My first Ezria story and I hope it'll be good.
Name: Home
The plot: Rosewood after -A is revealed. For the purposes of this story, Melissa is -A. Caleb is back in town and Aria's parents are back together. Aria and Ezra continue their hidden relationship. It is revealed that -A set him up in that place in Ravenswood. It wasn't his one. There's no more -A and the life in Rosewood is back to normal. Or maybe not. What is Rosewood without secrets?
Rate: T or PG-13, whatever goes.
Couple: Ezra/Aria
Writer's note: Enjoy reading. You can either leave or not reviews. It doesn't matter to me if you enjoy the story and I hope you will. :)
Chapter 4: Change plans
Five minutes later the bell rang and Aria looked at her friend. It was time for them to go back to class. She took the small stick from the pregnancy test and shoved it into her bag, forcing herself to forget about it just for this class. She would look nervous and this was something she had to avoid, because they were having English and Ezra was reading her like an open book.
"Aria?" Hanna followed her friend out of the ladies room. "You have to look at it."
"No, I don't." Aria turned around and gave a pointed look at Hanna. "It doesn't matter what the answer is, I'm gonna look nervous. And we both know that's not the right time for me to look nervous. Ezra will notice and I want to avoid that."
"Well," Hanna started walking right next to her. "You have a point there."
"Of course I have," Aria nodded and they walked into the class room. Ezra was already there. He gave her a quizzical look, but she just smiled and shrugged.
"Okay, class," he began with the lesson. "Open your books now and let's discuss."
Aria followed his advice, avoiding Hanna's look. She thought that he friend was even more curious than she was. Okay, maybe she was also curious, but she had to think of another person now. It was strange really how love could change your life. It was making you less selfish and more open to the other person. But also, it was making you really vulnerable to the other world. This was something, Aria hated it. She thought she had tough and complicated relationships before she had met Ezra. That relationship of hers was a pure challenge. Sometimes, she thought that Ezra was her reward, but she didn't know what she had done to get him so early in her life. People were waiting a whole lifetime to get their soulmates. She had gotten hers at the age of 16.
In the eyes of the other people, he relationship with Ezra was completely wrong. In the eyes of her family, double wrong. In the eyes of her father, impossible to exist. Only her mother understood that she was able to do anything just to be with Ezra. Ella had figure it out in the moment that Byron couldn't. He thought that sending Ezra away would solve that problem. Yes, that was how her father had called their relationship, a problem. He had threatened him with jail, just to stay away. They tried to send her to a boarding school, but that didn't work out either. So, they had stayed together.
She was so deep in her thoughts that she barely heard the bell, announcing the end of the class. Just when she was ready to get off her seat and rush to the ladies room again, Aria heard his voice.
"Miss Montgomery? Can I have a minute of your time?" It was a simple request really. Nobody would suspect anything and that was the goal. Aria nodded and waited until her class mates left the room. Then she went close to Ezra's desk and looked at him. His eyes studied her face and she felt uncomfortable. "What's going on?"
"Excuse me?" Aria tried to smile and look around. "What do you mean?"
"I could barely focus over the subject throughout the whole time," Ezra frowned. "Honestly, it got even harder by the end, because your face kept distracting me."
"I'm distracting you?" Aria tilted her head. "I'm sorry to hear that."
"Don't give me that look, Aria!" Ezra scoffed and lowered his voice. "Can you please tell me what's going on?"
"We'll talk later!" Aria answered him. "I'm officially at Hanna's tonight. So, I can stay the night. We'll talk then."
"Promise?" He barely touched her hand, but she trembled.
"I promise," Aria nodded and left the room.
"Whoa, that was short!" Hanna's voice startled her and she turned around to look at her friend. She was leaning on the wall, right next to the door. "What, I had to wait for you. You've promised to open that test as soon as we finish the class."
"I think you're more curious than I am," Aria shook her head and pushed the door of the ladies room. "Seriously!"
"Don't tell me you don't wanna know!" Hanna said after checking the place. It was empty again. "Well?"
"I wanna know," Aria dropped her bag onto the floor, near the sinks. She stared at the mirrors. "But maybe I'm not ready to see the answer."
"Ready or not, you have to know!" Hanna put her hand on her friend's shoulder and squeezed it lightly. "You owe that to you and Ezra."
"Okay," Aria sighed and pulled out the small stick, staring at it. "I think I'm gonna be sick." She announced as soon as she saw the result.
"What?" Hanna grabbed the small object and stared at it as well. "Aria..."
"Great!" Aria ran shaky fingers through her hair. "Now it's time for decisions, right?"
"No," Hanna shook her head and looked at her friend. "Now it's time for you to calm down and talk to Ezra. This is not something that you can decide on your own. I know you haven't planned this, and it's probably going to change your life forever, no matter of the decision you're going to make." Hanna sighed and put the test back into Aria's hand. "I really think you should try and calm down a little right now. It's not gonna help if you're all jumpy throughout the whole day."
"Okay," Aria nodded with small voice.
"And don't worry about the rest of the day," Hanna gave her a reassuring smile. "I'm gonna spend it with Caleb and already told my mom that I'm gonna be with you. So, everything is covered."
"Okay," Aria nodded once again and hugged her friend. "Thank you, Hanna!" She said quietly.
"Hey," Hanna rubbed her back soothingly. "We're best friends, right?"
"Right," Aria sighed and pulled back, putting the small stick back into her bag. "I promise I'm going to talk to him."
"I know," Hanna nodded. "And no matter of what you decide, you'll know I'll support you."
Aria simply nodded and left the ladies room. She left the school soon after that and headed straight to Ezra's place. He had to stay at the school a bit longer, so she had time to think and she needed that. She dropped her bag onto the floor and then climbed onto the bed, hugging his pillow. Her eyes closed and she soon fell asleep. She didn't intend to do that, but she felt so tired all of a sudden. The whole pressure and the nerves took over her. The next thing she felt was a soft cares over her face. She opened her eyes slowly, just to see Ezra sitting near her and his hand resting on her cheek. She smiled lovingly and saw the same love reflecting into his eyes. Seriously, she was almost 18. What she had done to have that person in her life? Must've been something big.
"Hey," Ezra leaned to kiss her. "I brought some dinner."
"Good," Aria sat on the bed and smiled. "I'm starving!"
"Okay," he laughed quietly and got off the bed. Aria followed him. "I hope you don't mind Chinese?"
"Nope," she shook her head. "As long as there's no meat in it, I'm cool."
"There isn't," he made a face and she laughed. "Trust me, I know you too well already."
"I know," she touched his cheek on her way to the table. When she reached there she started unpacking the food. "How was your day?"
"Intense," he said quietly and took the seat opposite her. "I kept wondering what's wrong with you."
"Nothing," Aria tried to smile. "I'm okay, well... I hope that I'm okay."
"You hope?" He gave her that knowing look. "Aria, seriously! Just... don't keep me in the dark here, okay?"
"I just..," she stopped what she was doing and sighed. "Okay!" She bit her lower lip and when to her bag, pulling out the small stick there, announcing her pregnancy. "I want you to promise me something first though," she turned around to face him, hiding the small object behind her back.
"What?" He already looked worried.
"I want you to promise me that we'll get through this, okay?" Aria took a step towards him. "Just... don't freak out and... don't get so... worried. I already am."
"Aria!" He got off his place and she took a deep breath and took his hand. Then she put the small stick into his hand. "What?"
"I'm pregnant," she said finally and stared at his face. "And we have to take an important decision."