Aria had slept alone. Ezra didn't awake after falling asleep early the previous day, and had slept most of their Saturday morning. Aria hadn't blamed him, of course he was tired. Ezra had three jobs.

One; Teaching at Rosewood,

Two; Making sure no one found out about them.

And three; Keeping his girlfriend, and the love of his life safe from harm

He had to admit, it put him under a lot of pressure. If anyone was to find out that Aria was with Ezra, and had been since labour day almost three years ago, then he'd lose all three jobs. Aria would be at risk, and he'd be jobless and he's lose the love of his life.

Like a twenty sex year old should have to go through that, whilst keeping a tough build. He couldn't crumble, yet he wanted to just sleep it all away. He was exhausted.

"Hey, Sleepyhead." Aria giggled into his ear as he tossed and turned beneath the blanket, leaning over the back of the sofa. "It's noon," Aria had phoned Emily just a few minutes earlier, organising a lunch for her, Emily and Hanna on Monday. Emily had asked Spencer, but of course had no reply. Spencer hadn't tried to contact Aria, so she didn't bother her anymore.

Ezra groaned, shaking his head as his eyes stayed closed. He didn't want to move. He wanted to sleep for months. He dropped down to lie on the couch, curling up under the blanket.

Aria nudged him, prodding at his back as he tried to get back to sleep again.

"Hey, Ezra guess what?" Aria said deviously, an idea coming to mind as she leaned far enough over the sofa to whisper into his ear. "Not wearing underwear." Ezra groaned again, his eyes flinging open. "And you left me all alone this morning..." She trailed off. None of it was true of course, she was in fact wearing one of his long shirts and some jeans, but he didn't know that. "Couldn't you hear me moaning out your name, moving my hand faster... and faster as I just... Let go, releasing all over your sheets." Ezra shot up then nearly falling from the couch as he looked her up and down, his eyes narrowing.

"You tricked me..." He spat out sleepily, folding his arms across his chest. Aria just laughed, nodding in satisfaction as her eyes dropped to the bulge beneath his trousers.

"Now, now. The first bit may have been a lie, but the second bit? You'll never know." Aria teased, leaning up on her tip-toes to brush a kiss along his lips as he made his way towards her, yawning lightly.

"Why did you wake me?" He questioned, feeling more tired than he did the previous day. "I'm so tired..."

"Ezra, you've been asleep for more than eighteen hours, I began to worry." With that, Aria began fixing Ezra's hair, moving towards the kitchen quickly. "Hungry?"

Ezra smiled slightly, still feeling lightheaded from his sleep. "Starving." Aria was about to ask him what he would like, when his phone buzzed on the table, and he scooped it up quickly, sudden realisation hitting him as he read the caller ID. "I have to take this." Ezra muttered, heading off into the bathroom as quickly as possible. The moment he was out of earshot, he spoke, his tone harsh and cold. "I told you, no!"

"Good to hear your voice too, brother." Wesley returned with a cold chuckle, wanting to keep it short and sweet. "I've called you nineteen times since yesterday, what did your phone die or something?" Obviously.

"No, I just didn't want to talk to you." Ezra knew his voice was becoming too loud, Aria would hear soon. So he took a deep inhale of breath, looking at himself in the mirror before him. He looked a mess. "Wesley, I hate you. You cant expect me to just come running after what you did to my girlfriend. I won't."

"What happened to 'Families always stick together, Ez?" Wesley knew that he was getting to his brother, it wouldn't take him long to cave.

"We never had a family, Wesley. We were just plain fucked up." Ezra rolled his eyes, as he heard a knock on the bathroom door.

"Ezra? Is everything alright?" Aria asked innocently, pulling open the bathroom door. "Who's on the phone?"

"It's my mother again, she's asking about Wes." Ezra said without any expression, moving to press a kiss to her lips. She smiled softly, stepping out of the doorway.

"Okay, I'll make us some coffee?"

"Sounds great." Ezra could hear Wesley mumbling to him on the other end of the phone, but only caught on to the last few words.

"Oh, and Ezra? A fact here. Aria loves it when you bite on her neck." With that, Wesley hung up the phone, laughing to himself.

"He's dead, He's dead." Ezra muttered to himself as Aria scrolled through her phone across the room, rubbing his temples in a circular motion. "Still asleep."

"Are you talking to yourself?" Aria questioned, trying her absolute hardest not to laugh. "They say that's a sign of insanity."

Ezra laughed the brightest that he could glancing over his shoulder at her. "It is a good job that you are here then, isn't it? To keep me sane." He paused, deciding the best way to get his mind of things was to stay busy. "Can we go to Phili tonight?"

Aria arched a brow, tilting her head a fraction to the side. Something was bothering him, and she wanted to know what. "Why?"

"We haven't been out in a while. Let's just go to Phili and get back to normal." As much as Aria wanted to say no, the pleading in his eyes almost hypnotized her, and she nodded, moving towards her bag of fresh clothes. "Just give me a little while?"

Aria's phone bleeped then, and guessing it was Hanna, she scooped it up, her heart beginning to race.