**So this is just a filler 'til the big reveal to Aria's parents! I didn't have time to check through for any mistakes so be lenient please. Read, review and enjoy!**
'Aria, are you awake honey?' Ezra whispered softly into her ear as he tucked a lone strand of hair behind it.
Aria stirred but didn't wake up. He gently prodded her. She suddenly grabbed hold of his finger, startling him slightly, and wrapped her finger around his. He extended his other fingers and she interwined them with her own, lovingly and gently kissing each fingertip. She still wasn't fully awake, but Ezra was still glad he had some of her attention. He felt horrible waking her when she was still clearly tired, but for his own selfish reasons wanted to spend as much time as possible with her before they came clean to her parents. After all, as much as he hated to think like this, a strong part of him knew that they may never get the chance to be like this again.
'Ezra?' Aria mumbled from the pillow. 'What time is it?'
Ezra glanced towards the bedside table where his alarm clock stood. 'Half eight-ish.'
'What?' Aria moaned. She was clearly tired but the shock that Ezra had woken her up this early actually made her awaken fully.
'I'm sorry Aria, I just want to spend as much time as possible with you before we go to your parents later. Who knows...'
Ezra had been interrupted by Aria lightly pressing her fingertip to his lips.
'Stop.'
That was the only word she said. He kissed her fingertip before she pulled it away and cupped his face in her hands.
'I love you Ezra Fitz, and nothing and nobody is going to stop that. You aren't my teacher anymore and I only have a year to go until graduation anyway. After that, there is definitely no way we can be split up. All we have to do is get today out of the way and then the future is ours.'
No matter how many times she had said it to him, Ezra always smiled when he heard Aria declare her love for him. 'I love you too, which is why I've come to a decision. I don't ever want to be apart from you Aria. I want to grow old with you, have children with you, and share a wonderful life together.'
At this point Ezra had climbed out of the bed and began to walk over to the chest of drawers that were in the corner of the room. He opened the top drawer, and pulled out somthing small that Aria couldn't fully see. She strained her neck to try and take a peek as he pulled something out of a tiny box and placed it on top of the drawers, The realisation of what Ezra was about to do suddenly hit Aria. Her mouth formed the shape of an 'O' as he walked slowly back towards the edge of the bed where Aria had now perched herself. He took her hand in his and held out a beautiful white-gold ring with a reasonably sized diamond in the centre.
'Aria Montgomery, will you marry?' he asked nervously.
There was no hesitation in her immediate answer. 'Of course I will Ezra!'
He grinned like a schoolboy as he easily slid the ring onto her finger. She grabbed hold of the back of his head and pulled him in for a deep, passionate kiss. He let his hands tangle in her hair as he picked her up. Aria let the sheets that were covering her naked body tumble to the floor as she wrapped her legs around Ezra's back to make it easier for him to support her weight. No sooner did he lift from the bed did he place back down on carefully, climbing on top of her with their lips still locked this time. She oulled away momentraily and grinned, before pressing her lips more gently back to his. Ezra responded by lightly tracing his tongue along her bottom lip. She parted her lips and allowed him to plunge his tongue in, and then without any hesistation from the two of them he made love to her right there and then. The soft moans that had previously escaped Aria's lips emerged as sweet cries of his name. From what she could remember of the first time, that was no comparison. It seemed there was more passion and more drive this time around, and Aria loved every moment. Right after they climaxed, she collapsed in a heap on him; breathless. She opened her mouth to speak, but it was as if Ezra already knew what she was going to say. He held his finger to her full lips.
'You don't have to say it Aria, I know.'
She beamed a smile at him before using what was left of her energy to drag herself across to the bathroom. She turned on the shower and immediately set the temperature to cold. Before stepping into the shower, she slid her engagement ring off and placed on a shelf in the medicine cabinet for safe keeping. When she first stepped into the shower the cool water made her wince in pain at first - her muscles were quite sore - but once she relaxed it began to soothe them slightly and ease the pain a little. She spent little time massaging the shampoo and condition into her hair in turn, and quickly rinsed them both out. Aria didn't bother to turn the shower off; Ezra would probably want one as well. Gingerley, she stepped out of the shower and grabbed two towels off of the rack - one to wrap her hair in and another to cover her body up with. She dried most of her body before wrapping the towel back around herself and dashed out of the bathroom across to his bedroom.
He was still laid out on the bed, the thin sheet covering up most of the bottom half of his body.
'Enjoy the shower?'
'It was great actually, really soothed my muscles. Aren't you gonna grab one? I left the water running.'
'Great, and sure. I thought about joining you but I didn't think you'd be quite up for round two yet.'
'Good choice, I'm not ready yet,' she smiled at him.
He sat up on the bed and held out his hand. She took it and sat down beside him on the bed.
'That's fine, we have no need to rush. We have forever,' he whispered lightly in her ear before placing a gentle kiss on her head.
He lifted up the hand he was holding and was about to kiss that as well before he noticed something.
'Where's your ring?'
'Oh, it's on the shelf in the medicine cabinet. It sounds stupid but I didn't want to get it wet. Dont't worry, it's not lost or anything,' she explained.
'Haha good,' he nervously chuckled. 'There'd be trouble if it was!'
Aria knew he was only joking, but chose to shut him up anyway by connecting her lips to his. Before she could let anything get too serious though, she pulled away.
'You go get a shower, you stink!' she told him. 'And could you bring my ring in when you come back, I have a feeling I'm going to need it pretty soon!'
Ezra simply grinned at her as he walked towards the bathroom door, leaving Aria to get ready for the big reveal later on.
**What do you think? Cliche I know but oh well, a hopefully unexpected turn! Please review to let me know what you think or just to give ideas for improvement!**
