A/N- Thanks for the reviews on the last chapter! I love reading them! Here is the next chapter and it is about Aria meeting Ezra's friends.
Aria's POV
Tonight was the night that Ezra had invited me to meet his friends. We had been dating for 1 and a half years and tonight was the first time I would meet his friends. I had already met Hardy, Ezra's best friend from college, but I was yet to meet the rest of the gang. To be honest, I was very nervous. What if they did not like me? What if they thought I was immature? What if they hated me so much, that they convinced Ezra to break up with me?
"Whats wrong babe?" Ezra asked me, taking his eyes of the road. We were currently driving to a bar, a few miles outside Rosewood. We chose the secluded destination for out group date so no one suspects anything when I enter with my fake ID.
"Ezra, what if your friends hate me or think I'm immature?" I asked him for the millionth time in the day. Ever since Ezra had asked me to meet his friends, I have been very nervous and insecure. I had changed my outfit 10 times today before finding one that did not make myself look like a teenager.
Ezra took his left hand away from the wheel and rested it on my knee. "Babe, I promise my friends will love you," my handsome boyfriend reassured me. "And to be honest, I'm pretty sure my friends are way more immature than you. Last night, Hardy and my other best friend, James crashed a girl's 6th birthday party!"
"Wait, wait, wait. Why did they want to crash a 6 year olds party?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. "Wouldn't horny guys in their 20's rather go to a strip club?"
"It's funny story actually. First they went to a strip club. They were totally drunk of their ass so they went on the stage, kicked out the sexy strippers and started dancing like retards. Once the manager kicked them out, they found a kids party. They jumped over the fence and crashed into the bouncy castle. To make a long story short, they are banned from the strip club and the girl's dog chased them out of the party." Ezra finished his astonishing story.
"Wow!" I giggled. Hanna and Hardy were so much alike. The rest of the journey consisted of Ezra telling me embarrassing story's of his friends and me laughing harder than I had ever laughed in my entire life. Before I knew it, we had arrived at our destination.
I linked my arm with Ezra's and tried to calm myself down. "You ready?" Ezra asked. I nodded meekly and Ezra led me into the bar. The bar was simple and dimly lit. The only people in the bar were Ezra, his friends, a bartender who looked like he was going to pass out any minute and me.
"Hey Z!" I heard one of Ezra's friends call. She was a short brunette just like me and was wearing a simple black dress. She was sitting in the middle of James and Hardy on a booth at the far end of the bar.
"Hey Emily!" Ezra replied, his fingers still intertwined in mine. "This is my beautiful girlfriend Aria." He introduced me and I blushed at his comment. I loved the it when Ezra called me his girlfriend.
"Oh so that is the Aria who you always talked about on the phone." James told Ezra and then looked at me and continued. "He would never shut up about you." I blushed once again and shot James a smile. I had no idea what to say because I was very shy around strangers. Hardy, Emily and James shifted to one side of the booth so Ezra and I could take a seat.
Suddenly, the bartender came to our booth and asked us if we wanted any drinks. Ezra and his friends ordered their drinks easily handing the bartender their real ID's. I ordered a vodka soda and handed in my fake ID. Luckily, the bartender gave the ID back to me without taking a single glance at me.
"So, how long have you guys been together?" Emily asked when the bartender left to prepare our drinks. "One and a half years," Ezra and I replied in unison.
"Wow!" Hardy gasped. "The longest relationship I've been in lasted for a month and was with a hideous old woman. Now that I think about it, I was probably drunk the whole time!" He added.
"Yeah. Ezra told me that you guys do some really crazy things when your drunk. I heard about the strip club." I stated. Hardy and James faces turned bright red and their jaw dropped. Clearly, they were embarrassed.
"DUDE!" They yelled at Ezra.
"What? It was funny story! I wanted to make Aria laugh!" Ezra replied.
Suddenly an evil look crossed Hardy, James and Emily's faces. "Well we are totally gonna help you make her laugh." Emily smirked.
I had absolutely no idea what was going on until I heard Hardy recite a story about Ezra and some girl. "So it was the day after one of Ezra's girlfriends cheated on him and Ezra wanted to pick up two chicks at a bar for a three way. He approached two hot twins sitting on a bar stool and started the conversation with an epic fail pickup line which was, 'are you and alien, because that ass is way out of my world!' "
I burst out laughing. "What happened next?" I asked Hardy, desperate to know the girl's reaction.
"So then those chicks were like, 'yeah duh our asses are out of your world!' And they threw their drinks at Ezra and sauntered out of the bar." By the time Hardy finished the story, everyone was laughing uncontrollably. Everyone, except Ezra. He had buried his head in his hands and his cheeks were bright red. He looked adorable when he was embarrassed.
Ezra's POV
Hardy, James and Emily were currently telling embarrassing stories of me to Aria. Aria was laughing uncontrollably. Don't get me wrong, I love Aria's laugh. But I did not like being embarrassed like this.
"Aria, what is the most embarrassing thing you have done in a bar?" I asked my girlfriend before James started on his story.
"Hmm," Aria thought. "When I was 12, my best friend Alison dared me to break into a strip club. So I stood in the line to get in and when the guy at the door would not let me in because I was underage, I screamed, NO YOU HAVE TO LET ME IN, MY SCREAMING ORGASM IS IN THERE! But as soon as I realized what I said I ran away and never returned to that bar."
I burst out laughing. 'Oh my god! You seriously did that?" I asked shocked. Aria seemed like a shy girl. Never had I ever imagined her doing something so daring.
"Yup. I did!" She confessed. The rest of the night consisted in us sharing stories of our life and laughing like we were best friends for a long time.
Aria's POV
I was laughing along with Ezra's friends and having the time of my life. I was so happy I decided to meet his friends. They were hilarious and very nice to me. I also learned that Emily and I shared the same fashion interest and were alike in more ways that I expected. Before I knew it, time had flown by and it was time for the bar to close.
We said our goodbyes and exchanged phone numbers. Emily and I promised each other that we would go shopping next weekend and we were definitely going to hang out again. Overall this night was one of the best nights in my life. I loved hearing embarrassing stories of Ezra in college. Luckily, we were also going to be doing this next weekend.
A/N- Another chapter done! Please review and tell me what you think! I really love reading your reviews. Would you like the next chapter to be about Ezra meeting Aria's friends? Please tell me if you have and ideas you want me to use in this story.
XOXO - Naina
