Pausing for what seemed like minutes, we just stared at each other with no words. Should I trust him? Could I trust myself around him? What if he hurt me? Too late, I thought as I stepped forward, grabbing the door handle and finding myself on the seat next to him.
"Aria..Let me explain", He finally said after moments of hesitation.
"Oh this should be good." I sarcastically agreed, folding my arms and watching him closely.
Opening his mouth to speak, Ezra paused for a moment and then shut it again. This went on several times. "I don't even know how to begin.."
"How about you start off by telling me why you are part of a group that has been stalking my friends and I? You know, the girl you were supposedly dating for three years?" I heard my own tone rising with every word.
"The way I feel for you is real Aria, if that's what you are implying, that was never a question."
"Then why would you help them tournament me all these years?!"
"I never harmed you, every opportunity I had to protect you I have. I've been apart of this team for so long because I had to find out the truth about what really happened to Alison." Ezra spoke without looking back at me.
"Why would you care what happened to Alison?" I questioned, my mind already knowing.
"...We go back a while. But it is all in the past now, obviously." Ezra stated, his voice shaking the same as his left leg, a thing he did when put under pressure.
"Ezra, why do you need to find Alison?" I turned my entire body towards his, trying to force him to tell me without having to make this situation worse.
"I'm sorry Aria.. I can't- I can't answer that."
"Of course you can't." I snapped, and flopped back down in the seat. Ezra actually had the nerve to not answer me after three years of dating about this secret, and I was just suppose to accept it? As our brief conversation ended, he began driving and I could only assume he was driving me home. I honestly couldn't even believe the situation I was in, sitting across from him as he just admitted to me he had been after one of my best friends for God knows how long. I'd honestly love nothing more than to just forget about this and go back to us being a couple that would hold each other for hours on end, but things would never be the same while he was still on the hunt for Alison. If only Alison wasn't a problem anymore..
Realizing we had arrived at my home, I looked down at my lap before beginning, "You know I've loved you for years now.. I want to believe you love me the same and I hadn't just been a way to Ali, so when your ready to tell me the full story.. well I guess you know what to do." I flashed the man across from me a small, yet sad, smile before stepping out of the car and headed towards my front door.