A/N Parentheses are Ezra's inner thoughts as she's talking.
Thoughts That Count
Episode 4 Part 5
Ezra
I sat around my apartment that night trying to calm the headache I had induced upon myself. What I did was completely stupid. And reckless. Taking any problems I had with Aria into the classroom was a serious risk.
I heard a quick knock and was certain before I opened the door that it was her.
The second it was open she was inside and talking.
"Okay, I have never been so embarrassed in my life! I mean first you complain about me being immature, (technically I…) and then you act like that in class like I needed to be protected? I mean and everybody knew that there was something weird going on! I mean, God! What was that? (It was a good question. I was still wondering too. It wasn't fair too her. It wasn't fair to my class. I fully deserved to be chewed out. I tried to interject but she powered on.) What? Were you trying to teach me some kind of lesson or something? Because I totally don't need that from you. And you don't know anything about my parents, alright, so don't say that they have some kind of arrangement or understanding or something, because you don't know them and you don't know me. Okay?"
She was right. Every word she said was right. I'd acted like… like an asshole and now I was paying for it. We'd had a fight like we'd been going out forever on our first date, "Yeah, you're right."
"I am?" She asked emptily, caught completely off guard.
I shook my head and admitted the truth, "I really… don't know anything about you."