This Chapter is for LA Bee123. This story is still on hiatus, and will subsequently not be updated for a while, though it is far from completed.
I had that feeling in the pit of my stomach, that feeling where you know something is wrong but you don't know what it is.
Only, there were lots of things wrong. God only knew what 'A' had up their sleeve.
I tried not to dwell on it too much, though. Until I could figure out what exactly was wrong, there was nothing I could do about it.
At least it was Saturday, which meant that today I was spending the day at Ezra's apartment. Normally, Saturdays were good days, but today, Ezra hadn't been at his apartment when I arrived. I used the spare key to let myself in.
I wondered where he could be. At first I thought maybe he had gone to get some food, but it's been two hours since I arrived. I called his cell and nobody answered.
I was frustrated. I briefly wondered if I should just leave. I could pick Hanna up and we could drive somewhere, anywhere. It had been too long since they'd had time together.
I felt guilty for thinking about Hanna in Ezra's apartment. It reminded me that I was cheating on him.
That feeling in the pit of my stomach wouldn't go away. As guilty as thinking about Hanna here made me feel, I was seriously considering going to find her. Ezra wasn't here anyway, and I just needed someone to hold me right now. Someone to tell me that everything was going to be okay, because right now, I felt like everything was about to fall apart.
I sighed in relief when I heard Ezra's key in the door. The door swung open and Ezra stepped into the apartment. Only he wasn't alone. There was a boy behind him. I would guess he was my age, give or take a year or so.
"Ezra?" I questioned. Why would he bring someone over on our day?
Ezra smiled at me. It was hard to be upset with him when he looked at me like that. Like I was his whole world. Like I had just made his day better just by him seeing me.
"Aria," Ezra said. "I'm so sorry, I kind of got caught up." He gestured to the boy now beside him.
"Aria, this is my brother, Wesley. Wes, this is my girlfriend, Aria."
I'm sure my jaw was hanging open. I was meeting Ezra's brother. And Ezra had introduced me as his girlfriend. It made sense, since I was, but it was strange. We'd never really had the chance to introduce each other as boyfriend or girlfriend, what with the whole controversy and everything.
Wesley grinned at me. "Nice to meet you."
I regained my composure, "Oh, It's nice to meet you, too."
I looked at Ezra, "What's going on?"
It was Wesley that answered. "I got kicked out of school. I'm avoiding my mother."
Oh.
There was a knock on the door as my phone went off, signaling I had a text.
Ezra opened the door. I looked up to see a woman standing there that I could only assume to be their mother, if the look on their faces was any indication.
I looked at my phone, opening the new message.
We need to talk –Hanna