Ezra's Pov:

I pulled the chicken out of the oven when I heard Aria knock at the door. I rushed over and pulling it open and pressed my lips to hers. She wrapped her arms around my neck and pushed me into the apartment, closing the door behind her.

"Hi" she said her lips still on mine.

"Hi" I replied laughing and I pulled back to look at her face. "You're just in time, dinner is ready."

"Mmmm, what did you make?"

"Chicken."

"Whoa, you really went all out." she said sarcastically.

"Well, you know me." I said laughing at her comment.

I went to the kitchen and made us both a plate. Aria was waiting for me on the couch. We ate our dinner while watching Modern Family. She turned it off when we finished eating and looked at me.

"So, um, there is something I need to talk to you about."

"Sure, what wrong?"

"Nothing is wrong, I just- It's about what happened on Saturday night."

I didn't say anything and waited for her to continue.

"So you obviously know we were found with Alison's murder weapon since that is the reason we were in the police station."

"Yeah…"

"But you don't know why. How come you haven't asked about it?"

"I figured you would tell me when you were ready to talk about it."

"Ok, well, I'm ready now."

The look on her face scared me. It looked like she was trying to decide what to say or how to tell me. She looked scared.

"Aria, what's the matter?" I asked pulling her closer to me. "You can tell me anything, you know that. You don't need to be scared." She started to cry and buried her head in my shoulders. I stroked her hair and tried to soothe her. What was so bad that she couldn't even tell me? I waited a couple minutes for her to calm down. Finally, she sat up and took a deep breath.

She started from the beginning, which was long ago than I would have thought, and told me everything. Every last little detail of what had happened to her, she seemed to remember perfectly. There was pain all over her face and in her voice. How could someone be torturing her like this? And the other girls too? How was it possible? Who could have that much time on their hands and be so cold hearted?

When she finished she just looked at me, hoping for me to say something. I didn't know what to say to her. How was I supposed to respond to something like that?

"Aria-" was all I could manage so I pulled her to me again and held her close. "It's going to be ok." I whispered in her ear.

She pulled away again and looked at me. I figured I should probably say something.

"How come you never told me any of this before?"

"Because it seems like everyone who knows becomes a part of it. I didn't want you to get hurt."

"So, why now?"

"I figured you needed to know. It was becoming more and more dangerous to not know what was going on."

"I'm so sorry that all of this has been happening to you. I can't even imagine what going through that would be like."

"It's hell." she said. "You never know where or when to expect an attack. Or a threat. Or a blackmail. I lose sleep over it. It sucks."

"We need to tell the police about this. I can't let them do this to you anymore."

"Ezra, we've tried that. It doesn't work. It never works."

"Then what do we do?"

"There's nothing we can do right now."

"Ok, your right. Let's just enjoy the rest of our night together. We can talk about this later."

"Ok" she said snuggling back into my arms. I turned the TV back on and we started where we left off.

Sorry it's not very long. I haven't had much time to write lately and I just needed to update. Please leave suggestions in your reviews! :D