Disclaimer: I do not own Pretty Little Liars
Author's note: Also a shorter chapter, but I think I like it better this way. Shorter chapters means updating more quickly. Also, some of the reviews gave me the impression that people didn't get that Aria's memory is back? In the last chapter, when she was about to get hit by that car, her "life flashed before her eyes". That was my way of saying her memory was back, I'm sorry if that wasn't a 100% clear.
In this chapter: Cursive = Flashback
It was a very sunny day, which Aria didn't really find appropriate since it was also a very sad day. She stood in front of the church, watching people that were all dressed in black go inside. She was wondering whether to go in or not. When she finally persuaded herself to go in, she walked through the doors and into the church. She stopped at the back of the church and scanned the room. She saw that there were a lot of people, which didn't surprise her at all. Her eyes went over to the mahogany coffin, which was adorned with flowers. In the front of the church there were also a lot of funeral wreaths placed here and there. Suddenly her eyes drifted to the front row where she saw Ezra's parents sitting next to each other. Not only were they sitting next to each other, but he had his arm around her and her head was laying on his shoulder. At one point it seemed odd to her, since Ezra's parents were divorced and they didn't end things in a civil way. On the other hand, a day like today tends to make you forget about all those things. Aria couldn't see his mom's face, but she could tell she was sobbing from the way her upper body moved uncontrollably up and down. Aria gazed back at the coffin and wondered how life worked in such a mysterious way. She had escaped death, not once, but twice. Escaping it once, okay. But twice? That was just tempting fate, no?
Aria was sobbing so hard she could feel tears streaming down her face, and that's when she noticed it had stopped raining. She leaned forward and started kissing Ezra all over his face, between each kiss begging him, "please." As Ezra slowly opened his eyes, he felt someone kissing him all over his face and saying something. He felt tears dripping onto his face too. Suddenly, Aria noticed Ezra's eyes opening and she leaned back again. Once Aria realized that Ezra was really awake she let out a loud cry and dropped her head onto his chest, her arms hugging his sides. Ezra was startled by this and asked, "Are you okay?", wondering if there might be something wrong with her. Aria let go, leaned back a bit, looked him in the eyes and said, "Am I okay? YOU are bleeding!" Ezra ignored her statement and asked, "Are you hurt?" Aria shook her head in annoyance, why was he worrying about her when he was the one who was hurt worse? She said, "I'm fine. But you're not." Ezra gave her a faint smile to reassure her and said, "I'll be fine, don't worry." Ezra touched Aria's left arm with his right hand to try and comfort her, but as soon as he did, she flinched. Ezra looked at her with worry in his eyes and asked, "What was that?" Aria shook her head and replied, "It's nothing." Ezra gave her a stern look and said, "It's not nothing. You flinched." Aria rolled her eyes at his worrying and said, "It's probably just bruised." Ezra gave her that stern look again and said, "We should get it checked out, it might be broken." Aria sighed and said, "Well, you're bleeding. We should get YOU checked out." Suddenly both of them were startled when they heard someone else say, "We should get you both checked out". Aria turned around and saw that it was her mother. Ella continued, "Your dad called an ambulance, they should arrive any moment." And just as Ella predicted, a minute later they heard the sirens of the ambulance getting closer, until it had arrived at its destination.
When the ambulance arrived, the paramedics got out and one of them walked over to Aria asking her if she was hurt anywhere. Aria couldn't speak, she was too busy watching the other paramedic attend to Ezra. The paramedic looked at her quizzically and asked, "Ma'am? Are you hurt anywhere?" Aria snapped out of it, looked at the paramedic and replied, "My left arm hurts a lot." The paramedic gently grabbed her arm and examined it, touching her arm in different places to determine where the pain was coming from. Aria's eyes wandered over to Ezra again.
The other paramedic, that had walked over to Ezra, had asked him some routine questions, and Ezra had tried to answer them as well as he could. Then the paramedic walked back over to the ambulance to get the gurney out. Ezra felt fine and didn't really get what all the fuss was about, it was just a bump on his head. So, to prove he was perfectly fine, he sat up and tried to get himself to stand up. He could just walk over to the ambulance himself. But because he got up too fast, there was a sudden drop of blood pressure, which caused him to black out and Ezra fell back onto the floor again.
Aria, who was intently watching Ezra, saw Ezra trying to get up. Just as she was about to say something to him, she saw him black out again. Aria panicked, broke loose from the paramedic's grip and ran over to Ezra, yelling "Ezra!" The other paramedic, who had just gotten the gurney out, ran over to Ezra too. He bent over him, took out a little flashlight, lifted his eyelids one by one as he shone into it with the light. Then he asked the other paramedic to help him put Ezra on the gurney and then they rolled the gurney into the ambulance. Aria stood there, not able to move or speak, when the paramedic that had attended to her before walked over and helped her into the ambulance. When the paramedic asked Ella if she would like to come with them to the hospital, Aria suddenly snapped and said, "No! she's not coming with us." Ella was shocked at her daughter's sudden outburst and Aria could see the shock clearly written on her mother's face. Then Aria continued, "I don't want you or dad anywhere near us! Don't even bother coming to the hospital, you're not welcome!" The paramedic clearly felt uncomfortable, but they needed to hurry back to the hospital, so he closed the doors, walked over to the driver's seat, got in and the ambulance drove away.
Aria was contemplating leaving, she didn't really know if she wanted to be here after all. But then she noticed they were about to start the service, so she took an available seat somewhere in the back. As the service went on, Aria couldn't help but sob. But she did it as silently as she could, because somewhere inside of her she felt she needed to try and be strong. Some parts of the service reminded her of Mike's funeral, which made it harder to fight back her tears. After the service was over, Aria made her way over to the mahogany coffin in the front of the church.
The ambulance ride seemed to take forever, but in reality it was only a few minutes. Aria was silent and she seemed calm, but on the inside she was freaking out about the fact that Ezra was unconscious again. She sat on the side, watching the paramedic take care of Ezra, who was lying on the gurney in the middle of the ambulance. When they got to the hospital, they rushed Ezra off, but she didn't know where to. She tried to go with him, but they wouldn't let her. One of the nurses took her into a different area to clean up her arm and check her out to see if she was hurt anywhere else. Then someone else took her to get her arm x-rayed, to see if it was broken. All the while she was in a daze, not paying attention to anything in her surroundings, wondering where Ezra was and what they were doing to him right now. Wondering if he was all right. After a while, a doctor came and told her she had broken her elbow. The doctor started talking about surgery and that it was best they did it as soon as possible. The doctor told her that they would be able to do it later in the day, but Aria wasn't paying attention. Aria looked up at the doctor and asked, "How's Ezra doing?" The doctor looked at her confused and asked, "Who?" Aria frowned and replied, "The man that came in with me." The doctor shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know. He's not one of my patients."
Aria just sat there, consumed by her thoughts, which weren't always positive. They had put her into her own room, in a bed, waiting for surgery later today. Every time she saw a nurse, she asked them if they knew how Ezra was doing. But either they didn't know, or if they did, they told her they couldn't tell her because she wasn't family. When the time came for her surgery, they got her and brought her to the operating room. As the anesthesia started working, the last thing on her mind was if she'd ever see Ezra again.
When she reached the coffin and Ezra's family, she walked over to the man who was standing in front of the coffin, facing it. She put her hand on his right shoulder and said, "I'm so sorry about your brother." The man turned around, surprised by Aria's voice. He stood there, his blue eyes staring into her hazel ones, not knowing what to say to her. She could see the confusion in his eyes as he asked, "Why are you here?" Aria sighed softly and replied, "Why? I came here for you. You were there for me when my brother died, the least I can do is return the favor, Ezra."
So, on a scale from 1-10, how mean was that chapter? lol Or did you all just see right through me?
But the bigger question is…what happened ?
