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"I'm sorry. We had a fight and things haven't been working out for awhile now. I know its a pretty lame excuse but its the truth." I explained to him.
"Hey, Aria, its okay. You do what you need to. Friends?" he asked sticking his hand out towards me.
"Thanks for not being mad, friend." I joked shaking his hand.
"Hey Jason?" my mom said suprised.
"Hello Mrs. MOntgomery," he politely replied back.
"Aria, not too late okay." she told me before stepping inside the house.
"I should really get going now." He told me as he started backing away.
"You know, friends are allowed to talk." I hesitated, not wanting to push this too far.
"You're right. So if I were to give you my phone you could add your number and that be okay." he agreed walking over again. I took his phone and typed my number in. I also took a picture for his caller ID.
"Well, here you go." I said handing him his phone back. He smiled and slipped it in his pocket.
"Cool. I'll see you around," he said waving goodbye. He started walking away, heading down the driveway. It wasn't util he reached the bottom when I realized this was a mistake. I couldn't let him leave like this. I chased after him, doing something stupid that I'd possibly regret later. As soon as I caught up to him I planted another kiss on his suprised lips.
"What about your boyfriend?" He asked pulling away.
"What boyfriend?" I replied back. He leaned me against my moms car and kissed me until my lips were sore. When I was able to get my breathing under control I said,
"I don't know about you, but I don't do that with any of my other friends."
"Nope, you're definitely one of a kind," he told me. My phone started buzzing. I glanced at the caller ID. Ezra's picture popped up and I hit ignore.
"Was that him?" Jason asked.
"Yeah, I'll call him back later. We have a lot to talk about." I told him. He looked at me with what I assumed was curiousity. Dipping his head down, our lips became attached again. I pulled him closer, tangling my fingers in his hair. We kissed for a couple of minutes until we heard my mom calling for me.
"You should go before she comes looking for you." He told me. I glanced back at the house. She was on the porch squinting her eyes across the yard trying to find me.
"Call me tomorrow?" I said, realizing it was more of a question than a request.
"Sure. Good luck," he said. For a minute I thought he was talking about the situation with Ezra, but I realized he ment explaining this to my mother.
"Bye" I gave him one last kiss before joining my mom by the flower beds.
"What are you doing?" I asked her.
"Aria! Jeez, you scared me. Don't you think its about time to come in?" She asked looking at her watch.
"Sorry, I got preoccupied," I explained.
"I know, I saw. You never told me you two were, friends." She said pausing to think about what to say concerning us.
"Yeah, he found something that belonged to us and came over to return him, I mean it." I told her avoiding eye contact.
"Well that was nice of him. What was it?" She asked.
"Its getting late, I'm tired. I think I'm gonna go to bed" I exclaimed before going inside.
"Okay, goodnight sweetheart." she said, giving me a kiss on the cheek.
"Night mom" I ran up the stairs as soon as I got the chance. I headed straight to my room and shut the door. I went over what just happend in my head. I wasn't ready to deal with Ezra just yet so I called Spencer instead. With her parents being gone, she was the only one I could talk without getting caught violating our parents orders of taking time apart from each other. She picked up a few rings after I dialed.
"You're never going to believe this." I told her after she said hello.