AN: I am not going to use A in this story and Alison will be a lot nicer!

September 3rd 2014

"Aria, wake up honey!" Ella called as she knocked on Aria's bedroom door.

Today was her first day back at Rosewood High as a senior, her last year before she went off to college, which hopefully would be somewhere away from Rosewood. Aria sighed happily as she looked at the picture beside her bed, the picture of her and Ezra. Now that Ezra was working at Hollis, Ella had come to terms with their relationship, it was harder for Byron but he was finally getting there and for that she was grateful.

After Aria had finished getting ready she made her way downstairs where she found Spencer talking to her mom.

"Hey Spence," Aria greeted chirpily, Spencer raised an eyebrow at her questioning her happiness. All of the girls had been dreading school, even Spencer.

Ella chuckled, "She's going on a date tonight."

"Better not tell Hanna, she won't shut up about it all day," Spencer joked, Aria just shook her head and laughed.

"Too late, I called her last night as soon as he asked," Aria said as she grabbed her denim jacket and threw it on over her floral dress, she picked up her bag and gave Ella a quick kiss on the cheek.

"See you tonight Ella."

"Will you be home after school to get ready?" Ella asked before Aria could leave.

"Probably to pick up an outfit briefly and then I'm going over to Han's, you know what Byron would be like if I was here to get ready, he'd probably make me put on a garbage bag over any outfit I choose," Aria replied, Ella nodded and grinned, knowing that her daughter was probably right.

"Well I'll see you home by 11 and no later, it's a school night remember!"

"Fine," Aria sighed as she and Spencer walked out the door.

"So your mom is cool with you and Ezra?" Spencer asked as they walked to her car.

Aria nodded and smiled, "Yeah which is really great and my dad is starting to get used to the idea finally."

"So tonight, where are you going?"

"Cecconi's, the cute Italian restaurant in Philadelphia and then we're going to see a movie," Aria replied blushing as Spencer gaped at her friend, taking her eyes off the road as she drove them to Hanna's.

"You know how expensive that restaurant is right?!" Spencer asked in awe.

"Yes! So I need the perfect outfit!"

"Oh come on, Fitzy loves you in anything."

"So he asked you on a date?" Emily asked as she traced patterns on Alison's hands with her thumb.

Before Aria could even say anything Hanna replied for her, "Yes and he's taking her to Cecconi's, freaking Cecconi's!" Do you guys know how expensive it is there?! Why won't Caleb ever take me?!"

Everyone laughed as Hanna ranted, unaware that Caleb was stood 3 feet behind her. "Maybe that's because Caleb isn't made out of money," He replied, causing her to jump.

She immediately stood up and crashed her lips on his to greet him. "Well hello to you too."

"So Aria, what are you wearing tonight?" Alison asked once Caleb and Hanna had sat down.

Aria sighed, "I'm still not sure, should I go with my red backless or black strapless?"

"Black strapless," All the girls chorused, Caleb rolled his eyes and sighed with relief when he saw Toby approach the table.

"Finally another guy!" Caleb cheered as Toby sat down next to Spencer and placed a small on her cheek. Hanna slapped Caleb for his snarky comment and he groaned, causing everyone to laugh.

When everyone settled down, Spencer finally spoke. "Since I have the house to myself this weekend, how about on Saturday we all have a day in my hot tub?"

Everyone nodded and agreed happily, "Can I bring Ezra?"

"Of course! So everyone get to mine for 1 and you can all stay over to, we can use the barn," Spencer suggested causing Hanna to squeal in delight.

"Hanna!" Spencer groaned.

"What?"

"I get that you're excited, but can you please be excited at another decibel?!" Spencer asked, everyone laughed as Hanna began pouting, Caleb kissed it away lovingly and the group watched the cute display of affection.

Eventually the bell rang and everyone parted ways to their different lessons, Aria struggled to concentrate even through English as her excitement bubbled up in anticipation for her date later on.

After her 5th period she finally had a free period with Hanna and the two left school to go to Aria's to pick up any essentials, luckily no one was there so they were in and back out of the house again in 10 minutes. When they arrived at Hanna's house they headed straight up to Hanna's room and laid out everything they needed.

"Han do you mind if I take a shower?" Aria asked as she sat on Hanna's bed.

"Sure, you know where to find everything so go ahead. Hopefully Spencer will be here by the time you've finished your shower."

20 minutes later Aria emerged out of the bathroom wearing pyjama shorts and a vest top with her hair up in a wet ponytail.

"Is Spencer here yet?" Aria asked as she sat down on Hanna's bed.

Hanna nodded, "Yeah she went downstairs to get us some drinks, okay so where should we start?"

20 minutes later, after using two hair dryers on Aria's poor hair which was Hanna's great idea, it was finally dry enough to use a curling iron on. They enhanced Ari's natural curls with the curling wand before hairspraying it so it would hold.

Next Hanna began to work on Aria's makeup while Spencer sat and did their homework, making comments every now and then to reassure Aria that Hanna was doing a good job. Aria finally applied a peachy lipgloss herself as they finished and then headed off to the bathroom to get changed. A few minutes later she reappeared and both Hanna's and Spencer's mouths dropped when they saw her.

Aria had gone for her black strapless dress which just reached her knees and a pair of open toe heels which added at least 3 or 4 inches to her height.

"Ar you look gorgeous!" Hanna said as she hugged her friend delicately, not wanting to ruin Aria's perfect makeup or hair.

"Fitz won't be able to take his eyes off of you," Spencer commented as they all walked down the stairs, Aria blushed before correcting her that his name was Ezra.

"Okay well I better get to Ezra's now, see you two tomorrow!" Aria said as she gave her friends both one last hug before exiting the Marin house.

"You better call me first to let me know how it goes!" Hanna yelled as she watched Aria walk to her car, Aria grinned and waved at her friends before putting her bag down on the passenger seat and driving away.

"Time for you to go too Spence!" Hanna said as she gave Spencer a gentle shove.

"So this is your polite way of kicking me out?" Spencer replied laughing at her friend and shaking her head.

"I've got to be at the park by 6, catching that new Inbetweeners movie with Caleb, Alison and Em," Hanna said as she picked up a jacket and bag whilst Spencer gathered up her things.

"And you didn't ask me and Toby to come?" Spencer asked feigning hurt.

"No, because you told me you had dinner plans with the Tobster!"

Spencer groaned before gasping in shock, "Oh crap I completely forgot, I'll see you tomorrow Han!"

Hanna watched, laughing as her friend dashed out of the house and to her car, she gave Spencer a small wave before leaving her own house.


"Aria, you look-" Ezra said as his brain tried to form words, Aria blushed and leaned up to place a kiss on his lips, the kiss was meant to be sweet but soon turned passionate as it became more desperate and needy. His tongue traced her bottom lip and she parted her lips wider as he slipped his tongue in.

"Beautiful," He finished when they parted. Aria grinned as he offered her his arm and she accepted willingly. He walked her down to his car and opened the passenger door for her in a gentlemanly fashion. He slipped into the drivers seat and drove them off to Philly.

Once they got to Philly, he parked in the car park near to the movie theatre and walked round to open Aria's door for her. He helped her out and shut the door behind her. They walked hand in hand to Cecconi's.

"Welcome to Cecconi's, how can I help you?" The waitress asked at the reception area.

"We have a reservation for two under Fitz," Ezra replied, the woman scanned the list before finding their names.

"Right this way," She said as she lead them to their table.

Soon after Aria and Ezra had sat down, they order some drinks and began to look over the menu. "So what would you like to eat?" Ezra asked as he saw Aria's eyes fixed on the menu.

"The vegetarian lasagne sounds good," Aria mused before rethinking her option, "Actually I'll go for the Spinach and Ricotta Cannelloni, can we get some garlic bread to share."

"Sure, I'll go for the Calzone Cacciatore I think," Ezra said as he set his menu down.

The waiter soon came over and took their orders, as they waited they fell into a comfortable chatter.

"Are you busy Saturday? We're all going over to Spence's and her parents will be out so we can use the hot tub," Aria explained, grinning as Ezra nodded happily.

"Sure, but would your friends feel comfortable with me there you know, after being their teacher?" He asked sheepishly, Aria reached over and placed her hand on his, caressing his thumb gently.

"They love you, I promise."

"I'll go," Ezra said as he brought Aria's hand up to his mouth and kissed it delicately, Aria gave him a sweet smile.

"I love you."

"I love you too Aria," Ezra said just before their food arrived.

Once they'd eaten their main course and split a tiramisu between them for dessert, Ezra paid for their meal and the two left the restaurant and headed across the road to the theatre.

"So what movie are we seeing?" Aria asked as she felt for Ezra's hand.

"You'll find out in a minute," He replied smirking, knowing that Aria was desperate to find out, she'd practically begged him the night before to tell her what they were doing.

Once they approached the theatre Aria looked up at the sign and gasped in surprise, "It Happened One Night?"

"Let's just hope this time we don't bump into your mom," Ezra joked as he kissed her cheek and went off to pay, he came back with two tickets, two cokes and a large popcorn for the two to share.

"Oh Ezra," Aria sighed happily as they took their seats at the back, luckily for them there were only a few people watching the movie so they spent the entire time stealing looks at each other and making out.

Once Ezra drove himself and Aria back to his apartment, she pulled out her phone and texted her mom to let her know she'd be back soon.

"I had a wonderful night Ezra," She said as she stepped out of his car, he walked her over to her car and gave her a sweet kiss.

"I'm glad, are you coming over tomorrow?"

Aria nodded, "What time are you getting away from Hollis?"

"Hopefully about 3, if I'm not there when you get here just let yourself in," Ezra replied before leaning in to kiss Aria one last time. When she finally got into her car and drove off, Ezra felt like kicking himself, hoping tomorrow he'd finally get the courage to tell her what he so badly had to tell her.


"So you dated your teacher?!" Summer asked her mom in shock, Aria nodded and blushed.

"Age was never a problem between us, I really loved him," Aria confessed, she could feel the tears welling up but pushed them away, not allowing herself to be that weak in front of her daughter.

"So what did he have to tell you?"

AN: So a couple of you are asking who Summer's dad is, she obviously knows but you guys won't find out just yet and it might not be who you think;) If this gets 8 or more reviews I'll have the next chapter up by Sunday and let me know who you want Aria to end up with in the end!:)