Aria POV:
I awoke to a bustle, the sound of sirens wailing all around me. I sat up suddenly, realizing I was in an ambulance. "She's awake!" I heard a paramedic next to me yell, and I looked around me to see Ezra behind me, four paramedics surrounding him and trying to keep him alive. "Miss, could you tell me your name and relation to that man over there?" a paramedic gently asked me, kneeling beside me. "Um, my name is Aria Montgomery, his name is Ezra Fitz. We're… um… I'm his girlfriend…" I managed to get out before I began to cry again, trying to hold my sobs back. "Shh shh, it's going to be okay. We should be at the hospital in two minutes. Your friends will arrive soon, and you can contact your parents, okay?" She said, rubbing my back and trying to calm me. "O-okay." I stuttered, taking deep breaths in an attempt to stop crying. Two minutes later we pulled into the hospital, where Ezra was rushed inside on a stretcher. The paramedic who was comforting me grasped my hand and led me to the reception area, sitting me down and telling me to wait while she got me a glass of water. My head was spinning as I took in the bright lights and antiseptic smell, trying to keep myself oriented. Alison, Hanna, Spencer, and Emily suddenly burst in, running over to me. "Aria are you okay?!" Spencer whispered, tears stained on her cheeks. "Where is he?" Alison asked me quietly, as if unsure if she should talk to me. At that moment a nurse walked over and handed me a glass of water. "I just thought you should know that Ezra Fitz is currently in surgery, we will let you know of his progress as soon as we can," she stated before walking away. "Hey, that's a good thing, it means he's still… you know…" Hanna said while sitting down next to me, giving my arm a little squeeze. "Yeah, Aria, he is going to be fine, you'll see," Emily smiled optimistically. Spencer walked over to the reception desk and asked if she could use a phone, thanking the man as he allowed her behind the counter. I laid my head on Hanna's shoulder, feeling my eyelids growing heavy. Alison was curled up next to Emily, whose arm draped around her body, both of them already asleep when Spencer walked over. She raised her eyebrows at them, giving us a pointed look before informing us that all our parents would be here in a few hours. She settled down into the chair on the other side of me, resting her head on my shoulder as Hanna said, "Let's all get some sleep, we're gonna need it…" As I drifted off to sleep the only thing I could focus on was Ezra's last words, 'I'm sorry'. He had literally taken the bullet for me, made the ultimate sacrifice. Now all I could hope for was that he would survive it…