I woke up to my mom shaking me, "Aria wake up. Your alarm has been going off for ten minutes! You have to get ready if you don't want to miss your plane."

I shot up in bed and ran to my bathroom. I jumped in the shower then quickly got dressed and brushed my teeth.

I grabbed my suitcase and started hauling downstairs.

"Aria, aren't you going to have breakfast?" Ella was standing by the doorway holding a cup of coffee.

"Thanks but I should be at the airport by now, I'm already running late."

"Ok, do you want me to drive you?"

"No thanks I have a ride." I ran out the door.

"Call me when you land!"

"I will."

"Love you!"

"Love you too!"

I ran across the street and hopped into the car waiting on the other side. Ezra's car. Thankfully my mom couldn't see who was in it because the windows were too dark.

"Sorry I'm late," I said giving him a peck on the cheek. "I slept in."

"It's ok, coffee?" He asked gesturing towards two to-go cups from Starbucks.

"You're a live saver!"

I grabbed a cup and sipped some. Instantly I felt more alert. We pulled into the airport and I grabbed my suitcase as Ezra got his from the back trunk.

"See you in California." I told him sadly. We had decided that just to be on the safe side Ezra and I wouldn't sit together on the plane or talk to each other again until we got to California. I ran through the doors to see Emily and Spencer waiting in line to check in their luggage. I waved and they pointed to the side where Hanna and Mike were hugging good-bye. I got in line with Emily and Spencer as Andrew walked through the door. Him and Spencer started talking while Hanna and Mike walked towards us.

"Guess what?" Hanna said giddily.

"What?" I asked confused about why she was so happy.

"Mike is coming to California with us!"

"What?"

"He talked to the University of California and…"

"Let me guess, he's going there too."

"No, he wanted to go there on scholarship but they said his grades were too choppy but, they told another university about him and he has a scholarship there because of him playing lacrosse."

"Told you lacrosse wasn't useless," Mike said smugly.

"So are you flying down with us?" I asked.

"No, I'm flying down next week. After I tell Ella and Byron. Currently I'm not even packed.

"Right. That's great!"

"I better go, I've got packing to do. See you next week!"

"Bye"

I finally got to the desk, I checked in my bags and when Spencer was done saying goodbye to Andrew we walked to the terminal. I briefly saw Ezra check in his bag and I wished that we weren't in Rosewood and there wasn't a chance of anyone recognizing him (I didn't want anyone my parents knew to see then tell them.) Finally it was time to board, I took a seat on the plane beside Hanna while Emily and Spencer sat across from us. I can't believe this is happening, I thought to myself. I turned my head to see Ezra sitting a few seats behind. He slightly smiled at me and mouthed I love you. I smiled giddily and sat back properly in my seat.

"Aww! How cute is he?" Hanna nudged me playfully.

"You saw that?" I asked, slightly embarrassed.

"Uh yeah I saw, you guys are totally in love, you could get like… I dunno radiation from the vibes between you two."

I rolled my eyes and was about to comment on her choice of words when a music blared and on the seat in front of me an instructional video began to play.