Aria was sitting on her bed, she hadn't left her room for the past 3 hours. After Ezra left, Mike went to practice and her mum and dad pretended like it was just a normal day. But it wasn't. Not even close. They just kicked out the love of her life, literally. She didn't get it, Ezra wasn't her teacher anymore. Why couldn't they approve their relationship? It's not like her parents were the biggest saints. Her dad was once involved with a student himself, while he was married! He should at least understand it quite a bit! Aria had enough of it. She didn't want to live in this house. Her parents kept her away from her happiness. And because of that, Aria decided that there was no place for her in this house. She got up. And opened her closet. She threw everything on her bed, all of her graphic tshirts, all of her pants, her dresses for special occasions, her party skirts, the tons of brown and black vintage belts and boots she owned. Plus her edgy jewellery. She doubted if she would take her expensive white designer dress, eventually she took it. You never know when you'll need it she figured. She folded everything up. She pulled away some boxes with old stuff underneath her bed. And got the big red suitcase behind it. She packed it with all of the folded clothing, then she got her leather school bag and went to the bathroom, in the bathroom she got her toothbrush, shampoos and her favorite soap and put it in her bag. She went back to her room. she wore her bag over her shoulder and took her suitcase. She took one last look at her room. She didn't know when she was going to see it again. As she was holding back her tears she took the first step on the stairs. She knew her suitcase was going to make a lot of noise, she carefully took the second step and pulled her suitcase towards the first one. Her parents were talking, it sounded serious. She stopped her suitcase so she could listen:
'Byron, I really want to tell Mike and Aria..' her mum was trying to convince her dad to tell her something, but what?
'I think we should wait a little longer.. after what just happened with Ezra, I don't think they're ready to hear the news'
What news? Aria got suspicious.
'Byron.. I don't think I can't keep this a secret any longer.. I'm too happy for that! I want the whole world to know that we're going to marry again'
'Sshh keep your voice down, Aria is still upstairs'
WHAT?! Her parents were going to marry again, for the second time?! And they kept it a secret?! Why would they do that? Why on earth didn't they tell? Aria wanted to get out of the house. This family wasn't a family anymore. Keeping secrets, lying, argueing and betraying, those were the morals of this house, and she didn't want to live with those morals. Aria angrily rushed downstairs with her suitcase and her bag. Her parents were in the kitchen, they were shocked.
'OH, so you two can be happy? Love eachother? Be with eachother? And even marry eachother?! But I can't?! Did you really think you could keep this from me?! I'm sick of this. I'M OUT!' Aria screamed the last words. Her sight was one big blur. Her parents were too shocked to say anything. Aria ran towards the door, opened it, got out and slammed it.
Aria put her suitcase in her car's trunk. She got in and placed her bag on the passenger seat. Her phone bleeped;
You can throw out that white dress, guess you won't need it anymore. kisses! -A
Aria just sat there.. staring at her screen, and the tears came. That A message had an impact. It was proof that A still controlled Aria's life, and the lives of everyone around her. It made her angry. How did she get caught up in this mess.. how did she manage to throw herself right in, and not even realizing it? She leaned on the sidewindow. Once she could see clearly again and got all her anger out, she took off.
The doorbell rang. Ezra got up, he opened it. He was happy when he saw Aria. But once he took a good look on her his mood changed. She seemed.. Broken. Her eyes were red. She was as white as a sheet. And she could barely stand.
'Aria.. what happened..?' he asked.
'Ezra.. I'm so sorry.. I was..' but Aria couldn't finish her sentence. Ezra hugged her. He comforted her in a way only he could. Aria felt safe. As much as she didn't want to let go, she had to, and she did. Ezra was shocked, he didn't expect to see Aria like that.
'Ezra.. can I.. Stay here for a while..?'
Aria bit her lip, she was holding back her tears and looked at Ezra, waiting for an answer. Ezra stayed silent, he was still trying to assimilate the situation. Aria looked at him as begging as she could. He was worried about her. once he realized what she said he didn't have to think about it for long.
'What, yes! Of course you can, as long as you need to!' And he hugged her. Aria was relieved. Ezra was too, when she was with him, he knew she was safe. Aria took her suitcase and walked into Ezra's Apartement.
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'so you just walked out?' Ezra was overwhelmed. He didn't expect this much drama over them loving eachother. They settled on the couch, Aria had told him everything. except about the -A message. But he didn't need to know that. He was worried enough about her.
'Yes I did..' Aria responded. 'I didn't know where else to go.. my friends' parents would probably just send me back home after two nights. And I feel safe when I'm with you.' Aria smiled at him. She stopped crying a while ago. Ezra made her feel comfortable, safe and loved. He smiled back.
'Do you want some tea?' He offered.
'Yes please, I could use some of that'
Ezra got up to the kitchen. Aria got her phone. she had 14 missed calls. 5 from her mum, 5 from her dad, 1 from Mike, 1 from Hanna, 1 from Emily and 1 from Spencer. They're probably just worried. The way she acted before wasn't really casual, Aria was aware of that. She wrote a message to Emily, Hanna and Spencer:
I'm at Ezra's. Staying here for a while. I'll explain tomorrow.
She clicked send, and Ezra placed a tray with 2 cups of tea and chocolate chip cookies on the coffee table in front of them. . 'I'm glad you came to me.' he said. It gave Aria a warm feeling. 'me too' she said. And she kissed him.
