I have no idea why the last chapter still isn't showing up for some of you. Absolutely nothing to do with me, and I appreciate that you're still around, even after all the ridiculous site mumbo jumbo. I hope it's all smooth sailing from here; I've never had anything like all that happen before here. Hopefully, it was just a once off, for 'flavour' ;)
And I know it's been while, I apologise. ENJOY! x
"1, 2, 3," Mike and Lily slowly said staring and smiling at each other's faces, before they all ran out the door. With Ezra in their sights, sauces, ice cream, slices of beetroot and cheese; everything was thrown at Ezra and he stood and took it all while they laughed and screamed as he smiled tightly from the assault. Aria and Megan stood laughing at the sight. Spencer, Emily, Hanna and Alison were clearly just in it for the one off opportunity to ruin Ezra's clothes; and they made a meal out of it. Aria went and wrapped her arms around Megan while they watched the others fight. Aria kissed Megan's cheek before they nuzzled in together. They knew she was still going, with Mike; but that they'd both be back soon. Ezra found the opportunity for revenge (finally) and grabbed the hose from the front lawn and turned it on all of them. The power roll was reversed and he laughed gleefully while they all ran into the house. "I'm borrowing your clothes, Ezra," Mike announced as he fled with the others in the house.
Ezra stood victorious and proud, before his attention turned to Aria. He cockily began waltzing over towards her, covered in food and muck. "No, no," she laughed before she ran towards the house. Ezra immediately caught her in his arms and began kissing her neck from behind while he held her off the floor while she screamed. Megan looked at them smiling before she closed the boot of her car.
A few moments later, Mike joined them again. With Lily's hand in his, he walked towards Aria and Ezra. "I love you both, we'll see you soon," he said before kissing Aria's cheek and hugging her warmly, Ezra getting a firm handshake before they hugged also. Mike turned back to Lily. They interlocked pinky fingers and kissed the back of each other's hands.
"I love you, see you soon," Lily said staring deep into his eyes.
"Love you too. Thanks for being a legend," he said before he wrapped his arms around her tightly. "Bye," he said as he stood from Lily and went and met Megan. They gave a final wave and went in the taxi, immediately driving off after they did.
Ezra wrapped his arm around Aria and kissed her ear.
"What an interesting day. Got our girl back, made a friend in Daisy who we're going to keep in touch with, ruined your clothing, said goodbye to Megan and Mike. Wow," Aria breathed out as she, Ezra and Lily all went into the house.
They entered the house to see Alison and Emily snuggled on the couch. Aria's jaw dropped in a smile. "Well it's about time," she said at the two of them before she and Ezra walked towards the kitchen. Lily blushed and giggled at Emily and Alison before running after her parents.
Lily stood in front of Aria's full-length bedroom mirror, staring at her appearance intently with a tilted head. She was wearing a red pair of Aria's heels, her feet a few inches smaller than the shoes. She had dressed herself in a black lace dress of Aria's, which fell well below her knees. She'd also found Aria's make up in the bathroom, focussing mainly on red blush and lipstick on her face. Lily smiled as she looked at herself, all dressed up and 'beautiful', she thought.
"Lil, what are you-" Aria asked as she entered her and Ezra's bedroom to find Lily standing in front of the mirror. Her medium-length brunette hair had been let free, and it flew a little as she turned to look at her mum.
"I'm getting ready, for my date tonight," Lily announced like a teenager, before turning back to fix her dress.
"You're, you're what?" Aria spluttered, in absolute disbelief. "Lily, you're nine. What do you mean 'you have a date'?" Aria asked now growing uneasy, before sitting on the bed to hear Lily's response.
"This boy at school, Tom, he asked me out. Nana Ella is taking me to the restaurant, and I think Olivia is going to go with her, to make sure 'I'm safe'," Lily informed her mother, who sat with a dropped jaw listening to her daughter.
"Why wouldn't nana Ella come and talk to me about this?" Aria asked Lily, in slight disbelief.
"Well, I may have told her that you were cool with it. Tom's nine too," Lily answered as Aria scoffed.
"Right, I see. Well, I need to think about this Lil. Leave it with me. And, thank you for being so honest," Aria said sarcastically as Lily glared back at her annoyingly. She's already turning into a teenager, years early, Aria thought sadly. "EZRA," Aria shouted through the house. A weak "here" was sent back through the house by Ezra, Aria assuming it came from the library.
"Hey, everything okay?" Ezra asked when Aria entered the library. He came and wrapped his arms around her waist and he kissed the side of her head while her hands rested on his forearms.
"Lily has her first date tonight," Aria responded with a neutral tone.
Ezra lost his words and stared at Aria confused. "She has her first, what? She's, she's nine," he rambled in panic.
"He's nine too, apparently. And apparently, Ella is going with her on this date. I just found out about it," Aria told him as her hands went to his waist too. "So is Olivia apparently," she added.
"Olivia is doing what?" Hanna replied as she entered the library, with Spencer, Emily and Alison not too far behind.
"Going as chaperone on a date with nana Ella, for Lily and Tom," Aria responded as Alison smiled widely. "Nine and she's already got a date. Good for her," Alison replied while winking at Aria.
"Ohh I don't know, that's so young," Spencer weighed in.
"Oh, it's fine, don't worry. You said Ella will be there? It will be so innocent, and I bet she'll have a great time," Hanna added.
"Okay, thank you all," Ezra said with a smile while drawing Aria tighter in his arms, "But, we better have the final say," he said kindly while the girls smiled at a protective daddy.
"Well, we're moving into our own place tonight," Spencer told everyone regarding her and Hanna. "We're moving to that rental two blocks over from here," she said.
"We've basically fallen in love with being around you guys, and this town is so picturesque. I'm going to enrol in the uni," Hanna said smiling brightly.
"Yeah, and you're seeing this place when we get settled. It's amazing," she said to everyone while she walked to Hanna and they squealed in their hug.
"And, we have our first date too. Well, official one, in public," Emily said as Alison gave her a tight hug also in response while the others smiled.
"I say we let Lily go," Ezra said to Aria while she smiled in agreement.
"I agree. And she's all dressed up, she's so excited. Though, I need to change her shoes, and tone down her blush," Aria said with a giggle. "After I get a picture for her 21st," she said mischievously before Ezra kissed her neck quickly. "We're going to have the place to ourselves," Ezra whispered in Aria's ear before kissing her there. Aria blushed and placed her hand on his chest, her fingers toying with the v of his shirt and top button.
"Oh yeah?" she said flirtatiously before kissing him.
Catching on, "Hello, still here," Spencer announced as Aria reluctantly removed her lips from Ezra's without delay.
"Oh, let's give them their time," Alison announced, grabbing Emily's hand in hers and they all left the library.
"So, miss Aria. What were we talking about?" Ezra began as soon as they'd been left alone.
"Oh I think it was something about," she said before kissing his lips briefly. "And this," she said kissing him fiercely again, her hands tightening in his hair. "And this," she said whilst jumping her legs around his waist, her tongue and his lovingly dancing before he turned and pushed her hard against the bookshelves.
20 minutes later, Ezra and Aria emerged from the library looking dishevelled and unashamedly happy with themselves. They walked into the kitchen and smiled awkwardly at the girls.
"Nice," Hanna replied, completely excited by what she knows had just taken place. Aria smiled at Hanna agreeing while Ezra, blushing, went and made a cup of tea for him and Aria before passing hers to her.
A small throat cleared behind Aria, and her, Ezra and Hanna turned around. Lily stood there with Emily, Alison and Spencer having helped. Lily's hair had been curled, shoes of her own, silver with diamantes had been placed on her feet, and she wore a little red dress. She looked amazing and her smile lit the room.
"So, what do you think?" She asked, giving a little twirl while the girls gushed.
"Honey, you look beautiful. Doesn't she, daddy?" Aria asked turning to look at Ezra. He stood there looking at his 9 year old who looked like she was 14, he thought she looked beautiful, but felt like he had lost 5 years of her life instantly. His mouth dropped as he tried to speak without success. Aria noticed his struggle and went and kissed him to comfort him.
"Yes, you look beautiful, darling," he said while Aria placed her hand in the cheek of his pants warmly.
"And we got a picture of her before, as you requested," Emily said with a wink. "And we're going to be late," she said to Alison and they twirled out of the kitchen.
"Yep, we should go too," Hanna said to Spencer and Lily. "And where's Olivia? We thought we'd drop them at Ella's, leave you two to, uh-" she said, looking at Lily and deciding to rephrase what she was going to say. "Leave you to do your homework, damn kids, you're so lazy," she said as she grabbed Lily's hand and Spencer, having found Olivia, all left the house.
"What do you want to do?" Ezra asked, his mouth basically already on Aria's.
"I don't know, what do you want to do?" she replied, pulling her body tight against his.
Not 10 minutes later, they were both horizontal, asleep on the couch. Aria's neck was snuggled tightly against Ezra's, his arms tight around her body while they slept, nuzzled into their soul mate, happier than ever. Their breathing deep and low, the night was theirs.
"Go on," Ella urged as she gave Lily a slight tap on the back towards a table where young Tom was sitting. Tom noticed Lily and smiled brightly at her. She lowered her head nervously, before finally reaching the table. Tom jumped out of his chair to pull hers out for her. Lily smiled and took the chair.
"Oh, a gentleman," Ella commentated to Olivia from their table. Olivia nodded in agreement and went back to watching Lily and Tom's date with nana Ella.
They ate spaghetti for dinner and apple pie for desert, the whole time Lily and Tom giggled and laughed. Ella and Olivia were finishing their chocolate cake when Lily came back over to them, blushing and speechless.
"He kissed me," Lily announced as Ella 'awww'd' and Olivia jumped up and hugged Lily. "He's gone to his mum, over there. I'm ready when you two are," Lily said, pointing towards Tom and his mum before sitting down with Olivia and Ella, stealing a bite of Olivia's chocolate cake.
"Hey," Olivia squealed while Ella waved at Tom's mum as goodbye for the evening. Lily smiled proudly as she sucked on Olivia's spoon while Olivia sat there pouting at her sister.
Responses for the last chapter
GilmoreGirls945 You're the nicest! Thank you! Oh don't worry, they'll see Mike again! :)
PrettylittlefanThank you so much! Oh no, Emily and Alison just happened in the last chapter! Thought I'd throw that in there; show-Emily deserved that happiness with her love! :)
Caligirl28You're so kind! Thank you so much! :D I love Olivia and Lily's relationship too! :)
princessjasmine12thank you so much! :D I initially thought maybe maybe Daisy could have been bad; but there's already so much bad in the world, I thought it'd be nice to have a rare, kind stranger in my story! They're so few and far in-between nowadays.
newyorkgirlezriaobsessedI have no idea why… it was the site, so hopefully it's working for you now! :)
lucianfanSame as above! :)
HarrylovesGinny09thank you so much! :)
amberanokaWow you're so kind! I'm glad you enjoyed the last few chapters so much, thank you! :D Of course, Mike and Megan will be back at some point! :D
Notinyourlifetimehoneythey will miss him! But don't worry, Mike will be back! :) He was captured and arrested! Yes, I think Daisy will reappear at some point! I think Mar did say that! I love the idea of Emily having her fairy-tale-happiness with Alison :D
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