Catch Me When I Land

Chapter One

Rearranging and organizing spices, Aria tried her hardest to keep busy. Keeping busy helped get her mind off of school, which evidentially led back to thinking about the silo. Every time the thought of Charles, whoever the nameless coward was, she got really tempered. She was even angry at herself, for going off and telling the cops such a lie by claiming she seen his face, revealing his identity as Andrew Campbell. She wanted it to be Andrew so badly, so that they all could be done with this mess.

"Aria? You okay?" Aria spun around to see Ezra cautiously stepping towards her. Calmness began to flush through her.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine." She tried her best to smile, she didn't want Ezra to be any more worried about her than he already was. She had seen the distraught on his face moments before she jumped into his arms outside of the silo, and she remembers now that she doesn't want to see him look so sad ever again.

Ezra took a deep breath, and sat on the chair by a table near the cabinet. Aria went and sat in the chair across from him. They didn't speak for several minutes.

"It still scares me to think about it." Aria picked at her nails, refusing to look into Ezra's eyes.

"Every time I think about what we all went through. What I went through. I don't even know what's worse, the torment that happened inside the Dollhouse, or what everyone outside had to go through."

"We never stopped looking, you know. Not a day went by that we though maybe you were really, uh, gone. It just wasn't a question."

Aria finally looked up into Ezra's eyes. She reached for his hand from across the table, and he accepted and held hers inside of his. The warmth from his hand made her feel safe.

"I'm glad you guys didn't stop. God, I don't think I can ever repay you for saving me. Twice."

"Seeing that you've survived is enough." Ezra squeezed slightly at Aria's grasp. The both slightly grinned at each other.

Moments later, a loud clash came from inside the kitchen.

"I had better go take care of that," Ezra said, excusing himself into the kitchen.

Being back had been really stressful for Aria. She felt timid and anxious almost everywhere, relentless who she was with. She had started to realize recently the one person who makes her feel safest in fact was Ezra, so she had been spending lots of her time with him. Aria knew he didn't mind, he would be glad to help her and her friends. She admired him for that. She was afraid that Ezra didn't want to be her boyfriend anymore, knowing they broke up on good terms and all, she wanted and needed her loving Ezra back.

A little while later, Ezra came back out with a couple of fancy-looking pastries.

"I didn't know these were on the menu?" Aria asked as he put the plate on the table.

"They aren't, but being the boss and all has its privileges." He grinned.