Ryan stormed back into Ella's classroom, expecting to be questioned, but is relieved to see she wasn't there. Grabbing his leather jacket and scribbling a quick I'm sorry note for her, he walks out. Pushing his way through the student filled halls he storms out of the school and into his car. It was then he finally broke down crying. With each fallen tear, the anger filled his body.
"What do you mean, you've seen this picture before?" Aria questions Spencer. "Melissa has the same picture in the hallway at the house." Spencer explains looking up form the picture. "You don't think-" Emily began only to be cut off. "We've been through this. Melissa isn't A" Spencer said angrily. "Besides we still don't know what this means." "I think it means Ryan's innocent" Aria says.
When Ezra left his apartment earlier that day it was perfectly clean. Everything was where it was suppose to be. So when he opened his door that evening, and walked inside he was shocked. And that's to say the least. The coffee table was over turned, broken glasses lined the kitchen floor. "Ryan?!" Ezra called out trying to keep the emotion out of his voice. Walking through the mess, Ezra put his bag on the kitchen island. "Ryan?" He called out again. "In here" Ryan hiccupped from the bathroom. Ezra stepping over the glass and papers, made his way to the bathroom. What he saw scared him. Ryan was on the floor, blood pouring from his chest, and clearly very drunk. "What the hell happened?!" Ezra yelled grabbing a towel and applying pressure to Ryan's cut. "I was drinking." Ryan hiccupped. "Ezra!" Aria called out. "In here" Ezra called back. Aria ran to the bathroom "Help me get him to the car" Ezra said turning to Aria who was frozen in shock.
Ryan awoke with a weird taste in his mouth. Opening his eyes he realized he wasn't at Ezra's. "Hey you're up" Ryan looked to his left seeing Ezra as he wiped the sleep from his eyes. "What happened?" He asked, his voice laced with sleep. "Well let's see. First you got drunk, then you tore up my apartment, cutting your leg in the process. Then I found you drunk and bleeding on my bathroom floor, and took you here. Where you tried to punch a male nurse claiming Nemo and Dory were chasing after you" Ezra managed to say with out a laugh. "I'm never drinking again" Ryan groaned, causing Ezra to chuckle. "So how did you get me here?" "I got you tea, they were out of coffee" Aria says walking in.
Ryan sat up quickly making his head and chest scream in pain, causing him to wince. "Whoa, easy there buddy" Ezra said rushing to his side. "What's wrong?" He asked helping Ryan sit up properly. "Nothing. Just remembered what happened last night." "And?" "I went drinking, and you know how I am when I'm drunk." Ryan lied looking at Aria. "Can you get me some crackers?" Ryan asked looking at Ezra. "Yeah, sure buddy. Aria can you stay with him?" Ezra says turning to his girlfriend. She looks at Ryan trying to read his expression. "Sure" She says with a weak smile. "Thanks, I'll be right back" Ezra says walking out of the small hospital room.
"Look about yesterday, I'm sorry. But I swear I had nothing to do with that picture" Aria says quickly once Ezra is gone. "You got to believe me." She pleaded. "I spent most of my life believing I was born in the wrong body. When I got to high school, I decided to share how I felt with a few friends, who I thought I could trust. Turns out I couldn't trust them. About a week after I told them, the whole school knew. I still don't know who told, so when I saw that note I freaked." "Who did you tell?" "My best friends at the time, Jason Dilaurentis and Melissa Hastings." "How did they react?" Aria asked as she sat down on the edge of Ryan's bed. "Melissa and I were secretly dating at the time. She was the only one who took it well. But we decided to break up once the whole school found out, I didn't want her reputation ruined. Jason on the other had didn't take it so well."
"I also got you some ginger ale. Figured you were thirsty." Ezra said walking in. Aria quickly jumps off the bed as if it shocked her. "Well I better get going. I'm suppose to meet the girls for lunch." Aria says grabbing her purse without looking at Ezra. "Tell them I'm sorry" Ryan says making Aria turn to look at them. "And thanks for helping me last night, I know it couldn't of been easy." Ryan smiled at her. Aria gave a quick hug to Ezra before leaving. "So what was that about?" "Just a misunderstanding. So what do you say we get me out of here, and I help you clean up the apartment."
"Is he going to be okay?" Emily asked concerned as she sat down with Aria, Hanna and Spencer. "Yeah, he ended up getting twenty stitches." "So what happened?" "Well, when I went to Ezra's last night the door wasn't shut all the way. When I went in the place was a huge mess. They were in the bathroom, and Ryan had this huge cut on his chest, probably from the glasses he was smashing. So Ezra had me help him take Ryan to The ER. I've never seen Ezra so worried" Aria explained as she poked at her salad. "And then he lied to Ezra about what happened with the picture" "So what do we do? I mean clearly A has stuff on Ryan" Hanna says eating a fry. "I guess we keep an eye on him."
"I don't think I can apologize enough for all this." Ryan said as he stopped sweeping the kitchen long enough to look at Ezra. "Its okay. Just don't let it happen again" "I want to make it up to you, how about I cook you and Aria dinner?" Ryan asked hopefully. "You're not going to give up are you?" Ezra chuckled. "You know me to well Fitz" Ryan smiles.