While Emily was talking to Spencer, saying it was really important to go see Ali and all, Spencer got a text and seemed nervous. Then said it was work.

At the end of the episode we get to know Spencer got fired over text. True and all, but I don’t think that was the same text.

When she got the text, her reaction was peculiar, she almost seemed scared that Emily would see something, and felt the need to justify and specify who was texting her. I don’t know, it gave me a weird vibe.

Last episode she was texting someone asking “How do you know Hanna is alive?” and many of us speculated she was texting somebody who may be her twin sister.

Ezra and Aria had been going strong ever since they returned from the exhibit in Philadelphia. Or so she thought. Yeah, they went to an exhibit and it was the first time they had gone out in public, but Aria still felt that someone was missing.

“That first date” Spencer had told her one night when they were the two of them alone.

Aria didn’t want to think about the truth in her friend’s words that much but she couldn’t help it. On one hand she didn’t agree with it because, well, their relationship wasn’t exactly normal. But she did agree with it. A lot actually, because she was still a girl with girly dreams. So she wanted a romantic first date where the guy makes the girl swoon.

And so she spoke with Ezra about it, getting a complete opposite reaction to what she was hoping for.

“What do you mean a first date? We just went to that Philly thing” He paused to think about his words “Aria, you know we can’t be seen out with each other. Is this still about Simone? Look I told you that I don’t like her like that”

To say that Aria was surprised would be an understatement. Ezra Fitz, the guy who always seemed to understand her more than anyone else, was seeing black while Aria saw white.

“I just thought you’d at least understand” After thinking so much about what to say about this, it was the only words that seemed to make sense.

Of course, she was sulking on Monday. It just showed how important this was to her, but Ezra didn’t seem to notice it when Aria stepped inside the classroom.

Usually she wouldn’t be one to skip unless it was really important, but she didn’t find another solution to her feelings.

Betrayal. It was a strong word, really strong. But also the only one that seemed to describe her feelings correctly. Was she heart-broken? Not so much. Did she feel angry? Aria didn’t seem to find it in her to ever be mad at Ezra. At least not right now.

Desperately, she found herself in a doorstep she didn’t expect to see in a long time. Noel Kahn’s doorstep to be exact.

Aria knocked on the door a few times and when nobody answered she realised what a bad idea she had had. But before she could leave, the devil himself opened the door.

“And what brings you here Montgomery?” Noel had called out arrogantly, to which she had embarrassingly looked down to.

“I need someone to talk to” And right after he let her inside his house, she had told him the entire story, without missing any possible detail.

                                                      *** Aria had spent much more time in Noel’s than what she’d expected to. That’s why she found herself walking in no direction whatsoever.

Was she supposed to go home? Was it ok to drop by Ezra’s?. These were only a fraction of the thoughts running inside her head.

Finally, she walked home.

Obviously, Aria found herself alone at home. Her parents were obviously busy with their own stuff and Mike was probably out with some friends doing god know what.

While heating up some food for her to eat, Aria thought about how busy she had been with all this ‘-A’ stuff going on.

She was so overwhelmed with it all. The video, the bracelets and even the messages. Because lets face it, Aria didn’t completely realise what was going on here.

But she was distracted with her phone buzzing with a text before Aria could even take out the pizza rolls from the microwave.

Ezra Fitz: What are you up to right now?

It was not something he did, texting her quite late during the night. But she answered nonetheless.

Aria: About to eat pizza rolls, why?

Ezra Fitz: Dress warm and meet me by the tree?

The tree was not something everyone knew about. In fact, nobody knew its beaning except for them. It had been impossible to keep up with the relationship if they had to see each other only when Aria was alone. So they invented the tree. Which was only the tree in the corner of Aria’s street.

Aria was hoping that Ezra had given their conversation a thought, which is why she found herself getting dressed into other clothes other than her pjs. Although she didn’t understand why he told her to dress warm, since it was pretty warm outside for a coat or something.

“Hi” She spoke awkwardly when she spotted him leaning against the tree.

Ezra smiled before sneaking up behind her to cover her eyes.

So he had thought about this.

“What are you doing?” Aria laughed, playing clueless. She wasn’t dumb, she knew what was going on and she was thrilled.

“It’s a surprise” But he led her to his car anyways.

                                                        *** They weren’t in Rosewood when Aria was allowed to get out of the car finally. But they weren’t in Ravenswood either. She hadn’t been to Brookhaven but what she was seeing didn’t seem to match with her imagination.

This was a friendly little diner, and Brookhaven sounded creepy even in her own head.

All thoughts flew right outside the window when Ezra pulled out a chair for her to sit in.

“You wanted a first date and I never really thought about that. I guess I thought this wasn’t necessary for us. And for that, I’m sorry” Aria smiled in attempts of easing him a little and that seemed to work.

After they sat down and ordered, they were met with an awkward silence.

“So… What have you been up to?” Ezra asked and she raised her eyebrows.

“Seriously? Come on, you can do better than that” Aria encouraged and he rolled his eyes. Before he could speak again, the waitress came back with their food.

Both of them played with their forks around instead of eating the food. And that’s when Aria realised her first instincts were correct. She didn’t need a first date.

“Why are we doing this?” Aria asked at the same time Ezra spoke “This is really awkward”

“Lets just stick to coffee and casual exhibits for a while, yeah?” Aria laughed and finally, she felt at ease.