He took another sip of his scotch. It was burning his troat, but he coulnd´t care less. With every sip, he hoped the pain would become less. It didn´t. It had been a month now. A month since Aria had been kidnapped by A. The girls still had not been found, although it was now clear they were in some kind of dollhouse. Caleb, Toby and Ezra had been trying to find the girls for a month. Immediately after the girls had been kidnapped, they started to investigate. They used his research, from when he was still writing his book. He hated himself for that book. It had ruined everything. He and Aria were broken up, and although she claimed she had forgiven him. He knew she hadn´t. They both claimed their most recent break-up, was because of Aria going to college. But deep down, they both knew there still was a part of her that was mad at him.
Although, they were broken up, Ezra was still madly in love with Aria. He couldn´t imagine not being in love with her. Whenever he thought about the future, he Always imagined her in it. He imagined standing infront of her, saying I do. He dreamt of seeing her exhausted with a little baby Fitz in her arms. He imagined them growing old together, building a life together. When they broke up, those dreams were shattered. But a part of him had Always hoped they would get back together, once she was out of college. He knew he could never move on. Nobody would be as good as her. She was his once in a lifetime. If he couldn´t have her, he didn´t want anybody else.
But now there was a chance he wouldn´t even see her again. A could be doing the most horrible things to her, and he wasn´t even able to help her. After all his research, he still didn´t know who A was. The cops had suspected Andrew for a while, and Ezra started to think they could be right. The thought of that guy being in control of the girls made him want to throw up. He knew Andrew liked Aria, and he didn´t even want to think about what he might do to her. His sweet, innocent Aria. His stomach turned at the thought of someone harming her, touching her, killing her. He didn´t even want to think about the last one.
A was crazy. Crazy enough to kill. A had killed a lot of people, A had tried to kill the girls before. What if the reason the girls had not been found yet, was because there was nothing left to be found? Tears were now streaming down his cheeks. The thought of Aria dead, made him want to punch something. He knew he wasn´t taking care of himself. But how could he, when she was out there somewhere? If Aria died, Ezra wouldn´t be able to handle that. He hated to admit it, but he was scared of what he would do to himself, if Aria died. Life was not worth living without Aria.
His thoughts were interupted by his Phone. A loud ringing filled the room, and at first Ezra was reluctant to pick up. But when he realised it could be about Aria, he rushed to the Phone. Caller ID told him it was Caleb. He hoped with all his heart, that there was some news about the girls. He picked up and it was true. There was news about the girls, they had been found. Andrew was indeed A, and had been arrested. The girls were all okay, and were now at the police station. Ezra´s heart filled with joy. She was okay, the love of his life was okay.
He rushed to his car, so he could go to the police station and see Aria. When he was almost there, he realised she might not want him there. He was her ex-boyfriend after all. He still loved her, but what if she didn´t love him anymore. What if she realised there were better guys out there? Her ideas of the future might be different than his. Would it be such a good idea for him to come? He decided to just go, they were still friends after all.
He walked into the police station, looking desperately for the girl that had haunted his thoughts since the day they met. He looked around, to see Spencer with toby, Hanna with Caleb and Emily with her parents. Then he saw aria, she was sitting with her parents. She was softly crying. He wanted to run to her, hold her in his arms and never let her go. But would she want that? But then he looked into her eyes, and immediately knew that that was what he was going to do. He walked over, and hugged her as if he was never going to let her go. Tears of joy were streaming down his cheeks as he kept kissing her head. He couldn´t believe she was really okay. She was okay.
He looked down to see her staring into his eyes. No words were said, they didn´t need to be. Their lips touched, Ezra couldn´t believe how much he had missed her. She was his once in a life time. He knew now that he was going to fight for their relationship. She was his future