As Aria walked up the five flights of stairs to Ezra's apartment she felt excited, she was cooking dinner for the two of them tonight. In her hand she clutched a brown paper bag full of ingredients to cook her famous feta chini and wore her favourite burgundy halter dress, she always got compliments on when she wore it and knew Ezra would love it. She quietly knocked on Ezra's door, she didn't want to attract any of his neighbours attention and make then wonder why a high school student was knocking on his door. As he opened it he was wearing tight jeans, similar to the ones he wore in the bar when first met, they made his butt look awesome and Aria briefly smiled to herself. On the top he wore a loose t-shirt, he looked gorgeous as always but she noticed a serious look on his face, similar to the one Aria's mother had when she told Aria off for losing one of her favourite earrings. "Do you have a deep pan here? Also, did I leave my phone here last night?" Ezra didn't reply immediately, he still had the look on his face. "Yeah, you did" he replied. Aria could tell something was wrong, she reached out to touch his arm but he pulled away. "Ezra? What's wrong?" Aria asked, confused. She walked towards him but he walked backwards and pulled her phone out of his pocket. "Here" Ezra handed Aria the phone, the screen was lit up, a message was on the screen. Aria read the text to herself.
Lucky you Aria! Other girls have to do their homework. You get to do the teacher… -A
Aria gasped and looked up at Ezra. "How many of your friends did you tell?" Ezra asked. "I didn't…I don't know who this is!" Aria shouted. "Sure whatever, I think you should leave" Ezra held the door open and stood behind Aria, Aria stood dumfounded and slowly stepped out of the door. Ezra slammed the door shut making her jump, she stood in the hallway, tears began to form in her eyes as she walked back down the flights of stairs.
Aria woke up the next day trying to tell herself that last night was a dream and that Ezra didn't see the text A had sent. She pulled herself out of bed, as she stood up she felt faint and nauseous. She got dressed and put on her favourite bright purple top which Ali had brought her back from a holiday in New York, she fixed her hair and did her makeup. She walked downstairs and saw her parents Byron and Ella arguing in the kitchen, "nothing new" she thought. Aria had discovered her father's affair two years ago when Ali was still alive, he asked her to keep quiet but recently her parents had been quietly arguing when they were alone or behind closed doors, Aria was unsure of whether Ella knew about the affair. Aria grabbed her younger brother Mike and they headed towards the door. "You not having breakfast?" Ella called to her from the kitchen. Aria shook her head, she still felt as nauseous as she did when she got out of bed. Aria and Mike jumped into Aria's ancient Subaru, she often gave Mike a lift to school and lacrosse practise as he didn't have a car. Aria began to think, her and Mike didn't talk much anymore since they got back from Iceland, Mike was always at lacrosse practise and Aria was always with...Ezra. Aria groaned to herself as Ezra crept back into her head again.
As Aria walked into Rosewood high school she ran over to Hannah, Spencer and Emily who were all stood next to the school cafeteria. The four girls walked into their English class, Aria had been dreading this and all night had been thinking of excuses to get out of the class and avoid seeing Ezra who probably hated her. "Ok, sit down everyone" Ezra said as he entered the room, Aria sat down quietly and tried to avoid eye contact with him, now she felt more ill than ever and thought that any second she would throw up over Mona Vanderwaal's new season Jimmy Choo's. Aria put her hand up, still avoiding eye contact with Ezra. "Yes, Miss Montgomery" Ezra said sternly. "Could I go to the bathroom please?" Aria said feeling woozy and faint as she stood up and raced out of the door without hearing Ezra's reply. She shoved open the girls bathroom and ran into the cubicle, just in time for her to vomit into the toilet. Aria rested her head against the wall of the cubicle, she didn't know why she was so ill. She hadn't eaten anything last night so she couldn't have food poisoning. She stared out of the open door which she had forgotten to shut. Over on the wall she could see the tampon vending machine, terror crossed Aria's face. "I'm late" she whispered to herself, "I can't be.." she thought to herself. Aria couldn't be pregnant, the only person she had slept with was…."Ezra" Aria whimpered.
When she felt better Aria ran towards the school door, Mr Molina stood next to the door. "Women's problems" Aria said to him, "I wish" she thought to herself. Mr Molina was the type of teacher who got totally embarrassed by conversations like that, Aria knew he would let her leave. "Oh, er, yes that's fine, erm go ahead" he mumbled. Aria sprinted out of school and ran towards the nearest store, she always had money with her. She ran back towards Rosewood high school and into the toilets, she had bought three tests, just in case. Aria had placed all three tests next to each other, she had her eyes scrunched shut whilst she waiting for the results. As she slowly opened her eyes she looked down at all the tests, tears began to roll down Aria's face, they were all positive. Aria shoved the tests into her bag, she could see her phone flashing.
Uh-oh you're preggo! What would your parents say?–A
Tears still rolling down her face Aria walked back to her English class, her hands and body shaking. When she walked in Ezra looked up, he stared at Aria, concerned. As Aria looked at him more tears filled her eyes and she made her way to her seat.
Ten minutes later the bell rang, everyone packed up their bags and made their way towards the door. Aria grabbed her bag and walked quickly from the back of the room to the door, Ezra opened his mouth about to say something, but quickly shut it again and carried on reading the essay he was marking, he must have remembered that he broke up with Aria.