August 27th
It was Monday morning, the first day of senior year. I had to try and get back into my routine of getting up early and getting ready. I took a shower, brushed my teeth, got dress, and did my hair and makeup. On my way, out the door I grabbed my back pack and a breakfast bar. I got in the car and drove to pick up Emily.
"Hey Aria" she said as she opened the passenger door. "Hey" I responded as I waited for her to get in. "How'd your date go the other night?" She questioned. "Good" I answered with a big smile on my face before adding "I stayed the night" "Whoa" Emily responded, "So did you?" she asked. "No, we just watched a movie and fell asleep on the couch" I answered. I went on to tell her what else we had done on our date on the short ride to the school.
When we got to school we met up with Maya, Spencer and Toby, and Hannah and Caleb. We went into the school together. Spencer's locker was right next to mine. As we were putting out back packs into our lockers she turned and looked at me and said "I heard the new English teacher is really cute" "Oooh" I said smirking before adding "I have English first, so I guess we will see" "I have English first period too" Spencer said and then I heard "Me too" and "So do I" and I turned around to see Emily and Hannah standing there. "That's great, we better get going. I don't want to be late" Spencer said.
We walked into the classroom and the teacher was not in there yet. We all took seats next to each other. Hannah and Spencer were bickering about where they were going to go on their double date later in the week when I felt my phone vibrate. I pulled it out of my pocket and saw that I had a text from Ezra. 'Good morning beautiful. About to start my first day at my new job, wish me luck! ;)' I responded with 'Good morning handsome. Good luck, maybe we can grab dinner together tonight :-* XOXO' I had a smile on my face and I was really hoping that I would be able to see Ezra later when I felt Hannah hit my arm and say "Umm Aria?" I looked and gave her a puzzled look. She pointed toward the front of the classroom and my eyes followed to where she was pointing. My jaw dropped when I saw Ezra standing behind the desk in the front of the classroom. He was wearing a white shirt with a black suit jacket and a blue and purple tie. I couldn't believe that his new job was my English teacher.
Ezra looked up and made eye contact with me. He looked like he had seen a ghost and I felt sick to my stomach. Emily reached over and rubbed my arm. Ezra stared at me for a moment before moving over to the computer. He looked at it for a moment before looking up and saying, "Who is Miss Montgomery?" I raised my hand and he said, "Can I see you in the hall for a moment?" I stood up and walked out the door. Ezra followed closely behind and nearly slammed the door behind us. "What the hell Aria?" he said in a loud whisper with a pissed off look on his face. "Ezra, I can explain" I pleaded. "Why did you lie to me?" he asked as he paced back and forth. "I don't know. I didn't know that you were going to be a teacher" I answered as tears filled my eyes. I couldn't believe that this was happening. I know Ezra had to find out the truth sooner rather than later, but I did not want him finding out like this. "Just get back into the classroom" he said as he walked over and put his hand on the door knob, he then turned and said, "We will talk about this tonight"
I went back into the classroom and sat back down in my seat. The girls all turned and looked at me and I just looked down at my desk. "I'm Mr. Fitz and I'll be your 12th grade English teacher" I heard Ezra say as he introduced himself to the class. I couldn't concentrate on the rest of the class as my thoughts were on my lie being exposed and Ezra being my teacher. As soon as the bell rang I grabbed my books and headed towards the door. "Aria" I heard Ezra say and I stopped in my tracks. "Come over at 6 tonight" he said and I nodded before walking out of the classroom.
Once I got into the hall I saw Emily, Hannah, and Spencer all waiting for me. "What just happened?" Spencer asked. "I don't really know" I answered. "Aria, what did he say?" Hannah asked. "He's really mad, he told me to come to his place tonight to talk about it" I responded. "Are you going to go?" Emily asked. "I have to" I responded back.
The rest of the school day went by super slow. I was so upset about Ezra and the whole situation. I couldn't wait until later to be able to talk to him.
