Whoa, haven't been here in a long time! Is it good to be back, lets find out? This has been sitting in my laptop for probably about a year and due to the lack of Ezria stories right now, I thought I'd upload. It's not following the plot at all and please answer a question, why do I write about teenage girls getting pregnant?
Aria swore to herself. She was once again late to pick up Daisy from nursery. Rushing to get to the three year old, she tripped over on the sidewalk but was saved by a pair of arms. A very nice and big pair of arms. Aria let out a breath and started to apologise and thank him profusely but was cut off.
"Aria?" The man asked and as Aria looked up, her eyes widened and her mouth dropped. "Yeah, it's you right. You remember me?"
The twenty two year old nodded, shocked. "Toby." She said, breathing heavily. She looked him up and down and then looked at her surroundings. The building next to the nursery was engulfed into scaffolding with Cavanaugh and Co. printed across a flag attached to the metal poles in bold letters. But Aria could not help notice Toby had changed. His hair was neatly pushed back, and his arms and chest had expanded in the time of changing from a teen to an adult. His eyes had become bluer – if that was possible – and he held himself with a certain stance. She looked at his arms which had a few tattoos added to them since four years ago. If it was anyone else, Aria would feel intimidated by his bulky and confidence nature that this man displayed. Whilst time had done well to Toby, it hadn't to Aria. Although Aria still held a strikingly beautiful nature she had gotten skinnier which makes her an extremely tiny five foot two. She had blue circles under her eyes, and her face had gone hollow which was unusual due to her baby face in her teen years. But time changed people. Aria was suddenly filled with an undeniable amount of regret.
She was finally snapped out of her trance when Toby said something. "Are you okay, you look like you've seen a ghost?"
Aria blinked twice and took a step back. "I'm sorry Toby, I have to get g-going." She stuttered slightly, and then hurried off.
Toby made a face and then hurried after her. "Aria, wait!" He ran to catch up with her; she was a fast walker and she had travelled quite a distance by the time he saw her again. Aria didn't stop walking as she ignored him completely. Toby sighed. "Where did you go? Have you been in California all this time?"
Aria stopped right in front of the nursery door, holding the handle. "You don't need to know. And you don't want to know."
"Yes, I do, Aria. I can help you. We can help you." Toby said, desperately.
Aria breathed out, cutting him off on what he was going to say next. "Toby, turn around. Right now. Please. I'm begging you, you don't wanna know anything, you don't need to know anything. Just go back to work." Aria looked at him desperately. "Please."
Toby ran a hand through his hair. "Why?"
The nursery door opened and a small three year old came running out. "Mummy!" The tiny brunette exclaimed as she jumped into Aria's open arms.
Aria brightened, grinning falsely. "Hey, Daisy, how was your day?"
It was now Toby's turn for him mouth to drop in shock. "Aria, you're a-"
Aria nodded. "Yeah, I am."
Jess, Daisy's carer, leaned out of the building. "I'm so sorry, I saw you were in a conversation and I tried to grab her but she was already running out."
Aria shook her head, stroking Daisy's short hair. "Its fine, I was late. We're done talking. Anyways, all clear?"
Jess smiled. "A bruise on her shoulder but apart from that, all safe. She took everything and you've better get going or you'll be late."
Aria laughed. "I'm always late." She smiled at Jess. "Thank you so much, I'll see you tomorrow." Aria looked at Daisy. "Do you wanna say bye bye to Jess?"
"Bye bye Jessie." Daisy waved, smiling and after a bye from Jessie and another one from Aria, Aria walked away from the nursery with Toby following. "Mummy, who is the boy following us?" Daisy whispered, grasping Aria's hand.
"We're gonna stop for just a second, alright. Me and this man need to talk about adult issues. Do you think you cannot listen in?" Aria asked and Daisy nodded affirmative. She plugged her ears before either adults opened their mouths. "Look Toby, you can't tell anyone. And I know that's gonna be hard for you, but Toby you can't."
Toby breathed out. "Aria I can't keep this a secret. Spencer would hate me if I didn't tell her I saw you. And you know, that you have a child." He sighed. "Is that why you left early? Answer me, please."
Aria sighed. "I did leave early because of her, I grabbed the scholarship from UCLA and I finished that a year early. It was a lot of work but I did it. My uncle and my cousins live here and they're brilliant and I love them. My Mom moved here after Zach. Yes, Daisy is Ezra's in case you're wondering. I've got a shitty job and I can barely manage rent although I've got a fucking trust fund which is my mother – so she just pays it all - but I pretty much live in the freaking hospital-" Aria cut herself off, knowing she said too much. This has been boiling up inside of her forever and she needed to get it out but knew this wasn't the right person to rant to. "No, no, bye Toby. Bye."
Toby knew it was no use to follow her so he let her go. But he had to tell someone. Didn't he?
...
"Have I ever told you that I am extremely thankful and I owe you my life?" Aria told her uncle Alex as the two watched down upon Daisy sleeping in the hospital bed.
Alex hooked an arm around Aria. "I'm sure, if this was a different situation, with you being fifty and I being the fresh faced boy I still am, you would've done the same. You're my family and family comes first."
Aria nodded. "I know about family but thank you so much. If it weren't for you we'd be homeless."
Alex kissed Aria's head. "I wouldn't let that happen even if I didn't say I'd do it probono." He sighed. "New stats of it came in."
"How is she?"
"She'd of lost all of her hair in two months as we will be increasing her chemotherapy. The leukaemia is getting stronger not weaker which is the opposite of what we plan for." Alex kissed her head again; a means of a silent apology.
"What about Jessie?" Aria whispered as she stared at Daisy's short albeit beautiful hair.
"She'll have to come here instead of Daisy going there." Alex said. "I am so sorry."
Aria shook her head. "Don't apologise."
…
"Hey," Hanna and Spencer greeted as Toby walked into the apartment. "How was work?" Spencer asked getting up and giving him a kiss.
"Alright." Toby shrugged, making himself a coffee.
"Alright? It's usually good." Spencer sat down at Toby leaned on the counter. "Anything happen?"
"She's gonna kill me for this," he muttered which got Hanna's attention.
"Whose gonna kill you?" She asked. "Another woman?"
Toby and Spencer both gave her a stern look. "No, I, uh." He breathed out. "I saw Aria."
Hanna dropped the cookie she was eating and Spencer lost the page in her textbook. "What?" The two shouted. The two shared a look and then looked back at Toby. "What?" They repeated.
"I bumped into Aria. This girl fell over so I caught her, she started talking and I was like Aria, is that you and it was her." Toby breathed out, shaking his head. "She looked dreadful, maybe not dreadful. She still looks like Aria but she's like so small now, like tiny and she looks exhausted."
Hanna was the first to speak and come to her senses. She picked up the cookie. "Is she alright? Why did she leave? Is there a reason? What do you mean she looked dreadful?" Hanna spoke the questions fast and Toby almost lost himself in them.
"Look, I didn't speak to her for a long time. But she's got a kid." Toby said. "Like a small little child."
Spencer and Hanna's mouth dropped open. "She's got a kid?" They shouted.
Caleb entered the apartment with a rucksack and shut the door. He collapsed on the couch before asking a question. "So, who's got a kid?"
"Aria." Spencer answered and his mouth was the next to drop. "Anything else you found out?"
"Um, she's graduated UCLA already, Ella lives here and her uncle and cousins are brilliant, and um, the baby is Ezra's, and apparently she lives in the hospital and she's got a shitty job and can barely pay rent but Ella pays it and I think that's it." Toby sighed, shaking his head. "She looked skinny as hell, like proper skinny."
"Wait," Spencer held up a hand. "Go to the hospital part?"
Toby swallowed his coffee. "She said something about how she lived in the hospital all the time."
"What did she look like? Not Aria but the kid." Spencer asked. "What was her name?"
"I think her name was Daisy," an 'Aww' came from Hanna but she quickly shut up. "She had short brown hair, blue eyes, short, you know, like a three year old, and uh apparently she got a bruise on her shoulder. The lady looking after her said it was all safe and she took everything."
The four were silent as they all pondered the fact. Caleb reached for his laptop and opened it. Hanna moved to sit beside him and so did Spencer as Toby leaned over their shoulders. "What are you doing?" Hanna asked and Caleb typed Daisy Montgomery into his laptop. "I'm trying to find her. Them." The four stayed in silence for twenty minutes whilst they searched for Aria and Daisy Montgomery and stayed silent when they found her. More precise.
A hospital record.
Daisy Montgomery. Aged three. Diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.
Hope you liked it if you read it and give me a review if you liked it. And if I did a bad one shot about Ezria and that whole Nicole situation which lets not talk about, would you guys be down? We'll see
Later xo