Aria POV:

Everything started to happen in slow motion as soon as I saw the bullet wound in his side. "Ezra?" I called out as I walked up to him. "It's so beautiful," he whispered, before turning around, revealing the blood. I saw him beginning to fall, and rushed over to catch him and lower him to the ground. "No no!" I screamed, the world around me growing blurry as my mind processed what was happening. The other girls ran over, yelling "Oh my god, oh my god!" all gathering around us. "I'm sorry," I heard him mumble, his eyelids fluttering. "Shh, no, no…" I shushed him, feeling tears fall down my face. His hand reached up to my face, lightly brushing my cheek, his breathing becoming shallower. "No, you stay awake do you hear me?" I yelled, "No don't you dare close your eyes!" I saw his eyelids lower as he lost consciousness, his hand falling from my face. "No please! Ezra no!" I could hear my voice screaming as everything around me began to tilt. I could hear Ali yelling "Somebody call for help!" in the distance, but it seemed as if she were miles away. Choked with tears, I sobbed, "Oh my god Ezra, Ezra! No, no…" as the others began screaming for help, hoping people below would hear us. Suddenly unable to support myself, I collapsed onto his chest, my tears beginning to soak his already blood-soaked shirt. "Ezra, no you have to stay with me, you can't leave me," I whispered, "You are my entire world, you can't leave me all alone… I love you." Everything around me had faded, my vision turning black as I began to lose consciousness, the only thing I could hear was his ever lessening heartbeat.

Outside POV:

As the sirens began wailing below, Alison, Hanna, Emily, and Spencer kept hollering over the balcony, hoping the people below would hear them. As they saw the ambulance stop below them, they waved their arms in order to get the attention of the paramedics. "Somebody is injured, he got shot in the side and doesn't have much time left!" Spencer yelled down, relieved as she saw them begin to race up to the building. Suddenly Hanna yelled, "Oh my god, Aria has passed out!" All the girls ran over, worried as they saw her petite body collapsed on top of Ezra's, her cheeks streaked with black tears, completely unconscious. The paramedics finally arrived on the top of the building, running over to the group. Two of them ushered Alison, Hanna, Emily, and Spencer over to the side, assuring them everything would be alright, as the other four crowded around Aria and Ezra. They gently laid Aria down beside Ezra before wrapping his torso with a medical bandage, attempting to stop the blood flow. One picked Aria up and laid her over his shoulder as the other three carefully picked Ezra up, making their way to the ladder. Once down, the other paramedics guided the four girls down and into the police car, refraining from asking too many questions based on the obvious state of shock they were all in. Both Aria and Ezra were placed into the ambulance before they came over to ask the girls to briefly explain what happened. "We were being chased by a stalker, and as Ezra saw him take out a gun, he ran in front of it to take the bullet for us." Emily began. "He escaped over the ledge, and Aria saw that Ezra had been shot. After that he lost consciousness, and soon after Aria passed out on top of him." The ambulance was already driving away as the four girls got into the police car, being told they would be taken immediately to the hospital where they could contact their parents. Back in the ambulance, the paramedics were doing everything they could to keep Ezra alive, and making sure Aria was going to be okay.