Ella POV

I made my way to each of the booths. I lifted my eyes and scanned the room until I caught sight of Ezra. I smiled to myself before making my way over. He looked up and grinned.

"Mrs. Montgomery! You going back to school?" he teased. The woman beside him raised her eyebrows. I smirked at him.

"Ha. Ha. Ha. Very funny, Mr. Fitz." He tilted his head with a small smile. "I was just browsing. I do have a sixteen year old daughter." Ezra's smile faltered considerably at the mention of Aria. "Speaking of Aria, have you seen her? Has she talked to you about attending Hollis?"

Ezra opened his mouth as he scanned the crowd behind me. "I did see her. We chatted for a few but we didn't really discuss in detail. I told her to come by my office at Hollis if she needed any more info. Or," he said motioning to me, "she can ask Byron." I nodded.

"Uh, hi. I'm Jackie," said the brown haired woman beside Ezra.

"Oh! Ella, sorry, this is Jackie Molina. Jackie this is Ella Montgomery, Professor Montgomery's wife," Ezra introduced us. We shook hands politely.

Jackie smiled up at Ezra flirtatiously. I narrowed my eyes at the two. Jackie placed her hand on his upper arm as she said, "We're running out of forms. I'll run to your car and grab some more." He nodded. She turned to me. "It was nice meeting you." I nodded in agreement as she walked away.

I looked back at Ezra with a raised eyebrow. He looked down and moved some things around on the table. He looked back up and knitted his eyebrows together. "What?" he asked.

"You and Jackie seem…" I trailed off. Ezra shook his head.

"She's my ex-fiancé. Nothing more." I nodded slowly. Ezra had a fiancé once?

I smiled at him sadly. "When did you guys break up?" I wondered. It better have been before he got with Aria because if not, all hell was about to break loose.

"It's probably been a year and a half now. We dated for about two years and then got engaged. A month before the wedding she said she couldn't commit." He shrugged. It didn't really seem to bother him that she dumped him.

I pursed my lips. "Well, she still likes you." Ezra narrowed his eyes at me.

He chuckled. "You and Aria are so much alike. She came by here and said the same thing."

"Yeah, but she was probably jealous."

Ezra nodded biting his lip. "You're not?" he teased me. I tilted my head at him mockingly. He laughed.

"What's so funny?" Jackie asked as she waltzed up to us with a box.

Ezra cleared his throat. "Uh, nothing."

I looked between the two for several awkward minutes before saying, "Well, I should go. It was nice seeing you, Ezra. You need to come over for dinner soon."

"I will. Name the day and time," Ezra stated.

I grinned at him before turning my attention to Jackie. "It was nice meeting you, Jackie." She nodded at me before I left.

A few hours later, I walked down the steps of the school. I glanced across the street to see Ezra's car holding him and Spencer. I knitted my eyebrows together in confusion. Why were they together? They seemed to be arguing.

I stood there for a moment and watched. Spencer was obviously mad or worried about something. All I could see on Ezra was the back of his head but it obviously seemed personal. I stuck around until Spencer got out of the car and he drove off leaving behind a puff of smoke. They hadn't shown any affection toward one another.

Why the hell was she in his car, though? Was my daughter not the only one he was dating? He was now dating two former students? He was cheating on my daughter? I clenched my jaw as I quickly got in my vehicle and followed him.

I slowed as I saw him come to a stop outside Jason DiLaurentis' house. I narrowed my eyes hoping to get a clearer view of what was going on. I could see Ezra and Aria talking. They didn't really seem to be arguing about anything. He was staring down at her with his head tilted to the side. I watched as Aria took a step forward. Aria, don't kiss him. He's cheating on you! I wanted to interrupt but I couldn't. I watched as Ezra quickly cupped her face and planted soft kisses on her lips.

I looked away. Resting my elbow against the door, I covered my eyes with my hand. When I looked back out there, Aria was retrieving a box from Jason. Ezra was standing a few feet behind Aria with his hands stuffed in his pockets. Aria walked toward his car leaving Jason behind. Ezra opened the door for her and waited until she got in before closing it behind her. Jason stared them down as they made their way down the road.

How could my daughter be so naive? I mean, seriously? The guy was fooling her into believing he actually cared for her! Who was I kidding? he had everybody fooled including me. I released an angry breath before putting the car in drive.

Should I talk to her? Aria had gotten home not long after I did. I peeked out when I heard a car pull up and saw Ezra's car parked in the driveway. Aria raced in and up to her bedroom.

I decided that maybe I should talk to her. I walked upstairs and started the conversation about Mike. That was a good way to ease into the Ezra topic. At the last minute, I thought twice about confronting her about it. I went to walk out of her bedroom when I determinedly spoke.

"Actually, there was, um, one other thing. I feel kind of strange even bringing it up but, um, earlier this year there were some rumors about Mr. Fitz being involved with a student." Aria's face froze. She was terrified that I knew. Should I tell her that I knew? Should I drop her some hints that I saw Spencer and Ezra together and trust she confronts them about it? I shook my head unable to answer the questions.

"Yeah…" Aria said softly.

"And I just assumed it was gossip," I continued, "because he was young and clearly a lot of students were nursing a crush on him but maybe I shouldn't have." Aria's face never changed.

"Shouldn't have what?" she questioned.

"Assumed it wasn't true," I answered her. Aria stared at me blankly. I'm going to give her a chance to tell me what's going on with her and Ezra. "Is there something you want to tell me about Mr. Fitz…" I let that hang out there as I waited for a reply. Aria looked down and then back up at me. She thought I knew. She thought I was going to step forward and admit I knew. "…and Spencer?" I continued on.

"What?" she smiled.

"Are Mr. Fitz and Spencer…involved?" I asked her diligently.

"What? No!" she said with a grin. "Why would you even think that?" she questioned.

"Well, because I saw them talking in his car and it seemed…intimate."

"Well, there not…intimate." Aria didn't seem surprised when I said I saw them in his car. If anything she seemed…understanding. I nodded. "But would it be so bad if they were though?" she asked hurriedly. And there it was. The question I knew was bound to surface with this conversation. How do I answer? "You said so yourself, there's barely any age difference."

I decided to talk like a mother. I still wasn't convinced that Ezra wasn't dating Spencer. He was a good guy but no one is perfect. He could've made a mistake. Byron did. "Yeah but, I mean, that's not the point. He was her teacher and if I found out that he abused his power like that I'd be really disappointed." The instant I saw Aria's face I regretted saying it.

"Yeah," she mumbled. "Well…there-there's nothing going on between them so…"

I studied her as I said, "Good." Aria turned her back to me. I knew this would hurt her more but maybe it needed to be said. If it were any other teacher, it would be true. "You know, I take that back." I saw a glimmer of hope in Aria's eyes which made it even more difficult to say. "I'd feel more than disappointed. I'd feel betrayed." I rushed out of the room so I wouldn't have to look at her pained face any longer.

I got to the kitchen before I plopped down in a chair. I rested my elbow on the table before putting my head in my hand. My head snapped to the door as it opened. Byron stepped through.

"You're home," I said with a smile. "How did the meetings go?" I asked him.

Sighing, he draped his jacket over the back of a chair. "Long and pointless," he said with a soft smile. He leaned down for a kiss before sitting down himself. "What's going on?" he asked quietly.

I chewed on my bottom lip. "Remember those rumors about Ezra? The one you told me about during the Dance-A-Thon?" Byron looked down before nodding. "What if they were true?"

Byron chuckled. "Ezra's a good guy, Ella."

"I'm not saying he's not," I quickly defended myself. "I'm just saying that people make mistakes. You should know that." Byron looked down at his hands and clenched his jaw.

"Who do you think he was dating?" he asked quietly.

I breathed deeply before glancing at the stairs. "Well, I saw him with Spencer today at the College Fair. They were talking in his car. I talked to Aria about it. She said nothing is going on…"

Byron quickly butted in. "She likes Ezra and Spencer is her best friend. She isn't gonna rat either one of them out," he pointed out. I nodded and pursed my lips. "What's this about, Ella? You've been acting strange lately."

Sighing, I looked at him. "It's just…this whole Ian thing. I worked with him every single day and never once suspected anything. What if we're missing things that we shouldn't be?"

Byron sighed. "I can promise you that Ezra isn't Ian."

"What if Ezra was dating Aria?" I blurted out. Byron's whole demeanor changed as I snapped my mouth closed and my eyes grew wide.

"Why would you say that?" he asked. He was getting angry.

"I'm just asking. Would it be a big deal to you?"

Byron was quiet. "That depends."

"On what?" I inquired quietly.

"When the relationship started," he said as if it were obvious. "If it started after he started working at Hollis it wouldn't be that big of a deal but if it started when he was her teacher…well, I'd kill him." I nodded lamely. Byron narrowed his eyes at me. "Is there something you know that I don't?"

I opened my mouth to answer. Heels clicking down the stairs jolted me away from Byron. I smiled over at Aria. "I'm going over to Spencer's." I nodded to her.

"Be careful!" I hollered just before she closed the door behind her. Byron looked to me. "I'm going to bed."

"Ella…" Byron began.

"It's been a long day," I interrupted before heading upstairs.

A/N: Sooo, I had difficulty writing this chapter simply because Ella's reaction didn't go well with the story but I think the way I wrote it, it fits in nicely. At least, I hope it does(= Anywho, the MuchMusic promo finally came out and guess what...Ezra was not in it. Booo)= BUT, what if that was him Aria was talking to on the phone? I'm going to miss the first airing on Tuesday because of work which is completely depressing me but I've decided that I do not care how much homework I have or how late I get home, I AM WATCHING IT! Still waiting for that Ella/Ezra scene and the Aria/Jackie scene. Sneak peeks need to be posted like...yesterday. Wait, make that last two days ago. Anyyyyway, like always, review!