chapter 39: into the dark

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EZRAS POV:
day 15: she found the alcohol.

day 18: I gave up on stopping her. but I knew we made vows for better or for worse and this is the worse. we made vows that I'd help her through it all. I promised I'd always stay. so I'm sticking it out for our marriage because she's still the same girl I fell in love with 8 years ago.

day 37: this should've already passed. will it ever actually pass?

day 40:
she's completely broken and strung out.

day 50: she put down that bottle and finally looked at me.

ARIAS POV:
when I looked in his eyes I was finally at ease. I didn't say anything. I put down the bottle and walked to bed. In the morning I woke up. i walked in the living room I saw Ezra asleep in a chair by the door. I looked around and realized everything I wrecked. I looked in the mirror and suddenly I wasn't Aria anymore. I still felt drunk... strung out even. I walked in the kitchen and sat down. I heard Ezra wake up. he walked in here looking  past me like he didn't see me. a tear fell from my eye.

"Ezra.." he turned.

"we need to talk." he said

I looked down. "yeah we do... but I need you to go buy me some more to drink-"

"no god damn it Aria you've been drunk for months and every night I'm scared. Scared you'll end up in another mans bed. just some nights I'm scared you'll forget me and walk out forever.." he sighed and ran his hands through his hair.

"how do you keep going when the worst things happen to you?" I asked

"Aria you can out of the worst of the worst all you gotta do is survive."

"Ezra I'm scared.
You know when you know there's someone who's supposed to be in your life right now and they're not and they never will be again"

"I know." he sighed

I walked over to the cabinet and grabbed the mini bottle of liquor because it was a habit.

"Aria don't do it." he said

my hands began shaking I began crying. I unscrewed the tiny lid and gulped it down.

"why are you doing this to me?" he asked

"do you even care?" I asked

"Aria do you even love me anymore? or am I just like Liam? you'll forget about me too right and move on?" he yelled.

I stared into his eyes and walked away and didn't even answer the question. the question I always thought I knew the answer too.

A/N 12k wow! thank you all so much. So much more left in this story. Like I said this will be my longest story I've ever written. I do have an end chapter # goal in mind. not as soon as you think. but chapters 40-50 are changing the whole plot for Aria and Ezra. Hope you stick with me to see how strong they'll need to be to keep this marriage going... Or not (;

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