Chapter 2:

ARIA POV (completely forgot to write this on chapter 1, but it was Aria's POV too)

I had missed his smile so much. The smile that revealed those perfect, pearly whites was now in front of me. I had missed the deep, and might I say sexy tone to his voice, that made me weak to my knees every time I heard it. Most of all, I had missed him. The way he held me was almost like magic. The way he threaded his fingers lightly through my hair could make anyone die and go to heaven. The way he spoke to me, treated me, and respected me was phenomenal. He just was perfect.

It was 8am and I found myself sitting on Ezra's desk, his hand on my upper leg, stroking it every so often. I had come in early to see him before he stepped into teacher mode, a mode which I hated with deep passion. We had spent the most part of this early morning making-out non stop. Occasionally, we would stop for air, but it was right back to it after two or three breaths. We had barely said hello before we were suddenly all over each other. It sounds like a relationship where all we do is make out, but it really wasn't. I just hadn't seen him in so long, and normally when we haven't seen each other for some time, our reunion normally starts like this.

"Could you imagine if someone caught us?" I laughed, while returning for more lip action.

"Hmm" Ezra groaned while trying to multi-task between answering me, kissing me and keeping lookout. "Okay enough, students will be coming in anytime soon!"

"I hate the way you're my teacher, it's so incredibly annoying!" I moaned at him, while getting up off his cheap, wooden desk. "It would be so much easier if you had a different job!"

"Aria, this is my passion. Teaching is, has, and always will be passion. I thought you understood that?" He raised one eyebrow and put on the confused look. I had said I understood it, I just wasn't happy about it.

"I'm sorry." I began. "This whole being careful thing, not being able to go out in public, not being able to see you, is really starting to get to me. I know in Italy our roles were switched. You were the one that wanted to be more open and I was the one holding back, but I was wrong. We should be more open about our relationship. Is it even a relationship Ezra if no one knows about it?" I confessed the truth, something which I should've done a long time ago. As I was talking, my English class started entering the classroom, and it was obvious I had not heard the bell ringing. Ezra gave me an indication that I should take my seat, but I wasn't happy with him.

"Oh, and I'm fine. Thanks for asking." I whispered before turning around to take my seat. I could not have made it more obvious that I was annoyed at him. Also, I could not have made it more obvious to the entire class that there was something weird going on.

As I went to take my seat, I received an enormous amount of deathly glares. Well, deathly perhaps is a bit exaggerated, but I did receive glares. The walk to my seat felt like the slowest of my life. It didn't help that everyone had just walked in to find Ezra and I having a little argument, because now, there was complete silence. In the front row was Mona. She had almost caught Ezra and I over in Italy, so I presumed she was suspicious. Noel Kahn was seated in the second row, directly behind Mona. He looked at me innocently, but there was something about him that made me think that he was not a nice guy. I sat in the third row, so thankfully I did not have to acknowledge any more deathly glares.

"Welcome back Mr. Fitz!" Noel casually said. Ezra really hated Noel though.

"Thank you, Noel." Ezra replied, almost half heartedly.

"You're very welcome." Noel said cheekily. He considered this as some sort of banter, but it really wasn't funny at all.

"Okay, moving on." I could tell Ezra was agitated after what I had said to him, but he needed to hear the truth. "It's good to be back. I presume you have all heard what happened, and I'm sure it was a great bit of gossip for you, but we shall hear no more about it. It's-"

"Do you mean how you basically risked your own life to save Aria's? And then the two of you stayed in Italy until you were better? Yeah, we're just going to leave that topic alone aren't we?" Sarcasm was oozing out of every word Noel had just said. I had never hated Noel more in my entire life. Most people hadn't even thought of this prospect, and if the sound of whispers that had just emerged could tell me something, it was that people were now considering the idea of Ezra and I as a couple.

"Quiet everyone, please." I was intrigued to see what kind of response Ezra had to that. "Noel, I was given the role as supervisor on that trip. Myself and Ella were responsible for the students at all times. If anything bad happened to any of you, we would both be held responsible. Unfortunately, as we all know, Aria was abducted. It could have been anyone. I would have done the same if it were to happen to any student." My heart literally sank to the sound of his words. I was aware of the circumstances that we were in, but he could have chosen different words to say why he really saved me. Saying he would have done the same for any of us was like saying I'm just another student in his English class. Just a number.

I could feel myself becoming emotional. Not solely due to the fact of what Ezra has just said, but even bringing that topic up was enough to set me off. Being abducted is never going to be something I'll want to talk about. I dramatically stood up and ran out of the class crying. I could feel everyone's eyes on me, but I was too upset to care.

"Aria!" I heard Ezra call from the classroom, but I kept on walking down the corridor until I was met by an individual I had never seen before.

"Are you ok?" The unfamiliar individual asked me. "You seem a little, flustered." I wiped my tears before answering him, praying I had no mascara on my cheeks.

"Just having a bad day, thanks." I replied, not making much conversation.

"I'm Ryan." he put out his hand, waiting for me to shake it. I shook his hand, figuring I should be more pleasant.

"Nice to meet you Ryan, I'm Aria." I greeted him with a friendly smile.

I finally took a moment to take his appearance in. Ryan was tall, but not too tall. My guess is that he was around 5ft 11. He had dark brown locks which were short, but floppy too. His eyes were a chocolate colour, and I found myself gazing into them until he asked me what I was doing.

"I'm sorry." I said, not noticing how much of a trance I was able to find myself in. "You just have really nice eyes." I did not mean to flirt, but it just came out, like word vomit. Not to mention he was incredibly good looking.

"Thank you." He said, laughing. "I guess you have nice eyes too."

"Thanks!" I said awkwardly. "My mom says they're shaped like gigantic peas." Did I really just say that? Thankfully he laughed, but I had made such an awkward first impression. "So anyways" I tried to change the subject. "Are you new here?" I had figured he was new since he had a map of the school in his hand, but I wanted to make conversation.

"Yeah I'm new. I just moved back from a year abroad in Iceland."

"You spent a year abroad in Iceland? So did I! I'm just back in Rosewood about a year now" I said in a very excited manner.

"Seriously?" he asked, glad he had already made a friend.

"Yeah really. How ironic right? I'd say it's difficult not knowing anyone here. If you want I'll show you around and help you settle in?" I thought it would be nice if I helped him. He did look lost, and he was polite enough to ask me was I ok.

"That would be great. I could really -" Ryan was cut off by Ezra who had finally decided to come check on me.

"Aria, Can I talk to you please?" Ezra asked me, while I turned my back to Ryan to face Ezra.

"I have to go." I told Ryan. "I'll see you later. Good luck!"

"You too Aria."

I walked back to the classroom with Ezra in complete silence. It was really awkward between us, more awkward than it has ever been. I wasn't sure if he was afraid to say something on school grounds, or if he just wasn't going to apologise. We stopped right outside his classroom, and he made what he had to say brief.

"Look, I'm sorry. I just need people to get rid of the idea of us dating." he told me while I rolled my eyes to heaven. I wasn't really interested in what he wanted. "I do love you, but I think for the next few weeks it might just have to come across as if you're just my student while we're in school. That means treating you like the others."

I didn't answer Ezra. I brushed by him, walked inside and took my seat, just like the other students would do. That's right, I was just a student.

A/N…. Hey hey hey! So how are you guys liking it so far? It's good I hope. My first chapter was pretty much a disaster, but I find the first chapter is always the hardest and then it gets easier. Did you like this one? What do you think of Ryan? Is he really back from a year abroad in Iceland? REVIEW PLEASE, If you want more chapters you really have to review. I feel so uninspired writing chapters when I haven't received reviews on my last. Oh, and isn't the lack of Ezria in season 2B really upsetting? But in the words of Alison: wait for it, wait for it. Haha, much love, Becky x