Aria was shell shocked. Her jaw hung open, her breath frozen in her lungs. Ezra remained on a knee, still in place- waiting on an answer. He finally gave in to the silence and shifted to place his weight upon both knees.
"I wasn't planning on asking you that, not yet...at least." He ran his tongue over his bottom lip in thought. He couldn't help but notice that Aria's cheeks were flushed, and her lips were cherry red. Had he embarrassed her, or just caught her extremely off guard?
"But, I can't stand the thought of us continuing in relationship purgatory. Wondering if it's okay for us to share a bed, or how we should refer to one another," Aria was listening intently. Ezra noticed her take a deep breath and his eyes opened a little wider in anticipation of what she would say.
She slid off the edge of the bed and found herself on her knees in front of him, small tears beginning to form in the corners of both of her eyes. Ezra's eyes quickly shifted to look at one eye then the other, and back again.
"Can you please..." he hesitated, "just say something." It wasn't a question. It was more of a demand. A plead.
The tears found their way down her face, landing on her upper lip.
"You still want me?" she questioned him with disbelief in her voice.
"I never stopped wanting you, if you'll remember correctly," he gave her a half smile in an effort to break the nervous tension.
The words, 'let's do it tomorrow' left her lips before she even had time to process them. Ezra reached across the space that separated them and grabbed Aria's hands in his.
"We don't have to do this. We can wait. I just needed to know that you still wanted us enough, for me to keep trying to make this work."
"I want this." Aria nodded her head quickly, but consciously trying not to nod too quickly making it look forced.
"Where do we start?" She asked, a smile breaking across her face. Ezra broke out in to a grin.
"Well...I didn't pack you anything suitable to wear, unless you want to start the rest of our lives in your yoga pants and a racerback tank." Aria shot him a look.
"You didn't even pack me a sundress? Unbelievable!" She let out a laugh and rose off of her knees, stretching her arms out to wrap Ezra in an embrace.
((SORRY I HAVEN'T UDATED IN AWHILE GUYS. I WAS A LITTLE BUSY THIS WEEKEND WITH WORK, THE HOLIDAYS & MY DAUGHTER. I KNOW THIS CHAPTER WAS SHORTER, IT WAS INFORMATION THAT I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE JUST USED TO LENGTHEN THE LAST CHAPTER BUT I GOT CUT SHORT LAST TIME. NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL! KEEP READING! ;] ))