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Here is chapter four.

And, then as if it wasn't enough Ms. Suzy had to call Jake over to them at that very moment. "Jacob Fitz your mom is waiting on you."

Aria gasped as she turned to Ezra, only seeing the hurt expression his face held.

"H…He's mine?"

Aria stood frozen in place as Jake made his way over to her, his backpack in hand. Although she knew the time would come where Ezra would meet Jake, she hadn't expected it to be so awkward. She was careful as she stood in place, attempting to make no sudden movements, because in her mind one sudden movement and everything would go haywire. But as she took note of Ezra's ghostly pale face, she was overwhelmed by another feeling, something totally different. It wasn't nervousness, it was confusion.

Didn't Ezra know about Jake?

Hadn't he gotten her message all those years ago?

"Hi mommy." Jake yelled breaking the utter silence that filled the small elementary school hallway.

"Hi buddy." Aria whispered carefully. She bent over and picked up his small backpack and stuffed it in her large purse. The thing was good for something right?

"Aria." Ezra said simply, though the hurt was still evident in his voice.

Aria desperately tried to ignore him, but to no avail. The desperation in his voice overpowered her, and as much as she wanted to she knew that she couldn't just take Jake and runaway. Well, not again. She had already done that once and look how well that turned out.

"Look, I know we need to talk, Ezra. But, I have to ask, why do you seem so surprised that he is your son?" Aria took a deep breath before continuing. "I mean he is three and a half, and he looks like a miniature version of you.

"Aria I had no idea."

Aria's accusing tone quickly vanished and a shocked expression appeared on her face. Was he telling the truth? Had he really not known? And then like a burst of lightning into her veins it hit her. "The message." She stated simply under her breath, this tine luckily Ezra hadn't heard her.

She watched as Ezra stood completely still, his eyes were glued on Jake, who was standing at her side. It seemed like hours passed before either one of them made a move, but in reality it was only mere seconds.

Ezra moved his eyes from Jake, back to Aria and back again. After taking one last look at the small boy, Ezra took a step forward and headed for the exit, but not before mumbling "I can't handle this right now" in Aria's ear.

Aria pulled her small blackberry smart phone out of her purse and typed a quick message into the phone asking if Hanna and Emily were still up for having a meal together. After proofreading the message she quickly hit send, and stuffed the phone back into her purse. She grabbed Jake's tiny hand and led him out of the school. "Sorry about that buddy."

Fifteen minutes later Aria pulled her car into the parking lot of the large apartment complex. She quickly put the car in park and pulled out her phone once more noticing she had two new messages. She clicked the open button and read what they had to say.

Would love to go out, how about now? How about that Pizza Kitchen on Main? Three year olds like pizza right?-Hanna

Aria let out a chuckle as she read the message. It seemed as though Hanna had already taken a liking to Jake. She paused for a moment before reading the next message on the screen. Just as she thought the message was Emily.

Talked to Han, of course I still want to meet Jake, heading over to the Pizza place as we speak.-Emily

Aria was relieved her friends had agreed to meet her and Jake but still very nervous about what was to come. Between Hanna and Emily showing up out of the blue at the school playground and Ezra following her to where Jake was busy playing it had been a long span of days and she was just about ready to give up. It didn't take much for Jake to agree to get back in the car and go for another ride as he called it, especially after she informed him that they were going to have pizza.

But the whole ride to the restaurant Aria couldn't get Ezra's devastated face out of her head. He looked as though he had been punched in the stomach. The only thing was worse was that she had been the one to deliver the crushing blow. One could only imagine how their next conversation would play out, But, Aria still couldn't comprehend why Ezra looked so shocked to learn about Jake's paternity. Had he really not known? Had he not gotten the message?

Minutes later Aria found the correct Pizza Place; it wasn't hard considering it was the only Pizza Kitchen located on Main Street in a town she still knew like the back of her hand. Aria quickly unbuckled Jake and carried him into the large building, quickly spotting both Hanna and Emily sitting at a small booth in the corner of the room.

"Hey guys." Aria said as she came closer to the table and watched Jake slide into the booth before she took a seat next to him.

"Hi, Aria. Hi Jake." The two girls said in unison "Okay spill."

"Geez, guys couldn't you at least let me get situated first, before you started hounding me with twenty questions."

"Um no." Hanna laughed. "Now speak."

Aria pulled out a few of Jake's cars from his bag and handed them to him, figuring they would keep the three year old company, because she had a lot of explaining to do.

"He's Mr. Fitz's right." Emily spoke waiting for a reply.

Aria simply nodded and waited a single moment before replying "of course he is."

"I knew it." Emily all but yelled as she looked over at Jake who looked to be in his own little world, busy slamming the small cars into one another.

"Oh my goodness, Aria you had the teacher's kid." Hanna spoke in a rather soft voice.

"Shut up Han. I did date "the teacher" for two years."

Hanna shrugged and nodded. "I guess you're right, I guess I am still getting over the initial shock of it all. Sorry."

"It's understandable."

Before they knew it, the waitress came and took their orders, and as they ate their pizza Hanna and Emily got acquainted with Jake. Well as acquainted as one can get with a three and a half year old. "So, Hanna you're with Lucas now?"

A smile appeared on Hanna's face at the mention of her boyfriend. "Yes, for almost a year now. It sucks how we've all fallen out of touch again. Well except for you and Spence."

"I know, I know. So how did you two happen?"

Hanna chuckled at Aria's bluntness but was quick to reply with an answer. "After high school, you know I went off the Penn State with Sean, but let's just say that didn't work out in the end. I caught him kissing another girl in our apartment and that was the end of that. "Hanna paused, capturing the shocked look on Aria's face and laughed when Emily was quick to add, "Yeah he's a douche."

"Then I transferred back here to Hollis for senior year and ran into Lucas the first day of classes and well, we just hit it off. He's so much cooler than I remember in high school, but still the same sweet Lucas."

Aria smile as she noticed the happiness in her friend's voice as she finished up her story. Seconds later she glanced over at Emily. "What about you, Em? You hiding any shocking secrets like I did?" Aria laughed as she took a peek at her son sitting beside her with pizza sauce covering his face.

"Nope, not me. I'm still seeing Maya. At least my parents are okay with it now; It used to drive them up the wall. Speaking of parents, do yours know about Jake?"

Aria buried her head in her hands. "Not exactly" She mumbled quietly.

Great more people who would soon find out about the shocking secret she had kept for so long.

"Aria are you ever going to tell them? You know I'm sure they would love to know they have a grandson." Hanna all but yelled in pure shock.

"Yeah, then they would find out about my relationship with "the teacher" as you called him. I'm sure they would love that." Aria took a deep breath. "Look guys, I need to get home, I've got lesson plans to make and things to look over for class tomorrow. It was great seeing you, "Aria grabbed Jake out of the long booth and quickly wiped his face off. She said another goodbye as she all but ran out of the restaurant heading for her Accord sitting in the parking lot.

"What was that all about?" Hanna asked as she and Emily watched Aria drive away.

"I don't know." Emily shrugged. "I guess she hadn't quite thought about her parents finding out yet."

Aria pulled her car into the familiar parking lot and after getting Jake out of the car struggled to carry him up the set of stairs leading to her apartment door. As her room number came into view, so did something else it was a shadow. Well, actually it was person; she just wasn't quite sure who the unfamiliar person was. As she came closer the mysterious man turned around and made his presence known.

It was Ezra.

"We need to talk, Aria."

There you go, there is chapter four, I hope you enjoy reading it, I am still a little iffy on this chapter, but Aria and Ezra will finally discuss things next chapter and the truth about the phone call will finally come out. I hope you all will stick around to find out what happens. Thank you for everything.