Thank you guys so much for all of the wonderful reviews! And sorry for the slow updates. I'm out of the country, so yahhh...
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Aria Montgomery and Ezra Fitz were having the best day of their lives. Since the school did not know what to do with the forbidden couple, they let them be. However, an email was sent to Aria's parents. In all honestly, the school was more surprised than anything. Nobody had first believed that Ezra's book was actually based upon a true story.
Aria and Ezra had spent the whole day at the schools' outdoor pool. Of course, everybody kept their space from the couple. Even Lizzy announced that she had things to do before running off to meet her other friends. This left Aria and Ezra alone, just like they wanted to be.
After meeting Ezra in her English class, Ms. Lotze had cleared her throat and shunned Aria. However, Ezra had protected her. So, the shocked teacher called Mr. Jared McGlee, the principle, and told him what she had witnessed. Next, Ms. Lotze excused her students, telling them that they had a free block.
Just before Aria could leave the classroom, Ms. Lotze caught her. "Aria," the teacher yelled. Aria looked straight into her scared eyes. "Please stay for a moment." She cleared her throat. "And you too, Ezra."
Ezra turned around and exchanged a nervous with his girlfriend. They did not know what was to come. However, after taking a deep breath, the couple sat down at in two empty seats just in front of Ms. Lotze's desk. The teacher sat in her favorite chair, just behind her desk.
Before talking, Ms. Lotze cleared her throat and scratched her dirty blonde hair. "Uh," she mumbled, then looked Aria in the eye. "I'm very disappointed in you."
Aria smiled, and began to laugh. She had always been surrounded by teachers, so she never took them seriously. Especially Ms. Lotze, who was just over 20 years old. However, soon the giggling got out of hand, so Aria stopped laughing. She looked down. "Sorry," she whispered, her voice still full of glee.
On the other side of the desk, Ms. Lotze refused to share eye contact with either Aria nor Ezra. She stared and reread her oldschool posters which were carelessly glued to the classroom walls. The room remained silent. Aria stopped looking down at her feet and stared at her boyfriend, whose arm enveloped her. Ms. Lotze, on the other hand, continued reading the posters.
Finally, Ezra cleared his throat. "Can we go now?"
Ms. Lotze's eyes darted back to Ezra. She stared into his ocean blue eyes, and took in a deep breath. Even though Aria was seeing Ezra, she couldn't help but feel a ping of jealousy. "No," she explained as she shook her head.
Aria rolled her eyes and exhaled a deep breath. "What do you want?" she snapped.
"Excuse me?" the confused teacher asked.
"Why won't you just let us go?" Ezra explained in a nicer tone. "We haven't done anything wrong, and we've been here for ten minutes."
"What do you mean, you haven't done anything wrong?" the female teacher asked. "Dating a student is a felony, don't you understand. You," she pointed at Ezra's face, "could be sent to jail for this."
Ezra opened his mouth to protest, but Aria interrupted. She pushed herself to the edge of her seat and stuck her face into a position so that it was only centimeters away from her teachers'.
"So?" Aria asked. "It isn't your problem to deal with. It's me and Ezra's."
Ms. Lotze sighed and thought about what her student had said. They were few words, but she did have a point. The couple's forbidden love was none of her business. "I guess you're right," she whispered after a few seconds. "So, you can go."
The couple happily stood up and hurried to exit the room. Just as Ezra opened the door to let Aria out, they heard a voice behind them.
"But, I'll let you know," Ms. Lotze explained, "that I've already told the Mr. McGlee. I've told him about what
I saw today. And he said that he would tell your parents. No exceptions."
"Shit," Aria mumbled under her breath as she exited the empty classroom. She was already late for her next block, so she didn't bother going to it. Instead, she took Ezra's hand and led him to the schools' outdoor pool. "Did you bring your swimming suit?" she asked.
Ezra thought for a few seconds before smiling. He bobbed his head, as if to say yes. "I'll go change. Meet you here in five?"
"Sure," Aria nodded. She planted a kiss on Ezra's lips before rushing back to her dorm. There, she changed as fast as she could, then returned to the pool in five minutes sharp.
Ezra was already at the pool. He turned to Aria. "Will we get into trouble?" he asked just before they entered the water.
Aria shrugged. "My parents know that you're here. They are probably already on their way to kill you. I think we'll be in trouble then. So lets enjoy now." She looked up into Ezra's face and leaned into his ear. "It may be one of the last times we see each other," she whispered so only he could hear.
Ezra nodded then blinked back tears. As much as he didn't want to admit it, he was afraid of what Byron Montgomery would do to him. Would he kill him? Probably. Would he send him to jail? There was a chance of that. Would he forbid them to never meet again? Most defiantly. Even though Ezra had many questions of what would happen in the hours to come, he was sure of one thing: he would have to fight to keep him and Aria together. No matter the consequence.
For the rest of the afternoon, Aria and Ezra lunged in the pool. They shared many kisses, and enjoyed themselves completely. Every so often, someone would walk onto the pools' deck, but as soon as they saw Aria and Ezra, they would disappear. It was clear that the stories of what happened that English class had spread, and now everybody knew about Ezria.
Yet, nor Aria or Ezra were ashamed of that. Instead, it made them prouder. People knew about them, and they were not scared. They were not ashamed. They were proud to be in love with each other. So, the couple remained in the pool for the rest of the afternoon.
Many hours later, the sun began to set. Ezra leaned into Aria and pulled a strand of her hair out of her face.
"The sunset is beautiful," Aria gushed as she looked up.
"Not nearly as pretty as you," Ezra whispered into Aria's ear. She blushed.
Then, as the sun disappeared on the horizon, Aria and Ezra leaned into a kiss. But, just as their lips met, they heard someone clearing their throat.
Shocked, Ezra looked up. As soon as he did, he regretted it. There, on the pools deck, staring into Ezra's soul, stood Byron Montgomery, Ezra's biggest nightmare.