Strangely, Diane didn't seem to mind that Ezra and Aria were staying with her, she just gave them one rule to stick to. They had to stay in different rooms.
"But..." Aria argued, as Diane folded her arms across her chest. "How do you expect us to sleep in different rooms?"
"Ezra's done it for more than twenty years of his life, I think he can do it for a few more.." Diane said harshly, clapping her hands together. "I won't be putting up with funny business in this house."
Obviously, neither liked this, but it was only a small favour to give back for allowing them to stay after what happened with Ezra.
They had spent the remaining few hours of their day wandering about the house, freezing awkwardly whenever Ezra's mother would walk past. Aria pretended to ignore her boyfriend whenever he would suggest sleeping, but eventually had to give in.
"I don't like this..." Aria murmured to Ezra, folding her arms tightly over her chest. "We're two floors away from each other.."
Ezra took ahold of Aria's hands, intertwining their fingers together.
Ezra placed a kiss on Aria's cheek whilst she fumbled around with the buttons on his shirt.
"Just to sleep. I'll be up into your room bright and early for my morning kiss." He began to tug them up the stairs, walking Aria to her room. It was just like Diane to give Aria the creepiest room. "I love you, alright? Now go and get some sleep, you're probably tired. You haven't slept a lot." Instead of arguing, she nodded, leaning up onto her tiptoes to press a kiss to his lips.
"Nighty night." She murmured, not letting go of his hand until she was fully in the room, closing the door behind her.
The room was freezing for one, and the sheets didn't offer Aria any kind of warmth either. She laid for at least an hour, shivering beneath the covers of the large bed, her mind of anything Ezra. She missed not being in his arms, not feeling his breath on the back of her neck. She managed to fall asleep, after ages of just laying there in the cold.
Aria flung up in the bed, her forehead covered in sweat as she tried to regain her breathing to normal. Once again, she had had a nightmare, the exact same one as before. She searched for Ezra in the bed, but he wasn't there, he wasn't there to calm her or tell her it was okay, or to hold her in his arms until she fell asleep. She knew that going down to Ezra's room wasn't exactly ideal, and probably something that shouldn't be attempted. Definitely the wrong this to do.
And then before she knew it, she was walking down the stairs towards o Ezra's room, sneaking past Diane's open door so that she wouldn't be seen.
"Hold it." A voice said, and Aria automatically froze, turning to see Diane. "What're you doing?"
"I left my phone charger in Ezra's room, I'm just going to go get it." Aria lied smoothly, hoping that Diane wouldn't pick up on the terrified look on her face. "I'll be straight back upstairs soon." Diane narrowed her eyes at Aria, but nodded anyway, disappearing back into her room.
"You have five minutes. I'm timing you." Aria rolled her eyes, walking towards Ezra's room to try and push it open, but it was locked. It was then that she noticed the piece of paper on the floor with her name on it, a key taped to the other side.
"Nicely played..." Aria whispered to herself, unlocking the door to see Ezra fast asleep on the bed. He looked so uncomfortable, his brows constantly furrowed together as he shuffled from one position to the other. She quickly locked the door again, before climbing over to the bed and slipping in behind him, pressing a kiss to his naked shoulder to announce her presence.
"Hey..." Ezra whispered almost silently, glancing over his shoulder at Aria as she buried her face into his back. "What're you doing in here?"
"I woke up, bad dream." Aria explained, slipping an arm over Ezra's waist to trace patterns along his stomach. "Your mother told me I have five minutes." Ezra couldn't help but laugh, turning over to face her before pulling the covers over her body.
"I'll just hide you."
"Because that'll work." She said with an eye roll, dragging her fingertips down his bare chest. "It was the same dream as last night."
"You didn't actually tell me what that was about, will you tell me now?" Ezra said in a low tone, not wanting his mother to hear their hushed conversation. Aria shook her head, cuddling up to his chest as she began to brush kisses along his neck.
"I don't want to go back up into that room. Can I stay here with you?" She wasn't going to wait for a reply, instead just settled down in his bed, only to hear a knock at the door. "Don't answer it..." Ezra let out a sigh, pulling away from his girlfriends embrace to unlock the door.
"You know what I said..." Diane began, in which Ezra rolled his eyes.
"She's just had a bad dream, she'll be back up to her room in a minute." Ezra said in a mumble, pulling the door closed a fraction so that she couldn't see into the room.
Aria stayed completely silent, reluctant to move from the warmth of Ezra's covers. It was comfier in here than hers was, that's for sure. She listened to them mutter for a few moments, before Ezra glanced back at his girlfriend and nodded, holding out his hand to her.
Aria didn't want to move at all, she was too warm. "Come on." Ezra said in a mutter, continuing to stretch out his hand. He shot her a wink, encouraging her to follow. With a groan, she slipped out of the bed, lacing her fingers with Ezra's, and leaning into his side sleepily. She avoided all eye contact with Diane as Ezra pulled her out of the room, heading down the hallway. "We're going to 'make sure you get to sleep okay.'" He said in a sarcastic tone, rolling his shoulders in a shrug. He rushed them up the stairs as quickly as possible, pulling Aria into her room, pressing his lips to her own once, before nudging her towards the bed. "Sleep."
