I'M SORRY THAT THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH DIALOGUE IN THIS CHAPTER. I HAVE THIS STORY PLANNED OUT. I'M NOT JUST "GOING WITH FLOW." I REALLY DO HAVE PLANS FOR THIS. YOU'LL HAVE TO BE PATIENT TOO. YOU'LL SEE ARIA AND EZRA'S RELATIONSHIP SLOWLY UNFOLD IN THIS STORY. I DON'T WANT TO RUSH INTO ANYTHING. IT'LL BE AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER FOR ARIA AND AS WELL AS EZRA. PLEASE JUST BE PATIENT. HERE'S CHAPTER TWO! PLEASE ENJOY AND Y'ALL DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW NOW, YA HEAR! ALSO ANOTHER NOTE IS THIS STORY WILL ALSO BE IN EZRA'S POV.
ARIA'S POV
I still wonder about Ezra every day. I'm surprised I haven't managed to run into him yet. I'm going in my junior at NYU. I'm loving it here. Of course, I'm majoring in English mainly because it's what I love to do. Ok, so not so much the heavy work loads and staying up until 4:00 A.M. writing papers at least once a week, but I'm hoping to becoming a teacher so hey, I've gotta do what I'e gotta do, right?
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! "UGH! Shut up, shut up, shut up!" Once again, I forgot to turn off the alarm clock. I have it set for 8:30 a.m. during the school year because my classes start at 9:30 a.m. , but I always forget to turn the dang thing off. Well, I'm up so I might as well go for a run. Just as I was walking out the door I ran into my roommate, Clarissa. Clarissa's a tall blonde. She's about 5'6. She's unbelievably kind. She's super smart in school, but let's just say you never would've guessed that if you just met her on the street. "Clarissa, ha, another night of partying, huh?" she glared back at me in a joking manner. "Aria, you should really come with me tonight. There's this sweet party going on and there will be cute guys and-" "Look, Clarissa thanks, but I already told you for like the hundredth time, I'm not ready to move on." I've been to a few parties, don't get me wrong they're a blast, in fact there's really nothing wrong with the parties. Clarissa's always trying to set me up with some of the guys at the parties and several of them are extremely nice, but I'm just not really thinking about guys right now, Ezra's an exception. Well he's pretty much the reason I'm not into talking to other guys right now. "Clarissa, I'm going for a run and getting breakfast, want to come?" She looked at me with tired eyes and said, "No thanks, I think I hear the bed calling me, so you go on, don't party too hard." She winked at me. I giggled , rolled my eyes and shook my head.
Four miles later, I ended up at "Fresh Dish." It's this amazing restaurant. It's usually crawling with college kids on the weekends. I'm not exactly fond with my physical appearance at the moment. I have on bright pink tennis shoes, leggings, a loose t-shirt, my hair's pulled up in a pony tail, and there's a small layer of sweat on my body. I opened the door and to my surprise, it wasn't as packed as I thought it would be. It's like this because it's Summer vacation for some people. I mean of course they chose not to take any classes in June or July, anyways you get the picture. There are still quite a few people in here though.
I heard the door open and just out of curiosity I looked up. I didn't know whether or not to regret my actions. My heart sped up then instantly stopped. There he was in all his glory, my knight in shining armor, Ezra Fitz. To my disappointment, it looked like he had found his princess.
His curls went to the right side of his head like they always had. He had on a blue t-shirt and slightly faded jeans. His black wayfarer Ray Bans were tucked into the top of his shirt and he had on plain black tennis shoes. The girl that his left hand was currently attached to had blond hair with highlights. She had smooth skin and she was just about as tall as Clarissa. She had dark brown, textured, Tory Burch riding boots on, dark blue jeans, and a white sweater accompanied the upper part of her body. She was extremely fit. It was almost as if she were flawless. She had that welcoming, bright, smile. She even looked like a loving, caring person. I'm sure she is because I know Ezra would never go for those fake girls that hate kids and don't have any appreciation what so ever for classic literature. When they turned to look at each other my whole world just stopped. He looked at her like he used to look at me. He talked to her like he used to talk to me. His eyes and voice confirmed his love for her.
They chose a table not far from the door. I continued to eat my Caesar Salad, trying not to burst into tears. Honestly, I'm tired of crying, but I just can't get over him. If he's happy with this girl though, I'll just have to let him go, like he did to me three years ago.
I decided to go to the restroom before I left. I'm pretty surprised that I didn't rush out of here, but I wouldn't let him have that kind of affect of me, I couldn't. When I was about 10 feet from the restroom, I ran into a hard object. I heard a deep, all too familiar voice say, "Oh! I'm so sorry, I-, Aria?" I looked up at the blue eyes that just about absorbed every bit of me. All those memories from Rosewood just came piling in. The Grille, Hollis College, Rosewood High, the bar, apartment 3B, and B-26. I finally mustered up the courage to same hi. "Hi, E-Ezra." He looked at me, but for the first time I couldn't tell what emotions he was feeling. He honestly looked confused. He was about to speak but his, I guess you would say girlfriend, interrupted our growing conversation. "Honey, are you ok?" She said as she ran up to him. "You been gone for awhile." He looked at her and said, "Yes, sorry sweetheart, this is Aria, an old uh- an old friend from Rosewood." She turned to look at me and said, "Oh my gosh, that was just extremely rude of me. I'm so sorry Aria, I'm Ashley, once again I apologize for totally not realizing you were there." She looked like she was thinking then she suddenly said, "Wait, you're Aria? I've heard a lot about you." I looked at Ezra with a confused face. Ashley began to speak again, "Well, Ezra and I teach at the same high school and he told me about how well you write. "Ah, I- uh- I- thank you." I said trying my best to keep a smile on my face. Ashley spoke up and said, "I'm so sorry, but Ezra and I have to meet up with a few people. My friend's getting married and were in the wedding." Ezra then smiled and said, "It was really nice seeing you, Aria, we should catch up sometime, but we really do have to go, I'm sorry." "Yeah, yeah, go on, Maybe I'll see y'all around, Bye."
With that, I practically ran out trying to comprehend what in the world just happened. I mean he acted like we were just friends and he just wanted to "catch up." What's up with that?
As soon as I got back to my dorm, I fell onto my bed and cried myself to sleep, wondering, once again, how I let Ezra slip away.
Like I said at the top, this is just the beginning, there's going to be heart breaking drama and happy scenes in the next few chapters. I'll probably be posting a few more chapters this week so that I can really get this ball rolling. Thanks, and once again, please review.
