Chapter 43
I snuggled up to Ezra as he pressed play for It Happened One Night. It's been raining since yesterday, so we decided to watch some old movies for a while. I honestly thought our weekend was going to be tense between us the entire time until we made up. Luckily, we found more wood down in the basement or cellar or whatever it is. Otherwise Ezra would have driven at least an hour or two to get to a hardware store since the wood we had got wet from the rain.
"God, I'd do anything to just keep you in my arms all day." Ezra, murmured into my ear.
"I think that is quite possible mr. Fitz." I giggled as he brushed his lips against my ticklish spot.
"Babe!" I giggled and he pulled away.
"I wonder if it's going to rain all weekend." Ezra wondered as I rested my head against his shoulder.
"If it does… we could just stay in bed the entire time." I said and we shared a look.
Neither of us said anything else as I pulled the blanket back over both of us. Ezra carefully scooted me closer to him and I snuggled into him. He started reaching for our books, but I softly turned his face towards me and pressed my lips to his. As he cupped my face, I melted into him like always. His thumbs caressed my cheeks and I snaked my arms around his neck. All of a sudden, I felt a huge urge to pee and slowly pulled away.
"Now I have to pee." I muttered and Ezra held back a chuckle.
"And here we thought we weren't going to get interrupted." He joked as I managed to get out of bed.
"One of us was bound to go to the bathroom at some point." I called out.
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I giggled as Ezra gently trailed his fingers on my stomach, somehow getting the twins to behave. They haven't really made me have weird cravings lately, and I'm definitely okay with that. I'm just glad that my morning sickness is practically gone and I haven't had it at all this weekend so far. Ezra rested his chin on my shoulder, brushing his lips against my ear and I knew he was about to quote another book. He's been quoting book after quote even though he's reading War and Peace.
"You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how." He whispered, quoting Gone With The Wind.
"Okay mr. Romantic, just kiss me already." I giggled, turning to face him.
"It worked." He managed against my lips.
Dropping my book, I slowly wrapped my arms around his neck. He tossed his book to the side and cupped my face, slowly laying me back into some of the pillows we brought into the living room. Just as I slipped my tongue into his mouth, he slowly pulled back with a smirk and arched an eyebrow. I rolled my eyes and brought his lips back to mine. Of course he was going to make a pee joke from earlier.
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"Think I finally got you beat babe, flush." Ezra said with a smirk and showed me his straight.
"Almost." I told him, showing him my four of a kind.
"You really are freakishly good at this." Ezra said, reshuffling the cards and putting them away.
"Just be glad we weren't playing strip poker, you'd be naked all by yourself." I teased as he pulled me onto his lap.
"Pretty sure you would just start stripping the second I had my shirt off." He pointed out.
"Most likely." I agreed as he caressed my cheek.
"What would you like for dinner? I could make some chicken stir fry, or sandwiches, that frozen pizza or even that chickpea curry." Ezra whispered.
"Chicken stir fry sounds good, would you like some help?"
"I'd love some help. Can I trust you to slice the chicken and not injure yourself?" He asked.
"As long as it's not a big knife." I told him.
"Can you get the stuff out while I run to the bathroom?" He asked and I nodded.
Ezra walked towards the bathroom and I headed into the kitchen. Just as I pulling out the ingredients for dinner, I smirked and sat them all on the counter. I hurried towards our room, slipping my tank top off as I walked in and grabbed his yellow shirt as I made my way back towards the kitchen. Slicing the chicken, I giggled as Ezra wrapped his arms around me.
"I was wondering when you'd be stealing my shirt." He murmured.
"Well, I was waiting for the perfect time to steal it." I told him.
"Mhmm, as much as I love it when you distract me…. it's probably a good idea not to distract me while I have a knife in my hand." I managed as he kissed the crook of my neck.
"Good idea… I'll distract you later." He murmured, kissing my cheek.
"You better." I told him.
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Looking up from my controller, I saw the monster that Ezra and I have to destroy in this video game that he and Hardy left here. Neither of us really like this game but the fact we can't beat this level is annoying and we couldn't figure out what else to do instead. Looking at the weapons we both had, some of the stuff looked useless.
"I have an axe, a hammer, and what the heck is this hunting horn? You have all the cool stuff." Ezra said.
"Use the axe babe, might be your best bet." I told him.
Pressing buttons, I somehow threw something at the monster we had to destroy but only hit his leg. Just then, Ezra threw the axe and sliced the monster's head 've been on this quest since we started the game when we got back from our picnic in the clearing when it started raining.
That's my monster hunter." I whispered, wrapping my arms around his neck.
"That was all you baby, I was just pressing buttons." He murmured as I pressed my lips to his.
"So was I." I giggled.
"Come here baby." He managed, brushing his lips against mine.
He wrapped an arm around me and gently pulled me onto his lap. The fire he had going in the fireplace was still going strong, definitely keeping the cabin nice and warm. His lips finally met mine and he slowly started laying me back onto the couch.
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Ezra wrapped his arms around me as he turned the water off for our bath. I snuggled into him and he brushed his lips to my shoulder blade. We were going to go swimming in the lake since the sun was setting but we decided to do that another time. I still can't believe we decided on our first song already.
"Enjoying yourself?" I giggled as he pressed his lips to the back of my neck.
"Always." He whispered.
Ezra started softly massaging my neck, kissing my shoulder blade. As he moved his hands, I giggled when he started massaging my ticklish spot. All of a sudden, I felt some sort of tumbling motion in my stomach. Ezra pressed his lips to my ear just as I felt it again and I knew exactly what it was. The twins are finally kicking, well at least one of them is kicking.
"Give me your hand." I said, taking his hand and placing it where I felt it.
"They're kicking." He said smiling.
"One of them is…. oh and there's the other one now." I said, laughing at the twins competing with each other.
"Already competing with each other." Ezra joked.
"No fighting each other!" I said, looking at my stomach.
"We both know they won't listen." He pointed out.
"Aria baby, what are you up to?" Ezra asked as I carefully turned around.
Grabbing the remote for the iPod, I turned our song on and he chuckled. I set the remote back down as he pulled me onto his lap. As he ran his hands through my hair, I rested my hands against his chest and pressed my lips to his.
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Ezra slowly ran his fingers up and down my back, getting me to giggle. I snuggled into him, reaching for his hand and holding it closer to me. Pretty soon, our weekend will be over and part of me doesn't want it to end. Sensing my thoughts, Ezra lifted my chin and brushed his lips to mine. We slowly pulled away and he pressed his lips to my forehead.
"What's going through that beautiful mind of yours?" Ezra asked.
"You mean besides that our little getaway is over in a few days?" I pointed out, unsure if I'm ready to bring up the other thing.
"If I were to ever go see Alison, would you come with?" I asked, forcing myself to ask.
"Aria, you know I would." He whispered, caressing my cheek.
"None of us don't even know why she even started it in the first place." I said softly.
"I love you." He breathed and I looked up at him.
"And I love you." I told him, pressing my lips to his.
Neither of us said anything as he brushed his lips against my forehead. All of our friendships with Alison might have been fake and one sided…. but the only thing she did for us was make us stronger. She thinks she's the reason Ezra and I are even together, but she's only a small reason. There was a chance that I didn't walk into Snookers that day at all, or even one of the other girls did. Our relationship was all fate.
AN: I made a subreddit on Reddit for Ezria fans! If you're interested in joining here its: PLL_Ezria
