Ch. 26

Aria's POV

I woke up wrapped in his arms. I heard my phone buzzing from across the room and jumped up to get it.

"Hello?" I whispered into the phone.

"Aria? Why are you whispering?" Hanna asked.

"Ezra's still sleeping."

"Ooooh. Did you guys do it last night?" Hanna asked with enthusiasm in her voice.

I could hear Spencer yelling at her in the background as I answered, "Yes."

"Aria Montgomery! Aren't you supposed to be taking it easy!?" Hanna exclaimed.

"Yes! I did..I am!"

"You better come over later and spill," Hanna said with a chuckle.

"Not a chance," I said while rolling my eyes and hanging up.

I walked over to the kitchen, noticing that Ezra had put the food away before we'd fallen asleep. I smiled to myself as I pulled some noodles out of the fridge to eat cold.

Ezra's POV

I woke up and realized there was no one lying next to me in bed. "Not again," I thought to myself, but there was no note on the pillow like last time. I rubbed my eyes and looked around the apartment, that's when I saw a small figure, clad in my clothing and hunched over a container of noodles – that was the love of my life. I smiled as I watched her eat the leftovers that we had been too busy to dine on last night. I pulled on sweatpants and walked over to where she was sitting.

"Hey!" she exclaimed when she saw me. "I didn't wake you, did I?"

"No, no, not at all," I said with a smile as I took a seat next to her at the table. "Are those cold noodles?" I asked with a raised eye brow.

"Yes! Oh, come on! Don't give me that look. They're so good!" She said as she threw her head back for emphasis.

She held out a fork full to me and I reluctantly took it, only to please her.

"Well, it's not as bad as I thought," I said.

"Oh! Ezra! Say it's good, you know it is!"

Aria stared at me with her wide hazel eyes and I gave in,

"Okay! It was pretty good," I said with a smile.

She nodded her head in victory and resumed eating her noodles. Aria suddenly dropped her fork and turned to me.

"What?!" I asked, alarmed.

"Do you know what would be amazing right now?"

"…No?"

"A chocolate glazed donut."

I stared at her, "To go with your cold Chinese noodles?"

Her brow furrowed as if she couldn't contemplate why that would be a weird food combination.

"The obvious choice, of course! Okay! Sure. We can….oh, uh," I stammered, realizing that we actually could not go get a donut together in public, "How about you take a shower here, and I'll go get you your donut?" I asked hopefully, praying that she hadn't noticed my fumble.

She smiled at me, "Sure. Is it weird if I take my noodles in the shower?"

"What?! Yes! I don't want to clean noodles out of my shower after you're done!"

She shrugged as she carried the container of noodles with her into the bathroom.

"Aria!" I said as I started laughing hysterically, "You're weird!"

She poked her head out of the bathroom door and said, "You made me this way!" as she gestured to her stomach and winked.

I shook my head in disbelief as I grabbed my car keys to go get her a chocolate glazed donut.

Aria's POV

I actually finished my noodles while waiting for the shower to heat up, so Ezra had no reason to worry about how he would clean his shower. That was a joke anyway; he usually didn't clean anything, unless he knew I was sleeping over.

I hopped into the shower and let the hot and steamy water wash over me. I closed my eyes and stood there as the water cascaded down my face, chest, and ever expanding stomach. I opened my eyes as I heard a door close.

"Ezra, is that you? Are you back already?" I asked with fear in my voice.

I was answered by him walking into the bathroom with a chocolate glazed donut.

"I just thought you probably wanted this in the shower to go with your noodles," he said with a laugh.

I threw my head back and laughed as I opened the shower door.

"Just so you know I actually ate those noodles before I got in the shower. I didn't want you to worry about cleaning the shower, since I know you're such a neat freak," I said with a grin.

"I'm so glad you're so considerate," he said with a smile as he set down the donut on a plate, and pulled off his sweatpants and t-shirt.

"Awfully presumptuous of you to think you can just join me, no?" I said with a raised brow.

"Somehow, I'm thinking you won't mind," he said as he jumped in the shower with me.

I turned the knob to make the water hotter as his lips crushed against mine. My fingers ran through his hair and laced together behind his neck while his tongue slipped into my mouth as it always did.

"Ezra, are you in… ARIA?!"

Ezra whipped around and my eyes shot open to see Wes standing in the bathroom.

"WES?! WHAT THE HELL!?" Ezra yelled.

"I swear, I had no idea she was here," Wes said as he looked at my naked body with what looked like an impressed expression on his face.

"Uh, no, no, no," Ezra said as he turned me around and stepped in front of me, "You ARE NOT looking at my naked girlfriend right in front of me! Get out! NOW!"

Wes stepped out of the bathroom and Ezra and I got out of the shower. I stood with my eyes wide open.

"I'll get you some clothing," Ezra said quietly as he wrapped a towel around my body and grabbed one for himself.

"Wes, the fuck?!" I heard Ezra say as he walked out to get fresh clothing for the both of us.

"I swear I had no idea she was here."

"But why would you come in the bathroom when I was in there, even if I was alone?!" Ezra asked accusingly.

"I was just going to pop my head in and say that I was here, but," Wes trailed off.

"But then you saw my naked girlfriend in the shower and decided to stick around and stare at her?!" Ezra screamed.

He walked back into the bathroom with clothing for both of us.

I stood there with the towel wrapped tightly around myself.

"I'm so sorry," Ezra said quietly.

I bit my lip, "It's okay."

"It's not! It's not okay at all," he said as he pulled on clean sweatpants and a T-shirt. "I didn't know what you wanted for clothing, so I brought you the leggings and shirt from your bag, and then sweatpants that are mine. I don't know how covered up you want to be after…that."

I nodded as I grabbed the leggings and t-shirt that I had packed, "This is fine," I said with a reassuring smile.

Ezra closed his eyes and shook his head. I wrapped my arms around his waist and leaned my head against his chest.

"Ezra, it's okay."

"It's not, though. You shouldn't have to be embarrassed and exposed to my younger brother! Especially after all you've been through in the past couple days."

I looked up at him and stroked his cheek with my hand, "It's alright. Yes, it was embarrassing, but it will be okay. I'll just go sit out there and eat my donut," I said with a smile.

Ezra rolled his eyes and grinned as I took his hand and led him back into the kitchen/living room area.