When Ezra found Aria she was sitting in the stairwell with her face buried in her hands. He saw her phone setting next to her, so he guessed that she'd gotten nasty texts from some of those stupid boys from the locker room.

"Are you okay?" Ezra asked sincerely, as he came to stand next to her.

Aria just sighed in response.

"What happened in there, before I came in?" Ezra continued.

When she still didn't answer, Ezra spoke again.

"Aria, those guys are jerks. You can't just let some stupid rumor get to you."

Aria stood up, frowning now. "It's not just some stupid rumor if there's some truth to it, Ezra!"

He looked down, not really known how to respond to that, so Aria kept talking.

"You can't be the one to make me feel better anymore, Ezra." She gathered her things up. "Just stay away from me, okay?"

She began to walk away and Ezra panicked, grabbed her arm, and spun her around to face him, as he'd already done twice in the past.

"We may not be together anymore, but I still care about you, Aria."

Now she was the one at a loss for words.

"I still love you, and I understand if you don't feel the same way anymore, but just know that I'm always here for you," he said, truly meaning ever word. Aria didn't say anything, so Ezra started to leave.

"Wait!" Aria shouted.

Ezra turned around and before he could answer Aria's mouth was hot on his. He threw his arms around her and pulled her as close as possible, putting all his feelings for her into that kiss.

When they finally had to pull away, Aria hugged him and whispered, "I love you too. I'm sorry about what I said before. Things were just so hard. What with Malcolm and Maggie and everything. I didn't think I could do it, but now I realize that it's worth it. You're worth it. We've been through so much and I don't want to throw all of that away."

Ezra beamed at her and crushed her to him. He had just gotten her back and didn't want to let her go anytime soon, but then he realized they were still at the school.

"Do you want to come over?" Ezra asked warily, nervous that she'd turn him down.

Aria grinned. "I'd like that."

So they walked hand-in-hand to Ezra's car and ended up making the sacred ground even more sacred.


I know this was pretty short, but I wish something like this could've happened on the show. I really hope these two get back together soon!

What did you guys think? (: