Ezra's POV:

I walked into my new classroom. I was a little shocked that Hollis was so willing to have me back after I left so abruptly. I guess since Travis had taken a better job in New York so they needed to fill the spot in. I was teaching an English literature class and two writing courses plus I was writing my own novel.

I looked down at my student list. On both I found the same common name: Aria Montgomery.

I knew coming back to Hollis there would be a good chance that Aria would be in my class, but when my first class rolled around I wasn't prepared. She walked into class wearing a tight leather skirt with black boots and a tight purple tank. She was all grown up. She looked and saw me. The first words she murmured were "Holy crap."

Aria and I lock eyes. She clearly didn't know that I was going to be her teacher again. It was awkward more than anything.

"Hello class, I'm Mr. Fitz, I'm taking over for Mr. Travis."

"What happened to Mr. Travis?" A random kid asked.

"He got a better job in New York." I start to explain the goals of this semester. I want to talk to Aria more than anything. I want to know how she ended up with Jason.

Aria's POV:

Ezra starts talking, but I know his heart isn't into it. I can't believe he's my teacher again. He came back with a new girlfriend and he still made my heart skip a beat. I wanted to tell him it would always be him, but now there were other people involved. Jason and Rebecca were two innocent people who didn't deserve to get hurt. I loved Jason I truly did. He was everything a girl should want in a man, but for some reason he wasn't enough. He wasn't Ezra.

Class wraps up and I stay behind. "So you're my teacher again."

"I wanted to tell you at the gallery, but…" He doesn't mention Rebecca.

"Rebecca is great. She's talented and beautiful." He's trying to read my reaction.

"I know. She's great."

"How'd you two meet?" He walks to the board and starts erasing. He doesn't trust himself around me.

"At a coffee shop. She was drawing and I liked it." Of course he did. "What about you and Jason?"

"We reconnected after you left. We talked and eventually I realized you weren't coming back and I had to move on."

"That's great and congrats on the engagement."

"Thanks I should get going. Jason is probably waiting for me." I want him to grab my arm and kiss me, but he doesn't.

I take the long way to the main entrance and see Jackie. She drops some papers and I help her pick them up. She seemed like she was running away.

"Thanks." It looks like she had been crying a lot lately. I see what she was running away from; Ezra and Rebecca kissing.

"What's wrong?" I shouldn't care, but I was glad to see her hurt.

"Even after everything he still doesn't want me. He dated you and then left and came back with her. I've always been here, waiting." I felt bad for her. Even though she almost wrecked my relationship she wasn't that bad of a woman.

"Tell me about it."

"You're engaged."

"But I never stopped loving him just like you." She looks at me differently. She finally realized I wasn't the enemy.

"You're lucky. He is still in love with you. The way he looks at you. I'd kill to have him look at me that way. If he thought he had a shot with you again he'd dump Rebecca in a second."

"I doubt that." I hand her her papers back.

"Trust me. Congrats on your engagement."

"Thanks. Would you like to get a cup of coffee sometime?" When Jackie didn't hate you she actually wasn't that bad.

"No I'm actually leaving town. I can't stand being around them. I'm moving back home to teach there. I want someone who isn't in love with someone else." After all this time she was leaving. She was giving up.

"I'm sorry for everything."

"Why are you sorry? I'm the one who's sorry. I see now that Z will always be in love with you Aria. Even after I flirted and pined he never once strayed. He was one hundred percent devoted to you. If you don't mind me asking what happened that made him leave?" She didn't know.

"Jason." She nodded.

"Well I still have packing to do. Congrats and good luck Aria. Follow your heart not your brain because I didn't and I lost him."

"Bye Jackie." I felt bad. Jackie was a great person. She was just a person trying to make amends for a mistake she made. And I was making the same one. I loved Ezra. I was always going to love him. I needed to talk to him without Rebecca around.

I wrote this chapter BEFORE the finale aired so I didn't know that Jackie was going to be such a bitch! And I had too much hw to do so I couldn't edit it. But I do like that Jackie is nice. In most fanfics she is evil, but this isn't most fanfics. This is my fanfic and I want Jackie to leave so that's what she's doing.