Thank you for your Feedback. I have so many ideas for this story! It it is still not set in stone what endgame its gonna be though - I am leaning towards Sparia - but what do you guys think? Ezria / Arlex or Sparia? Leave a comment and let me know! Also, English is not my native language - So I apologize for any mistakes!
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Spencer looked up to the blank ceiling. How many days had passed? Three? Four? She lost track of time, and somehow she was brought back to the time she and her friends spent in the Dollhouse, even though she had to admit, that at least this felt more like a prison than a torture place.
She still didn't know what felt more surreal. Her having an evil twin and being locked up somewhere underground with Ezra Fitz or her evil twin having feelings for one of her closest friends. She seriously wondered if Aria could ever find Alex attractive, well basically she wondered if Aria could ever find her attractive. She didn't know why she spent so much time thinking about this. Aria would never love anyone besides Ezra. He was the one. And Spencer would do anything in her power to bring him out alive, she would do anything for Aria.
„Hello again, sister." Her voice was like a knife twisting into Spencer's ears.
„I just wanted to stop by, and have a little talk with our male guest here." Alex winked over to Ezra, whose head turned into her direction.
„I have some work for you to do.", Alex smiled and Spencer could only guess what she wanted Ezra to do. She desperately hoped Aria wouldn't believe his words and would still try to figure out what was going on.
"If you want me to tell Aria to stop hoping for me to come back, forget it!" Ezra seemed determined, but Spencer had a feeling crossing Alex would be impossible.
"It's your choice, really. I could always turn Aria into a nice little diamond, too. What do you think? I think I would like to have a ring...that way she would always be with me, till death do us apart. Actually, I never thought of this before. I like this plan." Alex scratched her head then for a moment and pulled out her little control pad again, pressing some buttons. Spencer could here a door being opened, but her position wouldn't allow her to see anything. It was only when Alex came back into sight with a shiny revolver that Spencer's face lost all color and she panicked.
"Don't touch her!", Spencer cried out and banged on to the wall, for Alex to notice her. She softened then, knowing that the only thing that could really work is try some psychological skills she had picked up from her parents working as lawyers. Think of something, Spencer, she told her herself. Give her a reason she cannot kill Aria. Fast. "Don't kill her!", she cried out and Alex turned to her, curiosity shining in her eyes. "Why is that?"
"I mean, if you kill her, you'll never know the kind of amazing kisser she is, you'll never be able to touch her soft lips, hear her adorable little moan or feel her delicate fingers touch your skin."
Spencer wasn't surprised when she saw Ezra looking shocked, like he had just seen a ghost. To be honest, Spencer wasn't really planning to say that at all. The words just came out without any warning, and she couldn't control herself.
Alex looked closely at Spencer, raising a perfectly shaped eyebrow at her. "How would you know?", she asked, and Spencer might have spotted a tone of jealousy in her voice.
"Spencer?" That was Ezra. She still wouldn't meet his eyes, though. All she could think of now, was saving Aria from turning into ashes. She had to convince Alex that Aria was worth it, even though she felt sick thinking of Alex and her best friend being together.
"It was at a party.", Spencer specified. "We were...a little drunk. It was during one of those college parties. She came to visit me in Washington and we went to some dorm party and got pretty wasted. I was missing Toby, and Aria was still thinking of Ezra, and then all of the sudden we are playing truth or dare and there is this one guy who thinks he is the funniest of all and dares us to kiss. So we did." She hoped they believed her story. It sounded pretty convincing anyway. And it was only half a lie.
"That's it?", Alex suspiciously asked. "Aria moaned in front of everyone at a party?"
Spencer blushed then, feeling like she just got caught. She and Aria had promised to never bring up that night again. It was so long ago, but now it was something Spencer thought about more often than she would like to.
"She stayed at my place that night." That was all Spencer was going to give away. They didn't need to know what happened that night. That night was reserved for her and Aria only.
"Did you sleep with her?" It surprised Spencer that it was actually Ezra's shocked voice that filled the room and not Alex's.
"No! Of course not!" Like she said. She wouldn't give them more information about that night, weather it was true or not.
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As Alex looked up at the ceiling, she couldn't help but let her mind wander. Alex couldn't get Aria out of her head, not since Spencer had explained how they had kissed. She felt jealously rise inside her at the thought of anyone else touching her. She didn't know where those feelings came from. Even with Wren it had never felt like this.
"What are you thinking about, Spence?" Aria brought her out of her thoughts. A week had passed since Ezra had "left" Aria at the alter and Alex had refused to let Aria stay on her own, insisting that she needed to be there for her best friend.
"Do you still hope for Ezra to come home?", she asked and Aria turned her head away, clearly not liking the direction in which this conversation was going to.
"Sometimes.", she finally admitted, and it almost broke Alex's heart to see her this upset. Almost.
"I just wish I got an explanation, you know? It's not like Ezra to just leave town without a word."
Maybe she should have tried harder to get Ezra to call Aria, Alex thought. She would try again in the morning when it was time to feed them.
"You know, I am never going to leave you, you know?", she said and Aria nodded.
"Come here." She longed to touch her again and when Aria was finally back in her arms, she couldn't help but grin. Softly she stroked the shorter girls hair, lulling Aria into her.
"I love you, Aria.", she spoke softly and when she didn't receive a response she grew worried, only to find Aria soundly asleep in her embrace. She could definitely get used to this.
"Sleep tight, love. I feel like this is the start of something beautiful."
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Aria stirred in her sleep. Slowly she opened her eyes, and found herself in the arms of her best friend. She was more than glad that she had Spencer to help her through this, and she couldn't thank her more for being there for her and making sure she was not losing it.
She felt Spencer move. Her hand reaching up to hold Aria's and she wondered what her friend was dreaming about. Seeing her breathing in and out, faster than usual, she tightened her grip on her friend's hand, afraid she might be having some of those nightmares that had started way back, when they all had escaped the dollhouse. "I'm here, Spence.", she whispered. "I'm here." She trailed a finger over her hand then, making small circles in order to calm down the sleeping girl beside her. "Alex.", she heard Spencer whisper then and Aria squeezed her eyes for a moment, trying to think of why Spencer would say her ex-boyfriend's name from years ago. "It's Alex, Aria.", she heard her say and Aria tried to make sense of the mumbling that could be heard in the quite room. Alex? Who was Alex? And what did he do that Spencer felt the need to tell her? Was Alex someone who had hurt her? Was that why she seemed so troubled? Tiredness overtook Aria, as she tried to figure out who this Alex guy was and what he had possible done to Spencer. Realizing she wouldn't get any more answers that night and not wanting to wake Spencer, she made a self notice to ask Spencer in the morning and drew her in closer to her, hoping to calm down her best friend, before falling into a deep sleep herself.
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When Aria woke up later that day, she was surprised when she saw the empty space beside her. It was only seven in the morning, and while Spencer was definitely a morning person, Aria still thought it was weird that she had left so early. There went the plan to ask her about this Alex guy, she thought. Even though she promised Spencer, she would stop looking something told her to keep trying to figure out where Ezra went to. She couldn't shake off the feeling that something wasn't right. Caleb had tracked Ezra's credit cards, and he hadn't used them at all and his car was still parked at the Radley. It seemed like Ezra had just vanished in front of her without so much as a trace or explanation and Aria wouldn't accept it. She couldn't. Her heart still longed for him, even though she was reminded by Spencer everyday that he wasn't worth. She just couldn't help it.
She checked her phone and when she saw that the only new messages she got were from Emily and Hanna checking on her, she sighed and placed it back down on the kitchen counter and went to prepare herself something to eat.
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"You have to be convincing, though.", Alex demanded and handed a phone over to Ezra, whose legs and left hand were tied up to a chair. Alex was done playing games.
She needed Aria to believe that Ezra wouldn't want anything to do with her anymore. She had finally convinced Ezra to send Aria a message, well more like threatened him, but for Alex it was the same thing. First, she had threatened to kill Ezra, pointing her gun directly to his forehead, when Spencer had shouted out to Ezra that Aria couldn't lose him and that she wouldn't want him to die. She brought up the time when Ezra stood in front of the girls, sacrificing himself on that roof and what that had done to Aria. Ezra hesitated then, but Alex could tell how hard it was to agree to Alex's terms, so Alex had slowly walked into Spencer's cell then, pointing the gun to her head instead and grinning to Ezra. "I know I said she was family, but could you live with the guilt of being responsible for Aria's best friend to be killed off?" Alex noticed how scared Spencer looked in that moment and something must have snapped inside Ezra because he hung his head in defeat and asked for a phone. In the corner of her eyes, Alex could see how Spencer let out a sigh of relief.
"What do I say?", Ezra asked, sounding astonishing professional and Alex couldn't help but feel a little bit proud.
"Tell her that you left the country. That you couldn't face her after she kept that secret of her not being able to have kids. That you thought about it and that the idea of having your own children is just too important to you, and you didn't know how to leave her." Alex's mind wandered briefly, when she tried to imagine Aria listening to Ezra tell her these exact words. In the back of her mind, she hoped for Aria to call her, so she could go over and make sure she was okay. She did care. Maybe she cared a little too much.
From across the room she could make out Spencer shaking her head and what seemed like whipping away a few tears.
"Are you seriously crying over this?" Alex asked sarcastically and let out a laugh.
"You don't know her. You don't know Aria. She is not just gonna be upset, she is gonna be devastated. I know Aria. She isn't going to just listen to these words and move on."
"What are you saying?"
"I just hope she won't hurt herself, that's all." Spencer's words were mumbled and Alex knew Spencer let out these words rather to herself than responding to her question. Alex looked conflicted. She did love Aria. And the thought that she would -
"Let me just tell her that I need time.", Ezra interrupted her thoughts and Alex turned to him, letting him continue. "I know this is not what you want, but I know you care about Aria, so please."
Alex let out a frustrated scream. "Shut up! Shut the fuck up! Both of you! Bloody hell!", she cried, wiggling around the gun that was still shaking in her hand. After what seemed like minutes, she finally turned to Ezra. "Just do it! Just tell her you're not coming home."
Ezra nodded, clearly shaking, before dialing Aria's phone number and holding it to his ear.
"I want to hear her voice.", Alex said. "Put her on speaker. Now." She was becoming tired of this whole shit. Sometimes she thought it would be better to just kill them off like she did with Wren.
"Hello?", a soft voice answered after a few rings and Aria's voiced filled the room. For a moment the cold room filled with silence.