Aria

You know that feeling, where you feel totally out of control? Something else is about to determine your destiny. That's
kinda how I feel right now. Like I'm sitting here, helplessly waiting for a little white strip to tell me if I'm going to be a
mom or not. Part of me is really excited, like oh my gosh, maybe I'm pregnant! Maybe I get to see my wonderful
husband, Ezra, cuddle a cute little baby. OUR cute little baby. That would be wonderful. But I just don't know if it
would be wonderful RIGHT now. Ezra and I got married nearly a month ago. We got married a week after graduation.
I mean, I've been out of high school for five weeks, married for a month, and I've only been eighteen for about six
's a lot to adjust to. New last name, new responsibilities, a new house (well, Ezra's apartment.), a new
husband, and a new job. And I don't even have the security of high school anymore. I don't think I'm ready to be a
mom. A whole new set of responsibility and worries and adjustments and changes. And I've hardly had time to enjoy
Ezra as my husband. I'm not sure I'm willing to share him. We're barely on our feet! I'M barely on MY feet! I can't
possibly be a mom. Not right now. But really, the deeds been done. If I'm pregnant, there's nothing I can do about it.
So I might as well try and see the bright side. The little screen blinks on the test blinks a few more times, then I see
words appear on the screen. I quickly snap my eyes shut. "Ugghh I'm not readdy!" I say out loud to no one. I put the
test on the counter and walk away without looking at it. I lay on the couch and call Spencer. It feels like ages before
her answering machine picks up.
"Hey, Spence, listen, I really need you to call me back soon. I think I might be pregnant, but I'm too freaked out to
look. I need -"
"Aria?!" Spencer picks up the phone.
"Hey, Spence, did you hear what I said?"
"Uh, ya, that's why I picked up."
"Oh, so you were ignoring me?"
"No. I was..." I hear her getting up. "In the middle of something."
"Okay, well, can you come over?" I say, kinda panicking.
"Yeah, of course. Are you okay?"
I take a deep breath. "I will be when you get here. So hurry, okay?"
"Okay, I'll be right there."

****

"Hey." I say opening the door.
"Hey." she says coming in. "Why're you so freaked out? You know, besides possbily being pregnant."
"Uh, I think that's enough reason." I sit on the couch and she follows. "I don't know what to do."
"Go look at the test. You might not even be pregnant."
"I can't!" I say. "I'm too nervous."
"I'll do it."
"Fine. I'll come."
We go into the bathroom. I imagine myself standing there, holding the test in my hand, and waiting to get
enough courage to turn it over, and prepare myself for the worst. But when we reach the bathroom, Spencer
doesn't wait a second. She grabs the test, flips it over and smiles. "Well you dodged this bullet." She shows
me the words that read Not pregnant. "Congrats." She says patting my shoulder. "You're not pregnant. Not today, anyway. But you gotta be more careful."
I smile, relived. "Sorry." I say. "We're newlyweds. What do you expect?"
"Uhm, I'd expect newlyweds to make sure they didn't end up with a baby so soon."
"Right."
"Well, I guess I'll get going now." She says as we go into the living room.
"You don't have to..." I say. "If you wanna hang out, we can."
"That sounds great." She says. "Buuut when you called I was kinda with Toby."
"Oh. Ew. THAT'S what you were in the middle of? Getting hot and heavy with Toby?"
"Not really. We were kinda done."
"Gross."
"Sorry. You asked."
"Well I sure hope I sure hope you aren't calling me in a month saying how you might be pregnant."
"Uh, unlike you and Fitz, we've learned to use condoms."
"Mhm. So do we. Condoms break, you know."
She looks down at the ground. "Yeah..." She sighs. "I know."
"Uh oh." I say. "Looks like Miss-I-wanna-go-to-Standford might be knocked up."
"Don't even say that. It's not funny." she opens the door. "I'm not knocked up. The condom broke once, big deal."
She steps out into the hall and I lean in the door way and say "It only takes once to make a baby."

So Bailey and I wrote this as a gag but we actually ended up liking it. So now I'm uploading it :P I don't know if it'll be long or anything, but just let me know what you think. Yes, it's predictable and cheesy but it's fun :) Spencer's the next chapter. Then Hanna and Emily. Let me know if I should post them!