The following day, Aria Montgomery woke up with the ring of a bell. Her every jerked opened, and she quickly remembered what day it was. It was the day Ezra would come.

Just thinking that Ezra was in the same building as her, Aria's heart sped up. She missed Ezra so much.

Suddenly, Aria realized that Lizzy wasn't in the dorm room with her. She sat up in bed, and looked at her clock. It read 3:00 pm.

Shit, Aria thought. She had missed the school's assembly with Ezra.

At first, Aria tried to jump out of bed. However, her body wouldn't let her get up. Her head boiled with fever, and her muscles refused to move. So, Aria laid back down and though about Ezra, the love of her life.

In a few minutes, Lizzy had entered the room.

"Hey," Lizzy greeted her friend.

Aria opened her eyes and whispered, "Hi."

"So, you missed the presentation," Lizzy explained.

Aria nodded. "I know."

"I tried to wake you up in the morning, but you wouldn't," Lizzy sighed. "I tried everything I could to be able to get you to the assembly, but I failed. The teachers came and saw you were sick. They told me to check on you every hour."

"Thank you," Aria sighed.

Lizzy made her way towords Aria. She sat on the corner of her bed.

"You were right. Your boyfriend is h-o-t," Lizzy gushed.

Aria gleamed. "I know."

"He told us about you," Lizzy explained. "I was scared that people would realize he was talking about you."

"What did he say?"

Lizzy inhaled a deep breath. "Well, he mostly said that the person he based the book on is a real person. That he didn't know where she was. I wanted to tell him that she was in the dorm room, but I couldn't bring myself to do it."

Aria snickered.

"Then he said that you were beautiful, artistic, and smart, you had a great taste in music, and you had traveled. He said that you were so strong because even though you had been though a lot of shit in your life, you still stood tall," Lizzy continued. "And he said, that, that, if he ever had regret, it was not saying goodbye."

Aria felt tears rolling down her cheeks. Ezra was truly amazing.

"What else happened?" Aria asked.

"Well, Ms. Lotze tried to hit on him. She invited him to coffee, but he said that he was still in a relationship with Emma."

Aria giggled. Her boyfriend had rejected her teacher!

"Do you think you are strong enough to get out bed?" Lizzy asked. "He's in the cafeteria with the other teachers. If you are strong enough, we can go meet him."

Aria nodded. She tried to get out of bed, but she couldn't. She tried everything possible to gain strength, but none was coming. After a few goes, she collapsed.

"I guess not," Lizzy sighed.

Aria frowned.

"But you will see him in class," Lizzy recalled. "When he comes to our class to talk about you."

Again, Aria smirked. "That will be interesting," she whispered.

"Yes," Lizzy nodded. "Yes it will."

She got up from Aria's bed and headed to the door. Before she exited, Lizzy turned back to Aria.

"Now, Cinderella," Lizzy explained, "sleep now. Or else you won't meet Mr. Charming."

And with that, she walked off.