Chapter Eleven
Aria couldn't sleep that night. A's threat was far too uncompromising and cruel, every time Aria closed her eyes she would see flashes of her parent's horrified and disgusted faces , they were already humiliated and ashamed enough when people found out about Ezra, if that ever video got out Aria wasn't sure how she would ever be able to face them again. Everyone in the entire school would have a field day with the story and the two faced sanctimonious gossips in town would inevitably label her as the teenage slut who had an affair with her teacher and made a sex tape with her dead best friend's brother, Honourable title, right? And that was probably going to definitely happen now.
There was no way on the planet Aria was going to hang Ezra out to dry like that, Aria was many things but a traitor was not one of them. Aria could deny it as much as she wanted but she knew the bottom line was that Ezra was her first true love. Yes, getting involved with a student was an extremely bad decision on his part but back then the feelings they had for one another were very strong and mutual. As much as she wanted to cause Ezra emotional distress and pain for breaking her heart Aria knew that calling him a child molesting rapist was cruel and heartless. There was a time when she couldn't stop thinking about him and would do anything for him. She would never be able to live with herself knowing she was responsible for ruining his life; the Jenna thing was a bad enough guilt trip and that wasn't even her fault. She wasn't in love Ezra anymore but she didn't want to see him in jail; she couldn't do that to him, not in a million years.
Still unable to sleep at 4am, Aria grabbed her jacket, her keys and crept downstairs.
Driving around town at night was always something that gave Aria a great sense of peace. Rosewood was so pretty and quiet at dusk, but with nobody around it was a fairly spooky place to be. Aria turned the radio on as she drove past the King James mall. An ad for Zingers, an erectile dysfunction medication came on, slow cheesy music and the sound of crashing of waves played in the background as a soft spoken man explained in nauseating detail how Zingers changed his sex life with his wife. Too much information, Aria cringed and changed the channel. On the next station Grayson Burt, the host of Bounce FM, was encouraging listeners to enter a completion to win Justin Bieber tickets. Aria laughed to herself, Hanna would die if she got Justin Bieber tickets, she'd probably drag Caleb to the concert with her, what a hilarious scene that would be; Caleb would rather chew broken glass than listen to a Justin Bieber song.
After a few pop songs played Grayson's voice spoke again. Aria sped fast the old Rosewood theatre, people said it was haunted by the spirit of a murdered worker, but that was likely just another rumour. Aria took a u turn down a tree lined street. 'Okay, getting some late night requests. Laurie from Philadelphia wants to wish her sister Sadie a happy 21st birthday. John from New York wants to wish his wife a happy anniversary and apologizes for missing the festivities. And we have a song request from A to her best friend Aria, Aria wherever you are A wants you to know that she's always thinking of you every second of the day. Now playing especially for Aria from her best friend A is always watching you, a song made famous by indie band Razor. Enjoy.''
Aria's blood ran cold. A was watching her right now? Gosh it was the middle of the night, A really had no life. That used to be Aria's favourite song a few years ago when she was in her Goth, dying to be independent and unique phase. Alison used to insult Aria about her bad taste in music on a daily bases for liking the vampire themed band. The slow wispy voice of the lead singer filled every corner of the car. The lyrics were so eerie and stalkerish. The road ahead of Aria was dark and murky looking; certainly not somewhere a sensible person would choose to be alone at night. This was too much, upon deciding that her late night drive was an extremely dumb idea, Aria was just about to turn around and go home when the car began to slow down and eventually came to a halt. Great, just freaking great, the damn car was out of gas. Aria punched the dashboard, this kind of crap always happened to her.
Aria turned the off the radio and stared out the window in the complete silence. It was way too stuffy and claustrophobic inside the car, she need to breath. Aria stepped out of her uncomfortably warm car into the dark night, slamming the door behind her. She looked realizing she must have absentmindedly taken a wrong turn a few miles back, because when she scanned the road with her tired eyes all she could see were endless rows of trees and forest. The wind kicked up and an owl hooted. Aria shivered and hugged herself. No worries, maybe if she called her dad he would come and get her, sure he'd be angry, but getting grounded was a much better alternative to getting her throat slit by A .Patting down her skimpy outfit, it didn't take her long to figure out she had left her phone at home. Shit. She wasn't sure what to do; her car was now pretty much useless, she didn't have a clue where she was and to top it all off A was probably observing her right now, mapping out his diabolical plan to murder and dispose of her body. Tonight was a good of night if any, if A wanted to kill her this was the perfect opportunity; she was all alone with nothing to protect herself with and no possible way of calling for help.
The sound of twigs cracking in the nearby woods made Aria gasp in fear. Without thinking Aria ran straight back to her car. No matter how hard she would slam her foot down on the pedal the damn car wouldn't start. A figure walking around the back of the car projected a morphed shadowy onto the road in front. Aria was ready to burst into tears at the knowledge that this could very well be the night she perishes.
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