It was a struggle; falling in love with someone but knowing you've got to stay apart. That's how things were for Aria Montgomery and I, we were the common day Romeo and Juliet; both of use frequently laughing at the similarities of both situations. I couldn't stay away from her though, it was torture. She had this hold on me; so unique and intelligent and mature beyond her years, I lusted for her. I was over my head though, I could lose my job in thirty seconds flat if anyone found out what I wanted to do with her, how I wanted to ravish every part of her body, but I knew I couldn't. We had both decided to stay professional, sacrificing our feelings for each other in order to stop from getting hurt; a student, teacher relationship is not what either of us needed.
"All right class, pop quiz on the first ten chapters of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. You've got till the end of class to finish it, and it will count for five percent of your final grade for this semester. You may begin, now" I spoke clearly, informing my third period English class what they needed to do whilst I got to correcting some of the papers that were beginning to pile up on my desk, I was a very unorganized man when it came to scheduling my time. As I took a seat on the hard, wooden chair my eyes gave the room the quick once over, sighing silently as my hues landed on the woman that haunted my mind, Aria. She was so intent on her work; losing herself in her writing and taking my with her as her eyes got lost in a trance of knowledge. It was breathtaking. I shook my head in order to snap myself out my gaze, it wasn't right to stare at my student in such a way, it wasn't responsible. As I reached for my first paper I groaned internally, my eyes landing on the report I knew was going to be difficult to correct, Spencer Hastings. Miss Hastings was a /very/ intelligent woman, but she over did everything; analysed it down to the ground , as everything needed to be perfected. I had only been here a short time and I had already picked up on that, in retrospect I had picked up on quite a few quirks each of my students had, each of them more interesting than the last. The first half an hour was daunting, but I was quickly picking up speed and everything seemed to be moving on in a steady pace, so I couldn't complain.
One by one each student left their papers on my desk, two students still rapidly trying to jot down everything they could as the bell sounded the end of the class. "Time is up, can the remaining papers please be brought up to my desk" I gave Spencer and Aria a reassuring smile as I spoke, nodding a goodbye to each of my students as they exited the class. "I hope you all enjoy your weekend, and I'll speak to you all Monday morning" Just as I finished speaking Spencer was in my direct line of view, panicking masking her well sculpted face. "Mr. Fitz, I didn't have enough time. I couldn't write enough, I had to rewrite it" A small chuckle escaped from my brims, taking the paper from her hands as a small look of disgust crept onto her face. "Spencer, your work is always fine. You've got nothing to worry about" She didn't need to stress herself over this, her work was always perfection, I could never fault her. She seemed pleased with herself as she turned to walk out the door, letting her paper drop down onto the table before I come face to face with Aria, my whole demeanor changing. "She worries too much, I always tell her that" Aria offered as she hands me over her work, our skin brushing off each other's, the usual spark to running between us both. The allure just never seemed to go away. "Her work is always of high standards, along with yours" I had to keep my cool, turning and stalking towards the chair behind my desk. "Compliments from you, Mr. Fitz? I am a lucky girl" Aria spoke, sucking her bottom lip between her teeth as her eyes never leave mine 'Keep it cool, Ezra. You're at work' I had to mentally remind myself. This woman was a tease, and she knew exactly what she was doing to me. "Are you being coy, Miss Montgomery? You know I have the authority to give you detention, we wouldn't want that to go on your record, would we?" Why was I teasing back? This was not what I wanted to do; she just knew how to push my buttons. Screw being professional. "And pray what have I done to deserve such cruel threats?" "You're deliberately trying to turn me on Aria, that's what you're doing" My eyes burned into hers, both of us ready to pounce on each other, it was intense. I wanted her; here, now and I could tell she felt the same way too. It was then put a stop to all actions from commencing, the knock on the door alerting us to her presence. "I'm sorry, Ezra. I thought all students would have left by now, I could give you two another moment" Mrs. Welch scanned Aria up and down, allowing me time to rest in my chair and bring myself back into sense before speaking in reply. "We've just finished, Miss Montgomery just needed help with a report that's due next week" I lied coolly, proud when Mrs. Welch nodded and Aria swiftly left the room, glancing back at me with a pained expression before walking out of sight.
Mrs. Welch kept me for another hour after that, finally arriving home and slumping down onto my couch with a long, heavy sigh. As I reached across the grab the remote my phone buzzed from inside my pocket, alerting me of a new text. The moment my eyes landed on the I.D I broke into a wide grin, my whole body filling with excited but yet terror as I read out the text. ¦¦ I'm coming over, we need to speak. A.¦¦
Please read, review and let me know what you think. I've had little inspiration to write at the moment, but this story has been playing around in my mind for a while, so why not write it now whilst I remember it all. I do not own PLL, I'd be ashamed if I did. In this story Ezra just met Aria by pure luck, and he has nothing to do with Alison. I hope you enjoy it, and I'll write more soon. If you guys like it.