"So have you come to your senses?" Hardy asked Ezra as they sat beside each other in the church pew. Ezra just smiled at him.
"Come to his senses about what?" Jen asked.
"Ezra is wants to get back together with his ex" Hardy explained while he rolled his eyes.
"The one who cheated on him?" Jen asked confused.
"It's not technically cheating if you weren't together at the time" Ezra defended.
"No, that's called moving on" Jen agreed.
"So now she's innocent?" Hardy pressed.
"No, but neither am I. I mean she has forgiven me for some pretty big things" Ezra reasoned.
"You're a grown man Ezra, do what you want." Hardy said as shook his head in frustration.
"Why are you so bothered by this?" Jen asked her fiancé.
"He has horrible taste in woman, they rip him apart. It just pisses me off" Hardy admitted.
Jen just smiled at him adoringly. "You're such a good friend" she gushed before kissing his lips.
"Can you two keep it down, the weddings getting started" Ezra chided.
A few seconds after the music got started, the bridesmaids started walking down the aisle. It only took a few moments to Jacki to spot Ezra. She gave him a smile and a coy nod as she passed him.
"Is that the ex?" Jen asked after the obvious attention she was giving Ezra.
"No, that's another ex" Hardy explained.
"Well this should be an interesting wedding" Jen quipped.
"Aren't you a sight for sore eyes" Jackie smiled as walked up to Ezra. The reception has just started, and everyone was waiting for the bride and groom to make their entrance.
"I wish I could say the same" Ezra said with a tight smile.
"You know not all ex's have to be have to be cold to one another. It's not like we never had any fun" she said in a flirty voice, while she placed her hand against his shoulder.
"Well we'll always have that" Ezra said sarcastically.
Scanning the room for a rescuer, he spotted Aria. He could see that she was watching him and Jackie. As her eyes met Ezra's she quickly walked off in the other direction.
"What am I getting you in trouble with the girl again?" Jackie smirked.
"I'm sure she know better than to think I'm enjoying this" Ezra smiled politely.
"Hmmm sounds like the gentleman protests too much" Jackie countered. "I know she can't keep you an entertained as I did" she grinned as she now stroked his shoulder.
"You know, if you were half as good as you credit yourself for being, I probably would have dealt with your crazy for longer" Ezra responded.
Jackie just gave him a go to hell face, and walked off.
Ezra began to search the room for Aria. As he made his way around he ran into Dean Williams. "Ezra, come say hello to my wife!" .
"It's a pleasure to meet you Ma'am" Ezra smiled.
"It's very nice to meet the guy that has my husband so excited about work again" Mrs. Williams gushed.
"Well I'll do my best to keep it that way" Ezra laughed.
"Ladies and Gentleman please give a warm welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Torres!" The DJ announced.
Taking the opportunity to sneak away while the crowd turned their attention to the couple, Ezra continued to search for Aria.
After a few minutes he had zero luck, everyone seemed to be seating for dinner so made his way back to Hardy and Jen.
"Any luck yet" Jen asked him.
"No, I only ran into to wrong ex-girlfriend" Ezra informed her. "Which might have put the wrong idea her head"
"Well it's not that big of a wedding, I'm sure she'll come up for air soon" Jen offered.
"Let me know when you're ready to leave" Byron whispered to his daughter at the dinner table.
"I will" Aria smiled, even though she was annoyed.
Aria was trying her best to have a good time, but seeing Ezra with Jackie wasn't easy. Jackie was practically all over him, and it made her skin crawl. After taking a break and a quick pep talk from Spencer, Aria was doing her best to let it roll off her shoulders.
Still she kept an eye out for both Ezra and Jackie, and found comfort that seemed to keep a safe distance.
"Would you like to dance?"
Aria turned to see who was talking. She smiled when she saw it was Sam, he was one of Byron's formal students, and he always had a crush on Aria.
"While the offer is very tempting. I was just telling Dad that we were about to leave" Aria lied. It's not that she minded dancing with him, but she was very aware that Ezra might think she was back to her old ways.
"Well one dance won't hurt" Byron offered.
"Yeah but then I already turned down Professor Lewis. I don't want to have him call me out." Aria responded as she gave her father the evil eye.
"I'm sorry Samuel, I didn't realize my daughter had become such an early bird" Byron smirked to Sam.
Aria just shuck her head in frustration. "Yeah, I get that from my father" she smiled.
What Aria didn't know was that Ezra had been listening to almost the entire conversation. He had intended to ask Aria to talk, but before he could get to the table he heard Sam asking her to dance. Quickly he decided to hang back and see what Aria would say. He was pretty relieved that she turned Sam down, and pretty pissed that Professor Lewis had the nerve to ask Aria to dance in the first place.
Seeing Aria and Byron getting up to leave, Ezra knew he had to make a move quickly.
"I know you have already said no to everyone else, but I wanted to know if just maybe you would give me a dance?" he asked with a sweet smile.
Aria turned around to face him. She instantly smiled wide at him.
"I would love that" she said sweetly"