Hey guys the notes from me didn't come up on last chapter but thanx for the few reviews I received. Please know the more reviews I get the sooner the chapter will be uploaded. They really make my day, I go to school and tell my friends I think that are starting to get sick of it but its funny. Sorry for the delay of this chapter. I just finished year 8 so the uploads should be more frequent. I had a bunch of assignments and test I had to study for. Sorry for my babbling. But here it is.
I do not own anything it belongs to Sara Shepherd and ABC Family.
Recap:
It was around midnight when we were both woken by the ringing of Ezra's home phone. He got up to get it. Who would call at this hour? Once again I was alone in a dark room. Could it be –A on the other line? I listen in on the conversation.
"Hello" said a sleepy Ezra.
End of recap:
"MUM!" he said much more awake now. I heard the phone slam down on the cradle and Ezra stomping back to the bedroom.
"Ezra?" I called out.
"Yes" he said in a grumpy tone.
"Who was on the phone?" I asked knowing the answer but what I really wanted from him is what the reaction was all about.
"Just a wrong number Aria" he said getting back into the bed.
"No Ezra you said mum! Was that you mother on the other line?" then it hit me, he never once talked to me about his mother or even his family.
"Can we not do this tonight Aria I'm tired!" he said rolling over. I let him be because I already new he had a tuff day at work with certain people, students and grading. I snuggled up to his back and we were soon both fast asleep.
In the morning I woke up to an empty bed next to me. That was not like Ezra to just leave the bed and not tell me. I got up to put a robe on but it was gone! Were was Ezra and what was he doing? I pulled the long sleeve of the shirt Ezra lent me to sleep in over my hands to keep them warm and hopped with my crutches lightly of to the kitchen to find Ezra sitting there with a cup of coffee under his chin and his face in his hands. Why was he sitting there like this?
"Ezra?" I came up behind him and put my hand on the small of his back. It made him jump and turn around to look at me. Not to be mean but he looked awful, that look when you have had not sleep and way to much coffee just to keep your mind occupied. He gave me a shy limp half hearted smile that didn't touch his eyes at all as I leaned my crutches on the wall and hopped around him and got some coffee of my own. When I came back to the little table his head was in his hands once again. I set my mug of coffee on the table and grabbed his hands and held them in my.
"Ezra what happen last night on the phone?" I ask concerned at what had happened.
"Nothing. I hung up on her." As replied emotionless
"Why? Wasn't it your mother?" I asked.
"NO!"
"Well who was it then?" I started to get frustrated.
"I will never call her a mother!" his eyes started to well up and my heart softened. I got up grabbing the two coffee cups and putting them on the table then going back to the table to drag him over to the couch. I let him drop onto the couch as the tears started to roll down my face as well. I hated seeing him in pain to the point where he was crying I had never really seen him cry before.
"Aria… when I was a teenager my mother and I had a lot of trouble with each other. I… made her life hell and like wise she made mine hell. I got into a lot of thing I don't regret because they were learning experience for me but I wish I already learnt the lessons with out the experience." AlI I could do was nod at this point, telling him to continue.
"I dropped out of school in year 7 and started to live on the streets after my parents divorce. I didn't want to be in the house, I reminded me of all the nice and not so nice things that happened there. I started working when it was meant to be time for me to start year 8. When I saved up enough money to go to the local public school I enrolled and went back home. It was only for conveniences, I still payed for my food and school also doing all the things I needed myself such as washing as cooking. But I need parental consent forms signed almost every day. Half way through year 8 I meet a teacher. She was really lovely. She helped me through that time and that's when I new I wanted to be a teacher. My parents wanted me to be something a lot more classy. They didn't care whether I would enjoy it but if it brought the money home it was fine. Once again I left home. The push to become a teacher and the money for collage all came from me. I never got anything I didn't work hard for. And if she thinks she can just walk back into my life again she has something coming to her!" the tears where now gone but he was full of rage. I cuddled up to his side to try and comfort him while he let it all out.
"Ezra I know how much it hurts, but maybe she want to try and make it up to you now for what she…" but I was cut of by him already defending himself.
"Aria you cant just make up for a 13 year old kid having to go to work to get and education and pay for food. I have supported myself since I was thirteen year old Aria!" the tears started to slowly roll down my cheeks and I listen to what he said, he had been working since he was thirteen years old?
"That awful" I managed to reply in a whisper. He looked down at me to see I was crying. Ezra pulled me on to his lap and rubbed my back.
"Its over now Aria. I never want to talk or to see her again."
"How can you say that Ezra. What she did was totally wrong but you can't hold it against her forever. She made a massive series of mistakes I get it but shouldn't you at least talk to her about it? I questioned.
"Aria you have no idea how hard and awful it was to live on the street and work at an abusive place and when you finally got the money to go to school no one liked you because you were the poor kid that had nothing but used all that he had." He whispered holding the bridge of his nose in between in thumb and index finger.
"Your right Ezra I don't know how it feels but I imagine that it was awful for you. But I also know that your mother would love to have you back as an 'active' member of the family. I would also very much like to meet her at some point?" He looked at me and frowned almost saying that 'your right but I really don't want to do it'. He turned to me and smiled so I smiled back and got up of the couch I could see that he didn't want to talk about it any longer. I hoped over to my bag to grab my phone.
Hanna: Spencer said you were working on extra credit? How's it going? Have fun!
Spencer: covering for you is fun! I ate the whole pizza.
Ella: Where are you? Call me now!
I text the girls back with thanx and yes it Is fun. I left calling my mum to last.
"Ezra?" I called.
"Yes my dear?" he stuck his head out of the kitchen.
"Hush!" I put my finger over my lips, "I am going to call Ella okay?" he just nodded and I dialled the number.
"Aria Megan Montgomery! Were are you?" she almost shouted.
""Ella its fine I'm fine, I'm at Spencers."
"Well I wont you home now!" she said sternly, "your father and I have to ask you and your brother something."
"I Will be home in and hour?" it was almost a question.
"That's fine" then the line went blank.
"Ezra?" I called out.
"Mmmhhhm?"
"As much as I would like to eat what you are cooking my mom wants me to come home."
"Ohh okay. Do you need me to drive you?" he asked.
"No it's fine I'll get Spence to pick me up." I called Spencer and she said she would be there in 15 minutes. He came out with my bag of thing and took my by the arm down stairs to meet Spencer after she called.
"Aria?" my Ella called as soon as I hoped in the door.
"Come and sit hear" Byron asked grabbing my arm gently and helping me sit.
"Mike come down here I need to ask you and your sister something?" Ella called. Mike thumped down the stairs and when he got to the living room sat next to me.
"As you know" Ella started "its you fathers and mine wedding anniversary in two months. And we want to know if… well we want to book a vacation for just us. We want to know if you two will be okay for two weeks on your own? And if Aria your leg isn't better than we will not go." Ella rambled. But this would be perfect!
"Of course Ella! I mean it is your 25 anniversary you should do something special." I covered up my excitement quickly.
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In the next few months that were to follow my leg got better. Which was a relief because getting around school and even home was hard. But now it was time for my parents to leave. All of their bags were in the car and we said all of the normal goodbyes and we will miss you, then mike and I waved them of from the curb. When we went inside again mike left pretty much straightaway with out saying a word and so did I after locking up the house.
Ezra and I had already talked about my staying at his apartment for two weeks but I would still have to make some time for the girls.
I walked up the stairs to apartment 3b and dropped my things and knocked on the door. I heard some thumping and crashing and then the door swang open to revel Ezra standing on one leg holding his foot. Then I realised what all the crashing was all I could do was laugh at him. He hoped back a few steeps so I pulled myself together and went in. He let his foot go and pulled me into a tight hug and buried his head in my hair. I pulled back and looked at him. He bent down and lightly kissed me.
"How are you my dear?" he spoke first.
"Good yourself?" I mummed as I pulled back.
"I'm absolutely perfect now that you are here." He led me to the couch. He sat down on the couch and pulled me onto his lap.
"What would you like to do today? Watch a movie?" well that was one of the only thing we could do but what ever.
"Yes" I smiled at him.
We sat on his couch all day hardly touching each other. We had two weeks to be together just the two of us. It felt great but at the same time it was a scary filling. I'm not really sure why. We order food, ate it. We were sitting on the couch watching tv when he turned to me.
"Are you alright? You have hardly said anything all day." He put his arm around me for the first time today. I turned on the couch to face him and nodded.
"Its just… we have never really been together for this period of time and I… I don't want you to get sick of me." I kept my head down and waited… he had started to laugh! What was he laughing at? Me? What I had said?
"Silly silly girl! I could never get sick of you. Is that what this is all about?" I nodded and blushed a deep scarlet. Ezra pulled me onto his lap and cuddled me. He pulled my chin up with his pointer finger and brought his mouth to mine. The kiss started slow but then I was on top of him. He pulled the hair band out of my ponytail letting my hair cascade over my shoulders. His hands were tangled in my hair mine were on his chest hurriedly undoing the buttons on his shirt. Once I was done he sat up with me straddling him and shrugged his shirt of. He untangled his hands out of my hair and pulled my shirt over my head flinging it across the little apartment. He slowly lent down on me letting my legs straten out. Then his home phone rang and rang and rang so I pulled away. His lips moved down my shoulder and onto my belly.
"Ezra? Ezra stop! Please for the love of God answer your phone!" I told him sternly.
"It will go to message bank." He said against my skin.
"No" and I slide out of under him and walked over to the phone.
"Hello?" I asked as Ezra was staring at my semi nude torso.
"Oh um yes he is here." I realised a little to late that it was probably not a good idea for me to answer his phone.
"Yes he is right here." He looked up into my eyes and mouthed, "who is it?"
I held the phone to my chest so the person on the other line couldn't hear.
"Your mom." I shrugged nervously remembering the time we talked about the women he would never call mum. He got up and I handed him the phone and walked over to were my shirt was and slid it over my head, when I turned back around there was a frown on his face that I had a hard time not giggling at.
"Mum?... hey how are you?... That's good yes I'm fine… Who was that? Well that was my girlfriend Aria." I walked past him peck him on the cheek grabbed my phone and went into his bedroom thinking he might want some privacy.
I laid down on his big bed and dialled Hanna's number.
"Hey?"
"Ohh hey Aria I thought you were on lock down with Fitz for two weeks?"
"Well we were on his couch and his phone rang… it was his mum and I answered it. But anyway thats not really the problem is it? Remember how I told you about his and his mothers relationship?"
"Yeah?" she sounded all exited at this new hot goss.
"Well I don't know if I should go out there and sit with him or give him privacy?"
"What were you doing on his couch?" she questioned totally out of it.
"That… that's not important." I covered.
"Fine whatever you will have to spill the beans sometime but no stay in his room and give him privacy."
"Thanx Han I better go love ya!"
"Luv ya two" and then the line went dead. I grabbed the copy of to kill a mocking bird of his side table and started to read… I was completely engrossed in the book when he came in and lay next to me on the bed. And pulled the book out of my hands folding over the corner to keep it as a marker of where I was up to and the lay it on the side table closest to him. I cleared my throat.
"So how'd it go?" I ask casually.
"It was good. We haven't talked in agers."
"What did you say about me?"
"Oh na… nothing."
"No I mean like the fact that I answered your phone?"
"Oh that you are my girlfriend which you are right?"
"Of course but will she find out that I am your student? And if she did would she turn you in?" I started to panic.
"Of course not! She knows how much she stuffed up my life back then she would not do anything to make me unhappy or that would hurt me."
He looked at me and smiled a smile that lit up his whole face and I was happy to see it. I was also happy that there was one person in the world that would know about our relationship and not do anything about it. For that day we didn't finish what we started but we did lay on the couch eat dinner and go to bed together. We talked while we lay in bed for a little bit but I was the first to drift slowly of to sleep. Still sort of responding to what he was telling me. I felt him kiss my fore head then get comfortable in bed then I was completely asleep.
The next morning I was woken up by a fire alarm. We weren't in school so I new that it was not a drill, which scared me, but even worse were was Ezra he would not just get up and leave me in bed in the middle of a fire… would he? I jumped out of bed and ran out into the main to find Ezra and get out.
"Ezra?" I called out
"Yes I'm here sorry I didn't mean to wake you." I slowed down when I came out from behind the door because I found Ezra standing under the fire alarm swatting it with a tea towel. Was he trying to cook? And yes I put a huge emphasis on the word trying because well have you even met him, he can't cook toast without burning it. Which is why I now have taken a liking to burnt toast just as much as toast that is not black or on fire when the toaster pops. I started laughing and walked over to him.
"Tip for success. Before you try and stop the alarm from going of stop the source of the smoke first?" And I turned the pan off and looked inside black pancakes, well this was a new one. When I turned back around he was watching me.
"Now you can swat." I giggled. While he was "swatting" I pulled the pancakes out of the pan onto a plate and set them on the beautifuly set out table. Okay so Ezra couldn't cook but he could set out a table and present things. When the alarm was off he came and sat across from me at the table and we started…it was silence for a while and I managed to finish one of the pancakes.
"Um… do you want to make real pancakes?" he said with a frown and I laughed. But his frown deepened so I got up and took the plates. After we had finished making and eating the pancakes Ezra and I sat down to read. We read practically all day but when 1 pm rolled around Ezra had decided that enough was enough so I went to get us some food while he set out the table again.
When I came home he open the door for me and took the rose of Sharon bag while he kissed my fore head. There was a giant grin on his face.
"Why are you so happy?" I touched his cheek.
Once we sat down to eat he answered.
"While you were gone my mother called." He shrugged but the grin on his face grew.
"And?" I questioned knowing there was more.
"She asked if I would like to go over and spend the day with her! Isn't that great?" no fair I wanted Ezra to stay with me but I guess this is his mother, I might just go out with the girls it was only one day right?
"That's is great" I smiled but it didn't quite touch my eyes.
"What's wrong?" he tilted his head to the side. I felt bad now I couldn't tell him I didn't want him to go he was so happy.
"You don't want to meet my family? Do you?" he frowned.
"What?" a toothy grin appeared on my face
"Wait so I'm coming with you?"
"Yes of course you are did you think I was going to leave you?"
"Well you haven't seen her for a while and you might want the day alone with her."
"Aria if anything I want you there for support." He lifted my chin and lent across the table to kiss me.
Thanx R&R.
-Fergie.