"Hooooly Crap." I didn't even realize I said that out loud until everyone started looking at me strangly, and not just in a 'whos the new teacher' way.

"Um, good morning class. My name is Mr. Fitz. Since I don't know you guys, would you all write down 3 things about yourself, and then we will share them with the class. Alright, take 5 minutes to do that." This 5 minutes I would use to calm my head down. Why the heck is Aria here? She should not be in this high school class. Why did this have to happen?

"Okay, 5 minutes is up. Who would like to start?" Aria's friend Hanna was the first to raise her hand.

"Okay, um Hanna is it?" I asked, trying not to sound too obvious.

"Yes, Mr. Fitz." Stressing the "Mr." part, "Number one: I will always protect my friends from bad things. Two: I hate being lied too. Three: Once I had to bail a friend out of jail, and it was not fun." Hanna gave me an evil glare the entire time that she was talking, as if to warn me about something. I think this is what the rest of the school year will be like. I continued to pick on kids, avoiding the one that was most important to me. Eventually, I had to choose her.

"And... Miss Montgomery, I believe you are last." I looked into her eyes, and she looked into mine, both of us in a sort of trance until Spencer cleared her throat signaling us to stop.

"Yes. Number 1: I, Like Hanna, do not like being lied to. 2: I don't regret choices I make, because they always turn out to be good. 3: I don't always follow the rules, just so you're prepared." She slightly smiled, and bit her lip, knowing it would distract me. She too, was trying to send different messages than she was actually letting on to.

"Mr. Fitz, what about you?" Emily, Aria's other friend asked.

"Well, I guess for number one, it would be that I really like baseball games." I looked at Aria and saw her stifle a giggle. "Number two would be that I am sort of clumsy. I actually ran into a stranger once and spilt food all over them!" I looked at Aria again, this time though, she was hardly able to control herself. I let it go, knowing that it was my fault. "And lastly, I love meeting new people because I think that they are incredibly interesting, and I always want to learn more about them." This was me telling Aria that I still wanted to get to know her, even though it would be terribly risky.

"Okay class, I am glad that I got to know you each just a little bit, and I am extremely excited for this school year. You are dismissed.

Aria Montgomery, may I speak to you a moment please?" I asked her, with a pleading look in my eyes.

"Sure Mr. Fitz. What can I do for you?" She looked at the door, waiting for the last student to file out.

"Aria, what is this. You are a high schooler. Why didn't you ever tell me?" I asked, slightly hurt.

"Its just that you are such an amazing guy, and I've never had a guy in my life before that is as great as you. I wanted to keep you in it."

"Don't worry Aria, we'll find a way. We will, I promise."

She smiled up at me, and I wondered how anything can be as beautiful as she is, and that I am the luckiest man in the world.