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8. Smoke and lies

Arias POV
Monday had been the last day I had seen Ezra. We planned to meet up Tuesday but his meeting ran way over schedule. I had to wait till Sunday before even possibly seeing him again depending on what time he got back. School was such a blur and the only thing I looked forward to was Ezra's late night phone calls. I had finally made it to Friday only two more days before I got to see those amazing blue eyes again.

I was sitting with the girls during main lunch period and realised we had math next and I had left my text book at Ezra's.

"Hey Spence I have to quickly head to Ezra's and grab my math book" I said standing up trying to find my keys.

"Want me to come?" She asked standing up.

"Yeah that would be great" I replied finally finding my car keys at the bottom of my bag.

We drove to Ezra's apartment and Spence waited in the car while I quickly ran up to grab my book. I unlocked the door and hear a shuffling sound coming from the bed. I looked over and found Jackie sitting up in Ezra's bed with a huge smirk on her face. There were clothes all over the apartment and right there beside her laid a dark haired man asleep facing the other way. Tears burst from my eyes as I made my way back out of the apartment closing the door. I ran back to the car totally shattered.

"What the hell happened? You were only gone a few minutes" she asked putting her arm around my shoulder.

"I caught him in bed with...with someone else" I stuttered bursting into tears again.

"Let's skip math its only last period anyway and go somewhere to talk. I'll drive" she opted jumping into the drivers seat.

I took a seat in the passenger seat still sobbing. Spencer drove over towards her house but pulled into a park just outside the Phoenix bar. We walked inside and I headed to the bathroom to clean myself up. When I arrived back Spencer had orders two straight scotches. I sat down and sculled mine immediately.

"Wow slow down" Spence joked.

"I can't believe he cheated on me. I thought he loved me" I said angrily.

"Are you 100% it was him Aria" she asked raising an eyebrow.

"Well they were in his bed and he had the same short curly black hair. Who else would Jackie be having sex with in his apartment?" I asked hoping Spence had a answer.

"I don't know Aria" she answered giving me sad puppy dog eyes.

We kept drinking for a while although I think Spence only had three to my four. We decided the only way to find out if it was Ezra was to ring my dad to see if Ezra had left New York. I felt a little tipsy and hoped dad wouldn't pick up on it in my voice.

'Hey Aria what's wrong?' He asked answering his phone.
'Nothing just wondering when you will be home?' I asked.
"Not till Sunday like planned" he answered the words I needed to hear. But who was Jackie in bed with?
"Ok dad hope you and Mr Fitz have a good weekend and don't work too hard" I said laughing.
"Oh Mr Fitz jumped on a plane this morning to head back to Rosewood, so it will just be me. Bye honey" he replied before hanging up.

My heart just shattered into a million pieces I turned to Spence as tears filled my eyes.

"I'll get all the girls here" she replied before texting everyone.

My phone began to ring I looked at the caller id Ezra. Why had he done this. Was I never good enough for him. I ordered another scotch and downed it feeling the burn down my throat and into my stomach. I grabbed my phone and text my mom 'Staying at Spencer's'. Soon Hannah and Emily arrived. Which caused me to burst into tears again. We slowly kept drinking as Spence ordered food but I couldn't eat. I felt like all my insides had been completely burned. Ezra kept calling and I kept ignoring. I got so angry that I eventually threw my phone at the bar wall smashing it into a million pieces like my heart. Which in result of that the bartender threw us out. Spencer stayed to collect my SIM card and help the bartender clean up my phone. While waiting outside I grabbed a cigarette from a very cute Italian looking guy. I had never smoked in my life but hey nows the best time to start right. He put his arm over my shoulder as we puffed away on our cigarettes. Of course me coughing my lungs up. Next thing I know Spence was dragging me away and crushing out my cigarette. I could hear Hannah laughing saying how cute the guy was. The last thing I remember is passing out on the back seat of Emily's car.