I looked in the mirror as I put my make-up on. I saw Jason standing behind me. "You know watching me wouldn't make this any faster." I said as I looked in the mirror.
"I am just trying to figure out why you think you need that." He said as he watched me.
"Because hometown pretty don't make bitches cry." I said with a laugh. "Plus, I wouldn't look like I trophy wife without it."
"Babe you not a trophy wife. You just the catch of a life time." He said with a smile.
"Says Mr. Wall Street banker. That's right I heard all about your new job from your mother." I said as I looked at him.
"She called?" He asked.
"When you were getting dressed." I answered.
"Cats out of the bag." He said with a smile.
"She is also coming to visit next month and thinks we could take the train to Chicago from thanksgiving." I said with a smile.
"Isn't early to figure where we are going for thanksgiving?" He asked.
"A bit, but that means we go to Rosewood for Christmas." I said with a smile. "Which works out with Mike's birthday being two days earlier."
"Then we will do that." He said. "You ready yet?" He asked.
"Almost. Can you get me my black heels?" I asked as I looked at him.
"Anything for you." He said as he walked out. I walked out into our living room to find him searching my bag. I looked over to the table and laughed.
"Umm…sweetie, they are right here." I said as I walked over to the table. "I took them out earlier." I said with a giggle.
"Well, that is why I couldn't find the damn things." He said with a smile.
"I love you, but sometimes I wonder why." I said as I grabbed my purse. "Ready to see the town."
"See the town…baby we will run this town." He said with a smile.
"One day." I said with a smile. We walked down stairs hand in hand. We saw the building mangers wife in the lobby.
"You kids going out?" She asked.
"Yeah." Jason answered.
"Have fun." She said with a smile as we walked out the door. I took a look around. I loved the buildings, the back to back traffic. This is where I belonged. Here with Jason.
"Where first?" He asked.
"I will follow you." I said with a smile. "Always." He just smiled at me and led me away from our new home. We walked around taking in the city with every picture taken four an hour. We ended up in a small coffee shop on Broadway.
"Here Aria smile." Jason said as he held up his phone. "Oh come on everyone has seen me with coffee." I said with a laugh.
"This one is for me. I love the way your big brown eyes match your coffee." He said with a smile. "I love everything about you." He said as he took the picture.
"Jason, can you promise we will never change?" I said as I looked at him.
"Aria, I hope you realize that one day we will change. After all we have to turn old together." He said with a smile.
"I meant I don't want us to end up like our parents'." I said as I looked at him.
"We won't we got it right." He said as I looked into my coffee.
"Good." I said with a smile.
"So what do you want to do now brown eyes?" He asked me as he stared into my eyes.
"I am following your lead." I said as I looked at him.
"Do remember when we were little; your mom would bring you over for play dates with Ali? You couldn't have been more than eight." He said as he looked at me. Of course I remembered.
"You used to pull on my pony tail and then try to kiss me." I said with a smile.
"And you would run like hell." He said with a laugh.
"I will never run from you again." I said as we got up.
"You better not." He said as he winked at me. "I would have to chase after you again."
"Oh we don't want that. After all you're so old your back might break." I said with a laugh.
"Oh really." He said as he threw his empty coffee cup in the trash and then took mine and threw it away.
"Are you going to prove me wrong?" I asked as we walked outside.
"Of course." He said as he picked me up by my legs.
"Jason put me down people are staring!" I yelled as he kept walking.
"That's the whole put baby. Now take it back and I will put you down." He said.
"I take it back. Just put me back down." I said as I looked at down at him. Then I felt myself falling but he grabbed my waist and placed my feet softly on the ground. "You're a mean man." I said as I looked at him.
"You were mean. You called me old." He said.
"You're five years older than me." I said as we walked hand in hand. "It is a big difference."
"You trying to get me to leave you?" He asked with a laugh.
"God no. Just proving a point." I said as I looked at the buildings around us. "Let's go in there." I said as I stopped in front of a little clothing store.
"Anything for you." He said as he held the door open for me. I looked around. There was a ton of pretty things, but one thing caught my eye. It was a long white dress with lace.
"It was a wedding dress, but the lady cancelled the order." They lady behind the counter said. "I am Alice the designer." She said as she walked out.
"A wedding dress?" Jason asked as he looked at me.
"Don't hint at anything." I said as I looked at him.
"You got the ring already." He said with a smile. "We have to go through with it someday." He said as he looked at me. I know that Jason knew why I was holding off on this step. But, I also knew that this was something he wanted. He was ready, so therefor I should be ready. I found myself thinking about it as I looked at the dress.
It was a hot July day I was standing in the middle of the same church where they had Alison's and Ian's funeral. My hair was in an up do with a lily placed carefully in it. I was dressed in a long white dress covered in lace from top to bottom. I was holding on to Mike's arm because my father refused to be a part of this. I saw my mother smiling. I looked at Hanna; I could tell she knew what I was thinking before I dropped my flower arrangement. I mouthed 'sorry' to Ezra before I ran the other way. I stopped at the bottom of the steps for a moment. I tossed off my shoes, and then ran again. I ran all the way home and then some. I ran up to the house across from Spencer's. I saw Jason in the yard. He looked at me like I was a nut job. I stood on the sidewalk in that stupid wedding dress, my hair now down and a mess. "Shouldn't you be saying I do right now?" He asked.
"I couldn't go through with it." I said as I looked at him. He was covered in dirt from working in the yard.
"Why?" He asked.
"Because I love you, Jason." I said as I started to cry. Next thing I knew he had me by the waist and was trilling me around.
"I am so glad you always do the unexpected." He said as he put me down and leaned in to kiss me. "Because I love you Aria." He said after he pulled away. We stood like that for a moment. That was until the area was rushed by cars. I remember my mother and Mike standing off to the side as everyone else rushed us.
"Thank you god." Hanna said as she looked at the sky before she hugged me. "I knew that you were making a bad choice." She said with a smile. I just held on to Jason. He was the only one who laughed at the article in the lifestyle section calling me the 'Rosewood Run Away'. People looked at me stranger for running out on my wedding then the fact I was marrying my old English teacher.
I looked at Jason and smiled before asking "So you do wedding dresses normally?"
"On the side." Alice answered. "It's hard to make a living working at this place."
I gave Jason one more look before asking "Can I get your number?"
"Yes." She practically squealed. "Give me a call anytime." She said as she handed me a business card from her back pocket. I looked around the store before we walked outside.
"Does this mean, what I think it does?" Jason asked me as he looked at me.
"I was thinking maybe we should get this thing over with." I said with a smile.
"I have to call Ella." He said as he started to lead me away from the shop.
"Hello she is my mother I get to tell her." I said as I had to practically run to keep up with him. We really need to talk about this. Maybe it would be nice if he would run to me for once.
