Ezra was gone by 7am, he had a meeting with the principle. He left Aria a note, informing her that he loved her and that he'd be calling her during lunch to make sure that she was okay.
Aria woke up to the sound of knocking, stubbornly turning away from the door to curl up on Ezra's side of the bed. At first, she was just going to leave it and go back to sleep, before she remembered that it was Emily.
"Will you open the door?" Emily said through laughs, knocking again. "I brought coffee and cupcakes!" She sounded too enthusiastic for Aria at nine AM. Aria had successfully managed to watch all of the videos, even the ones that Aria would prefer didn't exist. She slept at three am, after adding a password to the laptop and switched it off, slipping into bed beside her sleepy boyfriend. He looked so peaceful sleeping, all cuddled up on his side of the bed, chest moving up and down as he took deep breaths. Aria felt sorry for him, pitied him for being dragged into all of this. Wes was still his brother, and Aria had taken away all of the memories that he had, his childhood. He acted like he didn't care, but somewhere, he had to. It was impossible for him not to care.
The phone call that he had yesterday intrigued his girlfriend a great deal. Who had been so bad that Aria couldn't know.? Jackie? Spencer? Maggie? Maybe it was work, or his mother. Maybe he had been confused and got it mixed up.

With a shrug, she dragged herself out of Ezra's bed, tugging at the shirt as she walked towards the door, and pulled it open.
"Morning, Sleepyhead." Emily announced, moving past Aria to set down the bag of cupcakes and two coffees. As soon as she had placed it down, Emily pulled Aria into a tight hug, Aria responding lazily. Aria had missed her friends, being stuck in the apartment or by Ezra's side was slowly sending her insane. It was like she had no freedom anymore. Obviously she loved Ezra, and wouldn't rather be anywhere else but he was too protective.
"I've missed you, Em. All of you."
"We've all missed you! Where've you been?" Emily asked, giving Aria another tight squeeze before pulling back.
"I've been..." She paused, wondering whether or not to tell Emily about her business. Better to keep her out of it, right? "Just busy, doing some stuff with Ezra."
"What kind of 'Stuff?'" Emily questioned teasingly, giving Aria a nudge. "Getting frisky with Fitz, huh?" Aria let out a laugh, rolling her shoulders in a nonchalant shrug before placing a finger to her lips, and taking a cup of coffee.
"How's college hunting?"
"I'm taking a year off."
Emily spoke, her mouth agape. "What? Does Ezra know about that?" Aria shook her head no, plopping down onto the small couch before shrugging. "Aria..."
"I haven't told him yet, for a reason. I'll just tell him later during the year."
"What? In September, when your bags are packed?" Aria scoffed, sipping at her coffee with a childish expression.
"Next subject."
Emily let out a sigh, instead bringing up a more uplifting subject.
"How's your dad?"
"We're not exactly on talking terms right now."
Emily's brows shot up, and she waited a moment prior to beginning to speak.
"Start from the beginning."

In the few hours that Ezra was at work, Aria had blurted out everything, telling Emily every little detail about what had been going on in the past few months, including what happened with her father.
"Oh... Why didn't you call one of us? A's back!" Emily said in frustration, rubbing her temples as she tried to get her head around all this. She was slightly mad at Aria for not telling her or Hanna and Spencer about this earlier. They were so close before.
Aria sighed, running a hand through her chestnut locks. "It isn't -A, Em. I don't know who it is." She shrugged, placing down her empty coffee cup. "I think it's something to do with Wesley's past, moved on to his brother."
It was then that Ezra strolled in, throwing down his bag as he turned to face the girls.
"Hey, Mr Fitz." Emily said with a wide grin, raising her hand in a wave. Ezra chuckled, returning the wave.
"You can call him Ezra now." Aria joked, as Ezra leaned down to capture Aria's lips in his own. "Good day at work?" He only nodded, collapsing beside her on the couch. He looked overly tired, his eyes drifting shut every few minutes.
"I should probably get back." Emily said suddenly, leaning forward to pull Aria into a tight hug. "Give me a call anytime, we have to do this again."
"Tomorrow?"
"Sounds like a plan!" Emily picked up the untouched cupcakes, stopping before she reached the door. "I'm eating these."
"See you later, Em." She said with an eye roll, waving until Emily was gone. Aria then turned to Ezra, who was snoring quietly to himself beside her. She couldn't help but smile, reaching over him to loosen his tie and undo his top button, raising to her feet to find a blanket. She located one beside the bed, placing it over him as she took her seat again, absentmindedly playing with the stray hairs at the front of his head. It was a way to soothe him whilst he slept, a comfort for both of them.

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The masked figure sat by their laptop, watching the entire event from start to finish, a wicked smirk upon their features as they swirled the glass of vodka in their hand, downing the rest of the substance in one go.
It really was a bonus that Wesley left the camera in the apartment.