The Perfectly Imperfect Lie

Summary-Aria thought of herself as a great person. She was nice, loving and caring-she told a lie or two, but none that could hurt anybody. Just little white lies. That's why she did NOT see herself faking the two most important things in her life.

Gratefully assisted by .soprano

Chapter 1-You Did WHAT?

I apologize in advance for any typos

General POV

"No."

"Aria, please. Pretty, pretty please."

"No, Ezra!"

Ezra crossed his arms over his chest and pouted like a small child. "Why?" he whined.

"Because it's the single stupidest idea you have had ever. Scratch that; it's the worst idea ever thought of by a living creature ever. What the hell is wrong with you?"

Ezra took a deep breath. "Okay, I understand you're angry, but-"

"Angry? You think I'm angry? I was angry when you told me your mother was coming this morning at 2:30 a.m. I was angry when you told me that we had to get up at 2:30 a.m. to pick her up from the airport. I was angry when you pulled your mother aside telling me you'd be back in a sec and it took you a half hour-"

"Aria, I-"

"Let. Me. Finish," she spat. "But I was pissed off when you waltzed in here, pulled me aside, and told me that you told your mother we were getting married and that I'm pregnant! And you want me to play along? Hell no. You are going to march your ass in there and tell your mother that you are a lying bastard."

"Aria-"

"I'm not finished!" she yelled. "And then I'm going to walk in there, apologize for your stupidity and meet your mother properly. Okay?"

"One problem," Ezra sighed.

Aria groaned. "And what is that?"

"My mother hates your guts."

FLASHBACK

"Ezzy, can I see you for just one second, please? It will only take a moment," Sharon Fitz, Ezra's mother whispered in her son's ear after she lay eyes on the young woman Ezra just told her he was seeing. His exact words being, "That's Aria, the one over there holding the magazine. She's beautiful, huh?" Sharon could tell through his voice that Ezra was romantically involved with this woman in some way.

"Sure mom," Ezra smiled. He set his mother's suitcases down at Aria's feet. "Hey, Aria?"

Aria looked up from the magazine she had been staring at for the past 2 hours while she waited for Sharon's plane to land. "Oh! You must be Ezra's mother; it's nice to meet you."

"Can we save introductions for a little later? I just would like to talk to my mom in private? It will only take a second."

"Oh, sure." Aria put on her best smile before Sharon grabbed Ezra's hand and dragged him to a small café in the airport.

Sharon Fitz was a very respectable and very respected woman. She knew what she was doing, and knew when to do it. She knew her place and knew how to put other's in theirs. And that's why when she shoved her son into the corner of a nearly empty coffee shop, she didn't lose her temper. Well, not entirely.

"What the hell?" she spat.

"Mom!"

"What do you think you're doing? You broke up with Jackie less than two years ago and you're already over it? And why is she wearing your clothes? Are you living with her?"

"Um, I think I'm dating a wonderful woman. I didn't break it off with Jackie, she broke it off with me. And yes, she's wearing my clothes because she's living with me. Any more questions?"

"Don't give me that tone, Ezra."

Ezra rolled his eyes. "Mom, calm down."

Sharon scoffed, "I don't think so, young man!"

"Mom, I'm twenty-six and we're in an airport. Please don't treat me like I'm sixteen," he begged.

"You're acting like you're sixteen. How old is she anyway? Twenty?"

Ezra's eyes grew wide. This was not the place to be doing this. "Mom, I don't think-"

"Ezra Daniel Fitz you'd better answer my question, now."

"Eighteen," Ezra muttered.

"Excuse me?" Sharon shrieked. "Did you just say eighteen? She's still in high school?"

"No! She graduated last year; she's a few months into her freshman year at Hollis."

She took a deep breath.

Sharon Fitz wasn't stupid. She was a professor herself, and she knew how to put the pieces together. She knew her son. He didn't just move in with a woman he'd known for a few months. No, he never even lived with Jackie for a day. He knew this woman before. And if her memory served her correctly, Rosewood High, where Ezra had worked a few years back, was the only high school in Rosewood. And Hollis college was a local college. And Rosewood was a small town. Sharon gasped when she figured it out.

"You were seeing her when she was your student, weren't you?"

"Mom, I-"

"Ezra, answer the goddamn question for Christ's sake!"

"Yes, mom," Ezra started, starting to lower his voice. "We did date when she was my student but it's not that big of a deal anymo-"

"Not a big deal!" Sharon gasped. "What is wrong with you? It's a huge deal!"

"Mom-"

"I hate her."

"What?"

"I hate her. She is going to ruin your life just like Jackie did. She doesn't really love you. I hate her," Sharon huffed.

"Who's being sixteen now?" Ezra nearly growled, "Because it sure as hell isn't me!"

"I hate her," Sharon repeated.

"Mom, we love each other more than anything and I can prove it."

Sharon scoffed. "Okay, how?"

Ezra racked his brain for a good excuse. What would convince his mother? His mind flashed to the promise ring he'd given Aria for her 18th birthday. She wore it all of the time, so that was solid, right?

"We're getting married," Ezra smirked triumphantly. That was until he realized what he had said. He meant to say I want to marry her. Shit.

"You were getting married to Jackie when she broke it off, Ezzy. You'll need more than that, sweetheart."

Ezra figured he'd taken crazy pills or something. The next thing that popped out of his moth was so much worse than marriage.

"She-she's also pregnant," Ezra blurted out. WHAT? Where did that come from?

"Aw, Ezzy!" Sharon hugged her son. "You must really be serious about her. This is exciting! It's about time; your brother has kids, your sisters have kids; well, Ashley does, Mary-Elizabeth doesn't; but she's only 17. Oh my goodness, she and Aria could get along great!" Sharon kept babbling and babbling about how perfect everything was, and Ezra knew everything was about to fall apart.

END FLASHBACK

Aria took a deep breath after hearing his story. "I don't like this..."

"Please, please please. We can wait for the wedding. We can have it after you graduate or when you're ready. And we'll think of something with the baby thing. But I need my mother to give you a chance. Please?"

Aria huffed. "Fine; but you are so lucky that you are adorable when you beg."

"You-you'll do it? Really? No joke?" Ezra wanted a solid promise.

"Yeah, but I'll only play along with the wedding, okay? But not the baby. We can tell her it was a false alarm."

Ezra was about to respond, but the voice of his mother stopped him from saying anything. "What's a false alarm?"

Eh, choppy chapter. Oh well. SOOOOOO do you like it? I think it will play out nicely, eh?

Obvious cliffy. OBVIOUS. This story will have a lot of lying in it, a lot of sneaking around and A LOT of secrets.

Ezra and Aria have obviously already gone public in this fic, but more details about that later.

Please review and tell me if you like it. I was EXTREMELY on the fence about posting this, but .soprano convinced me to do so :P So if i don't get at least 5 positive reviews in 5 days, I'm taking it down. :S

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