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"Aria?" asked a familiar voice. Aria began to open her eyes, when she was suddenly hit with a splitting headache.

"Ahh!" she screamed. She opened her eyes and saw Mike with a very concerned look on his face.

"Are you okay?" he asked ready to help with whatever you can.

"Can you get me some ibuprofen please?" Mike ran to the cabinet above the counter and grabbed two ibuprofens and poured Aria a glass of water. As he brought it to her, Aria asked, "What happened? How did I get here?"

"Well what do you remember?"

"I remember running when I heard someone behind me. I got trapped at a dead end and he came out and grabbed me and I couldn't breathe. The last thing I remember was someone punching the guy before I passed out. Was it you?"

"No.." Mike began, "It was Ezra."

Aria's eyes widened, "What? How could it have been him? He was here at the house?"

"I don't know how he found you, but thank God he did. Why don't you go talk to him. He's up in my room resting. We were taking turns watching you until you woke up." Crap, Aria thought, Ezra saw me sleeping. I probably looked like an idiot.

Aria quickly hugged her brother and began to get up off the couch, when she shrieked and fell back down.

"I can't," she said, "it hurts too much. I need help." Mike carefully grabbed her arm and placed it around his shoulder. He placed his hand around her waist and slightly held her off the ground to take the pressure off her right leg.

"Ok, walk with your left leg. Don't put any pressure on your right one." Once they reached Mike's door, Mike let go of Aria. "Go ahead, I think you can handle the rest," he said leaving her outside the door by herself.

Once Aria gathered her thoughts, she lightly tapped on the door before she entered.

"Come in," she heard Ezra say lightly. She walked in and he sat up in the bed once he realized it was her. "Uh, hey," he said shyly.

"Hey," Aria said equally as quiet.

"Glad you're okay," Ezra said with a smile.

"All thanks to you. How did you know where I was?"

"I, um kind of followed you," Ezra admitted while poking at his fingernails, not looking at Aria.

"Why did you follow me?"

"I don't really know. As you were leaving the house, I just had a bad feeling about something. I felt like I needed to follow you. So I did and thank goodness for that," he said looking into Aria's eyes.

Aria has never made direct eye contact with Ezra for that long and it made her feel really close to him. She sat down on the edge of Mike's bed, "So what happened with that man in black? Did you see who it was?"

"No, I didn't see who it was, but I got a few punches in before he fled."

It was silent for a minute before Aria finally spoke, "I saw his t-shirt. It looked very familiar; it was a big white skull right in the center of the black shirt. Do you know whose it could be?"

"No, I have no idea, I'm sorry." "It's okay. The good thing is we're both safe. Thank you Ezra, really."

"I'd do anything for you Aria."

Aria never expected anything like that to come out of Ezra Fitz's mouth. Before she could stop herself, she had her arms wrapped around him in a big bear hug. She began to back away, but Ezra grabbed her and landed his soft pink lips right on her cheek, "I'm really glad you're okay," he said putting emphasis on the really.

Aria didn't know what to say next, so she just smiled and began to get up and head towards the door. As much as it hurt, she limped towards her room so she could collect her thoughts of what just happened. Before she even made it past Mike's bedroom door, Ezra had already sprung up from the bed and ran over to her.

"Here, let me help you," He said as he delicately placed his hand around her waist and placed her arm over his shoulder. Aria couldn't help but think of how delicate he was being with her. She couldn't get her mind off of her arm around his neck and her hand on his well-built shoulder. Ezra was headed with her to her room, but instead she stopped and said, "Is it okay if we go downstairs instead? I've had enough sleep for now." He nodded his head and began the way toward the stairs.

Once they reached the stairs, they had a small problem. The stairs were very narrow with two walls on each side. There was no way they could both fit down the stairs at once.

"So, how are we gonna do this?" Aria asked.

Ezra chuckled and said, "I think I might have an idea." Before Aria had a chance to question him, he had already picked her up and was carrying her in his arms. Aria could feel herself relax right into his arms. She noticed how she fit perfectly into his body as he carried her down the stairs.

As soon as they got downstairs, Mike was already out of his chair.

"So, I guess we should probably get you to the hospital to get your ankle checked, right?" They all nodded in agreement. They all walked out to the garage where the realized they had another problem.

"Uhh Mike?" Aria said, "I don't think I will be able to ride on your motorcycle with you." Since Aria's car was in the shop, she had been riding with Mike every day to school on his bike.

"Yeah, you're probably right," Mike agreed.

"We can go in my car." Ezra suggested.

"Sounds good," Aria said still in Ezra's arms. He carefully placed Aria in the passenger seat, careful not to hit her ankle on anything.

"Hey, I'm gonna ride my bike behind you guys," Mike said always wanting a chance to ride his bike any chance he got.

"Hey Mike. Before you leave, can you do me a favor and grab my phone off of my bedside table?"

"Sure thing, I'll see you guys at the hospital." With that, Ezra started the car and made his way to the hospital.

The first few minutes in the car were silent. Aria spent those minutes collecting her thoughts from the day. She couldn't believe that earlier that day she was in French class having a real conversation with Ezra for the first time, to now being in his car on the way to the hospital after he saved her on her run and carried her down the stairs after he had kissed her…

After he had kissed her. Why did he kiss me? Aria couldn't stop thinking about that. Her cheek was still tingling from where his soft lips were. She couldn't let him do that and not know why he did it. Before she thought about what she was doing, she blurted out, "Why did you kiss me?"

She turned to look at Ezra who quickly turned on the radio to avoid the question.

"Hey, I love this song," he said clearly not ready to answer.

Aria didn't question his actions. She figured she'd give him some time to collect his thoughts like she had about that whole day.


Once they arrived at the hospital, Ezra quickly turned the car off and ran around to the passenger side to help Aria out of the car. He placed his hand around her waist to help take pressure off of her ankle. Aria nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt him touch her waist.

They walked into the hospital, and Ezra helped get Aria into a wheelchair before he walked up to the counter.

"Hi, I have my friend here who may have sprained her ankle." The lady at the desk handed him a clipboard and forms.

"Please have your friend fill these out and we'll see her as soon as she's done." Mike had shortly arrived shortly after Ezra and Aria did.

Once she finished the forms, the nurse wheeled her back to the x-rays, leaving Ezra and Mike in the waiting room.

Twenty minutes later the nurse walked back out to Ezra and Mike. They stood up and Mike immediately asked, "Is she okay?"

The nurse looked through her forms before she finally spoke up, "Your sister, Aria, broke her talus bone which sits between her heel bone and tibia and fibula. Unfortunately, her bones moved out of alignment, so she will be needing surgery. She will go into immediate surgery in approximately twenty minutes. She will be in a cast from anywhere to six to eight weeks, and will not be able to put any weight on her foot during that time."

Ezra and Mike both listened very attentively and hearing her response to Mike's question both became very silent. Ezra finally spoke up, "Will we be able to see her before surgery?"

"I'm afraid not. She is being prepped for surgery now, so she can't have any visitors."

With that, the nurse was gone.

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