Nothing Has Ever Felt So Right-Chapter 10
"You know, patience is a virtue." He chuckles and kisses my hand. I know that i am blushing. "Aria Montgomery, i love you so much. This is going to be our special place. No one can bother us here." He unties the blindfold
"Ezra..." i try to hold back my tears. "It's beautiful."
Aria POV
"I'm glad you like it!"
I look around the beautiful forest and lake. The sun leaves a simmer of light on the water, there are tons of trees surrounding us. It was a perfect place for the two of us. I realize Ezra left my side. I wipe the small tears i had and turn around to see Ezra with a bouquet of roses.
"For you my dear." He hands them to me, our hands brush and we instantly feel something. I can't quite place it, but it made me blush. I place the roses in the backseat of his car.
"Why thank you kind sir!" i laugh and kiss his cheek.
Ezra POV
Aria kisses my cheek and a smile appears on my face. I quickly press a kiss to her lips. She kisses back with the same amount of passion. I pull back and rest my forehead against hers.
"I love you" I whisper, running my hands through her soft hair
"I love you too." She whispers back
We let go and I open the trunk of the car.
"What are you doing?" She asks
"You'll see." I pull out a picnic basket and a blanket.
I walk over to an open area by the lake while Aria follows behind me. I lay the blanket on the grass and sit. I pat the space next to me for Aria to sit.
"I am very impressed . You are quite the romantic." She winks and intertwines our hands. "It's nice to actually have a date outside your apartment." Aria smiles
I give her a hurt look, "What! I thought you loved my apartment!" I laugh
She giggles with me, "I do love your apartment! But it's just nice to be outdoors with you is all." I kiss her forehead
"Well would you like to do the honors and open the basket?" I hand it over to Aria
"Yeah sure." She opens it and starts to laugh uncontrollably. To the point of tears
I chuckle "What's so funny?"
"You seriously bought chinese take out and put it into this basket." She laughs, but calms down a bit, "Oh Ezra i love you." Aria hugs me
"Aria, you know I don't have the best culinary skills. And this is the best i could come up with." We both start laughing.
"Very true. Wait, why is there a mini cd player in here?" She asks in a confused voice
"That's another surprise! But right now, let's eat." I give Aria her food and i grab mine. We sit in perfect bliss talking about anything and everything. I pull out my phone to check the time and see that i have 3 missed calls from Jackie. I ignore the alerts.
"We have about an hour left." I tell Aria
Her face falls "Oh, but we are having so much fun."
I face Aria and caress her cheek. "We can always come back. Like i said, this is our place."
"How did you find it?"
"I was running one morning and decided to take a different route through the park. I, um, got lost and found this place. It took me a while to find out where i was, but when i saw it, i immediately thought of you." I flash her a smile. Aria rests her head on my shoulder and i wrap my arm around her waist. We both look at lake and how the sun perfectly reflects off of it.
We sit there for a while in comfortable silence. Just enjoying each other's company. I intertwined our hands and smiled. Aria and I were in our own perfect world. No one was here to bother us.
"Have i told you how much i love you?" Aria asks in a content tone
"Um.. No not really." I laugh, "Yes, yes you have. And i love you will all my heart." I kiss her hand
She giggles, "This is perfect. Thank you for bringing me here Ezra."
I stand up.
"Where are you going?" She asks, standing up as well
"It's time for your next surprise. We only have a little time left." I grab her hand and turn on the CD player. Happiness, our song, comes on.
I pull her close and start dancing.
"Ezra," She holds back her tears, "I love this. I love being here with you in our place and just being happy together." Aria rests her head on my shoulder as we sway to the music. She wraps her arms around my neck and i put my arms around her waist.
"I love being here too. It's perfect. As for the dancing, I never got the chance to at the dance-a-thon. I danced with spencer instead." We laugh "Spencer is great, but it was kind of awkward."
"Yeah, you looked awkward." She laughs again. I sigh in contentment, not wanting this day to end. The song ends and we just keep swaying. The breeze blowing around us and the sun illuminating Aria's beautiful face.
I lean down and kiss her. Both of us not wanting to stop, but if we didn't Aria wouldn't get to school on time, neither would I. I smile
"It's time to go Aria." She grins back and picks up the basket. I pick up the blanket and roll it up.
"Last one to the car walks back to Hollis!" Aria challenges and begins running in her sandals
"Hey no fair! You got a head start!" I yell and begin running after her. I am right on her heels, but somehow she managed to get in the drivers seat before me and locks the doors. I can hear her laughing
"I win! Looks like you're walking back." Aria starts the car
"Aria, please let me in!" I give her a pout, knowing she can't resist. I pull the door handle, but it's still locked.
"I don't know." She gives me a seductive smile, "You have to give me something in return."
"What is that Ms. Montgomery?" I ask her
"You have to kiss me." She giggles
"That's it?" There has to be a catch or something
"Yup." She unlocks the doors and gets out to stand in front of me. I throw the blanket in the back.
I push her lightly against the car and kiss her cheeks, her nose, her forehead, and finally her lips. I kiss her like never before. She kisses back with much more passion. Before i stop, i suck the skin on her neck and kiss it. Leaving her with a tiny hickey. She moans in pleasure. I smile, knowing i have won.
"Alright. I win." I laugh and hug Aria.
"Yes you do." She laughs and pulls away. She examines her neck using the side-view mirrors and gasps
"Ezra! As much as i love this, how am i going to explain this to my dad! My mom knows i have a boyfriend, but my dad doesn't" She looks at me worried
"Just leave your hair down and you should be fine. Don't worry too much about it." I give her an encouraging smile.
"Alright, what ever you say Mr. Fitz," She laughs, "Let's go. Or else we will both be late." Aria rushes to the passenger side and buckles in.
I get in the drivers seat and head towards Hollis. I hold Aria's hand the entire way back.
"Thank you so much for this lunch date Ezra. It was truly amazing and i loved spending time with you!" She gives me the smile i will always love
"It was very fun! Definitely doing this again soon." I smile, but keep my eyes on the rode
Aria turns the radio on and "Somewhere Only We Know" comes on.
And if you have a minute, why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
"This song is perfect! If we ever need to talk or just be together, we go somewhere only we know." Aria's face lights up as she says this
We arrive at Hollis and i park next to Aria's car.
"Well, here we are!" I get out of the car and open Aria's door.
"Thank you!" She gets out and hugs me
"You are very welcome. I love you Aria."
"I love you too! I'll see you tomorrow."
"Why tomorrow? You aren't coming over tonight?" I give her a confused look
"I would go over, but my dad is having this dinner with someone he works with and i have to be there." She rolls her eyes, obviously annoyed
"Hey, it's ok. I will be thinking about you." I wink, which causes her to laugh
"Me too. I'll probably be texting you during the whole thing anyways." She giggles
"Ok. Sounds good. Bye Aria." I kiss her cheek once more
"Bye Ezra." She waves and i walk towards my building, smiling about my afternoon with Aria.
Aria POV
This afternoon was amazing. I can't believe Ezra did all of that for me. He is so sweet. I can't wait to tell the girls. Before i got in my car, someone calls me name. I turn around to see Bryce heading my way. Great!
"Hey Aria! What are you doing here? I thought you only took the pottery class here." He says as he gets closer to me
i back away a little bit, "Yeah, i just forgot something in the pottery room, so i came to get it. I should be getting back." I put a piece of my hair behind my ear. Bryce's smile goes away
"Seems like you and your boyfriend had fun." he points to the hickey on my neck. I immediately turn red.
"Uh. Yea. I saw him. We had lunch together." i give him a faint smile. He suddenly grabs my hands and tries to kiss my cheek.
I pull away as fast as i could and jump back, "Bryce, what the hell are you doing?" I yell, having every urge to slap him
"What does he have that i don't have! I'm perfect for you Aria. I'm smart, handsome, every girl's dream! and you are turning me away! Any girl would be lucky to date me." He yells back throwing his hands up
"Bryce you don't even know me! we just met! And for your information, my boyfriend is amazing!" I open my car door and drive away. Leaving an angry Bryce on the sidewalk. I decide not to tell anyone, hoping Bryce would back off.
I get back to school with 10 minutes till class starts. I find the girls sitting at a lunch table laughing.
"Oh hey Aria!" Emily waves and i sit with them
"Hey guys. What's up?" I smile
"Nothing really, how was your date with Fitz?" Spencer asks
"Amazing! He took me to this forest area and we had a picnic. It was so sweet. He even brought me flowers and we danced." My smile gets bigger
"That is so romantic!" Emily grins
"Looks like you did a lot more than dance!" Hannah starts laughing, Emily and Spencer see my hickey as well and giggle.
"Is it really that noticeable?" I blush putting my hand over it.
"Yes! Fitzy really wanted to make sure guys know you are taken." Hannah smiles
"What am i going to do?"
"We can help! All you need is a little make-up. Let's go!" Spencer leads me to the bathroom and applies the make-up
I look in the mirror and i can hardly see it anymore. "Thank you so much spencer! You're a life saver!" I hug her and she laughs
"It's no problem! I love seeing how happy Fitz makes you." I smile at her and we walk to class. Emily and Hannah are there waiting for us.
Class was so slow today, but it's finally time for me to go home.
"I'll see you girls later!" I say meeting them by Emily's locker
"Where are you going?" Hannah asks, but starts smiling, "Are you and Fitzy gonna finish what you started in the forest?" We all start laughing
"No. I have to help prepare for this dinner thing at my house. Someone my dad works with is coming over and i have to be there." I sigh
"Ok, we'll see you later!" I wave goodbye and head home.
I get in the house and find my mom in the kitchen cooking dinner.
"Hey mom." I say approaching her.
"Hey sweetie. How was school?" She looks over and gives me a smile.
"Good. Nothing special. What time is dad's friend coming over?" I ask, hoping i have time to do a little homework a change.
"She's coming in about one hour."
"Oh ok." I walk upstairs and close my bedroom door. My phone beeps. It's a text from Ezra
I miss you already. Love you
-Ezra
I really wish i could be with him right now. I send him a text saying i love him too and that i will text him later. I start getting my homework out.
45 minutes later
I finish my homework and stretch. I am so not in the mood for this dinner thing. Mike comes into my room.
"Hey Aria."
"Hey mike what's up?" I yawn
"Mom wanted me to tell you that you have to come downstairs. Dad's friend is almost here."
"Alright thanks." He nods and leaves.
I quickly change into a black dress and put some flats on. I don't really feel like wearing heels today. I fix my makeup and go downstairs.
"Hey dad." I hug him and he kisses the top of my head
"Hi." Before he could say any more we hear a knock at the door.
My dad opens the door for his friend. "Hello.."
I gasp. "Shit" i whisper
A:N: I'm pretty sure most of you can guess who it is. Maybe.. haha. Thank you, thank you all so much for reviewing! Means so much! And to those who have read this story from the very beginning :) Hopefully you like this chapter! Let me know what you think
-Yasmin :)