After everything that had happened today I tried to make up my mind but I couldn't. My life was so fucked up right now. After Noel finally let me leave his house after we had a huge fight I realized I had nowhere to go. I didn't want to face my family looking like this, looking like a freaking mess. I only had one place where I could go.
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"Aria?" Ezra asked with an confused look on his face. Of course he was. I left him there all confused about this weekend and then refused to show up in class. Way to go Aria.
"I-I just wa- wanted to say so- sorry" I sobbed out. I tried to hold back my tears but I couldn't. All the way from Noel's house to Fitz's appartment I had bawled my eyes out, and it seemed the end of it wasn't anywhere near.
"Aria? What's wrong?" Fitz asked and let his hand slip of the doorknob as he took a step closer to me
"No- nothing. I just wa- want to say sorry for this wee- kend" I cried out but wiped away my tears with the sleeve of my shirt
"Please come in and tell me what happened today"
"I can't st- stay. I just nee-ded to say sorry, I have to go- go now" I cried out and without waiting for his response I turned around and was about to leave when I suddenly felt a hand wrap around my waist and my body was being pulled against his.
"You're not going anywhere" he wishpered, took me inside his appartment and gently sat me down on his couch. "Do you want some tea?" He asked and I just nodded as the tears finally stopped streaming down my eyes. I stared in front of me and didn't even bother to wipe my tear stained face. I couldn't even move untill Fitz came back with two cups of tea. He handed me the glass with the hot liquor but before I could take a sip I dropped it to the ground.
"Fuck" I gasped in pain and looked at my hand but quickly hid it before Fitz could see it. Oh well, too late for that now.
"My god Aria, what's that on your hand?" Fitz asked and I quickly pulled the sleeve of my shirt over it to cover it up.
"It's nothing" I mumbled
"Let me see it" Fitz said, gently grabbed my wrist and exposed my red, swollen hand. "Aria, what is this?"
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"Hey Noel, can I grab some food?" Aria hesitantly asked her boyfriend who was enjoying his beer on the leather couch.
"What do you think"
"Well, I think I'm starving and I need some food" Aria stated. Noel shot a nasty look her way which made her a little scared, stood up from his couch, and walked Aria's way.
"Do you know what happens if you eat?"
"I survive?" The girl said in a soft voice, because with every second Noel was getting closer and closer
"You get fat, Aria" Noel spit in her face. "And do you know what we do with fat?" He asked and grabbed her hand.
"No?"
"We need to burn it, just like this" he said, tightened the grib around her hand, and in one movement he opened the microwave and pressed the hand against the hot surface.
"NOEL! STOP!" She cried in pain but Noel only pressed harder. After a few seconds he finally let go and pushed her against the ground.
"And now get your fat ass out of my house!"
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"Is this, is this a burn mark?" Ezra asked and looked me in my eyes.
"I- I think so"
"How did it get there?" Ezra asked as he took one more look at my swollen hand
"Just had a little accident while cooking" I mumbled
"Aria, this isn't just a burn mark! This is huge!"
"Can we please, please just not talk about this? First my medication, now this, fight one battle at a time right?"
"Yeah, what was that with your medication?" Fitz asked as I pulled my hand out of his grib
"Nelly was right.. I didn't take my medication. I thought I was able to handle it. Guess I was wrong" I said
"But, why do you need them? Aria, what is hurting you?"
"Well, it has to do with my parents" I began. "But I'm not able yet to talk about it"
"It's okay! Fight one battle at a time, right?" He smiled
"Thank you Fitz, I really appreciate your help though"
"Glad to hear.. I'm gonna grab something for your hand now" Ezra said, stood up and walked to his bathroom. After a few minutes he came back with water and some kind of special soap. He knelt down in front of me, gently grabbed my hand with his and cooled the wound with the water.
"This surely is a second degree burn" He mumbled as he carefully patted a wet towel onto my hand. I couldn't help but smile at the serious look he had on his face together with the touch of our hands. He rinsed my wound and applied a special bandage so it wouldn't hurt any more.
"Thank you Fitz, I should go home now" I smiled when he was done.
"Yeah, that seems like a good idea" He sighed and scratched his neck
"Can we just, forget this ever happened?" I hesitantly asked and Fitz let out a cough
"Well, if that's what you want. But Aria?"
"Yeah?"
"You just have to know I don't believe a single word you said about your burn mark being an accident"
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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...
