Big thanks for all the reviews! I'm so upset with the new season of PLL, fanfiction seems to be the only safe place! Hope you'll enjoy :)
Walking in to the childhood bedroom of his much younger ex girlfriend was a bit sureal for Ezra, a reminder of the child her parents always saw her as. Not much had changed since the last time Ezra had been there last. " You can put your things in my closet" Aria offered. Ezra nodded and followed her instructions. "Well I'm going to go get ready for bed, let me know if you need anything." Aria smiled to him. "Ok thanks" Ezra replied. As Aria left the room Ezra took the chance to take in his surroundings for the next week a little better. Most of the framed pictures were the same, a few new ones including the girls at Prom and Graduation.
Ezra smiled when he saw a picture of him and Aria hugging still in the same place from when they were together. Ezra was both surprised and flattered, he thought she would have gotten rid of any reminders of him. Clearly this was not the case as sitting beside her window was the book he had given to Aria when they first started dating. Ezra chuckled to himself, Aria was always unpredictable. Looking at the full size bed, he became a little nervous. He youst to joke about defiling her childhood bed, now the whole situation was just akward, and tense. Going from not seeing or even talking to Aria, to sharing her bed was a lot to take in. He began to try to think up a game plan to handle this week with the Montgomery's.
Aria stared at herself in the mirror, she wanted to look great, but like she didn't put in alot of effort. She decided to keep it PG in a pair of sweats and a tank top. Having Ezra in her room was both exciting and nerve wrecking. She wanted to make him want to be with her again, but she knew she had to walk a fine line, as Ezra was now with another woman. She smiled an encouraging smile to herself and then knocked on her own bedroom door. "You decent?" she called out?
"Yeah, your good" Ezra voice responded throug the door. Aria opened the door, and found him going through his bag and taking out some clothes. "The bathroom's all yours" she grinned. "Okay" Ezra answered has he took in Aria's bedtime look. He tried not to make it obvious but he couldn't help but look her up and down. He always loved when she would stay in his tee shirts on Saturday mornings, he loved to see the side of her no one else got to, no make up, tiny little sweat pants. Remembering those good times, with just them made Ezra look at Aria's tiny little body with a mixture of love and lust. Ezra warned himself not to get to comfortable with Aria, she might have been his greatest mistake, but all the same, he gave given up everything for her, and she bailed on him. Ezra was here as friend, a long lost friend, but nothing more than that. He could resist Aria Montgomery, his heart, and new life in New York depended on it.
Ezra came back into the tiny bedroom after taking a shower and chaning into a tee shirt and sweat pants. The light was already off, except for the lamp beside Aria's bed. Ezra lifted the cover and crawled into the bed with Aria already taking her place against the wall. Neither spoke, both looking up at the ceiling of the small room. "What are you thinking over there?" Aria finally spoke up. Ezra turned to look at her "That this is probaly one of the craziest days of my life" he couldn't help but smile at her. She smiled back at him, and turned her on to her side. "Can you believe my Dad, hasn't broken down the door yet." They both laughted. "I'm sure he's nursing a strong bottle of Scotch right now" Ezra joked. Aria locked eyes with Ezra, gently put her hand on his shoulder "I've missed you Ezra."
Ezra averted his eyes, looking back up at the ceiling. Aria stiffened up at his silence, but then again what did she expect, for him to declare his undying love for her... Aria knew this was going to be rough. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable." " It's not that, it the fact that you look at me, and talk to me, like you never ripped my heart out" Ezra's voice was now full of frustration. Aria took a moment to respond, part of her was ready to fight back with him, for leaving town with out a word, and blocking her numbers, but Aria kept her cool, she had put them in this situation. Her anger was gone is a few seconds, realizing while Ezra seemed ready to do battle, they were communicating, and that was far better than the nothing she's had for over a year. "I know, I promise you, I know I messed up. I don't expect you to pretend like I haven't hurt you, but I think we should be able to be honest with eachother, I have missed you, I've missed you alot".
Still staring at the ceiling, and trying to decide the best way to respond, Ezra was torn. A part of him wanted to tell her that he missed her, but another part of him kept picturing her and Wesley in this same room, had she brought Jake here. Anger shot through Ezra's body, as it always did, when he thought of Aria and another man, especially his own brother. "So why didn't you just call Wes up? I'm sure he'd be more than happy to keep you company, I mean he's no stranger to your room right?" Ezra voice and face both hardened with anger.
Aria was stunned, she was not prepared for Ezra's attack. Guilt suddenly took over her, she had no defense. She slowly turned back over to face the wall. All of her hopes of getting Ezra back, seemed very far fetched at this moment. She had caused so much damage, was she crazy to think that he would ever look at her the same? "I'm sorry" Ezra spoke softly, "I shouldn't have brought all that up. I didn't come here to fight with you." Aria turned back around, " I know, and I know you have alot of anger toward me, I deserve it."
"Good night Aria" Ezra said sadly. "Good night Ezra" Aria weakly smiled. She laid there wide awake for a few minutes. Was Ezra better off without her? Her stubborn side took over, no, they belonged together, and anything less is setteling. Aria was going to make things right, she had done alot of growing up, and Ezra just needed to see that. They had true love, and true love is irreplacable. She looked over to the man laying beside her, she smiled, this is where he belongs. She said a little prayer, and decided to get some sleep.