. Hearing one of my favourite songs, Happiness by The Fray

"Wow, I used to love this song. Haven't heard it in agaes!" I said excitedly while looking down. The bar tender passed me my burger and coke. "Thanks." I looked up.

"Me too, The Fray? They're one of my favourite bands, I went to see them the other week."

"Really? I'm jealous." I laughed, he laughed to.

"Ezra, my names Ezra." He said nervously holding out his hand in gesture to shake it. What an unusual name, like mine.

"My names Aria, nice to meet you Ezra." I smiled, while shaking his hand. His hand was smooth. He gently squeezes my hand as we shook, seemingly not wanting to let go.

"So, a guy with good taste in music… and books." I said as I noticed he was reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

"Oh yeah, its one of my all time favourites."

"Awesome!" we fell into a comfortable silence. I kept throwing side wide glances at him as I started eating my burger, occasionally taking a sip of coke. I noticed he was wearing a pair of tight fitting jeans with a blue jumper. He was quite skinny and looked to be tall. Would definitely tower over my 5'2 form.

"This is so nice! Haven't had a decent burger like this for literally a year." I said while stuffing my face with the burger like I hadn't ate in months.

"A year? Why? Where have you been?" he laughed.

"I've been living in Iceland for the past year…"

"Wow, that's great. How long have you been back?"

"Like, 3 hours?" I laughed; he smiled while holding my gaze. I looked away shyly.

After I finished the burger, we started chatting a bit more. About the usual stuff; our favourite places we had been, favourite food, colour, book, music bands. It was nice, almost like we where on a date. He was funny, as well as charming. We had somehow managed to get each other's phone numbers and we had ended in the woman's toilets having a heavy make out session. Wow, was he a good kisser… After a last peck on the lips and a reluctant goodbye I had to leave to pick up my brother. Oh how I wished I could have stayed longer.

Now, lying on my bed I thought back about our conversation how perfect he was. I couldn't stop thinking about him, I wondered if he was thinking about me? Probably not. Should I text him? Does that make me seem desperate? Be brave, Aria!?

I got out my phone and scrolled down to his name. Just do it, I told myself.

Hey, it's Aria.. x- A

Well hello there x- E

How are you? x- A

I'm fine thanks, yourself? x - E

Yeah, I'm good. Just trying to get to sleep. But I can't x –A

And why is that? x- E

Oh you know, just things on my mind x –A

What kind of things? x– E

Just school... and stuff x – A

Mhm.. x- E

What does that mean? x- A

Oh nothing… :P - E

…okay well.. I'm off to bed. Goodnight, Ezra xx – A

Goodnight, Aria. I hope I will see you again sometime xx –E

I didn't reply to his last message, I just stared at it for a while. I wondered if I would see him again…

BAM! Done, hope it was okay? What did you think? Please review! Should I continue? Or should I just stop right there, aha? I'm going to make a few changes to the actual story line. So it's not just going to be the whole 'Aria and Ezra' story line. There isn't going to be the whole 'A' thing either… if you don't mind.

Anywaaaaays, hope you enjoyed, please review and maybe I will write another chapter soon?

Hannah :)