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Chapter 7

"Ezra..." Aria started hesitantly. They were sitting on the couch in Aria's house. Spencer had woken up a few hours ago and Ezra had insisted she stay in his apartment while she was recovering, not wanted her to have to move around too much. Emily and Hanna were staying with her and promised to let Aria know if they needed anything.

"What is it?" Ezra asked, suddenly worried by her tone.

"I was just thinking...maybe you should get out of here for a while. I mean, we all know what A is capable of, and I don't want anything to happen to you. I'm sorry, it's all my fault you're in this mess and-"

"Aria, stop" Ezra cut her off. "I'm not leaving you alone to deal with A. I'm going to be right here and we're going to face this together. And stop blaming yourself, it's not your fault you're being stalked by a maniac." Ezra said with a tone that indicated this discussion was over. Ezra pulled Aria close and she snuggled into his chest. The truth was, she didn't want him to leave, and she knew it was selfish, but he made her feel safe, like everything was going to be okay. He was the reason she got up every morning.

"I love you" Aria whispered into Ezra's chest as he stroked her hair.

"I love you too." Ezra kissed the top of Aria's head as he rocked her back and forth against his chest. Soon, Aria's breathing evened as she fell asleep in the arms of her love.

Ezra, not wanting to wake Aria, only moved slightly to put a blanket over her small body. Soon, the sound of Aria's rhythmic breathing lulled him to sleep as well.

IN THE MORNING

Ezra awoke to the sound of Aria's phone ringing. The caller I.D. said Emily.

"Hey. It's Ezra."

"Hi Ezra, Hanna just brought breakfast, you and Aria should come and join us. Spencer's up too and she's looking a lot better than yesterday. Wren said he'll stop by this afternoon"

"Glad to hear that Spencer's doing better. Don't let her out of bed though. We'll be over in a bit."

Ezra hung up and saw Aria was awake. "Good morning, sweetie." he said with a smile.

"Morning." Aria mumbled groggily, still half asleep. "Who was that?"

"Emily. She said Spencer's feeling a lot better and they're waiting for us for breakfast so we should get moving."

"Mmm-kay." Aria got up and gave Ezra a quick peck on the lips before heading upstairs to brush her teeth and get changed.

AT EZRA'S APARTMENT

"Spencer! Don't you dare get up from that bed!" Aria said sternly, before gently nudging her friend back into bed.

"I hate this! I'm fine you guys, really! Besides, how else am I going to help you guys catch A if I can't even get out of bed?" Spencer whined.

"You're going to have to take it easy for now. Leave the A-hunt to us for now. You need to focus on getting better." Aria said with a laugh. Spencer worked way too hard.

"Umm...Aria? Could you come here for a second?" Emily asked, appearing in the doorway.

"Sure. I'll be back, Spence! DON'T move!" Aria gave Spencer a teasing glare and followed Emily into the hall. "What's up, Em?'

"It's Caleb. He found a USB that fell out of A's pocket when we were chasing them. It has a file with a bunch of our secrets on it."

"Oh my God! This is huge!" Aria felt a shudder crawl up her spine as the thought of A storing such important details of their lives onto something as small as a USB.

Emily spoke again, causing Aria to snap out of her thoughts. "That's not the important part though" she continued, talking fast. " There are some files on there that are password protected. Caleb's working on them now, but I'm wondering, why wouldn't A put a password on everything instead of just a few files? What's A's motive?" Emily looked completely terrified now, and Aria gave her a hug to comfort her.

"Let's just wait for Caleb to finish hacking the files and then we'll know everything. Don't worry Em, it'll be ok."

Just then, a flustered looking Caleb ran through the door. "I got it! I got through the password and hacked the files! You'll never guess what I found!"

What did Caleb find on the files? Leave your guess in the reviews. I wanna hear what you all think. I'll try to post another chapter tomorrow, but it all depends on how much homework I get. Fingers crossed!