Troubles come in threes, but in your case,

they came in millions and trillions, but that's alright

Ezra leaned his head back and sighed. Chubby was now gone, so Ezra was alone with the guy covered in tattoos of dragons and naked girls.

"What are you here for?" the guy asked. Ezra sat up and almost answered. He would have if it weren't for the clicks coming toward him. He turned from the guy and saw Aria and Spencer's mother walking towards his cell with a cop. Aria ran from their side and up to the bars.

"I'm so sorry," Aria repeated over and over, holding Ezra's hands through the bar. He kissed her forehead as best as he could before a cop pulled her away. He saw Veronica whisper something in Aria's ear and Aria nodded.

The cop unlocked the cell and told Ezra to come out. Ezra obeyed and got off the bunk. "You're free to go."

Ezra smiled a little, "Really?"

Veronica looked at him, "Really."

"Am I charged with anything?"

Veronica shrugged, "I worked out a deal. You're teaching license is suspended for a year, so you're out of a job, but you can teach again next year."

It sucked that he couldn't teach and he was out of a job again, but he was free. He could probably be with Aria again, too. This was most likely the best alternative. "Come on, let's get out of here," Veronica added.

Aria hooked her arm with Ezra's, "Lets."

Ezra smiled before remembering something. "Wait, I need my wallet and phone. They took it when –"

Aria dug through her purse and handed the requested items over. "Got it. Everything's covered."

Ezra shoved his belongings in his pocket before leaning down into Aria's ear and whispering, "I love you. Thank you."

"Don't mention it."

When I'm around you, suddenly I realized

That I was blind before I saw the world through your eyes.

Veronica drove towards Ezra's apartment as she kept catching glances of Ezra and Aria in the back seat of her SUV. The whole ride, they held hands and Ezra kissed her head. Veronica thought back to meeting him at parent teacher conferences and would've never expected that this was the next time they'd be seeing each other.

"So," Veronica started, distracting the two lovebirds. "I'm sorry about your teaching license."

"Mrs. Hastings, it's completely okay. Thank you so much for all the help," Ezra replied.

"You're welcome, Ezra," Veronica smiled. "Oh, but if anyone asks, you and Aria only dated when you were between Rosewood jobs."

"Understood… is that how you got the charges dropped?"

"Well, in a way. Aria's crying helped, too. She kept rambling about how you two never did such a thing."

"You lied?" Ezra teased.

Aria winked, "Not the first time."

A few minutes passed before someone spoke up again. "Is this it, Ezra?" Veronica asked, motioning to the apartments.

Ezra nodded, "Yeah, this is it."

Ezra started getting out of the car, but he realized Aria didn't move. Her gaze was too focused on Veronica. Ezra cleared his throat and Aria spoke up, "Um, Mrs. Hastings, may I stay with Ezra."

"Well, I'm not your mother. And he isn't your teacher. Just, you two… don't go walking out in public just yet."

Aria nodded and leapt out of the car. Ezra grabbed her hand and thanked Mrs. Hastings four more times. Finally she drove away, and Ezra and Aria headed up to his apartment. Once they got to the door, Ezra leaned down to kiss her.

Once they pulled away, Ezra bit his lip and tilted his head. "You want to stay?"

Aria smiled, "Sure."

A/N: Alright, well there you have it! I plan for this to be the last installment of TV in Black and White, but if any of you feel like it's too open ended or want to see a post arrest Ezria conversation or just anyone's reaction, please let me know! If any of my viewers want one to three more chapters, I'll most likely do it. But this was never meant to be a long fic. Anyways, if this is the end, thank you all for such positive feedback! Check out my other stuff too!

PS, would anyone be interested if I were to write and compile a bunch of EzraxAlison one shots? I'd take requests and I've just shipped them so much since the mid season finale and always hoped he would turn out to be boardshorts!

Love, M