Ella Montgomery walked up to the large brick preschool building, holding her four-year old daughter. They entered the building and walked into Mrs. Petty's room. Ella saw an older woman walking over to greet them.
" You must be Aria and Ella, I'm Mrs. Petty." The woman said while shaking Ella's hand.
" Hello Mrs. Petty it's so nice to meet you. My husband and I have heard great things about you." Ella told the woman.
" You have a lovely little girl." The older woman said gesturing towards Aria.
The four-year old buried her face into her mothers chest. She was a lovely toddler. Aria was smaller than most of the children, and she wore her curly burnet hair in two pigtails. Her beautiful hazel eyes sparkled when ever someone talked to her.
" Aria honey, it's time for mommy to go." Ella said and put down her daughter.
" No Mommy." The little girl muttered with tears running down her cheeks.
" Don't worry, your Daddy and I will come back to get you at noon." Ella said trying to comfort the scared little girl.
At this point, Aria was in hysterics. Ella couldn't help but cry when she saw how sad her baby girl was.
" Maybe she is to young too be starting school. I think I'll just bring her back in a couple of months." Ella told the teacher.
" No, four years old is the perfect time to start her. All new students have this reaction. How about you stay here for a couple of minutes until she gets settled." Mrs. Petty suggested.
" Okay." Ella agreed.
Aria clung to her mothers legs crying. Ella noticed a little boy staring at Aria. He had adorable curly brown hair and beautiful blue eyes. Aria made eye contact with the boy and shot him a shy smile. The two four-year olds stared at each other for some time. Finally, the blue-eyed boy started walking towards Aria.
" I'm Ezra, do you want to play a game with me?" The little boy asked.
" Okay." Aria said pulling away from her mother.
A couple of minutes later, the two were running around the class room like they had been friends for years.
" Aria is very shy, she doesn't usually make friends this quickly." Ella told the teacher.
" Ezra is a very sweet little boy." Mrs. Petty replied.
Ella watched the two four-year olds play for a couple of minutes. Ezra looked extremely familiar. Ella swore she had seen those blue eyes somewhere.
" What's Ezra's last name?" Ella asked.
" Fitz. He is Dianne and Robert Fitz's son. Why do you know them?" The teacher asked.
" Yes." Was all the woman could manage to say.
All of the sudden Ella felt sick.
" Aria looks happy, I think I'm going to head out.' Ella said.
" Okay, I'll see you at noon." Mrs. Petty replied.
Ella exited the building as quickly as she could. She couldn't believe the Fitzes had a son Aria's age, in Aria's class. The woman couldn't even think of how to tell her husband. Byron was going to go mad when found out. Ella decided that what her husband didn't know wasn't going to hurt him. The Fitzes had caused enough stress for the young couple. She would just let Byron find out for himself.
At eleven thirty that same afternoon Byron met his wife at home.
" Are you ready to pick up Aria?" Byron asked his wife.
" You don't have to come, I can pick her up myself." Ella told Byron.
" Are you kidding? I got off work early just so I could pick my little girl up from her first day of preschool." Byron said.
Ella sighed, she knew she wouldn't win this battle. When they entered the classroom, Ella realized that Aria was still playing with Ezra.
" Aria!" Byron said running over to his daughter.
" Hi Daddy." The little girl replied.
He picked her up and asked, " How was your first day?"
" Good! I have a new best friend." The girl announced proudly.
" Do I get to meet this friend of yours?" Byron asked.
" Of course, Daddy this is Ezra." Aria said pointing to the blue-eyed boy.
Byron put Aria down and kneeled next to the little boy.
" Hello Ezra, I'm Aria's dad." Byron said introducing himself.
" Hi." Ezra said shyly.
Byron left his daughter to play with her new friend and walked over to introduce himself to her teacher. Ella was already there talking with her.
" Aria and Ezra played together all day." He overheard her tell his wife.
All of the sudden Ella turned white. Byron's eyes nearly popped out of his head when he saw why. Standing in the doorway was Dianne and Robert Fitz. The two couples stared at each other hatefully.
" What are you doing here?" Byron asked Robert.
" I'm here to pick up my son Ezra." Robert answered cooly.
" Did you say Ezra?" Byron asked.
" Yes, that's the name of our son." Robert answered.
All of a sudden, Byron ran over to where his daughter and Ezra were playing. He scooped her up in his arms and started to walk over to his wife.
" Come on Ella, we are leaving." Byron said angrily.
" Wait Daddy, can Ezra come over for a playdate?" Aria asked innocently.
" Absolutely not." Byron replied.
" Bye Aria!" Ezra shouted at the little girl.
" Did our son just talk to the Montgomery's kid?" Robert asked his wife furiously.
" Yes, tell your son to stay away from our daughter!" Byron yelled at Robert.
" Gladly." Robert replied.
Byron stormed out of the room with Aria in his arms.
" Daddy, why were you and Ezra's dad yelling at each other?" The confused girl asked.
" Don't worry about it sweetheart." Ella told Aria.
" She is transferring classes tomorrow." Byron told Ella from behind the steering wheel.
" But I want to stay with Ezra." Aria protested.
Byron pulled over and looked directly at Aria.
" You are not to talk to that boy ever again. Ezra is not a nice kid." Byron explained to the little girl.
" Okay Daddy." Aria answered with tears running down her face.
Aria transferred out of Mrs. Petty's class the next day.
Twelve Years Later
Aria walked into her first period English class. Today was her first day of eleventh grade. She chose a seat near her three best friends Emily, Spencer, and Hanna. The four sixteen year old girls laughed and joked. Aria saw Ezra Fitz walk into the class room. The two of them had been in school together since preschool. For some reason they were never in any of the same classes until they started high school at Rosewood Day. Aria only remembered talking to Ezra once on her first day of preschool. For some reason she didn't think her parents got along with his parents. She had secretly always found Ezra to be an attractive boy. When Ezra walked over towards Aria and her friends, Aria turned white. Ezra saw Aria's worried expression.
" What? Is this seat taken or something?" Ezra asked gesturing toward the seat in front of Aria.
Aria shook her head shyly and looked away. Ezra sat down and started writing down the homework that the teacher had written on the board.
" What kind of boxers do you think he wears?" Hanna whispered to Aria.
" How would I know?" Aria asked self-consciously.
" You seem interested in him." Hanna replied.
" Well I'm not." Aria replied slamming her notebook shut.
What do you all think of this story? Should I continue?