A/N: "She's heeeerrrrreeeee..." Poltergeist pun, anyone? Anyone? *ahem* Well, I'm back for a Saturday night filled with writing and fun(:
P.S. Please go read and review my other story Please Don't Leave Quite Yet...thanks! ^_^
Disclaimer: I'm gonna stop doing these 'cause we all get the point.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
The alarm clock chirped loudly throughout the cozy hotel suite, causing a deep groan to escape Aria's lips. She lifted her head lazily to take in her surroundings; however, the room was pitch black, as the curtains were closed and no lights around her were turned on. Aria suddenly realized the alarm hadn't stopped on its own, so in attempt to press the snooze button, she practically punched the small electronic box off the nightstand beside her. The noise ceased despite her careless effort, and Aria rubbed her eyes sleepily before looking over her left shoulder to spy on Ezra.
She couldn't see him though because of the lack of lighting, so she decided to get up and begin to prepare for another day on the road. When Aria proceeded to roll out of the bed, Ezra's arm tightened its grip around her bare torso and pulled her closer to his chest. "No," he mumbled into the messy heap known as her hair.
Aria giggled cutely and placed a delicate hand on his toned chest. "No? Oh, but a certain adult accompanying my friends and me on this trip told us to be down in the lobby at six in the morning. I really must be getting up!"
He opened his mouth to speak, "But it's–" Ezra leaned up slightly to peer over his girlfriend's shoulder, but much to his dismay, the digital clock was hanging off the bedside table by its cord. "–early. And why are you so giddy?"
"Let's just say that the aftermath of last night has definitely taken its toll on me," Aria purred directly into Ezra's ear. "But seriously, we need to get going, Ez."
After prying Ezra's dead-weighted arm off of her body, Aria rolled to her right to hit the lamp's switch – which easily brought light to the once darkened suite. She ran a hand through her massive dark curls and slipped Ezra's shirt from the night before over her slim figure. All the while, Ezra had covered his head with one of the six pillows on their bed in order to shield his face from the sudden burst of light.
Aria sighed and crawled over to his side of the king sized bed smoothly. He had become completely still while lying on his back, with the pillow lightly placed on his face and his right arm thrown across it for security. She then swung her right leg over Ezra's abdomen to straddle his hips, which were – as well as the remaining lower half of his body – covered by the floral bedspread. "Ezra..." Aria cooed seductively as she raked her nails up and down his chest. "Baby, time to get up..."
Ezra mumbled incoherent words beneath the pillow in response, but rested his left hand firmly on her thigh and bunched up a decent amount of his shirt in his grip.
Aria rolled her eyes, but kept her voice in a silky tone. "Honey, I can't understand you with that pillow on your head…"
He refused to move and once again muffled his words straight into the pillow, leading Aria to huff in annoyance. "Fine!" She then ripped the pillow out of his arm's protection and flung it across the room. "Get your own ass up."
Aria then climbed off her boyfriend and stomped towards the bathroom, slamming the door shut behind her. Ezra, however, was snickering childishly at his girlfriend's tantrum. As he eventually decided to get out of bed as well, he somehow couldn't wipe the obnoxious grin off of his face, because he knew that his and Aria's plan was going to get them a lot of new found respect from her best friends.
Spencer checked her watch for what seemed like the tenth time in thirty seconds. She released a sigh at the reality she, Hanna, and Emily we're facing: that Aria and Ezra were passed the time in which they agreed on meeting. Well, the girls didn't agree to it; Ezra sort of enforced it, and now he was the one who was tardy.
Tardy was an understatement to say at the least, considering that Spencer made sure that their room's occupants were fully packed, located in the lobby, and completely checked out by six in the morning. The task was surprisingly simple to achieve success, because Hanna woke up at four in the morning to complete her 'morning ritual' without having to rush out the door, and Emily simply plopped out of bed to throw on a Rosewood Sharks swimming team shirt, a pair of jeans, and her hair into a sloppy bun.
Spencer presented herself in skinny jeans with a floral sweater and a crimson hat for the day's events, though she wasn't exactly sure what the future would hold. She twisted her watch once more to read the hands ticking their way around the numbers.
"It's 6:28, where the hell are they?" Spencer nearly shouted, but deemed it unnecessary when the older woman at the check-out counter glared at her for daring to raise her voice.
From her seat on the leather couch and Emily's sleeping head on her lap, Hanna primped her lip gloss. "Relax, Spence, we're not going to an appointment or interview."
Just before Spencer could retort with a witty statement, Aria and Ezra exited hand-in-hand and all smiles from the elevator. As the couple approached the other teenage girls, Ezra leaned down to Aria's level and whispered into her ear. She immediately blushed and looked away to avoid eye contact with any person in the lobby.
Just as they reached the sitting area, Spencer charged for Ezra and stuck her pointer finger into his chest. "You are late, Mr. Six in the Morning Fitz. We've been waiting for half an hour!"
Ezra carefully detached Spencer's finger from his body and chuckled. "Sorry, I tend to over sleep."
Spencer threw her hands into the air. "You couldn't have at least called?" she spit-fired angrily.
"I could've gotten extra sleep, ya know," Emily mumbled and awkwardly shifted to a different position on the couch.
Aria smirked. "Em, I bet you've been sleeping right there; that's your extra sleep. Plus, there's always the car."
Her comment was ignored as the girls and Ezra became suddenly silent. Ezra soon broke the tension by untwining his fingers from Aria's and announcing, "I'm gonna go check out, be right back."
As he sauntered away, he teasingly pinched Aria's backside, making her flinch and shriek playfully at his contact. When Ezra was a good twenty feet from the girls, Hanna scoffed, "God, you're glowing. He must be pretty good in bed, am I right?"
The mischievous smile plastered on the blonde's face didn't go unnoticed by Aria. She then quickly reminded herself, Remember what Ezra said; just go along with it.
The shortest of the girls shrugged innocently. "I'm just happy!"
"No, you're horny," Spencer commented disgustedly.
Aria's jaw practically hit the floor when Spencer finished speaking, and Spencer cocked her head to the side while giving a vengeful expression.
Ezra returned to find Hanna and Emily fiercely giggling at a Spencer and Aria stare down. He noticed Aria's eyes widened to an extreme level, and her neck and cheeks completely flushed a deep shade of crimson. Spencer's hat and Aria's face could easily be the same exact shading at the moment.
He cleared his throat awkwardly; obvious to knowing that he missed an embarrassing exchange between his girlfriend and former student, he decided to change the subject matter. "We ready to hit the road?"
No one seemed to move for the slightest of a second, until Aria swiftly picked up her bag and rolled out of the hotel without so much as a "Yeah," for an answer.
Ezra watched her leave hastily with concern in his eyes, so he rotated his body to question the one of the girls. However, they were halfway out the lobby as well, with their over-sized purses hanging from their arms and packed luggage rolling in tow.
Spencer paused at the automatic sliding door and twisted her waist to make eye contact with Ezra. She winked playfully, and Ezra immediately caught on to her hint. He exhaled deeply while running a hand through his tangled curls that Aria had so harshly tugged on the previous night.
For his plan to work, Aria was going to have to not take things so personal.
A/N: Sorry, it's a HUGE filler chapter. Plus, I wanted to direct the spotlight on Spencer instead of Hanna for once, because we all know that she has her fair share of sarcastic comments!
The "I'm just happy!" "No, you're horny," bit is from tumblr, so if you aren't familiar with that site, then it won't have as much significance to you…but it's still funny, nonetheless!
Hopefully this chapter gives you some sort of an idea what Ezra's plan is. Please review your thoughts or ideas; I read them all, and you just might find your suggestion tied into the story(:
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