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She now stood in his apartment, an apartment where she had once felt safe but now she was unsure, was it the conversation ? the unnerving sense of "A" in the atmosphere ? or the fact she knew it was only a matter of time before she lost the game she well "A" has forced her into playing? Ezra's voice spoke up in background
"Aria, are you okay ? I thought we had an agreement tonight ?"
it took Aria a few seconds to snap out of her never ending thoughts,
"yeah Ezra I'm fine just nervous, like you said this isn't dipping our toes in the water this is a cannonball, and this is my mother a women in disgust at the idea of you and Spencer... "
she quickly trailed off getting quicker as she spoke, Ezra seen her clear distress and simply placed his hand upon hers pulling her in close and placing a lightest of kisses on her forehead before staring into her eyes and with the words
"Aria I love you and Jackie may have started the game but we now need to re-write the rules while we still can, I will not let her win and neither should you"
Aria quickly thought about what he had said trying to process it again again, before speaking
"but are you seriously willing to take the risk for me, anything could happen from that moment"
she spoke very softly with a glimmer of hope she needed reassurance and Ezra knew
"Aria listen to me I love you and I'm willing to take any risks to be with you, If I get kicked to the gutter it doesn't matter as long as I'm with you I'll still be the luckiest man alive"
for the first time Aria listened she felt reassured, strong and right now with Ezra she knew from this moment it was time
"Ezra I think we should head over now, before it gets too late"
Ezra nodded picked up his keys and followed Aria out. The drive seemed to take longer this time, longer then they both could ever have expected. Sat still in silence you could almost cut the atmosphere with a knife, as they arrived at Aria's house they were both hesitant to get out the car.
"This is it Aria and whatever happens in there I love you and always will"
with that Ezra placed his lips gently on Aria's forehead. Aria was first to get out the car and walk up the forever taking path the light turned on as they moved close to the door it seemed to burn brighter Aria thought but this could be due to the fact of within a few minutes they'd be exposed, laid bare.
"you ready Ezra, because this is it ?"
"I'm as ready as I think I'll ever be"
Ezra replied with a slight smile warming to Aria, she took one last look at him before slowly opening the door and shouting
"mom, dad could you please come down stairs there something I need to tell you"
apparently the worry in her voice was more evident to her parents then she'd hoped as they rapidly formed at the bottom of the stairs before Ella let out the question her and Byron were clearly thinking
"Ezra... what are you doing here ? Aria what's wrong are you okay please God say your okay I seriously can not take much more drama ?"
this caused Aria looked at Ezra took his hand as he began to talk his speech was slurred and fragmented
"me and Aria … we … are … dating … and I lo... lo... love her"
"you WHAT ? your finished I hope you understand YOU ARE DONE! "
"DAD will you STOP!"
without thinking Aria lost it
"YOUR SO GOD DAMB HYPICRITCAL! You were having an AFFAIR with a student and don't tell me this is different, because... NO actually you'd be right this is different Ezra isn't MARRIED!"
both her parents stood gob-smacked how could Aria speak to them like this at first Ella had thought this was the work of Ezra he'd changed her but then she thought to herself if she placed connections a while ago she'd have figured this out, how could she not the way they looked at each other, the way they spoke Aria's constant need for help which since Ezra left she's never needed again ? Maybe she was angry because she believed this was something worth fighting for, by now Byron has stepped forward now in Ezra's face
"YOU, I just spoke to you today about working together I befriended you and all this time you've been using my daughter behind my back you make me SICK! Now leave before I make you leave! "
as Ezra stood there still with a tight hold on Aria's hand Ella knew the look coming across her husbands face, she grabbed his arm raised her eyebrow and whispered to him
"how on earth is this going to help?"
Ezra spoke with hesitance
"I am dearly sorry to have upset you it was never mine or Aria's intention but I believe we love each other and sir not to be disrespectful in your house but I AM NOT USING YOUR DAUGHTER! And -"
"OH YEAH like I'm supposed to believe that you forget I was your age at one point but I was never sick enough to go for a 16 year old girl"
to hear her father say Ezra was sick made Aria fill with rage she looked at Ezra
"I think we need to leave because if I say in THIS MAN'S presence for much longer I won't be responsible for what I'll do"
everyone stood silently this was a side of Aria nobody had ever seen, storming out the door dragging a shocked Ezra behind her, Byron ran after her with Ella trying to pull him back
"leave it Byron let her calm down she'll come back I think we need to sort this whole … thing out ourselves we haven't had time either, we need to process this before we make any rational decisions"
"Ella WHAT is there to sort out ? Its NOT I repeat NOT happening and I'm going to make GOD DAMB sure of THAT!"
As Ezra left Byron turned to push past Ella and back into the house, Ella followed quickly she was trying her hardest to defuse this situation she'd unwillingly been thrown in, she slumped into the couch with her head in her hands trying to breath for the first time since Aria had walked through the door however this didn't last long she could hear Byron slamming and throwing things around his study as she walked in, to see him going through what seemed like a lot of useless paper
"Byron what are you looking for ? Please just CALM DOWN!"
"Ezra's address I told you I'm NOT putting up with this, I'm going round there"
after a pause as Ella tried to think of something to say but Aria had always gotten her headstrong stubbornness from her father and this is why it wasn't ever going to end well but before she could stop him he'd push passed her holding a piece of paper tightly in his grip
"I've got it Apartment 3B, DON'T bother following me ELLA!"
Ella had enough of following this man round he clearly wasn't going to calm down so she pulled out her cell and sent the message
'Aria your dad is on his way over to Ezra's get him out of there drive somewhere but leave now, with the mood he's in this isn't going to end well, call me we NEED to talk'
As Aria looked at her phone she picked up Ezra's keys and pulled him by the tie quickly out of the door while ringing her mom to find out what the hell was going on, she opened the door shoved Ezra into the driving seat with the simple instruction of
"DRIVE, I don't care where just DO IT"
Ezra did as he was told, for Aria's mom to pick up.
"Are you okay? Have you seen your dad? Look I'm not happy but I love you so much, please come home"
"really mom you think that is a clever idea, it's only a matter of time before dad realises we are not at Ezra's and comes home"
"please come home Aria you can bring Ezra I need to talk to you both"
"I don't know mom I'll ring you later"
"Ezra my mom wants us to go talk to her but I just have the feeling my dad will come home and things will get out of hand again and I can't put you through that again is this worth it..."
with the look on Ezra's face Aria wishes she could take that last statement back why had she even said that.
"Ezra I mean you could loose everything you worked for am I worth it"
with that Ezra spun his car around and drove towards the Montgomery house he knew this had to be sorted out he couldn't loose her and he wasn't prepared to as they pulled up walked inside they found Ella curled up on the couch with a scotch at hand, they presented them selves before her as if on trial in a way Aria knew they were the questions from here on out where never going to end.
Ella looked up and broke the silence
"I need to know how this started"
Aria explained to her mom they had met in a bar the day they got back from Iceland, how they'd discussed writing, English literature, travelling and music all to which down to every last detail they had in common she had lied about the kiss however she told her mom Ezra had walked her to her car give her his number and kissed her on the lips genitally. She had explained how once he was her teacher he told her this couldn't continue so she tried to transfer but it was declined then at Alison's funeral he had apologized. He didn't know what was worse having to stay away from me or being a jerk about it with that I told him I would never do anything to get him into trouble kissed him on the cheek and walked away only for him to pull me back and kiss me, after that we couldn't go back but then he left me for New York and I was a mess but I fell into the arms of Noel who Ezra later caught me with, I guess it broke his heart the way I had wanted to, he told me he loved me he was sorry and to please forgive him, explaining the whole story took her longer then an hour when she'd finished she had realised Ezra had taken hold of her hand, just at that moment the three of them were about to breath Byron walked through the door... Aria couldn't help but think how much of that had her father heard and what the hell was about to go down ?
