"Miss Montgomery. Can I speak to you for a moment?" Ezra Fitz asked his ex-girlfriend slash student slash girl he was still in love with. The students snickered, thinking there would be a new English essay she had to do, while Aria's friends cast wary looks to her. Aria nodded, and hugged her books tight to her chest as everyone left the classroom. The three girls, Hanna, Emily and Spencer blocked the window that was cemented into the door so what was going on inside of the room would not be present to be prying eyes.

"Hey." Aria said softly, sitting on a table attached to a chair, and hoisting her bag higher upon her shoulder.

"Hey, how are you holding up?" He asked her, and they caught each other's eyes, they stared for a moment, but Aria looked away, embarrassed.

"Better than I was, you?" He sighed, heavily.

"Round about the same. Can you come to my apartment later? We can talk." Aria sighed, and shook her head. "Please?" He said desperately.

"I broke up with you." She replied helplessly. She wanted very much to kiss him, and just have him in her arms. But, she couldn't do that. They are over. Done. Finished.

"Malcolm misses you."

"Ezra…" She trailed off, and looked at his chest. His muscles flexed nicely under the button-up shirt she had gotten him for his birthday. "I can't."

"We have to talk about this…" He trailed off this time, he didn't know what to say. "We have to talk about us."

"We are talking about this Ezra." Aria shouted, clearly frustrated.

"Then why did you break up with me?"

"You've got a son," She said, her voice softer. "And you need a job, and you can have a family."

"I don't want them as family. Yes, Malcolm is my son, but I want you as family. You are the only family I have."

"God, what do you want from me, Ezra?" She shouted out again, getting frustrated with the topic of it again.

"I just want you." Ezra said in a barely audible whisper. Aria brought her knees up to her chest, which was difficult being on the small desk, and put her face in her hands. She let some tears slip, but didn't want Ezra to see her cry. He'd wipe them away with his thumb, and she would give up. She would take him back, when she knew she couldn't. "I don't care if we have to have the student-teacher affair again or if we can't go outside holding hands, or hole up in my apartment and eat Chinese takeout and the three things I can cook. All I want is you. I still love you, I have always loved you." She sniffled at Ezra's little speech. She took her head out of her hands, and wiped away the tears, herself. Something she had been used to the past week.

"Why are you making this so hard?"

"Because I love you, and I want to do everything in my power to get you back. Because you are the person I am going to spend the rest of my life with you. I know that."

"I can't mess this up for you, Ezra. I've messed up two jobs for you, and I know I can't do it again."

"I don't care about this stupid job. All I care about is you. I don't want this job if it means I can't be with the love of my life."

"I'm sorry, Ezra. But I'm dating someone. More like a rebound, I think it will take a long time to get over you. If I ever can."

"I don't think I can ever get over you."

"I'm really sorry." Aria said, slipping off the desk, and moving slowly towards Ezra. Ezra looped his arms around her waist, bringing her closer to him. They breathing hot on each other's neck.

"One last time." Ezra breathed out, and they thought they would share just a chaste kiss. But no, hands were in hair, cupping faces, and around waists bringing the two people closer to one another. Someone barged into the classroom, and the two people didn't notice it, until he shouted.

"Get away from her." Jake, Aria's new 'boyfriend' roared, the couple shot apart, but Ezra still had her hands around her waist. Jake pulled on Aria, and pushed her to the nearest wall. A series of gasps and 'Oh My Gods' came from the three girls who instantly rushed to Aria, and checked her over.

"Do not dare touch her again." Ezra said coldly, staring into Jake's eyes.

"You're just her teacher. You just kissed my girlfriend."

"But, I'm also her ex-boyfriend who loved her, and hates to see her get hurt, and would do anything to protect her." Jake made a move to go to Aria, murder in his eyes. Ezra pushed him into a table, knowing that he couldn't live with himself if Aria got hurt. Spencer and Ezra shared a look, she nodded, and the three girls took a hysterical Aria out of the room.

"I'm her boyfriend, she doesn't love you anymore, and you can't do anything about it. You can't make any decisions for her. She loves me." Jake shouted at him. Thank god it was lunch, Ezra thought.

"She told me you're her rebound, and that she still loves me." Jake started walking out of the classroom, but Ezra spun him around by the wrist. But, what Ezra didn't expect was a right hook to his lip. He threw a right hook at Jake's eye. "If you ever lay a finger on Aria again, I will make you very sorry." Jake shook his wrist out of Ezra's tight hold, and walked out of the door situated at the back of the classroom. The four girls entered, and Aria ran to hug him. Ezra wrapped his arms around her waist, and she slung her arms around his neck, and buried her face in the crook of his neck.

"Ouch." Hanna said, noticing the slight cut on his lip given by Jake's punch.

"It's not as bad as it looks." Ezra said, and Aria looked up to investigate his lip. She glared at him. "It's not as bad as it looks." He said, this time with a slight chuckle in his voice.

"That's the second time you've got punched because of me." Aria said, annoyed that he got punched again, because of her.

"We'll give you two some privacy." Emily said, and Hanna, Spencer and Emily left to give the couple more privacy. Aria fell back into his arms, and hugged him tightly. He didn't want to do the same in case he hurt her.

"Are you okay?" Ezra asked, as he breathed in her strawberry scented hair.

"I'm okay-ish. I've got a head-ache, and my back hurts a bit." Aria mumbled.

"Shall I take you back to my apartment?"

"Yeah, thank you."

"I won't let him hurt you, Aria. I love you too much to let him hurt you."

"I love you too." Aria said, looking up to stare into Ezra's brown eyes. And they both knew from that moment, as long as they loved each other, everything would be okay.