"Aria! Aria wait for me!" I heard Noel yell behind me. School was just over and I was making my way to my car untill I heard him calling my name.
"Hey Noel" I smirked and turned around. I pressed a kiss against his lips and he wrapped his arms around my waist.
"Let's go to my house" Noel wishpered in my ear.
"That sounds good to me" I smirked and pressed one last kiss on his cheek. I hopped in the passengers seat and Noel sat down on his seat. The whole drive to his house, Noel had his hand on my tigh and every once and then he looked at me with a strange look in his eyes. When we arrived at his house I stepped out of the car, grabbed his hand and walked inside.
"Mmm, I'm starving" I mumbled when I heard my stomach growl. Noel just ignored me. I gave him a questioning look but he just shrugged. "You can't give your lady some food? You stole my lunch today, again" I chuckled
"Of course I want to give you food, what do you want? An apple?"
"I was thinking about something like pizza" I laughed. Why on earth does he think I want to eat an apple. I never eat apples.
"Aria, do you want an apple or not?" Noel said a little bit irritated
"I don't want an apple, I need at least bread, or cornflakes, or waffles, or whatever you have here in this house" I hissed before walking to the fridge
"Well, we've only got apples"
"Don't try to fool me Noel, what's going on with you?! Why won't you let me eat a fucking meal?!" I yelled
"Just watch out what you eat Aria!" He yelled back, and with that all my words were taken away.
"Wh- what?" I wishpered, I couldn't believe Noel could say something like this
"Aria-" He said and took a step closer to me
"You- you think I'm fat?" I wishpered
"No! God Aria no, I just want you to be healthy okay? I read so much things on social media and I just want you to be healthy" Noel wishpered and took me in my arms.
"Oh, okay" I replied and hugged him back. It felt weird though, he insulted me right in my face, and the weird part is, I don't even care.
"So, the apple is good?"
"Yeah, sure, the apple is good" I smiled and took a bite from the green fruit. I snuggled onto the couch with Noel and watched a movie untill it was time for me to go home. I walked to the door where Noel gave me one last goodbye hug.
"Bye Aria, I love you" Noel wishpered in my ear
"I love you too Noel" I said and walked out of the door. In my car, the only thing I could think about was what Noel said to me.
"Just watch out what you eat Aria"
Drunk in my own thoughts, I pulled up on our parking lot, jumped out of my car, ran into my house and rushed to my room. I looked in the mirror and saw my tear-stained face and my tight top. I turned to my side and pressed all the fat on my stomach together. Maybe Noel was right, maybe I really was fat. I quickly changed into a baggy shirt and a sweatpants before dropping myself down on my bed. I grabbed my schoolbag and decided to do my History homework. Just when I was done, Nelly knocked on my door and walked into my room.
"Aria? Aria honey, Dinner is ready. I made pizza, your favourite, are you joining us?" She asked with a big smile on her face.
"Oh"
"What's wrong dear?" Nelly asked and sat down besides me.
"I already ate at Noe-" I started but shook my head. "Nevermind, I'm on my way" I smiled, stood up and walked downstairs. I sat down at my seat and two seconds later Nelly walked in with my pizza. When I took my first bite, it tasted good. When I took my second bite, I thought about Noel. When I took my third bite, I felt miserable.
The fourth bite never came.
"Nelly, I totally forgot! I have an appointment, I really have to go!" I said and jumped up from my chair.
"Oh, what is it dear?"
"Oh, nothing important, just some school thingy" I said and grabbed my coat
"You sure you aren't going to see Noel?" Mike asked, wiggling his eyebrows.
"Oh shut up Mike" I chuckled and then walked to my car. It was cold outside, almost freezing, so I quickly hopped in, grabbed Fitz adress and drove towards his appartment. When I arrived, I got up, took the stairs to floor three and took a deep breath before I knocked three times on his appartment door. 3B. I heard the sound of paper moving and feet on their way to the door.
This is weird.
"Miss Montgomery! Hey!" Ezra smiled as he opened the door and let me in his appartment.
"Hey! You can call me Aria, by the way" I smiled at him before my eyes inspected every inch of his appartment. It was not at all how I had expected it. It was almost like a room I would want to live in. Great books everywhere, a typewriter, an old piano, and an old, leather couch. "Your appartment is beautiful!" I said and Fitz just chuckled.
"Thank you, Aria"
"Soo, let's go to work" I smiled and dropped myself down on his couch.
"Yeah, but first, do you want something to drink? Or to eat?"
"Water is fine" I smiled
"You aren't hungry?" He asked as he turned his head to look at me.
"Nahh, I'm good" I smiled
"So, the oppertunity I was talking about" Fitz grinned and plopped down next to me, just a little too close.
"Yeah?" I asked a little bit uncomfortable by this situation
"Well, in a few months there's a writing contest for young people, and I want to sign you in" he smiled
"WHAT?! Are you serious?!" I gasped
"Very serious" Fitz smiled. "Oh, but we have to practise. You do need some training" he said, a little more serious now.
"That's okay, that's a big oppertunity for me!" I smiled
"Yes, it is, you're amazing Aria" Fitz said, and that made my cheeks turn red. "But to start practising, you're gonna improvise a text"
"Okay, when do we start?"
"Now! Fitz smirked. "The subject is 'think before you speak' and you've got ten minutes!"
"What?! That's way too short!"
"Time's ticking Aria" he chuckled
"Okay okay" I mumbled, grabbed a pen and started writing.
"Think before you speak.
People often forget how it feels to be insulted.
People often think they're better than the rest of us.
People often do stupid things and say stupid words.
People tell you nasty things.
People tell you to 'think before you do'
I tell them to 'think before they speak'"
"Aaand, time's up!" Ezra yelled and that caused me to drop my pen.
"You scared the shit out of me!" I laughed and he laughed back. "But it's really not good" I said with a dissapointed face. Ezra grabbed my paper and the longer his eyes roamed over the words I had written, the more anxious I got.
"This is actually good! Maybe your normal writings are better, but for the first time you're doing this, this is actually really good!" He smiled
"Wow, thanks Fitz"
"You can call me Ezra, by the way"
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Black Roses (Ezria)
Fanfiction"Cause we're young and we're reckless, we'll take this way to far" "It'll leave you breathless, or with a nasty scar" This is not your average love story. This is not a story about a young, perky teenager. This is not a story about a teenager who...
