Ezra's POV
Ezra Fitz was checking over his list of students that were coming in this year. It was the first day of school again, but Ezra decided to try another grade. He picked 7th. Yesterday was the worst day of the year for him. It once was the best. 14 years and one day ago, he had met the girl of his dreams, and she had left him for an unknown reason, just before he was about to propose. He realized what a fool he had been, and tried to call her. Her number had been disconnected. Ezra was a very attractive man, and several women had asked him out on a date, but he couldn't. Going a date showed that he had forgotten the past and gotten over it, which in fact he hasn't, not even after all of these years. Also, none of these girls had compared to this one. She was perfect, and unlike any girl he had ever met. He shook the thought of her out of his head. She was probably married, with a big family and a dog. He had to stop remembering her. He looked down at the list.
Margaret Aaron
Daniel Adams
Pete Bash
Derek Campbell
Rebecca Carter
Suzan Carmichael
Richard Frederickson
Penelope Howard
Liza Hopkins
Steven Jurgens
Zeke Letterman
Garrett Liams
Jenny McMahon
Violet Montgomery
That name had caught his eye. "Montgomery" was the last name of the girl he loved with all of his heart. No, it couldn't be. I'm just being silly. Montgomery is a mildly common last name, he thought. He re-shook his head and went back to work.
Aria's POV
Aria Montgomery shifted her weight in her seat. She looked over to her daughter. She was reading a book and eating Cheerio's simultaneously. Although her daughter was an only child, she was hardly spoiled. When she was younger and Christmas came along, she would ask for books and a box of crayons, nothing more. Her daughter rubbed her hand across her mouth, trying to comprehend something in her book. A smile whispered on Aria's face. Her daughter's father used to do that all of the time. "Mom, I'm going to school now. Bye," Aria snapped out of her old memories to wish her daughter luck on her first day of school.
"Bye! I love you and I hope that you have a wonderful first day," Aria smiled as her daughter walked out of the front door.
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Ezra's POV
Ezra sat at his desk while he watched his new students pile into the classroom. He glanced over each of them, to remember the appearances of each middle school student. One girl caught his attention, for a brief moment. She had dark brown hair and a petite stature. Her dark blue eyes looked extremely familiar for some reason. He cleared his throat and looked over the rest of his students. "Hello, I am your new Literature teacher, Mr. Fitz," he said with a forced smile.
Aria's Daughter's POV
Aria's Daughter scribbled her name down on her paper. Her best friend, Amie, smirked at her.
"What?"
"Isn't the teacher hot?" Amie asked.
"Ew, he's like, 36 years old," she replied, making a face.
"Well he's a hot 36-year-old."
Ezra's POV
Ezra wanted each student to give a brief summary on their background, family, and interests. He was doing it so he could judge their speech skills, but he was desperate to know more about Violet Montgomery. He didn't know any of the students' names for he had not asked them yet. "Derek Campbell," he said. He didn't want it to seem to obvious he wanted a certain student to go. A tall boy with crazy blonde hair and glasses stood up, and Ezra barely listened as he droned on about his brother and the video games that were in this year.
"Mr. Fitz, are you going to just sit there or are you going to pick someone?" a female voice said. He turned around to see a red headed girl looking at him.
"Oh, um, yes, sorry," he replied, snapping out of his daze, "Violet Montgomery."
Aria's Daughter's POV
Aria's daughter heard her name. "That's me," she said quickly, getting out of her seat.
She walked up to the front of the room. "Hi, I'm Violet. I live in an apartment with my mom. I have a cat, his name is Fitzie. I didn't name him, though. So Mr. Fitz you don't have to worry. There is not a cat named after you living in my apartment," she said with a smile. "I don't have any brothers or sisters because I don't have a father." Violet paused when she heard her teacher suck in a deep breath. "My mother doesn't like to talk about him, she said she left him when she found out about me, afraid that he would leave her, so I guess I'm the reason I don't have one. I'm dying to find out who he is, though. Enough about my personal life, I have to tell you about my interests. I love to read, write, and draw, and my secret obsession is Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. My favorite food is blue cheese and raspberry jam on toast, as weird as that sounds. I lived in New York until I moved here, because my mom got a job at Hollis, where my grandpa used to work. I guess that's it!"
Ezra's POV
Ezra couldn't think. He couldn't focus on anything but what Violet had just said. Probably because every word she had just said matched up to that girl he had been thinking about. Aria. Aria had a father who had worked at Hollis. Aria left him 13 years ago, and her possible daughter was 13. Violet didn't have a father. She had a cat with a name almost exact to his own, but her mother had named it. There was only one thing that bothered him more than the fact that his old girlfriend was possibly the mother of Violet Montgomery. What was it? It was the fact that he was possibly her father.