Thanks again for the love. I originally planned to update before the episode, but decided to wait until after to get a feel for writing Riley. Here's the next chapter.

Aria

Aria stood in front of her mirror, looking at her reflection. Her makeup was running down her face from all the crying she had done tonight. Ezra was heartbroken because she wasn't honest. She wasn't honest even after they vowed to tell each other everything. But how could she tell him this. She tried, multiple times over the last three weeks to tell him, but couldn't bring herself to do it. After changing into her pajamas, she heard the door bell ring, signaling that her friends had arrived. She made her way down the stairs and opened the door, revealing her three best-friends behind it. Spencer was the first to notice that something was seriously wrong and enveloped Aria in a hug.

"What did he do this time?" Spencer asked as if she was ready to kill him.

"It wasn't what he did, it's what I did, or didn't do," Aria admitted, her friends looking confused and wanting to know exactly what had happened. After they all made their way to the couch, Aria spilled everything, about what happened with Riley and him showing up in Rosewood.

"He just told Ezra everything?" Emily asked after Aria finished her confession.

"Yeah," Aria replied, "It wasn't really his fault, all he knew about Ezra was that he was a jerk who broke my heart, he didn't even know his name."

"I'm sure he'll forgive you," Spencer spoke up, trying to give her friend hope.

"You should have seen the look on his face. He was completely heartbroken," Aria cried, "We promised to tell each other everything, and I still kept this a secret, even after he told me everything."

"You didn't want to hurt him," Hanna chimed in, "he should understand that."

"Would you understand if the person you loved more than anything kept something like that from you, and when you found out, it wasn't from them personally?" Aria questioned her friends. No one had an answer to her question. They all knew that they wouldn't forgive something like this lightly. Aria continued to cry, as her friends all hugged her, trying to convince her that everything would be okay.

Twenty minutes later, after her friends went home for the night, Aria pulled her phone out and scrolled through her contacts. After finding the number she was searching for she hit call and waited for the person on the other end to answer. "Hey, yeah it's me, could we meet tomorrow for coffee?"

After the call ended, Aria made her way to her room, climbed in bed and tried to forget the night she just had.

Ezra

Ezra sat on the couch in his apartment, a scotch in hand, reliving the events of the night. Aria had slept with that Riley guy. He couldn't believe it. His anger over discovering her secret wasn't over what happened, but the fact the she wasn't honest about it.

They were broken up at the time, and he understood that after everything she discovered about him, that she would act out. Hell, she trashed his apartment and almost told Principle Hackett about their relationship. He could understand just about anything that she did during that time, but he couldn't forgive her not telling about this, after she agreed to be completely honest with him.

Aria

The next morning, Aria sat at her usual table at the Brew, waiting for her guest to arrive. After taking a sip from her coffee, she heard the bell above the door ring, signaling someone had just entered the shop. She looked up and saw Riley smile at her, before walking over and taking a seat.

"Thanks for meeting me," Aria said.

"Well, I'm glad you called, I couldn't stop thinking about you, especially after seeing you last night."

Aria slightly blushed from his comment, but then remembered what this meeting was about.

"Look, Riley," she began, "When we first met, I was in a really bad place emotionally, and you helped me forget about all my problems for a short while, however, what we had was a one-time thing."

Aria saw the smile that had been plastered on his face ever since he entered the shop fall instantly.

"Is this about that guy you were with last night, is he your new boyfriend?" Riley questioned.

"Yes, he's my boyfriend, his just not so new," Aria replied.

"You mean his the jerk that hurt you, how could you get back together with him?"

"There were somethings that I didn't know about at the time, and now I know the whole truth. A lot of the things I thought I knew then were all assumptions, and his proven that he deserved a second chance."

"You can't possibly believe anything he says, Aria, he would say anything to get back into your good graces. He will just hurt you again, you can't trust him."

After hearing this, Aria became angry. How could he think she was that gullible.
"You don't know anything about him," Aria defended, "I didn't just take his word, there were other people involved, more reliable sources that confirmed everything he said."

"Aria-"

"Stop," she said, her voice a little louder than she wanted while inside, "I didn't ask you here to ask for your opinion on the subject, nothing you say is going to change the fact that I love Him, I've always loved him."

"Yeah, well that didn't stop you from having sex with me to get back at him."

After hearing this, Aria grabbed her bag ready to leave. As she made her way to the door, she turned back to him and said, "You can do me a favor and lose my number, I never want to speak to you again."

Aria turned back around and made her way outside. She couldn't believe this was the same guy that had been so nice to her in her time of need. He was the jerk. He didn't know anything about her or Ezra, and wouldn't let his damaged pride change anything. Ezra was her guy and always would be.

Ezra

Sunday had arrived, and he still hadn't spoken to Aria. It had been two days since that night, but he still couldn't bring himself to forgive and forget. However, he was headed to her house . Byron had invited him to watch the Super Bowl, and he didn't plan on missing it. He pulled into her driveway, and looked up to her window. Was she here, he wondered, of had she gone to one of her friend's houses. He finally exited his car, a twelve pack of his favorite beer in one hand, and the scotch that Byron requested in the other. He made his way up the walk, and rung the bell. Byron opened the door, and shook Ezra's hand, welcoming him inside. Once inside he shook Mike's hand, before making his way to the couch. The game began, as the three men watched and cheered as both teams competed at the top of their ability. Four hours later, the game came to an end, the team they all predicted to win was celebrating on the field. Ezra decided that it was time to leave, before Aria returned. Unfortunately for him, he heard the front door open to reveal Aria returning from Ella's apartment. He tried to ignore her but she spoke up.

"Hi, Ezra."

Ezra's heart fluttered at hearing her voice.

"Hi," he simply replied, trying not to let her know how much he missed her.

"Can we talk?" she asked hoping he wouldn't deny her the chance to make things right.

Ezra debated what to do, however he loved this girl more than anything, and after everything he did, she gave him a second chance, the least he could do was give her one as well.

"Sure," was all he said as they made their way to her bedroom, leaving the Montgomery men to clean up the mess they all made.

Once they entered her room, she shut the door, and turned to him. He looked at how beautiful she was, and his resolve began to falter. However, he didn't want to make the first move to reconcile, because she had lied, after everything, she lied. Aria realized that she would have to make the first move, and spoke up.

"I'm not going to apologize for what happened with Riley," she began, "but, I am sorry I didn't tell you about, I wanted to, but I didn't want to hurt you."

Ezra's resolve began to fall away. He understood more than anything, because he was the one who pushed her to do this.

"I'm not mad about what happened," he admitted, "I'm just upset that you weren't honest about it. We agreed to tell each other the everything, and you couldn't do that."

Tears began to fill from her eyes because she knew that he was right.

"I sorry," she said again, this time Ezra's face softened. He didn't want to fight with her, he wanted to be with her, love her and give her everything she deserved. He wasn't mad anymore, he just pulled her into a hug and kissed her head. Aria smiled at the gesture, and kissed him back on the lips. This kiss was not like any other kiss they had shared since they got back together. It has heated, more heated than they had shared since their breakup. Aria smiled against his lips, as he ran his tongue along her bottom lip, asking for access. Aria complied, opening her mouth and allowing him access. After a few minutes, Ezra pulled away smiling, telling Aria that he should head back down before her father and brother began wondering what was going on. Aria nodded and gave him one last deep kiss to the lips. He then turned and opened her door, telling her he would call her tomorrow, she smiled and watch as he he left her standing in her room. Everything had worked out, and she couldn't be happier.

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