See You Again (Ezria & Emison) ↝ EN

Chapter 3 "Without You"

"I was with my mother, at home..." Emily whispered, sobbing.

"I was with Spencer, at my apartment." Toby said in the room next door.

"Caleb and I, we were shopping to prepare for the New Year's Eve..." Hanna claimed a few hours later, drying her tears.

"Why the hell all these questions?" Ezra sighed, so bored. All he wanted was to go home and drink to forget the pain. The accident happened the day before but the police was already investigating. It was obviously not a natural fire. No, not in the middle of December.
Tanner had it in mind, that it was one of the members of the team who had done it. It's absurd, Ezra was thinking.
If she only knew -A was back and that was him who did it.

"Because no option is set aside." Tanner replied coldly.

"Excuse me?!" Ezra screamed. "What do you mean by no option is set aside?! Do you really think I killed my girlfriend?!"

"Well, if you have nothing to hide, if you didn't kill her, just say me where you were and we're done."

Unfortunately for him, Ezra hadn't a great alibi. He was alone at home the day before, he was signing papers for the purchase of the Brew he decided to become the owner.

"I was home. Alone." He finally admitted.

"Someone can prove it?" Tanner asked.

"No, I don't think so."

"That's it for today, you can-"

She didn't even had time to finish her sentence that Ezra was already at the door, willing to leave.

"Fitz." She said. He turned around. "I'm sorry."

Ezra was already tired of hearing everyone said sorry to him. Every time, it was reminding him that Aria was really and truly dead, and it was unbearable.

He managed to smile a little bit as a gesture of thanks, and leaved.

The eve, Ezra and Emily had the painful duty to announce to the families the deaths of their daughters or sisters. In both houses, reactions were quite different.

In the Montgomery's house, the whole family was devastated. Ella burst into tears in Byron's arms, who was kissing the temple crying too. Mike, Aria's little brother, tried to hold back tears but ended up just like his mother. Ezra was pleased he brought Mona with him, because she ran up to her boyfriend to console him.
Ezra had apologized for not have been with her. He was feeling ashamed of not have been following her, he should have known it was dangerous.
For the first time in forever, Byron spoke out in his behalf.

"It's not your fault, Ezra... You couldn't have known something was about to happen, none of us could..."

Yes, Byron. I knew it was a bad idea, I knew -A was going to hurt her again. I knew this would end badly, and I haven't been there for her.
He hesitated to say that, but he decided to keep it.

On the other side of town, in the DiLaurentis', that was a different story. Jessica wasn't there anymore to testify to it, but Kenneth and Jason were and they have already been experiencing this situation. Emily came with Spencer, who was Jason's stepsister.
After the announcement, none of the girls could determine the reaction of both men. In their eyes, it was a mix of sadness, of disgust, and of interrogation. Almost like they weren't believing Alison was really dead. Logically, when your daughter or sister already been dead and she comes back overnight, it's understandable that Kenneth and Jason think the scenario is playing again.
None of them cried, but Jason seemed choked. Spencer came comfort him. Then they leaved, at the request of Kenneth.
On the way back to Spencer's house, the girls heard glass breaking. Surely Kenneth's anger.

But today, the next day, was so hard. Emily, just like Ezra, didn't close one eye this night.
Emily was coming home, around noon, after the interrogation. Her mother came quickly from the living room.

"Darling, I made your-"

"I'm not hungry, mom. Keep it for tonight." She whispered, watching the pizza who seemed to had just come out from the furnace. Under other circumstances, she would have pounce on it but right now, it was only giving her heart aches.

"Do you want to talk about it, Em?"

"No, it's okay. I'm gonna watch a movie upstairs." She answered, giving her a sad smile. She climbed the stairs and jump into her bed.

She started to sob, then, she passed from just some tears to a flood of them that just wouldn't stop escaping from her eyes. What have Alison and Aria done to earn this? Why won't -A just let it go and leave them alone? It's going to be 2 years now that he/she totures them constantly, everyday , somedays more than the others... Damn it, he succeded at putting Hanna's mother, Ashley Marin, between bars while she was innocent! Isn't he done?

She caught the pizza shaped pillow that Alison offered her for Christmas, two days earlier. She remembered that she burst with laugher seeing it, what makes her smile between all the tears.  She tightened it against her, and put her head into it. Strangely, it smelt just like Alison : the Chanel perfume, n°5. Emily promised herself to never wash it, to keep Alison's smell on it forever.

Meanwhile, Ezra was going home, in the appartement 3B. On the way back to the police station, he passed by the quiet streets of Rosewood to not meet anyone. He put his stuff down, put his back on the front door, and simply put his head onto it too. He was thinking about yesterday morning, same hour, he was asking Aria if she wanted him to accompagny her. He shouldn't have let her a choice. Tears streamed down his cheeks one more time, just like yesterday.

But this time, he was all alone, so he permitted himself to cry a lot more. He couldn't picture his life with anyone esle but her. Now, he was alone, until death. The word may sound excessive, but it was exactly how he felt. He didn't want to marry, have kids, age with anyone else but her. What was he going to do now? He couldn't turn the page, not now, and maybe, never.

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Hello sweeties! ❥

I'm so sorry, it's so hard to translate a whole chapter to French to English. I took forever to publish. I really hope you liked it, and I can't wait for your impressions in the comment section below!

Q : What do you think gonna happen for Ezria and Emison in season 7?

A: Ezria is gonna marry and Emison will be happy. Hope for some babies aha!

Love you all! ❥

L. ❥