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Chapter 4– Lets get the show on the road

Ezra POV

"So, when are we leaving?" I asked.

"Well I was thinking like, now?" Aria said hoping that I would agree. At this point did it really matter? She was running away or in her words 'taking a break' and I was letting her string me along, but so long as I got to spend some time with her I wasn't about to complain.

"Sure." I say and watch the smile grow on her face.

"I'm going to need to run home and get some clothes but I promise it'll only be like five minutes." She said quickly perhaps thinking I would change my mind if she took too long. She scurried around getting ready to go.

"no problem" I called out to her as I grabbed a bag and packed more than enough for a week, but who knew how long our trip was really going to be? I looked over at the clock to see that it read 3:46 Am.

"Aria it's the middle of the night. Plus are you telling your parents?" I question not entirely sure what the plan is, or if we even have one.

"Yah, I'm telling them I'm leaving and that I will be back soon, enough" Aria tells me which makes me feel a bit better that she isn't just packing up and leaving without a word.

"Okay, ready to go?" I ask.

"Yup, let's go on a trip!" she smiles and walks out the door with her purse over her shoulder and phone in her hand. I laugh at her enthusiasm but am happy to see her so excited. We go down to the parking lot and decide what to do with the car situation. Clearly we would have to take hers and Aria made it clear it was no option to take separate cars so I climb into her passenger seat.

Aria POV

I pull up to my house and turn too Ezra "If I'm not back in twenty send in a search party" I joke and he smiles.

"Will do. Good luck" he says and I realize if I don't want to cause a massacre I'm going to need a lot of it. I walk up to my door and go inside the house. I decide to pack my bags first so I can make a quick getaway. I pack strategically to begin with but realize that is taking far too long so I got to my drawers and begin to throw things in my large coach suitcase. Then I carry it down the stairs before going to confront my parents.

I knock on their bedroom door at half past four in the morning. "What?" my dad grumbles.

"Come in" my mom says but sounds just as bothered, I don't know why I thought bothering them this early would be to my advantage. I walk in and sit on the bed.

"Aria is something wrong? I thought you were at Hannah's?" she asks concerned.

"Yah, I was" I lie "but I need to tell you something serious".

"What's going on?" my dad ask groggily.

"I don't know yet, go ahead aria." My mom says turning between the two of us.

"I'm going away. I need a break from this place. All of it. Ever since the murder trial, and being framed and the deaths, it's just too much and I need a break!" I say and tears start to fall.

My mom pulls me into a hug but it's not the pair of arms I wish were wrapped around me. Not the pair that makes me feel safe and comfortable. It's funny how things change. When I was a little girl the only thing that could end my tears was my mother scooping me up and whispering comforting words but now Ezra's arms were my only safe place to hide. His apartment was my heaven and his lips were my best medication.

"I know its hard baby girl but you'll get through it. We can go away for spring break. Alright?" she asks not seeing what I meant at all.

"No, mom I'm going away tonight. I need to go alone." I say and finally my dad's attention has been caught.

"You are not going away by yourself." He states as if to say case closed, but I wasn't losing this battle.

Even though I wouldn't be alone I had to lie. "Yes I am. I will call you every night and I swear it'll only be a week. But I am going and you can't stop me." I snap at him.

"Aria "My mom begins trying to reason between us.

"No! I am old enough to go, so I'm going to. Goodbye." I answer but I'm not sure either of them realizes I'm serious. Oh well, I guess it's better than them yelling. I turn and walk down the stairs and straight out the door with my suitcase. I throw it in the trunk of the car and then go back to the driver's seat.

"Ready?" I ask and grab one of his hands with mine.

"Ready" he repeats, and gently squeezes my hand for encouragement.

"Then let's go" I smile and hit the gas petal sending us on our journey. This wasn't just a trip across the country, but also a defining moment for our relationship. I didn't know where we were headed but I didn't care so long as my hand was in his the whole way.

Ezra POV

I held her hand in mine and was confused about what exactly we were doing. She was sending mixed signals like crazy but I didn't care. Anything is better than not seeing her and wishing the whole time that she would one day end up knocking on my door.

I see that she is exhausted and offer to drive instead. We pull over at the first gas station and she gets out stretching her legs.

"I can go get two coffees? "She asks me.

"Yah that's probably a good idea, since we have been up since like 3 AM." I laugh looking at the clock to find its seven already.

"Yah or we could just pull over at the next hotel?" Aria offers and then her cheeks redden thinking she's being to forward. "You know since we have been up for so long, and I woke you up, so I thought that that way" she rambles until I put my finger up to her lips to stop her.

"Aria calm down. I know what you mean, don't worry. Do things really need to be like this between us? We're friends it shouldn't be this awkward." I say but I know that they will be until we really talk. It's too easy to fall back into the way things were when I'm around her and when she doesn't answer I realize my fingers are still resting on lips. I quickly pull them back and she stares at me blankly. I can't tell what she's thinking, is she angry or does she still want to be with me?

"Right, um, yah, friends?" she stumbles on her words as she stares into my eyes and I can't help but chuckle. Aria was always extremely articulate and the only time she would ever trip over her own words was in between kisses or after a steamy make out. The memories made me smile.

"So we're going to the hotel now?" she asked once she had gained some clarity. I nod at her and we pull out of the gas station driveway. I pull into the first hotel we see.

"Is this okay?" I ask her.

"Yah looks good to me." She nods and after parking we walk to the lobby hauling our bags with us. I walk up to the counter and aria takes a seat looking exhausted.

"Hello, my name is Lola welcome to the holiday inn." The lady at the desk says cheerily.

"Um, hi." I say still distracted by the beautiful girl I have spent more time with in the past 24 hours than the past two months.

"Can I have one… two? Um." Crap, what should I do? I thought. I didn't ask aria about rooms. Well we weren't a couple anymore so I didn't consider sharing a bed but would two double beds be okay? No, I don't want her to be uncomfortable. To be safe I ask for two rooms and the lady working the desk works away typing. I hand her my credit card to pay then take the keys. I walk back to aria and hand her the key. We walk to the elevator and to through the halls in silence.

She gets to her door and I walk past her. "Where are you going?" she questions.

"My rooms the next one over." I answer not sure if she thought was staying with her or not.

"Oh, okay goodnight, or something like that. Come get me in a few hours." She reply's embarrassed and I think I see a blush creep up her face but it's probably just my imagination.

I think about how I wish she was sleeping next to me and mutter something before closing the door to my lifeless hotel room.