So I decided to post this a day early! Yay! Thank you for all the wonderful reviews they are amazing. Keep them coming! Just a warning in the beginning of the chapter it gets a little T-rated. So beware.

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Day 123

They seemed to always being lying in bed together. At least one time, on any given day, they would be in bed together. Not sleeping, not talking, not kissing. Just lying there, feeling each other's presence.

"Ezra?"

"Yes, Aria?" He asked her. It had been silent until now; little kisses here and there, but Aria decided to break the silence.

"I…I need to tell you something." Her voice was so small, barely audible, but her words were clear as crystal to Ezra. He was alarmed by her tone. Had something happened to her? Everything has been so perfect.

"Aria, you can tell me anything," he whispered into her ear, pulling her closer. A short silence hung in the air as Aria collected her thoughts. When she began to speak, he could tell that she had never spoken about this before to anyone.

"When I was in high school…I did a horrible thing. And nobody knows about it… I–" Her words were getting caught in her throat, a few tears streamed down the side of her face. They were now lying face to face in bed, his arms wrapped around her waist.

"Aria you don't have to tell me if you don't want to." He whispered wiping her tears away. "I need to–" She rolled over and looked up at the ceiling. "You need to know."

"It was in my junior year of high school… I got an email from my English teacher. He wanted to talk to me about my essay. I always had straight A's in his class, nothing lower than a 92%. I must not have been concentrating when I wrote the essay, because he emailed me back after reading it, asking what was wrong. He said that the writing didn't seem like me. I knew it wasn't my greatest… When I went to see him about it, I told him I'd redo it, that I'd work harder for a grade that I deserve-" Aria sucked in a big breath; she was trying so hard not to break down; she needed to get through this. Ezra was leaning up on his elbow, just looking at her, letting her gather her words. He watched as her demeanor turned vulnerable in an instant. She wasn't looking at Ezra; she couldn't bear to see the look on his face when she spoke.

"He… he came so close to me," her voice was angry and confused, tears started streaming from her eyes, "He said to me, 'I can think of one way that would get you that A for sure.' I… I couldn't believe what he was saying." Aria stopped talking. She turned and faced Ezra, who wiped her tears away and held her tight. Her voice was weak, "I couldn't get away."

"I'm here, Aria. I'm not letting you go," he whispered. "It wasn't your fault. I love you, and nothing you just said to me changes that." She needed his security tonight. She always put up a good front, but now he knew what she was protecting, what she was hiding. She opened herself up and trusted him enough to confide in him. He held her while she let out the frustration, the guilt, and the anger that she had been harboring inside of her for all of these years. She drifted to sleep in him arms that night. He never once left her side.

Day 382

"How long is the conference?" Aria whined.

"I should be back around five, the latest." Aria was tying Ezra's tie for him; today was her day off and she wanted to spend it with him. "They're teaching us how to use a computer program so the students can access all of their assignments online. And seventy percent of the faculty is over sixty-five and have never touched a computer before…so it may be a while."

"Okay. Bye. Love you."

"Love you too."

He kissed her goodbye and took the elevator down to the parking garage. Once in the car, he plugged 'Rosewood, PA' into the navigation system. Okay, Ezra. You can do this.

About two and a half hours later, the irksome voice in the navigation system declared, "You have arrived at your destination," just as Ezra pulled up to a fairly large and beautiful home.

He got out of his car and walked up to the door. He stood there for a few seconds before he rang the doorbell, trying to think of what he could possibly say. He had come all this way to do this; he would not back down now. He pushed the doorbell and waited for someone to answer the door.

What if no one was home? He hadn't even called. What if this wasn't the right address? What if they moved? Maybe he should have done this earlier. Or maybe he shouldn't have come at all. No. He needed to do this. It was the right thing to do, the respectable thing to do. And he didn't want to give them the wrong impression. But why was he so nervous? What if she told him no? What would happen then? He didn't want to think about it.

Someone opened the door. "Ezra?" Ella's tone was shocked and confused. "What…" she peered around him to see if Aria was with him, "what are you doing here? Is everything okay? Where's Aria?"

"No, no, Ms. Montgomery, everything's fine. Aria is still in New York. I was actually…do you mind if I come in?"

"Not at all! Come on in. And call me Ella. This is a nice surprise." Ella had only met Ezra once, when she and Aria's brother Mike came into the city for the holidays. "Do you want something to drink? Coffee? Tea?"

"Sure. Just coffee is fine." Ezra sat down at the table and looked around while Ella fixed him his coffee. He had never been inside Aria's childhood home before, but he couldn't picture her growing up anywhere else.

"To what do I owe this pleasure?" Ella said, as she placed a mug in front of Ezra. She sat down across the table from him, a mug in her hands as well.

"I was actually…I was hoping I could ask you something…important…about Aria."

A smile spread across Ella's face. She knew exactly what he wanted to ask her. "My daughter doesn't know that you're here, does she?"

Ezra laughed, "No. No, she doesn't."

"So, does this very important question regarding my daughter involve a call to her father?"

"Yes, it does."

"Okay, then." Ella scurried to the phone. "I don't think you've ever met Aria's dad, have you?"

"Not in person, no. I've spoken to him on the phone and on video chat a few times when he was talking with Aria."

Ella nodded to Ezra and spoke to Byron on the phone, telling him Ezra was here and that he needed to talk to the both of them.

"He'll be here soon," Ella said, sitting back down at the table across from Ezra. "You really love her."

"I do. She's perfect."

They talked a little while, waiting for Byron and finishing their coffees. It was decided that Ezra would stay for lunch and then head back to New York.

The doorbell rang and Ella got up to answer it. The same feeling of nervousness crept back into Ezra. He felt the weight of the small box in his jacket pocket. There was no way he was going to leave it in the apartment for Aria to find.

"Ezra!" Ezra stood up and shook Byron's hand. "It's nice to finally meet you. I've heard a lot about you – all good things, don't worry."

"It's nice to finally meet you too, Mr. Montgomery."

"Ezra has something he needs to ask us, Byron," Ella interrupted in an enthusiastic tone.

"Yes, of course," Byron and Ella sat down at the table and Ezra sat across from them.

He let out a breath. He wasn't nervous anymore. He put his hand in his pocket and pulled out the small, black box. "I've been waiting my whole life for someone like your daughter. I know that she and I have only been together for a year, but it has been the best year of my life. She's changed me as a person; she's helped me to live my life the way I want to live it. I'm happiest when I'm with her." He fumbled with the box in his hand. "I got this ring about a week ago. I have never been more certain about anything else in my life. I'm in love with your daughter. And I promise that I will take care of her and love her for the rest of my life. I'm here to ask you for your permission and your blessing for me to ask Aria to be my wife."

There was a silence after Ezra finished speaking. Byron was the first to break it. "Welcome to the family."

Day 326

"I'm Mr. Fitz, your new English teacher," he announced to the class of juniors that sat in the desks in front of him. It was his first day as a teacher. Once Aria was told that her book was being published, she had made Ezra quit his stupid accounting job, and take control of his future. He became an AP English teacher at a private school, just like he had always dreamed.

The day started off pretty smoothly; some students, as well as some members of the faculty, made a few flirty comments about him. This didn't surprise him; he got those same comments in his accounting firm. He was sitting in his classroom eating his lunch, looking over his class rosters, and making seating charts when door swung open.

"You are looking very sexy in that vest, Mr. Fitz."

He looked up and grinned. "You think so?" he said seductively.

"I do. But I think…" Aria said, walking over to him, shutting the door to his classroom behind her, "that it would look so much better off." She straddled him in his chair and kissed him fervently. She started unbuttoning his vest keeping her lips attached to his. They were in their own world.

"Mr. Fitz!" A booming voice brought them back to reality. Aria jumped backward, a startled and Ezra tried buttoning his shirt with his trembling fingers. "This is a school, Ezra. Please keep it PG." It was the principal of the school, Mr. Tate.

"Sorry, Bill. It won't happen again," Ezra mumbled, his head down. He was still trying to button his shirt. Aria stood in the corner waiting for Mr. Tate to leave.

The principal gave the both of them a scrutinizing glare, and then exited the room. Ezra stood up to shut the door. When he turned back, he and Aria burst out laughing.

"I should get going," Aria said between laughs. Ezra nodded and walked over and placed a light kiss on her lips. "We'll continue this when I get home," he whispered into her ear. She smirked and walked out the door. Ezra watched her walk all the way down the hallway. He smiled and went back into his classroom.

Day 291

"Yes, yes, yes. Thank you so much! Yes, of course! Thank you!" Aria exclaimed into the phone. She hung up and immediately yelled for Ezra.

"Ezra!" Aria called running through the apartment! "Ezra! Ezra! Ezra!" She screamed, she ran into his office were his was lying on the couch waiting Aria to finish the phone call.

"What? What happened!" he said, getting up to meet her enthusiasm.

"My book is getting published!" she gushed.

"Are you serious!"

"YES!" He picked her up in a massive hug, swinging her around. He set her down and kissed her. "Congratulations, baby! I knew it would get published. It's brilliant. You're brilliant." He kissed her again and picked her up, running off to the bedroom.