The Wrong 'Fitz'

Chapter Two

Chapter One Dedication: Thank you to everyone who has reviewed chapter one. It has gotten more reviews in the almost two weeks that it has been posted than two of my other stories that have been posted for a lot longer. That makes me extremely happy, and I hope I don't disappoint any of you with chapter two. So, this chapter is dedicated to everyone who has reviewed, followed, and added as a favorite.

After he had kicked Aria and Wesley out of his apartment, Ezra leaned against the door and let out a sigh. He was a jerk for kicking them out, and he knew it, but he couldn't wrap his mind around the fact that Aria had told Wesley about visiting Maggie before she had told him, and that stemming from that conversation, had told Wesley about his and Maggie's son before she had told him. Sure, Ezra wanted to believe that Aria had turned to Wesley because Ezra wasn't home yet, but still; he couldn't get the sight of Aria liking the feel of Wesley's arms around her out of his head.

Even through his thoughts, Ezra heard small parts of what Wesley and Aria were talking about in the hall. He vaguely heard something about her not dating him anymore… Ezra didn't know what that was about, since they were still dating, but at the moment, he didn't care. What he cared about was that he had a son. Malcolm. Ezra Fitz had a 7 year old son named Malcolm. Why hadn't Maggie mentioned this when he had talked to her today?

xXx

As Aria straightened out her dress a little bit, she looked over at Wesley and smiled. There was no fear in being seen with him, and she liked that. She wouldn't have to hide this relationship from people and despite her parents (mainly her dad) not being too keen on her and Ezra dating, Aria was almost positive that her parents (mainly her dad) would be okay with Wesley. Wesley was, after all, her age, give or take a year, and they wouldn't have to lie about who they were dating. Even though she hadn't actually broken up with Ezra, she knew that since finding the money in his sock drawer things had been going south. Their relationship had been crumbling, and they had gotten into a routine that Aria wasn't okay with. They weren't at the same place they had been when they first met, and things had changed way too much between them for either of them to stay in the relationship.

"You ready?" Wesley asked as he offered his hand to her.

"Just one thing first…" Aria said as smoothed out some of the wrinkles that had formed in Wesley's shirt before taking his hand and leading him towards the elevator.

"You're covering up the signs of us making out… are you ashamed of what we just did?" Wesley asked as he followed her with a raised eyebrow.

"Of course I'm not ashamed of that Wesley; I enjoyed it. But we don't have to advertise to everyone we pass that we just made out. It's none of their business." Aria explained as she hit the down button before turning to face him.

"I guess that that's fair enough." Wesley said as he placed his hands on either side of Aria's body and lightly kissed her before leaning his forehead against hers.

"Wesley… can I ask you something?" Aria said slowly.

"What's up?" Wesley asked.

"The day that we met… what were you and Ezra fighting about?" Aria asked.

"What did he tell you we were arguing about?" Wesley replied after a moment.

"That's hard to explain without going over me finding a huge bag of money in his sock drawer a couple of days before; shortly after my dead best friend's older brother was putting up signs offering a $50,000 reward for knowledge on Ali's missing body." Aria replied.

"Excuse me?" Wesley asked.

"My best friend Ali was killed a couple of summers ago. Her body was found a year ago, and her body has gone missing from her grave. After Ali's older brother, Jason, put up signs all over Rosewood offering a reward for anyone who could tell him the whereabouts of Ali's body, I found a huge amount of money in the bottom of Ezra's sock drawer. When I questioned him about it, he said that he had sold a car that had been left to him by one your relatives and that he had allowed the guy to pay him in cash to have it easy on his taxes and that since he had given up his inheritance, that the car actually belonged to you and that's what you two were fighting about; that you were offering him money to buy the car back." Aria explained.

"Oh god Aria, how many other things has my brother lied to you about?" Wesley asked, and Aria's face hardened.

"He never mentioned your family; didn't mention Jackie until I came across a picture of them when they were engaged; never even bothered to mention anything about Maggie… and I'm sure the list goes on." Aria replied bitterly.

"Ask me anything about my family, and I will tell you what you want to know." Wesley offered.

"Right now, I just want to get to my house and relax." Aria said slowly. "But I will take you up on that offer in the very near future." She added.

Couples night at my house. You and Fitzy in? – Hanna

Sure… just not with the "Fitzy" you're thinking of. – Aria

Fitzy has a brother? – Hanna

Yes Han, Ezra has a brother. We'll be there soon. Wait… who all is going to be there? – Aria

Me and Caleb (yes, we're back together); Spencer and Toby (they're working things out) and Emily and Paige. And then you and… - Hanna

His name is Wesley. – Aria

Wesley Fitz? Weird name. – Hanna

Try Wesley Fitzgerald. – Aria

Fitz lied about his last name? – Hanna

Claimed he wanted to start a new life here in Rosewood and after we got together, he was trying to keep his family away from me. – Aria

Didn't work very well if you're shacking up with his brother now. – Hanna

Number 1: I'm not shacking up with Wesley. Number 2: Wesley and I just got together tonight. Number 3: We will be over shortly. – Aria

Kay-Kay. – Hanna

"So, um, there's been a small change in plans." Aria said as she looked up at Wesley.

"What are we going to be doing… or where are we going to be going?" Wesley asked.

"Apparently, my friends have called a couple's night at my friend Hanna's house. Would you be up for that?" Aria asked.

"Sure. I mean… I'll have to meet your friends sooner or later, right?" Wesley asked.

"True… but being as how we just got together, you might have wanted to wait." Aria commented.

"Aria, there would be nothing that I would like to do more than get a chance to meet your friends." Wesley said after a moment.

"Don't say I didn't warn you that my friends can be a little intimidating." Aria said slowly.

"I wouldn't dream of blaming you for anything." Wesley said as the elevator doors finally dinged open and the two teens stepped inside.

As the doors were starting to close, Aria glanced down the hall, and felt a little upset that she didn't see Ezra running after her. He had given up on them weeks ago, and it had taken her finding out that he had a son with his high school girlfriend to finally realize it. Once the doors had fully closed, Aria leaned her head on Wesley's shoulder and smiled when he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer to him.

xXx

After dwelling in a little bit of self pity, Ezra walked briskly toward the door of his apartment. He doubted that Aria and Wesley were still standing out in the hall, but that didn't stop him from swinging the door open and looking towards the elevator just in time to see them shut. He should have been running after his girlfriend; he should have been trying to stop her from leaving with his brother. All of the 'should haves' were running through his mind, but Ezra didn't really care at the moment. He had known for a couple weeks now that things would be ending soon between him and Aria, he just didn't want to admit it. Things had definitely come to an all too startling déjà vu moment when he found out that his mom had offered Aria money.

Sure, he could see his mom's side of things; he could have gotten another girl pregnant and felt obligated to stay with her to make up for breaking up with Maggie, or to make up for not being there properly for Maggie. But he and Aria had only had sex once, and even though he had used protection, he had still been careful. Condoms were only 99% preventative of conception, and he didn't want to risk ruining another young girl's life. Sure Ezra thought that he loved Aria, but he was not ready to be a father, and he didn't think she was ready to be a mother.

After standing in the hall like an idiot for who knows how long, just staring at the closed doors of the elevator, Ezra turned and walked back inside. He needed to talk to Maggie again, and he needed to know why she hadn't told him about his son. Walking over to his side table, Ezra grabbed the phone, hesitated for a moment, and then punched in the number before holding his breath while listening to the phone ringing on the other end. While he waited for Maggie to pick up, Ezra pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and typed out a quick text to Aria.

I think that it's time that we break up Aria. We just aren't as close as we once were. You can have a healthier relationship with Wesley, and I need to work things out with Maggie; I need to be there for my son. I'm sorry. – Ezra

Let's talk about this in person Ezra. We shouldn't break up over text message. – Aria

Fine. Tomorrow morning? – Ezra

Tomorrow morning works for me. – Aria

After putting his phone down, Ezra paid attention to the ringing that was still going on in his ear. After a couple more rings, the phone went to voicemail and Ezra froze. He wasn't prepared to say anything that Malcolm might hear, so when he heard the click, Ezra faltered for a moment before talking.

"Maggie, its Ezra. Please call me when you get this."Ezra said before hanging up quickly. "I have royally screwed up two of the best relationship I have ever had." He muttered to himself before started to get ready for bed.