Aria lifted her head. Her vision was blurry and all the bright lights did not help. She fluttered her eyes closed and fell back against the soft mattress. She smiled and opened them fully. The sunlight streamed from the window into her room. 'At least, I think this is my room?' she thought, her vision beginning to restore itself. Slowly, the four faces above her came into focus, before closing them again. She sighed and searched her memory, filing back through all the things that had happened the previous night. The woods…Camp Mona…. and' Ezra!' she thought, as the girls looked at each other in confusion, realizing she had said this out-loud. "I think she is hallucinating!" Emily said in a tone of concern. " She is probably just having a fantasy, I mean Mr. Fitz! YUM!" Spencer said casually adding a laugh at the end. "Have you forgotten I am standing right here!" Aria heard her Mom say. The girls giggled and so did Aria, as all eyes turned to the, now wide-awake, girl, sitting up in bed. Her Mothers expression changed from amused to concern. "Honey, you need your rest! How are you feeling? Can you remember who hit you? Is there anything you need-" Aria held her hands up in protest, her head hurt and she couldn't think! The pain washed down her body; her leg and head were the worst. The last thing she saw were her friends standing over her, and her mother squeezing her hand tightly, before the pain won and she was consumed in the blackness.
Her eyes fluttered open. This time the light was overwhelming for her eyes. She shut them tightly as she became aware of the rest of her body. The pain in her leg was dissolving, but the pain in her head remained constant. "Aria?" Said a soft voice. "Aria, can you hear me?" said the voice again, as someone squeezed her hand softly. "Is… is that you, Ezra?" she said in a weak voice, her eyes still closed. She didn't know how, but she could feel his smile at her reply. "I missed you." She said softly. Her eyes slowly opened, making out his dark brown hair and stormy grey eyes looking down at her. She smiled back at him as he bent down and kissed her gently, as if at any moment, she would shatter into pieces. She loved his words, the way he spoke to her, the way he stroked her hair, the way he kissed her. The thought danger had caught up; it had just crept into her mind. She frowned at him and seeing his concern at her expression he said, "We are alone, your Mom is at home and visiting hours are over. For students anyway." He shrugged and she sighed, her smile returning to her. "Ezra, why would you risk it? I don't want my parents to know an if they were ever to find out-" Ezra kissed her, this time with more passion and heat. She lifted her head up toward him, just as he was about to pull away. The kiss grew and she put her hands on his face, bringing him closer towards her. Ezra smiled as he pulled away. "Not here, not now." Aria slumped back against the bed in disappointment. Deep down, she knew he was right; she just refused to accept it. "Aria, about what I said in the woods…." He stopped at the puzzled look on her face. She scrolled through her mind, and then she remembered. "Did you mean it?" She asked, trying to hide her secret hope. He turned away and paced about her room, until he faced the window. "I…. Oh God, Aria, I don't know what I am meant to say here! What do you want me to say?" He said, turning back, to face her. Aria felt hurt by this, she only wanted the truth. Ezra regretted what he had said because he did love her. He needed her to know that, he was just scared. It surprised him just how much he did care for Aria. He had never known anything like this and it shook him. He put his head in his hands and sighed. Aria tried not to let her hopes gets the better of her as she finally responded to him "I want you to tell me what you feel, and be honest. Please, I need to know. "
Ezra could not think what to do next. "Aria, I don't know where this is going and that scares me. I mean, you have no idea how much that scares me!" She lifted off her covers, revealing her hospital gown, and slipped her foot out of bed, followed by the other. She slowly made her way over to the window and rested her head on his bicep, as she could not reach his shoulder, and he cradled her in his arms. It was just like the night before. She held onto him so tightly, as if he would vanish any minute. She wanted ever moment to last longer, every moment she was with him. He kissed her hair and stroked it as they stood at the windowsill, in each other's arms. Everything was so right. "ARIA!" Said the voice at the door, as she and Ezra separated instantly. "ARIA WHAT IS GOING ON!" Yelled her Mom from the doorway.
OH NO! SUSPENCE! Haha! Thank you for all my amazing reviews and subscribers and fav stories/authors! I love you all! I am very happy you all like my writing and so I had to update ASAP! Anyways, the reason the last one was so short (and had a lot of mistakes) was because it was about 12.40 in my city when I wrote it! The more reviews, the sooner the posts ily my readers!
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