Chapter 18

Goodbye Aria Montgomery

Ian's POV

Sighing heavily I glance down at my watch where it reads 9:48 in the evening. My plane landed in Vancouver, Canada roughly twenty minutes ago.

Currently I am waiting for an available taxi to pull up for me to snag. Five more longing minutes pass by until one man feels sorry for me and finally stops next to the curb where I have been lingering. The friendly man gets out of his cab to help me place my bags in the trunk of his car. Once we are both finally settled in the four door vehicle I show him the address I am searching for and we then begin our thirty minute drive.

I thank the man and tip him fairly well in appreciation for getting me to my destination in a considerable amount of time. With my faded grey duffle across my chest and my large black suitcase pulling behind me I make my way into the astonishingly tall building. The rolling of my heavy baggage breaks the peaceful silence in the lobby of this beautiful apartment complex. The white marble flooring and grey interior designs certainly bring more of an upscale feel to the place.

I rub a tired hand along my sleepy face the moment I enter the elevator and punch the button for the fourteenth floor. Leave it to Lucy to secure an apartment on the second to highest floor; she has always loved a breathtaking view.

The loud ding emitting from the elevator alerts me I have reached my desired floor. I slowly trudge down the long hallway until I am at the end of the hall standing in front of 1418. Glancing around I search for the hidden key that has been left for me. Roughly thirty seconds later I am able to locate the small metal key and insert it into the door. Pushing the heavy metal door open I enter my girlfriend's Canadian apartment.

A smile graces my tired face when I hear Elvis come barreling through the large corner apartment to see who the intruder is.

"Hey buddy! I know, it has been so long. I cannot wait to see your mommy little man." I give him lots of snuggles before returning him to the ground.

Picking up my luggage once more I carry it towards Lucy's bedroom with the intentions of dealing with it in the morning. Returning to the living room I locate Elvis's leash on the kitchen table. Clipping the leather leash to his collar I carry him downstairs and take him out to go potty. We explore for about twenty minutes to ensure he has taken care of any needs he may have. Scooping the petite dog up once more we head back upstairs to get settled in for the night.

Retrieving my phone from my pocket I send Lucy a text.

Hey Goose! I got in with no issues. Took Elvis outside for bed. Cannot wait to see you. Xx

Kicking off my shoes I place them next to the closet along with my bags. Next I remove my jeans followed by my shirt.

Yay! I will be there soon. I am changing clothes then heading out. Xoxo

With Lucy on her way I opt to hang out on the couch in the living room in hopes of remaining awake long enough to greet her properly.

My attention on the random movie on the TV in front of me is touch and go. My exhaustion is kicking my ass though I am fighting it as hard as possible.

"Ian," the faintest whisper can be heard. "Ian, wake up."

I grumble lowly in protest. My body jolts awake at the feeling of two delicate lips that I have missed far too much pressing against my own. My hands reach out to search for Lucy's waist with the desire to pull her into my lap. Lucy obliges and settled herself on top of me straddling my lap.

"Hello Beautiful." Running my hands through her hair I smile at the feeling of finally feeling complete now that I have her back in my arms after so long.

Lucy nuzzles her head in the crook of my neck to curl into my body.

"I have missed you so much. Thank you for coming even if it is just for the night." The tiredness in her voice is impossible to miss.

With my hands firmly supporting her body, I stand up with her latched on to me. I carry Lucy through the apartment towards her bedroom. Placing her on her feet in front of her bed we work together stripping her down to her panties. Lucy reaches past me to grab the shirt I had discarded previously in the night.

Lucy laces her hand in mine then tugs me into her queen sized bed.

"I love you Goose." I mumble into her hair prior to pressing a kiss to her head.

Lucy buries her head deeper into my chest in response. "Night Shiman."

For the first night in one month Lucy and I share the first truly restful night's sleep.

Waking up the following morning brings a large grin to my lips. Lucy is straddling my waist running her fingers along the lines of my torso as she waits rather impatiently for me to wake up.

"How did you sleep for so long? It is already five in the morning!"

My hands instinctively reach out to caress her bare thighs. "Exactly, it is five in the morning which means we should be asleep."

"I have a wardrobe fitting this morning for my upcoming 'Stella' outfits. I know it's going to be kind of boring, but I was wondering if you might want to come? I would love your company." Lucy is clearly anxious about my response based on the way she is chewing her bottom lip and toying with the hem of the shirt she is donning.

"I would love to go with you."

My attempts to pull Lucy's body down to lie horizontally with me are stopped by her lightly slapping my hands away.

"I have already perfected my hair and makeup. We need to leave in fifteen minutes so hop up mister."

Lucy all but drags my dead weight body out of her bed and pushes me into the bathroom. I grumble the entire time I brush my teeth and struggle to tame my tousled curls.

My allotted fifteen minutes have flown by in the blink of an eye. Right as Lucy was slipping her heels on I emerge from the bedroom announcing I am dressed and ready to leave. Lucy guides me down to the parking garage where her care is located. I open her driver's door for her and chuckle silently watching my very short girlfriend literally jump up into her high set car. Our hands are laced together in her lap for the entire duration of the drive.

"Are you ready?" She asks once she shuts off the engine and searches for her purse.

"I'm always ready with you." She rolls her eyes playfully in response and mutters how cheesy I am.

While the early morning has dragged on quite a bit merely sitting here watching my girlfriend try on numerous styles of clothing and get measured every which way, it has been nice simply being in her presence. With Lucy moving up to Vancouver for a little over six months we are working with adding long distance to our relationship. Due to our previous schedules we were accustomed to only seeing each other for a bit here and there outside of work and that managed well with us. Now that she resides in a new country momentarily I am going to bask in every second I get to see her.

We have quite the busy day ahead of us and it is barely even eight in the morning. Tonight the Teen Choice Awards are taking place in Los Angeles. Lucy and I are both up for awards for our previous roles in Pretty Little Liars.

As soon as we get done here we are scheduled to drive straight to the airport where we will hop on a flight back home. Our dear friend Holly is planning to pick us up and then will be dropping us off at Lucy's L.A. house where her personal makeup artist will be waiting for her. We both know it'll be cutting it close on time, though as long as we are standing on the red carpet by 4:15 this afternoon we will be fine.

"Okay Luce, last one then you two can get out of here." The woman who has been fitting Lucy states.

Lucy slips into the short denim shorts without struggle then turns towards the fitted crop top. Lucy and the woman look with a judging eye at the top.

"Maybe it would be better without a bra? That might make the sides appear smoother."

Lucy nods her head in agreeance. The woman offers to step out for a moment in order for Lucy to remove her bra though Lucy shrugs in a carefree manner.

"It's nothing neither of you haven't seen before; I honestly don't mind."

With a daring grin on her face, Lucy removes her bra and tosses it towards me for it to land in my lap. I clear my throat roughly at the sight of her delicate white lace bra in my lap. Dirty images arise in my mind envisioning her wearing such sexy yet innocent looking lingerie. Unable to look at Lucy, I merely glare at my lap avoiding her and the woman at all costs.

"Alright, all done. You are free to go!"

"Awesome! Thank you so much Maddie! I will see you next week."

The woman I now know to be Maddie hands Lucy her own clothing to change back into then tells each of us goodbye. Lucy redresses in record time then pulls me out of the room and down the hall of her filming studio.

"Were you trying to get me hard back there!? You know what you and white lacy lingerie does to me?" I groan lowly under my breath.

Lucy giggles in response then glances up at me. "Did it work?" Her eyes dart down to the front of my jeans in search of my growing bulge.

"Lucy!" I gap at her in shock. It has been a month since the last time we were together intimately which is causing a certain issue to become highly sensitive and undeniably easy to arouse.

I wasn't expecting Lucy to grab my hand and tug me into a random hall closet halfway towards our desired elevator.

"What on earth are we doing?" I ask in confusion.

My eyes watch silently as Lucy locks the door and flips on the overly bright LED overhead light.

"I don't know about you, but I am going to take care of my boyfriend's much desired needs before he has to suffer any longer."

Lucy drops to her knees in front of me without hesitation. Her hands reach up to unbutton my jeans then yanks them along with my boxers down to my ankles.

"We aren't seriously doing this on the set of your work?" I half scold though deep down I cannot wait another second until her mouth is on me.

Lucy's eyes flicker up to connect with mine. With her signature sultry smirk her witty tongue makes a very valid remark. "It isn't like this is the first time we have fooled around on a set either or both of us have been employed to."

My head falls back against the wall in bliss when her mouth wraps around the tip of my cock. Her tiny yet oh so pleasure filled hands grasp ahold of my cock at the base. Together they slowly stroke up and down my thick erection while her mouth focuses on my tip. My fingers knot roughly in her hair in response to her mouth dropping down to my ball sack.

"Holy fuck." I mutter in pleasure from my glorious girlfriend.

Her mouth sucks harder and harder on my balls as her hands pick up their pace stroking me.

"I need your mouth back on… Oh baby put your mouth back on me please."

Lucy does as I ask and takes my member into her mouth once more. She drops one of her hands to fondle my very full balls. I nearly blow my load when I catch a glimpse of her mouth gliding back and forth on my erection. Feeling my eyes on her, she looks up at me then takes every inch of my member into her mouth.

"Fuck! Lucy I am going to cum baby." I warn in advance knowing I am seconds away from a climax.

Lucy's mouth turns its attention to the tip of my cock once more. Her tongue flicks the underside repeatedly with vigor. She turns her gaze up to lock with mine and tells me with her eyes to give me every drop I have to offer. The feeling of her left hand stroking my length rapidly finally pushes me over the edge.

I groan loudly during my climax as Lucy swallows my cum with glee.

"Damn baby. Am I just that good or are you losing your touch?" Lucy giggles in satisfaction referring to the fact I came so quickly.

"It has been a month since you have done that; it's a miracle I made it as long as I did."

Lucy pulls my boxers and pants back up to fasten them around my waist. Returning to her feet she places a swift kiss to my lips then offers up a bright smile.

"You also had quite a bit to give me this time too. Maybe this long distance thing could be a little more pleasurable than we thought." Lucy licks her lips with a smirk.

Grasping onto my hand she pulls me out of the closet and down to our elevator. Wrapping my arms around her waist I hold her as close as possible. Running my fingers through her hair I attempt to tame it slightly due to my hands messing up her hairstyle back in the closet.

"I wish we had time to stop by the apartment before our flight. You have no idea how badly I want to get you naked and thank you for getting me off just now." I mutter in her ear softly due to the additional people in the lift with us.

Lucy turns her head slightly to press her ears up near my neck. "We'll find time tonight babe, don't worry."

Nuzzling my head in the crook of her neck I opt for whispering dirty things in her ear that I plan to do to her later on. Lucy attempts to nudge me in the stomach to stop though I only get dirtier with my words. Part of me is doing this as a little payback for the bra incident earlier. The majority of me is doing it because I am desperate to get her alone and ravish her body after being apart for so long.

The elevator finally halts on the main floor which seems to be everyone's destination. Lucy laces her fingers with mine leading me out of the building to her car. Glancing at the clock I see we are right on schedule to catch our nine am flight back home. While I know today is going to be exhausting I am happy to spend every moment of this busy day with Lucy next to me.

Lucy's POV

The past few hours are a complete blur to be honest. I slept during our short flight down to L.A. curled up into Ian's side. Then once we were rushed to my house to get dressed up for the show I was surrounded by people perfecting my hair and makeup.

Within a blink of an eye it is time for the award show was already a quarter of the way in. Ian and I are sitting in a group of PLL cast mates. Thankfully whoever assigned the seats put Troian between us and the rest of the cast. With only Troian and Holly knowing of our relationship we used to have to keep a low profile around everyone else.

I know it seems odd we have kept our relationship private from everyone for such a long period but we have to keep it from the public for the time being. My manager, Jasmine, is rather strict when it comes to all things Ian related. Jasmine knew just how much our fans have begged and pleaded for Ian and I to get together. If they actually knew the truth about our relationship status then all hell was bound to break lose.

Jasmine worried if Ian and I went public with our relationship after PLL ended like we had initially planned then the press would be focused on those stories rather than about my new show. Much to our dismay, we reluctantly agreed to remain quiet about our committed relationship until my show fully takes off.

While we have kept our intimacy to a complete minimal in public, I am struggling to behave right now. I am tired of keeping secrets. Ian has been the best boyfriend as well as the best friend I have ever had the pleasure of having. I don't want to keep him a secret; I want everyone to know he is the one who makes me smile with the simplest of text messages in the morning.

Curling up into Ian's side I struggle to push aside my shiver. My floor length, bright red silk dress with spaghetti straps does the bare minimal to provide warmth. Nuzzling my head in the crook of his neck I press a kiss to his skin.

"I love you," I whisper ever so softly into his ear.

Ian rubs his hand along my thigh with a loving gaze. "I love you too."

Ian glances around subtly prior to placing a sweet, lingering kiss to my lips. Ducking my head back down I close my eyes in happiness.

"You two aren't doing very well at keeping your feelings for one another private." Troian whispers towards us with amusement.

Playfully rolling my eyes towards the slightly older woman I stick my tongue out at her. Troian and Holly are the only ones we trusted to tell the truth to out of the entire cast. We knew they could both keep our secret without the risk of blabbing it unlike Ashley who seems to spill every secret she knows. I also couldn't bring myself to ever lie to Troy or Holly as they both mean the world to me.

"Do you want my jacket?" Ian asks when he notices the goosebumps rising along my skin.

Shaking my head softly, I deny his offer. "I would much rather snuggle with you to warm up."

Wrapping my right arm around his right arm which resides in my lap, I curl up into him once more. Burying my face into his chest I sigh in content. Feeling something hard in his lower right pocket poking into my side I frown in displeasure. Reaching into his pocket, I intent on relocating the unknown object to his other side.

"Lucy—Wait!" Ian struggles to prevent my hand from reaching into his pocket though he is too slow.

I give him a funny look at his odd behavior and continue my actions. My body freezes in shock when I look down at my palm to see what was poking my side. I also glance down out of curiosity as to what could have made Ian unexplainably jumpy.

In my palm holds a black velvet ring box.

"Ian… Is this what I think it is?" My voice is barely a whisper. If we weren't sitting so close to one another then there is no way he would have heard me over the loud ruckus coming from the crowd as they laugh at the hosts' lame jokes.

"I was planning on taking you somewhere special tonight to do this." Ian runs a rough hand through his hair prior to rubbing the back of his neck as a nervous tick.

"Ian." Biting my lip I finally break my gaze from the black box to look back at him.

"And the winner is… LUCY HALE!"

Ian and I fail to acknowledge the cheers and screams surrounding us as we are caught up in our own bubble.

"Lucy that's you. Get up; you won." Troian nudges the two of us when she notices we are not paying even the slightest attention right now.

"I – uh. But Ian," I frown realizing I am being pushed to my feet. "Come with me." I plead towards Ian.

Ian safely tucks the life changing box back into his pocket before rising to his feet. With his hand on the small of my back he leads my trembling body towards the stage. I delicately place my hand in his as we make our way up the staircase to the top of the large stage.

After I am handed my award Ian steps back slightly to stand with the two people who announced my award.

"I uh… wow. This is a lot of emotions at once. I want to start off by thanking all of the fans who stuck with this show during the good, the bad, and the ugly. You continued supporting me and encouraging me every step of the way. I also want to thank Aria Montgomery for changing my life in more ways than one. She is a character I will deeply miss portraying on a daily basis.

She taught me many valuable things in life. I would have to say the most important thing I learned from Aria is how to love. If it weren't for her desire to hook up with her English teacher for seven years then I probably wouldn't have had the pleasure of meeting my astonishing coworker, Ian Harding."

Taking a deep breath, I glance back at Ian with happy tears in my eyes threatening to spill out at any given moment. Ian gives me an encouraging smile as he stares at me with a look of love and admiration.

"Ian Harding is much more than my former coworker though, and he always has been. I am most grateful for this show bringing me Ian; the man who has always loved me and been there for me. It is with a full heart that I have to admit Ian and I have been dating for quite some time."

The entire audience busts out in loud cheers and screams of happiness. Glancing over my shoulder I see Ian's eyes are bugging out of his head in shock.

"But that isn't all. I am thrilled to announce we are engaged as of recent." The tears finally cut lose and begin streaming one by one out of happiness.

"So thank you Aria and Pretty Little Liars for bringing me the happiest of times. But at last, it is time for me to finally say goodbye to Aria Montgomery and hello to my future as Lucy Harding. Thank you guys so much! Have a good night!"

Turning on my heel I walk right up to Ian. My right hand firmly clutches the heavy award to my chest while my left hand hooks around his neck. I crush our lips together in a heated kiss containing full tongue. Ian opens his mouth to say something once we break the kiss though we are ushered backstage before he can speak.

"I cannot believe you did that!" Ian laughs in happiness at my abrupt confession. He tangles his arms around my waist to pull me in close. "So I guess that is a yes?"

Biting my lip I smile up at him with a blush growing on my cheeks. "Well technically you haven't asked me anything yet."

Realizing we aren't in the most private of places Ian pulls me over to a more secluded area. Taking a deep breath he gets down on one knee. Fishing the box out of his pocket for the second time this evening Ian holds it firmly in his hand. Reaching out he grasps ahold of my hand to toy with my fingers.

"Lucy Hale, I fell in love with you the moment I laid eyes on you during that chemistry test. Despite you harassing me about my dorky sweater, you still managed to capture my heart with one simple smile. You manage to make me fall deeper in love with you with each passing day. I want to spend the rest of my life goofing around with you not giving a damn about the strange looks we receive from others. Please give me the chance to provide you with even more happiness for the rest of your life than you have given me every day these past eight years."

Nodding my head furiously I choke back a sob. "Yes, Ian. Yes!"

Ian slips the breathtaking diamond ring on my left ring finger then rises up to his feet. Leaning over he captures my lips with his. My hands tug aggressively on the back of his neck to forcefully kiss him back. Ian's tongue glides along by bottom lip in search for access. My mouth happily opens wide for him to take complete control of our kiss. Neither of us dwell on the fact that we are currently making out backstage of an award show.

I regrettably break the kiss in need of oxygen. Pressing my head into the center of his chest I grin in happiness. Maybe I will finally get my happy ever after like Aria got.

"I cannot believe you spilled the beans on live television. What are we going to do about Jasmine? She is going to be pissed at us."

Shrugging my shoulders I cannot bring myself to worry about the possible outcome of my previous actions.

"I honestly don't care what happens. I am done hiding you from everyone. I want to be able to kiss you in public without the fear of a paparazzi catching it and outing us. I wanted our fans to learn the news from us directly. We'll figure out any reproductions the show's publicly may have from this later."

"What do you say we slip out early?" I ask in a daring tone towards Ian.

He squints his eyes in confusion. "We can't leave early, there is still an hour left."

Raising up to my tip toes I hover my lips over his right ear. "If we leave now then we will have two whole hours to ourselves back at the house before Holly picks us up to drop us off at the airport tonight. I don't know about you, but I have a few ideas on how to spend those two hours."

Ian doesn't hesitate even for a second. With his arm secured around my waist he drags me down the hall towards a back exit with me laughing in glee the entire way. Ian hails us a cab in record time. We both scurry into the back and rattle off my address. Ian and I struggle immensely to keep our hands respectively to ourselves during the twenty-five minute drive.

After what felt like the longest drive in history I jump out of the car and scurry up the driveway towards my garage while Ian is busy paying our driver. Punching in my garage door code I bounce in excitement waiting for the slow door to open. Ian appears at my side the moment I enter the back door into my house. Ian's impatience leads him to unzip and then fully remove me of my dress as I am turning off my security alarm.

Ian spins me around to face him once I have the alarm turned off. Pressing my now naked body up against the wall he drops his head down to nip and suck on my neck. My eyes drift shut basking in the pleasure my body is about to endure. Ian's lips trail down the side of my neck where they cover every inch of skin in kisses.

I gasp loudly at the feeling of his fingers gliding along my slick vaginal lips.

"You need it, don't you?" Ian's deep, sexy voice teases in my ear.

Nodding my head I whimper in response. "Yes baby, please. This month has dragged on ungodly slow. Please, just take me now."

Ian's fingers continue their slow ministrations along my lips.

"Not quite yet. I need to touch you first."

Ian's long fingers continue to stroke my aching pussy hitting every sensitive spot I have. My nails dig into his biceps when his ring and middle finger aggressively rub my clit. My first orgasm of the night is rapidly approaching.

"Oh, babe. Ian… Mmmmmm Ian I am cuming for you!"

Panting heavily I struggle to breath after my first climax. Ian withdrawals his fingers and relocates his hands to my hips. His lips capture mine in a longing kiss.

"I have missed you so much, Luce. However, do you know what I have missed more?"

Swallowing the lump in my throat, I struggle to answer him verbally. "What?" My voice is barely above a whisper.

"I have missed tasting you whenever I wish most of all."

My mouth goes dry at his confession. Licking my lips I grin to myself at his next move. Ian kisses down my torso with rough yet pleasurable nips. I bite my bottom lip roughly watching Ian fall to his knees in front of me.

My fingers glide through his hair to tangle around his tendrils out of instinct. My head falls back to lean against the wall.

"It's been far too long." Ian whispers lowly to himself, his hot breath fanning the insides of my thighs.

I rapidly become caught up in pleasure from Ian and his talented mouth. Everything around me doesn't seem to exist; all I can focus on is the feeling of every single movement his tongue makes. Clearly wanting to make me orgasm a record number of times tonight during our limited play time Ian doesn't even bother teasing me. Instead, Ian's tongue locates my clit for fondling purposes within seconds.

"Oh yes, Ian. Right there babe. Ohhhhh yeah. Just keep it—keep it right there!"

A loud squeal of happiness erupts from my mouth when he brings me to my next orgasm. My body is climaxing much faster than usual tonight.

Ian's mouth continues to eat me out with vigor even as I am riding out my orgasm.

My body is giving all of the telltale signs I am about to tip over into another orgasm. Fisting my right hand in Ian's hair, my left hand forms a fist and hits the wall behind me.

Hunching over I cling onto Ian in desperation; the strength in my legs is dissipating and I am on the verge of crumbling. Ian lifts my right leg over his shoulder to adjust the angle slightly giving him even better access to my clit.

I curse loudly in bliss and cum for him.

Ian's tongue drastically slows down its licks. Once my body calms down and my breathing regulates he stretches up to stand tall above me. Ian kisses me gently with just the slightest amount of tongue.

"Are you ready for more or do you need additional time to recover?" Ian smirks in a rather cocky tone feeling pleased with himself for making me feel dazed.

"We have a whole other hour until Holly gets here and I plan on using every minute to the fullest."

Ian grasps ahold of the backs of my thighs then lifts me up for me to tangle my limbs around his supporting body.

"Now, this morning in the elevator I believe you mentioned something about tying me down to the table and offering me endless orgasms?" I raise my eyebrow in a sexy manner.

"You bet I did!"

Ian rushes me through the house to place me delicately down on my long, dark oak dining table.

"How about you go get the silk ties from upstairs and I will grab the Oreo truffles you made from the fridge?"

"Deal!" Ian grins in approval.

He rapidly takes off towards the staircase to retrieve our desired items while I do the same in the kitchen. Hopping back on top of the table I smile to myself and admire my ring while I wait for Ian's return. This year is turning out even better than I had imagined it would.

It's safe to say when Holly arrived an hour later to pick us up we were a little behind on schedule. Needless to say, Ian and I have quite a bit of catching up to do these next two weeks he'll be in Vancouver with me.

I really hope Ian comes to the TCA's tonight! I know there is a lot of speculation that Ian isn't attending but I am hopeful!

Thank you guys so much for all of the reviews and comments thus far!

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