Hey Everyone,

This is a re-post of the original first chapter! I've just made some minor grammatical changes and tried to make it smoother to read!

Thank-you so much to all of you for the story alerts and reviews! You just made my day!

cky297: You completely made me check over it again. You were right, it was reading a bit rough! Sorry about the quotation marks as well. My laptop broke ages ago and whilst it's gotten fixed, force of habit prevents me from to use the proper speech marks! In regards to the "smart" words. I'm truly sorry if you can't understand them! It's the way I've been raised to speak and I sometimes just use too many in one sentence! Thanks for the corrections!

OhHappyDay2000 x

Ezra had just gotten out of the shower, his curly hair damp, he only had time to slip on his pyjama pants before he heard a loud knock at the door.

"Aria, can you check who it is?" he called out.

"What? Are you not decent?" she teasingly responded.

Ezra smiled, rolling his eyes "Just, get the door while I find a shirt."

Aria grinned as she hoisted herself off the couch. They'd just told her parents about them and tonight was one of the many nights since, in which she'd had to sneak out the 'Mike' way. She couldn't submit to the idea that their relationship was wrong! She just couldn't! How could Ezra, EVER, be bad for her? He was always nothing but good to her. He was always there for her, to talk, to distract her from everything that had been going on over the past year; even refusing his own 'needs'. Aria blushed. She'd often wondered what it'd be like with Mr Fitz, but then again, it would be providing an even stronger reason to tear them apart.

She walked up to the door and was just about to open it when she heard an unmistakable voice coming from the other side. "Ezra, Mr Fitz… It's Ella. We need to talk."

Aria's eyes widened in shock! Running to the bathroom she wrenched the door open. "Ezra,mumsoutsidethedoor."

Ezra put his hands on either side of her face in a calming gesture. "Aria, it's ok, calm down. What?"

Enunciating each word, Aria replied 'MY-MOTHER-IS-OUTSIDE-YOUR-DOOR!'

It was amazing how fast the man could act. Ezra e ushered her into the shower and ran to the door, hastily pulling a random jacket over his bare torso before letting Ella in.

"Thank-you for finally answering your door Ezra." Ella's displeased voice rang out. She obviously didn't want to be there.

Ezra, ever polite, nodded to the couch "Please, sit down."

Locked in the bathroom Aria couldn't wait any longer! Staying hidden while her mother and her boyfriend decided what to do? Yeah, she didn't think so! She tiptoed to the bathroom door and grabbed an empty glass, flipping it and holding it to the wooden panel. The clear sounds coming from outside told her that her listening device worked perfectly.

Ezra cleared his throat. "To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" he asked.

Ella glared, "Oh please, like you can be polite after you told us you were banging our UNDER AGE daughter!" she spit out venomously.

Ezra blanched and chocked out his response "Ella, we never. I mean, I'm not bang-I'm just not!"

She took a deep, calming breath before saying "Look, Byron and I do not approve any of this. We do, however, love our daughter. We need to know the full extent of what you did. We need to understand why she did what she did. So far, it seems that the only way to get through to her is by accepting you and while we won't promise any such thing we can grant you a few hours. Probation if you will. "

Ezra narrowed his eyes in confusion "What are you talking about?"

"We're inviting you to dinner. Tomorrow. 8 o'clock. Do not be late. I'll show myself out." With that, Ella rose and was half way to the door before she paused "I'd almost forgotten. You might want to bring Aria that jacket back. She's probably wondering where it went." The door closed. Ella had gone.

Ezra couldn't but stare at his apartment door completely dumbstruck. His first thoughts went to the jacket; he hastily removed it and placed it back on the couch. The rest of him couldn't believe it. They'd just been given a chance! An opportunity! Finally!

Aria, meanwhile, had put down her 'listening' glass as soon as Ella had uttered the word 'dinner'. She was now busy grinning madly into the mirror. Maybe, just maybe, a dinner would change everything!