AU: Aria and Ezra are best friends in High School and are secretly in love with each other. Twist is the two are deeply in a relationship with another person, Aria's other half being Noel and Ezra's other half being Jackie. Will these two ever confess or will their love just be passed off as a silly infatuation?

*Have fun reading and I hope you like it, hopefully I'll get some good reviews? Or else I'll be super sad. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: This characters are not mine, and this is more along the lines of 7th grade and Aria and Ezra are around 6 months apart.

Chapter 1:

It was a cloudy day in Rosewood High, the parking lot was filled with incoming freshman. Some were tall, or short, or stout. Ones who wanted to be varsity swimmers, some wanted to be the Queen Bee, some wanted to get into Harvard. But Aria Montgomery was different, Aria wanted to be herself. From the beginning of her school career Aria has been jumping around personalities, she tried being the perfect Rosewood girl, the girl with an art smock and braids, and most recently the goth girl with a pink streak in her hair. All she wanted to do was fit in, most people knew her as the short hazel eyed goth girl, but things changed through the summer.

"Hunny, are you feeling nervous?" Ella, her mother, yelled over the loud engine of their car. It was nearly breaking down and the Montgomeries were seriously considering getting a new one.

"Umm…" Aria laughed a little nervously, fiddling her thumbs together, "You could say so…I mean I'm wearing a bright blue metallic skirt with a black and red shirt blouse tucked into it. This is the most color I've worn in…a YEAR."

"Well, we're here." Ella leaned in and pecked her softly on her forehead. Usually her parents aren't the affectionate kind, so that was a big gesture as to how big of a deal Aria's first day was.

Aria smiled and grabbed her bag. She nervously opened the door and got out, slamming the door behind her softly. Giving a slight huff, she scanned the front of the school for familiar faces. Hanna…Spencer…Emily…Mona…the four seemed almost foreign to her, so she just omitted their presence. Ever since Alison went missing, she really didn't want to think about her old gal pals. Rosewood didn't just mean high school to her; it meant a new story she has to write. And this one was going to be her best seller.

Just as she opened the door to her school she heard a yell of pain from behind the door. First day of school and Aria just absentmindedly slammed a male in the face. Her face made a cringe as she looked behind the door.

"OH MY GOSH I AM SO SORRY." Aria cupped her mouth with one hand and offered to help the male with the other.

"Hey hey, no that's….ow…that's okay." The brunette male groaned to Aria, trying to hide his pain.

His firm, big palm wrapped around Aria's as he pulled himself up. Then he dusted himself off as Aria still cupped herself in pain, cursing to herself.

"I'm so sorry I didn't even know you were behind me and…" Aria was rambling off before she knew it. Guilt had a tendency to get her rambling off like that.

"No, no I'm sorry I wasn't looking….clearly." He waved his book, then extended his free hand to Aria. " 'm Ezra. Ezra…Fitzgerald."

"Aria." She extended her hand out to Ezra. "Aria Montgomery. Sorry but is that…the Great Gatsby you're reading?" She pointed to the book in Ezra's hand. Even though Aria was the kind of person who looked like she never picked up a book and was always listening to scary rock bands, Aria really found a way to lose herself through books. She was rarely one to connect to people, let it be TV shows or music, she never shared interests with anyone and when she did, she'd run from it. Independency is key when it comes to Aria.

"Yeah…it is. " Ezra gave her a quick grin and Aria noticed that he had a very bookish smile. Before she knew it she was walking with him to first period, listening to him rant off about how wonderful Daisy's fantasies are and what not. "Anyway, sorry, I'm just rambling on now. So are you new to Rosewood? I've been here for a while and surprisingly I have not seen anyone who takes interest in books I carry around."

Aria smirked and replied, "Oh! Is that so? Well, I've been living here since I was 5. I actually went to Iceland for a little. But now, I'm back." The hazel eyed beauty walked into the noisy first period.

"Mmmm, I see." Ezra laughed and threw his head back in amusement. "I think some kid named Noel was actually looking for you this morning?"

Aria smiled politely, and then snapped to her senses, "NOEL?" She asked while making her eyes big, "As in NOEL KAHN?"

Aria had a super big time crush on Noel Kahn. Noel Kahn was that one party boy that every girl had puppy eyes for. When she became a part of Ali's clique she finally discovered that Noel Kahn, a. ACTUALLY knew who she was and b. that she could become his girlfriend in a split second because of how well they hit it off. But Aria decided to keep quiet about everything UNLESS Noel made the movie. But the last time Noel even waved to her was before school ended, so her hopes were really low.

"Hey ARIA!" Her heart skipped a beat when she heard that familiar dreamy voice echo from behind her, "Can…ya come here for a minute?"

Ezra made a nudging gesture at her, already sensing that she was head over heels for him. And not before long Aria was scuffing her boots against the tile floor of the classroom in front of Noel.

"So…Aria. Um, I was gonna ask you if, you'd want to you know be my girl?" Noel asked, grinning in his flirtatious way of his.

Aria looked up in shock, "Of course!" She expected the moment to come eventually, but not so suddenly. Noel and her haven't even spoken lately, so the proposal took her by surprise. "Of course…" She smiled and gave him a small kiss on his cheek.

The first period teacher came rushing in, sweaty and matted hair and Aria returned to her seat next to Ezra.

"So…" Ezra puffed out a soft sigh, "How'd it go with Noel…"

"Oh gosh, " Aria whispered in excitement, "IT WAS AMAZING, he asked me out and wait…."

"Are you going to ask how I figured it out?" Ezra laughed and looked at his desk. "It was obvious. Rest assured I've read enough books to figure out the difference between a friendly girl and a love struck one."