Black Roses (Ezria)

Chapter 12

Aria has a Posttraumatic stress disorder.

I dropped my phone at the ground and looked at the petite girl that was peacefully sleeping on the couch. The only thing I could think about right now is, what is this girl going through? What could possibly be so horrendous, that she would get a PTSD?

"Ezra? What's wrong?" Jackie asked and bent down to grab my phone

"Ezra?" She asked again when I didn't respond to her

"Jackie, can you please leave us alone for a minute?" I mumbled

"What Ezra are you gonna rape her or something" she chuckled

"Jackie, I'm being serious. Something is really wrong, we can't have her with us. She needs help, so please leave so I can talk about it with her"

"And why do I have to leave for that?" She said with an annoyed voice. "Ezra I'm seriously thinking something is up between you two!"

"Damn Jackie! Stop being so freakingly jealous! Can't you see that girl is sick?! Can't you see she needs help?! This is not about you!" I suddenly yelled, way harder then expected

"Damn Ezra, no need to yell!"

"Just leave, please!" I said, and with that an angry Jackie turned around and left the room. I sighed, turned around and walked to the couch where Aria was still sleeping. I sat down next to her, placed my hand on her upper arm and with my other hand I brushed a strand of hair out of her face.

"Aria, wake up girl" I said and shook her arm a little. She let out an adorable little groan and opened her eyes

"Why am I awake?" She said with that soft hoarse voice of hers.

"We need to talk, how are you feeling?" I asked and brushed her hair out of her face.

"I'm fine, thanks Ezra" she smiled and reached with her hand to mine that was still resting on her cheek. When I realized I quickly pulled away and let an awkward cough.

"Aria, I'm just gonna ask you. Did you or did you not take your medicine?"

"What?! What medicine are you talking about? I don't take any kind of medicine" She said a little bit confused and took a sip of her tea.

"Your medicine for your PTSD"

"I don't know what you're talking about" Aria mumbled

"Aria, if something is wrong you have to tell me okay? You promise that?"

"Ezra, Why the fuck do you think I'm mentally disturbed?" She suddenly hissed at me

"Aria, calm down.. Please. I called Nelly and she asked my if you took your medicine"

"Don't trust her! She isn't even my real mother!"

"Aria! Don't say that! She loves you!"

"Nobody can love me!"

"What?"

"Nevermind.."

Oh but Aria, I love you

"Where is that barbie of yours anyways" Aria said to change the subject

"She's in a mad place" I mumbled and rubbed the back of my neck

"Just like you think I'm in a mad place?"

"Aria! I just care about you okay?"

"Yeah that's the point Fitz, why would you? You're my teacher, you're not supposed to care about me.."

"You don't understand Aria"

"No, you're right. I don't understand and I never will. Now let me sleep please, I'm tired of this shit" Aria groaned, turned around and closed her eyes again.

~

Here I was. Sitting at the kitchen table with a glass of Scotch in front of me. My girlfriend still mad at me, and my student sleeping on a couch in a hotel room somewhere in New York. Yeah, you can say this is pretty fucked up. Aria was right though, she is my student and I shouldn't care about her so much but to be honest, I still do. I want to get inside of her little head and fight all the demons away. I want to protect her from this cruel world. I want to help her, I want to safe her. But I can't. That is not up to me.

I suddenly heard loud gagging noises coming from the couch so I ran to Aria with a bowl and held it under her head. I pulled away her hair just like I did before.

"I guess I'm still sick" Aria said when she was finished

"Yeah, I don't think we can leave here quite yet"

A/N

QUESTION OF THE DAY

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