"Can I come over tonight?" I asked him. He got this shocked look on his face. Like he wasn't expecting that.

"Um, of course." He said. My heart skipped a beat when he said yes. Tonight was going to be interesting.

Aria's POV

When I got home from school, I immediately started getting ready to go over to Ezra's. What was I going to say? Why was I even going over there? A million thoughts went through my head until they were interrupted by Mike walking through the door.

"Can you take me to lacrosse tonight?" He asked me. I rolled my eyes because that was the last thing I wanted to do. Be hounded by sweaty 16 year old guys.

"Fine." I said, "but we might be a few minutes late." I informed him. He nodded and walked out, leaving me in my daze about Ezra.

I was ready by 5, and Mike's practice started at 5:30. I dropped Mike off at practice, and then drove to Ezra's. I didn't want to get out of the car too fast because I didn't want to seem too eager even though I was dying to see him.

I walked up to his apartment after 15 minutes of thinking what to say. I knocked on his door, and there he was. The most adorable face you could ever see. I saw his face light up when he saw me. He let me in, and I gave him a hug.

"Hi Aria!" He said. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me over to the couch.

"Hi Malcolm! Where's your dad?" I asked him, giving him the biggest smile ever. He looked just like his dad. I wasn't expecting to see him here, Ezra didn't mention it.

"He's getting ready! Come look at my new train, it has 10 wheels and four cars on it!" He said. Malcolm was really into trains.

"Oh, hi Aria." Ezra said, walking out of the bathroom. He smiled, and I just barely cracked a smile. A billion thoughts went through my head at that moment. Mostly thinking of what I was going to say.

"Hi." I said quietly. "You didn't tell me Malcolm was going to be here." I said motioning towards the little boy who was playing with his trains, unaware of what was going on. I looked down at the ground, and he wrapped his arms around me. I looked up at him, and he just looked into my eyes.

"Aria, I know there's a lot that is at risk if we keep seeing each other, but I think there is even more at risk if we don't see each other. I don't want to lose you. Honestly, I have been lost without you for these past two days, and I can't just pretend like nothing ever happened between us. I will never be just your 'substitute teacher'. We both know I'm more than that. I'm not asking you to take me back, but I just don't want us to be over yet. I can wait until senior year is over, but I need you to promise that you can too." He said.

He left me speechless. "I promise.." I whispered. Before I knew it, his lips crashed into mine.

"Ew girls have cooties!" Malcolm shouted, covering his eyes.

"So do boys!" I said back to him. I walked over to him, and started playing trains with him. Ezra went over to cook dinner. I noticed that he was completely clueless, so I went over to help him.

"Really? Mac n' Cheese?" I said, sarcastically rolling my eyes. He pinned be against the counter and kissed me passionately. His tongue entered my mouth, and then the microwave went off. I slipped away from underneath him, and went to go get it.

We went to eat dinner as a 'family'. Malcolm reminded me so much of Ezra. He was smart, he had a cute smile, he was easy to talk to, and he looked just like him. Lucky boy. Ezra and I made small talk, but nothing too important.

"I have to sub for your English teacher for a month. He is having kidney surgery, and the surgery takes a while to recover from." He said while we were on the couch watching a movie. My head was on my lap, and Malcolm was asleep on Ezra's bed.

"So a whole month of being able to see Mr. Fitz. Lucky me!" I said suggestively. He smirked at me and kind of laughed. I sat up and kissed him.

"More like lucky me." He said back to me. Kissing me again, but this time more passionately. I pulled away before anything got too heated, remembering there was a 7 year old lying on his bed who may or may not be awake.

"Only 4 more months until we graduate. Then we will all be off on our own." I said, sounding kind of disappointed. Who knew if Ezra and I would still be together after 4 months. He nodded and sighed, understanding what I meant.

A knock at the door awoke me from my sleep. Ezra fell asleep too. He woke up, and went to go get the door. Maggie stood there, holding her purse in one hand, and some papers in the other.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything." She said, talking about me.

"Oh, uh no. Come in." He said pushing the door open. She handed Ezra the papers.

"These are for you. They're just some stuff about Malcolm." She said, and walked over to Ezra's bed to wake Malcolm up. I hope that's the only time she's been near his bed since 7 years ago.

"Um, yeah. I was just heading out." I said. "Bye Ezra." I said. No hugs, no kisses, no anything. He just smiled and said bye. Maybe it was because Maggie was there. I never liked her, I feel like she's trying to get him back, or at least away from me.

I walked to my car in silence until I heard footsteps behind me.

"Aria, wait." A voice said. I turned around, and he kissed me. "Goodnight, drive safe. I'll see you tomorrow." He said, and turned to walk away.

"Wait, Ezra." He turned around, waiting for what I was going to say. "I love you." I said.

"I love you too." He said, and kissed my head.

I got into my car, and drove home. It had been a good night, me and Ezra had resolved some things, but we still didn't know where we stood. We didn't know if we were going to last 4 months not being able to tell anybody. And then for the first time in a while, I got it.

Don't worry Aria, you guys can make it 4 months. But who knows how long Baby Mama can go without stealing your man.

-A

I hadn't gotten a message from A in a long time. Why would she all of a sudden send one now? Who is it? And why would Maggie try and steal Ezra? They were done seven years ago….. I think.