"Miss Montgomery. Can you stay behind, please? I want to talk to you about our assignment you handed in." Mr. Fitz asked her. The bell had just rang, and Aria jumped out of her seat, heading straight for the door, but did not succeed at escaping.

"Yes, Mr Fitz." Aria replied.

"Are you alright? You seem off. Not yourself." Aria didn't know what to say. Of course she wasn't okay, and she didn't know whether to lie. She was raped yesterday, and then she rushed home to do a pregnancy test. Thankfully, it was negative. So, were the other two. Aria had only done her eyes today, eyeliner, eye shadow, and mascara, and concealer to cover up her bruise. Apart from that, that was it. She put pumps on, instead of heels, and she wore a long sleeve shirt, and jeans. "He's done something, hasn't he?" Ezra said, in a soft tone, and leaning against his desk. He didn't want to break her, but he didn't know she already was. Aria slowly nodded her head, and dropped it. "What did he do?"

"It's fine. It's really stupid, and it doesn't matter." It didn't matter, well to Aria anyway. That's what she thought, but it mattered to Ezra. Anything including her mattered to Ezra. He wanted to talk about it, but she didn't want to think of it again.

"Aria, tell me."

"I told you it doesn't matter. I've dropped it, you should too."

"Tell me what he did, and I'll drop it." Aria shook her head, indicating no.

"You won't, I know you inside and out, and I know you won't drop this of all things, you won't drop it."

"Tell me. Please." He begged, Aria sighed, and rubbed her forehead.

"Yesterday morning, he made me kiss him, he slipped his hand under my shirt, I didn't want to kiss him, but he hurt me. That's it." She lied. "Drop it, it's nothing."

"Fine! I'll drop it, but I swear to god if he hurts you again."

"He won't." Ezra raised his eyebrows at her. "Ezra. I said its fine." A silence passed between them, and Aria escaped the classroom. She sighed heavily, and walked down the steps to the school. She made it to her car, when Hanna stopped her.

"Where do you think you're going?" Hanna asked, wanting to know why she was running away from everyone, and blowing everyone off all of a sudden.

"Home!" Aria replied, annoyed at Hanna's stubbornness.

"You're not going anywhere until you tell me what happened between you and Ezra." Aria was silent, and looked at her black pumps. "So you make up with him in the classroom, go back to his apartment, then the next day you bunk school to spend the day with Jake."

"I know that, Hanna. Why aren't you in class?"

"Caleb's back, he just texted me, and I'm going to spend the rest of the day with him."

"Well, you know, go spend the day with him, I'm fine."

"No you're not, and you're probably going to go see Jake."

"I'm not. Now just let me go home." Hanna sighed.

"Why are you shutting everybody out, huh? You can tell us three girl anything. What happened? Now just go spend time with someone who actually pushed you against a wall. Something that Ezra would never do." Hanna said, and Aria let some tears slip. Hanna noticed, and before she could say anything Aria ran to the girl's bathroom, and gripped her hands to the sink. Hanna ran after her, and into the bathroom, where she saw a hysteric Aria. One she'd never seen before. Sure, Aria had cried, but not like this, not like this for a long time. "Aria what's wrong?" Aria cried even harder, and Hanna wrapped her arms around her tiny friend.

"Everything." Aria stuttered out, her sobs escalating, and taking over the whole of the girl's bathroom. "There's Ezra, and Jake, and all the –A drama on top of this." Hanna rubbed Aria's back.

"Do you want to tell me what happened?" Hanna whispered, and Aria shook her head. "It's okay, you know."

"No it's not, it's not okay, and nothing will ever be okay." Aria erupted into more sobs, and Hanna hugged her friend tighter.

"I'm gonna go get Ezra, okay. Because I think you need him right now. So, I want you to stay right here." Aria nodded, and Hanna gently let go of Aria, speed-walking out of the girl's bathroom, and towards Ezra's classroom. She knocked on the door, and burst into the classroom.

"Miss Marin, can I help you?" Mr Fitz asked, and Hanna quickly thought up an eye.

"I need to ask you an urgent homework question?" Her voice laced with worry. In any other occasion Ezra would've declined, but the worry in his voice frightened him. He nodded, and they both walked out of the classroom. "Just follow me." Hanna said, before he could even ask what was going on.

"Hanna what's going on?"

"I have no idea, but Aria's in the bathroom, sobbing, and she won't tell me what's going on, and we both know, you're the only person she'll have the guts to tell."

"Like, is this big?"

"I think so, I don't know. I haven't seen her like this since…" A silence between them as they hurriedly walked down the hall, Hanna's heels clacking on the cold hard floor. "I don't know what you know." Ezra cut her off.

"I know about –A. Aria told me, but she doesn't want me getting involved."

"Then you should stick by her word, I mean it, Aria means it, just don't get involved, unless we ask you too. Because this is messed up mother fuckin' shit we're dealing with here, because Em and I sure as hell don't want Caleb and Paige, involved, and they've almost died. Now go in, and get Aria back, because I swear to god I can't deal with her moaning anymore," she said, and held open the bathroom door for Ezra where Aria was on her knees, her hands clutching the edge of the sink, and her head rested against the sink, still crying her eyes out.

"Oh my god." He whispered, and rushed into the bathroom, and kneeled down on the floor beside her. Hanna moved inside the bathroom, blocking the door, so no one could come in. She sent a text to Caleb, and watched the interaction. "Hey Aria. I'm here, I'm here." Ezra whispered to her, kneeling on the bathroom floor. She sobbed even harder, and rested her head on his chest. He gently stroked her head, occasionally kissing the top of her crown.

"Ezra." Aria squeaked out, and breathed in and out. The images of last night's events kept flashing through her mind. Jake forcing Aria to kiss him. Him taking off her top, bra, trousers, panties. Her – being forced – to take all his clothing off. Jake forcing Aria to close her eyes, not push him off her, threatening to tell everyone about their relationship.

"Do you want to tell me what happened?" Ezra whispered, and Aria sniffed. She clung to his green sweater vest, as he rocked her gently back and forth. A loud sob escaped from her throat, followed by more sobs, spiralling downwards in sound.

"He forced me…" She stuttered out, and clung to his chest even harder. Once again, Ezra felt the urge to punch the wall.

"Forced you to what?" He asked, afraid of the answer, of what she might say. Of what would happen to them. She breathed in once again, and clung to his vest tighter.

"To have sex," she breathed out, and sobbed even harder. She slid down, so her head was placed on his lap, Ezra reached for her hands which were joined together, and held them in his own, rubbing the pad of his thumb around her hands.

"Aria. Listen to me, we're going to go to the police about this, and we're gonna get this sorted out, and you won't see him again."

"I can't go and see the police Ezra. I can't," she stuttered out.

"Why not?"

"Because Jake threatened our relationship, and I can't put you in jail."

"I'll quit."

"No! That is the last think you'll do, you've got a son, and you need this job."

"I'll get a job at Hollis. They offered me one, I still haven't replied in case…" He trailed off.

"They'll arrest you."

"Aria, remember Wilden's dead. And, we like the new cop. He seems nice." Hanna said, reminding Aria about the new cop, which the girls all thought was totally hot.

"I know that, but, it's a fear." Aria muttered.

"I love you, Aria. Nothing will change that." Ezra whispered quietly in her ear, and kissed her crown.