Chapter 4~ You Both Could Die

PREVIOUSLY

I was halfway through the hallway to the stairs when I hit the ground, I winced in pain just loud enough for Ezra to hear. "Aria?" He said before looking out the door and when he did, he yelled "ARIA!" He came rushing to my side and found me grasping my stomach.

I woke up a day later. "Where am I?"

NOW

I woke up in a hospital bed to see Ezra crying with his head on my hand and his hands on his head. "Mmm..." I said.

He quickly looked up "Aria?"

I smiled at him. "Hey." My smile quickly dropped realizing we were not alone. There was a woman, Ezra's age sitting next to my bed in a chair. "Who's she?" I asked him.

"Uh, That's my sister Jess...Jessica"

When she heard her name she awoke. "Hey Aria, glad to see you're finally awake." She said with a grin on her face.

"Okay, hi Jessica." I said.

"It's Jess."

I looked back to Ezra "What happened?"

"Well you fainted and hit the ground hard, the doctor said that you felt abdominal pain that wasn't a symptom of pregnancy so he took some tests-." Ezra stopped talking so I knew something was wrong.

My eyes started to water. "Ezra, what is it?"

"You have something called Placenta previa, it's a condition where the baby could die in labor." He said

"I know what it is." I shot back in a crackled voice with a tear running down my face.

"Aria," He said. "you could also die." Ezra put his hand on my cheek, I was crying now. "I'm not losing you Aria, I love you."

"I love you too." I answered. "But I'm not going to get rid of this baby."

"Aria, I'm not going to let you die" He said in a serious voice.

"Ezra" Jessica Said.

"No it's okay." I said. "Ezra"

"Aria" He said looking at me. "No."

"You should go." I said. He looked at me not regretting anything he said.

Jessica stood up, walked over to Ezra and said. "Let's give her some space Ezra." Ezra got up and kissed me on the forehead without smiling and walked out. "Nice meeting you Aria." Jessica said.

I smiled until they walked out then I turned away and cried, I cried for what seemed like forever until the doctor came in. "I assume your friend told you about your condition?" I smiled and nodded. 'Friend' I thought. "Have you made a decision, about the baby I mean?" He asked.

I shook my head gently and whispered "No."

"Okay well here's my card and call me when you have made a decision."

"Thanks." I said.

MONDAY

I was over by my locker when Hanna came up to me.

"Listen, Aria I'm so sorry about how I reacted when you told me you were-" She looked around to make sure no one was listening and whispered "pregnant."

I mumbled "Well I might not be soon."

"What?" She asked.

"Nothing."

As we walk into English, Ezra was sitting at his desk. His face and eyes were slightly red so if you looked closely you could tell he had been crying.

Right after the bell rang Jessica came in "Mr" she chuckles softly "Fitz, can I see you outside for a minute?"

"Sure." He responded to his twin sister.

JESSICA POV

"Be a man Ezra!" I said outside of his classroom.

"What are you talking about?" Ezra asked me.

"I'm talking about you, Aria, and that baby!"

"Not now Jess!"

"You're probably putting her through hell,Ezra. Do you even care?" I asked him.

"Of course I care but she could DIE! If she doesn't get rid of it, she could die!" He demanded.

"I know that but she could also live, both of them could live!"

"I could lose her." He said in a tender voice.

"You're already losing her." I told him.

He looked at me and walked slowly to a chair in the hallway and whispered "What did I do?"

"You can still fix it, Ezra. Talk to her."

"Why would she talk to me?" He said.

"Because she loves you."

ARIA POV

"So who's the father?" Hanna asked me.

"What?" I answered.

"Who's the father?"

"We'll here's a hint. He's not in the classroom-" Ezra walks back in "and now he is."

Hanna looked at the classroom door and back at me and back at Ezra. "OH MY GOD!" She screamed.

Everyone in the room was looking at Hanna

Hanna was looking at Ezra

And Ezra was looking at me.