Surprise! So if you're reading this right now, you clicked the next button, and so now I present my reward to you all for getting this story to where it now is (and you thought I forgot ;)) So now, I present to you a teaser to my upcoming story: So Cold.
Screw it, I'm calling him, Aria finally thought to herself, whipping her phone out of her pocket faster than lightning. She knew the last thing she should be doing was calling Ezra; she should've just deleted his number from her phone when she had the chance. If Jake found out, he would...
Well, now that she thought about it, she wasn't too sure he'd do anything. Jake was one of the sweetest, most understanding guys she'd ever been with, and she always had such a great time with him whenever they were together.
But she would never love him. Simply because he wasn't who she wanted him to be.
He wasn't Ezra.
Aria's fingers hovered over the speed dial button for Ezra's number as she tried to work out a list of excuses in her head. Just because they were broken up didn't mean they couldn't be friends. And after everything that he had been through with Malcolm, he would need someone by his side. He would need her... wouldn't he?
I'll just call to check up on things and make sure he's okay, she said internally as she hastily dialed his number and pressed the phone to her ear.
It rang once. It rang twice. It rang three times. Aria could feel her heart pounding against her chest, begging to be set free. This was it. She couldn't wait to hear his sweet, soothing voice, could wait to hear the uptick it had whenever he simply said "Hello?". She couldn't wait...
"Hi, you've reached Ezra. I can't get to the - "
Aria didn't even wait for it to finish. She slammed the End Call button and threw her phone onto the bed as she dramatically leaned back into her chair, letting out a shaky breath as she willed herself not to cry.
Maybe he didn't need her after all.
Ezra shuffled down the street, keeping his chin tucked into his chest as he wrapped his black hoodie tighter around his gangly frame, trying to block out the cold air. He had seen her. He knew he had.
Ezra knew that there were a million other things that he should be doing at this moment. For one, he should be watching the girls since no one else could do the job due to being booked with school stuff. Hell, he should even be grading papers, if anything! But once he had caught sight of her, everything else in his life was put on hold. She was his number one priority, and he had to find her.
He rounded a corner, his hands tucked into his pockets as he did so. He was right across the street from the Apple Rose Grill, and was just about to cross the street when something caught his eye, and he immediately cowered behind a pillar to avoid getting caught.
Right outside of the restaurant, splitting a grilled cheese sandwich, was Spencer and Toby. Spencer was laughing as she took a napkin and dabbed a few crumbs on the corners of Toby's lips, while Toby just smiled, admiring what a dork his girlfriend was. Ezra rolled his eyes. Cheeky little bastard, he thought to himself.
But then something else - someone else - caught his eye, and he was attentive once again.
It was her. It was really her. Ezra couldn't believe it.
With a shaking hand, Ezra reached into his pocket, retrieving something long, sharp, and silver.
A pocket knife.
He had to be careful now. Wait for the perfect moment. Wait until she ran off, far away. Then he would follow her. Then he would...
Suddenly, Ezra jumped two feet in the air, jolted to life by something vibrating in his jacket pocket.
"Shit!" he whispered, digging his hand through the hoodie until he retrieved his phone, but when he looked up again, she was gone. He hadn't even caught a glimpse of where she went.
Dammit, he thought angrily, kicking the nearest wall in fury as he pressed the home screen. Whoever is calling is going to...
He never even got a chance to finish that thought, for his mind went blank the minute he saw the caller.
Four simple letters glared across his screen. Four simple letters that made his heart stop.
Aria.
Ezra froze, each of his limbs going numb. He couldn't even remember the last time Aria had called him. Why was she calling now?
But then again, why did he care?
His phone kept buzzing, but he couldn't find it in him to answer. He couldn't even find it in him to press Ignore! All he could do was stare at the screen in awe, wondering when his lungs would work again and his breathing would return to normal.
Even when the screen went black, even when he got clarification from the One Missed Call banner flashing across the screen that she was gone, Ezra was still rendered speechless.
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