Nothing Has Ever Felt So Right- Chapter 11
My dad opens the door for his friend. "Hello.."
I gasp. "Shit" i whisper
Aria POV
"Aria! What's wrong?" My dad turns and looks at me. I just stare at Jackie standing in front of our door. Why is she here? Jackie is wearing a black dress that is a little too short and shows too much cleavage. She probably though Ezra was going to be here as well. Crap! She's going to know i lied and she might tell my parents about Ezra.
"Uh...Nothing.. I forgot." I was cut off by Jackie
"Oh. Hey Arianna." She gives me a smile trying to look innocent, but i know her true intentions
My dad chuckles, "Her name is actually Aria. Aria Montgomery." I force a smile
"I could have sworn you said Arianna. Oh well. It's good to see you again, outside of Hollis." Jackie giggles and walks towards me.
"Yea, you must have misheard me. Sorry." I avoid eye contact. "Shoot i totally forgot something. I will be right back. Excuse me." I walk upstairs to my room and shut the door quickly.
My phone is sitting on my desk and i immediately call Ezra. I pace my room panicking. He finally answers on the fourth ring.
"Hey Aria. Bored?" He laughs
"Ezra! I have very bad news."
"What? Is everything ok?" The concern in his voice is evident. He is no longer in a playful mood.
"Yea. I'm fine, but Jackie is here in my house." i whisper jackie's name, just in case someone overhears
"Wait, what! Why?"
"You know the dinner thing i told you about. Well she's the one that my dad invited over for dinner." I let out a frustrated sigh
"Aria, now she knows we lied! What if she tells your dad? We will be so screwed." I can tell he is panicking as much as i am, but i need him to be strong.
"Ezra, everything is going to be ok. If she is still in love with you, she won't do anything that will make you hate her. Please just don't worry and i will call you after dinner is over."
"Fine. Call me right away. Love you, bye."
"Love you too." I hang up and go back downstairs. Everyone is seated and waiting on me in order to eat dinner.
"How nice of you to join us Aria." My mom gives me a stern look, clearly upset that i was in my room a little too long.
"Yea, no problem." I take a seat across from Jackie and start picking at my food. All this stress is making me lose my appetite, but i eat some of the chicken anyway.
The rest of dinner was mainly small talk between Jackie and my dad. They were talking about Hollis and how their classes were. I was the least bit interested. Actually, it was getting awkward. I could feel the tension between Jackie and I. You could slice it with a knife. She kept giving me glares whenever my parents weren't looking. Oh and Mike was basically drooling over her like a dog. If only he knew how she really was. Jackie acted like a total sweetheart and nice. I getting sick of seeing her act. Until my mom decided to bring up a very touchy subject
"So Jackie, if you don't mind me asking, do you have a significant other in your life right now?" My mom asks with a small smile.
"Well, there is this one man whom i really like. We were engaged before." She pauses and looks at me. I know exactly where she is going with this, "I made a mistake and broke up with him. I'm hoping to win him back." Jackie grins widely
"Who is this man you are talking about? He sounds very important to you." My dad buds in, wiping the food off of his mouth.
"Yes, he's so important to me. I'm trying to win Ezra Fitz back." She looks at me once again. I give her a glare. Jackie knows she can't ever get him back. Not without me in the way at least.
"Oh yes! He is a very sweet man. You have yourself a keeper. He's amazing, right Aria?" Great, thanks for putting me in the spotlight mom.
"Yea. He's pretty awesome. Too bad i saw him with his girlfriend the other day at Hollis. They looked pretty happy." I give Jackie a smug grin
"Aria! That was rude! I'm so sorry Jackie." My mom yells at me and give Jackie a sympathetic look.
"No, no it's ok. She's right. I did see him with his girlfriend. I just wish he could love me again." Jackie looks as if she was about to cry. Gosh, she is so good at his acting thing.
Mike finally decides to speak, "I'm sure there is another guy out there for you Ms. Molina. Any guy would be lucky to have you." He smiles and Jackie giggles. Oh gosh, I can't take this anymore
"I think I'm going to head upstairs. I'm not feeling very well." I look at my mom to get permission to leave. She nods. "It was nice seeing you again Ms. Molina. Have a good rest of the evening." I put my dish in the sink and go to my room.
Jackie just had to say that in front of me. I don't feel like talking to Ezra right now, I'll call him later. I lay down and put my headphones in. I click shuffle on my iPod and "Happiness" plays. A smile appears on my face. My song with Ezra. I slowly start remembering all the wonderful times we've had together. I was in perfect bliss until someone yanked off my headphones.
"What the hell?" I yell and realize it was Jackie. I roll my eyes, "What do you want?" i ask in an annoyed tone
"I want you to stop seeing Ezra." Jackie crosses her arms and gives me a serious look
"There is no way that's happening. I'm not going to give up our relationship just because you want him. Stop being such a bitch to me and move on!" I say while standing up to face her. Before i knew it, she slapped me across the face.
I fall on my bed and press my hand against my cheek. Tears threatening to fall.
"Listen here bitch, if you don't stop seeing Ezra, i will tell your dad exactly who his girlfriend is. I'm sure you don't want that, now would you." She laughs, content with what she had done to me.
Jackie is so lucky she's in my house. I would have grabbed her by the hair and pushed her down. But that would just get my parents involved. "Wow. You are really that desperate to get him back. Too bad he will never love you." She is angrier now and was about to say something but i beat her to it, "You know what, get out of my room and leave me alone!" I shout and push her out. My cheek still stinging from when Jackie slapped me.
I hear my parents tell Jackie goodbye and shut the door. Finally, she's gone. Realizing it's friday, I grab an overnight bag and quickly throw in some clothes. I have to talk to Ezra tonight and hopefully i can stay over. I exit my room and run downstairs. My parents are cleaning up the dining room.
"Hey mom, dad. I'm sleeping over at Spencer's. see you guys tomorrow." I hear them yell bye and I'm out the door.
After a couple minutes i arrive at the apartment complex, noticing Ezra's car isn't here. I am not going to wait in my car, so i head up to 3B and open the door. His apartment is kind of messy. Might as well do something while i wait. I go to the bathroom and look at my face in the mirror. My cheek is blazing red, you can clearly see where Jackie slapped me. I touch it and it stings a little still. Ezra is going to notice right away. I sigh. I grab my phone and call him. He answers on the first ring
"Aria. Are you ok? Did Jackie tell? Are we ok?" He asks rapidly
Ezra is so cute when he's nervous. I laugh, "Ezra. Calm down. Where are you?"
"I'm picking up some food. Since you weren't coming over tonight, I needed something to do. you didn't answer my questions."
"I'll tell you when you get here."
"Oh. Ok, that's fine. See you in a bit." He hangs up. How in the world am i going to explain what happened? I start cleaning and wait for Ezra to arrive.
Ezra POV
After i hung up. I quickly grabbed my food and practically sped home. I need to know if Jackie ruined my relationship with Aria. If she did, I will hate Jackie forever. I get home and rush up to 3B. The stairs were much quicker. I have no idea why I'm so nervous to see Aria, yet im also excited. I open the door and see that the mess I once had after I left was gone. I see Aria sitting on the couch, gazing out the window
"Hey Aria. Did you clean up my apartment?"I place the food on my counter. I sit next to her on the couch and hold her hands. Before she answers i see her cheek. I can clearly see a handprint and it's blazing red. Why would anyone want to hit her beautiful face? I get pissed off.
"Who the hell slapped you Aria? Was it your dad? Did he get angry because he found..." She cuts me off and sighs not looking me in the eyes.
"It wasn't my dad. Um.. at dinner Jackie was telling my parents how she wanted to win you back and stuff. So i left and went to my room. She was making me angry and she looked like a slut." Aria looks up at me. I look at her still confused on who hit her. She continues. "I'm thinking she thought you were going to be there. She wore a super short dress and Mike took a liking to her. Anyways, i left dinner saying i didn't feel good. I just needed to get away from Jackie. I was listening to music and she decided to yank out my headphones. She told me to stop seeing you. Of course i told her no. Then she slapped me across the face."
Aria stops talking, letting out a few tears. I brush away the tears with my thumb and kiss her forehead. I am boiling with anger. Jackie crossed the line. I'm going to have to talk to her. Aria starts talking again.
"She threatened to tell my dad about us if i didn't stop seeing you. But I will not let her win. I can't lose you Ezra." She hugs me.
"Aria," I whisper in her ear, "I love you and nothing Jackie says or does will ever change that. But I am going to talk to her. No one slaps my beautiful girlfriend." I rub her back, comforting her.
Aria looks at me and smiles. "And no one messes with my .. Z?" she giggles. "I'm sorry, i just think that's a weird nickname." I smile
"My friends came up with it! Oh, and Pookie bear is better?" I raise my eyebrow and laugh. She playfully slaps my arm. "But you're my pookie bear." I kiss her hand.
"Ezra. Can i stay over tonight?"
"You don't even have to ask." I press a kiss to her lips.
She kisses back sweetly, but doesn't pull away. I smile against her lips. A few minutes of our passionate kiss, we stop. Aria straddles my lap and smiles.
"Well Mr. Fitz. What are we going to do this fine evening?" She asks seductively and begins kissing my neck.
"Whatever you want." I grin
She finally kisses my lips and runs her hand through my hair. I place a hand on her thigh and put my other hand on the small of her back. For some reason, i feel a little daring tonight, I run my hand under her shirt. She moans against my lips. I pull my hand out and pick her up. Not pulling apart I put her on my bed. We continue to kiss, but I pull away before we got carried away.
"Wow.." Is all Aria says and smiles.
"Didn't know i had that in me did you?" I laugh and lay next to Aria. She rests her head on my shoulder.
"No. I knew you did, i was just wondering when i would see this part of you." She giggles, "Oops. I guess i distracted you from eating. You want to go eat your food now?"
"I'd rather lay here with you." I look into her eyes, tempted to kiss her again. I glance at her cheek and see the redness was fading now.
She smiles but gets up anyway. Aria pulls me off of the bed and takes me to the kitchen.
"You are going to eat!" She picks up the bag and gives it to me.
I roll my eyes playfully and take out the food. "Would you like to join me?"
"I already had my dinner remember. How about i cook breakfast tomorrow?" She grins perching on the counter
"That sounds great. Can't wait." I give her a short kiss and sit down.
"Hey, i'm going to go change. Be right back." She goes to the bathroom and shuts the door.
I ate half of the food i bought and put the rest in the fridge. I change into some sweats and before i can put on a shirt, Aria steps out of the bathroom. She's wearing one of my Hollis shirts and black shorts. Why must she look so good in my clothes?
"You can take a picture, it lasts longer." She says breaking me out of my thoughts and laughs.
"I don't need a picture, if i have the real thing." I smile and notice Aria staring me up and down.
"True. And i have to say Ezra, i like you a lot better without a shirt." She winks and lays in my bed.
"I wish i could say the same." Aria could tell i was joking and we both laugh.
"Someday Ezra. Maybe in your dreams." I pull the covers over us. I didn't bother putting a shirt on. It was hot in my apartment anyway. Aria snuggles up close to me. I put my arm around her waist.
"Goodnight Pookie bear. I love you." I try not to laugh, but i fail.
"Oh shut up!" She giggles, "Love you too." I kiss her forehead. We slowly drift to sleep feeling content in each other's arms.
I knew you guys would know who it was at the door. It's just cuz y'all are awesome ;) hahaha Thank you so much for reviewing! Hopefully you guys loved this chapter! Ending was my favorite part! Let me know what you think :D
-Yasmin