Am I Obsessed With You?
Since the last chapter was long, I'm going to leave you guys with another chapter. A longer one, too.
Author's POV:
Aria stopped tapping her fingers, placing her hands on her lap and turned her body towards Ezra. "Well, that all depends if I can ask you why your parents kicked you out." Aria said. Ezra flashed his boyish smile. "Touché. My parents' didn't want a criminal in their house. Your turn." Aria looked at him suspiciously. "Why did you do to become a criminal?" Ezra shook his head. "I'm not answering that. I answered your question, now you answer mine." Aria looked at the clock seeing that they only had 30 seconds left. "My mom died in a car accident while we were in Iceland. When she died, I tried to kill myself." Aria stood up as the bell rang and ran out of the classroom, leaving Ezra in shock.
At the Montgomery house.
Aria opened the front door, quietly; making sure her dad wasn't around. "Where the hell were you!" Bryon screamed, furiously. "I- I'm sorry, I had detention." Aria said, quietly. "And how the hell did you get detention?" Mike slowly walked into the room, and stood by the door. Aria looked down and mumbled, "For talking in class." Byron slapped her on her head. "SPEAK UP!" Aria looked up and glared at him. "Well maybe if you didn't drink so much, you'd be able to hear me perfectly!" Byron's veins on his temple trembled. He slapped her across the face so hard that he made her fall to the ground. He stood over her and said, "Don't you dare talk to me like that, you son of a bitch!" He spit on her face and walked out of the room, pushing Mike out of the way. Mike rushed over to Aria when their father walked out of the room. "Are you okay?" Aria slowly turned and looked up at her brother. She looked down and looked back at her brother. "Thanks for helping me." Aria said to him, sarcastically. "You shouldn't have said that to dad." Aria looked down once more and mumbled. "It doesn't matter; he'd find another reason to hit me anyways." Mike sighed. "Come on; let's go get you cleaned up. Your nose is all bloody." Aria shook her head. "No, I don't need your help." As she stood up, she looked Mike in the eye. "I've been taking care of myself for a year. I don't need you." Aria turned and walked up the stairs. Mike sighed, he knew he should have helped her.
The Next Morning. –
Aria walked down the stairs, slowly. She glanced at her brother, grabbed her bag and headed for the door. Mike looked at Aria. "What, no good morning?" Aria turned to face her brother, reveling a black eye and swollen lip. "Good morning." Mike's mouth dropped open from the sight of his sister's injuries. "Oh, Aria.." Mike touched her shoulder, but Aria shook him off. "Don't." Aria said, while she backed away. "I'm fine." Aria said, while making a break for the door.
At School –
Aria stood at her locker as she put her books in. Spencer tapped her on the shoulder. Aria turned to face her, she had sunglasses on to make sure no one noticed her black eye. Spencer held up a box of chocolates and flowers. "Happy Valentine's Day!" Spencer exclaimed. Aria looked at the chocolates and then at Spencer. "Today's Valentine's day?" Aria asked. "Well, no. But since Valentine's day is on a Saturday, everyone in school is celebrating it today." Aria just nodded her head. She turned back to her locker, closed it and then turned back to face Spencer. "You're not a Valentine's day person now are you?" Spencer asked. Aria shook her head. "No, not really." Spencer lowered the chocolates and flowers down at her side. "Oh, sorry." Aria shrugged, forcing a tight smile on her face. "It's alright." Emily walked over to Spencer and took the box of chocolates from her hand. Spencer turned around to see who took her chocolates. She laughs when she realizes it was Emily. "Come on, Em. Give them back." Emily held the chocolates over Spencer's head. "Who are these for? Your lover?" Emily teased. Spencer reached for the chocolates. "He's not my lover." "Who's not your lover?" Aria asked, confused. "Oh nobody. So Em, did you study for the English test?" "C'mon, Spence. Don't change the subject. We're talking about Toby Cavanaugh, by the way." Aria turned to Spencer. "As in Jenna Cavanaugh's brother?" Emily groaned. "I hate that name." Spencer rolled her eyes as she saw Ezra heading their way. "We'll see you later, Aria." Ezra walked over to his locked and opened it. Aria looked at him and then walked away. Ezra didn't turn to face Aria, but he saw her walking away from the corner of his eye. "Wait." Aria stopped, but didn't turn around. Ezra grabbed a couple of books from his locker, closes it and then walks in front of Aria. "Is it true? What you said to me yesterday?" Aria looked down at her feet. "Why would I lie about something like that?" Ezra shrugged. "I don't know." He notices her lip. "Hey, what happened?" Ezra reached his hand out to her face. She turned her head away from his hand. "Nothing. I should go." Aria walks away to her first class.