It's always been you

The Date

Aria's POV:

Ezra and I have arranged to meet at 5:00, and it's only 3:45. I'm just sitting at home deciding what to wear, I know it has to be something amazing, and stand out but as far as my parents know I'm going to Spencer's house. I find my short, tight red dress and black jacket. For now, I just need to worry about what I'm going to look like, not how I'll get out of the house unnoticed. I curl my hair and find the perfect shoes and now there's only 15 minutes until I need to leave, and I need to think fast. The only person I can really trust is Mike, so I call him into my room. His room is past mine so I come up with the perfect plan. 

"Mike, I need you distract mum and dad so I can leave, get them into your room please?"

He looks at me confused, obviously because I'm way too dressed up but I don't care. This is my first date with Ezra and I'm not letting anything ruin it. 

"Only if you tell me what's going on."

"Okay, I'm going on a date, but I just don't want mum and dad to know, especially with mum working at school, surely you understand?"

He stands still for a moment thinking about it. I can tell he wants to ask who but he knows I'd never tell him, even if it was someone my age. He agrees to do it and goes to his room. I quickly glance around my room making sure I have everything, and wait for my parents to be in Mikes room. 

After about 3 minutes I hear Mike call for our parents and the minute they walk past my room and I slightly jog out of the house and make my way to Ezra's. I stand outside the door waiting a second before I ring the buzzer. I have butterflies and I can't stop smiling. I have no idea if this is a good one or not but I don't think I care, we could easily get seen on the train or walking to the train but I'm so excited to see him. I can't describe this feeling when I'm around him normally, but tonight is going to be so different. I take a deep breath and ring the bell. There's no answer. I ring a few more times and decide to call him. 

"Hello." He answers casually, and for a minute my heart sinks because I think he's forgotten. 

"Hey, where are you?"

"You look good." I hear him say. Wait, where is he? I look up and around and suddenly behind me I see a black limo. For a split second I thought I was going to have to ride in the boot but then I remembered that no one can see us. I see his boyish face smiling through the back window and I smile  back. 

"I though we were taking the train?" I ask still smiling. 

"I know you had your heart set on being coughed on by commuters but.."

"So this is what a real date with Ezra Fitz looks like, damn" I say laughing and walking towards him. 

"You can hang up now." He says and I get into the limo next to him. We don't even need to say anything before our lips lock. Everything fits together and moves perfectly. Everything is so right when I'm with him. We spend the whole journey just laughing and kissing. 

Ezra's POV:

Once we arrived to the gallery we realised that the artist hadn't actually turned up, we looked around for a little bit but honestly I think we were both pretty bored but not admitting it to each other. I suggest we stand outside for a bit to get some fresh air so we make our way to the exit. I take this opportunity to take another look at how gorgeous she looks. We talk about the artist for a little but I wasn't really paying attention. All I can think about is how lucky I am, and how jealous every guy who walks past us is. Then I'm brought back to the conversation when she says something that makes me blush. 

"The only person I cared about seeing is here." She says as she takes my hand, at first I pull away but then I remember nobody here knows us, I take her hand and pull her closer. Our lips touch and I feel explosions in my stomach, reluctantly pulling Aria smiles. "Yeah, I can get used to this." We go back into the gallery and see a sign pointing towards a garden area. We head towards the garden and see that nobody is out there. Everyone must be pretty intrigued with the gallery tour. We sit side by side looking into each others eyes. The garden area is lit by strings of fairy lights and warmed by outdoor heaters. There's gentle music played from hidden speakers and an empty bandstand which is also covered in fairy lights. It's presented beautifully. I want to remember this moment forever, so I take Aria's hand and stand her up. "What?" She asks laughing. 

"We're getting someone to take a photo of us Miss Montgomery, and then you're dancing with me." I say smiling. I want our first date to be more than sitting in a garden. She laughs and kisses my cheek. I quickly ask someone in the gallery if they would mind coming outside to take a picture, I hand over my phone and stand close to Aria wrapping my hand tightly around her waist. She rests hers at the bottom of my back and places her other hand across her body and gently rests it on my stomach turning herself towards me. We smile and wait for the picture to be taken then take my phone back. "Our first picture as a couple." I say showing it to her. 

"It's perfect, send it to me later?" I nod and take her hand to lead her towards the bandstand. We places her hands on my shoulders and I put mine on her waist, we sway slowly in time to the music and all I know is that this moment is timeless and I think I could be falling in love with her.