The next chapter!

Note- Aria still thinks Ezra will look after Malcolm even though he is not his son because he loves Malcolm. She does not know what Ezra said to Maggie.

Ezra's POV

I hopped into my car and drove home. Hopefully, Aria would be awake and not freaking out because she is in my apartment and she has no idea how she got there. The sun was just rising, it was probably 6 am.

I was really sleepy and was still taking in the events of the night so I decided to call Rosewood High and tell them I wont be in school today.

"Hello?" The principal asked, when fetched out my phone and called him.

"Hi, this is Ezra Fitz. I won't be there in school today because I have some issues I need to deal with." I told him.

"What? But it's your first day! Don't tell me you are canceling on your first day!" He replied. From what I could tell, he was mad at me because he thought I did not take my job seriously.

Yes I am! Because I realized I did not have a son. Because I almost watched my son die. Because I saw the love of my life kissing another man. Because my life is so messed up! I wanted to scream into the phone but I kept my mouth shut. If I had an outburst like that, I would surely get fired.

"I am sorry but I am." I replied, hanging up before I had a chance to hear what he said. I was so sick of these people in Rosewood. They thought they knew everything about you, but in reality they had no clue what your are dealing with.

I parked my car outside my apartment and climbed up 3 flights of stairs to reach my house. When I entered, Aria was lying on the bed, browsing through a photo album full of pictures of us. She did not look up at me. Does she even know I am in the apartment?

"Umm...hi." I said nervously, still standing next to the door. Is there a book that tells you what you should say to your ex girlfriend who is also your student, almost got raped and is looking at pictures of you? I did not think there was a book like that.

She looked up to meet my glance. "Hey." She replied, wiping her eyes incase there were tears and giving me her best shot of a smile. She got out of the bed and walked towards me.

"So-," she started.

"I um..-," I cut her off.

"Sorry! You first." We said in together.

Then we just stood there awkwardly, staring at each other., wondering what to say. The last time we spoke was when Aria blurted out all of Maggie's deepest, darkest secrets on the phone.

"I love you." Aria said suddenly. "I don't care if you still want to take care of Malcolm even though he not your kid. I don't care if you are my teacher or not. I don't care if the entire universe thinks this relationship is wrong. I love you and I am so sorry I broke up with you and kissed someone else. I love you and really, really, really wish you will take me back. I love you Ezra." Aria blurted.

Oh my god! Yay! Aria wants to get back together! She loves me and has not given up on us. Yay! This was the happiest day in my life! I felt like a dorky middle schooler who was finally invited to a cool party.

"So..." Aria started nervously, when I did not answer her. "Will you take me back?" She looked at me hopefully. It was then I realized that she did not want to break up with me either. She only broke up with me because she wanted me to spend more time with my "son." She only kissed Jake because she hoped that he will take the pain of our breakup away. She loved me.

Yes! I would take her back anytime, any day, any minute and any second. I loved Aria Montgomery and nothing in the entire Galaxy will change that.

I wrapped my hands around Aria's waist and pulled her closer before crashing my lips into hers. She draped her hands around my next and kissed me back like our lives depended on this kiss. We only broke the kiss after a minute because we desperately needed air.

"I love you Aria." I confessed to her. "I am not going to be spending time with Malcolm or Maggie ever again and Jake will never hit on you ever again. I love you and only you."

Aria smiled, for the first time in months. I had missed her beautiful smile so much. "Thank you so much. I love you to." Aria replied, leaning closer for another kiss.

We were finally back together and I could not be happier. I had missed her so much over the last few months. We hardly spent any time together ever since I met Malcolm. Now we were finally together and no person or thing could split us apart. No one could destroy us.

The End