Aria felt the panic attack rising, it was the third one of the day. She was curled up on her sofa alone in her house. She recognised the disorientated feeling and she felt her breathing quicken, she wanted for this to be over, to be safe, anywhere but Rosewood.

The petite teen felt her heart pulsing through her, and the tears choking her back from the world, she was completely distant to all the items around her, they all seemed so blurred in comparison to the panicked thoughts running through her. Aria could feel herself shaking violently and the tears now streaming down her face, smudging the new mascara Hanna had purchased for her.

She continued like this for 5 minutes before slowly calming herself down slightly, enough that she knew where she was and where she had to go.

Still shaking she grabbed her phone and dialled the number she knew back to front, finding it hard to see the keys on her phone through the tears.

Already on her way she forced open her front door and ran through the vicious rain, her phone still calling the number. The rain pelting down around her didn't bother her as she ran, not even looking down her street, but she continued holding her phone, which contained the messages which caused her to panic so much.

"Aria? Are you ok?" Aria heard the comforting voice of Ezra through bad reception due to the storm.

"No" she replied shakily and before he could interrupt her she continued.

"I need you, I'm on my way to yours now" Aria's breathing hadn't fully returned to normal and the tears were still streaming down her face. She continued to jog down roads, ignoring all the questioning looks and stares of people around her.

"Aria?" She was interrupted from her panicked thoughts and jumped when she looked up and saw Ezra in front of her. He had clearly rushed to her as he hadn't even worn a coat and now, like Aria, was drenched from the rain. and he was slightly out of breath.

The small teen flung herself into her ex teachers arms, still shaking. She buried herself into his jacket and held on to him refusing to let go.

Ezra held her still as he felt her breathing slow down, back to a reasonable rate.

"Come on, let's get you to my apartment" Ezra spoke softly not waiting for an answer as the couple walked down the road not letting go of each other. Aria's head was buried into his shoulders as they walked slowly towards his apartment.

Ezra gently sat the girl down on his sofa and then wrapped a fluffy blanket around her.

"Please talk to me Aria, I'm getting really worried about you, you know I love you so much" Ezra said softly, sat next to, and still holding Aria.

Aria sighed and shook her head before saying weakly,

"things have just got so much for me now, everything's built up and I keep having these panic attacks and they are the scariest things I have ever experienced, I don't want to be Aria anymore" Aria was shaking as she addmitted this to the love of her life, it felt good to finally say something, the weight had been lifted of her shoulders. However the teen felt weak and vunerable after confessing to this as she buried herself into Ezra, letting the tears stream down her face. Ezra sat holding her tight, shocked at what she had said, he hadn't seen this coming and seeing his girlfriend so weak had brought him to tears.

"don't worry, I'm going to get you through this" Ezra finished