Hey, the new chapter is in! I hope you like it!
-Rose
"Where do you think you are going?" Ms. Marin almost yelled. "Damn" Hanna murmured. "What was that?" "I'm going to Spencer's to study" Hanna said. What a lame excuse, her mom would surly see right through it. "You know you're not allowed out. I don't even want to think about you drinking again." Ashley said, crossing her arms. Hanna sighed dramatically. "That was an accident. I didn't mean to drink that much. At first I didn't even know the punch was spiked!" Ashley Marin just sat there and stared at her. "You promise it's for school and for school only?" Wow, Hanna thought, she really doesn't trust me anymore. "Yes mom, I promise it's for school." Her mom sighed in protest to her own decision "Fine, but be home by 10." Hanna almost ran out the door. "Thanks mom!" As she got in her car she got a text. Her skin crawled by just the thought of an A text. She slowly took out her phone. She sighed in relief. It was just Allison saying that she was at Spencer's.
They just sat there in silence. "So, why are you here Aria? You haven't said a word since you got here" he said, sitting right next to her. It felt good to be this close to her again. "Ezra, I need to talk to you but I don't know how." They both looked deep into each other's eyes. Ezra could stare at her for hours. "I'm here when you are ready to talk" he said lovingly "but first can I…put on a shirt." Fitz was in striped pajama bottoms. He gestured to his scar. Aria's eyes were affixed on it. The girls still couldn't believe he took a bullet for them. He still was in so much pain from it. As he walked away, Aria thought about what to say. How do you tell a guy that you want to forgive him, but not right away? Before she could answer Ezra came back with a gray shirt on. "Ezra, I-""No" He cut her off "I'm not going to give up on you… on us Aria! I love you Aria!" And with that he grabbed her by the waist and kissed her. This felt right to the both of them and Aria certainly didn't want to pull away. She did and said "you know I wanted to tell you that I am going to forgive you, maybe not right away, but I will" Ezra pulled away and smiled the biggest he ever could. "Really?" "Yes" She said softly. They started kissing again. After what only seemed like a few seconds Aria opened her eyes to see that it was 2:37, which happened to be 20 minutes after she said she would be back at Spencer's. She pulled away "Oh crap! I have to go…" Ezra just looked up in disbelief as she ran out the door. "Where are you going?" "To see the girls" Aria said, stopping herself short of telling him about the "game." "I will come with you, and I'm not taking no for an answer"
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Hanna was staring at Allison as she paced. "What do you mean `she's gone'? You just let her leave?" "Yes Hanna, I let her leave because she got a call and said her mom was here in town for the weekend. Do you want me to mess up her life more?" she argued. Hanna stopped pacing and looked at Ali in surprise. She didn't think Ali messed up Aria's life. Besides, it was already messed up when A began texting them. "Well, what about Spence and Em? Huh? Where are they?" Hanna yelled as Ali just sat there looking up at Hanna. "I don't know" Alison sassed. "Let me just check my GPS that I have on the both of them!" Just then Aria and (to their surprise) Ezra. "What's he doing here? I thought you were with your mom" Hanna said. "I um…" Aria shuddered. "We saw each other at the brew. She was with her mom but she needed a ride so, um, I gave her one" Ezra said. Aria looked at him noticing his slight blush. She felt herself blushing too. Hanna (thank god) broke the tension by saying "Where the heck is Spencer and Emily? This is her house after all!"
Is there even such a street here they wondered. It felt like they were driving the streets for hours. "Maybe this is…part of A's game. Maybe they wanted us gone so they can sabotage the others." Spencer said. Emily's stomach growled loudly in protest. "I'm starving, too" Spencer said. "We can just call it quits and get a burger or something." As they headed towards the closes diner, they passed the graveyard. "Graveyards already creped me out, but that one makes me want to puke." Emily said, literally shivering. "There it is!" Spencer practically punched Em while she pointed at it. Deltona Road. "How did we miss it before?" Emily said as she turned to the left into their destination. "It is such a small street and we were coming from the other direction so our point of v-"Spencer was interrupted "We are here" Emily said. She really didn't care right now. She was scared and worried about what was to come. "What is the place? It looks like a house. A regular house" Spencer said. Emily just gazed up at the house. It was a dark brown two story house. It looked on the older side but it defiantly has had some renovations. At closer inspection they saw a note on the front door. They simultaneously got out the car and slammed the doors closed. They cautiously walked forward. Spence was glad that both she and Em wore flats today. Who knows what they might encounter inside? As they reached the front stoop Spencer thought about Toby. She wished he was here helping them, protecting them. She must have stopped paying attention because Emily was reading the note. "Spencer?" Em whispered as she handed Spencer the note. Spencer just stood there, her dark hair falling over her face. She read it aloud, her voice shaking as she did so.
"Why don't you come in? The doors unlocked.
-A"
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"I am really starting to get worried. Both of their phones are off." Aria worried. Ezra loved that about her. About how much she cared for her friends. Aria caught his stare and they both snapped their heads to look at the floor. "As much as I am worried about them, I am worried about you two. What's going on here?" Hanna asked. Ezra and Aria just stared at the floor, blushing like there was no tomorrow. "Come on, spill it. You know I love a good secret." Ali said slyly. Aria slowly looked up from the floor and at Fitz. He looks like he hasn't shaved in a week. "Well…um" she said. "We are just friends, Alison. That's it. We may have slipped the other day but-" "What? You slipped? What does that mean?" Hanna interrupted. She has a bad habit of that Ezra thought. Aria was in shock that Ezra would say that. She really didn't know if she should be sad, glad, or mad. Didn't they agree that they were getting back together? "Is that true Aria?" Alison said, disrupting her thoughts. "Huh? Sorry I didn't hear you." "Did you guys do it?" Arai shot a glare at Ezra. He really wasn't acting like himself today. "You did! Oh my God, Aria!" Hanna seemed happy. Aria panicked and ran out of the house, Ezra in tow.
"Wonder where they are going?" Alison inquired. "Probably to go do it again." Hanna sarcastically said, smirking.
"What is…wrong with you? How could you tell them?" Aria yelled. They were back at Ezra's apartment. The whole car ride over was completely silent. "I wasn't thinking, it all just poured out of my mouth. I am sorry Aria!" Ezra said a little less loud than Aria. She sighed "But why did you say we weren't back together?" "I thought maybe you would want to, I don't know, you didn't want to tell them." Fitz responded. "That was the only thing about us that I did want to tell them. Not the part where we slept together!" Aria said, close to tears. Ezra was going to say something but he stopped himself. He hates it when she cries, especially when it's his fault. Then he did something unexpected. He got up and grabbed her and picked her up and carried her to the bed. She just looked up at him. She could tell he was in pain. He set her down and kissed her on the head. He layed down next to her and wrapped his arm around her. He just layed there with her for what seemed like an eternity. Suddenly Ezra broke the silence. "Will you move in with me?"
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I know it was really focased on Ezra and Aria but I promise next chapter will have more to do with A! Thanks I hope to hear your reviews and such!
-Rose