Chapter 10

Thanks for all the reviews I got on the last chapter. The reviews are going down but I still appreciate those who do make the time to review, it means al lot to me.

It seem like I've been on fanfiction too much, every time I typ FA in the searchbar, stuff, thing or whatever it's called, facebook no longer showes up as the most visited site. Is that a bad thing?

I needed a happy chapter so here it comes! I was listening to songs that make me happy while writing this chapter, so if it gets out of hand I blame the music.

Hope you'll like it!

I look forward to see you tonight! Wear something nice, we are going out on a real date. Love you. ~Your E

A real date huh? Any details? ~Aria

Nope, the rest is a surprise! ~E

Fine. What time? Where are we meeting? ~Aria

7 p.m. Tell me a place ~E

Alright! Spencer's? ~Aria

Yeah, see you then. Can't wait. ~E

Me neither. Love you ~Aria

Aria threw her phone on her bead and began squealing, happy no one was home for the moment. Aria looked through her closet, threw half the stuff on her floor and groaned each time she picked up a dress but didn't feel it matched the occasion. If she only knew where they were going, at least then she would know how to dress.

Aria threw herself at her phone and started to call Hanna.

"What's up girl?" Hanna said extremely happy.

"Fashion emergency." Aria shouted. "I have absolutely nothing to wear and Ezra's taking me out on a date tonight."

"He is?" Hanna shouted enthusiastically.

"Yes." Aria said and smiled widely. "And I've looked through my whole closet, which now is on my floor, but I can't find anything."

"Well, Hanna's here to save you." Hanna said. "We wouldn't want him to break up with you because you looked awful"

"Very funny, Hanna." Aria said and giggled. "But thank you. You're my savior."

"I'll call the girls and well pick you up soon." Hanna said.

"See you then." Aria said and hung up.

Aria sighed as she got to her pile of clothes to begin to put them into her closet again.

Aria put on another dress and looked herself in the mirror. All the bruises that had been covering her body for the past weeks were gone. There was no longer any evidence of what her dad had done to her. Aria touched the scars on her wrist; those will always remind her of what her dad did to her.

Aria walked out of the changing room to show them the dress.

"No." Hanna said and shook her head. "Next one."

"This is the tenth dress I've tried on." Aria said. "It would be so much easier if he just told me were we are going. Because now I have to choose a dress that's in between; not to fancy and not to casual."

"He really didn't tell you anything?" Spencer asked.

"No." Aria said and walked into the changing room. "But my guess is outside Rosewood."

"You don't think." Emily said sarcastically.

Aria changed into the eleventh dress and walked out to show it to her friends.

"That one's better." Spencer said and Emily nodded.

"But not good enough." Hanna said.

Aria spotted a dress in the store and walked up to it, took it back with her to the changing room, and tried it on.

"I think I found the perfect dress." Aria said and walked out.

"Yep, that's the one." Hanna said.

"Finally." Emily said.

"It doesn't stop there." Hanna said and smirked.

"Why do I have a feeling I don't like what you're thinking." Aria said and walked back to the changing room to change into her own clothes.

"You don't even know what I'm thinking." Hanna said.

"Are you telling me you aren't thinking about Victoria Secret?" Aria joked.

"Crap." Hanna said. "Am I that predictable?"

"Yes." Emily said. "We've known you far too long to know that you aren't thinking about anything else."

"Well she can stop thinking about it because I'm only buying this dress and nothing else." Aria said and walked to the counter to pay for the dress.

"Not even accessories?" Hanna said and looked at her with puppy eyes.

"No, I have matching at home. The dress was the emergency." Aria said.

"How about we get some food then?" Emily asked.

"Sounds good." Spencer said.

When the girls sat at the food court Spencer spotted a very familiar person walking around the mall.

"Guess who's here?" Spencer said.

"Who?" Emily said and looked around. "What is he doing in the mall?" Emily asked confused when she spotted the same person as Spencer.

"Who am I looking for?" Aria asked.

"Him." Hanna said and pointed discretely.

"Jason?" Aria asked and the girls nodded. "Then the question isn't what he's doing in the mall. The question is what he is doing at our mall. I thought he left the town when Alison disappeared." Aria said.

"We all did." Hanna said.

"So what is he doing here?" Emily said,

"I have no idea." Spencer said.

I threw a wish in the well
Don't ask me I'll never tell
I looked to you as it fell
And now you're in my way

I trade my soul for a wish
Pennies and dimes for a kiss
I wasn't looking for this
But now you're in my way

Aria sang along to the song as she and Ezra was driving to their date location. Aria had kept asking him where they were going but with no luck, he wouldn't give in, not even after Aria teasing him with kisses. However, he didn't say one word about it, Aria soon gave up and turned the radio on and started to sing along to the songs that were coming on.

Ezra loved seeing her happy. He'd seen her smile but never this much. He remembered how thin, pale and lifeless she had looked a while ago. But now Aria was smiling and seemed happier than ever and Ezra was really happy for her. He wouldn't wish for anything else then for her to be happy.

She giggled and smiled and now and then she turned to him to kiss him quickly. He loved that even though she had been through so much, she hadn't given up. She fought back, Ezra admired that she got up from bed every day, and fought back on everything, a normal person would give up. But not his Aria; She was the strongest person he knows and when she was happy he was happy. He wouldn't want it any other way. But if there was one thing he could change it was the fact that he was her teacher. Ezra sighed heavily and Aria looked up at him and stopped her singing, she turned off the radio and placed her hand on his thigh as always when he was upset.

"What's wrong?" Aria asked concerned.

"Nothing." He said and continued to look at the road.

"I can see that's something's wrong." Aria said and started to caress his thigh.

"Just let it go." Ezra said.

Aria sighed, removed her hand from his thigh, and looked out the window. She wasn't going to show that she was hurt by his rejection. She didn't want to ruin the date.

"I'm sorry." Ezra said and placed his hand over hers on her thigh. Aria continued to look out the window, she didn't dare to look at him because if she did there was a risk she started to cry or say things she would regret.

"Aria, please look at me." Ezra begged her but when she didn't respond he pulled over and on to a smaller road and parked the car.

"I'm so sorry Aria. I just didn't want to ruin the date with saying what I was thinking." Ezra said. "Looks like I did it anyway" He mumbled.

Aria turned to look at him, she placed a hand on his cheek and made him look up at her.

"Don't shut me out because you're afraid that you will ruin anything. I love you and I will not let you go." Aria said. "I don't care what you're thinking about, no matter how horrible it may be. Just don't shut me out"

"I'm sorry." Ezra said. "I love you too."

Aria smiled and leaned In and kissed him.

"Are we gonna continue this date or what?" Aria asked. "Or else I ran around the mall like a maniac to get this dress for nothing."

"Yes" Ezra said and kissed her before he started the car. "And you look beautiful by the way."

"Thank you, you don't look so bad yourself." Aria said, smiled, and kissed him before he started to drive.

"Are we going to a restaurant?" Aria asked him as he pulled up and parked the car.

"What does it look like?" Ezra said, chuckled, and walked around the car to open the door for Aria.

"Thank you." Aria said, smiled, and took his hand in his and they walked inside.

"Hello and welcome, have you booked a table?"

"Yes, for Fitz." Ezra answered.

A waitress came and showed them to their table. Aria saw how the waitress glanced at Ezra to many times as she led them to their table. When they were seated and the waitress turned around to give Ezra the menu, Aria glared at her. Ezra saw and chuckled as the waitress turned to Aria to give her the menu. When she left Aria looked at Ezra.

"Like you didn't see how she stared." Aria said and looked at the menu.

"Does it matter?" Ezra asked. "I'm here with you."

"I know, but some stupid….people… don't get in their head that you don't flirt in front of the guy's girlfriend." Aria said and turned page.

"You're cute when you're jealous." Ezra said and smiled. "What do you want to eat?"

"I don't know." Aria said and looked at the menu once again. This was not the grill in Rosewood, this restaurant was expensive and she didn't want him to spend this amount of money on her, she wasn't worth this much.

"Ezra." Aria said.

"Yes?" Ezra asked and looked up at a slightly blushing Aria.

"I can't let you pay for this." Aria said.

"Why not?" Ezra asked confused.

"Because it's expensive." Aria said whispered between her teeth.

"Do you think I would invite you here if I couldn't afford it?" Ezra joked. "And beside whom else would I spend money on if not you?"

"But still." Aria tried.

"No, I want to do this so just smile and order something." Ezra said and smile at her.

"Don't blame me when you get broke then." Aria said jokingly.

"I won't, I promise."

"Are you ready to order?" The waitress asked and looked only Ezra.

Aria cleared her throat and the waitress turned to her.

"Excuse me?" The waitress said.

"Nothing." Aria said and the waitress turned to Ezra again.

They ordered and Ezra and Aria had a nice date, expect from when the waitress showed up. Aria was getting really annoyed with her right now. She had stared at Ezra every time she asked them something and when she wasn't at their table she was staring even more.

"if looks could kill I bet that girl would be killed about a hundred times now." Ezra said and chuckled. "Aria calm down."

"I can't." Aria said irritated. "She's been staring at you the whole night and when she's at our table she acts like you're the only one here."

"Yeah, but Aria. I'm here with you not her." Ezra said and took her hand over the table.

"I know that, but she clearly doesn't." Aria said and the waitress came up to their table once again. She asked them both if they wanted dessert but was only looking at Ezra.

"Alright, that's enough." Aria said loudly, but not too loud, they three were the only one who could hear. "I get that you think he's hot. Bitch please; he's here with me, his girlfriend. So take your fat ass and leave us alone." Aria looked at her sternly and the waitress walked away without bothering to ask if they still wanted dessert. Ezra looked at her shocked.

"Sorry." Aria said and looked down. "Couldn't control myself anymore."

"Well, let's pay before they kick us out then." Ezra said and smiled at her, clearly not angry about it.

Ezra paid and then they left the restaurant hand in hand.

"Sorry again." Aria said.

"Nothing to be sorry about." Ezra said and pulled Aria in for a kiss. "I didn't think you could explode like that."

"Well, I got that after my dad." Aria said and kissed Ezra again.

"I have to admit it was quite hot." Ezra whispered in her ear, kissed her neck and then up to her lips again.

"Then I have to do it more often." Aria whispered back. "Sorry to say this but we have to get home."

Ezra parked his car outside his apartment building. The weather had gone really bad and the rain was now pouring down over Rosewood.

"There's no way I'm walking home in this weather." Aria complained.

"Stay the night." Ezra mumbled in her neck and kissed her.

Aria smiled and pulled up her phone. "Hold that thought."

"Mom, is it alright with you if I stay at Spencer's for the night? It's raining and I didn't take my car and Spencer's is broken." Aria lied. "No, her parents aren't home so I don't think they mind if I stay. They probably just happy someone's keeping Spencer company." "Thank you, I'll see you tomorrow. Bye love you."

"I take it she said yes." Ezra said and kissed Aria.

"Mhm." Aria said into the kiss.

Ezra pulled away and the both looked out the window.

"We run on three." Aria said.

"one, two, three." They said, opened the car doors, and ran towards the porch but Aria stopped in the rain.

"What are you doing?" Ezra asked and looked at her confused.

"Come here." Aria said and he walked up to her.

"What now?" Ezra asked.

"This." Aria said and jumped up on him and crashed her lips onto his. He held her up by her thighs and depend the kiss.

After a few minutes of making out Ezra felt how Aria started to shiver and he carried her inside and up to his apartment. Stealing a few kisses here and there. Ezra pushed her up against his door as he tried to unlock it. Finally, after trying to open it a few times he got it open, walked inside, placed Aria on the kitchen counter, and continued their make out session.

Aria unbuttoned Ezra's shirt and let it fall to the floor. Ezra's mouth traveled down to her neck and her collarbone and nibbled on it gently, Aria let out a soft moan and kissed Ezra down his jawline, neck and pulled him closer by wrapping her legs closer around him. Ezra zipped down her dress and let the straps fall down her arms before he pulled it further down so it rested at her waist. He picked Aria up and her dress fell to the floor as Aria sat down her feet on the floor. Aria pulled away and looked at her in her underwear.

"You're so beautiful." Ezra said. "You sure about this?"

"Yes, never been surer of anything." Aria answered with confidence and kissed him again. He led her to the bedroom, Aria got on the bed and dragged Ezra with her and kissed him passionately.

This might be my longest chapter so far. But it was happy right? but still a little trouble in paradise. I hope you liked it anyway :) Please review, it means alot!