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Chapter 27

Knock. Knock. Aria looked up from her pint of cookie dough ice-cream and looked at the door. Whoever's out there knocked two more times. Aria put down her ice-cream and sighed as she got up to answer the door. She pulled her white tank top down over her belly button and answered the door. Ezra is there standing on the other side with a bag of Chinese food in his left hand and a couple bottles of beer in the other. Aria smiled and leaned up on her tiptoes. He leaned down to met her in a chaste kiss.

"Hey," she said after breaking their hug. "When did you get back?"

"A couple hours ago," he said while ducking inside.

Aria shut the door behind him and crossed her arms over her chest. Ezra set the bottles of beer and the food on her coffee table.

"You brought me food," Aria said with a smile.

He grinned, "I just came to drop off some veggie chow mein."

"You can't stay."

"No, I'm going over to Toby's to bring him some food and let him drink a couple of beers. He might need it especially afterward."

Aria looked confused, "after what?"

"After," he said. "Toby broke up with Spencer tonight."

Aria was even more confused, "Toby broke up with Spencer? Why would he do that? Spencer loves him. She's going to be crushed. You shouldn't be taking food and beer to Toby. That should be going to Spencer."

"Breaking up is going to be just as painful for Toby as it will be for Spencer."

"If it's going to hurt him then why is he doing it?" Aria gasped when she figured it out. She slapped Ezra's chest hard and said, "you bastard!"

"Aria listen."

"No!" She shouted. "You told Toby to break up with Spencer after you promised me you wouldn't do anything to mess them up! How could you do that to them?"

"Spencer is not cut out to be a part of this world. Toby is sucking her into this world and if she falls into deep, she could drown."

"You are such a jerk, Ezra!"

"How am I a jerk? If telling the truth about Spencer not being right for this world or for Toby is what makes me a jerk. Then I guess that's me. I did what I thought was best for both Spencer and Toby."

"That is not your call to make!" She hissed. "Toby and Spencer love each other and they know that love is more important than fame. If they understand that, why can't you?"

"They don't belong together."

Aria stepped back, "then maybe we don't belong together either."

"Aria."

"No," she put her hand up to stop him. "I can't be with someone who thinks that it is okay to meddle with other people's relationship. You had no right to do that Ezra! No, right at all. Now, go."

"Aria please," he tried.

"I said go."

Ezra stared back at her for a moment. He then bent down to pick up the food and beer he brought and walked out. Aria slammed the door behind him then leaned back against it. She sighed and dragged her hands down her face.

The moonlight shined through the window into Toby's bedroom. Toby and Spencer laid together in his double bed wrapped under his sheets. The moonlight shined off their nude skin. Spencer turned over on her side so she's facing Toby. Toby was already lying on his side looking at her. He reached out in the dark and stroked his hand down her face. She closed her eyes and enjoyed her time just being here with him. She opened her eyes back up and met his baby blues.