"Ezra, you can't come. It's the last thing you're going to do." Aria said to her boyfriend.

"Aria, I'm your boyfriend, and you got raped."

"No!" She shouted at him. "Don't say that word."

"Sorry." She shrugged, and sat down on his bed. "I just want you to be okay in there." He sat down on the bed next to her, and wrapped an arm around his petite girlfriend.

"I know, and I will be. The girls are coming with me, and the new cop is really nice. He's nicer than Wilden, and he looked through our files, and he knows what we've been through, and said Wilden especially picked on us, so we think he's good news." She rested her head on his shoulder and sighed.

"Should I be scared?" Ezra joked, and Aria chuckled.

"If anything Caleb should be, Hanna ranted on about how his voice was sexy, and that it fit him perfectly, and how she'd like to see what's under his suit."

"You said you wouldn't say anything." Hanna screamed from outside the apartment. The girls were waiting there to go to the police station. The couple chuckled.

"Only if you come back here straight away, and tell me everything that happened." Ezra said.

"I will, and thank you for being so good about this."

"I should be saying that to you." Aria scoffed.

"I had eight nightmares last night, and you couldn't even sleep." Ezra kissed the top of her head.

"It was worth it, and I know you might kill me for saying this, but if it does get worse: I want you to go to a therapist dealing with these special issues." Aria nodded. "Are you mad at me for saying that?"

"I don't know. Like, if it does get worse, it might be for the best." Ezra kissed her head again. "I need to go. I want to get this over and done with."

"Okay, what if they ask about us?" Ezra asked, as they got up from his bed.

"We'll think of a lie." Aria answered, and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I'll be alright." She whispered in his ear.

"You sure?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine. I love you."

"I love you too." Ezra pulled away, and brushed his lips lightly on hers. Aria's hand moved to the back of his head, to deepen the kiss. He did as she commanded, and slipped his tongue into her mouth. Ezra slid his hand to the hem of her shirt, but she jerked back a bit, and Ezra pulled away. "Sorry."

"It's okay, it's just…" She trailed off, and Ezra cupped her face.

"It's fine, we'll wait." Aria wrapped his arms around his waist.

"Thank you. I'm just not ready yet." Ezra wrapped his arms around her neck.

"Its fine, babe. It's understandable, now I want you to go and get that son of a bitch in jail." Aria chuckled, and kissed him goodbye.

…

"W-W-Why is Jake here?" Aria stuttered, as they walked into the Rosewood Police Department.

"Ah, Aria. Just the person I wanted to see." Detective Holbrook said, pacing over to Aria. "Seems as if you had an affair with a teacher." Aria was silent, as her face scrunched up, trying not to cry.

"What do you mean? She didn't have an affair with a teacher." Spencer said, nonchalantly. Holbrook turned on his heel to face Jake.

"You know, it's a felony to lie to a cop."

"I didn't lie officer. Ask the stupid bitch yourself." Jake screamed, and Hanna pulled a frightened Aria behind her.

"Apologise to the young lady now. You do not treat a lady that way."

"I'm not apologising." Jake said, and Holbrook raised his eyebrows. "Sorry." Jake replied coldly, not meaning it. "And, I've got pictures." He threw a peach-coloured file onto a desk, and the officer picked it up and flicked through it. He tucked it under his arm.

"Aria, can I speak to you for a moment alone." Aria nodded, and followed Holbrook to his office, and sat down.

"It's a nice change from the interrogation room." She said, looking at the file which could ruin her life. His life. Their life.

"Yeah, it's less depressing." He replied, and he opened up the file to show Aria the pictures. "I just want to ask you a few basic questions." Aria nodded.

"Did you or did you not sleep with this man?" Aria shook her head. "Are you positive? Based on the information you give me, he might not be in trouble."

"I slept with him." Silence filled the room, and Aria's eyes filled with tears. "I love him."

"So he didn't rape you." Aria burst out crying at just the word rape. She didn't like the fact she was raped. She was fine with the word before. But, now she was a victim. She just couldn't listen to that word. It reminded her of that night. Holbrook moved around his desk, and kneeled in front of Aria. "Did he or did he not rape you?" Aria looked up, mascara running down her cheeks, and her eyes red.

"He's not the one who raped me." Aria replied, in a broken voice. "And don't say that word. I hate that word."

"Aria I need to know. Who was the person who sexually abused you?" Holbrook said, careful with his words.

"The person who gave you the photos of me in bed with my boyfriend." Gabriel Holbrook nodded, and returned to his chair.

"Is this what you came here about?" She nodded, and wiped away her tears. "Can I ask you about the photos?" Aria nodded once again. "Based on the information you give me, he won't go to prison. Is this man your teacher?"

"Yeah, he is."

"When did you sleep with him?"

"When he got fired from Rosewood High." It wasn't a complete lie. He hadn't been fired yet, but he did quit the next day.

"He's still working there though."

"No, he quit his first job, then he worked at Hollis for a bit, and then three weeks ago he got a job offer at Rosewood High, and I broke up with him."

"You said you're still seeing him."

"We just got back together the other day, I was crying in the bathroom, because of what happened, and he came in, and comforted me. Please, don't arrest him. I love him. If anything send me away to England or China."

"Have you had sex with him while he was your teacher?" Aria shook her head. "Alright, he won't get arrested. But, what would you like to do with Jake?"

"I don't know, what I can physically do?"

"Well, you can either arrest him, or have a restraining order. I suggest the latter." Aria nodded.

"Can I have him arrested please?"

"Do you have proof?" Aria nodded, and breathed in. She hadn't shown Ezra this or the girls. She stood up, pulled up her sleeves, and her shirt just up to bra. Bruises covered her arms, varying different colours. Sure Ezra knew about those bruises. But, he didn't know about the large purple one on the right side of her rib cage, and the light bluey-green one on the top of her hipline.

"Is this good enough proof?" He nodded, examining her bruises.

"How do I know these aren't from your boyfriend?"

"Because he wouldn't do that. Ask Hanna, Emily and Spencer. He wouldn't even hurt a fly." She replied, quickly.

"Alright, what is Jake's job?"

"He's a karate teacher." Holbrook nodded his head, and wrote down a few things on a piece of paper.

"When did the abuse start?"

"A day after I started going out with him. He would always hurt me, then the gentleman would return. It carried on like that, then he started forcing me to kiss him. Then he abused me, and yeah." He nodded his head again. He nods a lot, Aria observed.

"Based on the information you gave me, he'll be given a year, on sexual abuse and harassment. But, I still recommend a restraining order." Aria nodded, and smiled. "And with your relationship. I'll condone it. With what you've been through, and I can see that you love him, and believe it or not, I'm a sucker for romance." Aria chuckled, raised her eyebrows.

"Really?"

"Yeah, I know. Just as long as you don't have sex with him until you graduate, because it's still illegal." Aria nodded.

"Thank you Officer Holbrook." He smiled at her, lead her out his office, and to her friends.

"Are you staying permanently at your boyfriends? And by that, do you spend a lot of time there." Aria nodded. "Can I have the apartment number, so I can call you when the papers for the restraining order have come through?"

"Sure." Aria wrote down the apartment number on a slip of paper he handed her, and left the precinct with her best friends.

…

"How was it?" Ezra asked, before she could even say hi. He got up from the couch, and wrapped his arms around Aria's tiny frame. Aria chuckled, and let his body engulf hers.

"It went really well. Jake's been arrested for nine months, and a suggested restraining order. The detective will condone our relationship, because he's a sucker for romance, I've been through a lot, and he can see I love you. We just can't have sex until I graduate, but I don't think I'll be ready before that." Aria replied, somewhat muffled because she was facing his chest.

"Whoa, never thought a cop would like our relationship." Aria chuckled.

"I didn't either, but somehow we always beat the odds."

"I love you, Aria."

"I love you too, Ezra. And, I'm happy you took me back, I thought you were dating Maggie."

"Where'd you get that idea?" Aria pulled away from the hug, and sat down on the leather couch.

"Wilden's funeral. You were with her, and then you looked away from me."

"Malcolm wanted to go to a friend's house after karate, we only had one car, and then she came in with me. And, I looked away from you because I knew I'd probably just cry, and just kiss you in front of Hackett, and I knew I couldn't do that."

"No, we couldn't, but I'd kinda like to do that at Graduation."

"I'd love to see his face, it would be utterly horrified." Aria chuckled, and smiled.

"You know, I kinda miss the old us. Holing up in your apartment, eating Chinese food, watching old movies, and just in general."

"I think we're gonna get the old us back. I mean I'm your teacher again, and we know for sure, nothing's going to split us apart this time. Not the fact you're I high school or I'm your teacher. Or the age difference. Nothing will break us up this time." He rested his forehead against Aria's and she smiled.

"Do you wanna order Chinese food?" He chuckled.

"Always."

Hope you guys like this chapter. The reviews are just overwhelming, and to the guest I didn't know that you had to wait three weeks, don't know anything about pregnancy yet I'm writing a different story about pregnancy.

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