A/N: I see people are reading and favoriting but if you could review that would make my day? Well who's ready for chapter 3?

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Chapter 3:

I pulled into Hanna's driveway and see Adam running around shirtless trying to get Hanna to leave him alone. I chuckled and unbuckled Charlie and let him run wild over to Hanna and Adam. Caleb was inside watching the whole scene from the kitchen. He waved me in and I followed, Hanna would be fine on her own for a few minutes. I took my boots off and hung my coat and scarf up hugging him. He laughed and hugged me back.

"DiLaurentis huh?' He asked raising an eyebrow and finishing up their dishes. I rolled my eyes and playfully hit his arm sitting down. "His kid sure is better looking than him." He said sitting down at the table with two mugs of hot chocolate and I held onto it warming my hands. I took a cautious sip and sat it back down. "You gonna tell me about this Ezra and Jackie thing?" I ran a hand through my hair and let out a breath I didn't know I had been holding.

"Where do you want me to start?" I said trying to get a chuckle in but he looked at me seriously. The same look Hanna and the girls gave me when they knew I wasn't really fine. I felt the tears starting to well up in my eyes but I pushed them back down. He didn't deserve my tears, didn't even deserve me thinking about him. "God he cheated on me and I still want him back…I'm messed up aren't I?" I said putting my hands over my eyes.

"You love him Aria, it's gonna be hard moving on. But you have to remember he cheated on you and didn't go looking for you. Jason's the one that found you and comforted you." He said putting a hand on top of mine and I smiled softly. Caleb can be nice when he wants to be…when he put the I- don't- gave- a -crap attitude away. Adam came running in followed by Charlie and lastly Hanna. She looked exhausted and I couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

"Bout time you came back from the land of the missing." Hanna said wrapping her arms around me in a hug. I smiled and stood hugging her back. I felt a tugging on my pants leg and I saw Adam there signaling he wanted to be picked up. "You're going to have him spoiled rotten Aria."

"How are you handsome?" I asked blowing on his belly and earning a fit of giggles. I saw Charlie and he laughed a long with Adam. Adam was good for Charlie and vice versa. I sighed and sat Adam down so I could talk to Hanna. Caleb stood and picked Adam up and held his hand out for Charlie to take.

"There's a puppet show at the library I'll take the boys so you two can catch up." He said helping them get their coats back on and grabbing his keys. "See you later Hans, later Aria." He kissed Hanna goodbye and offered a kiss to my head. I chuckled and hit his arms playfully.

"Bye mom- Aria." Charlie just about called me mommy. Hanna raised an eyebrow at me and Caleb pretended not to have noticed. Adam looked at Charlie than back at me confused.

"Ari, you mommy?" He asked Charlie who shook his head no sadly and pulled on his hand for him to follow him outside. Hanna grabbed mine and led me to her and Caleb's room and shut the door behind her. She sat next to me and just watched as all the tears that I had bottled up came rushing out.

"Aria, honey what happened? One minute you two were completely in love and the next I hear you're leaving Ezra." She said running her hand up and down my back in a comforting gesture. I wiped my eyes and grasped her in a bone crushing hug letting the tears fall even more, not caring anymore who saw me like this.

"I went home after work because I was so tired. I was supposed to be going out with Carline, when I got inside I saw Ezra with…with Jackie and he-"I couldn't finish I was in too much of a hysterical state and if I didn't calm down soon I would hyperventilate. She gathered me in her arms and shhhed me. Assuring me everything would be okay.

"Hey you have Jason though and Charlie." I smiled at that though. Jason was an amazing friend and Charlie was such a sweet boy. I hated the thought of when I would move out and not being able to see either of them very much. Apparently I had been quiet for too long because Hanna had her head cocked the way she does when she's caught onto something no one else has. "Unless there's more that you're not telling me."

"You saw the way Charlie almost called me mommy and that's only after one day. What happens after I move out…I don't want him to think I don't care about him anymore." I said tears filling my eyes again but not over Ezra over leaving Jason and Charlie some day. I can't keep staying with him when he needs to move on in life and so do I.

"Jason sees the way you love his son, no way is he gonna cut you out of their lives." I smiled at her and we caught up on each other's lives. Adam's birthday party was next Tuesday, Thanksgiving next Wednesday and I still haven't got his present or what I'm taking to the dinner. Ezra and I aren't together anymore so I would be going to both occasions alone unless Jason and Charlie were game to go.

"Hans it's late and Jason'll be getting home soon." I said standing and giving her one more hug before walking downstairs. Caleb and they boys were home watching Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving. He smiled and signaled for me to be quiet then pointed to Charlie and Adam asleep on the floor, curled up with each other. I put my coat and scarf on and then helped a half asleep Charlie get into his coat and hat. Caleb lifted him into my arms an kissed my cheek goodbye and I gave him a one armed hug. Hanna smiled and gave me a hug then kissed the top of Charlie's head.

"I'll see you Tuesday Aria, bring Jason and Charlie." She said standing in the doorway and gave me a stern look. Caleb joined her and he had the same look on. They didn't want me to let go of Jason. Then a car pulled up that I didn't want to see. Ezra parked and got out looking extremely ticked off. Caleb pushed Hanna inside and took Charlie from my arms and handed him to her before joining me on the porch.

"Seriously Aria, divorce! It was a mistake and you move in with DiLaurentis and file for divorce." He said angrily and advancing on me. Caleb stepped in between Ezra and me. Caleb was a very intimidating person when he wanted to be, Ezra was just too angry and stupid to see the threat.

"I don't remember Hanna or I inviting you over Ezra." He said voice stone cold and Aria could detect the threat hidden underneath it. Ezra rolled his eyes and pushed Caleb out of the way and got in my face, I have to admit I was a little scared. Caleb looked about ready to pounce on him but I signaled for him to stay put.

"I can't trust you anymore Ezra, God knows how long you've been sneaking around with Jackie." I said screaming; Ezra looked embarrassed and wrapped his hands around my throat. He wasn't kidding around I literally couldn't breathe and he was starting to really scare me.

"You aren't going to divorce me Aria, you love me too much." He said making his grip tighter and I made a choked sound. Where the heck was Caleb? I didn't have time to finish the though because he had already jumped up and grabbed Ezra by his throat.

"Hurting a woman, that's low even for you Fitz." He hissed. Caleb let go of him and Ezra struggled for air. When he could breathe again he came after he striking me hard in the face twice before Caleb could get a hold of him. They got into it and Ezra got in a few good hits but Caleb pretty much kicked his butt. Right when we thought he was leaving he turned around and grabbed my arm and twisted it at an odd angle behind me back and pulled it up. I felt a snap and knew for sure he had broken it.

"Take that as a warning Aria, we're far from over." He hissed in my ear and ran to his car before Caleb could do anything. I lay on the ground crying. My arm was flaming and my wind pipe felt like it had been crushed and my face was stinging. Caleb ran over and called for Hanna.

"Aria, can you stand?" He asked leaning over me and feeling around for any other damage. Hanna stood at the doorway trying to keep Adam and Charlie inside. Charlie ran out over to me anyway and shielded me with his little body.

"Ari, you okay?" He asked with tears in his eyes. I managed a small smile and kissed his head over though it hurt like Hell to do so. Adam ran over too and wrapped his arms around me softly as if guessing touching me hurt incredibly.

"We gotta get you to the hospital Aria; no clue guessing had much damage he did to you." Caleb said helping me stand and walking me to the car. Hanna was on the phone with whom I sure was Jason and she was bawling her eyes out. Caleb put me in his car while Hanna put the kids in her car and followed us to the hospital. Caleb kept glancing over at me every so often and I noticed the bone in his wrist was sticking out at an odd angle.

"Looks like we need to get you check out too." I said trying to lighten the mood. He just scowled and sent me and serious glare.

"This isn't funny Aria we could have killed you." I instantly felt bad and hung my head in shame. I hadn't meant to make him angry. "I'm sorry Aria; you just had me really worried." He said squeezing my knee lightly. I smiled as he pulled into the hospital parking lot and waved someone over to get me a wheelchair. Nurses fussed over him and he assured them he would be fine while they cheeked me out. I was starting to feel tired so I decided a quick nap while they looked me over couldn't be too bad.

When I opened my eyes the first thing I saw was that I wasn't alone. There in a chair beside my bed sat the figure that I knew all too well with his head buried in his hands. "Jason." I said softly, my throat felt like I had swallowed 50 pounds of cinnamon. He looked up and I saw the tears in his eyes and I felt awful. "I'm sorry." Was all I muttered and he was at my side at an instant smoothing my hair away from my face.

"I swear to God Aria he won't be able to get within 10,000 feet of you by the time this is all over." He said kissing my temple softly and I flinched at the pain it sent off through out my whole body. I heard multiple sniffs and turning my head I saw Spencer, Toby, Hanna, Caleb, and even Emily and Paige all surrounded at my door. Jason smiled and moved aside the second he did they all ran in and gathered around me. First to claim me was Hanna then Caleb, Toby and Spencer then lastly Emily and Paige. All had tears in their eyes and it made me fell awful. Charlie came running in and so did Adam.

"Charie look awake!" Adam yelled pointing at me and Charlie shushed him. I smiled at both of them as they climbed onto my lap. I yawned and Jason grabbed Charlie while Caleb got Adam.

"Come on guys I think Aria needs some sleep." Hanna said ushering everyone out before walking over and clasping my hand tightly. "I was so scared Aria, I saw him lunge for your throat and I-"She was crying and I pulled her close and smoothed her hair out trying to calm her.

"This isn't your fault Hanna; Ezra just has more problems than we thought." She offered a weak smile and dabbed her tears away. That's what I loved about Hanna always lady like even when she was bawling her eyes out.

"I better go; Charlie's staying with us since Jason's going to be staying here. Before you say anything I tried telling him you would be fine but he insisted he was staying. Spencer raised her eyebrows but I told her this wasn't the time to get into this." With one last hug she told me she would call me later tonight and I was left to get some sleep before Jason came back.