"You're really going to play the piano for the school talent show?" Hanna said.
"Not perform, be a source of music. I need a break from everything here, so I thought just playing the piano would not start rumours about me having sex on the first date. Unless it's me shagging the piano." Aria said, grabbing her books in an awkward position.
"Here," Hanna said, and helping her small friend with her books. Aria smiled at her, as she closed her locker, and placed her books, under her arm.
"Thanks."
"No problem, but wouldn't Fitz help you unwind, and have a break from everything?" Hanna asked, and Aria rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, he does help. But, he has a seven year old kid, he has meetings here, and then he can't punch people in the jaw if they make up a rumour about me, because he's a teacher here, and if he did, he'd blow our cover."
"Well, on a totally different topic, have you decided what College you want to go to?"
"New York, or Arizona. I haven't made up my mind, but I'm leaning towards New York, just something about being in a big city, where no one knows what happened to you, no one knows your name, or that you were and are being stalked. And, it's New York, you know. Have you?"
"Well, there's the Fashion institute, but there is UCLA. And, Caleb, really wants to go there, and I don't want to break up with him, and I can't decide whether I want to do Fashion in Cali, or go to a Fashion school in New York. And, I don't want to break up with Caleb, either." Hanna said, talking quickly.
"I looked into UCLA, and I happened to come across their Fashion programme, it looks really good. And, by really good, I mean GREAT." Aria said, not wanting Hanna and Caleb to break up, because she thought they were the perfect couple. Not to be cheesy, but she did.
"Alright, I'm going to ULCA?" Hanna decided.
"You can't decide what college you want to go to in five minutes Hanna."
"Yeah, but I was like ninety five percent on board with UCLA because Caleb's going, and we're gonna live together, but now I'm about a million percent sure that I want to go."
"This isn't living with your boyfriend, this is college where you learn."
"And, I will learn. I will learn how to make a good sandwich for Caleb while simultaneously going to Fashion lectures." Hanna said, and Aria laughed.
"Well, I'm sure, you'll make a very good sandwich for Caleb." Aria said.
…
Aria was sitting cross legged on the floor in her and Ezra's apartment – she had now moved in – and had a cup in her hand. Singing the lyrics of When I'm Gone, she started to do the cup song. Earlier that day, she had gotten the list of songs she was supposed to learn for the end of year talent show. The cup song was on it, oddly. But, yet she was still doing it, because she knew how to do it, thanks to Hanna. She would be crap if it wasn't for YouTube tutorials showing her the step by step routine of it. "I got my ticket for the long way round. Two bottles of whiskey for the way. And I sure would like some sweet company. And I'm leaving tomorrow, what do you say?" Aria sang, managing not to mess up the cup song, for the first time, which was quite an accomplishment, because it took her over two hours to get it correct thanks to YouTube tutorials. "Phew." Aria breathed out once she had managed to sing and do the cup song. There was a knock on the door, she got up, and answered it.
"Hey, we got some news." Caleb panted.
"BIG news." Spencer said, and Aria nodded.
"What is the news," Aria asked.
"We found out that the person who shot the gun was –A. They did it to get pictures of you and Ezra to see if you went him over to him, and you did, so they snapped a few pics." Emily said, fine compared to Caleb and Spencer who had run up three flights of stairs. Soon, Hanna came by, breathing absolutely fine.
"So, is there a but, there's always a but with Caleb and computers. Come on, Ezra could get fired for this." Aria said, biting her lip.
"There is a but thanks to my amazing boyfriend." Hanna said.
"I hacked into –A's files, to see if I could delete them, and I did." Aria sighed. "But this is –A, we're talking about here, shim could have files in the lair, or on Mona's phone or anywhere they have bases." Caleb said.
"How did they even take pictures of us, we were behind the desk?" Aria asked.
"Guess who else is in that class?" Spencer said.
"Mona!"
"Yeah," Hanna said. "On a different matter when are we going to see Monsters INC?"
…
"Hey." Ezra greeted coming into his apartment. He didn't get a reply, and noticed his girlfriend was tucked up in bed, sleeping like a baby. He smiled to himself, and wondered why she was in bed. It was only seven in the evening. But, with the past couple days she'd had, it didn't surprise him that she was flat out fast asleep. He shrugged off his coat, and kicked off his shoes. Taking his shirt off, he walked towards his dresser, and pulled out some pyjama bottoms. He changed into them, and walked to the couch, getting some of the essays out of his satchels he began to work.
After two hours of marking, Ezra had finally finished marking the papers. Aria moaned, and turned on her back, propping herself up on her elbows, she opened her eyes, letting them adjust to the light in the apartment. "Hey, did you have a nice sleep?" Ezra said, walking over to the bed, and sitting down on the edge. Aria sneezed twice, and nodded, answering Ezra's question. She sneezed again, and rubbed her eyes. "Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah," Aria replied, her voice croaky, and she sneezed again.
"Are you sure?" He asked, feeling her forehead, which was burning up, "you're burning up."
"I think I might have a cold," Aria said, bringing her knees up to her chest.
"I'm going to get you some medicine, okay?" Aria nodded, and he went to get the medicine. He came back, and she took the medicine.
"It seems like you'll be taking care of me tomorrow, huh?" She asked with a slight chuckle in her voice, and he chuckled as well. Tomorrow was a Saturday.
"Yeah, but at least I'm spending it with you, even if it means running for your every need."
"Thank you." Ezra kissed her forehead.
"I want you to get some sleep." Ezra whispered, brushing some hair out of her eyes. Aria nodded, but hesitated before snuggling down into the covers.
"On one condition, you get in with me. I don't mind if you read or something. Just get in the bed with me," Ezra nodded, getting under the covers next to her. He was tired as well. She moved around on her side, and he wrapped his arms around her middle.
"I love you," he whispered, and the apartment was soon filled with Aria's soft snores, and Ezra's occasional giggles.
