She'd experienced a lot of firsts with Ezra. First time she'd cheated on a boyfriend (Noel of course. She'd never cheat on Ezra). First time she'd been in love. First time she'd had sex. There were two firsts that Aria was deeply grateful that she'd never had to endure: Ezra had never been sent to jail and she hadn't had to deal with an unplanned pregnancy. Well, at least the first thing was still true. The jury was still out on the unwanted pregnancy bit of the story.
Aria was late, really late like if she wasn't pregnant than she needed to go to the doctor immediately because no healthy person is this late kind of late. Aria paced the bathroom floor, quietly pleading with God—or someone—to let this just be a false alarm and to let her get her period. Only 2:00 left before she'd know.
What would Ezra say about this? They'd been secretly dating for two years at this point and their relationship was solid, but even though she had just turned 18 and he was no longer her teacher, they'd decided not to tell anyone yet. They did not want anyone to judge them and they knew everyone would. The people of Rosewood would have a field day. Everyone would know. And they'd naturally wonder when she and Ezra had started seeing each other…started sleeping together. 1:30 left
If I am pregnant, she thought, then I'll be a mother before I even finish my freshman year at college. It was the beginning of November at this point and if her math was right, her last period had been three months ago. 1:00 left
It hadn't even occurred to her to worry about being pregnant until she went grocery shopping with her three roommates. As they down the toiletries aisle, each of her roommates had one by one dumped a box of tampons into their cart. She, too, reached out for a box and then she'd stopped cold. 30 seconds.
30 seconds…Holy shit! Her breath quickened. Calm down, calm down, she thought to herself. You can do this. You have a great boyfriend. So what if it wasn't planned, he'll stick by you. You've fantasized about having kids with him before, so you'll just be moving the time frame up a bit. This will be OK. 10 seconds.
She sat down on the ledge of the tub. Her hands suddenly trembling as she reached for the first of the five tests that she taken. She flipped it over in her hand. Positive. She reached for the next one. Positive. And the next and the next, they were all positive.
She pulled out her phone and hit her speed dial for Ezra.
