Hellllllllllllllllo! It has been a bit long, woops on that.

Here's my new story, I hope you all enjoy :)!

"Ezra, I am begging you." Aria spoke in the faintest voice possible, she was wearing his Hollis College hoody and looked at a panicked Ezra who was packing his essentials to leave Rosewood.

"Aria, if I had a choice I wouldn't leave but you said it yourself, he's ruthless." Ezra saw the tears that had finally began to spill and stopped, he closed the distance between them and sighed. "Do you have any idea how much I truly love you? I can't love you behind bars, and you can't be the girl who was known for banging her teacher."

Aria decided to use this moment as her final chance to cling to Ezra. He wrapped his arms around her petite figure and breathed in the smell of strawberry shampoo. They stood in silence for more than 10 minutes before Aria herself broke the silence. "If you have to be gone before sunrise, I'll help you pack. There's a lot of stuff you have here to move"

Ezra looked around himself, he didn't want to move but Aria had a fair point, there was a lot to do in such little time. Byron had warned Ezra to leave town before sunrise on Saturday, otherwise Byron would phone the police and tell them about "Ezra raping his 16 year old daughter". When the message was relaid to Aria, she went insane, she almost broke her family completely apart, she said she'd leave along with Ezra which in turn caused more issues for Ezra. He would be considered a rapist along with kidnapping his said victim.

Ezra told her that she had to stay, this could have been the hardest thing for him to ever do. Sure Ezra had other girls in his life before Aria and losing them was hard, but Aria was different, she was the love of his life. He knew walking away from her was the right thing to do but he struggled more and more with it as time crept up on them.

When they had packed all of his essential items, it was only 1 hour til sun rise. Ezra looked at an emotonally cracked Aria, she was curled up in a ball looking in his direction. He walked over to her and looked at her, he lightly placed himself on the chair beside her and she was still watching him fully.

"Aria," He spoke her name, not wanting to finsh his sentense, "If I don't have a chance to come back to you, I want you to move on and be happy."

"Ezra, I only want you." Aria's voice cracked when she spoke his name, she wasn't in any position to argue, she was tired physically and emotionally but she knew that she didn't want to move on.

"Let's just say, it's not the end, I don't want to hold you back, Aria. You are meant for great things." Ezra used his hand to gently move a strand of hair out of Aria's eye line and looked at her. She didn't speak again. She moved into his lap, wrapping herself up in his arms and stayed there until he had to move.

The walk to his car was long and painfull as she knew she wouldn't see him for a long time after this because of her father. She held his hand with both of hers. He looked down at her and she fought the tears, it was hard enough already without her crying her heart out. He turned to her before he got into his car, his eyes were full of tears too. He knew that leaving this town would be hard but he felt like he was dying inside.

"Aria, I will always be in love with you, until the day I die, I'll love you".

She didn't have the words necessary to reply to him, instead she kissed him. It was a slow kiss that was full of passion, it was a goodbye kiss.

When he got into his car, the lot seemed to be massive when in reality it was a 50 car parking lot. Aria stood and watched him in complete misery.

Ezra drove away and his vision became so blurrred after a few moments and he sobbed his heart out, "Oh God, I'm so screwed."

6 Years Later

Ezra felt a small nudge on his arm, alarming him and it woke him straight away. Jennifer sat on the edge of the bed, watching him with her big blue eyes. Ezra glanced at the alarm clock on the nightstand, it was only 5 am.

"Why are you awake?" He groaned between his yawns.

"I couldn't sleep, I'm too nervous for today and your tossing and turning drove me insane. You were really loud, I was in the living room and I heard you.. You sounded sad and you sound like you were cying." Jennifer said to a half asleep Ezra.

Ezra was upset, this week was the week he left Aria. 6 years and he still missed her and had the overwhelming feeling of guilt in regards to how their relationship ended. He had lost the one person in the world that truly knew him. He looked up at Jennifer, the girl who was the oppossite from his former lover. She was tall, not as tall as him but tall. She had blond hair and blue eyes, she was beautiful but she wasn't Aria. She studied English with Drama at NYC, she met him at a dive bar when he was drunk and lonely. At first the relationship was about killing the overwhelming depression. Now, it was different. He really cared about her, she was amazing and she put up with him.

Jennifer was the same age as Aria. He noticed the similarities and differences as a weapon of either distruction or a way to get better. Lately the relationship between them had been going well, he was happy for the first time in 6 years and he wasn't complaining.

"Earth to Ez!" Jennifer was sitting in his tee shirt looking at him. "Where did you go?"

"Sorry babe, was thinking about stuff and my mind then went totally blank, I wasn't ignoring you." Ezra rubbed both of Jennifer's shoulders at the same time as a comforting gesture.

She leaned forward and was hugging him. While he played with her hair she sighed and leaned back to face him again "I am so nervous about today, Ez. What if I'm not a good teacher?"

"Trust me, your first day of teaching will go a lot better than mine did. As long as, actually nevermind, it doesn't matter." Ezra forced himself to stop, so he wouldn't laugh or cry in regards to his memories about Aria.

"Okay. Well I'm going for a shower babe, is it okay if I go first today?" She asked him while standing in the gap between the bed and the door.

Ezra got the most childish grin ever "Okay then".

She eyed him up and shrugged it off, within seconds of her being in the shower, he was in after her. He had plans for this morning that he often had in regards to the shower.

After their refreshing shower Ezra and Jennifer were getting ready for the day. Jennifer was in the opposite side the room when her iPhone buzzed loudly against the dresser. Ezra watched in the mirror while she replied to the text while a grin on her face.

"Hear anything good?" Ezra asked while not trying to care too much.

"Nah, just a friend. She was asking about my birthday plans actually." She said while looking at the floor with a worried expression in case Ezra had forgot.

"Your birthday?" Ezra said in a light tone.

"Yeah, my birthday." She repeated.

He sat there in silence, letting the tension build. Jennifer thought that he had forgot and seemed really hurt. "I meant to tell you that the plans are for next Friday, I made reservations at your favourite restaurant for 10, is that enough?"

Jennifer couldn't fight the smile that broke accross her lips, she quickly put down her straighteners and walked accross the room to kiss him fully on the lips "Thank you babe!"

Once they were ready to leave, Jennifer gave Ezra a slight peck on the lips and left to meet up with the girls for coffee before they started work. Ezra left to go to the private school he had been teaching in since 2013.

His mind often went to Aria. Where she was, how was her life, what college did she go to after all, how things were in her family, how she felt about him after everything and did she move on from him a lot easier than he did or was it just in his head?

So yeah. If you enjoy it or are interested in more, I would appreciate feedback :) Thanks! xoxo

Laranbebe