Aria
During the course of the week, Aria and Summer spent all their time settling into their new home. This week Aria had, had a chance to relax with her friends a lot, so she was ready to go back to work. Throughout the week Aria and Summer had been taken on a tour round New York. Spencer had taken them for coffee at a small café in town, and gave them a tour round Central Park. Summer had especially loved it there. Hanna had obviously taken them shopping, and Summer had been amazed by the large Disney store. Yet again Aria had bought her another version of Princess Belle as a Barbie. Emily had taken them to a swimming pool nearby, where she and Aria had attempted to teach Summer how to swim. It had worked a little, since now Summer could swim a whole length with her armbands on.

All good weeks had to end though, and today was Summers first day at school and Arias first day at work. Luckily, there would be no students there at work today for Aria. She would spend the day been shown around and given her lesson plan and classes for the year. Summer, Aria could tell, was nervous for her very first day at school. Aria knew that once she had made a friend, she would be fine. Summer had never really been shy, only when she was first meeting people. Once she knew she could trust you, she was very confident.

"Sweetie. Come on, it's time to get dressed for school. Why don't you go choose yourself an outfit from your new wardrobe?" Aria suggested to Summer, who was sat watching telly in the living room. She'd just finished her bowl of chocolate coco pops- her favourite.

" Ok Mummy." Summer agreed with a reluctant sigh, running into her bedroom to pick out an outfit. While Summer was occupied, Aria took a shower and put on a smart shirt, a pleated skirt and dark coloured blazer. She achieved just the right look for a teacher, slightly formal, sophisticated, yet fun and friendly. Leaving her long curly hair to cascade over he shoulders, she added in a few more curls with her curling iron, before applying make-up.

" Don't you look beautiful." Aria complimented her daughter, as she stepped into Summers room to check up on her. Summer smiled at her mum, but she still looked very nervous.

" You look pretty too mummy." Summer responded.

" Awh thank you sweetie. Now have you got your lunch and bag?" Aria asked, leading summer towards their front door.

" Yes mummy I haven't forgotten anything." Summer replied with a small giggle, as they exited their apartment. After getting a cab, Aria told the driver to head to Summers new school, and Aria held onto Summers hand tightly as they drove down there. Aria was nervous for her first day too, and she was nervous for Summer as well. But she knew in her mind that everything was going to turn out ok, it had to.

" Have a good day at school sweetie. Everything will be fine, don't be nervous. You'll have fun." Aria reassured Summer cheerfully, as kindergarten teacher gestured for Summer to come inside.

" Bye mummy. Have a good day at work." Aria kissed summer on the forehead, before heading back to the cab she had told to wait for her. Once she was in again, she told him to drive to the high school she would be working at. Butterflies were erupting in her stomach, as the nerves began to kick in. Hopefully everything would run smoothly today. Hopefully she'd love her new job there.

The school was quite big, and the cab dropped her off at the entrance to it. Nervously, she headed inside, following the directions she had been told to the head teachers office. Soon she came upon an office with the name Mrs. Emerson on the door. Glad that she had managed to find it without getting lost, Aria knocked on the door and waited for an answer. The door opened to reveal a bright woman who looked to be in her early forties, she had a cheerful expression and wore a smart womens suit.

" Hello you must be Aria Montgomery our new English teacher for this year." Mrs. Emerson greeted me cheerfully.

" The one and only. Thank you for giving me this amazing job Mrs. Emerson." Aria thanked her politely.

" Your welcome, and please call me Kathy. It's what the rest of the teachers round here call me." Kathy told her, leading her down a large corridor filled with lockers.

" Ok Kathy, so what will I be doing today?" Aria asked, looking around the school, trying to memorise the corridors so she wouldn't get lost.

" Well there will be no students in today, so our head of English Mr. Fitz will be showing you to your different classrooms, and going through the lesson plan for the classes your teaching." Kathy explained, and Arias eyes widened as Kathy said the name ' Mr. Fitz'. Surely she couldn't mean Ezra Fitz. But Arias heart ached badly at the sound of his name. Some part of her hoped that it was him, even though she was still mad at him.
" I'm sorry, did you say Mr. Fitz?" Aria questioned, trying to act casual.

" Yes dear. He's our head of English, a lovely man. I'm sure you'll like him a lot. Is their a problem?" Kathy explained with a small frown.

" Oh no of course not, I've just heard the name somewhere before." Aria told her quickly.

" You may have read one of his books, he is published." Kathy said, leading her down a corridor with an office at the end that had ' Mr Fitz' wrote on the door.

" Probably." Aria replied with a smile, as Kathy knocked on the office door.

" Come in." An extremely familiar voice called, causing Arias heart to flutter slightly. Kathy lead Aria into his medium-sized office, and a small gasp escaped Arias lips as she saw the only man she'd ever loved again. Ezra looked the same as he had done 6 years ago, nothing had change about him. He still had short, wavy dark brown hair, a kind smile and mesmerizing blue eyes. What surprised Aria most was that he was wearing the same tie Aria had bought him 6 years ago. Ezra eyes widened in amazement as he saw Aria walk into his office.

" Ezra this is our new teacher Aria Montgomery. I'll leave you too to work, you know what to do Ezra." Kathy introduced Aria to Ezra, and left closing the door behind her. Aria and Ezra stared at each other for a few moments, and Aria began to fiddle with her hands – it had always been a bad habit of hers.

" Aria." Ezra whispered, still in shock. His hand had frozen on the page he was writing on, and his eyes were filled with an emotion that Aria couldn't quite figure out.

" Hi." She whispered, her heart beginning to beat a lot more faster. Small tears were beginning to form in her eyes, and even though she tried to hold them back, a few dribbled down her cheeks. Ezra noticed and stood up from his desk quickly, standing there quite awkwardly.

" Are you teaching here now?" Ezra asked, watching with a concerned expression as Aria wiped away her tears.

" Yeh. I got offered a permanent job. I was teaching in Philadelphia before. But I moved up here close to where Hanna, Spencer and Emily live." Aria replied, her eyes meeting Ezras.

" Oh." Was all Ezra said as he looked down towards the floor.

" Is this the school you went to teach at when you… left?" Aria asked, holding back more tears. She didn't know why she crying at the sight of him, she did feel quite happy to see him. But she also wanted more answers to why he left.

" Yeh. I've been working here for 6 years." Ezra answered. " How have you been?" he asked, taking a step closer towards her.

" Fine I guess. You?"

" Fine." Ezra answered, ending the conversation. We both stayed quiet for a moment, not quite knowing what to say. " Look Aria… I'm sorry for leaving. I really am, and I understand if you hate me and don't want to see me. I can show you around today and after that you don't have to see me again if you don't want. Just know that I'm really sorry… and I've… I've missed you." Aria looked down to the floor as he spoke.

" I missed you too…" She whispered, not daring to look up. " But I don't hate you… I'm just mad that you ran away from our problems." She explained, finally looking up after a few seconds. Ezra sighed.

" I know and I'm sorry. I guess in some ways it was a mistake to ever leave, and I will explain everything Aria. I promise. But for now I need to show you around, for work purposes." Aria nodded, understandingly. With a small smile, Ezra grabbed a few papers off of his desk and began showing her to the different classrooms she would be working in.

After handing her, her timetable for the week and going through the lesson plans, he showed her to her new office, which was all set up ready for her. The awkwardness had managed to disappear between them, and now they chatted freely about the different books that were part of Arias lesson plan. They laughed and joked with each other, just like old times. It was strange, yet nice for Aria. As always she enjoyed Ezras company… but all she could think about throughout the day was how he was probably married, or together with someone. He'd probably moved on. But Aria was happy to know he had forgotten about her, and still wore the tie she had gave him.

" So I think that's everything. Any questions?" Ezra asked with a smile, as Aria picked up her bag from her new desk.

" Yes, what times lunch?" Aria asked, causing Ezra to chuckle lightly.

" Its 12 till 1." Ezra replied, and another few moments of silence followed after he spoke. But this time it wasn't awkward, but comfortable.
" Thank you for today. You've been great." Aria thanked politely, smiling broadly.

" Good. Glad I could be of help." Ezra said, and the conversation yet again died down. But this time Ezra was first to speak. " Look Aria, do you want my number? Then we can sort out a time where I can explain everything to you…" Ezra asked, slightly hesitant, but Aria smiled handing him her phone.

" Yeh sure. Just put it into my phone. There's a great new café I've found, maybe we could meet there." Aria suggested cheerfully.

" That would be great. Make sure to text me the details." Ezra reminded her.

" I will do."

" Is there anything else you need?" Ezra questioned, and Aria quickly checked the time. She gasped as she saw she had to pick up Summer in 20 minutes. Aria couldn't be late picking her daughter up on her first day of school.

" Um, no thanks. I actually need to get going. I need to pick my daughter up from school." Aria told him, packing away some of her things quickly. Ezras eyes widened in shock slightly, and his expression faltered a little. Sadness appeared in his eyes.

" You have a daughter?" Ezra asked in surprise. Aria froze for a second, wondering if Summer would ever end up meeting Ezra. Explaining to Ezra why Summer looked exactly like him would be very hard… It would probably be best to keep Summer away from him, for now.

" Yeh. It's her first day of school and she'll probably hate me if I'm late to pick her up. Thank you for today." Aria explained.

" No problem. It's been great seeing you again, Aria." Ezra told her, just before she left her office.

" You too, Ezra," She said, turning around to smile at him before leaving. As Aria left, all she could think about was Ezra. Her thoughts were filled with him, and how much she had missed him. But she was also still slightly mad at him, and wanted to know answers. She would have to meet up with him soon to get them. One thing that worried Aria most was that she was going to be working with him for the whole year… Would it hurt too much so see him every day and not be together with him? Aria quickly pressed away that thought, not wanting to even think about it. Quickly she typed into her phone ' S.O.S' and sent it to Hanna, Emily and Spencer. She had to tell somebody what had happened, and maybe she could get advice from them…