ARIA MONTGOMERY

Aria Montgomery (Lucy Hale) moves back to Rosewood with her mother Ella, father Byron, and younger brother Mike after an extended absence in Europe following Alison's disappearance. Aria begins a romance with a man who turns out to be her new English teacher, Ezra Fitz. She immediately receives a message from "A" taunting her about the secret romance. Aria and Ezra struggle with the forbidden nature of their relationship as Aria is tormented by keeping the secret of her father's past affair from her mother. As she decides what to do with the information, she finds that "A" has beaten her to it in a tell-all letter to Ella. As her family starts falling apart, Aria runs to Ezra's apartment to find him not there. After Ezra leaves, she becomes romantically involved with a student, Noel Kahn. As things turn out great between her and Noel, Ezra returns. Troubles arise as she is caught in a love triangle, with Noel and Ezra. She chooses Ezra and one night while kissing Ezra in his car, Noel sees this and blackmails Ezra for good grades. Once Aria discovers this, she cuts things off with Noel. In more recent episodes, Aria has been having trouble maintaining her relationship with Ezra a secret, especially after accidentally sending a romantic text to her mom meant for Ezra. In the latest episode, Aria leaves Ezra's apartment only to been seen by Garrett who pays Ezra a visit and says, "Let's talk about one of your students..." Luckily, he was only there to talk about Spencer and what's been going on lately with the investigation. Ezra got a transfer to Hollis College so he is no longer Aria's teacher so he says that they can have a public relationship and the couple are ecstatic about this. Until later on, Aria finds out that Ezra did not divulge information that he and his ex-fiancée were going to be teaching together at Hollis College and Aria saw this as a betrayal by omission. However, the two later get back together. Aria also befriends Jason DiLaurentis, Ali's brother, who has moved back to Rosewood. It appears that they may have a romantic relationship at some point and Ezra asks Aria if he should be worried about Jason, which Aria denies. However, Aria still spends time with Jason despite the fact that her friends think that he may have something to do with Ali's disappearance. Soon after Jason kisses Aria without Ezra's consent. She is threatened by "A" to reveal the secret. Also, Spencer and Emily snuck into Jason's shed and there was a darkroom of pictures, but all the pictures were of Aria when she was asleep. Which led Spencer and Emily to believe that Jason is "A". Aria and Hanna don't know about that yet. More problems might arise in Ezra and Aria's relationship when Aria sees Ezra with his ex-fiancee. Aria will be involved in another love triangle with Jason and Ezra. In "Touched by an 'A'-ngel," Ezra tells Aria that it is time for people to know about their relationship, starting with her parents but because Aria's mom saw Spencer in the car with Ezra she starts to think about the rumors that was said to her about Mr. Fitz being in relationships with his students.