Friday had arrived, and Ezra anxiously waited for the time to pass so he could go on his date. He was shifting and turning, staring at the clock hoping that if he would look at it maybe time would go by faster. He had already changed 5 times, he had put on body spray 3 times, he had showered 2 times, and he had combed his hair so many times he couldn´t even remember how many.
He was supposed to pick her up at 6, and it was now half past 5. Although he had been ready since 5 O´clock. He was very nervous about this date, since it was his first date ever. But he was mostly very excited to go on this date. He could tell they were probably going to have a lot of fun together. First they were going to eat some dinner, in a restaurant called The brew. Then later on they were going to this old movie theatre, which only showed black and white movies.
Both things were liked by Aria, Ezra made sure of that. He had asked Hardy about a Thousand times if he was sure that the ideas he had for the date were what Aria like. After a while, Hardy had just decided to ignore his questions knowing Ezra wouldn´t stop otherwise.
Hardy was planning on having the talk with Aria soon. The best friend talk to be exact. As Ezra´s best friend, it was his job to protect him and look out for him. Ofcourse he was a grown man, and could stand up for himself. But still Hardy felt the need to make sure Ezra was happy, and he wanted to sure Aria was going to make him happy.
After what seemed like forever, it was finally time for Ezra to pick up Aria. He looked in the mirror one more time. He was dressed very neatly, and he had made sure his hair was combed. When he felt sure of himself, he headed towards the door.
"Goodluck. And text me if you are not going to be home tonight." Hardy said to his friend, a small smirk on his face. He knew Ezra was probably not going to sleep with Aria, and he felt comfortable enough to tease his best friend a little about the situation. He wondered if Aria knew Ezra was still a virgin, but it wasn´t his place to ask.
"Thanks. I´ll see you later." Ezra replied, ignoring his friends joke. He didn´t want to think about it. Ofcourse he had thought about sex, well sex with Aria. But not this early, when he had only known her for a few days. That would be too soon. He wanted to make sure he loved her, before doing something like that.
Meanwhile Aria was waiting on Ezra, who could be at her door any time. She was a little nervous too, it was the first date she had in a while, and she wondered if she was good enough company for a date. She looked in the mirror, taking a good look at herself. Her black dress seemed to look good on her, and she was feeling pretty confident.
"You don´t have to be nervous, Ar. It´s going to be fine." Spencer said, observing her friend who was looking at herself in the mirror for a while now. She knew it was fine. If she didn´t know better, she would worry about her friend. But she knew her best friend, and she knew the reason Aria was this nervous was because she really liked Ezra.
"I know, Spence. I guess I just have to get used to it again." She said, giving her friend a smile. She was so Lucky to have Spencer as her best friend, she Always knew what to say to make her feel better.
"But you are excited right?" Spencer asked, making sure she was right about her best friend. If Aria didn´t want to go on this date anymore, she would help her ofcourse. They had done something like that before, it was very awkward but for her best friend she would do anything.
"Yeah, Ofcourse I´m excited. I´m really looking forward to it. I don´t know how to explain it, but being with Ezra is just amazing. I´ve only known him for a few days, but I feel as if I´ve known him my entire life." Aria said, still a little curious as to what this amazing feeling was. It couldn´t be love already right?
Their conversation was interruppted by a knock on the door, telling them Ezra had arrived. Spencer gave Aria a supportive smile, while walking to her room, giving the two their privacy. And so Aria walked over to the door, and opened it to a very stunned Ezra.
"Wauw, You look beautiful." ezra said, although that was an understatement. She looked absolutely breathtaking to him, his heart skipped a few beats and he found it hard to tear his gaze off of Aria. Aria blushed a little, flattered by him compliment. She also noticed his stare, and it made her feel good. Atleast this way she knew for sure he meant it.
Once Ezra managed to tear his eyes off of Aria, he handed her the flowers he had bought. He made sure those were her favorites, it was pretty hard to find out. But stalking her instagram and pinterest had really helped to figure that her favorite flowers were pink roses. Aria blushed and thanked Ezra for the flowers, and then put them in a vase.
"Shall we go to dinner then?" Ezra asked. He gave her a smile, which she returned. "Sounds like a plan, Fitz." she answered, making him laugh a little at the nickname she had given him. He wondered if he should tell her Fitz wasn´t exactly his real last name, but he decided he would tell that story another time. He didn´t want to ruin the moment.
"We could take my car or we could walk. It´s not far from here, so both would be fine. What would you rather have?" He asked her, finding her opinion more important than his own. "Let´s walk, the weather´s nice." she told him, and so they made their way to the restaurant.
"I made us a reservation at the Brew by the way, I´m not sure if I told you that already. They have a lot of French food, and Hardy told me you liked that, so.." he started rambling, because he was a little nervous. She looked so gorgeous, and he felt as if she was too good for him.
"Sound amazing, Ezra. Thank you. You´re so sweet." Aria smiled at him, wanting to hold his hand. Yet she stopped herself from doing so, she didn´t want to scare him off right away. But she wondered what it would feel like to hold his hand in her own. Would it feel as good as when they had kissed? Would she feel the same sparkle she felt last time they touched?
After a few minutes of walking, they arrived at the restaurant. Once they sat down, and ordered food they decided to have a real conversation. " So, You are an english major too? Ezra asked, picking a subject he was familiar with. She smiled at his question and answered. "Yes, I´m an english major too. I have Always had a passion for english, especially the reading and writing part. My parents are both english teachers too, so that must be part of the reason I love it so much."
"What about you? Why did you choose english as a major?" She asked, genuinely interested in why he had chosen english as a major.
"Well, same as you. I just really love english. Especially the reading part. I like writing too, but it´s not something I´m good at." He replied, with a smile on his face. "Are you good at writing?" he asked her.
"Well, I don´t know if my work is any good. But writing has never been a problem for me, I like pouring my feeling onto the paper." She said, genuinely happy to talk about her writing. She had never told anyone she liked to write, but somehow she had no problem telling Ezra.
"Maybe you would let me read some your writing sometime?" Ezra asked, hoping he didn´t come off too forward. He was just really curious as to what kind of things she wrote about.
"Yeah, I´d like that." She replied, smiling at him. Their conversation was interruppted by the waiter, who came to bring the food they had ordered just a little time before. They thanked the waiter and continued their converstation.
"So, Do you like our College?" Aria asked Ezra. She wondered if he actually liked it, because she had never seen him around campus and Hardy told her his roommate didn´t go out much.
"Yeah, I like it. It has great teachers, and they really care for our education." Ezra answered.
"I don´t mean just the education part of college, Ezra. Do you like the campus, the people, the parties?" Aria asked, although she suspected his answer would be no. He didn´t seem like that type of guy.
Ezra considered lying for a moment. He wanted to tell her he enjoyed the parties, that he liked all the people. But that would be a lie, and it wouldn´t be fair to either of them.
"To be honest, I´m not really the party type. Don´t get me wrong, I like to go to a party every once in a while, but only ocassionally. As for the people, I see a lot of jerks walking around here. But there are also people like you, Spencer and Hardy so that´s a difficult question. And I like the campus, but the smaller parts of it. For example that one little bookstore on the outskirts of the campus." he said.
"I know that one, It´s called Books and beans, right? She asks him with a sparkle in her eyes. She didn´t seem like she was dissapointed by what he had just admitted and Ezra felt a little relieved. He nodded in response to her question.
"And just so you know, It´s completely okay if you´re not into partying. I like going to parties, but not all the time. Sometimes I just want to grab a good book, and some coffee and read all night long." She admitted. She only liked Ezra more now she knew he wasn´t the party type. Most guys that she met at those parties, turned out to be jerks.
"I know the feeling." he laughed, he felt comforted by her words. She was absolutely not taken back by his confession, and she didn´t seem to mind his preferance for other things than partying. He couldn´t help but smile at her, which earned him a smile back.
During the rest of the dinner they discussed which authors they liked, their favorite books, their favorite movies and more things related to their shared interests. It was going really well, for both of them.
"So, we should probably get going if we want to catch that movie." Ezra said, a little sad they had to leave the restaurant. But atleast they were going to see a movie together, so they didn´t have to say goodbye to each other just yet. "You´re right." she replied.
Ezra signalled to a waiter and asked for the bill. When he got money out of his pocket and lay it on the table ready to leave, Aria spoke up. "I´ll pay my own half." she offered, she didn´t want him to think she couldn´t take care of herself. She knew he probably didn´t see it that way, but after her past relationships she didn´t want to rely on anybody too much.
"It´s my treat." Ezra said, wondering why she would want to pay. He asked her out after all. He gave her a smile, which she returned but smaller than his. He couldn´t help but feel as if he did something wrong and added. "Really, It´s no problem. Aria, I asked you out so it´s more than logical for me to pay."
She was a little relieved Ezra was being so nice to her. She overreacted to something as small as paying the restaurant bill, but she couldn´t help but feel a little restless still. "Okay, but I´ll pay for the movie, okay?" she offered, making herself feel a little better.
Ezra noticed Aria really wanted to pay for some reason, and decided to agree. He really didn´t mind paying. Ofcourse he wasn´t exactly rich, although he could have been if he hadn´t gotten into a fight with his mother. But he was fine with paying for Aria. She deserved to be treated like a princess.
They started walking towards the movie theatre, which was about a ten minute walk. They had more than enough time, so they walked in slow pace. Ezra noticed Aria was shivering a little, and immediately took of his jacket. He put the jacket over her shoulders, which earned him a smile from aria and a kiss on the cheek.
Aria and Ezra were both a little shocked by the kiss on the cheek. Both liked it, they couldn´t deny that. But it was the first intimate touch they had shared that night, and both felt happy that the gesture was received well.
Once they got to the movie theatre Aria bought them both tickets for the movie Chinatown. They went into the cinema room their movie was being portrayed and choose a seat. It was relatively quiet for a Friday night, but they figured most people were out partying right now.
Soon after they sat down, the movie started. Ezra tried to focus on the movie, but it was hard to do so, when this beautiful girl was sitting next to him. He kept staring at her, hoping she didn´t notice.
But she noticed. She kept staring at him too, wondering why such a cute guy as him was on a date with her. He was so smart, nice, funny and he was sexy. Every once in a while her eyes would land on his lips, aching for her to kiss him. She felt an arm around her shoulders, and it made her feel comfortable. She liked the feeling of his arms around his.
Ezra wondered if he should kiss her. He really did want to kiss her, the last time he kissed had been amazing. He leaned in a little closer to her, hoping she would too. She did. And soon their lips were touching. He smiled a little into the kiss, he couldn´t help himself. He brushed his tongue against her bottom lip asking for entrance, which she granted him.
After a few minutes of passionate kissing, they pulled away from each other. Both were a little out of breath from their heated make-out session. Ezra rested his forehead on hers, and smiled into her eyes.
"You´re a good kisser." she said to him. She had never kissed anyone with that much passion before, and it was amazing. She wondered if he felt the same way about her.
"You´re an even better kisser." He said, smiling at her. He wondered if he should tell her she was his first kiss, but he didn´t want to scare her off. She would probably think there was something wrong with him if he told her that.
The rest of the movie was spend with Aria´s head rested on Ezra´s chest, and Ezra´s face buried in her hair. Every once in a while they would kiss again, giving both a sparkle through their whole body. But just like their dinner, the movie eventually ended, and that mean they had to go back to their rooms.
Being the gentlemen that he was, Ezra walked with Aria to her dorm room. When they were walking back, Aria slipped her hand into his, causing his heart to skip a beat. He doubted he could ever get used to the amazing feeling he got whenever he kissed or touched her.
Once they arrived at her front door, Aria stood up on her toes and placed her lips on Ezra´s. Soon their tongues were battling for dominance again, as Aria ran her fingers through his hair. When the kiss began to get more heated, she pulled away and seductively asked; "Do you want to continue this inside?"
Ezra considered it for a few seconds, but realised that even though he was falling for this girl, he didn´t want to do that just yet. But how was he going to say that without hurting her feelings and without telling her he was still a virgin.
"Look Aria, I think we should take it slow." he decided to say, and immediately regretted his words when he saw the dissapointment on her face.
She felt a little ashamed of herself, did he not like her as much as she thought he had? "Do you not like me that way?" she asked hesitantly, not sure if she wanted to hear the answer. She was really falling for him already, and it would hurt her if he didn´t feel the same way.
"No, ofcourse I like you that way. You´re gorgeous." He said, using his finger to lift her chin up so she was looking into his eyes. "I just feel like we should get to know each other better before doing that." he said, hoping she understood. He really did like her, and he didn´t want her to think ´he didn´t.
Luckily for him she understood what he was saying. She should have expected it from him. He didn´t seem like the type of guy to just have sex with a girl he only met a few days ago. She admired him for that, for having respect for women. "I get it, you´re right."
"Maybe we could do this again soon?" ezra asked, really hoping she would say yes. He had a great time, and he didn´t know what he would do if she said she didn´t want to do it again. He already had an idea for their next date. They could go to coffee and beans, there would be a reading there soon and he knew Aria would love it.
She smiled. "I would love to do this again, Ezra." she answered, happy he asked her out again. That must mean he liked her back. "Goodnight, Ezra." She said, giving him a small kiss and then a hug which he happily returned.
So, what do you guys think of this chapter/story? If you have suggestions, let me know. I´ll try to update soon, but I´m a little busy.