Howdy! So whilst I waited for Chapter One to upload I thought I would do my final editing on the next chapter... Soooo here it is! It's quite a bit longer than the previous one, so let me know if you prefer the longer chapters or shorter ones; sometimes a variety just flows, right?

Thank you SolitudeMyLove for reviewing, and DiNozzoFan1234, Makkenzi and hollywood51496 for adding it to their alerts... It seems weird people reading what I sit here and type!

Anyway, enjoy!

xo, Bethany.

Aria's POV

"Mom, it's not what it looks like, really." I said as I wiped my tears from my face, hoping that she would at least save the shouting and lectures till we were home and away from this police station. The last thing I needed was for Ezra to be arrested.

"Aria Marie Montgomery you better start talking right now," my mom then turned to Ezra, "I thought you were dating Spencer?"

"EXCUSE ME?" Mr Hastings chipped in, "You're dating a student? My daughter?"

"Yes. I mean, no! I mean..." I felt Ezra take my hand, willing me to intercept before he made a complete fool of himself.

"Mom, Ezra and I... we've been together for a while now. We were going to tell you sometime when we were together, maybe over dinner or something. We never wanted it to come out like this," I said. If Ezra was going to be in trouble with my mom, at least we'd be in it together.

As I scanned the room I noticed the look on the parents' faces. They ranged from angry to furious to my father's look of curiosity. It was a surprise to me that he looked the calmest; with him being my dad you would expect him to be shouting abuse at Ezra, calling him all the names he could think of. But instead he simply stood here, as if I had just asked how his day was not admitted to having a student/teacher relationship.

"Aria I can't deal with this right now. Your father and I have to go sign some papers before we can get you out of here. Go and get in the car. Ezra, drive over to our house, don't you think that you'll get away that easy." I grabbed the car keys from my mom and lead Ezra out to the parking lot.

Ezra's POV

As we stood hand in hand in the parking lot, it dawned on us that this was the last time that we would talk in private about what to say to Aria's parents. Were we supposed to tell the truth and say that we were together whilst I was her teacher at Rosewood? Surely that would not do any good for any of us; it would just complicate things.

"Aria," I let go of her left hand and touched her cheek, causing her to look up at me, "Whatever happens tonight, you know I love you, right?"

She smiled slightly and looked me in the eyes, "of course I do, Ezra. And you know I love you. They will not do anything to change that. They can't. Now, whatever they ask, we tell the truth. All of it. We met the day before school started and then once we found out you were my teacher you wanted to end it but I kept us going. I didn't want us to break up; I didn't want to stop this. Anything you don't know how to answer, just squeeze my hand ok? I'll take over, I'll-"

Before she could finish I kissed her passionately on the lips. Typical Aria, over thinking everything, always making sure to protect whomever else involved; she was fearless and ready to take the consequences. As I started to pull away from her, she pulled me back with urgency. Maybe she, like myself, believed that things would change from now on. One thing was certain- it was definitely too early to be asking for acceptance from her parents. From the look on Ella's face in the station, she'd shoot me given half the chance. Byron, however, didn't seem fazed by our announcement; it was strange.

When we ended the kiss, I looked to my side to see Ella and Byron watching us through the window. They had seen us and no doubt were disgusted to see their daughter kissing her former English teacher. I understood why they could feel like that, but as long as Aria is happy then I just hope they aren't too hard on us. I haven't told her this before, but her father scares the hell out of me.

Byron's POV

Ella and I could see Aria and Ezra through the office window. They were stood outside kissing in a way that I immediately recognised as being desperation. It is expected of me to be furious, but somehow I can sense how they're feeling. Even just Ezra taking Aria's hand when he spoke to us made me see the connection they both had. It was undeniably a sign of the love they had for eachother; it reminded me of when I was just two years older than her and Ella introduced me to her parents.

-Flashback-

It was the day before the Rosewood Charity Fair, and Ella had lead me into her kitchen to finally tell her father about us. She started by saying, "Dad, this is Byron Montgomery. We're kind of together now..."

We had started hanging out months before now, but I wasn't the guy Ella's parents thought should be near their daughter. I was an outcast. I hadn't seen my parents in just over two years and I now lived with a foster family whilst visiting my brother, Scott, in his mental unit every Saturday. Ella was the only person who understood who I was and what I aspired to be. I had always, even from a young age, wanted to be a teacher. I had the grades and I had the determination but nobody believed in me. Everyone thought I was a typical foster kid, out of hand and a waste of time.

"You're kidding right?" he had replied, laughing, "how can you be with him? You do know who he is, don't you? What his background is?" Michael, Ella's dad, had never made a secret out of his distaste for me.

"No, I'm not kidding. I love him," she turned and gave me that smile of hers that never failed to melt my heart. It was full of reassurance and warmth; I had grown so used to it since we had become an 'item'.

"Ella Elizabeth Nicholls, if you think your mother and I are going to let you be with this boy then you are seriously wrong. You two will not be together and you," he pointed his large index finger towards my face, "will not enter this house again, do you hear me? Now scram, and be glad that Suzanne isn't home yet."

-End Flashback-

That summer a lot changed. Firstly, Ella & I started to rent an apartment together, determined not to be controlled by her parents. After that everything seemed to follow on so quickly. There was our engagement, and then wedding, next thing we know Aria and Mike are here. It's as if my foster family life never existed, which is fine by me of course.

I hope Aria knows that I'm not mad at her and Ezra for being together. Sometimes you can't help who you love, take myself and Meredith for example. If I so much as raised my voice at my daughter I'm sure she would be the first to call me a hypocrite, and she would be right about it.

No cliff-hanger on here, but I promise the next chapter will have a few bits of screaming as well as some Ezria fluffiness in it! Thanks for reading3

xo