Spencer Pov
Aria offered to drive me home, to which I didn't say no to you. First of all it was dark, second of all I was scared what might happen to me if I was alone and third it was dark. Aria and me got in the backseat of her car, and Ezra started to drive. Aria broke the silence.
"You remember when I said Winesburg, Ohio was my favorite book?"
"Yeah, I do, because you said it in English, and then you said to us that Ezra gave it to you, and that's why it's your favorite." I replied.
"Anyway, I was reading and Malcolm asked why it was my favorite?"
"Please don't say you said that you were being stalked by a major cyco, and that you were dating our English teacher at the time who you are now engaged too, and having his baby."
"God, no! That's what I was thinking, though."
"What did you say, must have been an awkward silence."
"Actually, Ezra said my parents were splitting up!" Before I could say anything, the car came to a sudden stop. "Everything alright?"
"Don't know, the car just randomly stopped." The car roared to life again, and the car was silent until we reached Toby's loft.
"Bye Guys!" I said, getting out the car.
"Bye Spence!" I could hear them say, I waved back and ran up to Toby's loft or our loft. I entered the loft, and sat on the couch next to the fast asleep Toby. He stirred, and he opened his eyes.
"What happened, is everyone okay?" He asked worriedly, pulling me in for a hug.
"They took Maya, and beat her, and tied her to Ali's gravestone. We got her back to Hanna and Caleb's and then Aria and Ezra dropped me off here."
"Is Maya okay?"
"She's quite battered and bruised."
"Are you okay?"
"Okay-ish!"
"Spence tell me anything you want to get off your chest tell me, Spence!"
"I don't get it, and I finally give up trying to get all the answers."
"You will one day be on top of the world, and be the smartest person in the world, cause you're half way there."
"Really, because I may know all the answers for tests, but when it comes to reality I know nothing."
"That's the thing school doesn't teach you, it teaches you information, but when you get out you realize that the information you learned is useless, but you guys are already learning that!"
"I don't know anything, and for me that's a first."
"Because no one in the world has been stalked by a crazy maniac for ages, and have loads of secrets."
"We have to lie it's the only way to survive."
"I know, and I respect you, because by that you're keeping everyone I love safe."
"I don't have a lot of people I love, only a few."
"I love you."
"I love you too!"
"So what do you want to do?"
"I want to cook dinner!"
"Alright, then lets make dinner!" I got up, and then helped Toby to get up. We walked the small distance to the kitchen, but I walked and Toby hobbled.
"Are you alright, standing up?" I asked.
"Of course, I am."
"Good! What album do you want!"
"You choose!"
"Bruno Mars." I skipped over to the stereo and put the Bruno Mars cd in. It was my one of my favorite cds in. "What do you want to eat?"
"What about pizza, and we make it."
"Good, I was going to choose pizza." I kissed him on the lips, and we got all the ingredients, and placed them on the table. I was singing softly to the lyrics of Locked out of Heaven.
"You could never be locked out of heaven!" Toby whispered in my ear, before kissing my neck. Shivers were sent up my spine, and Just the way you are came on. I smiled, and I could feel Toby grinning into the kiss. I turned around to face him, I lifted his head up, and before I could look him in the eyes, I smashed our lips together. We broke away breathless, and smiling.
"Lets make pizza!" I whispered teasingly knowing that we would have a better make out session later when the pizza's cooking. We continued to make pizza together, and by that I actually mean together. Toby was behind me, and guided my hands to do things. I love it when we cooked like this, the last time was a month before I found out he was… We put the messily made pizza in the oven, and moved to the couch. Before I could make our lips collide, he did, and as I moved onto his lap as we pulled away. We were so into kissing we almost didn't hear the oven go off. I got up, and Toby tried getting up, but I pushed him down back on the couch. I rushed to the oven, and turned it off. I got the pizza out and put it on a plate. I cut it up, and sat on the couch. We dug in, and finished the pizza in record time, for me anyways.
"You eat faster and faster everyday." Toby joked.
"What! The baby's got to eat, and I'm hungry like half the time!" He smirked at me, and kissed me on the forehead. I got up but was pulled back down.
"You're forgetting something!"
"What's that?"
"Dessert!" He started kissing my neck, and I turned around to face him. And this time, I kissed him before he could kiss me.
Aria Pov
When we dropped Spencer off I moved to the front side, by climbing over from the back. I sighed when I had eventually managed to sit down. Ezra smiled, and slipped his hand into mine. He drove off, and headed to the apartment. The drive was silent. My knees were tucked up and touching my chin, my hand never left Ezra's and a single tear stained my cheek. I didn't notice that the car had been parked, and Ezra was looking at me. I smiled weakly at him, and he lifted me up so I sat on his lap. He didn't bother to lift my head up so I could look in him in the eye, nor did he kiss me lightly on the lips. He just spoke soothingly.
"Aria, it is going to be alright, because I will not let anything or anyone hurt you." I just breathed in deeply, and snuggled in closer to him. He kissed me on my head, and opened the car door. He lifted me out with him, and we made our way up to Apartment 3B. But, someone or some people were there waiting for us.
"Where have you been? Why are you so dirty, and why did that girl come crying over nothing!" Maggie exclaimed. I climbed out of Ezra's arms, and looked her in the eyes.
"That's none of your business, and that girl you're referring to is my best friend and she did not come in crying over nothing!" I half yelled.
"What was she crying about?"
"I think you've seen it on the news, and you probably know all about me because you've seen it on the news. My best friend is dead, yeah, but it does not give you the right to think you know who I am!" I opened Ezra's door, and slammed it shut. I walked over to the bed where my copy of Winesburg, Ohio was. I sat down, and cleared my mind while absorbing myself into the piece of literature.
"Remember when we read that, Ezra! Our teacher assigned it." Oh, god was that bitch pushing my buttons, with her way too ugly haircut, her fake smile, and annoying comments.
"I'm not reading, because I was assigned it, I'm reading it because it's my favorite!" I said, still reading the book, but I put it down beside me, and took in a deep breath. Ezra came and sat next to me, and squeezed my hand.
"Well, why's it your favorite."
"Because it's my favorite!"
"Alright!" I picked up my book, and continued reading. My phone buzzed, and I picked it up, and read the text.
More people you meet, the more secrets you run into –A
What the hell is that supposed to mean. Does Maggie have a secret, because I haven't met anyone new, have I? My blood was running cold, and I started shaking. I can't deal with any more secrets, any more lies, I just want the messed up shit to be done with. Ezra knew exactly what had happened when my mouth gaped open slightly, and the phone stayed where it was.
"What does it mean?" I whispered.
"I have no idea!" Ezra whispered back. I collapsed on the bed with my face buried on the pillow. I just wanted to sleep, but I didn't I remembered something.
"Ali if you dare tell them." I screamed at her. We were by the swings, one of our meeting places.
"They'll find out in due time." She pulled out a notebook, what I assumed was a diary, and started writing.
"Since when have you kept a diary?"
"Since forever. You're going to need it because when I'm gone you won't know a clue."
"Will you stop saying that you're going to be murdered, because this is serious."
"I will be, by someone close to me, too close to me, almost like a double, almost exactly me."
"Ali just keep quiet!" I stormed out of the park.
"Whoa!" I said pushing myself back up on the bed.
"What?" Ezra asked.
"Alison had a twin!" I said still not remembering that Maggie and Malcolm in the room. I looked around, but they weren't there.
"Whoa!"
"Where'd they go?"
"They left. Maggie can be a bitch can't she?" I smirked.
"You're right about that!"
"How do you know Alison had a twin?"
"I just remembered it, literally."
"Well, off the subject. Would you like to make dinner?"
"I would love to make dinner." We got up from the bed, and I put Olly Murs on while Ezra was getting out the things we needed. Dance with me tonight came on, and Ezra snuck up behind me and spun me around. He held out his hand – mocking the posh men from the old fashioned romantic movies – and with me being a hopeless romantic I took on the role for being the foolish girl in love. I took his hand, and we danced around the room, while laughing. He spun me around and lifted me up, but not successfully. I laughed at the fake arrogance he was displaying. And when the song ended he pulled me in close, and gave me a short, but loving kiss. We moved back to the kitchen and resumed making our dinner. I snuck up on Ezra who was on the couch, and I put some cooked pasta on his head. He smiled, and he threw it back at me. He went to get some more, but I went a step further. I went to the sauce.
"No!" Ezra said, while he started running around the apartment.
"Yes!" I giggled, and threw the some of the sauce on his shirt. It had splattered across him, but before he could make it back to the cooker, I had splattered more on his shirt. He held out his arms, and I ran across the apartment, while he slowly chased me.
"I want a hug!"
"You're not getting one!"
"Yeah, I am!" He said with no doubt in his voice. He started chasing me around the apartment, and just caught me by the arm. I screamed, and tried to escape, but he pulled me around, and enveloped me in a hug. "You had it coming!" He whispered, and kissed the top of my head. He ran back to the counter, but not letting go off me. He got a handful of pasta, and put it down my back. I yelped again, and pulled away from the hug. I got some more sauce, and put down his pants. But this time he just had a smirk on his face, and I was so distracted by it, that I didn't see him get a handful of sauce. He slowly walked over to me, and I grew suspicious. He plopped the handful of sauce on my head, and I hit him playfully on the chest, but still hard. I went in for a hug, and then rubbed my hair on his shirt. He got a handful of pasta, and plopped it down on my head. "I just made my dinner!"
"I will make mine, then." I replied, and went to get a handful of sauce. I made my way to Ezra who wasn't backing away, because he knew I couldn't reach his head. I jumped up, but I miss, I tried, but yet again I failed. I tried a third time, and managed to just put it on his head, but it slid down his neck.
"You're so dead!" He said, and started chasing me around the apartment. I managed to get a handful of pasta, before he lifted me up, and I started giggling like a maniac. I threw the pasta on his head.
"You do realize that you are now my dinner!" I whispered teasingly, and he placed me down in front of him.
"I love you so much even if you make me a Spaghetti Bolognese!"
"I love you too even if you make me look like a walking pasta." Ezra lifted me up, and kissed me, and we pulled back. Reluctantly.
"I think we ruined our clothes and dinner, so why don't we change and we can order pizza." I nodded, and we stripped off putting our dirty clothes in a pile. We just stood there looking at each other.
"I think we need a shower!" I said, looking at my hair, which was wrapped around my finger.
"What if we have one, you know after all I'm all for saving water." I giggled, and he led me into the bathroom, to which we stripped off, fully. I got in the shower first and he followed. I turned on the shower, and the first thing I did was wash out all the food that had been dunked on my head. Ezra laughed.
"What?" I asked.
"Do you need help, it looks like your struggling?"
"Yes please!" I murmured and he started washing my hair for me. How embarrassing, I thought. When he was done, he lifted my head up and kissed me on the lips. I kissed him more passionately, and soon my legs were being lifted up, and wrapped around Ezra's waist. "Thanks, do you want me to wash yours?"
"No, it's fine. You probably won't reach anyway!" I playfully hit him, and we laughed. I got out of Ezra's grasp, but there still wasn't any room between us.
"I can try!" I tried, but I failed. He grinned, and washed out his own hair. Once we were successfully washed, and dry, and dressed in our – or Ezra's shirt for me and lace pants – we ordered our pizza. We sat on the couch, and skimmed through the channels, and watched Modern Family. Half way through the episode, our pizza came, and Ezra got up to open the door, and got the pizza. He returned to the couch, and we started eating while eating TV. I've been craving Italian food way more than usual. Ezra looked at me.
"What?" I said.
"It's just I've never seen you eat this much before!" Ezra replied.
"I'm pregnant!" I said, and blowing him a kiss. I pushed away my empty plate a few minutes later. "I'm stuffed!" I put my hand on my belly, and rubbed it. Ezra moved closer, and I rested my head on his chest.
"I love you!" Ezra whispered in my ear.
"I love you too!"
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